Zelda: Oracle of Ages

If you read my previous review on Zelda: Oracle of Seaons, you'll see that it mentions Zelda: Oracle of Ages somewhere in the first and/or second paragraph. Like I mentioned in the other review, these games are not the same game. Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Ages have almost the same name in them, but they are two different games in terms of plot.

In Seasons, Din the Oracle of Seasons is kidnapped. In Oracle of Ages however, Naryu (The Oracle of Ages) is kidnapped by Veran, an evil witch who wants to use Naryu's powers to change time and make her the ruler of Labrynna.

While this isn't too much of a plot difference between the two games, the games are still significantly different. For one, I found Oracle of Ages to be much harder and more enjoyable than Seasons.

If there's no huge difference between the games, then why do I like Ages better? Well, in Seasons you have to change between 4 seasons AND sometimes go to the dark world that exists. In Ages, it's simply past or present and really not much else than that. It's simple yet still remains the difficulty of any other Zelda game, and that's always something I, and many others, have enjoyed.

The graphics in this game are the same as Seasons and DX. I made this comment about Seasons and I'll make it about Ages, I would've liked to see some different graphical update. When I played Minish Cap, I was excited to play it because it had a graphical update from Seasons to Ages. (I played Minish Cap, I haven't played Four Swords. I KNOW some of you will say Four Swords had the graphics first. I know that).

The controls are stilly really simple and they make the player feel as comfortable as they can make themself be with the controls.

I happen to like this plot a little more than a lot of other Zelda games because it IS, if you really read it, different than a lot of other Zelda games. What I like is that you travel through time instead of traveling through the "dark" version of the light world. Some of the puzzles require that you go through time to solve them, and you have to change things in the past to affect the present. Even the dungeons require that you go in the past and present versions of it. This can get pretty annoying, but it keeps you hooked to the game.

This game isn't too different from Seasons, but it's definetely the better of the two versions. If you were to ask me which of them to buy, I'd have to say Ages before Seasons. I rate this game 4 Stars.

4 star(s) out of 5

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