I was pointing out that the general consensus according to the critics is that the changes are negative, not that the changes are negative in general. It's no big deal, I get your point, it just could've been worded better. Thanks for explaining your take on the changes. I'm oldschool any rather read about something then watch a YouTube video, that usually contains 99% off topic content and 1% to the point info. I tend to avoid videos in general. Does anyone else think the changes were negative and do you think someone that's used to the normal light hearted colorful Zelda games would enjoy Majora's Mask?
It is a very different game. It's impossible to say if you will like it or not based on being used to the normal light hearted ones. It's not light hearted. It deals with some dark themes, and the whole restarting mechanic and reliving the same things over and over again can be tough for some. I personally love this game. The only way to know if you would like it or not, is actually to just play it. I also think it works best, as a game, if it's played for the first time after recently playing Ocarina of Time. Because of how the game was originally released, most people had recently played Ocarina of Time, and only had that 3D world and its inhabitants in their mind when it came to Zelda games. So when characters return in this other world, it makes you feel special things if you have them fresh in your mind.
And the changes: they were bad.
Zora swimming created a problem where there previously was none: a certain place where you should break barriers. You need magic to swim fast and break them. And they didn't bother to add any magic jars anywhere. You need to swim quickly to jump out of the water to certain platforms, but that now costs magic.
A lot of bosses and events were made easier, or were changed completely. This one doesn't bother me just as much, but I can see it upset some people. To me it felt like they've streamlined it them too much. Imagine Mega Man, where you could use any weapon on any boss, but some weapon is the weakness for the boss. (and some weapon doesn't do any damage). Imagine the remake being made, so that the boss is immune to every weapon except the weakness one. Suddenly you are forced to play a certain way, and not being rewarded for trying new things. That's how it feels with some of the changes.
And that Deku scrub movement thing, wow, it really messed me up. I was so used to spin out to skip in the water, only to mess up royally in the 3DS remake. That's one thing the video posted earlier demonstrated really well. It's not game breaking, and if this is the first time you ever play the game, then you won't have anything to compare to. You will just notice that some jumps are pretty difficult. But for someone like me, used to the original, will struggle a lot since it's so different.
But also, just like Meteor7 mentions: I love the visual upgrade. I also like a lot of the changes that were made. I don't mind the new save system, even if the original was more intense (and made more sense). I like the new notebook, and I don't mind that it (the notebook) slows the game down a bit compared to the original. And I LOVE the gyro aiming.
In large, I like the 3DS remake. Just slightly annoyed by some of the changes, and if some of them were kept like the original game, the remake would be a solid 10/10 for me
