Sacred Reviews: Second Chance (Zelda Classic) · 3:00am Dec 28th, 2018
A new edition of Classic Reviews is up, and we check out a fresh released quest by Joelmacool. Second Chance is a mini quest that takes the player through the role of a male god seeking revenge. In the Deity Kingdom two goddesses who are sisters talk over about what horrible things their brother has done in the Mortal Realm. Soon after they call their brother to discuss his wrong doing, he at first dismisses the discussion. However, the two goddesses cast a spell on him and as he leaves, the male god becomes unconscious. After speaking to his sister telepathically in a dream, the male god wakes in a mortal body. The male god must go on a journey to obtain four artifacts to get into the Deity Realm and seek revenge against his sisters. The gameplay is your standard 2D design equipped with most modern mechanics.
The quest uses the Link’s Awakening/Oracle tile set and graphics to render this game. Personally, this is one of my favorite styles since it was Nintendo and Capcom who used such a concept for the previous entries. The Oracle titles really set the bar high when it came to its presentation and Capcom included extra things not seen in Link’s Awakening. Even the level design got taken farther than Nintendo’s original concept the first time around on Game Boy. You can see why these games are often held to a high standard and something most users on Zelda Classic should emulate. Typically I don’t play mini quests like this one but the concept and style is what originally drawn me to it. I’m that type of gamer that requires their games to have a long adventure with many features to explore. Trying out things like this once in a while does let me take break from the usual.
