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Pride and self satisfaction with what you have accomplished in a game as well as confidence in yourself to be competitive are not bad things, but when one crosses over into arrogance it becomes a problem. Bragging is a bad look on anyone as it just doesn't project the message that the one doing the bragging thinks. So you've pretty much mastered a game, good for you, but if you're not enough without the acknowledgement from others, trust me when I tell you that you will not be enough with it.

Ok, here we go, this is my first ever review so bear with me. I'm reviewing The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past on SNES. The game has a lot of interesting traits for a 16 bit game, and some serious differences from other entries in the series. Prologue To start with it is the first one where Zelda calls out telepathically for a hero. Your uncle, (whom you apparently live with despite there only being one bed in your house) is heading out, sword and shield in hand expecting to save her telling you to wait at home and that he will be back in the morning. You instead head out, having all paths blocked by castle soldiers except your path to the castle. Along the eastern side of the castle, all the way to the north there is a bush you can pull up to reveal a way in. You find your uncle there, defeated. He gives you his sword and shield, and thus begins the story. As you enter the castle, you need to start making your way down through the lower levels. You will encounter a lot of guards down there, but they are not particularly hard to defeat. The blue boomerang is down there, which is a very helpful item at least at this point in the game, and one of my personal favorites in the game as a whole. There are floors on the way down that are a single room that will make you think the scripters were drunk when writing the game. They have absolutely no logical purpose, but I digress. At the bottom floor, you will see Zelda locked in a cell being guarded by a gray ball and chain trooper. Stunning him with the boomerang is pointless as he instantly starts waking up. So wait for him to swing his chain then go in for a strike and back out before he starts swinging again. If I remember correctly it takes eight hits to kill him. He drops the big key which unlocks the cell so you can get Zelda out. On the way here you will have encountered 3 chests. One in your house, one in the room right after you got your sword from your uncle, and one in Zelda's cell. The first one you open will have the lamp, the others a blue rupee. If you didn't get the lamp you will not be able to go any further from here. The two of you must then make it to the throne room on the main floor, to escape the castle to get to what Zelda calls "sanctuary", but is simply a church. It takes the two of you pushing the shelf behind the throne from the left to open the secret passage. You enter a darkened room with only your lamp to guide you. There are a lot of rats and keese on your way so you'll have to deal with that. The good thing is that for some reason that even I can't figure out, rats tend to have a lot of money on them. Once you make it through the lower rooms and sewers, you will come through a sliding display in the sanctuary. The priest is there. After a bit of discussion you can open the chest there and get a heart container. You can then continue on with your quest. Part One The game is very straight forward in its objectives, like pretty much any other Zelda game, not counting some of the spinoffs and ROM-Hacks. Your objective as always is to save Zelda and defeat Ganon. If you have never played the game before, the map is your best friend. It always has something marked on it, telling you where you need to go. So there's that. Another good thing, is that once you know your path, you don't have to follow the map if you don't want to. There are a few things you can do prior to attacking your first dungeon. I would recommend collecting some heart pieces to give yourself a little more life. These are easy to find. There is one in the cave on the east side of Kakariko village. Another is in the hedge maze just to the southwest of the village. South of Link's house, there is a ruin. If you go inside of it and pull the lever to let the water through you will reveal a heart piece in the dry waterbed outside with a few fish flopping around. If you pick up a fish and go one screen up and throw it in the water it will give you 20 rupees. Or you can carry the fish to town and sell it to the bottle guy for a lot of goodies. There is another in the Lost Woods in the thieves hideout. You need to drop down from the bushes just above the entrance. One more that you can get now, is in the desert. If you go north just after entering the desert you will find a small cave. Follow it into the room with the old man. Most would easily miss this, but the bottom wall is bombable, and inside is a chest with a heart piece. Another item you should pick up is the mushroom in the Lost Woods. If you take it east, to the witches hut and give it to her, then leave the screen and come back in, her assistant will have the magic powder for you. It has no real use, except for one time later in the game, but it is comical if you sprinkle it on Buzz Blobs. Doing so will turn it into a Cukeman. You can talk to them, but they will still hurt Link if you touch them. If you freeze them with the ice rod or Ether, then hit them with the hammer, they will turn int regular Buzz Blobs again.

Try to get hired as a reviewer for a magazine or something like Game Informer. My girl has a subscription, and always goes straight to the reviews first. That's not an easy task to attempt though. As more games move towards open world, it would take a hell of a lot to give a game a whole and fair review, with as little bias as possible. You could talk to @DC about possible freelance contributions to VGR and see if he would be willing to give you your start.

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I'm in my late 20s and I do not even know what the gaming days would be like in anotehr 50 years time. That being said I play with people online that are in there 50s and 60s and the oldest person that I know that play games and streams when he can is in his 80s 🙂 Age is no matter, they are bored and they play.

Firstly, welcome to VGR. C&C Red Alert 2 has been my go to game in recent months when I'm not in the mood to play anything very taxing.

I don't see any need bragging over a game which we've thoroughly mastered. No one is a perfectionist, I try my best to satisfy myself playing my favourite game and not challenging anyone over a video game that I'm the best.

What matters most is that you love the game, it doesn't matter who played it here and there, because normally others have even played it before you.

I completely agree. There is a game that I have mastered, and would be willing to bet that I know absolutely 100% EVERYTHING ABOUT. But I don't care if anyone else cares. I don't need recognition. I'm just happy with my own accomplishment. I have never had interest in trying to impress anyone. I don't care enough about people to waste my time doing it. I'm happy with is, and that's all that matters. If you're curious or need help, I'll give it, but other than that it's not something I talk about much, if at all.

Thanks. If so, then I'll head over to install it at my favourite offline game shop.

Sure, that's exactly how it should go bro, it doesn't matter at all. What matters is that, they are playable on my system or console.

As far as any of those games are playable, you can always get them and have them played. It doesn't matter when they were released.

In as much as I play MGP games often I can't come and be bragging around the video game that I can beat anyone that comes to compete with me offline or online exhibition. Gaming is 50/50 anyone can win or lose too.

Pass on the kids. I've explained my reasoning before, but I don't want kids under any circumstance. The money would be great, but as @ZandraJoi said, it's not about the money. My fur and feather babies are all I want, and all I need.

I have made the decision to make sure that I complete the following games at latest 20th December 2022. Ghost of Tsushima RDR2 Hitman 3.

I noticed these changes as well and I don't like it either...

So true - it's such a crazy world out there and it just gets worse every day. Unless I can afford to homeschool my kids, there's no way I'd send them to regular school. Too much brainwashing and the traditional education system is turning the kids into slaves instead of free thinking individuals.

Sometimes, you do have to unplug from everything. I try to do it at least once a month because being on the internet all the time is exhausting if you don't disconnect from it.

Can you imagine getting your butt whooped by a part-time mom in good shape? That's exactly what Will Fit train reminds me of.