Some progress tonight, but as ever with Twilight Princess it feels as if I'm still running against the escalator. There's so much to do, so much to see, it's all pretty overwhelming. It was only as I was packing up tonight that I realised I've not been fishing for ages; while I was playing I found a bug (insect, not glitch) which opened up a new collect-a-thon quest; I noticed a piece of heart in a tree and realised I've not been looking everywhere I've been for them.
But I've done a lot. I've found the children, for a start. Initially I found them when I was in the twilight realm, so they couldn't see me, and I had to search the village for insects carrying the light tears so I could awaken the spring again. I did so.
I find the parts where you play as a wolf to be quite awkward - as I said before, there's a bit of a turning circle problem, with the camera often not showing you enemies, and attacking is often just a case of waggling at random. This isn't helped by the darkened palette, and it feels that you can't see as far because you're closer to the ground. And Midna keeps on grunting and laughing, which gets annoying after a while.
Luckily it didn't last for long, and I was reunited with my horse, Sparks, after exploring the daylight-filled village. That meant I could escape over the walls and explore Hyrule Field again, which is where I found the heart piece.
After a bit there was a thrilling set-piece where one of the children - Colin - was captured and I had to ride alongside the boar-riding enemy and hit him with my sword. He rode off to the castle, we jousted, and I rescued Colin. Now I'm off to Death Mountain, and have sumo wrestled against a Goron in order to get inside. It took a while for me to work out how to get past one of the air vents which was blowing me off a ledge over and over again, but I got there in the end. It's all fiery and hot in there.
But I've done a lot. I've found the children, for a start. Initially I found them when I was in the twilight realm, so they couldn't see me, and I had to search the village for insects carrying the light tears so I could awaken the spring again. I did so.
I find the parts where you play as a wolf to be quite awkward - as I said before, there's a bit of a turning circle problem, with the camera often not showing you enemies, and attacking is often just a case of waggling at random. This isn't helped by the darkened palette, and it feels that you can't see as far because you're closer to the ground. And Midna keeps on grunting and laughing, which gets annoying after a while.
Luckily it didn't last for long, and I was reunited with my horse, Sparks, after exploring the daylight-filled village. That meant I could escape over the walls and explore Hyrule Field again, which is where I found the heart piece.
After a bit there was a thrilling set-piece where one of the children - Colin - was captured and I had to ride alongside the boar-riding enemy and hit him with my sword. He rode off to the castle, we jousted, and I rescued Colin. Now I'm off to Death Mountain, and have sumo wrestled against a Goron in order to get inside. It took a while for me to work out how to get past one of the air vents which was blowing me off a ledge over and over again, but I got there in the end. It's all fiery and hot in there.
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