Pesto Pasta Pizza is a based pizza. Mmmmhmmm I love the pizza, show me the pesto miso pizza. Give me a Fire Gleeok; give me 10! Oh no, the voices are taking over again!
Pessimistic Pizza is a quest that I didn't really appreciate in its time. I came at it with very lofty expectations that it didn't quite meet and alongside some unfortunate ZC bugs of the time, came away with a very lukewarm impression. On a second playthrough, however, I had a blast! The overworlds and dungeons are all visually and musically unique with good difficulty balance and easy to read level designs. The Windows 95 dungeon is of course a classic ZC moment but every dungeon really brings something different to the table.
I really have to praise this quest's palette and sound design. Many of the common sound effects are custom, and suitably goofy. I was not prepared for the quest to belt out "Hallelujah!" when I triggered a secret, but it sure did. I also don't think any area featured a midi I've heard in another quest. There's some recognizable tunes but also some that are pretty out there. And the maps all look very slick for something made in one of the oldest tilesets out there and a lot of that comes down to really solid color choices. The quest even does some cool palette cycling trickery to swap out sprite palettes in some areas. Once again some of the ways it uses it I've only ever seen in this quest.
The humor was another thing I remember being critical of as someone who was burnt out on randomness based humor at the time. Maybe my sense of humor has deteriorated over time, but the quest did get me with a couple of its jokes. I got some good chuckles out of it even if most of the quest's humor is more of a subtle vibe than laugh out loud funny. It also just has a very lighthearted feel to it throughout that I found very welcome. Sometimes humor is just as simple as an unexpected picture of a dog.
On the whole, big recommend if you like classic ZC. We like the pizza! We like the pizza- GRBLBRLBGL!
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Pessimistic Pizza
Overview
Feature Quest
Creator:
Exate
Genre: Miniquest
Added: 24 Jun 2013
ZC Version: 2.50
Downloads: 867
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Information
Sequel to Ibuprofen. A 5-dungeon mini-quest with a very bizarre sense of humor that you may or may not find amusing. More sections of the overworld become accessible as you clear dungeons and obtain their respective items. Plenty of extras are also hidden around the quest.
