The weakest thing I found about this quest was the dungeon design. Don't get me wrong - the dungeons were not terrible and there were some good gimmicks (the whistle block for example), but given the effort put into other aspects of the quest, the dungeons felt like they were lacking... something.
The overworld was outstanding in my opinion - there was so much to find and the overworld bosses were a novel touch. I think I found everything except one of the fairy powerups. I enjoyed the music choices, especially for the main bosses. Speaking of the bosses, I took some cheap deaths in my opinion, but I appreciated the creativity and thought some of the names were pretty funny.
By the way, even though the quest was advertised for 2.50.2, it played without issue using 2.55 alpha 116.
Legend of Zelda: Forgotten Hero
Overview
Feature Quest
Creator:
Architect Abdiel
Genre: NES-style
Added: 12 Jul 2019
Updated: 15 Jul 2019
ZC Version: 2.50.2
Downloads: 471
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A quest in the style of NES Zelda, with some Dark Souls inspiration on mechanics.
CAUTION: I believe I have fixed all potential crashes, but do let me know if you experience any.
MUSIC: This quest uses enhanced music. Download from here. https://drive.google...1RHL9dpK_RsvSG5
CAUTION: I believe I have fixed all potential crashes, but do let me know if you experience any.
MUSIC: This quest uses enhanced music. Download from here. https://drive.google...1RHL9dpK_RsvSG5
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Useless Old Man Wisdom
Posted 28 July 2019 - 10:46 AM
While the creator calls Forgotten Hero an NES-style quest, I rather disagree and would describe FH as a boss-slug fest on top of a LoZ-style plot. While there are some interesting mechanics and opportunity for exploration in FH, everything outside of the boss fights has comparably little substance than to tie together a multitude of protracted boss fights.
If you are one of those players who loves bosses that hit hard, are super-buffed with HPs and defense, and require lots of moving around to dodge non-blockable attacks, than this is the quest for you. I can tolerate such challenging boss fights, which require more tactical approach than merely tanking against the boss, but honestly got tired of it by about level-7. My biggest gripe is that pretty much every dungeon and overworld boss is flat-out over-buffed and becomes a tedious and monotonous slog fest. The later overworld and dungeon bosses also have very powerful and non-blockable attacks, which coupled with the incredible amount of health and defense, means you could be fighting the boss for 10-15 minutes. Considering that one is likely to die at least a few times before forming a strategy to best take on the boss, one might get stuck on some of the later bosses for an hour or more.
The bosses in FH remind me a lot of some Final Fantasy rom hacks where the bosses are given an absurd amount of HP and defense buffs, just because, and I guess are designed to appeal to autists or masochistic players who love to zone out and hyperfocus on (IMO) needlessly-long boss fights. While there is a little bit of strategy built in, in that some items can do more damage than others, a common tactic I found most effective was "hide behind the barrier and spam sword beams." Because the bosses have (comically) large hit boxes, they are pretty easy to hit with sword beams or other projectiles. While many bosses have very powerful attacks that can destroy the player in just 1-2 hits, I can say that FH has a good and unique (among ZC quests) potion system that, if you did you duty to explore enough, can allow for many, many healings per boss fight - which greatly helps to mitigate the threat of 1-2 hit death. This is good, because the L3-ring isn't available until very late in the quest. Exploration can also net the player a L3 sword pretty early on, which helps a whole lot, but still makes for way too many hits required to defeat the later bosses.
The overworld design allows good exploration and incentive to explore, as I mentioned, and also means to warp between sections of the map. Screen design is very LoZ-inspired with contrast between neighboring regions. The dungeon design is pretty bland prior to L7, which is a definite high point. Dungeons are pretty combat-centric with enemies who can also lead to a quick game-over if the player isn't careful.
While I am not one of those players who lives and breathes for boss fights, I can appreciate the challenge and creative process involved and feel comfortable giving FH a 4/5.
If you are one of those players who loves bosses that hit hard, are super-buffed with HPs and defense, and require lots of moving around to dodge non-blockable attacks, than this is the quest for you. I can tolerate such challenging boss fights, which require more tactical approach than merely tanking against the boss, but honestly got tired of it by about level-7. My biggest gripe is that pretty much every dungeon and overworld boss is flat-out over-buffed and becomes a tedious and monotonous slog fest. The later overworld and dungeon bosses also have very powerful and non-blockable attacks, which coupled with the incredible amount of health and defense, means you could be fighting the boss for 10-15 minutes. Considering that one is likely to die at least a few times before forming a strategy to best take on the boss, one might get stuck on some of the later bosses for an hour or more.
The bosses in FH remind me a lot of some Final Fantasy rom hacks where the bosses are given an absurd amount of HP and defense buffs, just because, and I guess are designed to appeal to autists or masochistic players who love to zone out and hyperfocus on (IMO) needlessly-long boss fights. While there is a little bit of strategy built in, in that some items can do more damage than others, a common tactic I found most effective was "hide behind the barrier and spam sword beams." Because the bosses have (comically) large hit boxes, they are pretty easy to hit with sword beams or other projectiles. While many bosses have very powerful attacks that can destroy the player in just 1-2 hits, I can say that FH has a good and unique (among ZC quests) potion system that, if you did you duty to explore enough, can allow for many, many healings per boss fight - which greatly helps to mitigate the threat of 1-2 hit death. This is good, because the L3-ring isn't available until very late in the quest. Exploration can also net the player a L3 sword pretty early on, which helps a whole lot, but still makes for way too many hits required to defeat the later bosses.
The overworld design allows good exploration and incentive to explore, as I mentioned, and also means to warp between sections of the map. Screen design is very LoZ-inspired with contrast between neighboring regions. The dungeon design is pretty bland prior to L7, which is a definite high point. Dungeons are pretty combat-centric with enemies who can also lead to a quick game-over if the player isn't careful.
While I am not one of those players who lives and breathes for boss fights, I can appreciate the challenge and creative process involved and feel comfortable giving FH a 4/5.
