Link's Awakening (Game Boy, 1993): Improvised Review
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Everything that anyone has ever liked about a Zelda game happens in its most perfect form in the first 30-minute setpiece of the 1993 Game Boy masterpiece The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, a beautiful screen-for-screen remake of which is coming out next month on Nintendo Switch. Listen to me go into extreme detail about the brilliant design of every screen layout in this hour-long video.
the sweating is intentional. it’s hot in front of those lights. a faker or a poser would have a fan or an assistant with a towel nearby to refresh between takes.
well, you can’t do anything between takes if there’s just one take. the sweat provides visual continuity
I appreciate the effort, but we know you went back and added the sweat digitally. Almost had me though!
why not take of the jacket? honest question
@@jaktheripperer why doesn't batman take off the cape? It doesn't help with anything. Its because it looks badass
Tim you god damn weed smoker I'm on to you
can you believe someone asked you to take off the jacket?
~Nightcore Jones
Kotaku is finally utilizing their golden boy to his fullest potential
It's that Escapist gambit where they're milking their boy Yahtzee to his fullest too. Polygon's also picking up on this trend with Brian David Gilbert.
Whoops... guess they played that wrong!
@@robkirkland5851 Well, he chose to leave to pursue something he wanted and could finally do, I think he'd have left even if it was a super great job
@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 people like you are why i tell people that my favorite form of prose is youtube comments.
@@vitalepitts funny, usually they're why I say it's the lowest form of human communication. But there are diamonds in the folds of its obese gut. See above: "I cannot be stopped. I will say the n word." Classic.
Kotaku should of done everything in thier power to keep this guy. His RUclips channel is pumping out gold now if anyone is curious its "Action Button".
THANK YOU
I can't image what it must be like to live in the perfect memory prison Tim lives with.
@@elilla3583 I read about one third of one of his posts and had to stop. :'(
@@cube2fox was it his FFIII (FFVI) Review from ActionButton dot net
@@robkirkland5851 No, though I might want to read that.
It was "What We Might Mean When We Say a Clock is Wrong".
@@cube2fox also a beautiful piece of writing and really interesting to read about what it is like to live with a condition so rare.
@@robkirkland5851 And I've read his "inverted review" of FFVI yesterday... I wish they'd printed his letter. And I wonder whether his My Only Friend read this piece and was properly embarrassed.
Tim is your diamond in the rough, Kotaku. Treat him right.
Tim is perfectly polished at this point.
They didn't i guess ;-)
oof
@@harrylane4 yeah this one aged pretty badly eh ;)
Kotaku don't deserve people like Tim. All the people with talent there left long ago.
When I was 8 my cat died because of my stepmother’s neglect
I cried more for this cat than for all my grandparents
On the very same day, back in my room, in grief, I finished Link’s Awakening, and the ending cutscene made me accept the concept of death
Very sweet comment
Heavy. Links awakening still makes me cry to this day. I'm in my mid 30s. This game hits fuckin hard in a beautiful way
RUclips is almost worth it because of videos like this.
strong agree.
Tims videos prevent me from ending it all.
Tim’s amazing as ever, but I’d also like to thank the editors for their masterful step-by-step playthrough editing!
It really enhanced the experience.
Edit: If Tim edits everything himself, he has officialy transcended Godhood.
I watched every minute of this fully enraptured. I enjoyed the previous two Timprovisation videos, but this one was especially wonderful. Thanks for all you do, Tim! You are appreciated!
I’ve had a rough week. Sometimes, it’s tough. As I watched Tim’s discussion from 31:09 to 36:30, I became aware that I was suddenly smiling. The joy of the game, the joy of Tim’s explanation, my warm feelings about my youth - you take your joy where you can find it. Thanks, Tim. Love the Vertical Slice. I’d love for you to do more.
i love this Tim Flexes That Memory format
i also like the haircut!
How to make me like your videos?
"Hello. I'm Tim Rogers"
The NOOB GAMING Experience if you're not already smashing that like as soon as the "hello" is uttered then what is even happening
@@biconditionals I totally agree
"implore you to excuse them" is one of my favorite things I've heard in a while
As a person with a terrible, terrible memory, I am bamboozled.
Yep. I played the game more times than him and can't remember that well all the layouts.
I know we're almost 9 months into the year but I just changed my New Year's resolution to "Love the human race as much as Tim Rogers loves the first 30 minutes of Link's Awakening."
Congrats Tim. Glad to see Kotaku really pushing you . You are a star.
This guy is a genius. I enjoy watching his videos more than anything tv has to offer these days. He’d be a good person to know, a good friend to talk to. Keep it up Tim. These videos are a treat for intelligent gamers. Thank you.
Also, new look is very Otacon-ish.
He is literally (actually) a genius
I agree, watching Tim is like hanging with your coolest friend.
I could listen to this man talk for like ten hours straight.
Kotaku. Get this man some air conditioning!
TIm is such an incredibly talented guy. The passion with which he talks about the games he likes makes me just urge to play whatever video game he happens to be talking about. I love him.
I cackle with glee everytime you play the Monday night football theme. It's absolutely wonderful
Same! I Look forward to it
Tim's new haircut rules and Link's Awakening also rules.
Tim is a treasure. I was suddenly stricken with a vision of the entirety of "walkthrough youtube" being this style of video, and the walkthroughs for every game were 160+ parts, and hundreds of hours long.
school started back up this week, and the medicine i need is fifty eight minutes and eighteen seconds of my boy
this is the first lecture i've had since college and i don't recall any of those making me feel the warm fuzzies!
Tim thrives at Action Button Reviews now!
This is delightful and you're the best! Thanks Tim and video production crew for always putting the time and effort into making videos that are so much fun to watch. Your videos are highlights of the Kotaku feed for me!
Also Tim, respect for pushing yourself to get in front of the camera more. It must be tough (esp when Timprovising™) and I am really enjoying seeing you more. Great stuff!!👋👍❤️
Tim’s screen by screen recall of this game is absolutely mind bottling.
Boggling*
Why are you bottling brains?
@@cwtrain Boo
Tim Rogers I love your content. Never stop making these high quality videos. Regarding your closing statements about Wind Waker, I challenge you to rebuild the map of the great sea (either visually, or just through colourful verbosity) entirely unprepared and by memory. I promise I will comment on AND like such a video regardless how accurate it is.
Wonderful and insightful analysis, Tim! I never appreciated how expertly crafted the intro to this game is. I also love this style and format of video. Excellent work all around!
tim you look healthier these days.. luv u
I'm always a bit hesitant to start watching a new Tim Rogers video since they're consistently so long, but after I finally give in I always enjoy every minute of it.
I really love the direction of these Timprovisation videos. I think you're hitting your stride with this new format!
It's so awesome to behold a human being who has maintained this level of enthusiasm for their defining hobby well into adulthood. I've been binging Tim Rogers videos for the past few days and I hope to see a geriatric Tim explaining video games to me a few decades from now.
As someone whose favorite Zelda is Link's Awakening, I thank you for this video, Tim. You do amazing work and to hear you speak so positively on games like Link's Awakening and Dragon Quest does my heart some good.
"Which is the best Zelda game, by the way"
FACT CHECK CORNER: TRUE
Accurate. The best 2d Zelda at least. There are some amazing 3d Zelda also, but I think links awakening is the most purely distilled Zelda ever made. It uses every part of the animal better than any other zelda
Dude, this content does it for me. Love this game and love your analysis/commentary.
Link's Awakening is my favourite Zelda game. This is now my favourite review ever.
Link's Awakening is suuuuuuch a good game. Glad people will get a chance to play it.
@@anab0lic I agree
> is a big gaming channel
> uploads long videos that sound more like fans describing their favourite games and experiences rather than just the dry facts
Keep doing that, Kotaku
This man is the sole reason why I subscribed to Kotaku on youtube
Tim. I enjoy your work immensely.
Tim, on camera: hello
Tim, off camera: *H E L L O*
Thank you for this improvised Review, Tim Rogers. I loved every second of it.
Link's Awakening is one of the first video games I played as a kid when I was around 4 years old. I'm utterly convinced, that this game has made me into the person loving video games with a passion that I am today.
Needless to say it still remains one of my all time favorite games and I regularly play through it again which is really helped by how timeless this classic gem is.
I'm starting to feel like a comment stalker because I comment on every Tim video. But they are just so good I want everyone to read how good I think Tim's content is!
Something like 20 years ago, I was that little clueless kid playing his first Zelda game. I had no idea how good this game was but it was my favorite game for a long time. Thank you for helping me reliving that moment and helping me appreciate the genius behind my childish wonder. Video games forever.
You really just hit the head on why I love video games - I think we all need to take a moment time and again to understand what makes a game enjoyable and how much thought and care goes into making one. You should really do more of these game breakdown videos! Thanks for the special video!
I've played this game literally dozens of times and you remember things about it that I never noticed in the first place.
Wait JUNE 7TH?
I SHARE BIRTHDAYS WITH TIM ROGERS HOLY MOTHERF***
me too! us and Prince.
You feel special?
@@eliseotorres7958 it's a whole new feeling
Links Awakening has always been my favorite Zelda game. Thank you for this video. So many good memories.
I was wondering if Vertical Slice would ever come back! Great video.
It's nice to hear someone speaking respectfully of a game that deserves respect for once. I was born within two months of this game's release, it was one of my first games, and one that shaped who I would become as an adult who now lives on a boat.
Thank God we get another Vertical Slice. Gimme more of that pie, Tim
Enjoy the Tim Rogers at Kotaku era while it lasts; we will look back on this as a golden age
This is like seeing a learned lecturer describe thoughts that had occurred to you but in striking detail and precision. La is the best game ever
"killing is good" - tim rogers, 2019
(great video! cheers)
I should also mention that the music in these dungeons is simply fantastic. So incredibly simple yet VERY foreboding in atmosphere. It's absolutely sublime, and particularly impressive considering the hardware it was doing this on.
Tim, your videos are always a highlight of my day and I’m so glad you do these!
god just hearing the soundtrack in the background reminds of how much the sound design absolutely kills
As someone who also grew up in Pennsylvania I cannot but share the nostalgic memories of pretzel sticks and the King of Prussia Mall glad to see this be online.
The length of this video matches the drive time from my apartment in San Francisco to my grandma's house in San Jose. Just like Link's Awakening, this video is entertaining AND an effective time grinder for long drives!
I've been enjoying your foray into on-camera videos this year and this is the best one so far! Thank you for the great hashtag content. I will never not laugh at the Money Night Football music.
This was incredibly brilliant! Absolutely loved it, love Tim's game design wisdom! And presented in such an entertaining way
I remember discovering Tim’s lengthy (almost novel sized) reviews of Mario Bros 3 and earthbound back in middle school. The length of this is bringing me back to those old essays. Please do video essays where you read those reviews if you need content ideas.
I hit like before the ad even stopped playing
Tim is one year younger than me. His takes are unique but much of what he says makes sense to me due to shared cultural experiences. Or maybe he's just awesome.
Thanks, Tim! This was great!
This is an in-depth examination of the game mechanics and intentions of the designers of this classic Zelda game. It helps me pinpoint why I felt that so much of what I like about Zelda was missing from BotW.
I know this is not a popular opinion.
I feel like Tim is pushing the concept of what video "content" can be. Very intriguing.
For years i thought Link Awakening was the best Zelda but i kept quiet because i was shy and everybody only raved about Ocarina. It feels nice being validated after all these years. Thanks Tim.
If I have to watch a Timprovisation every week of the rest of the year, and the years after that. I will never fall into depression.
So far these are funny, entreteining, and even educational. All for this great guy love for video games and the platform it provides this kind of editorial freedom 👍🏽
It’s Tim Rogers from KOTAKU DOT COM
RUclips suggestions do sometimes work. This was a really fun watch!
love this. and to your comment at the end telling professors to show this to their students: we have to write a paper analyzing everything you just talked about and he directed us this video, very cool
I lack the willpower to watch a Tim's video for less than 30 minutes... Then when I'm there it's like "I might as well finish it..."
great video as always tim
~Nightcore Jones
this was the first 8 bit game i ever played, and might still be the best
It is probably the best game. You peaked at the beginning. And it is ok
I stumbled upon this guy recently when searching for every video on Dragon Quest 11 Echoes of An Illusive Age. Since then I’ve gone down a rabbit hole of all his videos. He’s really talented at making things sound really interesting with his demeanor. There’s something about him that is so familiar like his archetype is someone from a past generation that was a good friend who I haven’t seen in ages. I’m 35 and also look 10+ years younger and people are surprised to know I’m not in my 20s. The difference is although I love a lot of the same games I do not have the IQ or memory to recall all this information nor the skills to make it interesting. People tune out the second I try to explain a video game to them unless they are also a gamer who knows the game I am talking about. Not to put myself down but just to say how impressed I am with all his content.
I will now start comparing my first dates to a Zelda dungeon. Would comparing a date to the water temple mean you’re trying to woo someone who’s high maintenance or with hidden sadistic tendencies? 🤔
Funny video! I feel like I can do this with a small handful of zelda games... if there is ever a point in my life where I have to narrate a video game. Lucky you.
This was a funny listen while having my morning coffee, before gym time. Never stop talking, Tim.
Great video. I'd love to see Tim do a similar video for Majora's Mask.
Nigel great video. I'd love to see Tim do a anything
I live by KOP and the in-laws live past Pottstown, this story is just awesome.
actually so keen because of this video alone. we need more of these retro reviews
1 simple trick to perfectly remember a dungeon: just rebuild the entire dungeon in Unreal engine 3
conditionals tbh when i did it then i DID do it from memory lol
though yeah that experience did seal my memory of this forever lmao
This video is one of youtube's gems and Tim Rogers should be designing games or at least teaching their design at a university.
Tim Rogers is my Patronus
How did the subject of cardinal direction come up in your conversation with Miyamoto?
Tim your videos are great and you deserve only the nicest comments!! Thank you for the endless entertainment you provide.
Same beautiful boy I just started watching on Action Button s couple days ago. Never change Tim.
Well I mean, always change. It's good. Always be you though
I can't even recall with I did in the last hour with this level of clarity. Another phenomenal vid.
Matt Ehrmann hmmm *i* can probably recall with perfect clarity what you did in the hour before posting this comment!! lol
though i might have to guess at the first two minutes
Can't believe he's only played it 8 times. By Tim's standards I would've expected 30 - 500 times.
i love this man so much
I love this man and I love this game. One of my top 10 games of all time for sure. It’s up there with Skyrim, Tears of the Kingdom, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Resident Evil 4 and others. Just a timeless game. I go back to Link’s Awakening (and Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, and other top down Zelda games) whenever I just need some comfort food gaming. The worlds in these games are etched into my memory and the soundtrack is a shortcut into many happy memories of simpler times in the world and my own life. The best part is the game really holds up so my memories aren’t fully rose tinted, it’s good.
his memory always amazes me
I watch just 5 minutes of this guy, and it feels like I've seen an hour's worth of content.
Well, I can extrapolate that to mean you're going to think his Cyberpunk 2077 review is about 22 days long.
I have split the viewing of this video into 5 small episodes and it was amazing. I can't wait to play this game and based on this I should be able to succeed at least until the end of the first dungeon. Thank you for this Tim (and the KOTAKU team).
How in the hell can you remember things in so much detail Tim? Are you some kind of savant?
Actually... Yes
You know Tim personally and are confirming that he is indeed a savant?
medium.com/@108/what-we-might-mean-when-we-say-a-clock-is-wrong-5f055ff631a6
“savant” has various historical meanings, though its current meaning implies disability, which is not the case with me. i’m not a savant, i’m just a weirdo with a (near) perfect memory. i try not to talk directly about this too much because i like keeping the flavor of bizarrely personal hatred people email me on an hourly basis consistent just for general comfort’s sake, though i did attempt to break the ice a bit in the corresponding post about this video on kotaku dot com: kotaku.com/i-remember-every-single-detail-of-the-first-thirty-minu-1837523868
Maybe not a savant, but a card carrying Mensa member if I recall correctly.
i think about this video from time to time. His photographic memory of this game is incredibly impressive.
I'm not sure if he's ever brought it up in any of his videos, but he does have a weird, very rare form of perfect recall called hyperthymesia. It only works for subjective memories, or something like that. That's the reason he's always going back into things that have happened to him with such uncanny specificity.
@@Riridium He's definitely mentioned it more in his recent videos. I know it's something he and other people with this condition come to hate, so I feel bad, but it is impressive how he uses it in his script writing and videos.
Perfect video for the perfect game. Thanks for this entertaining hour, Tim. :)
Tim's haircut is sick. Very fitting. Anyway, I couldn't be anymore hyped for this game. So excited for traditional Zelda!
Tim and the team at gamexplain are my current RUclips gaming addictions.
A full hour? This is a truly blessed Saturday. Buckle up, bunker buddies.
That vertical slice logo is painfully good. No, It is not a vertical slice of itself, but I saying that it is would be fun. Nice logo!