It’s menacing enough when it’s stuck in the ground, but after it pops up and goes full General Grievous (but in the style of the god Asura, and not the mustache twirling villain Lucas morphed him into in the films) it gets real. The Buddhist imagery of Ancient Cistern wasn’t just something that felt new for Zelda, but for dungeon crawlers in general. Just like the classic Water Temple, it has a central setpiece, and although the surface is full of aquatic puzzles, the underbelly rears its ugly head eventually, teeming with poison lakes and undead enemies - the obvious duality of heaven and hell just adds to its allure.Īt the end of it all, you also get the bonus reward of fighting Koloktos, one of the most entertaining bosses in the history of Zelda. Zelda tends to have a formula for let’s say, half the dungeons in any given game (usually elemental based), but the other half is typically comprised of unique settings and concepts. It was the first time I ever traversed something in a Zelda game that felt familiar and recognizable, something that would be repeated with the Sandship in Skyward Sword. As I defeated the various ice creatures found within, grabbing all the necessary ingredients for the soup being brewed, I would often stop, look around and imagine what this building looked like in its prime. Making this dungeon out of a mansion brought a sense of verisimilitude to the game. Up until this, I think all pervious Zelda dungeons had been big, hollowed-out trees or caves or castles or other types of buildings that didn’t really exist around me. What is easily my favorite thing about Snowpeak Ruins is how it takes an instantly recognizable building and makes a dungeon out of it without going out of its way to over exaggerate its size and proportions. And the snowboarding here is way better than that garbage from Final Fantasy VII. In order to get to this frigid fortress, you have to snowboard to it on a frozen leaf, which was a nice palate cleanser after all the shit you had to go through to get to the summit of Snowpeak. The greatness of Snowpeak Ruins starts before you even open the door to this dilapidated mansion.
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