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Journey to Un'Goro Is The All New Hearthstone Expansion To Launch In April

I am woefully late to the reporting party to let you know that the upcoming Hearthstone expansion Journey to Un'Goro has been announced and will launch in April. The announcement video by Ben Brode is well worth watching even if you're not a Hearthstone super fan. Un'Gogo will feature a couple awesome things including Dinosaurs, the new Elemental type and card quests. Card Quests cost one mana and will always show up in your opening hand and if you complete them will award you a crazy legendary like the Priest legendary Amara that's an 8/8 for 5 that sets your players health to 40! Blizzard will start the trickle of new card reveals on March 15th and continue the pace until the set launches in April. There have been some reports that the run up to the release of Un'Goro will contain special login bonuses but nothing official has been announced yet. So far i've saved up 5,000+ gold for Un'Goro and should be able to collect even more for the pack opening when then set hits in April.

Season 11 of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Hits Netflix April 14th!

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In the not too distant future the brand new Mystery Science Theater 3000 season will drop on Netflix bringing this classic show back to the fans and an entirely new audience. It will release on Netflix and to Kickstarter backers on April 14th, which is a bit odd as I thought Kickstarter backers would get a few days lead time but at least this way everyone can see it at the same time. Joel also released the new cast photo above featuring the new star of the show Jonah Ray playing Johan Heston, Felicia Day as Kinga Forrester, Patton Oswalt as Son of TV's Frank, Hampton Yount as Crow and Baron Vaugn as Tom Servo. There has been a lot of secrecy around the new episodes so much so that the list of movies they are riffing isn't even known yet. As more information surfaces i'll drop it here but until then we can just relax because April 14th isn't that far away.

https://twitter.com/MST3K/status/834564430406963200

Even More Incredible AGDQ Speedruns!

As I finish up watching all the Awesome Games Done Quick speedruns from 2016 I missed watching live I wanted to share a few more you might find enjoy. The above Borderlands 2 co-op run is great as they beat the game in 1:44:50 which is an impressive feat considering it's a run that takes two people to pull off. It uses some fun weapon switching dupe bug glitches as well as some interesting speed bugs that make progressing through areas incredibly fast and interesting to watch.

The final run you should watch is of the Action 52 NES Classic Cheetahmen and if you know of the game and it's epic terribleness you also know the game is very hard. The runner huey beats the game handily in four minutes making the game much more interesting to watch than it is to play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3XOd3oSsjk

Blizzard Dropping XP and Vista Support

In a move that shouldn't be too shocking to anyone Blizzard will drop support for Windows XP and Vista in World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm. Windows XP was a staple of Desktop computing for years but has been very unsupported by Microsoft since 2014. If you are on XP or Vista I seriously recommend you upgrade to 7, 8 or 10 as those offer you security updates and a more streamlined experience. With that, I imagine many people own old hardware that a modern OS just won't run on and if that's the case then i'd consider those machines a sort of retro game PC. Lots of older Blizzard games on CD will still work on XP as well as anything released from that era you have kicking around on physical media.

Curious if this change will cause any of you to lose access to any of the mentioned Blizzard games? Drop your thoughts in the comments.

"Starting later this year, we will begin the process of ending support for Windows XP and Windows Vista in World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm. Microsoft ceased mainstream support for these versions of Windows in 2009 and 2012, respectively, but since a decent portion of our audience was still using them at the time, we continued supporting them. However, there have been three major Windows releases since Vista, and at this point, the vast majority of our audience has upgraded to one of the newer versions.

After these older operating systems are no longer supported, the games will not run on them, so we encourage any players who are still using one of the older OSes to upgrade to a newer version. We’ll be rolling out this change on a staggered schedule, and will post further notices as we get closer to making the change for each game."

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20753178086

Travis Admin wrote on 02/19/2017 at 03:48am

I imagine any PC without at least Windows 7 isn't getting much gaming love these days.

It's possible those old machines could still have a life in modern times, though. XP is one thing, but even crappy PCs that came with Vista run better with 7, 8, and 10. They haven't changed a ton of the functional system requirements. I upgraded a crappy Vista pc through 7, 8, and 10 and it runs better now than ever. I use it for things I want to watch on TV but can't do so in any other way than through a browser.

That said, OS upgrades from Microsoft didn't always come with a free upgrade window like they did for 10, so you may not have a cheap/free upgrade path. If you have spare licenses and you don't mind potentially wasting one on a PC that might not have much of a life left, give it a shot.

If you have a Vista PC and this is causing you headaches I don't recommend paying for an upgrade to your OS; put that money toward a new computer.

But as for Blizzard's statement that "the games will not run on them," I bet an enterprising XP holdout could figure out how to make it work. I highly doubt there's a major audience for it, though.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 02/19/2017 at 02:55pm

Noooooo!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/19/2017 at 05:21pm

Noooooo!

It might be a smaller percentage but some people in that thread were upset about this. When we shipped Starship Rubicon XP was a target OS and I do remember a few people submitting bug reports on it(If memory serves). I respect people getting as much life out of a computer as they can. I love for things to last forever too and I have a machine or two with XP on it kicking around. I don't use it as a daily driver though.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/19/2017 at 09:27pm

> I have a machine or two with XP on it kicking around

I hope by "kicking around" you mean "disconnected from the internet unless absolutely necessary," because there are some serious security issues with XP that will never get patched. One big reason Microsoft tries to get people to upgrade for really amazingly cheap (Windows 8) or free (Windows 10) is because of "vaccination" in a sense. Unsupported operating systems get infected more easily leading to more crap spreading around and more botnets. Don't be part of a botnet, Jon! :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/20/2017 at 04:49pm

Thanks Travis.

Connecting a insecure device to your personal network doesn't get it compromised in seconds but if I connected it direct to the Ineternet it might. That might be a fun thing to try too. Connect a Windows XP box to the net and wait to see how long it would take till it gets owned. Since I can turn it off easily enough that might be a fun experiment.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/20/2017 at 08:35pm

Haha, yeah. I've seen that done for a laugh and it really takes next to no time at all. It's nuts!

And that was even when it was still a supported OS!

But I wasn't even talking about using it directly connected, and I wasn't saying just having it there would get it infected in seconds. Just sitting there doing nothing on your network, it's fine for the most part (not entirely), but it has a nutty amount of security holes just waiting for a malware download. Even using what you'd think is secure software. Since there's no UAC like there is in Windows Vista and above, even a responsible user with a trusty install of Firefox (not including Chrome since you can't run a secure Chrome on XP anymore) can get screwed if an ad network gets compromised, which happens. Even the most trusted ones. Microsoft was handing out malware once because the ad network they used got compromised.

If you disable the hell out of unneeded services and install an outgoing firewall (your router has you covered on incoming, for the most part but again not entirely) and only use it for old games that don't work on Vista and above, and you do no web browsing, you'll heavily mitigate the risk.

And just to be clear, it's a matter of percentages. I'm not saying XP is 100% guaranteed to get malware, not by a long shot. But it's an entirely static target now since it will never change, and it's facing dynamic threats now, and anything can happen.

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Hearthstone's Year of The Mammoth Standard Shakeup Coming!

When the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion launched the new Standard and wild formats became permanent in Hearthstone creating a yearly migration of older cards to the wild set. The details of the upcoming standard rotation hit today and Blizzard repeated which card sets were rotating out and also a bunch of new information that should shake things up even further.

Firstly the Blackrock Mountain, The Grand Tournament, and League of Explorers cards are rotating to the wild set. This isn't new news but if you've stepped away from Hearthstone for a time you might not know what cards are going to rotate out of standard. On top of that Blizzard is also moving 6 classic cards to a new set they are calling the "Hall of Fame." The Hall of Fame aims to rotate out certain classic cards Blizzard deems to powerful to stay in the standard set because they seem to limit the design space. Whereas I like each card in The Hall of Fame rotating them to wild does make sense. Nearly each of the 6 cards have no equal and it would be really hard to make cards that are better in some way. The cards rotating to the Hall of Fame are Azure Drake, Sylvanas Windrunner, Ragnaros the Firelord, Power Overwhelming, Ice Lance & Conceal. Again, I get why Blizzard is doing this but the top 3 cards rotating to wild is a bit sad to see. That said they are going to refund us the full dust cost of the cards while allowing us to keep them in our wild set collections. Not a bad deal but i'll miss Rag and Sylvanas in standard anyway!

"We wanted to allow players to disenchant Classic cards that are being added to the Hall of Fame set for full dust refunds, but then felt that incentivizing players to dust their cool Wild cards was counter to our goal of making Wild awesome.

So instead, we're just going to give you the dust, and you can keep the cards!

Up to the maximum number of cards you could put in a deck, we will give you the full dust value of any cards you have that are being added to the Hall of Fame set. (Yes, that means if you have at least one Golden Ragnaros, you'll get 3200 dust!) The dust will be automatically awarded upon log-in once the Year of the Mammoth begins."

Originally Blizzard planned on releasing a full expansion, an adventure and another full expansion in 2017 but instead they will release three full expansions.

"Looking back, we learned a lot in 2016 with the introduction of the Year of the Kraken. One of the things we’d like to put additional focus on for the Year of the Mammoth is having additional deck-building options and deck variety in Hearthstone. To help give players additional tools and options to accomplish this, we are changing up the way we handle our release cycle. Previously, a Hearthstone Year alternated between Expansions and Adventures.

For the Year of the Mammoth, our release cycle will include a ~130 card expansion at the start of the year, a ~130 card expansion in the middle of the year, and another ~130 card expansion at the end of the year.

Why the change of release cycle?

At their core, Adventures paint colorful and thematic stories about the Hearthstone universe. Imagine being able to learn about the history and lore behind each of our sets inside the game in a similar way! Defining who the Jade Lotus are through a series of battles between the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan families would have been a great way to supplement the overall Gadgetzan story arc. That concept is something we would like to do more of in future sets: Take the storytelling and cool missions of Adventures, and combine them with the card pools of expansions.

Cards will be acquired via packs like other expansions in the past; additionally, each release will include optional single-player missions that will help develop the expansions’ thematic narratives and offer fun challenges."

Blizzard hasn't let us know when the new expansion drops but when it does it will start off the Year of the Mammoth. Since I love all things Hearthstone i'll let you all know when news of the new expansion hits and I keep with tradition a new pack opening video to celebrate.

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/20475356

The Humble Freedom Bundle Is An Amazing Cause And Pack of Games

The Humble Freedom Bundle launched today bringing one of the most insane game bundle values i've seen in quite some time. At the top of the Bundle it comes packed with The Witness, Stardew Valley, Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Subnautica, Nuclear Throne, Super Meat Boy & The Stanley Parable. This bundle also comes with some Audiobook love in the form of Cory Doctorow's "Information Doesn't Want To be Free" and "Walkaway" plus a ton of more indie games you might not have had a chance yet to play. Since I wanted to pick up The Witness and Stardew Valley I pulled the trigger on this immediately and then chipped in a bit more because it's a great cause.

"Take a stand for freedom. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door. – "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, from an engraving on the Statue of Liberty.

We humbly remember that the United States is a nation of immigrants, and we proudly stand with developers, authors, and charities that champion liberty and justice for all.

This special one-week bundle features over $600 in incredible games and books for just $30. 100% of your payments will go to the American Civil Liberties Union, the International Rescue Committee, and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Humble Bundle will proudly match your contributions up to $300,000."

https://www.humblebundle.com/freedom

Travis Admin wrote on 02/15/2017 at 03:07am

Did you get a key for The Witness? I just bought it and I don't have one. It doesn't say they're sold out...

Travis Admin wrote on 02/15/2017 at 03:08am

NEVER MIND I'M A MORON.

For anyone buying this, you have to pick EITHER the Steam key OR DRM-free. You don't get both.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/15/2017 at 07:31pm

Right, I picked the key before they were sold out.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/16/2017 at 03:37am

They still aren't sold out. I just didn't see the switch at the top.

Also, they just added SIXTEEN more games! The gift that keeps on giving. Time to unlock a bunch more games.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/16/2017 at 05:34am

SO MANY !!

Travis Admin wrote on 02/16/2017 at 02:29pm

Also one of the games, Monster Loves You, was sold out but now it's back, and that key popped into my account with the other sixteen. SO even if you bought this while they were sold out of a game, keep checking because it looks like you'll still get it if they add more keys.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/17/2017 at 03:44am

More games keep trickling in. Keep checking it!

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/21/2017 at 02:20pm

The addition of Hand of Fate! Very cool. That's one that's been on my list for a long time. What a great bundle!

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/21/2017 at 02:20pm

I realize I'm responding late, but I've been out of town and just now getting caught up on things ;)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/23/2017 at 01:48pm

Heh. No problem.

I've wanted to try Hand of Fate for some time so it was a really cool thing to see it added.

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Cheerful Ghost Roundtable S5 E2: The Final Roundtable

Here is the final episode of the Cheerful Ghost Roundtable. In our most final hour and a half we talk about what we've been watching and playing and then discuss the games that have stuck with us the last five years since we started the show. We round things off with the things that have changed for us in gaming since the show launched as well as things we totally got wrong.

CapnCurry joins us for the final Roundtable and by popular demand repeats his Gonzo the Norn story to end the show. Of course I can't help but talk about how I think The Phantom Menace is the best prequel and vow to never speak of it again in our upcoming Podcast. I hope.

I want to thank Mark, Travis, John, Tim and Adam(for that one episode) for doing the Roundtable with me. It's been something i've looked fondly at for the last 5 years and even though the show never got a huge following it has always been a joy to be part of. I also want to thank everyone that watched over the years, even if you only tuned in for one episode it means a lot that you've shared your time with us.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/14/2017 at 03:32pm

It was great having the whole crew back together again for our final episode.

This isn't *really* a final episode, just the last one with video. We'll still be doing it, just in a more convenient format. But still, it feels like the end of an era. Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 02/14/2017 at 05:33pm

Gonzo! That's such a great story!

The Roundtables have been great. I've already been using them as a podcast, so moving to that format will be perfect for me. Great job over the last 5 years! Hopefully we all make it another 5 years!

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/15/2017 at 01:34pm

Thanks, Jon, for giving us all a fun space to hangout and share things we care about. Looking forward to the podcast format, and not being objectified by Googles screencap algorithm!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/15/2017 at 07:31pm

> not being objectified by Googles screencap algorithm!

Google seems to really like you.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/16/2017 at 02:33am

I'm wondering if I'm the only one that's going to miss the Roundtable. I like watching YouTube, so the Roundtable is convenient for me. I don't own any Apple products, so I've never even thought about podcasts.

Anyway, Terraria server!!!!! If we do one annually, we should do two this year since we missed last year. Hahaha We need to do Expert Mode!!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/16/2017 at 02:43am

> I'm wondering if I'm the only one that's going to miss the Roundtable. I like watching YouTube, so the Roundtable is convenient for me. I don't own any Apple products, so I've never even thought about podcasts.

We will still embed each podcast as a post on the site so you should easily click play to listen to it just like now. There just won't be video. Also, we will have a podcasts section on the site for you to head back and listen to old ones if you want same as with the Roundtable now.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/16/2017 at 02:45am

It's that now that it will be a Podcast so people with Podcast clients will be able to subscribe and I think it should get the show a bit of a wider audience. I hope. AND hopefully you don't mind the format change as much WITH THAT I do image we will do special streaming shows on YouTube AND Podcast for certain events like a new Star Wars film or other special shows.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/16/2017 at 03:41am

Yeah to expand on what Jon said, you don't need Apple products. Android or whatever will work. It'll be a downloadable MP3 if you don't want to subscribe to it but you have an Android right? Google Play has the same kind of podcast subscription thingie. Or you can use a wide variety of phone/tablet apps or Windows software to subscribe.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/16/2017 at 04:16am

Sounds like it'll be easy to access. I realize you don't have to own an Apple product as there are various media players for a variety of formats. I'm sure WinAmp or VLC could play the podcasts, even if they weren't in MP3 format, I just haven't checked out podcasts before. Yes, I own an Android based Kindle and I now have an Android smartphone.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/16/2017 at 04:28am

Ah, this sentence made it sound like you were equating podcasts with Apple

> I don't own any Apple products, so I've never even thought about podcasts.

But yeah, it'll be available in way more places now.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/16/2017 at 04:49am

Well yeah, I did, but I thought that you could still listen to them with a compatible player (or one with the right plugins). The "pod" in "podcast" makes me think of Apple's iPod. I'm slightly familiar with people listening to podcasts on iPods or something, but I've never listened to any.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/18/2017 at 05:18am

Looks like Jar-Jar didn't have an easy time after Revenge of the Sith.

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a53240/jar-jar-binks-fate-star-wars/

I honestly feel bad for him. He wasn't bad he was just written that way.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/18/2017 at 03:01pm

It's even worse if you've seen the Clone Wars. He's redeemed significantly in those. He's not in a ton of episodes but when he is they actually get the comedy right... most of the time.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/19/2017 at 03:08am

There were so many Netflix shows mentioned in this one. Could someone put a list of them here? Perhaps we should keep a collection of recommended Netflix shows. I'm thinking about checking it out.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 02/20/2017 at 04:38pm

Speaking of Netflix shows, I finished Travelers last night on Netflix. Whilst the show was really good, the season finale was a bit disappointing. It felt more like a mid-season finale, not a season finale. (I suppose it's comparable to a LOST season finale where there's always some sort of cliff hanger lol)

(Hmmm, it might be close to time to rewatch LOST again)

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 02/20/2017 at 04:44pm

And Greg, here's a list of Netflix shows I like (and I'll follow this with another list of shows I know a lot of others like that I've not seen yet

Daredevil
Jessica Jones
Luke Cage
Orange Is The New Black
Narcos
Arrested Development (Although the season made just for Netflix wasn't great)
Fuller House (Yes, I love the nostalgia)
Travelers

Shows people always recommend:
Stranger Things
House of Cards
Sense8
Black Mirror
Making A Murderer
The OA

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/20/2017 at 08:17pm

Thanks Adam!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 02/20/2017 at 09:18pm

Courtny and I just started going through The OA. We're about 4 episodes in and I'm thoroughly confused and intrigued in equal measure. It's good even through I'm constantly asking WTF.

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Into The Breach Is The New Game From The Creators of FTL

FTL is one of those special Indie games that's a game I keep playing years after it's launch. It's the right blend of immersive gameplay and rogue like mechanics that can make for some really crazy games. Whereas i've only ever beat the game once I can still nearly always get to the final boss fight to get shutdown during on of it's insane forms. Needless to say FTL is incredible and i'm a fan of the creators, Subset Games. Last week news dropped that Subset Games is working on their follow up to FTL called "Into the Breach." Into the Breach is a Kaiju based Pacific Rim like strategy game where you control mechs to protect cities threatened by monsters.

"The remnants of human civilization are threatened by gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth. You must control powerful mechs from the future to hold off this alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Into the Breach is a single-player game coming to Windows, Mac, and Linux (although not simultaneously). There is no planned release date. Ben Prunty, FTL’s composer, is making an original soundtrack for the game, and award-winning sound designers PowerUp Audio are heading up the rest of the audio. Chris Avellone is lending his writing talents and world building skills to the team as well."

Subset Games plus the music of Ben Prunty sounds like all the parts to make something really special and Into The Breach is something I can't wait to play.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 02/12/2017 at 01:03am

A tactics game involving Mech's vs. Kaiju by Subset Games and music by Ben Prunty.

It's... It's exactly everything I want!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/12/2017 at 01:22am

This does look pretty cool.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/12/2017 at 03:18am

This looks amazing! I'm glad to hear that Subset is putting out another game. Can't wait!

Travis Admin wrote on 02/12/2017 at 06:24am

I've never been one for grid based strategy games but I'll still be trying this just because it's the same folks behind FTL. That game was fantastic.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/13/2017 at 10:42pm

The more I watch this trailer, the more excited I am about playing this game. It's like a catchy action-film trailer!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/14/2017 at 05:32am

It does. The gameplay looks super tight and it seems like they've worked a lot on this game before showing it off.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/01/2017 at 07:20pm

Cool pre-review from RPS about Into the Breach.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/01/into-the-breach-details-preview/

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 11/28/2017 at 04:01am

Looks like RPS continues to play it and talked more about it recently.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/27/into-the-breach-preview-tactics/#more-497545

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Castlevania TV Show Coming To Netflix In 2017

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It seems that Netflix is continuing it's journey to create as much interesting content as possible with the announcement of a new Castlevania cartoon show. According to a Collider interview with the series creator Adi Shankar the show will be based on Castlevania III and be a hard hitting dark anime. Adi Shankar is the crazy mastermind behind the Power/Rangers YouTube short that was all over the Internet back in 2015 so it's not surprising he is leading this project.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/09/netflix-castlevania-series/
http://collider.com/castlevania-animated-series-adi-shankar/

How Would You Rate The Legend Of Zelda Games?

I recently saw Kotaku run an article where someone ranked the Zelda's from the very best to the very worst. I haven't played all the Zelda games, but i've played a few and some of the authors placements seemed a bit off to me. For instance, I believe that the original Legend of Zelda does hold up well and whereas it may be hard to understand for some modern gamers that's part of it's mystery. The original Legend of Zelda required you to adventure and explore and it didn't hold your hand. Modern gamers might be turned off by this but 10 year old me somehow found a way to beat the game without the Internet and minus waypoints. The original Legend of Zelda doesn't top my list but it's damn near the top because it's still a fantastic game I play every couple years.

7. Majora's Mask
6. Wind Waker
5. Twilight Princess
4. Ocarina of Time & Ocarina of Time 3D
3. The Legend of Zelda
2. Links Awakening
1. Link to the Past

My list isn't quite as long as some may have as I haven't played all the Zelda's. Notable exceptions on my list are the Adventure of Link, Oracle of Ages & Seasons, Link Between Worlds(I own this I haven't started it yet), The Minish Cap and Skyward Sword. I plan on playing The Adventure of Link when I get an NES Classic so until then, it's still on my list of shame.

For the Zelda games you've played how would you rank them? Love to hear you thoughts in the comments.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/09/2017 at 04:57am

Here's the Kotaku article if anyone is interested in reading it.

http://kotaku.com/the-legend-of-zelda-games-ranked-from-worst-to-best-1792136643

Travis Admin wrote on 02/09/2017 at 04:19pm

I haven't played Twilight Princess but other than that our list of Zeldas played is identical, and my list is 100% identical if you take out TP.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/10/2017 at 02:28am

I find it difficulty to rank the Zelda games as you did. They're all so very great, although the 2nd Zelda game is my least favorite. I remember trying to play it multiple times and having no idea what to do. I did finally play again many years later using a guide and cheat codes.

Other than that, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Skyward Sword, the modern console versions are fantastic. I didn't play Link to the Past until I got it for the DS. It was cool and I enjoyed it, but that was my first and only hands on experience with it. The original Zelda is great, too!

My most recent favorite Zelda game is Hyrule Warriors, I love it absolutely! I expect Breath of the Wild will join the ranks of the top Zelda games.

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Journey to Un'Goro Is The All New Hearthstone Expansion To Launch In April

Season 11 of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Hits Netflix April 14th!

Even More Incredible AGDQ Speedruns!

Blizzard Dropping XP and Vista Support

Hearthstone's Year of The Mammoth Standard Shakeup Coming!

The Humble Freedom Bundle Is An Amazing Cause And Pack of Games

Cheerful Ghost Roundtable S5 E2: The Final Roundtable

Into The Breach Is The New Game From The Creators of FTL

Castlevania TV Show Coming To Netflix In 2017

How Would You Rate The Legend Of Zelda Games?