author=TheRpgmakerAddict

author=Pizus
The English translated version of Zelda ToP has been published!

Yay, that's great Pizus, I was waiting for this game (even if I already tried the Spanish version at the time!)

author=Gretgor
Alright, so, after having played for a while, here's my feedback.

I think the game overall is quite competent and well made, with some flaws that annoyed me a bit. All in all, though, I quite like it!

Positive:
- The atmosphere is competent, it really conveys that Zelda feel.
- The ABS is quite well made too. It has its problems, but I'm impressed by the effort that went into it.
- Exploration is good, I like that there's optional stuff to obtain around the map, like in Zelda.
- Decent design for dungeons and exploration areas.
- There are some large monsters, instead of only monsters that fit the 16x16 space, indicating quite a lot of work went into the combat.
- Bosses are a blast for the most part.

Negative:
- I hate that climbing ladders takes you out of battle mode.
- Hit detection is rather finicky here and there, like sometimes the enemies will go right through my attacks. Is the hit detection pixel based or tile based?
- Combat only really clicked with me after I obtained the boomerang. Before that, it was a bit annoying. Not bad, but annoying. Having to land in a very specific tile to hit enemies is a bit of a chore.
- There's no reason a handful of atmosphere pictures should lag the game this much. How exactly are they being called into the game?
- Story is a bit cliché. Main character with a very specific form of amnesia (i.e. only remembers stuff that it's convenient to the plot that he remembers), evil empire, main character with a secret superpower, and so on. I wouldn't call it bad, but it's definitely a bit cliché.
- Getting sniped by an enemy while being teleported out of a hole may kill you. Why doesn't the game just pause in those situations?
- Lack of telegraphing for certain attacks made certain deaths feel cheap. It's not needed for all attacks, but at least for strong ones that can kill you in one hit. That one optional dragon boss took me longer than I wanted because of that.

My thoughts:
This game shows a quite admirable level of effort and competence. It brings the Zelda feel across very well, and the combat is well made for the most part. There are some annoying problems here and there, like the lag, the occasionally wonky hit detection, the getting out of combat stance when you climb ladders, but overall it's pretty good. I like that the map rewards exploration, and that sometimes the things we find while exploring can catch us off-guard.

Given the amount of effort and talent on display here, I can't help but wonder why the author chose to make a Zelda fangame instead of working on their own thing. If a fangame starts gaining too much traction, Nintendo is gonna stomp on it anyway, so why not just use the exact same systems that are already in place and turn the game into its own thing instead? Just a thought.