Plot-wise it's about a reporter who also likes to beat people up and her uncle who is a pig. Like, literally a pig and no one finds this the slightest bit improbable.
Spoiler, it is.
The game is, at its most basic, a Zelda clone. It's a third person action-adventure with puzzles and a main character with an unnatural predilection for green. It doesn't take a Zelda fanatic, which I most certainly am not, to see that playing spot the difference is inevitable. Having said that, the game can stand on its own and has something that The Legend of Zelda does not:
A health meter represented by hearts?
As a journalist you have the option to earn money in the game, which is used to purchase upgrades, by taking photographs of certain pieces of scenery or animal species in game. This small feature actually adds another fun little element to the game. Although, much like Bioshock this does get troublesome when you're trying to take photos of things trying to murder you all the way to death. Last time I checked taking a photo of something wasn't an effective way to kill it, unless you're fighting Dorian Grey, then I don't know, it might work.
Seen: a staff; not seen: a camera
In regards to plot it does sound quite like a dodgy sy-fy original movie. You play as Jade, a journalist/lighthouse keeper/orphanage owner, who despite her many jobs is still strapped for cash. It's set on the fictional world of Hillys, inhabited by Hillyans.
Hylian?
There are an alien race called the DomZ that are attacking and killing and abducting and basically doing all that stuff baddies do in video games. Luckily for Hillys the alpha section, a galactic army, have shown up to help! So, everything is sorted out and you just take pictures of shrubs for seven hours.
SPOILERS
Just kidding! You join a resistance movement and find out that the Alpha section are controlled by the DomZ and the war is just a distraction to help them kidnap people and turn them into DomZ. Seems like a bit of a roundabout route, but if it works it works. Then it turns out that you are actually the power source for all the DomZ that was kidnapped centuries ago and are just in human form now because playing as a floating ball of energy is dull. Turns out they kidnap people to provide energy when they really just want you. See? And you thought it would be something crazy.
SPOILER END
It was earth all along!..wrong spoiler
There are also a few boss fights which, in typical Zelda fashion come in stages and are all about recognising the pattern. The last boss though is not easy to beat when you start the fight with two hearts left and no food to heal. Yeah, it took me like a good hour to kill the final boss because none of my saves were far enough back to change anything. Whoops.
This asshole.
Speaking as someone who'd never played a Zelda game, but thought they'd be pretty cool this is a great title, especially if you don't own a nintendo console to play Zelda on. The racing and photography segments combined with other mini games makes this a fun little title that has a cast of unique characters and funny moments. It's serious, but hard to take serious so it comes off as goofy fun. Much like a sy-fy original movie.
I wouldn't be surprised if he was in the sequel.
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