Designing a good video game puzzle is a challenge. It's not just a matter of making it too hard or too easy. It takes a lot of iteration, pulling the right levers to make the right changes so that players come to the right conclusions.
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For over a year, YouTube critic Mark Brown has been exploring the dungeons in each Legend of Zelda game. His series concluded today with a look at Breath of the Wild outlining how the design of the game's Divine Beasts is great but also frustrating.
Breath of the Wild's soundtrack is often subtle and sometimes it's completely absent. But it's always deliberate, and there's a purpose for it.
Zelda dungeons are, as a general rule, extraordinarily well-designed. Everyone knows that. What you might not know is just why they're so well-designed.
