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The Video Game Levels Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)

The Back Page · February 13, 2026

Shared from search: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

02:14:58 - 02:15:55

came up with it and yes it's not a great level despite that but yeah good stuff well you didn't kill anything or steal anything matthew which is intriguing um so we move on to dave again i'm going to go just to cool the temperatures of the room um mission in an open world large game i'm gonna go with uh the forest temple in ocarina of time this i think like when you think of like the the scope of temples in in zelda in ocarina this one has like an unmatched atmosphere it's super weird it's like this sort of almost like this twisted nightmare of an experience as you get into it you've got the the the rooms that literally are twisting as you as you sort of walk down them you have the amazing phantom ganam fight at the end you've got the floating pose that are constantly terrorizing you but even like within the puzzles you know you've got some really like great combat challenges you've got the skeletons the skeletons with the sword

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... good pick for this it's it's a it's an interesting little kind of like step on the road of people figuring out how to do emotional storytelling in video games right and um yeah yeah and max pain came up with it and yes it's not a great level despite that but yeah good stuff well you didn't kill anything or steal anything matthew which is intriguing um so we move on to dave again i'm going to go just to cool the temperatures of the room um mission in an open world large game i'm gonna go with uh the forest temple in ocarina of time this i think like when you think of like the the scope of temples in in zelda in ocarina this one has like an unmatched atmosphere it's super weird it's like this sort of almost like this twisted nightmare of an experience as you get into it you've got the the the rooms that literally are twisting as you as you sort of walk down them you have the amazing phantom ganam fight at the end you've got the floating pose that are constantly terrorizing you but even like within the puzzles you know you've got some really like great combat challenges you've got the skeletons the skeletons with the sword stage in the game yeah it's it's one the trickier puzzle dungeon dungeons even various multiple levels you got the different flames in the middle that you have to light in order it gets better as ...

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