I'm not made of stone, of course I loved 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Legend of Zelda⛦: Breath of the Wild and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kiཧngdom – yet at the same time, I do dearly miss the dungeon-heavy adventures of old. Which is why, playing Azaran: Islands of the Jinn during 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Steam Next Fest, I was overjoyed to find out it's a🌺 3D adventure that pays direct homage to that classic Nintendo 64 Zelda structure.

Indeed, squint while you look at Azaran: Islands of the Jinn, developed by Benji, and you'd be forgiven for thinking you were looking at The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Azaran definitely has its own unique twists and designs, but its heart piece is one that beats for those classics. You can play a chunk of the game's opening dungeon for yourself as well (check out our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Steam Next Fest guide for more on this season's demo hunting).

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Wrecked in an archipelago and on the hunt for a magical astrolabe, the demo for Azaran: Islands of the Jinn throws you into the tutorial dungeon with nary an item to your name. Which mean this opening slice plays out like a lot of early Zelda dungeons, having you track down simple items to unravel your route through the dungeon. Eventually, though, I pick up both a sword and shield, a bow, and some bombs – Azaran throws a lot at you✅ quickly, meaning I wonder how it will beꦉ paced past this point.

Plenty scratches that Zelda itch, from the puzzle design to the little roll you📖 can do as you run around, and even the way the camera acts when you walk from room to room. In combat, the lock-on even feels an awful lot like Z-targeting in the Nintendo 64 Zelda ꦓgames. Even the sound design has a crunchy, compressed edge. I love it. Yet, at the same time, the Arabian-nights style theming gives Azaran it s own personality, and a friendly approach to how arrows, bombs, and the like are doled out keeps things moving. I do wish there was a map, though, which seems curiously absent in the demo.

While this opening dungeon ends right before what seems to be its final boss, teasing the full experience, there is a mini-boss encounter. It's a fun encounter with a bit of a gimmick to it beyond the shield-blocking and sword-slashing that you use to deal with other enemies. Spinning around, it's a bomb-flinging jar. Having to p✅ick up the exploding projectiles and throw them back in feels like peak 90s boss design to me, which is exactly what Azaran is going for.

There's still a lot I don't know about Azaran, but this short but sweet opening dungeon is off to a promising start. Just having the controller in my hands and running around the space felt like a homecoming to the Nintendo 64 style classic games of old – and exactly what I've been craving modern Zelda returns to for a long time. That's why I ended uꦍp spending🥀 over $400 on a Nintendo Switch 2, after all – just to play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker again. I can't wait to see more from Azaran – which promises lots more dungeons and ite🐬ms, and a "tropical-themed" overworld.

launches on PC at a date to be announced.

You can play the RPG that inspired Undertale during Steam Next Fest and it even features the work of Toby Fox himself