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1. salty_apollyon (rlier23@bae.st)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 05:22:09 JST salty_apollyon
   i've been interested in majoras mask for years, the music and the atmosphere of that game seem soo underliyingly depressing yet charming
   
   but i've never tried it because of the time mechanic which sounds like would drive ME insane
   
   maybe i'll just get over it and eventually play it
   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbR5WcyWl18
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   • Ardainian Hebrew Israelite (ardainianright@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 05:23:18 JST Ardainian Hebrew Israelite

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     @rlier23 It's pretty manageable so long as you know about the Inverted Song of Time. The scarecrow tells you but a lot of people miss the hint.
   • ❄️:padoru: SantaSnekFriend :padoru:❄️ (supersnekfriend@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 05:24:25 JST ❄️:padoru: SantaSnekFriend :padoru:❄️

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     @rlier23 The time mechanic is not really annoying and is balanced well. It wouldn't be a good game without it.
     There is even a song that let's you slow down time so can get things down in a particular area without worrying about missing a deadline on the same time cycle.
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   • Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 05:28:09 JST Christi Junior

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     @rlier23 I consider it the single best implementation of a time limit in video games ever, because:
     
     1) You can't ever permanently lose out on progress or screw yourself over.
     2) There are lots of good way to manipulate time.
     3) You're free to either play it safe (in which case you probably won't ever be truly stressed out) or really push your time management skills, depending on what kind of experience you want.
     4) Even if you DO fail to say, complete a temple in time, you will probably be way better positioned to succeed the second time, have access to or knowledge about various shortcuts etc, kinda how you gradually become stronger in a rogue-lite despite dying.
     5) There are just so many great ideas, character- and story-elements that are enabled by the 3-day cycle.
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