Parallel Worlds has to be seen to be believed.

This is a game that word of mouth does no justice.

The entirety of the game borders on unfun and irritating. There is no way I'd ever recommend playing this game to the average video game enthusiast and I'd be hard pressed to say that even the most hardcore of Zelda fans would enjoy it. Let me just say it now, never before has a romhack been this unplayably hard. The problem with the game lies solely on it's level design. The game looks so good and it's actually one of the most impressive efforts from the rom hacking community. Parallel Worlds on the other hand is a romhack that's relatively well made and aesthetically pleasing. I say this fully aware of hacks like Pussy City Pimps, Little Remo and Dick Dug Those are all crass juvenile projects by crass, juvenile people making it hard to take seriously. Parallel Worlds is one of the biggest abominations in the world of rom hacking. Through blood, tears, sweat and booze, two ambitious little rom hackers forged a game that aimed for the lofty goal of succeeding one of my favorite games. Obviously, Nintendo has their own plans with their cel shading and their waggle, so the fans decided to take up the mantle themselves. Apparently I'm not the only one who feels this way, because many fans have clamored and waited for a return to form from the series to revitalize what made Zelda 3 so great. It's pretty easy for me to say that A Link to the Past is the pinnacle of 16-bit action games and that without it, the games industry might look quite different. How many of you remember shooting an arrow into the Eyegore statue in the Palace of Darkness? What about realizing that the Cane of Somaria could be used to create moving platforms in Turtle Rock? Yes, the action and role-playing elements returned in a much improved form, but now the name of the game was puzzle solving. The first two games were strictly Action games with light RPG mechanics and with a heavy emphasis on dungeon crawling, but Zelda 3 was a different creature entirely. The first two Zelda games were great for their own reasons, but I'd be hard pressed to label LttP as anything other than the watershed moment for the series. Of all the Zelda games we've seen throughout the years, the one that I've played the most would have to be A Link to the Past.

Let’s Play The Legend of Zelda: Parallel Worlds

Zelda parallel worlds map