Spirit Tracks Still Playing

[Mystic Jade]

Hi,

Well, been playing ST since last christmas and yes, still playing it! Finished the main game play (thanks to this site and YouTube!) but still love exploring and I still have a couple of items to find and train upgrades to get (trying to get these without cheating-hence we (my bud and I) are still playing!). Is anyone else addicted to this game and for this long???

Be seein' ya!

Mystic Jade

 

[Master Sword13]

Well, my first playthrough through the game took about a week, as I go really quickly through video games when I spend all of my time on them, but getting all the items and stuff took me until January or February. I still don't have all the Train Parts though, only some random parts and the Golden Train Parts. After that, I took a long break from the game, and I kept using my second file for a second playthrough, however I never got around to actually finishing one of them. Finally, I devoted the 2nd file to the 3 Heart Challenge, and completed that around last month. (October) So, yeah.

 

[butterbiscuit]

Wow, still playing it? Well, I finished my game with all of the Heart Containers and upgrades one week after I got my games.
Well, keep going at it! It pays off in the end!

 

[Link-182]

Nice, it took me like a year and a half to beat Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask and the Oracle games for me back in the day. But I whipped through this game in about two weeks getting every bunny, force gem, heart container etc...
But I wish it took me a longer time. Games are deeper in your heart when you play them longer, at least to me they are.
I thought Spirit Tracks was a great first play through, extremely enjoyable. The second playthrough I only had one major problem and that was the warp system. it kinda ruined the game a bit because to me the train riding is more boring and more tedious than sailing in PH or WW. But I thought I sidequests were awesome, and the dungeons were fun, just a little short in my opinion. The Spirit Tower was soo incredible though! And one thing I loved about Spirit Tracks is how unique it is and feels to the rest of the series! I like that a lot. It feels a bit unbalanced compared to PH in areas but overall a fantastic game.

 

[Meego]

It didn't take me long at all to finish ST, it was very easy. If you really like ST then I suggest PH or MC (if you haven't done them yet) because they are harder and I personally found them a lot better.

 

[Man_of_Squid]

I finished the game pretty fast too. I liked it, but I wish the world was more open. The train travel kind of ticks me off.

 

[David]

The game was way too easy. I ran through the game in less than a week with a very low playing time. While it was a little harder than its older brother, PH, it was still too easy. And I'm not a huge fan of the touch screen controls. I'd rather use a D-Pad or a Control Stick to make Link do what I want him to. I feel that if they did the touch screen again and actually improved the controls in it, I might actually really like the touch screen. But for now, not my favorite.

I didn't bother getting everything in the game. I felt that it was a waste of my time and wouldn't be very rewarding. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE sidequests. I just hated the stupid train. It completely limited your travel and there just wasn't a super great sense of exploration that I've always loved about Zelda. Having the train control how I get to places felt very restrictive and unnatural for a Zelda game.

Spirit Tracks did have its upsides, however. I thought that a lot of work was put into the game to make it better than its older brother. It succeeded. Well, in some areas. Like I said before, the train restricted my instinct to explore. The game was quite a bit harder than PH, it had more things to do, and the bosses were very well done.

I liked Spirit Tracks, but not enough to have the desire to complete the game 100%. It was a good game, just not my favorite.

 

[edocsil]

Has anyone been able to get to the 900 hits in sword training yet? i keep trying but can't get past 199. any advice?

 

[MrLuigi]

I finally got all the golden train parts last summer. I love that game. I finished the game in about 2 weeks. I haven't played it in a while but I remember only needing the bunny scroll and my last heart container.

 

[DCMN]

I still pop back onto it often to complete side quests and find bunnies.

 

[Ninten*]

I beat that game in about 5 days or so. I still try to finish all of the side-quests so I can 100% it. The only reason that I haven't been able to 100% it was because some files were deleted becuase I didn't play it in a long time. So I have to start over with those Rabbits of Evil. If I play regularly, I should be able to finish it in about a month or so.

 

[Norisom]

Yeah, I'm still playing. I am going for 100% I don't know if I'm going to count train parts towards that because they are sorta annoying to get.

 

[Link.]

me 3years playing LA and it is hard.

 

[biggoron_sword]

I'm still playing it but very infrequently. I have 5 bunnies left and the Stagecoach Engine (3 more Dragon Scales).

 

[TGzeldafreak]

I'm beat it in 4 days with 80% completion. i still need more rabbits >=(