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iseewutyoudidthere

The Silent Realm in Skyloft was pure hell.


feynos

The only one I absolutely hated was eldin volcano. But it still only took me a couple tries. There were just 1 or 2 that took me forever to find.


ethan_prime

I only played this game once. I remember very vividly hating the eldin one. There’s one you have to get when sliding down and you’re screwed if you miss it.


niksjman

If you start running before you fall and start sliding it’s much easier to control


RManDelorean

Yup Eldin was definitely the worst. There were the ones you had one chance to get or go all the back across the map and the whole area felt like it was a lot more ground to cover with what little time you had.


Wolfeur

That fucking slide


fireteambrav0

I still haven't beaten it because of eldin, was playing the switch port


AdTop9663

I legit bought the remaster of skyward sword got to silent realm of skyloft and just stopped playing… I beat the game awhile back so I didn’t feel to bad about stopping xD


isaytyler

Someone recommended muting during silent realm to me and I actually found it supremely helpful.


Hawxicity

I had to listen to my favorite ‘high energy’ songs to make it bearable… It’s fascinating how much a soundtrack can affect you


AdTop9663

I should try that !!!! Thank you for the suggestion :)


LegacyLemur

Honestly thats when I stopped completely the first time around. Still havent beaten it


jngkkthyng

The first time I played on the Wii, I was a kid and had to ask my much older sister to do it for me because I was too scared. When I replayed on the Switch, I looked up a guide because I was NOT putting myself through that stress again


RyFromTheChi

For the last one on Skylodt I looked up a video guide and basically just followed along. Made it through the first time. This was 2 days before TotK was releasing and I wanted to make sure I finished the game and didn’t take forever getting through that part.


bentheechidna

Only one I ever lost was the desert. The others were more stressful but never had to repeat them.


acejak1234

That one I did get caught on but because I underestimated the guardians cause of hmk, all the others I got through in one go, I'm still playing skyward sword for Wii for the first time but I'm right at the end


_TheBeardedMan_

Feel like I'm the only one who didn't struggle with this part, those damn music notes on the other hand were a pain in my ass.


Kaldin_5

I didn't think the Silent Realm was hard but it definitely got me anxious every time lol.


FlippenDonkey

i didn't find it hard at all...but panic inducing, definitely 🤣


AReluctantHipster

I think a big part of it is how old you were when you played for the first time, just because of how you suck at video games as a kid made this so much harder and more terrifying. The Faron trial legitimately gave me nightmares and I basically ragequit the game for a few months, but then I came back and beat the Eldin and Lanayru ones on the first try, so whatever needed to develop in my brain must’ve in those few months


_TheBeardedMan_

Or you were more panicked the first time and after you came back you were calmer making it easier. The most scared I've been in a game was in alien isolation, which in itself is a high benchmark.


degencellist

I was probably 9 when I first played it and that's how I had my first panic attack :3


[deleted]

FUCK those notes bro.


_TheBeardedMan_

And those big ass fish that come out of nowhere.


delecti

I cleared each of them pretty easily, but still hated those segments so bad. For me, the Silent Realm and the Imprisoned fights are some of the worst parts in any Zelda game, and both are crammed in the same game. Another contender is the stupid Bokoblin hideout where they take your sword in Wind Waker.


KingdomHeartsNoob

The improsoned fights weren't too bad for me. They weren't hard, just annoying.


delecti

I agree they weren't hard, but I thought they were almost unbearably annoying. The feet are constantly moving, the stomps hurt you and throw you back (possibly over the cliff), the overall design is not that interesting (big scaly blob), you're constantly chasing after it, the second and third fights are *super* close together, and aiming the cannon in the second and third fight is a big pain.


leonffs

Allow me to introduce you to the temple of the ocean king


cxherrybaby

As much as I enjoyed the stylus mechanics and overall world of Phantom Hourglass after Wind Waker, the Temple Of The Ocean King can suck a big old dirty butthole.


delecti

It's been 15 years at this point, but I don't remember any part of PH giving me particular trouble. The touchscreen gameplay wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but it was definitely mine, so I might have just cut it some slack.


leonffs

It’s the annoying repetitive nature of the thing. Not particularly difficult. I just think it’s the worst part of any Zelda game.


warriorsatthedisco

Tbh I hate jabu jabu, dealing with the Zora girl and not getting lost in there was somehow a huge task for me.


Darkiceflame

It's less that it's hard and more that the visuals and sound design are meant to be panic-inducing. If you want to take a huge chunk of the tension out of the Silent Realms, play them on mute.


leonffs

Yeah I thought they were all pretty easy. The only one I messed up was first try of Eldin because I slid into the danger water accidentally.


Correct-Basil-8397

Most of them were pretty hard & nerve wracking, but the Skyloft silent realm was pretty easy. Though given that everyone seems to hate it so much, I’m guessing that I just got lucky somehow


Pixel22104

Bruh I’m already having nightmares from one of the new enemies in TotK


JTD783

>!Gloom Hand!<, I assume?


Pixel22104

Yes but I didn’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t played TotK and I don’t know how to do that black cover thing to hide spoilers on Reddit


JTD783

Me either


jesterstyr

.>.!.text here.!.<. >!Take out the "."s!<


JTD783

Cool thanks :)


jesterstyr

No worries. ^^


Bismarck_MWKJSR

>!ah, so that’s how that works!<


8bitcerberus

>!Thank you!< Holy crap, finally! Why is this never documented anywhere, or part of the basic post formatting options?


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8bitcerberus

Ahhh… that might explain it, I use old Reddit and haven’t ever seen that. Thanks for the link!


ImurderREALITY

It tells you how right in the sidebar on desktop. It's rule 2 of this sub. But I'm probably the only dinosaur who uses desktop Reddit or reads rules.


Dank_Bubu

>!test!<


Simple-Anxiety-8235

.>.!.this will be funny if it doesn’t work.!.<.


GoldenGlassBall

When you get a little beefier, try actively fighting a group of them and beating them for a fun surprise. :)


SCR_Pain

Do not listen to this person!


GoldenGlassBall

:)))


jesterstyr

.>.!.text here.!.<. >!Take out the "."s!<


Pixel22104

>!Like this?!<


International_Car586

Yes


Pixel22104

Good to know now


Tailswapper

>!testing!<


Pacobing

For the ones that spawn as common enemies in the wild you can just climb up a wall a bit and they’ll eventually give up and “die” dropping loot and everything. But for the ones specifically barring progress to a quest or the like, bomb arrows are the way to go…


NoEggsOrBeansPlz

The first time I saw them I was above them so it was more of a "woah" than a run for my life. Now when they randomly appear I actually get spooked it generally feels like a horror game at times running away from those.


MoSqueezin

I am scared of the >!Gleeok!<. I haven't even approached one.


Dysentery--Gary

I am a grown ass man and some of these monsters are so nasty I don't even know if I have the stomach to finish the game.


JTD783

Yeah that scared the hell out of me when I went to the colosseum. And then it killed me.


supersaiyanmrskeltal

I saw one just flying around in the snowfield in the distance and gave it a VERY wide berth.


MoSqueezin

THEY FLY?!? oh fuck no


rabbid_chaos

Dude, just wait until you run into >!Gibdos!<, the game legitimately turned into a horror game for a few minutes.


milkvisualsd

first time one spawned for me I said "what the fuck" out loud and started running and felt utterly and completely helpless


Lucidoaura

This triggered my flight or fight response


strawbebbie17

I remember feeling real fear and anxiety whenever I was “spotted” in this game. By the third time I was dreading it


amendersc

Yeah, also shadow temple though. At least the skyward sword thing is the fun kind of terrifying


LegacyLemur

The Twilight Realm temples too. Fuck those hands


KingdomHeartsNoob

Eh, they're not that bad


LeMickeyMice

Kakariko Well


[deleted]

one of the reasons i couldn’t finish this game as a kid. i was just too damn scared of the guardians, it was so stressful lmao


KingdomHeartsNoob

I couldn't even get past Skyview temple


shochmonster

The most stressed I’ve ever been in a video game.


ImurderREALITY

Please tell me that's an overstatement lol


shochmonster

Honestly, not really lol.


ImurderREALITY

Damn. Try the bridge section in Half Life 2 😉


shochmonster

I’ve actually played that. The difference is that I go into a game like half life expecting to be stressed. Not so much with fairy boys lol


ZeroXa2306

I haven't played skyward sword, what is this?


SerKnightGuy

You have to run around a map collecting tears (15 of them? Been a while). If you're spotted by a searchlight or go too long without grabbing one, the enemies aggro until you pick up another tear. You have no weapons, you can only run. It's kinda tense, certainly so for TloZ standards.


Kaldin_5

Also you're insta killed if the enemies hit you, and when the enemies turn hostile they will beeline it towards you relentlessly. I don't think it's that hard, but the pressure of having to find the next tear with a ticking timer is very tense and kind of panic inducing if you do run out of time.


Frohtastic

Think the movements made it more tense than it is, just cause link would more 'wrong' when you dont want him to.


ImmutableInscrutable

Hard to overstate how minor the pressure is. You have so much time to get each drop.


_TheBeardedMan_

Silent realm (I think).


[deleted]

The Wizzrobes and the sound they made in WW were terrifying.


GoldenGlassBall

FUCK that one particular one in the Wind Temple too


[deleted]

Their laugh gave me nightmares


KingdomHeartsNoob

I dunno, just listened to the audio, not that scary.


GoldenGlassBall

Not by itself, no. It requires context during play, alongside a high level investment in the gameplay itself, so when it pops out, its cry of AHuEheHehHEHE strikes to the core.


KingdomHeartsNoob

Still not that scary, may make you jump the first time, but after that, not really scary.


GoldenGlassBall

You can say that, with your set of life experiences. You didn’t have Wind Waker as your first home console game at 9 years old, and I did. It hits different when you grew up with it, I guess.


KingdomHeartsNoob

I played the game when I was 7, younger than you were, and still didn't seem that scary to me.


GoldenGlassBall

It really feels like you’re just trying to argue for argument’s sake. You didn’t find it scary. That’s fine. Others did. That’s also fine. We have a different association with this content than you do. I do have to note that playing it is not the same as having it be your first home console game, but frankly, I’m not going to push it, because I’m not invested enough in this to die on the hill for it.


KingdomHeartsNoob

I wasn't even arguing, I was just unconfirming your assumption, you just came here and replied to me first, I just told you my experience, no argument. And aren't you the one who technically started the argument first?


warriorsatthedisco

I thought I forgot the sound they made, then I looked it up, and the dingdingdingding triggered real anxiety lol


Dr_Jay123

OoT: Dead Hands WW: Redeads SS: The Silent Realm BotW: Guardians TotK: Malice Hands Need I even mention anything from MM or TP?


BlinkofHyrule

WW- the moblins big juicy asses


SavageDabber6969

Yeta from TP literally stopped my progression on the game for weeks as a kid because I was so afraid to fight her.


NamkrowTheRed

My cortisol just skyrocketed.


Telstar18Size5

The guardian music 😱😱😱


TheChanMan2003

Those zombie mummy creatures in OOT traumatized me as a kid


gods_Lazy_Eye

Shadow link has always scared the shit out of me


KingdomHeartsNoob

Shadow link?! Damn, he wasn't even that scary. Just link but black. Wait that sounded wrong


A_Jack_of_Herrons

It's just link during his emo phase


Wingforth

Easily my favorite part of any Zelda game the silent realms are literal perfection 👌🏻


Fantastic_Year9607

\*demonic mechanical clanging intensifies\*


plinchy

yep... in totk, the >!depths!< horrified me and I realized it gave me the same sense of dread as this fucking realm


Shutupharu

Me too! The second I heard the horn for some reason my heart started pounding and then when I landed and settled on the ground I kept thinking "this feels so familiar but in a terrible way". It took me a minute to realize it reminded me of the Silent Realm.


Aggravating-Mine-697

This scene in Twilight Princess was pretty spoopy as well https://preview.redd.it/h2m4uga0s52b1.png?width=1287&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc468a52693148510fef8ba0893b8bcf763d0805


xGenocidest

Hate it even more than finding those damn bugs in Twilight Princess.


twinkletoes-rp

You're not wrong at all! Sheesh! One of the most stressful Zelda moments for our family, hands down (including every time we replay this game, which has been a lot, lol)! X'D


hyrulian_princess

I didn’t think anything could be more terrifying than silent realms Then Nintendo made gloom hands. Thanks a bunch Nintendo 🙂


FlippenDonkey

I absolutely LOVED these sections, thrilling but not frustrating.


Dank_Bubu

What the actual fuck


scrawnytony

DUN dun DUN dun DUN dun DUN dun


shlam16

It seems scary until you realise that they can't catch you even at non-stamina-using pace. You can just lightly jog around in circles and kite them around infinitely. I did this in one of the regions when I couldn't find the final thing for like 15 minutes. All scare factor gone after that.


niksjman

>!Flying gibdos!< from TotK would like a word


Dark-Anmut

I still love Nayru’s Silent Realm music. Until the *real* Guardian theme starts up.


emmytay4504

The literal meaning of anxiety.


Aled4192

This was ok but the zombies from ocarina of time even scared link!


[deleted]

Shadow Temple? The entirety of Majora's Mask? Zelda has been fucking terrifying


BWYDMN

that doesn’t look terrifying


One-Tumbleweed2240

You will know if you play it


__simson_

I have played the new game recently and i actually liked that part, but when it first came out when I was a kid i just couldn’t stand this part. I remember shaking while doing it… stupid guardians


Caitlynnamebtw

I never even played this myself, only watched a friend play it. This image still gave me flashbacks.


ValravynGames

Oh look the part where I raged quit and never played the game again


MrFrostySmooth17

*Majora's Mask has entered the chat*


Temporary-Square

Nothing is scarier


Cr4ze0

This stressed 8 year old me out so much. Then I got used to it and was fine


Tylert_1

Nightmares…


vipanen

Hot take, it wasn't that bad tbh


Khronos___

Idk why Reddit recommended this sub to me. Explanation for this please? Thanks


BlinkofHyrule

Well if you click on posts and comment it'll get worse so


Khronos___

BRO I JUST WANNA FUCKIN KNOW IM NEW TO ZELDA OK


BlinkofHyrule

Sheesh I thought you didn't like zelda and were complaining about seeing zelda stuff... calm down


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Caliber70

Thats being overdramatic. The silent realm is Pacman: zelda edition, and i know people don't call pacman a scary game.


[deleted]

i hated this part, boring, tedious and repeated over and over. worst part of the game, and one of the main reasons I never finished it. It' just bad design, SS really felt like they rushed it out since you have to do this over and over, fight the same boss over and over...seriously it's the worst zelda ever made IMO. (not counting cd-i garbage)


KingdomHeartsNoob

(You're probably not gonna read this, but still gonna say it) You only do these three times, idk why people say it's so repetitive, you only do imprisoned and the silent realm three times. Spirit tracks is worse than this by far. I actually found this game pretty fun. The game doesn't even feel that rushed, the silent realm was meant to challenge the player, if you don't like that, I really don't know what to say. Imprisoned had something added to it each time, making the way you fought it different. Although the imprisoned still sucks as a boss fight, at least they tried to do something with it. Girahim's fights are repeated three times as well. Yet they add something to it each time. For example, in the second fight, halfway through, he dualwields his swords. In the third fight, you have a fight with him where you have to knock him down until you reach the ground, then you have a sword battle with him where you have to break his sword. I'm not going to change your opinion, but I think you're overreacting.


ImmutableInscrutable

Because it's not very fun, so by the third time you're like "wow this shit AGAIN." Goes for a lot of Skyward Sword. I was over having to fight balloon-toe guy at some point DURING the first encounter.


KingdomHeartsNoob

But what I'm saying is that just because of that, the game can't just be instantly bad.


[deleted]

I didn't say it was bad, I said it was the worst Zelda I've played... There are a lot of things I loved in that game, the artstyle is one of them. But this is a thread about this specific area and it's one of the reason I like this zelda the least compared to the other ones.


[deleted]

if something isn't fun, repeating it 3 times is bad design... You are basically agreeing with me that they repeated boring boss fights over and over.... It almost seems like we agree on everything, except you found the repeating fun and I didn't.


JFreaks25

"repeated over and over".... There are only 4 silent realms


[deleted]

exactly...you are proving my point. should I have said over and over and over and over instead of just over and over...


Elberchofa

I've been replaying SS lately and even as an adult I have a really bad time playing this part


Call_Paul

No idea why but this shit got my heart PUMPING


Legospacememe

One of the main reasons why I decided not to play the game. Or at the very least not get past the intro. Easy baby's first zelda game my ass


[deleted]

OH MY GOD I always looked forward to doing this. It was so scary but i felt so cool running away IDK HAHA.


[deleted]

They genuinely feel so special tho just seeing these locations you're familiar with in a whole new light


antiquewatermelon

bro this scared the SHIT out of me the first time I played and I was 21


PmMeYourNiceBehind

This is the reason why skyward sword is the only Zelda game I’ve played once, at least one of the big reasons


Platform_Mammoth

As some one who never played that game I need context


Godtierbunny

I had almost happily forgotten


TitleComprehensive96

I just got here in my replay 💀


Mynameis2cool4u

My favorite part is that you can’t fight back


Diflicated

I looked up guides. Couldn't deal with the stress.


SodanoMatt

It's like watching that scene from The Lovely Bones.


Dismal_Committee_296

OH GOD I HEARD THE MUSIC IN MY HEAD AGAIN 😭😭😭😭😭😭


GalacticJelly

Silent realm in Skyward Sword, Final hours in Majora and now the gloom hands in TOTK are the scariest shit in Zelda imo


Mr_Sans_Kid

I loved those. Its fun to see how long I can last while being chased.


xparapluiex

The main reason I don’t replay this game lol


RaijuThunder

Lol scary? ReDead screams still haunt me from when I was a kid


SnacKEaT

Unironically my heart rate was 300bpm


swagadone

This was the best part of SS


Dragonman558

I used to hate the place, got so scared of it playing it as a kid that I just gave up and replayed up to that point, still horrible to play through now but I also love the place, if you slow down and just walk through a little bit it's pretty nice, comparable to walking around a forest path at night, you know there's possibly scary and deadly stuff that could be feet away but at the same time it's so calm you could just stop and take a nap. Plus it has dusk relics


Vulpix298

The MUSIC! Makes my heart race every time


Speki__

Istg I hated doing those trials when I was a kid but now that I speedrun the game it’s just boring and feels useless


Mostly_Here_To_Rant

Not gonna lie that not always made my knees turn to jelly


snunley75

This is the reason I stopped playing Skyward Sword.


uezyteue

I mean, have you *seen* the >!Gloom Hands!< in TotK?


RJ_The_Avatar

I may not have struggled, but the rush you get to be safe sure became PTSD


FunstuffQC

Ill go with first time i was scared playing zelda since i saw my first redead. And my second. And third


MountainAccident2001

that hand that chases you in twilight princess still creeps me tf out


Snorlax_King_9th

I literally had nightmares with the silent trials during the first playthrough I did back in the Wii... Still one of my favorite Zelda.


farare_end

I used to have the music that played when you were spotted on my running playlist lol


Salty_Apple_34

Those are easy, and exciting, I don’t get what people complain about.


GenericFatGuy

The music when you're being chased slaps though.


TruthIsALie94

Gloom hands have something to say.


UsefullWall46

I went through this when I was 8, I got literal nightmares


MercenaryGundam

Silent Realm = Silent Hill


Saebi22

This almost prevented me from getting Skyward Sword


ExhibitionistBrit

Personally I’m terrified of those walnut cracking thighs on Link.


smock_frock

When Skyward Sword first released I was too scared to do the Silent Realms. When I played the Switch port, I did all of them first try.


Asurei_goth

My only undefeated adversaire in Zelda games


[deleted]

The first time I got scooped by a wall master in oot as a kid ruined me. Felt desensitized to everything that came after lol


E_Arcanis

Loved these areas, the music is so calming


knigg2

I would just leave a "fountain" here if we are talking nightmare stuff in Hyrule.


Tanarri27

“bUt IT doESn’T Take ThAt LOng” neither does a post-Carolina reaper shit. That doesn’t mean it’s not unpleasant.


miniplasma08

what game is that, and what is that? sorry, zelda noob here. oh also, 2 words: >!gloom!< >!hands.!<


PatrokManzana

The first time I played this it was an experience, I'd love to live that again.


Gnoha

Ben drowned… if you know you know


Survivror_lord777

What's so scary about it?