There’s a second early in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, in one of many very first shrines, once I felt a shiver of pure thrill run by means of me. I had been offered with a easy process: get to the opposite facet of a fall-to-your-death deep chasm utilizing the brand new Ultrahand capability and an assortment of wood boards, stone hooks, and a single fastened rail. The answer was clear sufficient, so I used Ultrahand’s capability to primarily tremendous glue something to the rest and pieced collectively a sq. board for Hyperlink to face on and a stone hook to hook up with the rail. I then hooked my crude contraption on the rail and climbed aboard. All the things labored precisely how I anticipated it to, and I used to be in a position to cross the chasm simply sufficient. But this straightforward act of seeing the issue, actually constructing the plan, and executing the answer felt so satisfying that by the point I had crossed the chasm, I had damaged out right into a face-swallowing smile.
Although there have been many equally satisfying moments after, I might by no means smile like that once more, and that preliminary thrill can be slowly changed with a mild and acquainted pleasantness.