I think conceptually this is Nintendo working at their absolute peak. I still believe that the first loop of this game is one of the most dreadful and affecting experiences I have played, it made me scared for the future, it ignited something so deep into me that I had to see this what I thought would-be masterpiece to the end; and it delivered, in a lot of ways. You come to know about everything in this world to a certain point, and areas that couldn't be more different begin to consolidate into this one beating world rather than a series of trials like most Zelda games. The atmosphere is crushing and humiliating, but it's in the little moments of fleeting happiness, when you change someone's life even if it's for one cycle where the game digs itself into you.

"Your true face... What kind of... face is it? I wonder... the face under that mask... Is that... your true face?"