So the Zelda/Crypt of the Necrodancer crossover game Cadence of Hyrule came out yesterday, and I had a great time with it so far. If you don't know, the game is randomized, so it's different each time you play. The mechanics are good, and the game isn't too hard once you get going. It can be a little hard to get started though, but you can turn the beats off by playing a custom game, which makes it good for practice. I've completed 2 runs, the first was a normal story run, the second being a beat-free Zelda-only run that I did with no deaths. I've tried a few permadeath story runs, but so far they've all ended in the first few minutes. I also found out how to unlock a secret challenge character that can't pick up weapons and has a maximum of one heart (one or two hit kill). If you want to see the unlock method: you have to get a total of 20 deku nuts by defeating deku scrubs and bring them to Tingle. The first 10 give you double stamina and the rest will unlock the character

What are everyone else's experiences with the game, if you have it?

I played it with my roommate, it was a lot of fun. I played as Zelda and he played as Link. We only played through once, but it was really refreshing ^^

It's freaking amazing honestly.

I couldn't have imagined a better combination of their two different play styles, but they did it so well.

I am liking it a fair bit, though I do wish there were fewer enemies that arbitrarily explode. out of the enemies that I have found that explode when hit, only one of them has actually looked like something that might explode when hit...

All I can think of off the top of my head that explodes when it's hit is the bomb fairy (those black fairies in dungeons). My main ways to deal with them: use a spear from two spaces away, use a bow or other ranged attack, or catch it in a bottle. Then you can use it against enemies later too.

There is also one of the mushrooms, and some statue guys; like the one in Tingle's cave. There is another but I can't remember of the top of my head. I mean, they are able to be dealt with, just, the first time you encounter them, you don't know that they're going to explode, and aren't prepared for it.

Ah yeah, the exploding mushrooms. you can move away after hitting them to avoid the explosion, and the statues that explode can either be moved away from to avoid the explosion or hit them to kill them without an explosion. And yeah, of course it won't work well the first time, part of the game is learning enemy patterns and behaviors.

The "Statue guys" are almost certainly Armos, who traditionally explode upon defeat.

I was very excited about the opening scene having hypnosis in it. A little dissapointed so far that there isnt more.

Liking the game so far.