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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT3| Your Free Time is Badly Damaged
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VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
My kids have been playing this game a ton. My 6 year old has just one Divine beast left. Amazing that the game can be so accessible and yet entertaining for so long.
I managed to sneak in a little time and finally got to eventide island. That was a lot of fun.
I managed to sneak in a little time and finally got to eventide island. That was a lot of fun.
Imagine your kids 20 years from now. They'll be raving about the game much like our generation is raving about the first Zelda game. Imagine if BotW was what we'd had as kids. Man...
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Yeah. Although I feel very fortunate to have played Ocarina of Time on release.
I completed eventide island with all my beast powers and a ton of hearts. Would've been more fun if I wasn't so powerful.
I completed eventide island with all my beast powers and a ton of hearts. Would've been more fun if I wasn't so powerful.
It's kind of interesting how the series has shipped Link and Zelda more and more over the years, they were mostly platonic until Skyward Sword (I haven't played Twilight Princess if someone wants to correct me) but Skyward Sword heavily implied that they had feelings for each other, and BotW has a character that outright says that Zelda had affections for Link. hell, even "a Link Between Worlds" Zelda supposedly stared at pictures of the Legendary Hero
Why is Nintendo moving towards shipping them after 25-ish years of not really shipping the two characters? appealing to audiences, Aonuma wanting a bit more emotional connection between the two characters?
Why is Nintendo moving towards shipping them after 25-ish years of not really shipping the two characters? appealing to audiences, Aonuma wanting a bit more emotional connection between the two characters?
It can be pretty fun if you use different abilities/options available to you. And either way, it is a pretty short stealth segment.
I feel as though I did this part wrong, cos I see lots of people saying similar things. But I breezed through it in what felt like seconds. I just Stasis+ed everyone and ran through. I enjoyed the boss too.
Huh, I never thought of using stasis, that's a great idea.
Ron Mexico
Member
There's also some metal boxes in and around the path that may swing things towards your favor.
Had a great time at the Symphony of the Goddesses tonight!
Listening to it performed live made me realize how much I love Breath of the Wild's main theme. Had chills when that came on.
I will say though...I wish they played more full songs. They mostly performed medleys combining tracks from each game, and while that meant that they were able to pack a lot in, I think I would have preferred hearing the full pieces tbh. Ballad of the Goddess was very prominent in the Skyward Sword medley, but they jumped right into the height of the song and totally skipped over the harp at the beginning which was disappointing.
The Majora's Mask medley was way too upbeat as well. None of the creepy tracks made it in. Needed more Clock Tower and Song of Healing.
Listening to it performed live made me realize how much I love Breath of the Wild's main theme. Had chills when that came on.
I will say though...I wish they played more full songs. They mostly performed medleys combining tracks from each game, and while that meant that they were able to pack a lot in, I think I would have preferred hearing the full pieces tbh. Ballad of the Goddess was very prominent in the Skyward Sword medley, but they jumped right into the height of the song and totally skipped over the harp at the beginning which was disappointing.
The Majora's Mask medley was way too upbeat as well. None of the creepy tracks made it in. Needed more Clock Tower and Song of Healing.
Edvardelis
Member
Not for this game particularly but I find the layout a lot better than the joycons. L/R are much bigger, ZL/ZR feel like normal buttons instead of my fingers slipping, the right stick is easier to reach, both sticks are easier to click..
TheMagician
Member
My DLC experience.
I just died in the final room of the final trials.
I need some emotional support.
I just died in the final room of the final trials.
I need some emotional support.
Shiiiiiit.
I'm going to take on the final trials later for the first time. I'm scared.
I fucking hate Guardians.
Lockjaw333
Member
I just found eventide with 4 hearts, don't even know what a beast power is. I've died 3 times now haha. Cool challenge though.
-shadow-
Member
Just finished the game a couple of minutes ago, ended up with all shrines, the four Divine Beasts and something around 530 Koroks found in just under 170 hours. The fight against Calami Ganon was amazing, and the artstyle was something else!
Oh and I really wasn't ready to see Iwata again in the credits. This really was something else! 😍
Wasn't a fan of Ganon though,
he never shot straight at me, but more like at 90° angles and more away from me.
he never shot straight at me, but more like at 90° angles and more away from me.
Oh and I really wasn't ready to see Iwata again in the credits. This really was something else! 😍
Just finished the game, and a little underwhelmed at the ending. Is it intentionally short so as to tell the DLC? I thought it could have shown a bit more of the resolution or something, I don't know.
Is there anything left to do in the game other than shrine/korok hunt and maybe explore some things?
How do I see how much time I spent?
Is there anything left to do in the game other than shrine/korok hunt and maybe explore some things?
How do I see how much time I spent?
TheMoon
Member
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Sorry if this dumb or already answered to death, but will I have access to all the optional side quests and still be able to complete them at my own pace *after* defeating all 4 Divine Beasts? Or should I take care of loose ends before beating the 4th?
You're good. Don't worry about it.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Awesome, thanks.
I put a couple of hours into it on the Wii U soon after release and didn't feel it at all at the time, perhaps I wasn't in the right mindset or mood when playing. I've just started it up again on the Switch (my very first game for the console too), and I'm blown away - I can tell I'm in for a wild ride. 
P.S. how the heck do you roll in combat ?
P.S.S. a few hours in and I still can't for the life of me get used to the controls.
P.S. how the heck do you roll in combat ?
P.S.S. a few hours in and I still can't for the life of me get used to the controls.
TheMoon
Member
I put a couple of hours into it on the Wii U soon after release and didn't feel it at all at the time, perhaps I wasn't in the right mindset or mood when playing. I've just started it up again on the Switch (my very first game for the console too), and I'm blown away - I can tell I'm in for a wild ride.
P.S. how the heck do you roll in combat ?
P.S.S. a few hours in and I still can't for the life of me get used to the controls.
there is no rolling in this game.
Oh, is strafing and jumping the way to be dodging attacks then ? I ask because I've fumbled in every encounter I've faced so far (though that's more to do with me forgetting which button attacks lol).
TheMoon
Member
strafe-jump and backflip.
Got it, thanks !
Eh, disagree. It just showed the people waving and it was over.
Hyrule was a dungeon? I guess I should go back and explore it. I think I swam up a few waterfalls and was suddenly at Ganon lol.
Normal playthough will be 100% once I find 270 more seeds and 7 star fragments. I only had one set of extra armor from my smash bros amibo othetwise ive upgraded all ingame armors, finished all side quests and did dlc1 finally.
Master mode on the other hand I've barely scratched the surface. Maybe 15 shrines in and opened up 2 divine beasts but havent done them yet. The fact that I might get 350 to 400 hours out of this game not including dlc2 is incredible. I'm at about 170 now.
Master mode on the other hand I've barely scratched the surface. Maybe 15 shrines in and opened up 2 divine beasts but havent done them yet. The fact that I might get 350 to 400 hours out of this game not including dlc2 is incredible. I'm at about 170 now.
Apparently the entries in the quest log in the Japanese version are written in first-person, from Link's perspective, and show off a bit of his personality and motivations.
Definitely something I wish they kept in translation.
(Apparently they're also written in this fashion in other languages)
I went to the botw subreddit to see if anyone had recently complained about master mode being anti-fun and instead found a post linking to this: https://vadnyl.tumblr.com/post/165075103289/major-discovery-botws-adventure-log-links/amp
I'm surprised nobody here seems to care, to my knowledge I'd say this is easily the worst thing NoA has done to a game. Hopefully someone translates all of them and then someone else mods the translations in.
But back on master mode being not fun, I just don't get what they were thinking. While enemies healing in what feels like a second after taking damage goes directly against the balance of your weapons being a finite resource, what really gets me is stronger enemies carrying weapons unable to inflict any significant damage to them. Black enemies with regular boko bats and spears? It strongly discourages actually fighting them, instead of being rewarded with a good weapon for doing so you get essentially nothing other than breaking multiple of your weapons for no reason. Given how easy it is to avoid fights it doesn't really make the game more difficult at all, just less fun. In a sense it removes part of the freedom that made the game so fun in the first place.
Master Mode seems to be balanced for mid- and late-game, essentially it hits a good balance a bit before you get enough hearts for the Master Sword. They need to patch in better weapons early on though, you're right about early-game.
Evil Monkey DTT
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There was so much negitive feedback about the final boss that when you get there.... It's actually pretty great! I just don't like that damn shielding, it feels cheap but otherwise it feels pretty awesome.
Apparently the entries in the quest log in the Japanese version are written in first-person, from Link's perspective, and show off a bit of his personality and motivations.
Definitely something I wish they kept in translation.
(Apparently they're also written in this fashion in other languages)
What a baffling change for NoA to make. Seems like an effective way to provide more characterization of Link while still keeping him (mostly) silent in dialogue.
But I'm a junior :| and at the rate I post I will likely continue to be one for a very, very long time lol. Someone should definitely make the thread though.
Well, hopefully I get there pretty soon, this is my first cemu playthrough and the massive graphical/performance upgrade from wii u is more than enough to keep me going in spite of my lowered enjoyment.
I believe docked mode always renders at 900p (and 810p), either way the game never outputs badly paced frames, such is the magic of double buffer vsync when the fps isn't cutting to 20fps out of nowhere.
Is it normal to clear out an enemy camp and get nothing? That seems to happen to me sometimes and it's...disheartening.
Just coming back to this game after about 30 hours. Still only have one divine beast (elephant). Have put in about 4 hours tonight. Game's so damn good still. Tried to head to Death Mountain, but I kept getting roasted alive, so now I'm heading west...
Just coming back to this game after about 30 hours. Still only have one divine beast (elephant). Have put in about 4 hours tonight. Game's so damn good still. Tried to head to Death Mountain, but I kept getting roasted alive, so now I'm heading west...
Have 50 hours and I haven't done a single divine beast lol. I've been doing like everything but the main quest stuff. I swear it's way too easy to get sidetracked in this game. I kept telling myself ok I'm gonna go get mats for this set or I'm gonna go start this side quest. 3 hours later I'm doing something completely different than what I was planning on doing lol.
BrokenJohnCena
Member
Taking pictures/screenshots while traveling seems to be my new hobby in this game
Get sidetrack is the beauty of this game, you can clearly feel that your own curiosity drives you through the entire game
You can！ just go to castle when you burn out
TheMoon
Member
kinda, yea.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
There may be another reason for the camp. There's one in Faron Grasslands, for example, where the top of the camp is the target for one of those Korok treestump runs on a nearby hill - and you won't make the run if the camp hasn't been cleared.
Usually there is some treasure around.
I've went ahead and made the thread. Thanks for sharing the tumblr post!
Argh, this fucking game. Been loving playing this on the train but just got the mandatory motion control marble madness shrine near the 2nd village. Fuck this fucking thing. Not only do the axis move, but the whole thing moves!
Twisting my body into someone sitting next to me is not the reason I bought a portable console. Fucks sake, looks like I'll have to take the hit on the spirit orb here.
Twisting my body into someone sitting next to me is not the reason I bought a portable console. Fucks sake, looks like I'll have to take the hit on the spirit orb here.
TheMoon
Member
No idea where you are but 100% sure you're doing it wrong.
What a sanctimonious response. It's called Myahm Agana and I'm not the only one apparently.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/3/9/14872144/breath-of-the-wild-motion-controls-shrines
What's doing it right?
Meet The Moon.
Yeah, I enjoyed those shrines, but I wouldn't fancy doing them on public transport either. Moving the whole console whilst having to see the screen isn't ideal.