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[Shaii]

Oh boy. The framerate of the game is absolutely appalling /s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGe3PzXifJU

 

[elshoelace]

Or, maybe Time Stones from Skyward Sword make a return?

That would be great, they were the best part of Skyward Sword.

 

[Kinsei]

Yeah, what the hell Nintendo? Why aren't the first 3 out of 100 of these shrines, in the starter area, and tailored for the E3 demo not impossible to find? I want to have absolutely nothing to show after waiting in line for 2+ hours and only having 90 minutes to play!

C'mon dude

The Zelda team has issues creating a big overworld with secrets. It's not surprising that people would be worried by this.

 

[DecoReturns]

It's kind of necessary do you can judge whether an enemy way stronger than you is a fight you want or want to run from.

You can probably walk into late-game areas really early on if you want to, so health bars give you a good idea of when you're treading into territory you shouldn't be.

Yeah I figured, which is why its just a Nitpick for me. I hope the Main bosses dont have this

 

[Plum]

So far the game really is blowing me away. I'm very excited for it.

BUT. I have one complaint about it, the menus look clunky! The player on stream is constantly equipping and unequipping wrong items. I'm not sure what use the gamepad has here but it feels like the action doesn't need to be paused at any moment.

I'm also already getting annoyed at the item pick up chime lol

I think we're hearing the chime so much because they're playing it on different save files for each demo. I doubt it'll get too annoying during the actual game.

 

[KooopaKid]

I've seen 10x as much stuff to do in this supposedly 1% of the area of the game than all of TP put together....

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

 

[morthbound]

Such an absolute bullshit post. Embarrassing.

What? I'm complimenting the game.

What I'm implying is that n this Zelda there is so much to do even without making progress vs other open world games where there isn't a lot to do outside of quests and side missions.

 

[aBarreras]

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

lol a boss just one shoted link and you wonder why do you want to collect and cook?

 

[SmackAttack]

QT3.14 time.




Oh, and more LoZ.

 

[jariw]

I've seen 10x as much stuff to do in this supposedly 1% of the area of the game than all of TP put together....

My thoughts exactly. There are so much things you can do with just about every item.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

Fun

 

[Crayolan]

I love the idea of huge boss battles on the field but everything about that rock monster was really, REALLY bland; from his character design, to his attacks everything about him screamed generic.
Which is a shame considering how unique and lively most of LoZ's takes on the more trite fantasy monsters has been.

I think it's safe to assume story bosses and dungeon bosses will be much more unique than random field bosses.

 

[DarthButcher]

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

They're showing it right now. An example is a pepper dish warms you up for cold areas.

 

[Real Hero]

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

survival? prep for big battles? They made it pretty clear

 

[eyeball_kid]

I think they are suppose to be stupid, seems implied by the treehouse people.

Ah okay. One of the more dumb creatures I've ever seen then, almost feels cruel to even kill it.

I gotta say, the level of interactivity and features so far in this game far exceeds what I expected from Nintendo and a Zelda title. This is probably the Game of E3 for me.

 

[rex]

You know that they're barely showed 1% of the landscape of the whole world.
Also we're all in love here with the gameplay, the world could be better yet but we're going to have so much fun.

Like doing bomb fishing! XD

So seriously landscape come in second for me here. Gameplay first.

Well I certainly was referring to how the world itself looks but also in OOT each area had its own distinctive gameplay flavor, and the level design usually served it very well. It was certainly much more specialized than what we're seeing here which appeals to me a little more.

I did not actually think Nintendo would allow these treescapes to make it in, and they're kind of emblematic of my issues with the game as presented so far. They don't seem to actually serve any specific gameplay purpose, except as an arena in which to carry out same type of exploration and fighting you can do at any other point in the game and maybe do some hunting.

The Lost Woods section of Zelda 1 was a maze, just like it was in OOT. In TP they had a forest section where you had to travel through with the wolf. Here it's an actual forest, which they were finally able to realize after all these years. It looks very pretty visually but at the same time I think it's a wrongheaded approach.

 

[Rymuth]

This Link is going to be the most expressive since WW's Link.

This really feels like a Wind Waker sequel

 

[Not]

FUCKING LAWL

"Why does Link have his shirt on right now? My bad"

 

[TheKingOfSheep]

No, but I thought the same thing when Bill mentioned that. The comment about towns being held back from the demo because they're plot related makes me think they may be tied to a time travel or alternate reality mechanic. Like, you find the ruins of towns and visit them in the past through some technology.

Yeah, think about Kariko Village in OoT. And then consider what they might be able to do now - if the clever stuff they show off during the play through is any indicator, think what they possibly have been doing with villagers and stuff. I felt really invested in some of those characters you met in OoT. Especially in Kariko Village, and (was it?) Death Mountain, and Zora Domain. Really wanted to find out how they changed over those seven years. Even though AI - if you could even call it that - was very limited of course, it really felt like these characters were, well sort of, alive, you know. And they went even further with these mechanics in MM.

 

[Pandy]

Last recipe gave 6 hearts if I was reading that right, definite heart container expansions.

 

[HowZatOZ]

I don't think it uses the gamepad really at all, or at least not that they've said. You can play the entire game using a pro controller, so there certainly can't be any gamepad dependent features. That suggests to me that the NX probably doesn't heavily feature a 2nd screen like the Wii U does.

That's actually a good point. I'll miss the gamepad but it's clear it was too out there for many and the Wii u pro controller is a goat controller anyway.

 

[Cosmozone]

How vicious, lol.

 

[Tripon]

She took her shirt off.

 

[GustyGardens]

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

The need for cooking seemed pretty straightforward. You don't get hearts anymore, so you're going to need to cook in order refill hearts. On top of that, you can gain other bonuses depending on your ingredients.

 

[Salaadin]

How long is this on for?

 

[Brinbe]

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

To buff yourself when fighting tough enemies

or offering different resistances, like they're showing right now!

 

[CharminUltra]

Oh boy. The framerate of the game is absolutely appalling /s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGe3PzXifJU

Yeah, I mean, someone even claimed the game looked "washed out" based off the stream.

I'm not even surprised anymore.

 

[Emperor Hol Horse]

Such an absolute bullshit post. Embarrassing.

Wow, so salty.

 

[Luigi87]

Welp, time for #HotLink to be a thing.

 

[Ashodin]

They are having way too much fun with this lol

 

[Shaanyboi]

"Link's wrestling name is Hylian Heat"

Aaaaamazing

 

[Crayolan]

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

Your only way of recovering health is food, and there are enemies in the first area which can 1 shot you if you don't cook food which extends you max health temporarily.

 

[DecoReturns]

First pokemon professor fan service and now link

 

[jman2050]

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

Collecting weapons and items and cooking health-restoring/-increasting food to prep yourselves for fighting a giant rock monster so that it won't take a million hits to kill and it won't one shot you? And then use the rare ores you get from it to possibly make even better equipment to prepare you for even stronger enemies you need to fight to progress the story?

Stuff like that I'm guessing.

 

[rhandino]

Audrey knows the T about the lonk. Bless her soul.

 

[jonjonaug]

"I almost made a grave mistake. I have no idea why Link is wearing a shirt right now" *removes shirt*

stream owns

 

[Jackpot]

I'm reading through the Liveblog and all it mentions is a bit of Pokemon 3DS and a ton of Zelda. Was that it?

 

[VendettaRed07]

GameXplain's analysis machine must have melted today.

They've talked for like half an hour over that 4 second clip from earlier this year. They are going to need to release like a Ken Burns multi-volume documentary to cover all the details we got today

 

[AjNimajwalHansel]

Stuff to do. But for what? What's the need for cooking and collecting? I don't see it so far.

Variety. Replayability. Fun. It's just adding to the game. If you want streamlined and run through the game, that's perfectly acceptable and you can probably skip that stuff. If you want to spend time doing nothing and just enjoying the beautiful world they've set up, these are great. Everyone wins.

 

[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

These girls look so excited to play that they removed Link's shirt xD

 

[Mass Effect]

So the cooking and gathering is, to an extent, required.

Shirtless Link lmao. Nintendo about to shut down the stream

Spoiler

(not really)

 

[OricWindstar]

Shirtless Link alt for Smash, please.

 

[Brinbe]

I think they already said different shrines will give you heart piece containers as a reward

 

[Kinsei]

Fun

Watching canned cooking animations isn't my idea of fun.

 

[KooopaKid]

They're showing it right now. An example is a pepper dish warms you up for cold areas.

Yeah but you don't need that much collecting I think.

 

[Griss]

Zelda is showing just how shallow a lot of other open-world games are.

Keep slaying Nintendo.

Lol, have you actually ever played any of these games?

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

They going deep with this game.

 

[CharminUltra]

I like these girls.

 

[protomouse]

Going in shirtless. "Hylian Heat". Lol, Audrey is awesome.

 

[AGoodODST]

"I almost made a grave mistake. I have no idea why Link is wearing a shirt right now" *removes shirt*

stream owns

#HotLink#HylianHeat