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You can beat The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild without finishing the story
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I don't know what's real or fake anymore. Forums. Have changed.
Baleoce
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OoT any% was this long evolution of glitches and strats steadily streamlined into the ridiculously skilled runs you see today that manipulates the way the engine works and even things like forcing incorrect load points. It would be great if the same thing was possible in BotW, however I get the impression speedrunning in this game will be a lot more organic. For example, if the final boss was too hard even for speedrunners to do from the start, and they were forced to find the most efficient route in a world as vast and open as BotW to get buff items in order to feasibly beat any%. Then again, never count the speedrunning community out. I'm sure they'll find some crazy stuff! I wonder if it would get patched these days though!
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Koroks return from Wind Waker. They're kokiri that transformed into trees after the great flood, which only happens in Wind Waker's timeline.
Link in boxers vs Dark Link in boxers. Stick vs stick. The most epic battle of the century!
sunshine and gasoline
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Awesome. Reminds me of how one can beat the main quest of Morrowind without even starting it.
Lunchbillion
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I'm no expert in Zelda lore, but in that case shouldn't Hyrule be flooded?
decoyplatypus
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Lore is an excellent reward for exploration. I like what I'm hearing.
Holy mother of fuck. This game is everything I've ever wanted in any game, let alone Zelda. I thought Aonuma was crazy with such mad ambitions, but it seems like he's done it. The crazy motherfucker. Game of the generation. I watched all of the Zelda footage today, like 5 hours of it, and didn't get bored. Also I have an exam tomorrow lol. Still #worth.
Dorsal Axe
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From what we've seen, the game is pretty clear at guiding you along the main questline. You just have the option to completely ignore it and do your own thang.
snoopeasystreet
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That's really cool but allowing the player to go to the final boss straight away probably means that the world is chronologically static from a narrative perspective. Not that I have a problem with that, it's certainty better than arbitrary gating.
Interesting, which makes me wonder how they are going to tackle dungeons as I didn't really enjoy how they did them in Link Between Worlds as the puzzles just amounted to use said item to get in and wall merge.
I am a bit worried about that 4 dungeons rumour that is floating around and I am just waiting for Nintendo to come out and kill it.
They kinda did something that with Link Between World with the Hero's tunics and Hylian Shield so you could be on to something there.
That is not the Master Sword.
They showed Koroks in the stream and they only appeared in Windwaker timeline.
After the event of Windwaker Link and Zelda both set off to find a new land, which they did and named it Hyrule.
Ganondorf however wasn't exactly killed but merely stabbed in the head with the Master Sword causing him to turn to stone and was flooded to the bottom of the sea with the Master Sword still attracted.
So I suspect that either someone dived to the bottom and removed the sword or the sword power grew weaker over time and he broke out.
I am a bit worried about that 4 dungeons rumour that is floating around and I am just waiting for Nintendo to come out and kill it.
They kinda did something that with Link Between World with the Hero's tunics and Hylian Shield so you could be on to something there.
That is not the Master Sword.
They showed Koroks in the stream and they only appeared in Windwaker timeline.
After the event of Windwaker Link and Zelda both set off to find a new land, which they did and named it Hyrule.
Ganondorf however wasn't exactly killed but merely stabbed in the head with the Master Sword causing him to turn to stone and was flooded to the bottom of the sea with the Master Sword still attracted.
So I suspect that either someone dived to the bottom and removed the sword or the sword power grew weaker over time and he broke out.
elshoelace
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This is awesome news. A welcome break from convention.
Aaronrules380
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Probably not. Aside from the fact that you'll likely at least need the paraglider to get off the plateau (which means you do need to beat the four shrines from the demo), speed runs like that will require extensive familiarity with the game
Not at all. The game could definitely have multiple endings, and have the world change as you do things. Nothing's stopping it.
Not accurate since clone links face isn't smooshed out of proportion.
Edit: oh i guess it is a little bit
you'd probably break all of your weapons before you beat the boss
The Bokoblins had like 13 HP, the Guardian had around 500 HP I think? I can only imagine how much Calamity Ganon might have.
Either you get stomped on the spot, or if you do beat him, it'll take a shitton of time. I also imagine that progressing through dungeons and shrines is what allows civilization to return to Hyrule, and I'd really like to see that. That'd be very rewarding.
Either you get stomped on the spot, or if you do beat him, it'll take a shitton of time. I also imagine that progressing through dungeons and shrines is what allows civilization to return to Hyrule, and I'd really like to see that. That'd be very rewarding.
Actually, that part about it being under the sea for a while is a good point. The master sword is shown to be awfully rusty in the trailer and logo lol.
Dark Cloud
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This is like GOTG type of game. So much amazing stuff from this game. I love all the small details.
darkazcura
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With 100+ shrines, I think more than 4-5 dungeons is overkill for me honestly. Those who love dungeon puzzles will probably get their fill from the 100+ shrines to explore, and those who don't care for dungeons as much in Zelda (like me) will have the option to ignore some of the shrines and not have to grind through 8-10 dungeons.
If there are in fact 4 dungeons in the game, I find that to be a fair compromise between those who like dungeons (you have the shrines still) and those who don't care (I can probably ignore most shrines).
Mixolydian
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I could never play a Zelda game without finishing the story. There very thought of such a possibility is blasphemous.
It will be interesting to see if you can actually beat it faster by finding certain items/weapons first and then heading to the boss.
I was very skeptical about a Nintendo open world. But it seems that they've crafted a huge world that you can interact with in a way that was only in my kid's age dreams. Climb, sail, bombs, go wherever you want, jump from your horse and use the wind caused by a fire to aim the eye of a massive techno-guardian and shoot your explosive arrow. They did it right? This game is gonna be so close to perfection. I guess this kind of experiences are the reason why we all love gaming here.
SpiceMelange
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Can you just let me get this Zelda 1 re-imagining instead of OoT 209848th please.
Who says a game "should" do anything?
Pretty sure you're getting the game regardless pal, doubt they've cancelled the game after reading my comment.
Spirit Icana
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Beat the final boss right at the beginning?
Gotta see how that is executed, but that sounds amazing!
Gotta see how that is executed, but that sounds amazing!
You might think you can go straight from the start of the game and take on Ganon armed with apples, but he's taken defense lessons.
The Hermit
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WHAT IS
No forced tutorial?!
(that I know of)
Can go straight to final boss?!
Can "finish game" without seeing full story?
This is TRUE freedom. TRUE open world. I'm telling you man, people dog on Nintendo all the time about being late to the punch, but when they tackle a genre, they FUCKING OWN IT. Seems the same will be true for an open world RPG.
Going to Ganon right after waking up, near naked with a stick?
I love this post so much
Cool, that's what I want from it.
A pointer that says "here is the next important story beat" is perfect. I like environmental storytelling but I'm interested in the more classic narrative in a Zelda game. Not that the two can't complement each other but I don't want to miss super important things.