The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild **SPOILER FREE** Impression Thread

Ah, yes. My kind of thread. I know so very little about this game—I've barely even watched the E3 footage—and want everything to be as fresh & new as possible come Friday.
 
Thank you for the thread. Have been itching to enter the preview thread but I'm trying to avoid spoilers as much as possible.

This could also be a place to post impressions from reviews.
 
Ah, yes. My kind of thread. I know so very little about this game—I've barely even watched the E3 footage—and want everything to be as fresh & new as possible come Friday.

Have you watched the Switch presentation trailer?

If you've been on a dedicated blackout, kudos. The game is going to rupture your mind on Friday.
 
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Rules:
- No side quests
- No towns
- No screenshots beyond The Great Plateau

MAN those are some strict rules! You may as well just watch current gameplay videos for the Switch or all the E3 2016 videos!
 
The point of the thread is to gather different point of views of the game so far, not to be spoilers.

I was just pretty surprised. Horizon's spoiler-free impression thread wasn't nearly as strict.

Can people at least talk about quality and variety of side quests and towns, as long as they're not literally describing one of them?
 
According to 4chan from the leakes/pirates it appears that the wii u version has massive fps drops. Like to 15fps near the old man at the beginning.
 
Wow, one google search and you're right, the game is indeed available for pirating. That's sad. It also makes me insanely impatient for Friday. But I'm excited to play it fresh on my Switch :)
 
God, I hate new console launches even more than I love them. Getting anxious that I won't have my pre-ordered Switch and Zelda on Friday. This week is endless.

this and the fact that I won't be getting horizon tomorrow are killing me...my wii u is a virgin but getting homebrew is so easy...

I remember a time when posts like these weren't acceptable around here.
 
Wow, one google search and you're right, the game is indeed available for pirating. That's sad. It also makes me insanely impatient for Friday. But I'm excited to play it fresh on my Switch :)

this and the fact that I won't be getting horizon tomorrow are killing me...my wii u is a virgin but getting homebrew is so easy...
 
God, I hate new console launches even more than I love them. Getting anxious that I won't have my pre-ordered Switch and Zelda on Friday. This week is endless.



I remember a time when posts like these weren't acceptable around here.

I'm not into homebrew at all tho, none of my consoles or handhelds are modded in anyway. But you have to admit, this is so tempting...
 
When I play Twilight Princess to try to fill the hype left by BotW, I feel like a cocaine addict who's been found rolling around in the flour aisle at the grocery store trying to compromise, snorting flour and hissing like a cat at everyone around me.
 
I'm not into homebrew at all tho, none of my consoles or handhelds are modded in anyway. But you have to admit, this is so tempting...

No, it's not. I have no interest in stealing the work that the best video game developers on the planet poured 5+ years of their life into. Fuck the idea that this is in any way tempting to any member of this forum.
 
Just bought a new tv 4k lol due to the hype.
My old one died a few months ago and was 7 years old so it was time for a new one.

Otherwise i have to share the downstairs tv with my sister and mother in the living room:P

When i go to my father or downstairs i will just take the switch out of the dock.
 
Not sure, these are the only options (e3 footage) and I think they're still the same.



If you don't want the title screen spoiled don't click here: but there's an > Options setting so maybe the sound can only be changed from the title screen?

I don't know why the title screen is so boring compared to previous ones. TP was GOAT.

I was hoping they would pan around the world and show little interactions and things.
 
I don't know why the title screen is so boring compared to previous ones. TP was GOAT.

I was hoping they would pan around the world and show little interactions and things.

Agreed the title screen is not great. TP and OOT were amazing.

Dat piano theme in OOT.
 
Even Skyward Sword had a disappointing title screen.
OOT, MM, WW, TP all had fantastic title screens. I was hyped for SS title screen and so dissapointed when I first booted up the game. I'm glad this time I have no expectations for an epic title screen.
 
Even Skyward Sword had a disappointing title screen.
OOT, MM, WW, TP all had fantastic title screens. I was hyped for SS title screen and so dissapointed when I first booted up the game. I'm glad this time I have no expectations for an epic title screen.

Even Zelda 1 on the NES has a better Title Screen than Breath of the Wild seems to have.
 

Enjoy your ban, sicko

Why you want do???

Should have clarified that after 50+ hours I may be sick of the battle theme while fighting Bokoblins.

Not sure, these are the only options (e3 footage) and I think they're still the same.


If you don't want the title screen spoiled don't click here: but there's an > Options setting so maybe the sound can only be changed from the title screen?

Holding out hope thanks!
 
For those playing Wii U version, can I put headphones in the GamePad to get audio even though I'm not playing offscreen? Wondering cause TP HD allows this but WindWaker HD didn't.
 
I just read a Polygon article about how you can change the game's audio and text (including voice acting language) on Switch by switching the system's language (between nine different languages apparently, pretty cool). Any word on if this is possible on Wii U?
 
When I play Twilight Princess to try to fill the hype left by BotW, I feel like a cocaine addict who's been found rolling around in the flour aisle at the grocery store trying to compromise, snorting flour and hissing like a cat at everyone around me.

I've been Master Questing it up in OoT. Time for Majora's Mask for my next fix.
 
Just came back from a local shop with an early copy lol. Now I need to dig out my Wii U. Fingers crossed that thing still works.
 
Any word on if this is possible on Wii U?

Yes, this should also be possible on Wii U, other games do it, aswell. One difference might be that the Switch OS is much faster and effortless, it could take a 3-4 minutes on Wii U.

Also, I'm assuming no OST is another rule.
 
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