OrbitalBeard
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Started the game this afternoon and here I am, nine hours later.
Pure magic. This really is something special.
Pure magic. This really is something special.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| A Link from the Past
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You either missed the one near the shrine or the one on top of a building in the centre of the village.
Neoleo2143
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You can pick up any horse from any stable though which does make me question how Boarding works anyway.
It's not actually anything realistic, I think you can even leave your horse at Hyrule Castle and they'll somehow get it for you. The Horses aren't omnipresent in this game, the stable managers are.
WonkyPanda
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Wow. This game is incredible so far.
I don't know how to feel about the durability system.
On one hand, it creates cool moments when I see a bokoblin with a sword or nice shield, because it makes me want to go over and kill it, which usually ends with me getting loot from a chest.
On the other hand, it feels like nintendo just put it in there because if there wasn't item durability, a lot of encounters would become trivial. I'm only like 5 hours or so in, but it's an odd mechanic.
On one hand, it creates cool moments when I see a bokoblin with a sword or nice shield, because it makes me want to go over and kill it, which usually ends with me getting loot from a chest.
On the other hand, it feels like nintendo just put it in there because if there wasn't item durability, a lot of encounters would become trivial. I'm only like 5 hours or so in, but it's an odd mechanic.
Decided not to head directly for the main objective after getting the Paraglider. Went to activate a Sheikha Tower, not knowing that it was the
Question for those who have done the Trial of Power -- at one point there is a motion control-only mechanism. For the life of me I could not get the mechanism to behave the way I wanted it to; anyone else have the same problem? Luckily it was bypassable with another method.
area with Hyrule Castle. No wonder I saw a Guardian lying around and so many immobile ones around the tower! Snuck past them. 
Question for those who have done the Trial of Power -- at one point there is a motion control-only mechanism. For the life of me I could not get the mechanism to behave the way I wanted it to; anyone else have the same problem? Luckily it was bypassable with another method.
Neoleo2143
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So it's a good mechanic? If it stops things from becoming trivial isn't that a good thing and that the system is balanced?
You raise your shield, jump and then press A.
As long as you want really. You can beat the main game in about an hour if you are good enough. You can skip over everything and go to the last boss.
ScientificPizza
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Oh, really? That's so much more weird
Cooking is less about recipes and more about ingridients types, there are many ways to make the same food and you can get variations with extra bonuses depending of the ingridients.
Aldric
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Decided not to head directly for the main objective after getting the Paraglider. Went to activate a Sheikha Tower, not knowing that it was thearea with Hyrule Castle. No wonder I saw a Guardian lying around and so many immobile ones around the tower! Snuck past them.
Question for those who have done the Trial of Power -- at one point there is a motion control-only mechanism. For the life of me I could not get the mechanism to behave the way I wanted it to; anyone else have the same problem? Luckily it was bypassable with another method.
Yeah l'd say one of the minor issues l have with the game is motion controls. They feel stiff and imprecise.
I guess so. I just find myself in scenarios where a good weapon gets destroyed 3-4 mobs later and then if i have nothing good to replace it with, it can set me back.
So I have these love and hate moments with it.
thank you
dickroach
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nah. it ends up being just as trivial.
you end up going out of your way to kill an enemy with a good weapon because you broke your last good weapon killing an enemy.
I don't like it.
when do I get the master sword
nintendoman58
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okay so I basically said fuck it
and am now currently
and am now currently
metal gear soliding my way through the final dungeon.
Regarding the Master Sword, since I found it.
it's in great hyrule forest. You'll need a torch, follow the way the wind blows your flame. You won't be able to get the sword early on anyway, I couldn't at least. When you try to pull it out it drains your Hp down until you either pull it out or die. I had 5 hearts and made some progress lol.
CharminUltra
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Found the old man randomly in the forest. I tried being nice and offered him some food and he bashed it ;_;
I don't know if it's the "final" area or not, but I snuck my way through
. I only have four hearts and a bunch of crappy weapons. I managed to beat
Was a lot of fun getting through, though!
Hyrule Castle and made it to Wind Blight Ganon
Windblight, but Waterblight spawns next, and all my weapons break by the time he is 3/4 health!!
Was a lot of fun getting through, though!
2Smashed4U
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Curious - at what point do Guardians start attacking? I've done a good bit of story stuff and I'm about 12 hours in, but I still haven't seen a guardian since the buried one at the beginning and no walking ones.
The most common scenario is that your weapon kills the monster you are fighting and then you take his (which is deliberately placed there to be good enough to deal with the area you're in) and keep fighting with that. Rinse Repeat.
It sucks for the people that really love loot as nothing is permanent but the game rewards through other more interesting means in my opinion.
I'm not that far in, so how would I know?
All I know is that there were subtitles in the intro, and I don't want to see any more.
Can you turn them off or not?
Neoleo2143
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I see, that's a fair complaint. I've always loved this sort of management layer across a game because it creates a mechanical connective thread between individual encounters which is what I imagine the open world sandbox should ideally go for. I'm just not thinking about this encounter, but the next one and applying my tools accordingly.
Most games atrociously balance durability to the point where it does nothing, becomes busy work or interferes with character customization.
BoTW is a rare example of a game that doesn't fall into that trap and it's unbelievably refreshing.
TheGoreMagala
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That moment when you have such a stealthy setup that:
1) Enemies quit chasing pretty dang quickly, like less than a minute quickly.
2) You're able to sneak strike without anyone nearby hearing
3) You're able to walk and sprint without being detected
When your sneak skills reach level 99, anyone?
1) Enemies quit chasing pretty dang quickly, like less than a minute quickly.
2) You're able to sneak strike without anyone nearby hearing
3) You're able to walk and sprint without being detected
When your sneak skills reach level 99, anyone?
You can not turn the subtitles off. I agree that it sucks even though I always have them on when the option is available.
Aaronrules380
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Climbing Hateno tower
struck a ore rock with my hammer and ended up burning off all the thorns that were covering the tower lol
2Smashed4U
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Ah, I went east from the beginning, so that explains that.
2Smashed4U
Banned
You know, I just cooked there because I was out of food and started my own fire with flint, I have no idea why I didn't think of that too.
You definitely get that "OP" Morrowind feeling during many parts of the game and it's just wonderful because you know you worked for it.
On another note, this game with the many open ended solutions to its many puzzles, and I'm not talking about shrines only here, but combat, quests and just world traversal and interactions, really makes you feel really good about yourself when you solve them. You'll often be thinking, am I really this smart?
2Smashed4U
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Yes! Just had my first magical Zelda puzzle moment of doing something simple and feeling super smart afterwards. I am determined to get every single optional chest in those shrines now.
The one I just completed was just... so fiendishly clever. It's the Ree Dahee shrine (near the Dueling Peaks), the chest they put right by the exit. The solution was really really simple and have been done a thousand times in Zelda games, but because it's nested within a completely different kind of puzzle, I didn't see it until staring at it for, like, 5 minutes. And I got a cool bandana for my trouble.
They really remind me of the creative thinking of Portal and why that game was such a joy to figure out. Loving those shrines so far.
Oh shit, where's this shrine? I must've missed it going through there
nintendoman58
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Ugggh I shouldn't have clicked on this.
There goes some of the magic of that moment, haha.
Don't worry, there's still some special things regarding that moment, I didn't say everything
guybrushfreeman
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Wii U performance is horrible which is disappointing. Made it through the first area with the four shrines. It's nice to have so many ways to interact with the environment. The weapon durability stuff seems fine if not kind of pointless. I'm already over chests though, there's far too many considering they usually contain something you're already carrying. Otherwise I enjoy the more open approach to Zelda, I'm glad they put real thought into how to evolve the formula. The first area is very well designed as well. Naturally teaching you everything without tutorialising (made up word?). Performance though is awful and inescapable.... it's really disappointing, regularly holding 20 but I've had it slideshow already with fire and bombs on the screen. I'm sure it'll be enjoyable all the same but performance is everything I hoped it wouldn't be and it really impacts the presentation and playability of the game
Yes, it is! It forces you to have a strategy, unlike in other games where you just have a non-breakable weapon option and brute force attack. Personally, I stay out of range from enemies as much as possible, try to sneak on them during night, use the remote bombs, and so on. It feel great to not be OP and solving it anyway.
Found destroying wooden boxes yields plentiful amounts of arrows and apples. Got about 60 arrows right now and I don't really horde them that much.
Don't give up on monster camp chests. They really can give nice stuff that will carry you onto harder tasks.
TheGoreMagala
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Nothing is better than landing a parry. Or worse than missing an important one
Admiral Woofington
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Jesus fucking christ, if it wasn't for selling precious metals I don't know how I could have afforded both armors from Kakariko village.
Anyone know how often the precious metal ores respawn? Because I climbed all the way to the top of the
and there were plenty of ores, hopefully they respawn as I'll need more for the next store so I can sell them to buy armor.
Anyone know how often the precious metal ores respawn? Because I climbed all the way to the top of the
twin peaks
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Oh my god that puzzle about the constellations in the shrine by the
is the hardest one yet.
Took me a solid 20 minutes to figure it out.
I guess that's what I get for ignoring the main quest lol.
deku tree
Took me a solid 20 minutes to figure it out.
I guess that's what I get for ignoring the main quest lol.
I wonder if someone can give me a hint. This isn't really spoilers but in involves an early game location so I will tag it anyway.
At Kakariko Village, up from the Great Fairy fountain is one of those glowing plates you put a ball in like in the Shrines. I cannot for the life of me find the ball. Any tips?
guybrushfreeman
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That's kind of what I worried. Maybe it'll be worth it more often as the game pushes forward
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