Well explained.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| A Link from the Past
- Thread starter Übermatik
- Start date
- Status
Well explained.
I think someone on one of the earlier pages had a glitch where they would get them back to back constantly.
Not sure on how to fix it though.
Robin64
Member
There are bigger "dungeons" than the Shrines, though they are still quite small with the length of time in them being due to figuring out how to solve the puzzles in them.
I don't think you can. Use the ice skill to raise it up.
I was in a shrine and it was mostly puzzle with a little bit of combat. Magnetic-focused stuff. I don't think I was supposed to be there yet in terms of enemy difficulty.
Ended up using a magnetic block as cover while I took out a robot using rolling bombs. But it didn't really feel like cheating either, with the block shaking from the impact of each laser blast.
Pottypotsworth
Member
I keep seeing this
sunshroom
Saying that though, I can't find another side quest in Hateno which is started by
a guy called Nebb
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
some have to be activated by pressing A
Pottypotsworth
Member
People have said that
you just stand by them and wait for a balloon to appear to pop it with an arrow
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
have you upgraded your sheikah slate to sensor+? i think thats what prompts he subshroom quest
usp84
Member
Thanks, but it's too late. I brought him to the stable on the road to Kakariko. After a good 30 solid minutes of fucking TENSE mountain climbing (on top of a horse...) and enemy dodging. And one moment where I hopped off to feed him apples and he ran away for a second
It was all worth it. I named him Bardock in the end.
I don't think I'm ever gonna need another horse. Just a mountain of meat
Wow
Also there's rainbows in that game too?
Is Link posing? How do you do that?
Yeah, for as much as they've packed into the systems, everything seems to "work" as you'd expect when you have an idea. Progression in this game is very much a process of learning all the rules. The overall level of mastery you're going to have as a receipt by the end is so much higher than most any other open world game.
Oh man. That does suck. I wanted like some big ass areas inside a castle or some shit like the old games. If the Shrines were bigger areas with more than a singular puzzle that would be incredible.
That's the game's biggest weakpoint in my playthrough so far. Disappointing
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
or magnet
I really think the fact that I'd watched hours upon hours of Treehouse footage of the Plateau meant that I wasn't really blown away by the game until I left that area. The joy of this game is surprise and discovery, and knowing pretty much everything about that place meant I didn't have that feeling until I was off it
I saw a double rainbow but I didn't screenshot it. And a meteor fell from the sky (not at the same time) but I lost sight of it. Apparently you can go where it lands and get stuff.
lol I spent more than an hour on Eventide last night and then died to the Hinox, so it reset all my progress there. Was not happy at all
Bought the Wii U digital version yesterday and after the really long installation and update (together aroung 1h) I could finally step into the land of Hyrule. And boy, did it not dissappoint. The starting sequence, when you get out of the cave, was straight Fallout 3 like: Finally fresh air and a great view!
Played it with my son (11 years old) and he was amazed by the game as I was. The performance was pretty solid till now, a few slowdowns that did not affect the gameplay overall. Tried it once on the Wii U pad .. naa, really bad colors, so lets keep it on the TV screen.
I'm still a little bit pissed that Nintendo did not include a touchable menu on the tablet, though.
Played it with my son (11 years old) and he was amazed by the game as I was. The performance was pretty solid till now, a few slowdowns that did not affect the gameplay overall. Tried it once on the Wii U pad .. naa, really bad colors, so lets keep it on the TV screen.
I'm still a little bit pissed that Nintendo did not include a touchable menu on the tablet, though.
Has anyone solved the riddle
gives you near
Are you able to use the
Kass
Eventide island, 17 of 24 the rocks will point the way. I assumed it was the pillar's shadow at 5pm but that just led me to a shrine and Eventide island, and when I looted that the quest didn't complete.
Are you able to use the
ice rune?
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Just had a look at the parental controls app to look at my playtime. I played for almost 7 hours yesterday alone. WHAT?! Where did the time go...
And I still haven't progressed the story at all since leaving the plateau LMAO
And I still haven't progressed the story at all since leaving the plateau LMAO
NippleViking
Banned
Fire should work.
So I finally have the time to write down my opinion on the game.
Preface:
- Playing on Switch in Handheld mode
- Due to the lack of a playtime count I can only guess but I played 5+ hours each day since Thursday so I'm at least 20 hours now.
- This is my first Zelda game.
----------------------------------------
This is on it's way to become my favorite game of all time. No hyperbole here. I don't wanna sound cheesy but I finally feel the magic of games again. I cannot really put it into words but when I was young, playing games had a sense of wonder what's coming next. I wasn't able to understand all the underlying game logic. Growing older, partly due to my experience and my personal interest in programming (which should later become kind of my job), I started to notice patterns and could easily adapt to the game to reach it's goals. So after the initial hours of a game, seeing all major gameplay elements, in my head I already had the game's systems reverse engineered. (I hope this makes any sense)
entry Breath of the Wild:
I cannot grasp how much the game is (hopefully) doing for this industry, especially open world games simply due to not being obvious, giving you 100% freedom and multiple solutions to all kind of problems.
When did a game before honor your curiosity so much?
I don't wanna talk about specific examples but so often I thought "hm... could this work?" and it did indeed pan out as I imagined.
This is the definition of exploration and adventure - it's not so much about getting one quest down, get some rupees and call it a day. Many quests (also the fetch quests) taught me to stay curios because there is no obvious solution at hand and thus I learned something new about the world and how it works.
You need to bring 10 grasshoppers? Find out where they usually live, what weather and time of day they like. And then... just listen for the audio cues. That all of this makes so much sense without telling you about it is just fantastic. This is better than every "real" adventure game because you have a kind of abstract objective and while other games would hold your hand to guide you through the intended solution, you basically develop your own problem and solution to reach the objective.
The same goes for things that NPCs say. They mention they like fireflies at night. You bet that NPC can be seen at nights (but only if it doesn't rain).
This world encourages you to explore it and its behavior because it is a perfectly logical working world within it's lore and definition.
Add to that, that the game is polished to the max, the actual combat gameplay and movement actions are fun, the shrines are engaging and the coherent graphics look beautiful (sometimes even stunning) and you have GOAT material. Heck even the old story of good vs. evil is well executed so far with a superb German dub.
I was mildly hyped before the release but in my wildest dreams I didn't expect my expectations getting excelled by that margin.
Preface:
- Playing on Switch in Handheld mode
- Due to the lack of a playtime count I can only guess but I played 5+ hours each day since Thursday so I'm at least 20 hours now.
- This is my first Zelda game.
----------------------------------------
This is on it's way to become my favorite game of all time. No hyperbole here. I don't wanna sound cheesy but I finally feel the magic of games again. I cannot really put it into words but when I was young, playing games had a sense of wonder what's coming next. I wasn't able to understand all the underlying game logic. Growing older, partly due to my experience and my personal interest in programming (which should later become kind of my job), I started to notice patterns and could easily adapt to the game to reach it's goals. So after the initial hours of a game, seeing all major gameplay elements, in my head I already had the game's systems reverse engineered. (I hope this makes any sense)
entry Breath of the Wild:
I cannot grasp how much the game is (hopefully) doing for this industry, especially open world games simply due to not being obvious, giving you 100% freedom and multiple solutions to all kind of problems.
When did a game before honor your curiosity so much?
I don't wanna talk about specific examples but so often I thought "hm... could this work?" and it did indeed pan out as I imagined.
This is the definition of exploration and adventure - it's not so much about getting one quest down, get some rupees and call it a day. Many quests (also the fetch quests) taught me to stay curios because there is no obvious solution at hand and thus I learned something new about the world and how it works.
You need to bring 10 grasshoppers? Find out where they usually live, what weather and time of day they like. And then... just listen for the audio cues. That all of this makes so much sense without telling you about it is just fantastic. This is better than every "real" adventure game because you have a kind of abstract objective and while other games would hold your hand to guide you through the intended solution, you basically develop your own problem and solution to reach the objective.
The same goes for things that NPCs say. They mention they like fireflies at night. You bet that NPC can be seen at nights (but only if it doesn't rain).
This world encourages you to explore it and its behavior because it is a perfectly logical working world within it's lore and definition.
Add to that, that the game is polished to the max, the actual combat gameplay and movement actions are fun, the shrines are engaging and the coherent graphics look beautiful (sometimes even stunning) and you have GOAT material. Heck even the old story of good vs. evil is well executed so far with a superb German dub.
I was mildly hyped before the release but in my wildest dreams I didn't expect my expectations getting excelled by that margin.
Benzychenz
Member
So what are the
used for?
dragon scales you shoot off
Jesus, just got done with the first 'temple'...
I was a bit worried about the "open world" structure before, afraid they'd half-ass the temples, but that one was AMAZING. And the most amazing part was it being not an "instanced dungeon" but very much to scale with the real world.
Also, the fact that there doesn't seem to be any "unique items" you could be missing in the temples really reduces my anxiety of missing out on any chests.
Oh god, and the reward you get for completing the thing. So good...
What a fantastic game.
I was a bit worried about the "open world" structure before, afraid they'd half-ass the temples, but that one was AMAZING. And the most amazing part was it being not an "instanced dungeon" but very much to scale with the real world.
Also, the fact that there doesn't seem to be any "unique items" you could be missing in the temples really reduces my anxiety of missing out on any chests.
Oh god, and the reward you get for completing the thing. So good...
What a fantastic game.
Impulsor
Member
Why is it so?
Does the master sword:
"break" and then has to recharge? does the recharge time take too long?
Pottypotsworth
Member
Not yet, no wonder i haven't seen it. Thanks.
Right, got ya. Thanks.
The ones which makes
pillars out of water?
I shot it with a fire arrow and nothing happened.
Supa Necta
Banned
Yes this has happened to me twice.
Impulsor
Member
It has happened to me maybe three times in about 20 hours, it just feels susper out of place and I was worried it might be the console.
I just climb the hill nearby and jump from there to land on it. The hill is pretty close and perfect height. Fire won't work if is raining and
It won't stop raining till you do the Ruto "dungeon"
NippleViking
Banned
Weird. Either it's bugger, you missed, or you did it when it was raining.
GodfatherX
Member
I really hope that Nintendo uses this engine / format on another property, like star tropics or a new ip. Would be a shame for this collection of systems to sit dormant after the expansions
Poimandres
Member
So I think I'm about 8 hours in now and... Yeah... Initially I thought this game was very good but not amazing, but it's growing more impressive with each passing hour. Leaving the plateau and just wandering in a random direction is downright exhilarating. This is kind of what I've always wanted from an open world game, but never been able to really find.
drotahorror
Member
Is there anyway to get your horse back besides going to a stable (I hope there's more than 1...)? Pretty sure when I fast travel it gets left behind.
Another one! ^^ It's the first game in a long long time with any amount of story that I actually play in German and it's good. It's not Disney or Dreamworks level synchronization (which are generally terrific in German), but it's such a surprise that it's as good as it is.
Btw., I love the gyro aiming in BotW. Fine adjustments to your aim with a gamepad's gyros is such a great complement for the analogue aiming for me, as I'm absolutely useless with analogue sticks. For once I don't need to concentrate really hard on not overshooting with the analogue stick input, but can just lazily tilt the controller to get the aim where I want it to be. Unfortunately it's not perfect on the WiiU's gamepad, due to notable drift. :-/ But that seemless gyro aim implementation is what I want in all other gamepad games, where aiming is a thing.
Lastly, the pro HUD is beatifully clutter free. It's a minor thing, but nevertheless very welcome for Nintendo to include a clutter free HUD mode, that shows you nothing but Link, his hearts and the world.
You can whistle in towns and it'll appear...or at least it has work for me that way. Not sure if I left the horse there or not (doubt it, pretty sure I left it in the plains while rock climbing).
Took me way too long! Reminded me of the Gerudo Hideout in Ocarina. Throwing Banana's is the easiest way to get through it though.
I loved that side quest, it took me about an hour to do and it felt really cool. The whole survival aspects of the game coming together for a challenge.
Yes, it's called
Farosh
More info about what you can do with it:
You can shoot arrows at it and it will drop scales, claws or horn shards. These are near end game/end game upgrade items. There are two other dragons in the world too. They drop similar items for upgrades too.
The German localization is top notch - i just don't get why they tend to localize certain character names instead of just items.
Resistance100
Member
When do you guys recommend starting to boost stamina over hearts? Currently on 5 hearts and ready for next upgrade
Fuck.
Reading all the positive impressions on here especially this one really get's me hyped for when I get my copy.
Tchu-Espresso
likes mayo on everthing and can't dance
Is anyone else bothered by the game's seemingly shallow black levels in handheld mode?
On my tv, the game/tv gives nice black levels and depth to the image however it looks flat on the handheld. I know this isn't a screen issue as the menu's show good blacks.
On my tv, the game/tv gives nice black levels and depth to the image however it looks flat on the handheld. I know this isn't a screen issue as the menu's show good blacks.
- Status
Similar threads
- Featured