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[Kinsei]

Are the rewards for the

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dragon

quests supposed to be underwhelming? I figured two of them out all by myself and all I got were

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lousy shrines with breaking weapons I found elsewhere at least once anyway.

To be clear, the quests themselves were fun

The reward is the spirit orbs.

 

[nubbe]

Didn't even realize you could timelock guardians until now
They were already getting easy, but now they are pathetic

 

[Rapscallion]

This game's sense of discovery is something I haven't felt since, maybe the original Pokemon. I can just get lost, stumble upon some crazy thing that I have no idea how to progress with or tackle. It's great.

 

[random25]

Are the rewards for the

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dragon

quests supposed to be underwhelming? I figured two of them out all by myself and all I got were

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lousy shrines with breaking weapons I found elsewhere at least once anyway.

To be clear, the quests themselves were fun

It's a shrine completion. So you get the rewards like any shrine completion would give.

 

[Deleted member 10571]

The reward is the spirit orbs.

Wait what
Edit nevermind translation issue lol.

 

[BigJonsson]

I need to stop exploring so much and move on to a new area already

 

[Kinsei]

Wait what

You know those things you get at the end of every shrine that you use to upgrade your health and stamina?

Edit: Oh.

 

[Mediking]

Vashi Ryako?

iirc, that one was rather straightforward 'use parasail to glide the way the wind blows you', where are you having troubles?

Ohhhh... please help me solve the shrine at Halento village! Damn gyro controls shrine! Why????

 

[Kinsei]

Ohhhh... please help me solve the shrine at Halento village! Damn gyro controls shrine! Why????

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You can flip the maze upside down to give yourself a totally flat surface.

 

[psyfi]

Revali is such a prick

 

[Ventara]

Just got to Zora's Domain. Pretty cool looking place, and there seems to be some backstory from 100 years ago here. Was trying to get to the 2nd Great Fairy, but I guess I'll finish off this area first.

 

[Mediking]

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You can flip the maze upside down to give yourself a totally flat surface.

Wow.

 

[Fliesen]

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You can flip the maze upside down to give yourself a totally flat surface.

i actually had a harder time doing the 'cheap trick' than i had doing it the regular way.

Because when you do that, the 'ramp' doesn't align just right and there's no guiding walls that dictate the trajectory of the ball :/

My main advice would be: don't bother trying to do these gyro puzzles in handheld mode. At least switch to kickstand mode, if possible.

 

[atr0cious]

After rushing to the second village to update my sensor, I ran back to the plateau and hopped off the back side. I've decided to be a traveling chef and search each region for ingredients to add to my growing cookbook. I'm only upgrading stamina and will save story for when I get a switch. While finishing up the southwestern corner of the south most region, I bumped into a black

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Lynel

and proceeded to spend 7 hours trying to get through the guy, but finally, with a blessing from RNGesus, was able to beat him.

https://youtu.be/JD4NZ98TGso

Haven't dedicated myself to a game like that in years.

 

[Jaraghan]

I finally saved up enough money to

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buy a house

and finally got rid of some of the weapons i kept around solely for aesthetic purposes (i loved what another user in this thread did with regards to elemental weapons.




and that's just Hyrule field. (the different colors are the different kinds of hidden seed, btw. Like 'stone circle' 'shooting range' 'follow the flower' etc.)

There's a reason the "Korok seed that you already found" map markers don't show until you zoom all the way into the map. Thing would be crammed...

What is that picture of? Is it the guidebook? Because I would love to eventually get 100%, and there is no way I can collect 900 seeds without help.

 

[random25]

i actually had a harder time doing the 'cheap trick' than i had doing it the regular way.

Because when you do that, the 'ramp' doesn't align just right and there's no guiding walls that dictate the trajectory of the ball :/

My main advice would be: don't bother trying to do these gyro puzzles in handheld mode. At least switch to kickstand mode, if possible.

I find the gyro puzzles much easier in handheld mode than other modes.

But you can do more unconventional stuff with tabletop or TV mode because you can flip or twist the control while not losing the view of the screen.

 

[ekim]

What is that picture of? Is it the guidebook? Because I would love to eventually get 100%, and there is no way I can collect 900 seeds without help.

Afaik the Korok seeds aren't detailed in the Guide. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[JoeM86]

No idea if this has been said or not (I'm just going through the thread from the last time I had it open). There is a guy at the Duelling Peaks Stable that studies the moon and will tell you if there is a Blood Moon tonight and what phase the moon is in. Sometimes he isn't there though, seems fairly consistently there around noon. And he won't say anything when its rainy because he can't see the sky.

Yeah. Pushed through many cycles of the moon speaking to him, but still nothing

 

[ASIS]

How on earth do you beat this target shooting mini-game in Farron? It's hard enough trying to shoot targets while on horseback, but they don't give you anywhere near enough time and you still have to control the horse while trying to shoot targets scattered about. I've done it like 15 times now and I can only get to 16 at most.

Time is my main issue. You have to gallop like a madman to reach enough targets, but then it makes it near impossibe to aim correctly that fast. Is there a trick I'm missing to beat this?

I'd like to know this as well. My aim isn't terrible but this mini game is impossible.

 

[jviggy43]

So pretty sure I have some pretty huge location/lore spoilers about this Hyrule

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It can only be early Seattle

Seriously at first I didn't get the complaints but now it seems everytime I need to climb something to get somewhere the game decides "you mean you want to wait 5 minutes?". I even slept at a bonfire and had 24 hours go by just to have it still raining lol

 

[JonnyKong]

I admire anyone who has the effort to try 100% this. 900 seeds is a LOT.

 

[silva1991]

Just started the game and got my first weapon! I'll try it's move set...

"your weapon is badly damaged"

Oh come on just because of one jump attack? lol

Anyway the world looks breathtaking. I'm so nervous about fighting the first enemies.

 

[Empty Space]

Is there a reliable way to get the sniper bow? I forgot the name I know it starts with a "P". A few of the Korok seed shooting challenges are way easier to do if you have one and all mine broke.

 

[Jintor]

In the desert, camel spoils

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the camel boss is incredibly unfun. The fact you can't dodge without z targeting is horrendous considering how badly he breaks it
plus every time he touches you you drop your weapons. Garbage.

 

[Kinsei]

I'd like to know this as well. My aim isn't terrible but this mini game is impossible.

You just have to get more accurate. Bomb arrows help since the explosion can also break the targets. Don't forget to shoot a bomb arrow at the final cluster to get them all at once.

 

[Crayolan]

After rushing to the second village to update my sensor, I ran back to the plateau and hopped off the back side. I've decided to be a traveling chef and search each region for ingredients to add to my growing cookbook. I'm only upgrading stamina and will save story for when I get a switch. While finishing up the southwestern corner of the south most region, I bumped into a black

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Lynel

and proceeded to spend 7 hours trying to get through the guy, but finally, with a blessing from RNGesus, was able to beat him.

https://youtu.be/JD4NZ98TGso

Haven't dedicated myself to a game like that in years.

Nice job. Once you're able to take down Lynels everything else seems easy in comparison.

 

[Fliesen]

I find the gyro puzzles much easier in handheld mode than other modes.

But you can do more unconventional stuff with tabletop or TV mode because you can flip or twist the control while not losing the view of the screen.

exactly. Matching the 3 rotational axis of the controller to the rotation of the object you're moving is made even harder if your screen moves too, imho.

What is that picture of? Is it the guidebook? Because I would love to eventually get 100%, and there is no way I can collect 900 seeds without help.

aye, piggyback guidebook. I initially bought it because i was hoping it'd have some kind of compendium that offered - at a quick glance - information about which materials can be safely sold (because they're not used for any - to me - relevant upgrades or recipes). Sadly, in that regard, it fails.

It's a great cooking recipe book as well as Korok seed map (which i will use for cleanup at a later point in time)

Also, there's some information that was new to me, particularly about armor sets - like, for example, i wasn't aware that an armor set bonus didn't activate until all 3 items have been upgraded a 2nd time.
Or like how much of a damage multiplier you get from doing an "ambush"

I admire anyone who has the effort to try 100% this. 900 seeds is a LOT.

especially since the rewards scale in such a way that for the latest weapon slot upgrade alone, you'll need to collect 45(!) seeds. - which means the last 200 seeds will only get you like ... 6 upgrade slots in total ...

 

[ekim]

Meh. I walked all the way to Gorona to find one of them which name ends on DA for a sidequest. Didn't find him. :-/

 

[ASIS]

You just have to get more accurate. Bomb arrows help since the explosion can also break the targets. Don't forget to shoot a bomb arrow at the final cluster to get them all at once.

Is the reward worth it?

I honestly don't know what the horse gear does.

 

[Delstius]

Didn't even realize you could timelock guardians until now
They were already getting easy, but now they are pathetic

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Yeah between bombs to flip them (kinda hard/random), arrow in the eye, destroying their legs, there's a lot of way to stagger them. Then there's the perfect guard, ancient weapons/Master Sword weakness and ancient arrow that make it so easy to deal with. I think that's great to have a lot of way to deal with what was such fearful enemies in the beginning.

 

[Evilmaus]

So with horses, if I leave one somewhere and go off and explore, then realise it's been 4 hours, I'm miles and miles away, and have no real intention of going back to where I left the horse, is there any way to retrieve it, or will it literally just wait there until I eventually go back for it?

 

[HawthorneKitty]

In the desert, camel spoils

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the camel boss is incredibly unfun. The fact you can't dodge without z targeting is horrendous considering how badly he breaks it
plus every time he touches you you drop your weapons. Garbage.

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Huh, I thought it was awesome since I kept pulling off flurries and parrys.

 

[Chaos17]

Has this been posted yet?

This is why I love Zelda

 

[random25]

So with horses, if I leave one somewhere and go off and explore, then realise it's been 4 hours, I'm miles and miles away, and have no real intention of going back to where I left the horse, is there any way to retrieve it, or will it literally just wait there until I eventually go back for it?

Go to a stable, talk to the owner, and you can retrieve your faraway horse back to you.

 

[ekim]

So with horses, if I leave one somewhere and go off and explore, then realise it's been 4 hours, I'm miles and miles away, and have no real intention of going back to where I left the horse, is there any way to retrieve it, or will it literally just wait there until I eventually go back for it?

Stables.

 

[jonjonaug]

I admire anyone who has the effort to try 100% this. 900 seeds is a LOT.

I'm viewing BOTW as being like Xenoblade X as having a "regular 100%" and "insane 100%".

Getting 100% map completion (revealing the entire world map and doing the associated task with each segment) in XenoX takes somewhere in between 150-200 hours. It's totally doable and really fun. Getting 100% achievements involves absolutely insane grinding (including killing the two superbosses of the game 100 times each) and takes like 700 hours.

Likewise I'd consider a "normal" 100% of BOTW to be clearing all four dungeons, getting the Master Sword, obtaining all memories, clearing all the shrines, and clearing all sidequests. 100% compendium and Korok Seeds are for insane people.

Can you continue to play afterwards or do you need to reload a save?

After clearing the game you return to your last autosave right outside the final room of the game, except you have a star next to your file and can view how many side quests you have left to clear as well as your overall completion percentage.

 

[ekim]

I'm viewing BOTW as being like Xenoblade X as having a "regular 100%" and "insane 100%".

Getting 100% map completion (revealing the entire world map and doing the associated task with each segment) in XenoX takes somewhere in between 150-200 hours. It's totally doable and really fun. Getting 100% achievements involves absolutely insane grinding (including killing the two superbosses of the game 100 times each) and takes like 700 hours.

Likewise I'd consider a "normal" 100% of BOTW to be clearing all four dungeons, getting the Master Sword, obtaining all memories, clearing all the shrines, and clearing all sidequests. 100% compendium and Korok Seeds are for insane people.



After clearing the game you return to your last autosave right outside the final room of the game, except you have a star next to your file and can view how many side quests you have left to clear as well as your overall completion percentage.

Ah very nice.

 

[ASIS]

So with horses, if I leave one somewhere and go off and explore, then realise it's been 4 hours, I'm miles and miles away, and have no real intention of going back to where I left the horse, is there any way to retrieve it, or will it literally just wait there until I eventually go back for it?

You have two options.

1) leave it there and get back to it whenever you feel like it.

2) go to a stable and call your horse from there.

For what it's worth, I never use option 1 and I am doing just fine.

 

[Jintor]

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Huh, I thought it was awesome since I kept pulling off flurries and parrys.

not in a very dark souls mood perhaps right now, but aside from that

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the z lock-on being lost every fucking time was infuriating and then on top of that having to bloody find and re-equip my weapons and shields and bows or whatever... just terrible.

I also couldn't really get the timing on the flurries down reliably one the second form

 

[CLICKCLICK]

Having a real difficult time with dodging only because I accidently click into the joystick and crouch, so frustrating. You know what you are supposed to be doing, but they just had to tie crouch to that button.

Would have happily substituted crouch for a combo of R and L triggers.

 

[Ban Puncher]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1351087

 

[what-ok]

Having a real difficult time with dodging only because I accidently click into the joystick and crouch, so frustrating. You know what you are supposed to be doing, but they just had to tie crouch to that button.

Would have happily substituted crouch for a combo of R and L triggers.

Having the same issue. I guess I need to be more gentle with the L stick?

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

How on earth I didn't even realise today this is sitting at 98 average score on Metacritic. One of the best games of all time!

I completely missed ALL the reviews as I was away from the internets around its launch. Incredible.

 

[KZXcellent]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1351087

I love how that thread got crushed within 60 seconds of it posting.

 

[ivanthebearable]

New hobby: Finding the highest possible point to stand and setting off a bomb right next to myself and see how disgustingly painful my fall looks

 

[Fess]

Having a real difficult time with dodging only because I accidently click into the joystick and crouch, so frustrating. You know what you are supposed to be doing, but they just had to tie crouch to that button.

Would have happily substituted crouch for a combo of R and L triggers.

Same here, it's my only nitpick on this master piece of a game, just when I need to be up at my feet the most I get stressed out and click the stick and crouch. :/

 

[Not Spaceghost]

Lol the great irony of the ancient set is that in order to max it out and actually make it better than being good at parrying guardians you have to murder a shit ton of guardians.

 

[jonno394]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1351087

"why do other people like what I don't like"

 

[Crayolan]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1351087

Ignoring the dude's dumb hyperbole, I imagine people buying the game because of the popularity/praise and not because it looks like something they're into will be a big thing and result in a lot of backlash sooner rather than later. When people go into a game thinking it has to be flawless they end up nitpicking it to death and ruin it for themselves.

 

[goldenpp72]

I just finished the story segments, I got all the memories, all the dungeons/bosses, and the super weapons, but still have a lot of side stuff to do. Is there any place that breaks down the various story elements? I'd be curious to read the facts and theories, etc. Not the best story out there but it was intriguing for a Zelda game.