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[victreeb3l]

Ok Next zelda needs a Song of Sun because fuck this rain man

 

[Spehornoob]

Beat the story today.

The theme that plays while you ascend (final area spoiler even though it's obvious at the beginning of the game)

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Hyrule Castle

has the most awesome music.

Blown away by this game, really.

 

[Nosgotham]

Ok Next zelda needs a Song of Sun because fuck this rain man

Agreed. It's ridiculous at times.

 

[CharminUltra]

Holy shit!
https://twitter.com/patepote61/status/840213290806534146

Dragon ball ref became so real in this one!

I leave the thread for a minute and you guys start dropping them mind-blowing videos.

This game. This incredible, beautiful bastard of a game.

 

[Wallach]

I could never get the bonus chest in that one. I tried spinning with the hammer and going 1, 2, 3, 4, stop (5th hit from stopping), and then hitting it with another weapon, but was but was not far enough. 6 hammer hits was too much.

You can strike it with different weapons to apply different amounts of force if you need more control.

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

The Rito Village music is amazing.

It's my favorite Zelda / Nintendo village. Everything about it is perfect

 

[Crayolan]

What's the music at the Rito Flight Range? Sounds familiar.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Asked this earlier about the Divine Beasts but didn't get a response.

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Is there anything worthwhile in the chests? It seems to be generic loot but shrines also just seem to hold generic loot for the most part and the game tracks if you collected them all. I think I got all the chests but there doesn't seem to be a way to confirm and it says you can't return to the Divine Beasts after completing them. I just want to make sure I'm not accidentally screwing myself over from every getting 100% in the future.

A few of them have ancient material and minerals, some have weapons, i imagine on the off chance you're under equipped. Doesn't seem that important.

 

[Creamium]

Finished it. If you load your save after you see a sidequest and shrine quest counter, useful. I have 21,5% completion lol. 71 shrines done, the exploration continues.

43/76 sidequests
17/42 shrine quests

 

[Red]

This Lynel by Tabantha bridge is some buuuullllllshit

 

[Oidisco]

Jesus christ....

I just fought my White-Maned Lynel, and it was using some kind of Club weapon that I hadn't seen before. I have 12 hearts and it kept 1-shoting me, so I decided to use a max defense buff. Now each attack brought me down to a half heart! Halfway through the fight, a storm rolled in so I had to find shelter while fighting the thing. I managed to kill the Lynel by throwing my weapon at it and then immediately getting a heashot with Shock Arrows, then while it was stunned my sword attracted a lightning strike which finished it off.

That was the best fight I've had in this game. It was incredible!

 

[Nosgotham]

The gyro puzzles are literally my biggest issue. I mean, I got them and they weren't that hard, but these kinds of motion control puzzles aren't fun. They're a chore. Leave that kind of game design in the past with the Wii, Nintendo.

I like them.

 

[DSix]

first time environmental clues let me down in the game...soilers for the quest about the 8th statue in the gerudo zone

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was looking for the 8th gerudo paladin/swordwoman/ whatever is called in the english version...the quest giver tells me i have to search on the gerudo highlands, so i set off for the place.
In a previous excursion to the place i noticed an enormous stone sword thatn now made sense, since it was the same kind the other statues in the gerudo desert had.
only problem is..while the statue was indeed in the gerudo highlands..its location made no freaking sense with the location of the sword,since it was on the side of the mountain while the enormous sword was on the peak..how exactly that sword arrived so far away from the statue itself?

it's the first time that environment analysis let me own in this game...

Dude no, it made total sense

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the sword is next to a gigantic trail... like an enormous statue was displaced from there all the way to the current statue location. When I saw the sword, I followed the trail and sure enough I found the statue.

 

[nubbe]

Any tricks on getting 🌟 star fragments?

 

[KarmaCow]

A few of them have ancient material and minerals, some have weapons, i imagine on the off chance you're under equipped. Doesn't seem that important.

Okay thanks, just wanted to make sure.

 

[Dazzler]

Jesus,

This GAME

I'm still very early on, but I finally had the moment where I thought to myself - "Yep, this game is everything it was hyped up to be" - I've fallen hard for it

 

[MoonFrog]

114 shrines...ugh beginning to get tempted to look up the ones I'm missing. Stopped being where I go to a place I'd think I was missing one and there it'd be.

 

[Neoweee]

Finished it. If you load your save after you see a sidequest and shrine quest counter, useful. I have 21,5% completion lol. 71 shrines done, the exploration continues.

43/76 sidequests
17/42 shrine quests

The % on the map is just the map completion. Discovering shrines, map regions, map labels, and korok seeds.

 

[Glass]

At what stage are people heading to the Master Sword and the region I'm assuming it's in? I'm two dungeons down, 53 shrines. I was going to leave it until I'd cleared all the dungeons but thinking I won't have much time to play with it then.

 

[EroticSushi]

Is there a way to easily get Star Fragments?

 

[SolVanderlyn]

At what stage are people heading to the Master Sword and the region I'm assuming it's in? I'm two dungeons down, 53 shrines. I was going to leave it until I'd cleared all the dungeons but thinking I won't have much time to play with it then.

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You should be able to get it by now. All you need is 13 hearts. I got it before my fourth dungeon, to keep with the series tradition of three dungeons -> Master Sword.

 

[EroticSushi]

At what stage are people heading to the Master Sword and the region I'm assuming it's in? I'm two dungeons down, 53 shrines. I was going to leave it until I'd cleared all the dungeons but thinking I won't have much time to play with it then.

I got it as soon as I got

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13 hearts

but to be honest, I kinda regret doing so. The sword gets a buff when near Guardians and the Dungeon bosses. I was then able to take out the Goron boss within a minute because it was buffed to 60 attack.

 

[Mike Double U]

What does the upgraded Sheikah Sensor do? I currently have the Sheikah Sensor turned off, so I wonder if it's even worth upgrading and/or actually worth using it after getting the upgrade.

 

[WrenchNinja]

What does the upgraded Sheikah Sensor do? I currently have the Sheikah Sensor turned off, so I wonder if it's even worth upgrading and/or actually worth using it after getting the upgrade.

You can track down anything in the hyrule compendium

 

[ThanksVision]

Finished it. If you load your save after you see a sidequest and shrine quest counter, useful. I have 21,5% completion lol. 71 shrines done, the exploration continues.

43/76 sidequests
17/42 shrine quests

yeeah holy shit I just finished as well and was shocked at my low completion percentage of around 19%. Crazy. Korok seeds take up so much. Is there anything for reaching 100%?

 

[BassForever]

What does the upgraded Sheikah Sensor do? I currently have the Sheikah Sensor turned off, so I wonder if it's even worth upgrading and/or actually worth using it after getting the upgrade.

Anything you take a picture of and catalogue you can use the upgraded sensor to track it down. Its situationally very useful if you need to grind rare enemies or materials.

 

[jackal27]

I really miss when people were actually using Twitter sometimes instead of playing Zelda 24/7.

*goes back to playing zelda*

 

[BassForever]

I really miss when people were actually using Twitter sometimes instead of playing Zelda 24/7.

*goes back to playing zelda*

We use twitter to talk about zelda

 

[rhandino]

At what stage are people heading to the Master Sword and the region I'm assuming it's in? I'm two dungeons down, 53 shrines. I was going to leave it until I'd cleared all the dungeons but thinking I won't have much time to play with it then.

I am there right now after 1 main dungeon, 60 shrines, 9 hearts and 55 hours.

Yeah.

 

[watershed]

The full GDC panel is really interesting. Its cool to hear the devs walk us through all their decisions.

 

[Dr.Hadji]

I find more people who have finished the game seem to share my opinion that it's great and a great direction for zelda but not GOAT --- and IMO not even GOTY material.

Careful, your confirmation bias is showing ;-)

 

[mrpallyguy]

Points to items you have in your compendium just like shrines.

 

[Mistle]

Finished it. If you load your save after you see a sidequest and shrine quest counter, useful. I have 21,5% completion lol. 71 shrines done, the exploration continues.

43/76 sidequests
17/42 shrine quests

good to know there's plenty shrine quests, so far most of them have been really good

 

[lt519]

First time I've had to use a guide 50+ hours in was to get that last memory, how were you supposed to use any of that picture to know where it was?

 

[smashballTaz]

The gyro puzzles are literally my biggest issue. I mean, I got them and they weren't that hard, but these kinds of motion control puzzles aren't fun. They're a chore. Leave that kind of game design in the past with the Wii, Nintendo.

I totally cheesed the first gyro puzzle I found. Turns out you can flip the whole maze thing upsidedown to easily roll the ball to the goal. You have to be playing in non-handheld mode though.

[Edit] Like this video:
https://youtu.be/4_Uw2wv67P4

 

[Spine_Ripper]

I'm taking longer than I would like to find all those Zora murals. I know I can go back and talk to the old guy again for general directions, but even then I'm struggling to find the last few I need. I could use a guide, but fuck that lol

 

[Wyndstryker]

ARGH!!

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First half waterblight ganon is easy, but once the water rises thoes ice blocks are a headache. especially once it's like 5 blocks.

 

[PKrockin]

Careful, your confirmation bias is showing ;-)

I've noticed this too and I love the game. No need to be so sassy about people not thinking it's the bestest game of all time haha suck it sony ;-)

 

[batman2million]

GAF, how do I start the quest to get the Master Sword?

I've done 3 of the beasts/ main dungeons. And every time I go to the

Spoiler

lost woods

, I get to the place with the

Spoiler

two fire pillars

and

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keep getting sent back.

I don't want to look it up and it being all spoiled, but I heard you can find out more from NPCs.

Help me, GAF. You're my only hope.

 

[MoonFrog]

First time I've had to use a guide 50+ hours in was to get that last memory, how were you supposed to use any of that picture to know where it was?

Spoiler

I used green trees, ancient battlefield to piece together it was that area or Hyrule field probably, especially with Impa's half day ride comment. Akalla also has fall trees. Then the mountains looked like the ones behind Hateno gate. I went out and matched them up with a photo of the picture. I looked at bodies of water and ruin landmarks. Took a bit and I doubted my initial guess/did other things for a time, but it worked for me.

 

[Chezzymann]

Pretty disappointed by how simple the dungeons are. Takes 45 minutes max for me including the boss (if I'm properly prepared) even if I go for all the chests. There's usually only one or two interesting puzzles too. AND there's only 4... Id imagine this game is gonna have a big backlash by people who want substantial dungeons. That being said, I'm getting my puzzling fill from the shrines (namely the trials, the mazes and lost woods stuff is pretty cool.) But I really miss having long, elaborate dungeons with a bunch of interesting puzzles.

 

[Zocano]

Help me, GAF. You're my only hope.

There's nothing external or secondary (outside of that place) that is required to progress through that area.

 

[robochimp]

GAF, how do I start the quest to get the Master Sword?

I've done 3 of the beasts/ main dungeons. And every time I go to the

Spoiler

lost woods

, I get to the place with the

Spoiler

two fire pillars

and

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keep getting sent back.

I don't want to look it up and it being all spoiled, but I heard you can find out more from NPCs.

Help me, GAF. You're my only hope.

Spoiler

the first half up to the two fire pillars is setting you up to know how to continue.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Memory spoiler

Spoiler

Am I lead to believe at one point in time Link was so powerful he could defeat an entire army of Lynels while just getting a minor scratch on his face? Or were they just weaker back then before Ganon came to full power?

Also this memory took 45 minutes of me climbing the same 3 mountains to find and it wasn't worth it

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Pretty disappointed by how simple the dungeons are. Takes 45 minutes max for me including the boss (if I'm properly prepared) even if I go for all the chests. There's usually only one or two interesting puzzles too. AND there's only 4... Id imagine this game is gonna have a big backlash by people who want substantial dungeons. That being said, I'm getting my puzzling fill from the shrines (namely the trials, the mazes and lost woods stuff is pretty cool.) But I really miss having long, elaborate dungeons with a bunch of interesting puzzles.

I kind of miss the dungeons as well, mainly for the atmosphere, but let's be real. The puzzles in most of them weren't interesting (there are certainly some exceptions). The shrine puzzles are probably the best we've ever seen in a Zelda game.

 

[Insaniac]

Found a shrine that you can get stuck in with the way I tried to get a chest, lol! The ways you can solves some puzzles is awesome

 

[the anime man]

GAF, how do I start the quest to get the Master Sword?

I've done 3 of the beasts/ main dungeons. And every time I go to the

Spoiler

lost woods

, I get to the place with the

Spoiler

two fire pillars

and

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keep getting sent back.

I don't want to look it up and it being all spoiled, but I heard you can find out more from NPCs.

Help me, GAF. You're my only hope.

To get through the

Spoiler

lost woods

, you

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have to light a torch and follow where the flame embers are pointing.

 

[tuna_love]

i have no idea what im doing

 

[tci]

What's the music at the Rito Flight Range? Sounds familiar.

Remix of Dragoon Roost Islan WW.
Edit: sry that was the city. Can't remember for the flight range

 

[Zocano]

I kind of miss the dungeons as well, mainly for the atmosphere, but let's be real. The puzzles in most of them weren't interesting (there are certainly some exceptions). The shrine puzzles are probably the best we've ever seen in a Zelda game.

It's not just about the complexity of a puzzle, though. There's a different feeling to exploring an isolated and enclosed space and trying to piece by piece progress through it versus a single room with a single puzzle in it.