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[MGrant]

huh, I thought someone said white enemies only spawn after you beat the game, but I guess that's not true because white Bokoblins are everywhere right now.

They have a stupid amount of HP

Yeah they appear after you git gud. Not bad drops, either. Usually a weapon with a special attribute and a piece of rare ore.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Upgrading the best armor set in the game. You need three (one for each piece) to get all the pieces of it to max level.

You only need three star pieces? I have five. Do I not need the others at all?

 

[Appleman]

I probably made that discovery at the 70h mark. I feel ya.

Yup, the amount of rare gems I've just blown off the side of the mountain must be astounding

 

[Digital Savior]

Skipped the entire first OT. I think I'm ready to finally jump in. Gonna start needing all of them sweet tips. Probably gonna open up my Amiibo finally too.

 

[VRMN]

I'm at least feeling better about my combat ability now. It's been a good while since I've died. Gotten bailed out by Mipha a few times, but I'm getting there.

Can't wait for me to get killed by arrogance. Time to start on the northern end of the map.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

This game is too much. I'm glad the weekday is coming. Need a break for my 2-3 hr+ sessions.

 

[DjRalford]

Im having a blast just going round and exploring so far, all good fun, i am absolutly awful at timing parrys though, i've even gone back to the starting area with the weaker enemies to practice and i still suck.

 

[Kinsei]

You only need three star pieces? I have five. Do I not need the others at all?

It depends on if you want to upgrade other armor sets. Some of them (like the ancient armor) require star fragments as well. IIRC the ancient armor requires 9 to be fully upgraded.

 

[Lord Azrael]

So pagewise (50ppp), we are on 97.

Just like this game.

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I'm sorry

 

[Makai]

my blupee horse isn't stableable. noooooooo

 

[Hydrus]

I just gotta say, this game is incredible! Honestly one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. Last few years I've been slowly loosing interest in games, but this game pulled me right back in. Been playing 3-4 hour sessions everyday. Haven't done that since I was a kid.

 

[SkywardBeam]

It depends on if you want to upgrade other armor sets. Some of them (like the ancient armor) require star fragments as well. IIRC the ancient armor requires 9 to be fully upgraded.

No, the Ancient Armor doesn't require star pieces for the upgrades, only Guardian parts. The star pieces are for the amiibo outfits and the

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tunic of the wild, so for the classic green tunics.

And you need 10 star pieces to get 1 of the 3 armor parts to level 4 (max. upgrade level). So if you want, for example, a fully upgraded OoT or TWW outfit, you need 30 star pieces.

 

[Totakeke]

No, the Ancient Armor doesn't require star pieces for the upgrades, only Guardian parts. The star pieces are for the amiibo outfits and the

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tunic of the wild, so for the classic green tunics.

And you need 10 star pieces to get 1 of the 3 armor parts to level 4 (max. upgrade level). So if you want, for example, a fully upgraded OoT or TWW outfit, you need 30 star pieces.

Yes it does.

 

[Timeaisis]

I just got to the

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tropical

region in Faron. Cool.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

my blupee horse isn't stableable. noooooooo

I was disappointed in this too. When you first come upon that area it's so crazy. But that's basically the end of it. There's no reward or trick or anything. Just the novelty of discovery.

 

[zelhawks37]

Just beat the

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Gerudo portion

. Yet another amazing experience to a phenominal game.

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Thunderblight Ganon

is imo the hardest boss so far.

 

[Chezzymann]

Nope. I'm talking about the

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Tunic of the Wild set. This games iconic green tunic outfit.

Yeah but they're annoying to get. You can also farm silver Lynels for them.

Can't you only get that with amiibo or doing all 120 shrines though? I thought the fully upgraded ancient armor was the most powerful one to get through more feasible means

 

[SkywardBeam]

Yes it does.

You're right, the level 4 upgrade of the Ancient Armor does indeed need 3 star pieces for each part. I stand corrected.

 

[Nilaul]

Must say in terms of main story this game is pretty bland. Link is surprisingly lacking in character too (I suppose it makes sense since

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he has been raised to be a soldier since an early age

. Frankly previous games did the story better (skyward sword, twilight princess, windwaker etc).

Zelda's English voice acting is completely bullocks.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Did we confirm that chest rewards are randomized? I know this was a suspicion early on.

Another thing: so there are a finite number of chests, right? There's no way to discover new ones or respawn them? Once you've opened them all, you've opened them all, right?

 

[BrightLightLava]

Must say in terms of main story this game is pretty bland. Link is surprisingly lacking in character too (I suppose it makes sense since

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he has been raised to be a soldier since an early age

.

I don't know about that. Some of his dialogue choices are hilarious.

 

[Tuck]

I just got to the

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tropical

region in Faron. Cool.

Wasn't a fan.

Game is at its worst when its raining.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Wasn't a fan.

Game is at its worst when its raining.

Yea, this area is kind of annoying to get around due to it raining so often. Looks pretty though

 

[Nosgotham]

When you need 15 yellow chuchu jelly for an armor upgrade and don't want to search for it. So you grab your great thunder sword and just swing it on top of 15 regular jelly and trasform it

I did that for ice lol.

 

[gdt]

Just started this on my Switch.

Man the opening is cool, but hoooooly shit at the framerate when you start walking down the cliff past the old man. It's insane.

I'm assuming the game is good enough to make me ignore it but mannnn.

 

[Nilaul]

I don't know about that. Some of his dialogue choices are hilarious.

I mean the way hes potrayed

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in the memories, hes rarely there, like his containing his emotions, soldier like.

 

[KingBroly]

Just started this on my Switch.

Man the opening is cool, but hoooooly shit at the framerate when you start walking down the cliff past the old man. It's insane.

I'm assuming the game is good enough to make me ignore it but mannnn.

The Plateau has the worst framerate consistently.

I chalk it up to optimization, or a lack thereof.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Finally got into the monster parts store, now where are those people that avoid battles when their weapons are too good?

 

[Nilaul]

Wasn't a fan.

Game is at its worst when its raining.

But stealth

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is way easier in the rain as the raindrops mask your footsteps

+ when there is a thunderstorm you could

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levitate a metal weapon/shield etc. over your enemies and watch them burn!

 

[Nosgotham]

Must say in terms of main story this game is pretty bland. Link is surprisingly lacking in character too (I suppose it makes sense since

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he has been raised to be a soldier since an early age

. Frankly previous games did the story better (skyward sword, twilight princess, windwaker etc).

Zelda's English voice acting is completely bullocks.

I completely and wholeheartedly disagree.

 

[random25]

Hanging those beautiful 2nd tier magic rods and those guardian shields on your home is so damn beautiful. I wish there's a way to display lynel heads there lol.

 

[rayman1900]

hum... so.... I guess we'll need to change the OT title...

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to 97

 

[gdt]

The Plateau has the worst framerate consistently.

I chalk it up to optimization, or a lack thereof.

Ahh. Hope it's better outside this area then.

 

[Nilaul]

hum... so.... I guess we'll need to change the OT title...

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to 97

It's always going to be a 98 in our hearts.

 

[Rainy]

|OT2| Your Metacritic Score is Badly Damaged!

 

[OrbitalBeard]

It can happen multiple times in one night, which from experience gets a bit grating.

It works with it's normal system where it happens every x amount of days, but having it multiple times a night is just annoying.

This is clearly a bug. It's not normal, so hopefully Nintendo patches it soon.

60 hours in and I've seen the Blood Moon ten times or less.

 

[Kyzon]

Question on Climbing Gear: it indicates it makes you climb faster. But is it a net gain to climbing? What I mean is do you cover more distance before your stamina meter runs out because you are going faster? Or do you climb the same distance per stamina as normal, just you actually perform the motions faster (so wasting less real life time)?

You move further and faster per unit of stamina used. For instance, I can scale many cliffs with the climbing gear in the rain that I couldn't wearing anything else. Timing my leaps right before a slip ans whatnot.

 

[Spinifex]

The Plateau has the worst framerate consistently.

I chalk it up to optimization, or a lack thereof.

There's worse areas, unfortunately. I really hope the game gets a performance patch.

 

[gregor7777]

I do wish this game had full configuration of inputs. That would be nice. I still make mistakes with the button assignments how they are.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

|OT2| Your Metacritic Score is Badly Damaged!

This is too funny and too painful.

 

[Fantastical]

Ahh. Hope it's better outside this area then.

There are lots of performance issues in areas throughout the game. It's pretty glaring, especially for a Nintendo game.

Fix this, Nintendo! One of my only complaints about the game.

 

[Megasoum]

The game really gives me World of Warcraft vibes sometime with all the exploration and the distinct zones.


I wish there was some kind of fog of war system though... I can't remember all the spots I went and those I still need to explore more thoroughly.

 

[SkywardBeam]

Must say in terms of main story this game is pretty bland. Link is surprisingly lacking in character too (I suppose it makes sense since

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his been raised to be a soldier since an early age

. Frankly previous games did the story better (skyward sword, twilight princess, windwaker etc).

And that's why I don't understand they insisted on calling him Link in BotW instead of letting us choose his name like in every game before. So they can use the player character's name in the voiced cutscenes? Just don't say his name, problem solved. Say "Hey you" instead of Link, say hero/ guardian/ friend or whatever fits in the respective context. Wasn't the official explanation from Aonuma that they wanted the player to experience Link's story this time and therefore chose to give him a set name? Sorry, but that is a BS justification. Not only did we always have a set story and a given background for Link, but he hasn't more personality here than in any previous Zelda game. I could've understood it if the game was much more story-driven and Link's personality would be essential for dramatic purposes, but in this regard BotW doesn't deviate from former games in the series at all.

 

[A.J.]

Okay, so is there anyway to climb while it's raining? I made it halfway up a cliff only for it to start raining and kill my progress.

 

[Riposte]

Is there any significance to three apple trees in a row? I've run into it (and a durian version) several times. My gut feeling tells me a korok is involved.

 

[Fantastical]

Korok Seed

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There's are three boulders in a row outside of the second lab and then a decline and and incline. The incline has a place for the boulder. Am I really supposed to just hit it in there? It's really frustrating and I just gave up. Stasis is not that precise and I spent a good 10-15 minutes trying to get it in the whole and then it slides out and goes back down the hill... fuck that.

 

[phanphare]

There's worse areas, unfortunately. I really hope the game gets a performance patch.

I feel like they have to at least address the blood moon bug some people are experiencing as well as the moblin freezing issue so hopefully since they should be patching the game anyway maybe they'll sneak some other adjustments in there

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Is there any significance to three apple trees in a row? I've run into it (and a durian version) several times. My gut feeling tells me a korok is involved.

Look at the apple placement on each tree.

 

[Kinsei]

Is there any significance to three apple trees in a row? I've run into it (and a durian version) several times. My gut feeling tells me a korok is involved.

Your gut is right.

The puzzle:

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Two of the trees only have one fruit but one of them has many. You need to remove the fruit on the one that has many so that all three trees are identical. Make sure you don't accidentally grab the fruit that needs to stay on the tree.

 

[goldenpp72]

There's worse areas, unfortunately. I really hope the game gets a performance patch.

Yeah, while the game ran well enough most times, the

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Korok forest

is the least Nintendo that Nintendo ever Nintendo'd when it comes to performance. I can't believe it shipped without just being toned down, and even out of the dock it runs just as bad.

With that said, I found the performance about 90 percent acceptable at least, but it certainly could be ironed out better.