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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT2| It's 98 All Over Again
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Deleted member 231381
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You then have to stop, abandon what you're currently exploring, go somewhere else to find a fire, skip the next day, return to where you were, and repeat all of the section up until where you were when it started raining. It's not a fun gameplay loop, and is one of the relatively few criticisms I have of BotW. At the moment, weather doesn't change your gameplay experience by opening up new avenues, it just shuts existing ones.
Paraglide onto them.
ChemicalCutthroat
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He never seems to be selling anything other than silly hats. At what point does he start selling something that awesome? Do I need to cash in more parts for mon or complete stuff in game?
RichiRamjag
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Of course they could have, but they're bite sized locations that allow people to get in and out and back to exploring. I don't think there's a need to butcher one aspect of the game to improve another. This can easily be solved in the future by improving the main dungeons somewhat while leaving shrines as they are. This way, everyone wins. I enjoy going in real quick, doing a challenge and going about my business.
They're also a welcome sight while exploring.
Some of us like the Pro HUD which doesn't have the nifty weather forecast. For me, rain is completely unpredictable.
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I find they spot you too often. Just prepare a meal with a big stealth boost, and sneak up on them from behind.
Dragonsushi
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Or you could have waited
til the red moon. That resets most everything in the world.
Or wait until they start running around spooked by you and jump on one as it rushes by, works for me.
Make a fire where you are standing. Why do you need to leave? You can see the weather for the next few hours so its easy to plan your climbing so you can stop and skip the day on the spot.
They should add it to the map for sure. It woyld be trivial to check the map for weather before starting to travel to your next target.
I'm trying to do that quest as well, and even with the full Sheikah suit I can't reliably sneak up behind a buck. Inevitably one of the other deer will see me and go running, which sends the buck running as well.
Dragonsushi
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You don't need to abandon anything. You can create a fire to sit at with wood and Flint.
Edit: underneath cover of course so the fire doesn't get rained on.
No Beamos? What do you think Guardians are? They're basically highly advanced versions of that. I imagine Beamos were the original prototype, and they eventually went "well shit, why don't we give them legs so they don't just stand there shooting lasers?" and tada, new and improved crawling death laser machines
casey_contra
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Re: weather
I was really hoping for a song of storms/sun's song type ability. Maybe that can be a part of the mysterious "additional map feature?"
I was really hoping for a song of storms/sun's song type ability. Maybe that can be a part of the mysterious "additional map feature?"
Skellig Gra
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I'm so far behind all you guys. I keep peeking in here but running away due to mild spoilers. Definitely enjoying the game. It's easy to pick up and play for short spurts.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
I'm sure this has been covered already but I'm thinking of buying this for the Wii U, any big differences between that version and the Switch?
victreeb3l
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Its some straight spider man shit. Its awesome!
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Huh, he had it the first time I was able to buy from him! Granted I'd done all the dungeons before I ever met the guy.
If you use the weather forecast helper thing, you can make your fire way before the rai starts, so you shouldnt have to look for cover. Either way you could even plan your climbing so you end up under cover before the rain starts.
casey_contra
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Omg, how do I even go about finding this? I did that challenge relatively easily, if there is a way to up the difficulty then count me in.
Pejo
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how many wheels is a fully upgraded stamina bar anyways? I'm almost done with my 2nd wheel (3 bars total).
Is that a manual app or.... what?
I just use a harpoon and cross my fingers.
balladofwindfishes
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Some enemies I'd add in a potential sequel
Likelike - Can eat your shield. If you run away it's gone forever, but if you kill them it comes back. A rare white variant will fully repair whatever shield they eat. Also variants for sword and bow eaters.
Beamos - Stationary Guardian-like enemies, for use in areas that are dangerous, but not enough to use a regular guardian. Die to one hit in the eye with an arrow and are substantially weaker than Guardians, and also drop far less interesting loot.
Stalfos - Mini-boss Stal monster with no "living" equal.
Stalchild - Mini Stal monsters with no "living" equal. Spawn in larger numbers than other Stal monsters, but they all die in one hit from anything with no need to chase their head around.
Deku Baba - Same as they always are. An odd omission from this game to not include them.
Likelike - Can eat your shield. If you run away it's gone forever, but if you kill them it comes back. A rare white variant will fully repair whatever shield they eat. Also variants for sword and bow eaters.
Beamos - Stationary Guardian-like enemies, for use in areas that are dangerous, but not enough to use a regular guardian. Die to one hit in the eye with an arrow and are substantially weaker than Guardians, and also drop far less interesting loot.
Stalfos - Mini-boss Stal monster with no "living" equal.
Stalchild - Mini Stal monsters with no "living" equal. Spawn in larger numbers than other Stal monsters, but they all die in one hit from anything with no need to chase their head around.
Deku Baba - Same as they always are. An odd omission from this game to not include them.
Your save gets marked with a Star and unlocks
Map Completion %, as well as % completions for each of three type of quests.
Goldenroad
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Oh man, I beat a dungeon last night. I remember when I first walked in there and I had no clue how to get to any part of it. By the end, I can only equate it to getting through a set of puzzles in the Witness. I feel like a friggin genius! I wonder if I'm doing the dungeons too early. When I went to the first one I had only leveled up my health and stamina once, but since there was virtually no combat it in the dungeon, I guess that wasn't really an issue.
I wonder if I should just bee-line through all the dungeons just for the heart containers, and then carry on with all the ope world stuff? Is that a valid approach?
I wonder if I should just bee-line through all the dungeons just for the heart containers, and then carry on with all the ope world stuff? Is that a valid approach?
MoogleWizard
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If there's one thing I'd get rid of in this game it's the motion control puzzles. Particularly annoying in my case because I play with the Wii U pro controller and need to switch controllers every time I come across a motion controlled puzzle.
Also, dungeon rating:
OK, I will!
Thanks, I don't remember that. I like what they did with the Gerudo in this game. They're strong and badass as always but they also got a little more depth than usually. They have this idealized fairy tale idea of love and the perfect mate but most of them hardly/never get the chance to interact with the other sex. There's an elderly lady sitting alone in a back alley that says she traveled the world to find that fairy tale. She was once a young beautiful woman and all the men turned their head when she entered the room. But she spent so much time looking looking for that perfect mate that she eventually got so old that the men stopped turning their heads at her. She used to be sad about it but she's happy now. There are many minor NPCs in this game and they aren't terribly fleshed out but they have a lot of character.
Also, dungeon rating:
Lizard > bird > elephant >>>>>>>>>>>>> camel
OK, I will!
Thanks, I don't remember that. I like what they did with the Gerudo in this game. They're strong and badass as always but they also got a little more depth than usually. They have this idealized fairy tale idea of love and the perfect mate but most of them hardly/never get the chance to interact with the other sex. There's an elderly lady sitting alone in a back alley that says she traveled the world to find that fairy tale. She was once a young beautiful woman and all the men turned their head when she entered the room. But she spent so much time looking looking for that perfect mate that she eventually got so old that the men stopped turning their heads at her. She used to be sad about it but she's happy now. There are many minor NPCs in this game and they aren't terribly fleshed out but they have a lot of character.
VistraNorrez
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Lock on to the item and line yourself up straight. The targeting in general helps precision with movement.
I tackled my first one at 9 hearts and a couple stam upgrades, I did the second last night at 10 hearts and 4 stam upgrades.
I personally feel like I probably should have started doing them sooner. The two that I have done have
both been fucking awesome, especially Van Ruta
were both fairly easy, especially Van Medoh
they give special abilities that make exploring or fighting easier.
I'd keep going on shrines, until you get bored of adventuring around in the world and doing shrines when you find them, and then sprinkle in the Beasts. And get that stamina up. Now I have two full bars of stam, and it's game changing.
ChemicalCutthroat
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It is probably tied to completion then. I've only done one dungeon so far, and he just sells silly hats and a silly hammer.
Poltergust
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Likelikes would by far be the scariest enemy to encounter in a game like this, especially the ones that act like traps lol. I can't believe it's not in this game.
Then again, Likelikes always freaked me out as a kid and I'm not so sure I want to see an HD version of them. Same with Skulltulas.
Berserking Guts
Member
So I just got to my first
That encounter and the music!!! Phew, I need to fan myself off quickly.
Divine Beast and fought Ruta on Sidons back.
that's probably my favorite moment of the game
ArchedThunder
Banned
With the huge nature theme of the game the lack of Deku Babas is very strange to me. This game also felt like the perfect time to reintroduce the Deku Scrub race, potentially as both enemies and NPCs.
In general I REALLY hope this game gets a Majora style direct sequel built directly on top of it with heavy asset reuse and a 2-3 year dev time, and if it does I hope enemy variety is one of the things to get a big boost.
akidnamededdy
Banned
Just do whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it. Keep in mind you can always make food or potions to compensate for attack/defense shortcomings if you feel like you're getting outclassed. I did my first beast with like five hearts and no stamina upgrades.
stealth is easier in the rain because of the added noise and if it's a thunder storm that opens up some more (pretty hilarious) gameplay opportunities utilizing magnises and in certain situations you can get the lightning to create a fire which creates an updraft
I'm super surprised that Likelikes aren't in the game. A game where shields are a dime a dozen and they leave out Likelikes.
If they were worried about people burning through weapons on enemies that don't use weapons, they could've had the Likelikes just be generic equipment eaters and have them spit out various shields and weapons when you kill one, even if they didn't eat your stuff. And Deku Baba's could've been like the other OHKO enemies or they could've dropped more powerful sticks that would be semi-decent as weapons.
I feel like Beamos are redundant, even if they would've made narrative sense. Guardians are just more interesting to me.
robertsan21
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So can anyone tell me of a very good cooking recipe for health?
Im using 1 or 4 Durian.
Im using 1 or 4 Durian.
Poltergust
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I dunno why they made a land Octorok when a Deku Scrub would have worked just as well.
Heck, it could be the same exact enemy behavior with a different model (which is basically how it worked in OoT).
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