Found it, thanks. Weird the painter guy doesn't show up at the stable right nearby.
Edit: No wonder, there was another stable even closer I hadn't discovered lol
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT2| It's 98 All Over Again
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Found it, thanks. Weird the painter guy doesn't show up at the stable right nearby.
Edit: No wonder, there was another stable even closer I hadn't discovered lol
It's a better game without the HUD. Straight up. From the very start, and for any player.
Nocturnowl
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But these are great things!
For me it's the least exciting dungeon in the game, when your final send off to dungeon gameplay in a game struggling to impress on that front is more iron boots, more deku leaf, a massively worse command melody character than even the statues and the midboss is Wizzrobe with new hat who blesses you with the hookshot which offers nothing other items in the game already covered in ways I struggle to see it as particularly strong outside of the being the best of a lacklustre bunch in terms of having more open design.
I just can't go to bat for the Wind Temple.
But hey opinions I guess, I just defended Snowpeak which in itself could be poo poo'd as sectioning off progression into three linear segments with the sneaky illusion of backtracking for instance.
I mean, I wasn't defending the world design or how you got there. The structure and pacing was something different and made it memorable.
Five of the six shrines in that area involve some puzzle or activity to get into, so that's nice at least.
The perfect Dark
Banned
I can't believe there is a second forced stealth mission. And when you fail you start from the beginning again. This shit needs to die. Why does this mission design exist in 2017?
Trying to act like the Wind Temple isn't the most tedious dungeon in the Zelda series. SMH.
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
Finally beat it. Top 5 all time for me, even though it puttered to a finish.
The reward for beating the game spoilers:
The reward for beating the game spoilers:
Man, beating the last boss and being returned to the title screen to realize you get absolutely nothing but a small star on your save file is the worst feeling. It feels like they didn't bother to finish their game.
Snkfanatic
Banned
I have only had one shrine make me leave without solving it.
Anyone have advice for that one?
It was the shrine where you had to use stasis and hit the ball onto a long platform and hopefully make it roll into the end. They provide a big hammer in the shrine but every time I used it the direction was always a little to the right. Not a huge deal but when you give us an item that breaks after so many tries....a little annoying.
Anyone have advice for that one?
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
YouTube it.
Weapons break super fast at the start, but they get more durable as you get further on in the game.
There are also ways to kill enemies without using as many hits. Try experimenting with the combat encounters.
From someone who thinks the game is pretty good so far, pro UI is superior and more fun.
I do feel like i'm bombarded with side quests now though - even if it's less than a Ubi game.
I wish i had the same excitement for the game like some of you have. I will say the game is hard to put down.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I have only 5 hearts and just made it to
my qualm about the game is that there's so much world but nothing interesting has happened outside of me taking down a bunch of bobokins at a camp, getting a horse, and solving a few shrines that seem to be placed in front of me
I do feel like i'm bombarded with side quests now though - even if it's less than a Ubi game.
I wish i had the same excitement for the game like some of you have. I will say the game is hard to put down.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I have only 5 hearts and just made it to
haterno village via main quest
What? Your reward for beating the game is...beating the game. What are you expecting?
Snkfanatic
Banned
Need to look up the name of that Shrine then lol. Not near my Switch.
The first area you only have to hit it a couple of times wth the hammer. The second area with the chest is trickier. Grab the ball and drop it a few feet back and slightly to the left before maxing out the hits during stasis. Use ZL lock to hit it straight.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Hmm didn't even think to do that lol. Thanks
Lack of auto save is the biggest problem here.
Don't worry, with time you are going to be given more durable weapons and slots to have even more of them to the point that the problem will be that you don't have enough space to store them lol
Spoiler is below, but you should really just go climb Mt. Lanayru. By the end of the climb you will realize what they are for.
You can shoot certain body parts off the dragon and use them to cook, solve quests, and upgrade equipment
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
To see the change I made in the world.
A gameplay reward of any kind would also be awesome, both would be great. Either or would be fine. Neither feels really lame. Totally respect that it's enough for some folks though.
That goes to Skyward Sword's Earth Temple.
Im not reading the spoiler but thanks, now I have a hint haha thanks!!!
Forced stealth in non-stealth games is awful. The real problem is that it feels like guess-and-check gameplay. Like, "Yeah, you're going to fuck up on these X things the first time and you'll just have to start over."
Yeah, that has always been the case with every Zelda game. I want to see what happens afterwards dammit! I hoped this would change with BotW.
Animations tell you the same information.
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
Yeah I know it's tradition. I don't like this tradition though!
ffejeromdiks
Banned
Fairly certain that one of the DLC's will be all about picking up where the post-credits scene left off, I too was fairly certain that the game was going to be playable after that final scene, but it seems like they are saving that for later.
Kotetsu534
Member
Didn't notice the title before. That is superb.
No, I'm with you. Fuck traditions!
ffejeromdiks
Banned
Yeah for real, there's absolutely nothing that the HUD tells you that you can't immediately figure out through visuals.
Link is really well animated, if he's cold, you'll know.
Salty Hippo
Member
So what's the deal with the misty area in the region north of Hyrule Castle? Am I not supposed to be here yet or is there a trick?
The trick is to not touch the right stick while using motion controls, it will take priority and stop your motion aiming for a second.
You can enter it anytime - there is a clear entry, so you might try to check it out!
There's a trick
There's a trick to it.
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
Yeah I got you, I also agree with your edit: the nature of BotW made me feel like they might break that convention like so many others. I feel it makes even more sense in a game where you could potentially sneak into the endgame area early, wind up taking a shot at the boss, and finishing the game with like 7% of the content done. It makes even more sense in this context for you to be able to carry on your journey with an acknowledgement from the world of your achievement.
I also agree with dude who said it feels like they could add it as DLC in some form.
MiamiWesker
Member
Gameplay variety, how dare this game have it!
I am glad to hear this, I need something more than the usual random walking and climbing. Now starting over sucks, so that's fine to complain about but we need more gameplay scenarios like this. I would love a horse chase or something too.
You can climb over the base and enter at the other side and skip it all together.
The first one was easy tho althought that one should have a checkpoint halfway, second one is very short actually and can be skipped.
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Banned
What can i safely sell? It seems like everything is used for something... I need money!
parrying. just get used to the rhythm of his attack and hone in on the sound it makes. there's a clear one, two, three to it that's easy to get used to
Concerning the stealth section in the desert that a lot of people have been complaining about. It's pretty impossible to fail if you use bananas. Which is what they were trying to teach you to use.
It takes a special form of entitlement to suggest that a game should never present a situation to you that you can't learn how to do before dying once. Not because game's shouldn't do this. But because its clearly possible to learn how to get through the section without getting caught on your first try. Instead, the implication is that your skill level is too high to be punished repeatedly.
First of all, starting from the beginning isnt even much of a punishment. Sure it sucks if it gets you angry, but people who get angry typically think too highly of their own knowledge and skill. They take in situations they've learned from other games, and refuse to learn new systems even when that the game was literally throwing in your face. There are like 50 bananas on planks that could be shot down with an arrow, indicated by the X marked paper, and the prisoner girl just about says that you should use bananas.
It takes a special form of entitlement to suggest that a game should never present a situation to you that you can't learn how to do before dying once. Not because game's shouldn't do this. But because its clearly possible to learn how to get through the section without getting caught on your first try. Instead, the implication is that your skill level is too high to be punished repeatedly.
First of all, starting from the beginning isnt even much of a punishment. Sure it sucks if it gets you angry, but people who get angry typically think too highly of their own knowledge and skill. They take in situations they've learned from other games, and refuse to learn new systems even when that the game was literally throwing in your face. There are like 50 bananas on planks that could be shot down with an arrow, indicated by the X marked paper, and the prisoner girl just about says that you should use bananas.
Just block with a wooden shield.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Flurry instead, it's safer.
Anyone?
fargofallout
Member
I'm actively avoiding any discussion of this game I come across. I was skeptical after Skyward Sword put me off so hard, and then the reviews were so ridiculous that I thought for sure the game couldn't possibly live up to them.
Fast forward 40-ish hours of playtime, and this game is like I'm playing Skyrim again (hear me out), but better. What I liked about Skyrim as opposed to, say, Far Cry 3, is Skyrim basically says "here's the world. Have at it." Far Cry 3 says "here's the world, but shouldn't you upgrade your wallet and your quiver and your pack and hey there's cool stuff over here and here and here and PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!"
Anyway, I'm enjoying the exploring here even more than I did in Skyrim, and everything around that is even better. Better combat, more interacting systems, and a bunch of structured puzzles. It's pretty great.
Fast forward 40-ish hours of playtime, and this game is like I'm playing Skyrim again (hear me out), but better. What I liked about Skyrim as opposed to, say, Far Cry 3, is Skyrim basically says "here's the world. Have at it." Far Cry 3 says "here's the world, but shouldn't you upgrade your wallet and your quiver and your pack and hey there's cool stuff over here and here and here and PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!"
Anyway, I'm enjoying the exploring here even more than I did in Skyrim, and everything around that is even better. Better combat, more interacting systems, and a bunch of structured puzzles. It's pretty great.
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