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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT2| It's 98 All Over Again
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I get that the rain is irritating (I kind of like it myself, muh immersion etc). But the waterfall is visible on your map or from any vantage point in Zora city. I don't think this is an issue with that "quest" design, which is open enough that I assume you can just get lightning arrows anywhere else if you don't even want to get up there.
lol you poor soul
"Swim" via the power of cryosis.
Just swim up the 3 waterfalls near Zora's Domain. And when you get to a point of interest you want to return to, mark it on your map. I mark powerful enemies with a sword or skull icon.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Goron divine beast done. Zora divine beast was way better. Maybe the boss fight was marginally better though? Maybe? Still pretty damn terrible though and a complete pushover. Honestly so far these feel like th3 worst boss fights in a 3D Zelda game. I mean considering there's only 4 of these plus whatever is at Hyrule Castle, I woukd have expected them to be much more grand. Same goes for the "dungeons" themselves.
Venting:
WiiU version here. Game is great, incredible even, but those review scores... Wow, I think this game has waaaaaay too many tiny niggles and some greater overal design problems to merit such high scores to just ignore those or write them off.
- Inventory management is ok at best, but pales in comparison to a lot of contemporary games. Dropping weapons is a total chore. Why can't I just hold the pick up weapon button to switch?
- Cooking is a drag. Go into menu. Hold wanted items. Cook items. Wait for 2 seconds while the game plays an annoying tune. Done.
- No shortcut nor hotkey to consume health items. Gotta go into that menu again.
- Horses control like arse. I really don't know where all the "best horses in any video game" stuff comes from. Sure, you can bond, etc... But when they still control like crap afterwards, what's the point?
- Framerate DOES get in the way of gameplay and enjoyment. I've had the game freeze on me for a second or longer numerous times.
- WiiU remote touch screen capabilities are non-existant. Could make item and inventory management a lot more fluent when done right.
- Boring fetch- side quests.
Had to get this out of my system. Hoping for a patch!
WiiU version here. Game is great, incredible even, but those review scores... Wow, I think this game has waaaaaay too many tiny niggles and some greater overal design problems to merit such high scores to just ignore those or write them off.
- Inventory management is ok at best, but pales in comparison to a lot of contemporary games. Dropping weapons is a total chore. Why can't I just hold the pick up weapon button to switch?
- Cooking is a drag. Go into menu. Hold wanted items. Cook items. Wait for 2 seconds while the game plays an annoying tune. Done.
- No shortcut nor hotkey to consume health items. Gotta go into that menu again.
- Horses control like arse. I really don't know where all the "best horses in any video game" stuff comes from. Sure, you can bond, etc... But when they still control like crap afterwards, what's the point?
- Framerate DOES get in the way of gameplay and enjoyment. I've had the game freeze on me for a second or longer numerous times.
- WiiU remote touch screen capabilities are non-existant. Could make item and inventory management a lot more fluent when done right.
- Boring fetch- side quests.
Had to get this out of my system. Hoping for a patch!
Android18a
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I was thinking about the Master Sword and how I'd have handled it in this game.
Instead of having it have a 10 minute downtime, it should have a high base power of 50-60 but have it drop by 1 with each hit against a non-Guardian/Malice enemy. And it can recharge 1-2 power points every minute or something. That way it's rarely un-usable but still discourages you relying on it too much.
Dagobert Duck
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Just throw the weapon away?
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Deleted member 231381
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The horse controls really depend on your horse. Wild temperament horses might normally be better, but their bond wears down so quickly that they're a bit tedious to control. I switched back to a gentle horse a while back, and have had absolutely no problems - it's a big difference, and I think one the developers did an insufficiently good job of explaining. I thought people were exaggerating horse problems, but they actually just do vary according to horse and two players can have different experiences based on a variable (horse temperament) that is neither immediately obvious nor especially well explained.
Haloid1177
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Wait does the Master Sword gain it's power boost
against Guardians too?
I enjoy the divine beasts
Yeah, that's what I do. But you can't do it with shields and bows.
You can climb the spire just fine with a single stamina upgrade. I explored Hyrule castle a couple times immediately after the Great Plateau.
Do all chests respawn at the blood moon?
Yet something tells me the list of all the things they do amazingly right will be multitudes longer than this list, hence the score.
How far are you in this game? Most the side quests are not like this at all.
Horse controls are ok, but I feel like people were expecting them to behave like 4x4s when it's not the case. You are not supposed to go through rocks or irregular terrain with them, just for ordinary paths or fields. They actually follow the map paths quite nicely without micromanaging, which is nice when you are multitasking, like watching the environment, fighting, etc.
Making them going through rough terrain would trivialize the game a fair bit, you are supposed to be on foot most of the time.
Making them going through rough terrain would trivialize the game a fair bit, you are supposed to be on foot most of the time.
IDK man, the divine beasts blew my mind the moment I realised the 'mechanics' behind them on my first dungeon. From that point I thought they were very, very, very well thought.
I'm really astonished that the English VA is apparently so bad. They actually did hire a lot of well-known dubbers for the German VA, and it sounds great.fixed
Can anybody just confirm that it is possible to explore the regions on the very, very edge of the west and on the north? So far I had no luck reaching those cliffs - there is a constant wind that pushes you away. I still wanna figure it out, so basically: is it possible, yes or no?
Regginator
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I've only done one (Vah Ruta), and I love the concept of the Divine Beasts, and the interior is also wonderful, but I do have one (huge) point of criticism. THEY'RE WAY TOO DAMN SHORT. They're also pretty easy. I cleared Vah Ruta in, like, thirty minutes or so.
I sure hope the other three Divine Beasts are significantly longer and more challenging, but I honestly doubt it. Such a shame, because BOTW is shaping up to be otherwise a sheer perfect game.
Majukun
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horses control like shit because you have to tame them before they work well, that's a mechanic
victreeb3l
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Sounds like they nailed the VA in all languages except for english. They should have hired real British actors instead of faking the accent.
Yup. The beasts were great but they're just so short. I hope the DLC will have a more traditional or at least longer dungeon.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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I'm over the 50 hour mark and the vast majority of side quests absolutely are fetch quests.
Having finished the game and done a fair number of side quests or at least discovered them (70 hrs total), I'll also corroborate. Many many side quests are the NPCs asking for X of Y or just a picture of something.
It's not inherently a bad thing but the side quests are definitely largely fetch quests.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Voice acting is surprisingly good for a first go around, particularly Zelda. They made some solid choices there, but disappointed they cheaped out and didn't fully record all lines. Still too much reading in my opinion.
The English VA is bad BUT the English script is worse. For a game with so many memorable lines from NPCs, the script is cringe-inducing and clumsy. I love this game but there's room to improve in that department. I actually feel bad for the actors.
Two rocks below a column? Doubt it's an intended easter egg, seems more like actual eggs. With quite a rock hard column.
Profanity Ganon
Benzychenz
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Doing quest for third main dungeon now.
On 70 shrines, 104 Korok and 60+ hours. Good progress.
On 70 shrines, 104 Korok and 60+ hours. Good progress.
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