I was able to collect way more shock arrows just traveling and exploring than doing that...but I went up there afterwards and killed it anyway just for good measure.
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I was able to collect way more shock arrows just traveling and exploring than doing that...but I went up there afterwards and killed it anyway just for good measure.
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i don't like voice acting across the board. everything feels. recorded. out of. context, and half of the recorded lines for each of the blessed characters are variants on the exact same phrases said by other voiced characters.
this game is stunning -- I've spent more time with this than any game in recent memory -- but I really think they dropped the ball on that one.
this game is stunning -- I've spent more time with this than any game in recent memory -- but I really think they dropped the ball on that one.
I find the German voice acting especially serviceable. With the exception of Impa. That is an atrociously bad attempt at voicing a granny. Poor choice of voice actor.
What I find more problematic is the writing. It's very "Animuh" and therefore sounds pretty artificial in terms of representing how and what one would expect characters to say in their respective situations.
Let's just say that Naughty Dog doesn't have to worry getting competition in how ingame characters are written, voiced and animated anytime soon. And Pixar or DreamWorks could make a workshop for Nintendo in how-to-make-animated-characters-feel-believable.
What I find more problematic is the writing. It's very "Animuh" and therefore sounds pretty artificial in terms of representing how and what one would expect characters to say in their respective situations.
Let's just say that Naughty Dog doesn't have to worry getting competition in how ingame characters are written, voiced and animated anytime soon. And Pixar or DreamWorks could make a workshop for Nintendo in how-to-make-animated-characters-feel-believable.
When I touched the wall there I got a msg telling me I couldn't go any further.
Eh I consider divine beasts to be dungeons
Yeah they're short af and easier than shrines, might as well be bigger shrines
victreeb3l
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I had no idea people were so thirsty for Sidon. Good Lord.
The voice acting is not the only problem. The script is poor. Nonspecific NPC dialogue can be quite good. But what's spoken during cutscenes is purple and long winded. Maybe some scenes fare better than others. Everything I've seen so far has had the distinct flavor of artificiality.
Idk why when the rito are objectively better looking
victreeb3l
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I also found out the thirst is real for Kass too. Need to stay away from Tumblr for a while..
I Wanna Be The Guy
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I don't understand the gimmick of Lost Woods this time. I see no visual or audio cues hinting at the way forward. At first I thought it might be to d9 with following animals but in this section no animals are spawning so I dunno.
light a torch and pay attention while walking through
There are two sections to getting through the Lost Wood. Both can be resolved visually. When you get through the first part, pick up and use the item there.
Benzychenz
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Yep. An NPC at the nearby stable pretty much straight up tells you this.
I beaat the game with like 7 hearts and a lvl 2 knight armor. Lynels could 1hko me but the final boss could not.
Dwight Schrute
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Just
looking where the wind blows the grass
Torch
I Wanna Be The Guy
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I blame the shitty inventory management for this. Making me not want to pick things up.
I think up to a certain heart count, the Ganons are scripted to always do enough damage to bring you down to 1/4 heart from max hp, with some exceptions (lasers still do their usual damage). Even if you use temporary hp items, the damage readjusts to still bring you down to 1/4 heart. I guess they wanted to make it slightly less brutal for people heading to Ganon early.
Oh well kass is a qt
I just beat the game. That was certainly a contender for the worst final boss in the series.
Completion rate stuff.
Shrines: 120/120
Korok Seeds: 400/900
Map Completion Rate: 57.07%
Compendium: Completed
Side Quests Completed: 66/76
Shrine Quests Completed: 41/42 (How? I have all the shrines.)
Completion rate stuff.
Shrines: 120/120
Korok Seeds: 400/900
Map Completion Rate: 57.07%
Compendium: Completed
Side Quests Completed: 66/76
Shrine Quests Completed: 41/42 (How? I have all the shrines.)
GurgleBot20
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I remember once talking to an NPC, and immediately getting a new shrine quest and telling me it was complete, since I already did the shrine.
That's probably it. For some reason I just assumed that you couldn't access shrine quest shrines until you had the quest.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Do you know about bullet time?
If you draw your bow in the air you go into bullet time kinda, everything is in slow mo but your arrows still go at normal speeds. Super useful for hitting weak spots.
Not true. Even with a 100% bonded, gentle temperamental horse, the riding mechanics are pretty awful. The auto-follow road mechanic works, but the auto turns seem to cause conflict in its directions when navigating around roads. The turning ability, or lack thereof, means the horses often are incapable of navigating the narrow flat surfaces between steep rock faces, and still end up running into trees.
This is the case with Epona, the White Royal Horse, and even the
Lord of the Mountain
Regginator
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About the Abandoned North Mine (near Goron City): how do you
? My first logical thought was to use those boss cannons, but there isn't a cannon aimed properly at the rocks, and I also don't seem to be able to change the direction the cannons are facing.
Any hints? (without downright saying the answers, preferably)
save the guy (whom I presume is Yunobo) who's stuck in that vault covered by rocks I can't destroy with regular bombs
Any hints? (without downright saying the answers, preferably)
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Hint: You can fire a canon while it's rotating.
Maybe you have to get all the chests in each Shrine?
Regginator
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I don't know how to rotate them though, that's the thing. Otherwise I could rotate it to face the entrance blocked by the rocks, which was my initial thought. I tried pushing it, seeing if there's a prompt, moving it with bombs, bomb arrows (hard lesson), Stasis and Magnus don't work, etc. Unless there's a main operation system in the area that I haven't found...
I Wanna Be The Guy
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So the master sword is unbreakable, right?
no. But it regenerates after it breaks.
Yes and no. It breaks but it will then regenerate.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
All canons have a big lever you can smack in the center.
There's a lever near the cannon you need a weapon for that.
Took me forever to figure this out too.
Hit that switch with a weapon.
I tried magnesis, stasis, etc. Just hit it.
I'm surprised that this game's Lynels have been so ignored in comparison.
Given their similarities to Demise and HW Ganon, I'd have thought they'd amass more fans.
ReplacementPelican
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I'm getting attached to my armour but I've only got one slot left.
Any way to store it and keep it safe?
Any way to store it and keep it safe?
There is no armor limit. I'm on my fourth page.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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I'll allow this.
2 many legs
Common Knowledge
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You have to "trigger" the shrine quest by talking to whatever NPC starts it. That happened to me with one in the Gerudo Desert. I had already found and completed the shrine but when I talked to an NPC in Gerudo Town the quest popped up and then immediately "finished" afterwards. The game doesn't trigger Shrine Quests with the shrines themselves.
ReplacementPelican
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Thanks, that's absolutely amazing.
Of course it's multitudes longer! Like I said, I think this game is incredible! But there's quite a few things that I just can't write off and hamper my experience, hence why I can't understand the 97 Metacritic rating and plenty of reviews not mentioning the stuff I get annoyed by.
Yeah. I know. Like I said, I did. And still my dear Snowflake controls poorly.
About 30 hrs in and almost all of them are fetch quests. Basically, I don't agree.
MagiusNecros
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Yeah not enough fanart for em sadly. Shame too as they are one of the best things in BotW. And drop the best gear.
boiled goose
good with gravy
The acting by her and Zelda is mindblowingly horrendous. It's like me trying to fake a British accent
Common Knowledge
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Horses control like crap in this game regardless of whether they're newly found or fully trained. I've seriously only used a horse for maybe 10 minutes total of my around 50 hour playthrough so far. They're rendered almost completely useless by the fact that there is so much vertical exploration in this game. One little somewhat steep incline and they do a full stop and refuse to move.
I'll stick with the paraglider and fast travel.
I'll stick with the paraglider and fast travel.
I did, but only after doing it accidentally yesterday! Made fighting my first
Stone Talus
Linkstrikesback
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Oh, is that what they were supposed to sound like? British people?
I guess maybe that's a bad impression of what Americans think British people sound like?
Not to go full skypunch but... I think they should have gotten the EU team from xenoblade to do the English localisation, if that was the intent. They clearly missed the mark.
As long as it has been registered at any stable beforehand, yes, you can teleport it to a stable at the front desk.
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