OrbitalBeard
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If you're out in the open, the rain's going to put your fire out. Find some cover.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT2| It's 98 All Over Again
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If you're out in the open, the rain's going to put your fire out. Find some cover.
flipswitch
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Oh I see, so you can't do it in the rain, but under shelter somewhere. Because I dropped some fire wood next to some flint, which I struck with my sword but only made a spark.
So yesterday I decided to get a scale
I´m missing. I headed towards a place in the map where I once fought a Lynel
, thought I could fight the Lynel to make the waiting more enjoyable. Then on my way there my radar suddenly blips. This was a very simple area so I was very surprised to see I had overseen a Shrine here. I started looking around and found some ruins. Then found the entrance to the
. Cool! It´s awesome how the game is still hiding such cool locations. So I step inside and immediately
. After the initial surprise I readjusted and could get through the temple easily, but that initial moments where amazing, I totally lost it.
No other game has managed to surprise me this way after putting so much time into it (124 hours right now). But the best thing is that even after all this time I´m still finding new ways to do the most basic stuff. Take combat: yesterday I explored the desert and found some of enemy camps, had a lot of encounters with camoufalged Lizalfos, fought 4 Moldoras...and I could use different tactics every time. When attacking one camp I used the shield to parry the weapons from the enemy´s hands and steal them, then used them a bit and threw them at the enemies to break them and deal double damage. In another I used stasis, bombs and explosive barrels to kill the enemies. In another I only used boomerangs and set traps with chuchu jelly. In another I only used two handed weapons and Flurry Attacks. Found 2 Bokoblins around a campfire and stealth killed them. In another I mixed almost everything.
One thing I don´t see mentioned about this game is how everything´s been tweaked so it becomes easy to use. I mean, in physic based games when you have to carry an object from A to B and place it in a specific position you usually spend some frustrating time trying to move the object to the correct position and orientation. In BotW everything is easier. If you need to place a small metal block in a small gap for a Korok puzzle, the game will recognize that when it´s close enough, there´s no need to align it exactly. Same when placing the missing rock in a circle of stones. And also in more complex puzzles, like putting a cog in an axis, or using a metal crate to block fire: everything has enough threshold that once you know what you want to do you have no problems achieving it and the game is willing to understand what you´re trying to do at any moment. The game is always listening. This is a tremendously important aspect that makes the world so much fun to interact with.
I´ve only had the archer type spawn for me :S I want to fight a Blademaster :'( Do they spawn in any specific area? I already beat the
mission.
from the fire dragon as it´s the last dragon mission
and the dragon appeared during the fight
Forgotten Temple
get targeted by 5 Guardian lasers at the same time
No other game has managed to surprise me this way after putting so much time into it (124 hours right now). But the best thing is that even after all this time I´m still finding new ways to do the most basic stuff. Take combat: yesterday I explored the desert and found some of enemy camps, had a lot of encounters with camoufalged Lizalfos, fought 4 Moldoras...and I could use different tactics every time. When attacking one camp I used the shield to parry the weapons from the enemy´s hands and steal them, then used them a bit and threw them at the enemies to break them and deal double damage. In another I used stasis, bombs and explosive barrels to kill the enemies. In another I only used boomerangs and set traps with chuchu jelly. In another I only used two handed weapons and Flurry Attacks. Found 2 Bokoblins around a campfire and stealth killed them. In another I mixed almost everything.
One thing I don´t see mentioned about this game is how everything´s been tweaked so it becomes easy to use. I mean, in physic based games when you have to carry an object from A to B and place it in a specific position you usually spend some frustrating time trying to move the object to the correct position and orientation. In BotW everything is easier. If you need to place a small metal block in a small gap for a Korok puzzle, the game will recognize that when it´s close enough, there´s no need to align it exactly. Same when placing the missing rock in a circle of stones. And also in more complex puzzles, like putting a cog in an axis, or using a metal crate to block fire: everything has enough threshold that once you know what you want to do you have no problems achieving it and the game is willing to understand what you´re trying to do at any moment. The game is always listening. This is a tremendously important aspect that makes the world so much fun to interact with.
I´ve only had the archer type spawn for me :S I want to fight a Blademaster :'( Do they spawn in any specific area? I already beat the
Yiga hideout
I´m playing on WiiU as well and yeah, there are frame dips, the most severe ones are at certain villages, but they haven´t affected my enjoyment of the game. Even in the worst situations the game will recover to normal after some seconds. I´ve never had any problems just for entering and exiting menus, dips seem to happen only when the game needs to load up too much stuff at the same time (ie: villages) and 2 times when a Moblin died (which seems to be an extended issue by other people´s experiences, but I´ve only watched it happen literally twice in 124 hours, so there must be something else affecting it).
Valkyri von Thanatos
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Thanks for your impressions. I should probably just give in and play my copy on Wii U rather than trying to wait for CEMU to develop further, but I still wish that the team was given enough time to optimize both versions to 98% 30fps with only very minor drops. Have to find time for gaming first though! :^)
I think I'm at the 10% mark lol.
I totally understand. I usually quit around that playtime feeling burned out and seeing all the systems of a game. I haven't been playing daily. Too a break for a couple days and back spending 2 hours not noticing the time.
Dear lord, I think I'll get a months playtime with this.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
I feel like I need a big ass checklist of where to find quests in this game because some how I've only managed to find 53 of them and I have absolutely no idea where to look for the rest.
SatoAilDarko
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I'm holding back on even opening my copy just to play a bit and check stuff out since I'm waiting for hard mode to drop this summer.
I keep thinking to myself there's a chance this becomes rare like Gamecube Twilight Princess and then it would be dumb for me to have opened it for just an hour of gameplay. I would just download it off the Eshop this summer if it was known to be rare by then.
I mean Mario and Sonic at the Rio Olympics came out last June on Wii U and is now cheapest $100 for a copy.
I still need to get that.
My new wallpaper. Looks so good.
WordAssassin
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I love that there's this beast that players dare not speak the name of in this game. Not even the final boss. We all just go, "So I crossed paths with.. you know" and everyone nods in silence.
I did, I love my bright red NINTENDO SWITCH T-shirt
OrbitalBeard
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I purchased the Expansion Pass on launch day.
It's a very demanding game on Wii U. Not to say there's not possibly room for improvement, but I doubt more development time would get it to "locked 30fps 98% of the time with only minor drops".
SatoAilDarko
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Yup. The only unique item being that Switch shirt makes it such a weird bonus
All the Zelda Amiibos give better stuff daily the the materials in the other two chests.
Those chests are absolutely not an incentive to buy this pass at launch.
I also kind of applaud them keeping the assets the same between games. It isn't like Wii U had lower textures or something. They could have possibly toned down some effects if they cared.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
So I'm way up on a narrow peak northwest of Jitan Sa'mi shrine, standing with a fire rod on my back to melt this ice for a karok seed, when out of nowhere a blue lizafos falls out of the sky right in front of my face and immediately also falls down the mountain.
Dem crazy lizafos.
Dem crazy lizafos.
I just bought the WiiU vanilla version, but I´m planning on double dipping when I get a Switch and getting the DLC for that.
Dagobert Duck
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SO over 20 hours in (yeah Im slow) yesterday I made some good progress on shrines and Korok stuff.. then randomly got electroluded sometimes...
This game is my favorite game of all time, im highly invested and cant see me going to the endboss anytime soon, seems like I only tapped into a little portion of the game yet...
This game is my favorite game of all time, im highly invested and cant see me going to the endboss anytime soon, seems like I only tapped into a little portion of the game yet...
That's either one of two things.
It's eitherOr if it's a hazy blue-ish light at the top of mountain it'sa shooting star that fell to the ground, in which case you can go that spot and pick up what's there (it does disappear after a while)....well, just go see it for yourself!
Would you mind just explicitly stating what the hazy light is, or at least how to trigger it? I tried to reach it once but it disappeared and I have no idea how to trigger it again, or where it can even spawn.
Also, how do I get Kilton to (shop spoilers)
sell the Lizalfos and Lynel masks? When I've visited him he's only carried the Bokoblin and Moblin masks.
Linkstrikesback
Member
It's not random. In a thunder storm, unequipped any metal swords/shields/bows or you can be hit by lightning.
SciencePilot
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I don't have a picture, but iirc the guy by hateno fort is black. Also the people in lurelin village. That's just what I remember off the top of my head.
I completed all the shrines and then finished the game today. I wish I could keep going, apparently I clocked in just over 103 hours.
I will instantly buy any and all DLC that adds more world to explore.
(Side note: Nintendo please make a Metroid with this engine. I want "chozo shrine/puzzles and morph ball labyrinths. I know this will never happen because it would be too beautiful.)
I will instantly buy any and all DLC that adds more world to explore.
(Side note: Nintendo please make a Metroid with this engine. I want "chozo shrine/puzzles and morph ball labyrinths. I know this will never happen because it would be too beautiful.)
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Man, Speedruns are boring now that
Ganon has a stun lock.
flipswitch
Member
Who could ever sick of seeing this!
Wahaha!
Just had two blood moons in about five minutes
WrenchNinja
Member
Wish I hadnt given Beedle my Energetic Rhino Beetles knowing that's an upgrade material for the Tunic of the Wild...
Dagobert Duck
Member
Wasnt lightning it was a Lizalfo I didnt saw coming
Someone claimed the Wii U version has less frame drops if set to 1080i. I did that and maybe it is true. It certainly drops in villages, but perhaps not as much as in 1080p. I've also played quite a lot on the gamepad and I think that is more stable. Either the game swaps to 480p in pad mode or I just don't notice on the small screen.
WrenchNinja
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It's worth more than three more hearts
OrbitalBeard
Member
Absolutely.
Or rather because Metroid might be too much of a niche property, not warranting the substantial dev effort such a major open world game takes.
But I'd be so down for that. Make a third person Metroid open world shooter, with the world quality of BotW, gyro fine aiming and all the nice things Nintendo can throw at it, now that they have at least halfway competitive mobile hardware. It's another series that might benefit from being freed of the 80s', 90s' and early 2000s' shackles of being limited to separately loaded rooms.
On the other hand, if they finally let the 3DS die and succeed in transitioning their handheld crowd to the Switch, they probably have a greater customer base that wouldn't mind another good 1st party open world game. So D more feasible than developing for something as err... successful as the WiiU only.
Link to a speedrun using this?
That kinda sucks, but anything other than any% should still be good.
Edit: Looks like it only affects
Calamity Ganon phase 2
the boss rush
Calamity phase 1.
lvl99 Pixel
Member
So Link really did have a
which makes this funnier in retrospect
They appear to hatch from eggs either way though so my man would be very disappointed as to how that would go down
fish girlfriend
They appear to hatch from eggs either way though so my man would be very disappointed as to how that would go down
So I reluctantly made the Ancient Shield that Robbie provides, just to see if it had any special abilities or crazy durability. It reflected guardian lasers without me needing to parry which was awesome! But broke in like 3 or 4 guardian fights... such a high price for something so short lived. What's the purpose of these items? Craft them before storming Hyrule Castle would be my guess. After trying the shield, I'll just stick with the armour set and some ancient arrows I suppose. It's a shame the resources cost (mainly cores and giant cores) is so high because the weapons look cool. I'm rolling in rupees though due to my excessive mining..
My shield broke in my first encounter, when I deflected three guardian lasers simultaneously.
Well, money down the drain.
There are some cartilaginous fish that lay eggs which are fertilised internally, so maybe there'd be some sort of arrangement that could be worked out physically.
Though that's also why the fan conception of Sidon's shark-influenced anatomy is likely inaccurate...
lvl99 Pixel
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I dont know how to respond to this at all
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