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[MosquitoSmasher]

Goddamn it, I saw a falling star. I went towards the green light and as I near it.... It's gone.

Had to fight a Guardian first. Maybe I took too long.

 

[Deku Tree]

So the lady eating watermelon on of the rooftops in the city of

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Gerudo

put rinds on the water and they follow the flow without despawning.

I just quite literally spent 5 minutes looking at non-selectable waste in a videogame on a friday night. I don't regret a second of it.

There is a quest attached to that lady.

 

[majik13]

Ok, I saw a video, where someone threw an apple pretty far into a pond. Yet I cant figure out how to do this, I cant get my drop cursor to move farther than just right in front of me.

 

[Crayolan]

Has anybody here done the three hearts challenge?

I tried to go right to the final boss after getting off the plateau but that proved to be more of a challenge than I thought. I got to the boss, but I didn't expect

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to have to fight all the other bosses first!

So I'm off to find better equipment now, plus some fairies and as many arrows as I can buy. But no hearts or stamina upgrade. Should be a fun challenge.

Yeah, I went straight to Ganon after leaving the plateau and used only what I found in Hyrule Castle to beat him. It's really tough, but I did it.

 

[Twookie]

Don't know anything. Just go in completely blind and you'll have the best experience.

can attest to this

going in blind is the way to go for sure

Ok, I saw a video, where someone threw an apple pretty far into a pond. Yet I cant figure out how to do this, I cant get my drop cursor to move farther than just right in front of me.

doesn't one of the arrow keys move the reticule farther from you when you press it?

 

[Nyoro SF]

Its so different to other zelda games. So dont expect a zelda game like those you remember.

First thing he should know; bomb throw is set to R, not A. This fucked me up for like, hours. Even now I'll twitch and get close to pressing the wrong button sometimes.

 

[Monumma]

There is a quest attached to that lady.

That's kinda what I figured, but I don't know where to take it.

Oh, well, this is what I'll do tonight, I don't really need to go to the dungeon anyway.

 

[victreeb3l]

On Eventide Island now. Lol I think the island is on my side. Just started to thunderstorm and the lightning took care of most enemies. I strategically put metal objects near them and explosive barrels and just watched the chaos unfold.

One group of bokoblins saw me and threw a barrel towards me. Idiots didnt throw it high enough so it hit a wall and blew themselves up instead 😂

 

[En-ou]

Ok, I saw a video, where someone threw an apple pretty far into a pond. Yet I cant figure out how to do this, I cant get my drop cursor to move farther than just right in front of me.

Press down on the d pad.

 

[smashballTaz]

After days of trying to find again what I thought was another Great Fairy, I instead have been introduced to the

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Horse Goddess. She's genuinely unsettling to me.

I love this game!

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

This game seems to have it all, doesn't it?

Saw a skeleton Bokoblin on a skeleton horse, took the Bokoblin out now I'm riding the skeleton horsey, haha.

 

[majik13]

can attest to this

going in blind is the way to go for sure



doesn't one of the arrow keys move the reticule farther from you when you press it?

oh maybe I havent seen that as I have the Pro Hud activated. Dont think it mentions this anywhere or in any tips.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

This game seems to have it all, doesn't it?

Saw a skeleton Bokoblin on a skeleton horse, took the Bokoblin out now I'm riding the skeleton horsey, haha.

Try registering it at a stable. It's funny.

 

[MythicReclaimer]

Decided to poke my head in Hyrule Castle and see what all the fuss is about only to cave to temptation and head straight to the end boss. Boss man defeated.

I still have a lot left to do as I only took down one Divine Beast, 50+ Shrines, etc but is that really how they decided to handle the after the end boss play? Am I missing something or is it exactly as it seems?

 

[Anteo]

Decided to poke my head in Hyrule Castle and see what all the fuss is about only to cave to temptation and head straight to the end boss. Boss man defeated.

I still have a lot left to do as I only took down one Divine Beast, 50+ Shrines, etc but is that really how they decided to handle the after the end boss play? Am I missing something or is it exactly as it seems?

Imagine being denied of clearing the divine beats because you beat the ganon blights on hyrule castle instead. There are quest build around the beasts that would instanly dissapear in a post ganon world.

 

[Thud]

this game should finish downloading in an hour or so. i haven't played a zelda game since ocarina of time 3d came out, anything i should know? i plan on making my way through BotW without any guides unless I get completely stuck somewhere.

I hope you like seeing game over screens

 

[Chaos17]

You're definitely right, it just doesn't click for me. I think a big part of it is because I judge character growth mostly by evolution of my moveset. New spells, new attacks, etc, and those feel pretty scarce. Yeah, I get more health and some cool abilities from equipment, but combat never -fundamentally- changes from hour 1 to me. I've mostly taken down every enemy I've fought so far by plinking their weak spot with arrows, dodging, and flurry rushing.

I realize I -can- fight enemies differently than that, but none of the alternatives appeal to me. I don't really get enjoyment from 'creative' kills like hang-glide bombing or setting up elaborate traps. I just wanna do sick combos and get new skills.

I'm not trying to say the game should be like this; I know everyone's not into that and Zelda clearly isn't built for me, and that's fine. Just articularting why it's losing me.

It make me wonder if you tried to have fun with the different concentration of the weapons, I like how different they're and you need to time up well when you do them. But yes, from the description you're giving Zelda doesn't fit your tastes unfortunaly.

 

[Double Donut]

Ok someone tell me what fucking shrine this is.

https://twitter.com/AndroidSparky/status/842220897125703680

This is amazing.

I just found this shrine a few hours ago!!

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It's from a shine quest about a group of singing sisters in Rito Village.

 

[Salty Hippo]

If you blew all the rocks (I think there's 5, 2 from each side + one in the middle), you should start your glide from where all the winds combine. Make sense?

If you're still there start at the very beginning of the wind trail and take the gust all the way around to the platform. You can land on rocks in between but stay out of the water.

Thanks, will give it a try later. I don't think I blew every rock because the point where the winds combine doesn't give me altitude at all. That's what's supposed to happen, right?

 

[jchap]

Just out looking for shrines I missed when I stumbled upon

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the forgotten temple. It was a very cool feature to fight through all the guardians and see the giant goddess statue at the end. Lots of good long range parry practice.

 

[Durrzerker]

It make me wonder if you tried to have fun with the different concentration of the weapons, I like how different they're and you need to time up well when you do them. But yes, from the description you're giving Zelda doesn't fit your tastes unfortunaly.

What do you mean by concentration? I've tried many weapon types, if that's what you mean. I like the boomerangs, but in general they don't feel super distinct.


I dunno. Totally nothing wrong with the game, and I could see myself enjoying the hell out of it as a handheld game, but it's missing something I prefer on a console.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Yeah, I went straight to Ganon after leaving the plateau and used only what I found in Hyrule Castle to beat him. It's really tough, but I did it.

Damn, congrats.
Not sure I have it in me without the help of a few fairies. My original plan was to do the same thing you did and only use equipment found in Hyrule Castle but I wasn't expecting

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a Boss rush. Is there a checkpoint between the bosses or do you actually have to beat them all in a row without dying?

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

Try registering it at a stable. It's funny.

Yeah I wanted to but then the sun came up and the horse just collapsed.

 

[Anteo]

Damn, congrats.
Not sure I have it in me without the help of a few fairies. My original plan was to do the same thing you did and only use equipment found in Hyrule Castle but I wasn't expecting

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a Boss rush. Is there a checkpoint between the bosses or do you actually have to beat them all in a row without dying?

Resets if you die.

 

[DecoReturns]

Damn, congrats.
Not sure I have it in me without the help of a few fairies. My original plan was to do the same thing you did and only use equipment found in Hyrule Castle but I wasn't expecting

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a Boss rush. Is there a checkpoint between the bosses or do you actually have to beat them all in a row without dying?

If you run out of weapons like I did, some just randomly spawn on the ground.

I had no weapons or shields and noticed this while I was just dodging around.

 

[victreeb3l]

Omfg I died at eventide. Nooooooooooooooo

 

[Chezzymann]

Here I go

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Resets if you die.

Ouch. Well, I'm off to farm some fairies then.

If you run out of weapons like I did, some just randomly spawn on the ground.

I had no weapons or shields and noticed this while I was just dodging around.

Huh, interesting. I found

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the Hylian shield

so I'm not too worried on that front but the weapons could definitely help.

 

[Crayolan]

Damn, congrats.
Not sure I have it in me without the help of a few fairies. My original plan was to do the same thing you did and only use equipment found in Hyrule Castle but I wasn't expecting

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a Boss rush. Is there a checkpoint between the bosses or do you actually have to beat them all in a row without dying?

No,

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you have to do all 5 in a row and the last two are the hardest. There might be a checkpoint after Calamity but you shouldn't be dying after that point anyway.

 

[MythicReclaimer]

Imagine being denied of clearing the divine beats because you beat the ganon blights on hyrule castle instead. There are quest build around the beasts that would instanly dissapear in a post ganon world.

If this was the main issue then I would have rather everything stay exactly the same regarding the open-world, gameplay, and general structure of the game but instead of being able to fight the final boss at any time I would have preferred a more traditional approach in forcing the player to defeat all four Divine Beasts before taking on the game's true boss.

As it is I'm struggling with any sense of reward/sense of accomplishment with the end-game.

That said, I loved the experience overall and probably have 50+ hours to go to spend on this splendid adventure.

 

[Plum]

Here's something we need for hard mode:

(Shrine Quest north of the map spoiler)

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Bring in the pitch-black darkness from the shrouded forest to regular night; just tone it down a little bit. BotW is now a survival horror game.

 

[JaseMath]

I have the retro Zelda Amiibo, but I haven't got the armor from it. When activated, it just drops barrels and a chest with arrows in it. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[Brakke]

At long last making an assault on the Castle. 104 Shrines, 244 Korok seeds. I probably could've done his comfortably like 20 hours of game time ago but I wanted to wait until I knew I could play for several hours straight and uninterrupted. Wearing Ancient Armor but with Diamond Circlet for my head. Ancient Helmet is dumb but right now I look fab.

Almost a full arsenal of Savage Lynel weapons lol. I'm worried this is going to be a cakewalk.

 

[Anteo]

At long last making an assault on the Castle. 104 Shrines, 244 Korok seeds. I probably could've done his comfortably like 20 hours of game time ago but I wanted to wait until I knew I could play for several hours straight and uninterrupted. Wearing Ancient Armor but with Diamond Circlet for my head. Ancient Helmet is dumb but right now I look fab.

Almost a full arsenal of Savage Lynel weapons lol. I'm worried this is going to be a cakewalk.

Its a cakewalk if you have the master sword.
Or if you beat at least 2 beasts.

 

[WordAssassin]

I have the retro Zelda Amiibo, but I haven't got the armor from it. When activated, it just drops barrels and a chest with arrows in it. Am I doing something wrong?

Each of the 30th Anniversary amiibo has 3 costume pieces, a special weapon, and a normal weapon or arrows they drop. So you could scan it every day for a month and never get all the pieces. It's way easier to just cheese it. Save manually, scan you amiibo, check the chest, if you didn't get something you want reload your save and try again. It'll take 3-4 days of doing this if you want to get everything out of your amiibo.

 

[Rodin]

This game seems to have it all, doesn't it?

Saw a skeleton Bokoblin on a skeleton horse, took the Bokoblin out now I'm riding the skeleton horsey, haha.

What the hell, never saw one of these in more than 60 hours.

 

[victreeb3l]

At 90+ hours. Unlocked Hebra today with two more regions left unexplored. Thinking about hitting Goron after Eventide Island.

What the hell, never saw one of these in more than 60 hours.

Hebra bro

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

What the hell, never saw one of these in more than 60 hours.

You can find them next to the labyrinth in the north west.

 

[Tambini]

Wooh 62 hours and finished,

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Hyrule Castle and the last boss were pretty easy

 

[Daknight]

What the hell, never saw one of these in more than 60 hours.

I did this and was all running to the stable thing of registering, I was bonding with the horse...then the sun came up and boney (yeah I already planned his name) vanish right underneath me. I never been as sad at seeing the purple mist ungulf something and see it vanish

 

[Chaos17]

Haha, that's evil

https://twitter.com/kokoro_gif_bot/status/842726979702939650

 

[Rebel Leader]

Wooh 62 hours and finished,

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Hyrule Castle and the last boss were pretty easy

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when are they not?

 

[Fuzzy]

Haha, that's evil

https://twitter.com/kokoro_gif_bot/status/842726979702939650

Now I want to see someone do that to a Lynel.

 

[Giolon]

The Master Sword, yo, LMAO it still

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fucking breaks just like every other weapon. Free repair every 10 minutes though, so I guess that's something?

 

[DecoReturns]

The Master Sword, yo, LMAO it still

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fucking breaks just like every other weapon. Free repair every 10 minutes though, so I guess that's something?

Yeah because it

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doubles in strength and durability in Hyrule Castle

 

[Plum]

MASSIVE (not really) SHRINE QUEST PLOT HOLE FOR THE

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GORON

REGION!

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The Gut Check challenge is something started by the Gorons, there's no indication that the shrine has anything to do with the Sheikah monk inside. However, completing the Gut Check challenge rewards you not with a regular "puzzle" shrine, but with a "blessing" shrine. How could the Sheikah monk have predicted that a bunch of Gorons were gonna start stopping people entering the shrine? That thing's been locked for literal centuries, yet the "Gut Check Challenge" seems to be quite new.

Frankly, I shall be lowering my score a few decimal points after this.

 

[The Hermit]

Found the so hyped up Eventide Island.

It lived up the hype. Died a couple of times but will return later.

 

[Nosgotham]

What the hell, never saw one of these in more than 60 hours.

First saw one at 90 hours and i mounted it and it died in the morning


Didn't see it in Hebra. Never have and I've explored the shit outta that region. I encountered it in hyrule field

 

[balladofwindfishes]

The Master Sword, yo, LMAO it still

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fucking breaks just like every other weapon. Free repair every 10 minutes though, so I guess that's something?

Kind of funny. The Great Deku Tree warns that it breaks because it's lost its purpose, except its purpose, because it breaks, for me at least, is a beater weapon for killing weak goons because the weapon is disposable and comes back.

Its purpose for my Link is farming items from Silver Bokoblins. How the mighty have fallen

 

[WordAssassin]

MASSIVE (not really) SHRINE QUEST PLOT HOLE FOR THE

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GORON

REGION!

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The Gut Check challenge is something started by the Gorons, there's no indication that the shrine has anything to do with the Sheikah monk inside. However, completing the Gut Check challenge rewards you not with a regular "puzzle" shrine, but with a "blessing" shrine. How could the Sheikah monk have predicted that a bunch of Gorons were gonna start stopping people entering the shrine? That thing's been locked for literal centuries, yet the "Gut Check Challenge" seems to be quite new.

Frankly, I shall be lowering my score a few decimal points after this.

1) The

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Gorons coulda been there already and just been hard asses about letting Hylians through, even without the Gut Check Challenge present back then.

2) It could be a reward simply for finding and climbing to it, since you need to do a whole hell of a lot to get there in the first place. It's like right at the top of the map and pretty much surrounded by lava and ice on both sides.

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