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[Malus]

So, now that I've played this game a crap ton, I still don't see any reason for Ganon to be called Calamity Ganon. It feels really awkward and corny? It doesn't add anything to him as a threat or concept. It's kind of redundant, really. He's always been a calamity. That's his whole point in the timeline and narrative.

Yeah just The Calamity would've been better.

Calamity Ganon makes it sound like somebody (or Ganon himself) specifically named him that way and everyone somehow understands it, but as far as I know he's just a big evil thing no one should know much about.

 

[Speely]

"One game has the power to change everything," Mr. Iwata said, smiling often during the meeting with reporters

He was right

So, so right.

 

[forrest]

Finally decided to finish the game today at roughly 230 hours played. All shrines, all armor maxxed out, and my hyrule compendium filled up with high quality shots of all the entries. I seriously spent an inordinate amount of time just trying to get great shots of everything. I found around 230 koroks, but decided to finish anyhow with the intention to hunt more in the future when I want to dive back in for some more time in Hyrule.

The game is simply incredible. It isn't without faults, but it's easily the best incarnation of a living and breathing Hyrule we've seen. Even after 200+ hours, I'm still finding little detailed touches of artistry and design that simply put this game in a category above many of the industry's most revered games.

Nintendo has blown me away with this game and I simply cannot wait to see what effect the response to it will do in terms of future software development from the company.

On to Horizon...

 

[Jim_Cacher]

The Gorons are hilarious in this game. I was grinning for the whole time when exploring Goron City.

 

[psyfi]

Yeah just The Calamity would've been better.

Calamity Ganon makes it sound like somebody (or Ganon himself) specifically named him that way and everyone somehow understands it, but as far as I know he's just a big evil thing no one should know much about.

Yeah that would have been pretty cool actually. Then he could have some grandstanding moment where he introduces himself, his love for darkness, his lust for power, etc. Typical Ganon stuff.

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

70+ hours in and

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The Forgotten Temple

gave me good practice on parrying the Guardians' laser blast.

Unfortunately ran out of shields near the end and just had to book it to get to the shrine.

 

[Red]

Yeah that would have been pretty cool actually. Then he could have some grandstanding moment where he introduces himself, his love for darkness, his lust for power, etc. Typical Ganon stuff.

Has Ganon ever affirmed a lust for power? Maybe OoT? Wind Waker is the only game I remember him explaining a motivation, and it was a sympathetic one—he wanted a better life for his people. In OoT he was hostile, in WW he explained why he was hostile, and in Twilight Princess he wanted revenge. All the other games have outside characters cast judgment on him and speculate evilness as his motivation. But I don't think he ever himself proclaims a love for darkness or lust for power.

 

[Malus]

The Gorons are hilarious in this game. I was grinning for the whole time when exploring Goron City.

I love the goron kid at the spring

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and his dumb glub glub sound effect when he speaks.

 

[Jim_Cacher]

I love the goron kid at the spring

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and his dumb glub glub sound effect when he speaks.

The kids with their safety hats are especially adorable. I haven't got to the spring yet, definitely checking it out in the next play session.

 

[psyfi]

Has Ganon ever affirmed a lust for power? Maybe OoT? Wind Waker is the only game I remember him explaining a motivation, and it was a sympathetic one—he wanted a better life for his people. In OoT he was hostile, in WW he explained why he was hostile, and in Twilight Princess he wanted revenge. All the other games have outside characters cast judgment on him and speculate evilness as his motivation. But I don't think he ever himself proclaims a love for darkness or lust for power.

I don't pay close attention to Zelda lore honestly, I was just conjuring up villain cliches. I've always thought of him as a dude who's very into being evil, but I'm not surprised the lore is more specific.

 

[The Argus]

Guardians are kind of boring once I discovered the best way to kill them.

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Parry the second their eye turns blue.

Kinda wish I didn't know this, seeing one used to make me panic.

 

[CharminUltra]

Finally decided to finish the game today at roughly 230 hours played.

Dear lord..

 

[Rushersauce]

60 10/10

 

[ciD_Vain]

Finally decided to finish the game today at roughly 230 hours played.

Damn son! That's like 10 hrs a day since launch!

 

[kunonabi]

I'm about 5 minutes away from 230 myself. I beat the game around 199 though. I'll be over 300 to reach 100% completion probably.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

Using the shield midair as a double jump has cemented itself as a core part of my moveset in short order. It's crazy how useful it can be! You can even clear obstacles up to about Link's height in the distance, because he does a little flip, lol. To demonstrate:

^^just used it to skip a 20+ second wait for a moving platform lol

 

[Relix]

So I just beat the game...

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that was it!? All this for a shabby cutscene and a really weak ass boss? Even Thunderblight was better.

 

[-shadow-]

On

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Eventide Island

, absolutely nothing is going wrong and on my way collecting the third orb. Thunders hits a tree next to me, no problem! Tree falls on top
of Link ... Well fuuuuuuuuuck...

 

[Ziocyte]

Guardians are kind of boring once I discovered the best way to kill them.

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Parry the second their eye turns blue.

Kinda wish I didn't know this, seeing one used to make me panic.

What's your hour count? Gaining some agency in the world is a good thing! I was like 60 hours in before I felt like I didn't have to high tail and run at the first sight of a guardian. It still has to be 1v1 though. Any more than that and it still spells trouble.

 

[B-Dubs]

What's your hour count? Gaining some agency in the world is a good thing! I was like 60 hours in before I felt like I didn't have to high tail and run at the first sight of a guardian. It still has to be 1v1 though. Any more than that and it still spells trouble.

Yea, one Guardian isn't a big deal after a certain point. Two to five Guardians? Fuck that shit, I'm out.

 

[Bacon_Boss]

So what are the -rare- drops for the breath of the wild amiibo? Zelda's is pretty hardcore, so I'm wondering if everyone else is on that level.

 

[Sora_N]

The 3000HP Guardian scout shrine was intense...omg.

 

[psyfi]

Just beat the giant robo camel finally. And started my second row of hearts.

And dang, Urbosa is so much better than Mipha and Rivali. And from what I've seen of the Goron champion, he's pretty cool too.

 

[kunonabi]

So what are the -rare- drops for the breath of the wild amiibo? Zelda's is pretty hardcore, so I'm wondering if everyone else is on that level.

Hard to say.The costume pieces I got with no trouble but I tried getting Link's sword and it wouldn't drop in 200 tries and had the same problem with Zelda's shield but then I spent maybe an hour or so the last couple nights and got everything I was missing. Link's sword actually showed in up in two tries when I got it. I got ganon's sword in one.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

Lol urubosas shrine power is nuts, it can 1 hit kill a Telos

 

[theaffection]

Will never get over the fact that this game has its own Gravity Gun

never change Nintendo <3

 

[Tavernacle12]

With just

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Gerudo

left to do I'd argue

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Zora

is the best thus far.

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Rito

is really fun getting into the beast but non-existent otherwise and

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Goron

has little breathing room.

 

[psyfi]

Whoa, the Daybreaker shield is GORGEOUS. I love all the Gerudo weaponry so much.

 

[Berzerkiymc]

4 divine beasts down, got some decent gear and

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master sword

should I high tail it to ganon?

did about 45 shrines, and a few sides. Enjoying the game a lot, but im not a fan of the side quests. getting a little fed up of em.

approximately 70 hours gametime so far.

 

[atr0cious]

Will never get over the fact that this game has its own Gravity Gun

never change Nintendo <3

Hmm... So you're telling me Breath of the Wild is Half Life 3?

Came out on March 3, 2017. So 3/3, and 20-17 is 3. Yea, checks out.

 

[Blues1990]

I'm at 30% Completion, and I'm going to focus on collecting all the stuff for the games encyclopedia.

I have 80 shrines in the pocket (on my own without using any help), but I think I'll just use an online guide to get all the Korok seeds, as there's no feasible way for me to collect 900 of them on my own.

 

[vypek]

So I just beat the game...

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that was it!? All this for a shabby cutscene and a really weak ass boss? Even Thunderblight was better.

I feel the same.

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Hyrule castle was the worst "dungeon" and Ganon was the worst boss.

4 divine beasts down, got some decent gear and

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master sword

should I high tail it to ganon?

did about 45 shrines, and a few sides. Enjoying the game a lot, but im not a fan of the side quests. getting a little fed up of em.

approximately 70 hours gametime so far.

Yeah you might as well face Ganon now

 

[kunonabi]

Whoa, the Daybreaker shield is GORGEOUS. I love all the Gerudo weaponry so much.

I love them too. It's a shame I can't use the really awesome weapons since they'll just break and be gone forever.

 

[Fuzzy]

Funny thing happened to me today. I was clearing out a bunch of bokoblins and moblins when one of the moblins decided to jump in the water to get to me. Moblins can't swim. :lol

 

[Hestisdabest]

So I just started playing this game on the Wiiu and HOLY crap doe sit run so terrible! I'm trying to get the para glider from the old man but where I have to go is cold and I die.

What am I supposed to do? I charred some peppers and eat them to try to stay warm but no luck.I'm doing something wrong aren't I

 

[Deku Tree]

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Wii U says 154 hours played.

120 Shrines
135 Korok seeds
maxed all regular armor
killed all mini-bosses in the over world
max stamina

 

[CharminUltra]

I'm at 30% Completion, and I'm going to focus on collecting all the stuff for the games encyclopedia.

Oh yeah, that's another thing that'll keep me busy after I beat the game, at least until the DLC hits.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

man, you can get so dynamic in combat when you have a ton of stamina and you know what you're doing. I'm so bummed I don't still have an Elgato or something, lol

 

[DrArchon]

Is there any point to the Ruined Colosseum other than being an early place to get your ass kicked by a Lynel? I've cleaned it out once or twice and never saw anything worthwhile.

Also, Lynels with flameswords are bullshit. Not because they're hard or anything, but flurry attacking them through the flame trails from their attacks just annihilates the framerate. Plus I'd rather get any Lynel weapon instead of a shitty 24 power flamesword.

 

[kunonabi]

Is there any point to the Ruined Colosseum other than being an early place to get your ass kicked by a Lynel? I've cleaned it out once or twice and never saw anything worthwhile.

Also, Lynels with flameswords are bullshit. Not because they're hard or anything, but flurry attacking them through the flame trails from their attacks just annihilates the framerate. Plus I'd rather get any Lynel weapon instead of a shitty 24 power flamesword.

aside from the reward from the guy outside, no. So yeah, pretty worthless.

 

[Deku Tree]

Is there any point to the Ruined Colosseum other than being an early place to get your ass kicked by a Lynel? I've cleaned it out once or twice and never saw anything worthwhile.

Also, Lynels with flameswords are bullshit. Not because they're hard or anything, but flurry attacking them through the flame trails from their attacks just annihilates the framerate. Plus I'd rather get any Lynel weapon instead of a shitty 24 power flamesword.

You can get a lot of elemental weapons from the enemies above the Lynel.

 

[Weltall Zero]

I love them too. It's a shame I can't use the really awesome weapons since they'll just break and be gone forever.

As far as I know every single item in the game can be reobtained. Unique weapons can either be reforged at their respective blacksmiths, and the

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Hylian Shield

can be rebought at the

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secret Tarry Town shop

.

I'm finding that I have little motivation to do so, though, considering how much easier it is to get Guardian 3.0 weapons that are both better and non-metallic (and thus thunderstorm-OK).

 

[burgerdog]

Is there more equipment other than the jacket to keep you warm? It was easy enough to get armor to keep you cool but 60 hours in and I still have to make food to keep warm.

 

[DrArchon]

Is there more equipment other than the jacket to keep you warm? It was easy enough to get armor to keep you cool but 60 hours in and I still have to make food to keep warm.

Head to the Rito village.

 

[Anteo]

Is there more equipment other than the jacket to keep you warm? It was easy enough to get armor to keep you cool but 60 hours in and I still have to make food to keep warm.

You can buy it in a town, (location)

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north west of hyrule castle

 

[Auto_aim1]

Can you repair weapons in the game? I heard some could be, is it true?

 

[OfficerCrunk]

As far as I know every single item in the game can be reobtained. Unique weapons can either be reforged at their respective blacksmiths, and the

Spoiler

Hylian Shield

can be rebought at the

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secret Tarry Town shop

.

I'm finding that I have little motivation to do so, though, considering how much easier it is to get Guardian 3.0 weapons that are both better and non-metallic (and thus thunderstorm-OK).

It's weird because despite having the sheild he's not offering it to me. Does my shield need to be broken before I can buy it from him? Wouldn't make sense considering everything else he has for sale I've already collected without purchasing from him.

 

[burgerdog]

Head to the Rito village.

You can buy it in a town, (location)

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north west of hyrule castle

Thanks guys. I will finally be able to explore the snow areas and take my sweet time.

 

[KarmaCow]

Thanks guys. I will finally be able to explore the snow areas and take my sweet time.

You can also

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equip a flame weapon or hold a torch to boost your body temperature for the equivalent of one bar.

 

[vypek]

Can you repair weapons in the game? I heard some could be, is it true?

There are weapons that can be remade if you get the parts to build them. They still break with use though.