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I can't say I've had any trouble with the
Korok stealth
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT2| It's 98 All Over Again
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I can't say I've had any trouble with the
Vincent Alexander
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Yeah...I'll try to upgrade hearts. I feel like this game is doing it's best to make me not want to explore, which is depressing. Two shrines I ran into right in a row both had guardians inside that one hit kill, and they weren't far from quests or anything either. I am at a point I am ready to just beat this game and be done, and this is only my 3rd day.
victreeb3l
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OrbitalBeard
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I'd probably just stop playing. Doesn't sound like it's for you. No use in continuing to play something you aren't enjoying. The game is all about exploration. It's a very non-linear game and early on, you're going to die a lot.
Jaloux Saboteur
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Is there a way to know how many Kass Quests I have left?There's a place in Tabantha where Kass has a book with all his songs/quests listed.
Yes, but I seriously recommend not looking up his locations. Finding a new Kass spot after thinking you've found them all is one of the best feelings in the game, in my opinion.
Press Y to sort your inventory, it separates them automatically.
The side quest are bad, but the shrine quest are A1
You have to embrace cooking. If you know how to cook you can defeat anything rather easily
Thanks guys. I just realized that it's been about 50 hrs since I've seen him so I figured I did all of his quests already. Turns out
he's back at Rito Village! Time to head back!
Vincent Alexander
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Yeah. I'm done. Horizon Zero Dawn spoiled me. This exploration just isn't doing it for me.
This is true actually, im very story focused player.
I think in TW3 even side stuff had a good reward (as in story) where in Zelda if i fetch that due some Goron Spice he will just say Thanks bro... cya.
Thats why im ignoring a lot of stuff that doesnt sound compelling, Its not like i earn XP to level up in Zelda i literally get nothing but thank you from those really small quests.
Yes there are a still good chunk of side stuff that is cool and there are compelling reasons to do them (like equipment and stuff) but in general there for me is waaay more filler side stuff that is pointless.
Still a fantastic game though.
AcademicSaucer
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Stereogatari
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Weird thing. I thought I was getting to a stage in this game where I was winding down and done. Like a week ago or so, felt like I was drawing to a close and bored of it all, especially after finishing the main quest.
All of a sudden last few days I've gone crazy into it and probably am more in love with it than ever. I started exploring areas on the map where I hadn't found shrines nor explored thoroughly yet and it just keeps me hooked. Still seeing new unique stuff at this stage is amazing.
I played 7 hours today. My total game clock is approaching 80.
All of a sudden last few days I've gone crazy into it and probably am more in love with it than ever. I started exploring areas on the map where I hadn't found shrines nor explored thoroughly yet and it just keeps me hooked. Still seeing new unique stuff at this stage is amazing.
I played 7 hours today. My total game clock is approaching 80.
It's kind of funny that you complain about the basic quests and then proceed to immediately complain about the exact-opposite type of quest. :lol: Fetch quests are fetch quests though, I don't set out to do them when I'm given, just return whenever I already have whatever is needed. There's a far greater amount of other quests anyways.
Same thing happened to me. I played a ton for the first two weeks, got burnt out, and barely played for a week... and then got sucked right back in. I think I got bummed that there was less for me to find, but I just needed to approach things with a different mindset and realize that now the game is about tracking down those few remaining prizes, not the more rapid / constant gratification of early exploration. I really love the hunt. I spent years trying to figure out how to get the last twenty stars in Super Mario 64 as a kid, and it's going to be the same with the last twenty shrines in BOTW.
OrbitalBeard
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I finally finished the game yesterday morning....125 hours played. I'm finally at a place where I'm ready to play other things, but I'm very much anticipating the DLC.
I just found the
This game, man. No game can please everyone, but I'm sincerely sorry for the people who can't enjoy it. To me, it effortlessly blows away every single open world game I've ever played, with the possible exception of Star Control 2. SC2 is the anti-BotW in a way. It's as non-linear as BotW, but its biggest strengths are its universe, story and writing. Then again it's 25 years old. The gameplay is just good. BotW is kind of the opposite: the physics/system-based gameplay was clearly the leading design aspect from which everything else is derived.
In my view, the only valid reasons why you might enjoy BotW less than other open-world games is if you don't like the setting, the graphics (artstyle and/or technology) and/or if you care a lot more about writing and story than gameplay variety. Which is fine, don't get me wrong, but BotW just oozes fun and wondrous moments to me.
Also, I haven't beaten a single dungeon yet but I've already got
Lord of the Mountain for the second time. First time I just shot three explosive arrows at everything in the hopes of getting tons of rupees, but this time I realized he looked like a horse and tried to tame it. Didn't succeed, and I know you can't register it anyway, but still. And here I thought the game couldn't get more 'Mononoke-y' than with the elk/deerback riding.
This game, man. No game can please everyone, but I'm sincerely sorry for the people who can't enjoy it. To me, it effortlessly blows away every single open world game I've ever played, with the possible exception of Star Control 2. SC2 is the anti-BotW in a way. It's as non-linear as BotW, but its biggest strengths are its universe, story and writing. Then again it's 25 years old. The gameplay is just good. BotW is kind of the opposite: the physics/system-based gameplay was clearly the leading design aspect from which everything else is derived.
In my view, the only valid reasons why you might enjoy BotW less than other open-world games is if you don't like the setting, the graphics (artstyle and/or technology) and/or if you care a lot more about writing and story than gameplay variety. Which is fine, don't get me wrong, but BotW just oozes fun and wondrous moments to me.
Also, I haven't beaten a single dungeon yet but I've already got
the master swooooooord of dooooooooooooom
lol.
What a masterpiece.
What a masterpiece.
I get you
but that is literally the only "other" type of side quest that has annoyed me.Open for DLC probably
I haven't found this side quest yet, and there was me thinking the love letter one was crazy as it gets!
Mister Negative
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is there a reason that every single child that gives you a quest talks about like, a dead relative.
VyechnayaSlava
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As long as you've been playing for like 10 days it should be under your profile (top left hand corner of the main Switch menu)
I've seen people mention The Lord of
a few times and I have no idea who / what it is. And that's after logging in 110+ hours! No one tell me, I want to figure it out on my own. I'm also really curious about [major location spoiler, presumably]
people keep talking about.
I love this game.
the Mountain
the floating island
I love this game.
Lol. Anyone?
The adults presumably are more emotionally guarded and/or numb to loss, and would be less likely to open up to random travelers about their dead relatives. Their dead horses, however...
Stereogatari
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Same thing happened to me. I played a ton for the first two weeks, got burnt out, and barely played for a week... and then got sucked right back in. I think I got bummed that there was less for me to find, but I just needed to approach things with a different mindset and realize that now the game is about tracking down those few remaining prizes, not the more rapid / constant gratification of early exploration. I really love the hunt. I spent years trying to figure out how to get the last twenty stars in Super Mario 64 as a kid, and it's going to be the same with the last twenty shrines in BOTW.
Mario 64 is a great comparison. This game feels like a Mario 64 of this age to me. That same awe at being able to explore and find stuff in the order you want. But not on a per level basis. On a freakin' whole World Map basis. It's everything one would dream video games to be.
It's a shame this had to be my first Zelda haha
It's blowing my mind that there's going to be DLC. We're going to get more of this masterpiece for goodness sake! I can't comprehend it. By that time I'll have a Switch so being able to play Portable as well...damn!
Version 3.0
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So I'm down to one shrine left. I've been roaming everywhere, hoping the sensor will beep. Finally I give up and look at a map, and apparently the one I'm missing is
!? WTF? Talk about the one place I wasn't looking!
inside Hyrule Castle
victreeb3l
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It really is beautiful. Theres so many little things happening at once. Its a visual feast.
I need a remaster where this game runs at a locked 60 charms per second.
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MeisaMcCaffrey
Oh I got it like 7 days ago so that's why. Nvm thanks.
There are a few other mounts you can't register which is a real bummer.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Don't understand how you've messed up a Korok puzzle in a way that requires the respawn.
OrbitalBeard
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There's no "correct" route to take in this game and that includes which order to tackle the Divine Beasts.
That being said, here's the order in terms of dungeon complexity. From easiest to hardest:
Although I suppose you could argue the middle two.
That being said, here's the order in terms of dungeon complexity. From easiest to hardest:
Rito, Goron, Zora, Gerudo
Although I suppose you could argue the middle two.
I forget who, but
I feel some character mentions this somewhere in the world. Of course that was after I'd already heard about it online, but still. It's also a pretty obvious puzzle once you solve it.
Kiddy Dong
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So I think I encountered the first major (and spooky) bug ~80 hours in. I did the labyrinth in the far north and completed its shrine. Upon exiting some Stalhorses appeared in the highlands along the northwest wall of the labyrinth, so I killed the Stalkoblin riders and started riding one and feeding it apples. As I was feeding it, morning came and killed them all as to be expected.
I found out later that an NPC needed a picture of one for a side quest, so I headed back over to the labyrinth as suggested to find them again... but not one spawned over the course of the night. What's weirder was that one of them appeared to spawn for a fraction of a second but then instantly disappeared. This really freaked me out when you combine it with the already eerie atmosphere of the far north labyrinth.
Idk what this "ghost horse" means, but I can't complete this side quest now because of this bug. Do the Stalhorses spawn in any other locations?
I found out later that an NPC needed a picture of one for a side quest, so I headed back over to the labyrinth as suggested to find them again... but not one spawned over the course of the night. What's weirder was that one of them appeared to spawn for a fraction of a second but then instantly disappeared. This really freaked me out when you combine it with the already eerie atmosphere of the far north labyrinth.
Idk what this "ghost horse" means, but I can't complete this side quest now because of this bug. Do the Stalhorses spawn in any other locations?
Yes, me, last post, last page
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To be fair, my Mononoke reference is in the spoilered part. No, it's not about the elks/deer, it's something else that you definitely haven't come across in any videos or coverage of the game unless you've been activelly looking up spoilers and secrets. I'm torn between telling you "don't read it you'll spoil another great Mononoke-inspired moment" and "read it because you might miss the thing while playing and it's so awesome aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah dis game dis game dis game".
theaffection
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What do people mean when they say this games over world is one big dungeon? I kinda get it but don't at the same time
ReConstructDead
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There are Stalhorses in several places. Off the top of my head, I saw some in Grinnden Plains near Lake Hylia, and by Rutile Lake by Satori Mountain. She doesn't care if the photo is from that area or not.
Stereogatari
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I've seen them twice and both were above Pagos Woods on the top of a hill.
It doesn't make much sense. They probably mean that the game's main dish, unlike past Zelda games, isn't the dungeons, but the overworld. The overworld has most of the cool shit, all the difficulty, and it's one big area with no loading times. There are fewer dungeons than usual, and although I haven't done any of them yet, most people seem to agree that they're not what this game is about, except maybe the desert dungeon apaprently? Also, there is basically zero visual variety between all the dungeons and shrines, and most of the puzzles are sprayed out over said 120 shrines. They're bite-sized puzzle-only dungeons, basically. Lastly, they're cut off from the overworld. They require loading.
All in all, they feel like an afterthought. Heck, in my opinion, they have no place in this game at all, though I don't mind the shrines because they're short and they sometimes give you nice rewards. An upgraded BotW formula would ideally give you underworld areas with really tough mazes, enemies, bosses, and no loading times. Those areas would feel like Zelda 1/2 dungeons, essentially, except they'd feel like a part of the world. One big, multi-layered world. Do it, Nintendo.
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