Only line delivery I don't like by Zelda is the whole "Link! You are our only HOPE!" She really hams it up there. But other than that, her VA is pretty much uniformly excellent. And even the line I critiqued is kind of appealing in a hokey "take me back to the '80s" sort of way.
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I love pretty much everything about the Gerudo in Breath of the Wild
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Nocturnowl
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^ I thought the Wii U experience was perfectly fine and that's going off the pre patch days.
We did have a screenshot thread, it's probably buried in the depths of gaming side somewhere.
Truly I am pleased with these recent events.
We did have a screenshot thread, it's probably buried in the depths of gaming side somewhere.
Yeah, definitely. I also wish there was a giant sign saying "hey go do the desert first so you can spend the rest of the game doing a cool lightning move" somewhere. I did Vah Naboris last and had way too little game left to play with that move.
I find it to be useful for quickly disposing of any Lynels. Depending on if you are into upgrading armor, that makes things easier. Well at least in my case there were many upgrades I worked on after taking down the 4 divine beasts.
Snkfanatic
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My only complaint with her voice acting really goes to the crying scene. In the game it looks pretty powerful, the voice acting just didn't meet the actions on the screen. She just slightly sobs.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Some more shots I took.
You can practically hear the Benny Hill theme in the first shot. The second shot is straight-up Castlevania:
I love the female Zora designs. So sleek! Also, the shader adds a hand-drawn quality that really makes them pop:
Another favorite design: Chio, the Korok Elder!
You can practically hear the Benny Hill theme in the first shot. The second shot is straight-up Castlevania:
I love the female Zora designs. So sleek! Also, the shader adds a hand-drawn quality that really makes them pop:
Another favorite design: Chio, the Korok Elder!
ScriptedReality
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I love this. The varying complexions, Heights and weight. Nintendo is evolving! Makes me wanna buy a switch and play sooner tbh.
Man if you don't gohead with that lol.
IdreamofHIME
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Same. Went there before even finding Kakariko village, it created a monster that every major city would be like this..And they weren't. A disappointment for sure.
Still love the game though.
The Gerudo and Zora parts of the game are so good. They make the Goron and Rito portions feel underbaked. The Rito section is especially weak and has the shortest, least personal interaction with the resident assist character. Weird how uneven it is.
Anyone else notice that, same as Link, Revali and Mipha are very short for their race?
Anyone else notice that, same as Link, Revali and Mipha are very short for their race?
I thought the Goron area was okay, but I was super disappointed with Rito village. There just wasn't much there.
Gerudo>>Zora>>Goron>>>>>>>Rito
In my heart the true assist character of Rito is
Kass
his shrines and comes back home to Rito
Lol. He looks so goofy here. Like he's chocking on a cow.
The Xtortionist
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Neiteio's back! Sav'aaq!
I wasn't expecting to like the Gerudo area all that much (I have a strange bias against desert environments in games), but it was executed so well. The quest to enter the town was surprising and interesting, and the town itself is very layered and detailed. Kara Kara Bazaar is also a chill hangout spot. Maybe not my absolute favorite area, but way better than I was expecting.
I wasn't expecting to like the Gerudo area all that much (I have a strange bias against desert environments in games), but it was executed so well. The quest to enter the town was surprising and interesting, and the town itself is very layered and detailed. Kara Kara Bazaar is also a chill hangout spot. Maybe not my absolute favorite area, but way better than I was expecting.
Tiny bit spoilery pics - perhaps you could put a quick warning in the opening post?
I liked the area generally, and it has some nice touches (I spent a lot of time wondering about the northern ice house but it paid off in the end)
However it did frustrate a little because so many of the small details pay off, so when they don't it jars. For example
- the 'no poultry' comment. Ok I have some poultry..no? How about cooked..no? I'll make it into a dish..no? Throw it on the floor? Big bit? Small bit? Aargh!?
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. The text even changes colour making you think 'ah!' And then nothing.
Both I spent a good amount of time on before giving up
I liked the area generally, and it has some nice touches (I spent a lot of time wondering about the northern ice house but it paid off in the end)
However it did frustrate a little because so many of the small details pay off, so when they don't it jars. For example
- the 'no poultry' comment. Ok I have some poultry..no? How about cooked..no? I'll make it into a dish..no? Throw it on the floor? Big bit? Small bit? Aargh!?
- the
cookery school
Both I spent a good amount of time on before giving up
Could be, it's anyone's guess. The only sea Zoras we see in 3D Zeldas are the MM ones I think.
The Rito more than justify their existence in four different ways:
1) Kass is possibly the best NPC. Also now a Boss Doggie avatar, last I checked.
2) Revali is so deliciously smug, and gives me an excuse to yell out "FALCO!"
3) The Rito kids are so cute that I should sue Nintendo for nearly killing me with toxic levels of sweetness.
4) Their village elder is an owl with a braided beard in a rocking chair.
1) Kass is possibly the best NPC. Also now a Boss Doggie avatar, last I checked.
2) Revali is so deliciously smug, and gives me an excuse to yell out "FALCO!"
3) The Rito kids are so cute that I should sue Nintendo for nearly killing me with toxic levels of sweetness.
4) Their village elder is an owl with a braided beard in a rocking chair.
eternalthree
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i dont even play smash and i agree with this.
victreeb3l
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Best region
Best champion
Best dungeon
Best pre-dungeon mission
Best girl Riju (though Sidon is still the best partner)
Best abs
Best music
Gerudo wins.
Best champion
Best dungeon
Best pre-dungeon mission
Best girl Riju (though Sidon is still the best partner)
Best abs
Best music
Gerudo wins.
Well, he is being exorcised. Coughing up demons will do that to you!
This is the same story for that one couple and then a duo of women out and about in hyrule. "We're out here getting attacked by bokoblins because we are looking for X" Oh ok great. Let me give you some. No? Let me drop it. No? OK suit yourselves but don't expect me to rescue you for the fifth time.
Spukc
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grandwizard
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Great thread. I loved the diversity of races and colors in BoTW. Just out exploring areas and seeing other travelers and NPCs that are brown or dark skinned was really surprising and awesome. Not that it needed it but BoTW really put a bullet in that idea that having diverse races and skin tones somehow kills the 'believeability' of medieval fantasy games thats been going around lately.
Problem with the Goron city is that it's a pretty unremarkable and tiny village. In OOT, it was an ambitious and atmospheric city of tunnels. It's like they regressed... and only them. How is Kakariko so much bigger and cooler when it's near the Calamity that supposedly wrecked Hyrule? Heck, I think Hateno is better too and that's supposed to be a rural town out in the sticks.
I generally liked the helpers, most of all Sidon and Riju. I can't remember the white bird's name which says it all. But I think the bigger issue is that I didn't care much for the champions which goes back to BOTW's story elements being on the weak side and underdeveloped. The supporting characters should have been the new champions.
I agree. You just do it without bringing awkward attention to it, keep the game moving along and it just works.
Love this screenshot!
Also love the fact stalfos try to strike you with a tongue that no longer exists =p
Goron City actually has a bit more going on than I realized at first. The mountains have a neat Mount Rushmore of sorts. Even though there's one cutscene (the lead-in to the Daruk flashback) that draws your attention to them, I didn't realize their full extent until I climbed up there and started poking around.
For example, one sculpture's arm is a support for the iron bridge! The scale is amazing. You can't even see it all at once when you're in the city itself!
For example, one sculpture's arm is a support for the iron bridge! The scale is amazing. You can't even see it all at once when you're in the city itself!
They'll probably make up another timeline and then we'll all be like, ooooh ok.
OrbitalBeard
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God, I've missed your threads.
Glad you enjoyed BotW and glad to have you back on GAF.
The Gerudo are indeed awesome. Their entire region was my favorite part of the game.
Glad you enjoyed BotW and glad to have you back on GAF.
The Gerudo are indeed awesome. Their entire region was my favorite part of the game.
Check out these two screens I took. I call them: "CYBERPUNK."
Looked even cooler in motion!
Nice! I love the Ancient Armor.
OrbitalBeard
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Wow, the screenshots throughout this thread are sooooo good. What an amazing game.
-Mutsukki-
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Every Zora that is blue etc is a Sea Zora. River Zoras are the green ones that attack
I love how one of the sculptures is Darunia and (little) Link
The Futurist
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Another reason I don't like them is because they won't let men into the town. Other than the gorons I guess.
Come on now.
If it were the other way around, you guys would be losing your shit.
Although I don't really get it. They are humans and can reproduce with humans? Like the most human like race of hyrule? They definitely don't look like the same species. So what's the deal?
Come on now.
If it were the other way around, you guys would be losing your shit.
Although I don't really get it. They are humans and can reproduce with humans? Like the most human like race of hyrule? They definitely don't look like the same species. So what's the deal?
victreeb3l
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It would appear that Gerudo women still need men to reproduce, so they seek out husbands. Apparently this can include Gorons and Zoras — one wandering Gerudo you meet on the roads in Hyrule says she doesn't care if her true love has gills, etc. (I suppose she could just be looking for true love rather than to start a family. Not that those two concepts can't be one and the same, of course.)
It might simply be the case that any humanoid race in Hyrule can have kids together. Whatever the case, OoT established that there's only one male Gerudo born every 100 years (if that), so the Gerudo would face extinction if not for procreating with other races.
The Zelda games, being fantasy, don't really have to bind themselves to the same biological realities we face. What I appreciate is the humanizing element they have by focusing on the intelligent soul shared by all of these species/races. It doesn't matter what they look like, because they all think and feel the same. It's a lesson the whole world would benefit by learning now.
To circle back to your other concern, about how we'd react if the shoe were on the other foot and it was a male-only town and women weren't allowed:
It's hard to say how that would appear without the proper context. But Gerudo Town is refreshing, in part, because women still struggle for equality alongside men in the workplace, in our own hobby — all sorts of contexts. So it's encouraging to see the power dynamic shifted in this way.
Also, there's a potential story justification in how the Gerudo marry and reproduce in other lands — meaning they might be assimilated into other cultures and lose their own culture. Having a town that raises Gerudo (which are all female) while they're young, and without male interference ensures that the culture is taught and preserved, and then passed on when a Gerudo woman has her child and presumably takes them back to Gerudo Town to repeat the cycle.
I think it also feels OK because the Gerudo women don't have any problem with men. They're merely honoring a tradition. It's nothing personal, and I'm sure they'd help out if, say, a man passed out from heat exhaustion at their gate. Riju and the other Gerudo all seem like good-hearted people.
It would appear that Gerudo women still need men to reproduce, so they seek out husbands. Apparently this can include Gorons and Zoras one wandering Gerudo you meet on the roads in Hyrule says she doesn't care if her true love has gills, etc. (I suppose she could just be looking for true love rather than to start a family. Not that those two concepts can't be one and the same, of course.)
It might simply be the case that any humanoid race in Hyrule can have kids together. Whatever the case, OoT established that there's only one male Gerudo born every 100 years (if that), so the Gerudo would face extinction if not for procreating with other races.
The Zelda games, being fantasy, don't really have to bind themselves to the same biological realities we face. What I appreciate is the humanizing element they have by focusing on the intelligent soul shared by all of these species/races. It doesn't matter what they look like, because they all think and feel the same. It's a lesson the whole world would benefit by learning now.
To circle back to your other concern, about how we'd react if the shoe were on the other foot and it was a male-only town and women weren't allowed:
It's hard to say how that would appear without the proper context. But Gerudo Town is refreshing, in part, because women still struggle for equality alongside men in the workplace, in our own hobby all sorts of contexts. So it's encouraging to see the power dynamic shifted in this way.
Also, there's a potential story justification in how the Gerudo marry and reproduce in other lands meaning they might be assimilated into other cultures and lose their own culture. Having a town that raises Gerudo (which are all female) while they're young, and without male interference ensures that the culture is taught and preserved, and then passed on when a Gerudo woman has her child and presumably takes them back to Gerudo Town to repeat the cycle.
I think it also feels OK because the Gerudo women don't have any problem with men. They're merely honoring a tradition. It's nothing personal, and I'm sure they'd help out if, say, a man passed out from heat exhaustion at their gate. Riju and the other Gerudo all seem like good-hearted people.
Oh sure. They'd help. Only outside though. Give him a special alcoholic beverage and then tell him to beat it back to the bazaar.
DecoReturns
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When I found the Bar, I thought this game was gonna let you get drunk. Still sad I never found a milk bar tho
Gorons have the best facial expressions.
The funny part of her story is that it's a place that actually exists in the game.
It's a little heart-shaped pond north of Lurelin Village, and you find a Hylian man along with a Gerudo up there, and he asks you to give Blue Nightshade to her as his way of confessing.
Ha, well the bazaar is only like a two-minute walk away, and has an oasis, nice hotel, etc, and a road leading back to Hyrule. Not so bad!
I really loved all the regions and their inhabitants (Gorons always make me smile!), but yeah, Gerudo in this game was a total standout. Loved the area, people, quests. The fact that it takes a long time to reach each of the towns makes them that much more memorable and special.
Remember when we used to worry this game wouldn't have towns and NPCs? Hohoho, good times!
The Xtortionist
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Kara Kara Bazaar is my spirit animal. I love little hangout spots like that in large-scale games. So cozy.
perfectchaos007
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Her voice acting was terrible. Its like Nintendo just went with a random british woman off the streets to voice Zelda. Surely the UK has better voice acting talent than her....
DecoReturns
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I wouldn't say It's terrible. It's just inconsistent.
Some areas she's good, others are awkward. Think better direction would've helped.