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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT3| Your Free Time is Badly Damaged
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More_Badass
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Thinking of getting a WiiU for Zelda. Is the WiiU version a big downgrade, or an equivalent experience?
The one in which you have to stealthily follow a Korok through the Lost Woods without him noticing
Worse resolution and framerate but the same content.
If you do buy a WiiU for Zelda the main reason to do it is probably so you can have a legitimate copy to run through Cemu. The game runs fine, but worse peformance and no portability are 2 significant drawbacks.
As far as visuals go, the WiiU version is perfectly fine. Im not sure about frame rates though as i am not sensitive to them. There are drops on a specific enemy type, but aparently that exists in both versions.
Alcotholic
Banned
Experiencing just the Wii U version has been great. I'm going to remain blissfully ignorant and still enjoy my version.
It's a huge time waster, that's what it is.
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Jpop
Unconfirmed Member
So many more shrines. I've only found half and have scoured the maps 😂
pretty done
Member
Haven't noticed any framerate drops on Switch fighting any enemy type. Only very rarely in town.
To be fair the patches did help, at release the game slightly stuttered at times when fighting moblins.
I did it on the 2nd try, a total of around 5 minutes playtime? I now see several other approaches to this quest that'll make it really easy.
I used the stealth armor and stasis+ for spying (IIRC)
This still happens even on Switch. The game momentarily gets locked up if Moblins are knocked to a different level of elevation.
Don't know if this cartoon has been posted yet: How to get to Goron City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-VX0wUwbjE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-VX0wUwbjE
The perfect Dark
Banned
Worst quest of the game. Still haven't managed to complete it.
Stay back a fair way and use stasis to highlight where he is.
Think I got it on second go 🤷🏼*♂️
The perfect Dark
Banned
Doesn't work. I'm not crouching if I use stasis. Oh, it's no problem to see where he is btw^^. I always get caught or I'm taking the wrong route into the fog.
It's one of the worst quests ever and I have no idea why it is in the game tbh.
edit: Nah, I'm done with this stupid quest. Not going to touch it again, it's a waste of time.
How can you take the wrong route, if you see where he is? You shouldn't need to crouch (unless he turns around) if you apply some sort stealth mechanism.
The perfect Dark
Banned
He turns around multiple times out of nowhere and sees me. I get lost in the fog even when I try to hide behind a tree. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. It's frustrating.
When I tried it, he only turned around once, and I think that was scripted, since I was pretty far back.
What kind of stealth mechanism do you use? Armor or potion? At what star-level?
WhiskerFrisker
Member
This game really comes together once you know what you're doing and have access to good weapons. I have two Divine Beasts under control and 60 shrines completed. I can take on Lynels now for some juicy farming. 85 hours so far.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Neither. I read it doesn't work in this mission (and it didn't work when I tried it the first time). Potion and armor are pretty much useless during this quest. That's what everyone told me, lol.
How far away are you? I stayed like 50 metres away and he didn't see me at all, even when I stayed on the 'path'
Why would stealth armor not work on stealth missions...? I used my full stealth armor set (don't remember if it was at full 4-star at the time or not), and I could run behind him without making any sound that he'd detect. Of course, I still needed to make sure that he doesn't see me, when he turned around.
I didn't have the stealth armor or any stealth enhancements for the korok quest. Did it on my first go. I didn't know it could fail you for detection if you remained crouched. I stayed close the whole time and he never noticed me. I got spooked once when it seemed like he saw me, but it turned out he heard a wolf.
Isn't there an indicator that appears above his head, like with monsters, that fills as he grows more suspicious? Just go behind a tree before the mark fills up.
Isn't there an indicator that appears above his head, like with monsters, that fills as he grows more suspicious? Just go behind a tree before the mark fills up.
More_Badass
Member
What's Cemu?
peppermints
Member
Well, I finished the story last night. Definitely one of my favorite games of all time at this point. No open world has had me wanting to do every side mission or explore every nook and cranny. I usually give open world games up after a few hours. Not this one.
About the final area -
Also, is there a way to get my save off of my Wii U for use in Cemu? I might sell my Wii U now and put it towards a Switch, but I definitely at some point want to go back and get ever shrine.
About the final area -
I feel like I cheated my self on exploring Hyrule Castle.
I went in through what looked like a basement/dungeon and started from exploring.
Eventually I got out of there and just started climbing. I didn't intend to, but I wandered in to a room and Calamity Ganon showed up. Anyone else do something similar?
I went in through what looked like a basement/dungeon and started from exploring.
Eventually I got out of there and just started climbing. I didn't intend to, but I wandered in to a room and Calamity Ganon showed up. Anyone else do something similar?
Also, is there a way to get my save off of my Wii U for use in Cemu? I might sell my Wii U now and put it towards a Switch, but I definitely at some point want to go back and get ever shrine.
Wii U emulator. It didn't run well though last time I checked.
tonyh24613
Member
Drop the DLC pack 1 two days before ARMS release? I doubt Nintendo will do that.
I thought I read it was slated for August but I'm not sure.
Either way, I think I'll wait until both DLC packs are out before I start a new game.
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Deleted member 752119
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Actually popped this in and played for 2-3 hours the other day for the first time in a couple months after getting bored and burnt out on it. Actually had a lot of fun and for once I had good luck exploring regions I hadn't spent much time in and found 7 or 8 shrines.
I think that finally pinpoints my main issue with the game (aside from lack of traditional 3d Zelda dungeons)--the world is just too big for the meaninful content in it (shrines really as I don't care about Korok seeds, enemy camps with worthless loot etc.).
It's great when I'm exploring a region that has a fair amount of shrines and I'm finding them pretty regularly. It bores me to tears when I'm just exploring more barren areas (or maybe shrines are just too hidden there for me) and not finding any content I care about.
Hopefully the sequel is a bit tighter. Add real dungeons, put more shrine-like content and fewer empty spaces around the world. I know many love exploring open worlds even if mostly empty, but that's just not my cup of tea. Especially in games with cartoonish art styles as I'm not stopping and taking in the scenery like I am in something like Horizon or Witcher 3.
I think that finally pinpoints my main issue with the game (aside from lack of traditional 3d Zelda dungeons)--the world is just too big for the meaninful content in it (shrines really as I don't care about Korok seeds, enemy camps with worthless loot etc.).
It's great when I'm exploring a region that has a fair amount of shrines and I'm finding them pretty regularly. It bores me to tears when I'm just exploring more barren areas (or maybe shrines are just too hidden there for me) and not finding any content I care about.
Hopefully the sequel is a bit tighter. Add real dungeons, put more shrine-like content and fewer empty spaces around the world. I know many love exploring open worlds even if mostly empty, but that's just not my cup of tea. Especially in games with cartoonish art styles as I'm not stopping and taking in the scenery like I am in something like Horizon or Witcher 3.
backflip10019
Member
Haha, it is a predicament! I'm getting married in a week, so it's all over soon for me! Crunch time means less Zelda. :/
The perfect Dark
Banned
I've played 125 hours and I just discovered a new stable. wow.
Naked Snake
Member
I heard/read this from so many people. My friend discovered a stable after like 250 hours, lol.
Create your own adventure! After leaving the plateau, there's no "correct" direction or correct approach. But try to talk to everyone you encounter. Collect everything, it's likely that it'll be of value later on. Try to find the hidden koroks in the environment, it will help you to pay more attention to the surroundings. Test new crazy stuff. If stuff becomes boring, do something different or try to do stuff differently. It's your adventure.
If you want a more spoilerish suggestion on what to do first:
It's a good approach to follow the suggested "story line" until the first lab in the southeast. That's a spot that will expand the game's abilities.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Yeah I will probably play this game forever. Even when there's nothing more to do. Just wandering around for 30-60 minutes enjoying the atmosphere + visiting places I haven't been in a long time and talk to people.
Pottypotsworth
Member
Is there a more modern & successful way of farming Star Fragments than going atop the Dual Peaks and looking out over Hyrule Field all night? I feel this only works like once every six tries for me and it's so infuriatingly time consuming.
Lynels hardly ever drop fragments for me either, and I have all the ones hidden in the world
Lynels hardly ever drop fragments for me either, and I have all the ones hidden in the world
I played ~110 hours of the game on Wii U, beat it, and loved it so much that I finally bought a Switch and have now played that version for another 50-60 hours...
If you don't have a Wii U now, I'd recommend just saving up to get a Switch instead. The Wii U version is perfectly fine and plays great if you already have a Wii U, but if you're buying a brand new system - even a Wii U at a discount - the Switch version is just so much better because of the portability IMO.
(Unless you have a huge backlog of other Wii U games you also want to play, of course!)
Naked Snake
Member
Is there a more modern & successful way of farming Star Fragments than going atop the Dual Peaks and looking out over Hyrule Field all night? I feel this only works like once every six tries for me and it's so infuriatingly time consuming.
Lynels hardly ever drop fragments for me either, and I have all the ones hidden in the world
I think the chance of having a star fragment fall is greatly increased on a night with a full moon. There's a man at the dueling peaks stable that will tell you what's tonight's​ moon will be.
Naked Snake
Member
How/when can I buy pictures for my Hyrule Compendium? I'm trying to find some Smotherwing Butterflies using the Sheika sensor but I don't have a picture of them and can't seem to locate any in the wild. I had some before but used them for upgrades, and it's not one of those things that you can easily drop on the floor and take a picture of (they fly away).
Naked Snake
Member
Just went there, was disappointed to find out that you can't choose which picture to buy, only a category and you get a random picture :/
I could afford to buy them all but I don't want to, I'd like to fill my album by myself but I just wanted a picture of this one butterfly... I guess I'll Google where to find it.
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