Eh, I think this approach is more... sensible, for lack of a better word.
Now the fun is figuring out everything you can do with those runes, except now you get to apply it to a huge ass open world instead of a few dungeons and/or monsters.
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Eh, I think this approach is more... sensible, for lack of a better word.
Now the fun is figuring out everything you can do with those runes, except now you get to apply it to a huge ass open world instead of a few dungeons and/or monsters.
You speak in mutually exclusive extremes.
I don't want them to solely rely on 30 year old tropes. I just wish there were more significant items to discover throughout the game instead of just being mostly fully equipped/able from the Great Plateau. I would expect there to be exclusive items in the desert or the ocean that would equip me better.
Skittzo0413
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We don't know that's the case. Well, without going into the spoiler thread anyway.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I mean, there are story quests in this game. One would assume these reward you with things.
It's hard for me to assume that story quests reward you with significant items when I'm told the Great Plateau runes can solve almost everything in the game by themselves.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
I can't believe it's almost here. I'm so God damn nervous.
OrbitalBeard
Member
That doesn't mean you never get any new items.
You realize the approach to puzzles in this game is different, right? Almost everything can be solved in multiple ways.
I'm open to trying it, but know what I like, this sounds like it may be a little disappointing to me if it's not executed almost perfectly.
Whiskeymatt
Member
Holy shit. I'm getting the same feeling I got when I looked at A Link to the Past's world map for the first time so many years ago.
It kinda looks like there's a
lake in the shape of a skull northeast of what I assume is Death Mountain
Aldric
Member
You don't need to spoiler tag that, we've known it since the game awards footage in late 2014. Makes me think it might be an undead themed province.
It's actually pretty remarkable the map seems to be the exact same.
CharminUltra
Member
Dizzyness, hot flashes, and chills are common side effects of hype, right?
Graphics Horse
Member
That feature was visible on the 2014 game awards demo map, but looks like they shrunk it down some
I didn't say it means you never get new items. I can imagine you might get a cool winter shirt or something by exploring a cave near a snow-capped mountain. But nearly all the puzzle-solving mechanics seem available from the Great Plateau. It may be solved in different ways, but it seems it's all solveable within the first hour of equipment. That may disappoint me. Then again, it's all speculation. That's all.
I want to find the Zora ASAP. I like water levels and swimming gameplay so hopefully they offer some kind of underwater gear. I want it nao
uncle_koploski
Banned
IMACOMPUTA
Member
I'm so sorry for your loss
I think I'll go take a look at Hyrule Castle.
Southeast for me too. Then again the northeast also looks really cool.
I'm sure whatever plans I have will go out the window once I start playing. I'll set off on one direction and then inevitably get distracted and probably end up going the exact opposite way.
gamerMan
Member
That's what I am worried about too. I think that this game really starts with a blank slate. It's really only a Zelda game in terms of the story and name. The actual structure of the game is completely different. Hopefully while the mechanics are different, you still get that feeling of wonder and discovery when you would get a new item with other aspects of the game.
It will be interesting to see if Nintendo can still keep it a Zelda game while at the same time throwing away everything that made a Zelda game.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
gonna kill ganon. return the game
I have no idea what I'm going to do, maybe just stand there and take it in for a bit. Maybe go towards the "ocean"
OrbitalBeard
Member
This game still has everything that makes a Zelda game a Zelda game. It just handles many of those things in new ways.
CharminUltra
Member
First, I'm going to play the game for 50 hours straight.
Then I'm going to leave the plateau and see the rest of the game.
Then I'm going to leave the plateau and see the rest of the game.
I'm going to play for 100 hours straight.
Then I'm going to finish my time with the intro screen and start the game.
AddiF
Member
How are people reacting to the hugeness of it with no frame of reference? I have no idea what this means
OrbitalBeard
Member
We do have a frame of reference. The circled section is the E3 demo area, which was quite large.
Yagami_Sama
Member
I would be pretty happy if my copy of the game arrives on Saturday.
If I am lucky will reach my place in 10 days.
Holy damn.
First thing I do after upgrading my health and stamina a bit is grabbing a horse and riding across that bridge in the south.
This is basically the first Zelda game in 3D. If anything it's more true to the original than any other game in the series
This is easily my toughest decision. I played the Wii U version for 30 minutes to survey the land and plan my attack for the Switch Launch, but you know what: I have even less clue than I did before. Even referencing the final game map, I still have no idea. Maybe North-west?
This game is going to give people serious anxiety.
I think I'll go my usual Skyrim-Fallout approach: head to the coast and walk along the beach for fifteen hours
Well the Great Plateau is the demo area, which means the game is mindblowingly massive. Like really really big
Well the Great Plateau is the demo area, which means the game is mindblowingly massive. Like really really big
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
Kinda off-topic but I thought this would be the best place to ask: has anyone had the Wii U version from Amazon ship today? Mine still says "we're preparing your order."
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
I pick up my switch in 15 hours with Zelda. And took the next day off work.
Ready!
Ready!
I can confirm I read something which made it sound like there were things you can do later on that is more than we get on the plateau. I have no idea what that entails, but there you go.
Nope, still hasn't shipped.
Oh hey Currygan. I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. How about that Zelda, huh?
Do you even read? There was a couple of people (including me) expressing concern about a certain style of game design, although I'm just speculating and am open to it. Nobody here is pissed about playing a new Zelda.
Ocarina_117
Banned
I'm SO SAD I have to wait an extra week to play this now.
Stupid girlfriend and stupid anniversary in stupid London.
ARRRRGH.
First thing I'm doing is hunting down the master sword, my theory is that it's to the south of the great plateau (as in OOT the Deku tree was south). So I'm headed south baby!
After that the peculiar looking island in the bottom right of the map linked previously.
Then ima ride a stag around hyrule field for a while.
Head to the desert area and see whats occuring there.
Look for the lost woods.
Explore Lake Hylia.
God damn this game.
Stupid girlfriend and stupid anniversary in stupid London.
ARRRRGH.
First thing I'm doing is hunting down the master sword, my theory is that it's to the south of the great plateau (as in OOT the Deku tree was south). So I'm headed south baby!
After that the peculiar looking island in the bottom right of the map linked previously.
Then ima ride a stag around hyrule field for a while.
Head to the desert area and see whats occuring there.
Look for the lost woods.
Explore Lake Hylia.
God damn this game.
I never played the demo so I don't have much sense of how big it is. I'll take your word for it though.
Someone told me it's about double the size of skyrim which sounds big enough!
A guy on reddit made this map comparison, Skyrim included
Hey mate, wish I could post more. Stuff to do in RL. Of course I'm in day one for the switch and BOTW-GOTY, you getting one too?
Hey mate, wish I could post more. Stuff to do in RL. Of course I'm in day one for the switch and BOTW-GOTY, you getting one too?