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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Preview Thread
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FWIW, there will be full-music moments as well.
probably not, but this won't be as grindy as Nioh to make the game easier.
ScrabbleBanshee
Member
Looks good ... but I'm still trying to get through Witcher 3 GOTY, I'm not sure how receptive my brain is going to be to another "open world" at this point I'm kind of getting open world overdosed...
Neoleo2143
Member
I just saw a video where someone air combo'd an enemy with the spear.
Welp, I really need to find a pro controller.
Yeah I'm not too fond of the minamalist piana music that plays. Feels weird. But reserving full judgement until I play the game.
Well it's only been 2 months
The one where link shot a fire arrow at a enemie then used a leaf thing and the heat crested to fly above it blew my simple mind lol.
momshotdad
Member
This game is shaping up to by my GOAT. This'll be the longest week of my life.
DeuceGamer
Member
I wouldn't expect the Wii U version to run better than the Switch version, even at 720p. I'd be happy to be surprised though.
Primethius
Banned
Unlikely, it doesn't have the stuff games like Nioh and Souls have built in that truly brings the difficulty to the forefront.
Link please.
Okami Haundo
Member
I wonder how good are the joy-cons for mid to long sessions with this config on TV or tabletop
That's what I'm wondering! I'm hoping they're not too bad as it seems like I won't be able to find a Pro Controller for a bit.
Raven117
Member
I mean...it could just be like the original Zelda.
That game was not easy in the slightest. Neither was Zelda 2 for that matter.
LttP is when the difficulty started to relent a little bit.
Frozenprince
Banned
Joycons are fucking awesome.
They must be using people with tiny fucking hands for those pictures because they are so tiny and good, nice feel to them for sure!
The joycon "d-pad" is probably better than the pro controller d-pad which is ridiculously stiff. It was pretty okay on the joycon you know, not bad!
But the pro controller has the best ergonomics of any controller I've ever held, I was kinda shocked how good it felt to hold.
I do wish the right joycon's analogue (analogues on these are great btw) was a little higher up and to the left, so switching between camera controls and buttons is easier.
My 10 minutes with Zelda was smeared by the framerate and lack of responsiveness, but apparently it's better in the final build. I climbed a tree and an enemy started throwing rocks which was pretty cool ha.
They must be using people with tiny fucking hands for those pictures because they are so tiny and good, nice feel to them for sure!
The joycon "d-pad" is probably better than the pro controller d-pad which is ridiculously stiff. It was pretty okay on the joycon you know, not bad!
But the pro controller has the best ergonomics of any controller I've ever held, I was kinda shocked how good it felt to hold.
I do wish the right joycon's analogue (analogues on these are great btw) was a little higher up and to the left, so switching between camera controls and buttons is easier.
My 10 minutes with Zelda was smeared by the framerate and lack of responsiveness, but apparently it's better in the final build. I climbed a tree and an enemy started throwing rocks which was pretty cool ha.
Aaronrules380
Member
Bears confirmed on gamexplain live stream
I hope so, if its only a resolution increase it would only depend on more gpu power ? I mean thats the whole point of having the same cpu clock in both modes and only bump the gpu clock ? Ensuring equal performance but having a higher res for the tv.
Omnistalgic
Member
jesus guys, it's ok to say BOTW is not the most impressive looking game ever, it takes nothing and I mean nothing away from its greatness.
"It's still jaw dropping but not in the Horizon sense."'what does that even mean? When talking about graphics usually folks are referring to image quality, not physics or talking about how hard it's pushing hardware.
But whatever it's jaw dropping to you I guess..
When I say this might be a classic, it's because of the combat, how open the gameplay is and how 2 players will have vastly different experiences.
Frozenprince
Banned
The fact that running across the map while ignoring everything takes half an hour is great, especially seeing more and more just how DENSE this game is.
So much to do, I might die.
So much to do, I might die.
Skittzo0413
Member
Oh god where?
Time for a visual aid!
Dumb question, but can horses actually strafe? Lol
Aaronrules380
Member
According to Gamexplain, horse controls amazingly
If it takes away nothing, then why bring it up? Seems to me like it adds nothing to the conversation except criticizing just to criticize.
The Futurist
Member
Nope.
This is the best game of all time. It's also the best open world people have ever seen. Framerate issues don't matter.
Nothing matters! Not even the fact that most of these people making these statements have yet to play the game.
It's not enough to say it looks great and not kill yourself and everyone around you with hyperbole. But if you don't say things to those extremes, you are suddenly not excited at all.
Does look fantastic though. Hoping the audio is good because I've been spoiled by nice headphones that I use for single player games..
But I will spare you guys from my excitement, which is clearly not enough because I'm not proclaiming this a gift from god.
Kingpin Rogers
Member
Has there been any comment on why IGN don't have their preview up yet?
The music from what I heard seems to complete with WW for best in franchise. I absolutely love it.
This game is really about to have me travel everywhere. I can't wait. I can't wait to see how many towns there are.
Neoleo2143
Member
Yes and no.
You will always need a tiny bit of CPU power to render larger resolutions afaik, but most of the strain lies on the GPU.
It's probably a bottleneck or maybe even a restriction with the current version of the engine, very hard to say. People like Blu or Thraktor might be able to give other reasons, but it's hard to tell when you don't know how the engine renders and handles its frames.
The good news is that in theory, they should be able to fix it.
It supposedly only uses standard rumble, but I only read one preview that mentioned it.
Poor GRIMES
Banned
Oh, this game looks good, huh? I guess talent ALWAYS wins!
Okami Haundo
Member
Nothing that I've seen, but they do upload NVC today. It's possible they saved their Zelda preview talk for that as a way to multi-task.
I'm almost 100% sure they've said there's no HD rumble support. There was a quote that made it seem like it's there, but I think they corrected the statement later.
enoirmeplz
Member
They just used regular rumble.
Leatherface
Member
no kidding. I have been awful these past few days lol
Ashler
Member
Most probabily will go up after the NVC podcast.
RareFantasy64
Member
I believe this game isn't making use of the HD rumble. That's one of the things I'm looking forward to most about the next Zelda
Hmm, weird. Some people said that you could feel bubbles or something like that after playing in those demo events.
Primethius
Banned
Honestly, I'm not impressed by the open world either from the bits I've seen. I've been trying to be on a blackout mostly, but the world itself is about near the bottom in terms of getting me excoted for the game.
The core mechanics look fantastic, the amount of care and love they've put into making everything work is fantastic. But the actual world?
Not feeling it at all.
Labombadog
Member
From what I have read, it will look better on the Switch (720p) screen itself. Docked (900p) will have some (minor?) drops and noticeable aliasing especially on a 55" TV.