What the hell. It would be cool if you could add a marker to it so you can track it down, like playing some kind of cross-hyrule golf.Those boulders do fling a long way (from E3).
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Preview Thread
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I'm curious to experience how this game will hook you. In a game like Skyrim you are very busy building stats and gear while exploring all the secrets. Micromanagement of a lot of stuff. Zelda seem to lean more on the nice dynamic mechanics carrying the weight and people messing around with combining them but it seems maybe a bit lean otherwise? It reminds me in ways how people like messing around with Forge and such in that you have to create your own fun. The Souls games mixes a lot of rich micromanagement with good ('non dynamic') mechanics while following a bit more structured metroidvania like flow.
The throw-away weapon nature combined with challenging encounters might just be the thing that makes this click (+ enormous square map with secrets).
The throw-away weapon nature combined with challenging encounters might just be the thing that makes this click (+ enormous square map with secrets).
What The Forest Taught Me
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This is it baby. Hold me.
Haha~ What is this from?
So this is what heaven feels like.
is that real? that's pretty cool if so
Pops Maellard
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Halo's Legendary ending.
What The Forest Taught Me
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"VentureBeat - How Breath of the Wild is like the NES Zelda and unlike Twilight Princess"
This is what I like to see.
This is what I like to see.
Halo CE legendary ending
PadWarrior
Member
And we still have Mario odyssey to look forward to.
What The Forest Taught Me
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Thanks!
I'll be shocked if this game isn't far easier than any Dark Souls...
yeah you're getting closer. basically you can probably point to each individual aspect of breath of the wild and come away with another game that has done that before
but what you can't do is point to a single game that's doing everything that breath of the wild is doing with all of it's gameplay systems and the level of interactivity you're afforded in this world. it seems like quite the accomplishment.
OrbitalBeard
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So this is what heaven feels like.
Nice! He's right, you know. You did great work here today.
Radical Edward
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Unfortunately , i'm not getting a switch for a while. BotW will be played on my wiiu. But between Yakuza 0, Kiwami, Nioh, persona 5, Nier, Red Dead and BotW, it's a crazy year. I'm skeptical about Horizon atm and I hope it is able to stand out from the crowd.
Dark Ninja
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Man what is the "New" hard mode DLC gonna be like. Just adding more damage is pointless in this game.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Yeah you're right when nintendo does it it is always better.
Equanimity
Member
Good luck
You took what I said in an entirely different direction. What's up with the constant belittling comparison?
Radical Edward
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Yeah, it's beautiful . Like Ralph Bakshi and ghibli had a baby
Exactly. Its like comparing eating a Burger and Chips for the first time.
Sure you may have previously eaten bread and beef and Salad and Cheese and potatoes. But its how it all comes together that makes it special, new and exciting
Look at this cool guy with his cutting edge posts
robertsan21
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I am so weak. I told myself DONT BUY A SWITCH just for ONE game!
I just ordered one..... Damn you Nintendo!
This game just looks way too good not to be played on a switch.
I just ordered one..... Damn you Nintendo!
This game just looks way too good not to be played on a switch.
SinCityAssassin
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From what I understand there was a screenshot leak of a "workshop". It's my assumption that it can be used for upgrading and possibly maybe repair.
What The Forest Taught Me
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Every time you take damage from an enemy, you'll be forced to fight The Imprisoned, read an unskippable 30-minute tutorial from Fi, and collect 100 Tears. Additionally, you'll be forced to backtrack through the same three areas, over and over again, all while Fi repeatedly reminds you of Rupee values and item functions.
robertsan21
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But there will be undestructable weapons, that you find/rewarded by clearing dungeons, grappling hooks, master sword, shields, boomerang etc and i am sure these wont break
D
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If you clear an enemy camp (those treehouse-like structures filled with Bokoblins), does it stay empty after you leave the area or save and return to the game? Or do they repopulate with enemies?
Looking back it's crazy to think Nintendo listened to those "zelda should be more like Dark Souls threads" xD. And every zelda fan dismissed them.
No hand holding, learning from your mistakes, can't just rush into mobs have to pick them out 1 by 1.
This has the potential to be the next 95+ meta game.
No hand holding, learning from your mistakes, can't just rush into mobs have to pick them out 1 by 1.
This has the potential to be the next 95+ meta game.
DanteRavenkin
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My man! (Or, woman). That's awesome!
So this is what heaven feels like.
kunonabi
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I'd still rather it not be in there in any capacity but they seem to mix it with more standard animation so it doesn't look like crap all the way through is all.
LegendofLex
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I'm still holding out for:
- More/higher-level enemies
- Very powerful enemies appear in more places in the field, esp at night
- Subtle increases in dungeon complexity (that don't completely change the dungeons but are still tougher to solve)
- Regular attacks consume stamina (and therefore you need to budget all your offensive moves, not just the powerful ones)
- Smaller inventory for healing items
- Harder to find powerful gear
robertsan21
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Its going to be 98 or 99% on meta critic!
Skittzo0413
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So this is what heaven feels like.
Congrats! It is a very nice OP, Bill has good taste!
Yeah and that's perfectly understandable. The Witcher 3 felt very real, in a way that everything made sense in the world and felt cohesive when looking at the overall story and lore too. Again, I haven't played Zelda, but it seems like the world exists mainly to present you with new and different gameplay options, which is a very differently built world. The two games are trying to do very different things, and will satisfy different tastes due to that.
First off, I never said that. All I said was the lack of i-frames will make this a bit more difficult to me since I'm so used to playing Dark Souls and rolling through lots of attacks. It'll be a tough transition for me.
Second, I don't think this will be as hard as Dark Souls I but it's (according to these journalists) far harder than most people seem to think. There aren't very many enemies in Dark Souls that can 1 shot you from full health for instance.
But the way the difficulty is achieved is going to be quite different. Dark Souls is linear and difficulty gated, whereas Zelda is completely open and difficulty gated, meaning you can just try to go around high level enemies rather than having to face them to proceed. In general you also seem to have far more combat options in Zelda, which always makes it easier. Dying also serves a different purpose in Dark Souls, which is to help you grow both as a player and as a character, whereas in Zelda it just teaches you as a player what not to do.
Pausing the game to restore health is the major thing which will make Zelda a good deal easier though.
FarFromAnyGame
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I asked if it "looks like" a 2017 game and the answer is no.
PancakeBurglar
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They'll respawn eventually but stay dead for awhile as far as I've heard from Gamexplain. Breath of the Wild's enemy respawn mechanic is kind of different and unique and I won't go any further in fear of ruining it for you.
And to the guy above me yes Breath of the Wild does look like a 2017 game, there are indie games releasing this year that look like NES games or pixel style graphics and there are high end visual games like Horizon releasing this year too. Both types of games as well as Zelda look like 2017 games because 1.) they are releasing in 2017 and 2.) games have all sorts of different visual approaches based on art, stylistic approaches and yes technical limitations too.
Jonneh3003
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Has Bill followed you for a while? Awesome that he credited you specifically
So this is what heaven feels like.
OrbitalBeard
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Yeah, since hard mode is locked behind the season pass, I'm hoping for additions like these.
Here's a video explaining how this works
Kind of a spoiler though, so beware. Just know that it's really flippin' cool.
SinCityAssassin
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I mean if you're gonna answer your own question, it's quite rude trying to ask other friends trying to help you, my man.
FarFromAnyGame
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SinCityAssassin
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FarFromAnyFact I'd say.
TwistedFreeze
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Looks 2017 enough to me
But it's not...
It's rude asserting your opinion as fact.
Probably already posted, but:
what in the world?
Aldric
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Yeah yeah. Don't forget to post "of course it sold well Switch has no gaems what else would Nintendo fanboys play!!" when it tops the NPD charts.
FarFromAnyGame
Banned
Looks 2017 enough to me
if you've only played Nintendo games, sure, it looks so 2017.
Technology isn't an opinion.
I'm actually getting it day one with a switch.