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Deleted member 10571
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Lucky me, didn't happen yet. Is it bad and instantly full of really bad spoilers or is it relatively harmless?
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Lucky me, didn't happen yet. Is it bad and instantly full of really bad spoilers or is it relatively harmless?
There's more thought behind them than past Zelda games, specifically physics and combat.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
"The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time" is my favorite Zelda game.
If "The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild" can equal or possibly best it - I will be elated.
The problem is that those arent big budget titles. And they cant get the budget cause they cant get the sales.
But yeah, I wish they treated those as flagship titles like they do Mario and Zelda
JimJamJones
Member
Wait, I'm LTTP today. Was there a 2nd review or another big preview that went up?
EDIT: Oh Destructoids. Damn that's good!
EDIT: Oh Destructoids. Damn that's good!
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Deleted member 10571
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"The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time" is my favorite Zelda game.
If "The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild" can equal or possibly best it - I will be elated.
You know what? If Zelda BotW can accomplish to make open world games exciting again to me, then I'm happy already. If it's a better Zelda than OoT or even LttP (no way btw) then god help me.
Spine_Ripper
Member
This post is underrated as fuck
Imagine lapsed Nintendo gamers who Skipped Wii U. They will discover Zelda, Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon in the space of few months, and wonder what happened to Nintendo.
I only saw one heavy spoiler, but I closed the thread fast, the other time it was talking about something I already knew so I realized before spoiling myself more.
The thing about OOT is that it has the least controversial gimmick in the series and obviously is the first 3d zelda. The other games have things that can make or break the game for you. Wolf link, 3 day system, sailing, and in this case a truly open world. I don't think OOT can be topped, it's just too perfect a game for the time that it came out in."The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time" is my favorite Zelda game.
If "The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild" can equal or possibly best it - I will be elated.
Proof? Seems like you can hop on but not ride
Deckard Chapel
Banned
No Zelda game has rivaled OOT in my opinion. TP was the closest to accomplishing that feat during it's much hyped run-up to release; but it fell pitifully short in the end.
I'm one of these lapsed people. I didn't own a Wii U and am really excited to check out Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon 2 this year.
Is this new to people? Switching between English / Japanese text and audio via changing the Switch language. I think I remember Aonuma confirming it.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Why else would you hop on it.
It's not new, but I hope they patch in dual language sooner or later. As good as english is, maybe I want some japanese to spice this ghibli shit up.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
Why did Schreier say two years?
Edit: asked and sort-of answered
Edit: asked and sort-of answered
You can hop on, but they will knock you off cause they arent rideable.Why else would you hop on it.
Sort of like what would happen if you tried that on a deer in real life.
ReyVGM
Member
See those enemies over there?
Set the grass on fire, vault off the horse, get your paraglider out, catch the updraft from the fire to raise your altitude, drop a bomb from the air and detonate, then drop yourself with a downward thrust on to the remaining enemies. Then slide down the hill with your shield while wearing shades that say "deal with it".
Oh, well nvm I guess, I just assumed due to the picture
The "soothe" option is there, I imagine it's much harder to tame one but not impossible, and they'll probably die a lot faster if you bring them into battle.
This is a game tho. And it took alot of inspiration from Princess Mononoke. So it's probably rideable.
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Deleted member 10571
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It's got hiragana on the kanji? That's really great for japanese learners
and also japanese kids obviously
People saying it isn't rideable, any reasons ? I was pretty hyped about the idea , even if I can't keep one in the stable.
10/10.
But for each try to surpass themselves with something this big, it will require more and more man years.
Perhaps a totally new approach won't be available during this hardware cycle, unless they reuse the same engine? Probably wise of them to expand the existing world with DLC in the meantime.
Week days go quite fast. 8 hours of work per day.
After work exercise, Mafia 3 and Planetside 2 maybe an hour or two per day.
Then finally after Friday 3th 4PM
1. Zelda
2. Eat
3. Sleep
4. GOTO 1
The original Zelda on NES had slow down with multiple enemies and projectiles.
Ocarina Of Time had slow down, beautiful in the fight with Ganondorf as he slams the floor causing the platforms to fall away.
And this game will have slow down, it won't impede your gameplay- it will just be there to remind you you're playing a game that is pushing the console's limits as opposed to what people get actually get mad about: poor optimization and gamebreaking stuttering.
Ocarina Of Time had slow down, beautiful in the fight with Ganondorf as he slams the floor causing the platforms to fall away.
And this game will have slow down, it won't impede your gameplay- it will just be there to remind you you're playing a game that is pushing the console's limits as opposed to what people get actually get mad about: poor optimization and gamebreaking stuttering.
Great games to be inspired by. In fact, there seems to be so much great inspiration taken from other games and media. Fujibayashi deserves a lot of credit for what BotW was able to pull off and it might not have been able to be what it became if Skyward Sword didn't take the risks that it did.
mr teaspoon
Member
Not yet, but yes, I will be. All cleaning, laundry, and school projects will be out of the way.
When you hit him with a light arrow and it slows down as the light erupts from his body. Epic. Wish there will be a final boss that can come close to that.
DragonKnight
Member
After seeing the glowing previews for BoTW, I no longer have any doubts about Odyssesy. Nintendo knows what they are doing.
That were my thoughts as well. There are horses that are more difficult to tame than others, so I would believe it's "skill" or "ability" thing if Link can ride the animals or not. Perhaps there's a potion/food that will increase the ability to be friends with wild animals?
ReyVGM
Member
Ok. You will probably be able to ride it, but not for a prolonged amount of time. It will probably get tired and stop walking, or die, or get killed. You probably won't be able to keep it in a stable. So it will be just something you can do for fun. Hopefully you can ride those boars too, and that donkey you see at the stables.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
#3 is a conditional statement really
CharminUltra
Member
There's also a "soothe" option for enemies:
ReyVGM
Member
Exactly. I liked that slowdown, it made it seem more epic.
My cleaning lady just left. My apartment is pristine and ready.
Based on the footage I've seen, it seems more like people have been using up all their stamina chasing after the deer and not maintaining enough to tame it. For example, there is also footage of wild horses knocking Link off almost immediately because his stamina is so close to the red.
Online reviews will drop March 2nd at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET/11 AM GMT. I will post the review thread 10 minutes before that. (Graphics are a work in progress)
Maybe don't put quotes in big ass images and just use the quote tag, makes it look like you're dividing them into sections when it really isn't.
Then my guess is it's something you'll need to build up to. Shoddy broken horses to start, badass deer and stallions later. If it's possible I will be riding a buck, just for the antlers.
Hmm I thought that might be an issue when I had the image quote idea. There aren't really many ways to edit text on GAF so the quotes did stand out a bit. I plan to do that quote thing again (and something else) but maybe I can come up with something so it's less obtruding.
Nice!
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
This is the kind of shit that happen when you have a chip on your shoulder and take your time to show everybody you the best.
This happens like once every 15 years, yall better get ready.
This is what I'm thinking, just based on the bonding mechanic with horses sounding like some wild horses are much harder to tame than others. Not only that but just how much crazy shit you can do in this game that you assume isn't possible but people just try it and find out that, yes, Nintendo did think of that and programmed it as something they wanted people to be able to do. We will see.
WordAssassin
Member
There's also a "soothe" option for enemies:
Link can piggyback Bokogoblins confirmed
BTW does that gif not say "Detonate"? Unless the gif you posted an your statement are unrelated
Edit: Wait am I missing a joke that to "soothe" them you're blowing them away
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Everytime I see this gift im wowed by how close that explosion threw the bokoblin near linkThere's also a "soothe" option for enemies: