Dangansona
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Review Thread
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It was fine at the begining, seems people can't stop themself even playstation played classy.
then play the game and then have your opinion,
"the best game of all times" is better, you need to feel the hype in your hands
then say this to every people who says GOTY etc without first playing the game and having an opinion
Be coherent boy
HyruleGuardian
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That's fair with regards to the dungeons. TP had better dungeons than MM, without question. But the dungeons have never been my favorite things about Zelda games. I value the overworld, the characters, the story, the sounds & visuals, the sidequests, and the gameplay much more. Obviously, dungeons make up part of a game's overall gameplay, but it's not the only thing. MM makes up for its lack of inspiring dungeons with lots of interesting masks that completely change how the game plays and feels, and for the most part they're all fun.
Overall, I feel the areas in which TP excels over MM are very narrow. MM is just a superior game for me.
USC Trojan
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This would hold some weight if the opinions were based on playing the game.
Right now it's just bitterness and assumption from a subset of certain fans, and we all know why.
Donk Coast Bias
Atomicfireman
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Well if you didn't like fighting the skeletons in Dark Souls, then of course you could complain about them. My point is more about the combat not seeming appealing to me.
Anyway, I didn't mean to get into such a discussion with my original post. I'm really happy for the developers and for everyone who will have fun with the game. I just think it's a good example of how no game is for everyone.
I can't even imagine the mental hoops you must have had to jump through to discount that many reviews.
ChasingComets
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Shit, didn't expect my 94 prediction would be lowballing.
balladofwindfishes
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This is kind of a strange question, but how do horses work in this game?
Do you just jump on a horse? Or do you need to tame it with food? Once it's "yours" does it always follow you (even via fast travel like Skyrim), or are horses more of a temporary thing you ride as you find them?
Do you just jump on a horse? Or do you need to tame it with food? Once it's "yours" does it always follow you (even via fast travel like Skyrim), or are horses more of a temporary thing you ride as you find them?
Incendiary
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I think the Sony vs Nintendo fan wars are going to be insane this year. It's going to be Horizon vs BOTW comparisons all year right up until GOTY.
And then Persona 5 will beat them both. Winky face.
AWizardDidIt
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Have any reviews taken a close look at the WiiU version? I'm a bit concerned about performance issues because that will be the system I have to play this game on.
You're saying this in a world where fallout and elder scrolls get high marks with way worse performance issues on console and immersion breaking glitches and bugs. The game must be doing something right to allow people to overlook those issues.
Franchise and the reviewers drive to write what people want to read.
It's always the same with such titles...
Only time will tell how the game is received in the end.. These scores say nothing.
getting it day 1 anyway
Omnistalgic
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- Inventory cumbersome
- Okaish voice acting
- Visual shortcomings up close
- Simple Story
Seems to be the only gripes I've come across...Man, looking forward to it.
- Okaish voice acting
- Visual shortcomings up close
- Simple Story
Seems to be the only gripes I've come across...Man, looking forward to it.
Little Monser
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The delicious salT
Distresssss
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Just under 14 hours for me. Someone hold me.
Yup, the worst thing with Mario Odyssey is that it only have 3 levels and will also be the first game where you die when you hit the pause button.
Nobody really cared when it came to Fallout 4, so I doubt reviewers are going to care now.
I don't know the details, but yes, the timeline placement is apparently revealed and quite clear.
Vampirolol
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This makes me sad, I'm sure that a proper Wii U version would have helped so much this game!
The Last One
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"The opinions of those who didn't play the game is based on discredit the opinions of those who did it".
I mean, you're totally free to dislike the game, it's your prerogative. But at least give it a try, or simply don't donwplay someone elses work (I'm talking about the press)
CharminUltra
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Heheheeeeeeee
Yes, it's always nice to see others contradicting reviews (scores especially) for a game they haven't yet played, or, better yet, don't care to. Bonus NeoGAF Gold Points™ for those tempered, objective posters who claim impartiality in spite of an obvious agenda.
I'm thrilled that this is scoring so well. All of the previews have been really positive, and I've been waiting for the "but" for weeks now. Very glad that the game is delivering. Now if only Nintendo could release enough Switches for me to have a shot at buying one and playing.
balladofwindfishes
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I think framerate issues are not really a huge deal for reviewers or most players, but this is coming from someone who grew up with the N64, where framerate issues were expected and not having them was a pleasant surprise.
I mean aside from the brand name and the obscure references, nothing about this game's core mechanics is based on nostalgia, which is what's seeing praise here. What modern game would you say allows such interactivity on the level of "If you think you can do something and do it, it works!" as many reviewers are saying? Minecraft and similar types of games are examples of a similar game design philosophy, but those games are more about survival while Zelda has a real endgame goal with rewards.
Nintendo has always had a design philosophy where you can interact with everything in some capacity aka Mario can climb and flip off trees, he can jump off walls, he can throw things, etc. etc. but Breath of the Wild takes that philosophy into an open world setting. That's impressive in it's own right especially with how massive the game's world is compared to other mainstream open world games (and keep in mind it STILL has content in nearly every corner of that open world that rewards players for exploring).
Even though the philosophy of the game's design is based on the first Zelda, mechanically and how it approaches that philosophy is drastically different from any Zelda before it. There isn't really anything rooted in nostalgia about that in the slightest. It doesn't even approach open worlds like the majority of open world games like Skyrim do either which have a focus on narrative.
Good to know, I think for the first time ever, I'll play a game in spanish, weird :O
One thing I want to talk about is how to deal with spoilers in the OT. (When does that go up, btw?)
The problem is that what is an early game spoiler for some people will be a '30 hours in' spoiler for others. So if we don't have a system to deal with that, people will either click spoilers and be spoiled or won't click any and not help each other.
There are basically 9 regions in the game. If we were to preface a spoiler with the region, that might make it better. Because if you've explored a region you'll know it's probably safe to click. Only issue is that some region names spoil what race lives there. But otherwise it works. There is still a region I haven't visited after 30 hours of play - I'd know not to click those spoilers.
For example:
Necluda region spoilers: [spoiler tags]How do I climb the tower? In the village where is the X? What does Y NPC do?[/spoiler tags] and so on and so forth.
What do you think? If we were to agree on this it could go in the OT or in one of the first posts.
Honestly, if I have any advice for people it's to go in blind and not look for any help with puzzles or anything else. Playing without a guide was so good... I had to leave a couple of areas and come back with fresh eyes, then figuring it out felt incredible. Had I had the OT I'm sure I would have crumbled and asked someone.
If you're gonna go ask 'Where's the master sword' you're gonna rob yourself of what makes the game great when you stumble upon it for yourself, for example.
The problem is that what is an early game spoiler for some people will be a '30 hours in' spoiler for others. So if we don't have a system to deal with that, people will either click spoilers and be spoiled or won't click any and not help each other.
There are basically 9 regions in the game. If we were to preface a spoiler with the region, that might make it better. Because if you've explored a region you'll know it's probably safe to click. Only issue is that some region names spoil what race lives there. But otherwise it works. There is still a region I haven't visited after 30 hours of play - I'd know not to click those spoilers.
For example:
Necluda region spoilers: [spoiler tags]How do I climb the tower? In the village where is the X? What does Y NPC do?[/spoiler tags] and so on and so forth.
What do you think? If we were to agree on this it could go in the OT or in one of the first posts.
Honestly, if I have any advice for people it's to go in blind and not look for any help with puzzles or anything else. Playing without a guide was so good... I had to leave a couple of areas and come back with fresh eyes, then figuring it out felt incredible. Had I had the OT I'm sure I would have crumbled and asked someone.
If you're gonna go ask 'Where's the master sword' you're gonna rob yourself of what makes the game great when you stumble upon it for yourself, for example.
I still would rather play OoT on the N64 than on the 3DS. It's overblown for some people.
ReplacementPelican
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Those are absolutely amazing, it's eerie how similar this all is.
He's not being salty, he's being sensible. You're part of the problem.Little Mons†er;231338661 said:
You should probably at least play it before making that assertion. The idea that professional games reviewers are almost unanimously informed by rose tinted glasses and either fail to see beyond that or don't care is just a bit silly.
Now we need a mod that gives everyone mustaches, and Spanish guitar to puncuate every sentence.
Incendiary
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I love everything about these posts.
There are just some games where regardless of the reviews, the threads are going to be minefields. Zelda is one. Currently it's favoring all the people who are rolling on Zelda hype, but a new 8.8gate could erupt at any moment.
If it helps, the game are originally designed with the Wii U in mind, so playing on the Wii u isn't bad in the slightest. This might've been what we got if they never ported the game to the Switch.
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