The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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DrSpooge

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Tanoomba said:
Also, I purchased The Witcher 3 well after its initial release because I had heard so much praise lavished upon it and figured I would love it. While there are certainly many things it does very right, it really, REALLY dropped the ball on combat, which is flat-out terrible. As much as I wanted to explore and see more of what TW3's world had to offer, I couldn't stand actually fighting enemies. Ironically, I'm far more accepting of BOTW's weapon degradation system than I am of TW3's, despite it being much stricter, because I was able to switch my mindset into seeing weapons as consumable items in a constant rotation. Also, I'm just going to come out and say it: I hate fucking Gwent. Final Fantasy 8 or 9 (I can't remember which) showed me that I don't like playing time-wasting boring card games in my epic RPGs. Keep that shit out of there.
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Probably needs to go to the W3 thread, but I'll offer a suggestion: play on Death March, and give it more time. You're not wrong about the combat, and it's particularly egregious in a game of this quality, but Death March will basically - in the beginning, at least - mandate a bit of nuance in the way you approach combat (though it'll later become a joke, regardless of difficulty setting) and give the game time to exonerate itself, which it will do. Seriously, it's in a class of its own, and I hate western RPG's.
 
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Where the fuck are the other
great fairies?

I'm still only one boss in (ADHD as fuck) but you'd think I'd have found another one by now.
 
Chris

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I found my two from towers. One is directly visible from a tower and one is hidden but near another point of interest you'll head to from the tower.

I really want to know where fucking maracas korok fucked off to but I want to find him on my own, so giving you a none clue because that's what I'd want.
 
Tanoomba

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Chris said:
I found my two from towers. One is directly visible from a tower and one is hidden but near another point of interest you'll head to from the tower.

I really want to know where fucking maracas korok fucked off to but I want to find him on my own, so giving you a none clue because that's what I'd want.
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Yeah, I haven't seen Mr. Maracas since my first encounter with him. I'm really aching for some more inventory space but haven't had to give in and look shit up yet so I don't want to start now.
 
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Doesn't Maraca guy say where to find him when you first meet him and he takes off? Granted, I forgot where he said...

Time flies by when I play this game.
 
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Don't remember where he fucked off to after the first time, but after the second place he ends up going to korok village
 
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I found him, but I don't remember where. I had so many seeds that I maxxed out what he'd give me at that point. :<
 
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I cannot believe how big this game is. I've found 21 shrines and I read that there are
120!? Is that for real?

They could have started and ended with just the basic runes and called it a day with heart/stamina/weapon/armor upgrades, but I keep finding new mechanics and upgrades.

I've put a decent amount of time into this game but I find myself not wanting to rush to the main quest points and just organically meandering until I run into them. I've done almost everything spoiler free and that has helped my enjoyment level immensely because I continue to be surprised.

Such an enjoyable experience.
 
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Holy shit, this game!

Been playing the shit out of it the last few days (thank you, March break!), and I can't get enough. I can not stress enough how much the lack of hand-holding in this game adds to how satisfying it is to make progress.

Here's one of the many ways BOTW tickled me:

Found myself in Birdman town, was delighted to find a set of cold-resistant clothing, which I purchased after selling a few dishes I cooked up. I wanted to boost their defense so I visited the Great Fairy and saw that I needed Red Chu to do so. I remembered seeing Fire Chuchus on the volcano when I scaled the tower there, so I cooked up a heat-resistance elixir and went back to farm a few. I wanted to power the equipment up a second time but had no Warm Safflina (which I had never encountered up to that point). I hadn't really explored the Gerudo Desert yet but figured that would be a good place to look so I went back there and, sure enough, found a Warm Safflina plant. I took a picture and set my upgraded Sheikah Scanner to locate more and was able to find them reasonably quickly. For the first time since I've heard mention that you can get bonuses for wearing a complete set of twice-upgraded matching clothing, I found myself "freeze-proof". This was an entirely organic process that didn't involve the game spelling anything out or marking "Go here!" points on my map and it felt fantastic.

This is definitely going to get a few "Game of the Year" picks.
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Y'all are making me want to buy a Wii U to play this shit. I already bought a PS4 for exclusives!
 
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As great as BOTW is, I do have some gripes (no game is perfect).

-I'm done with motion controls. When I realized the reason my aiming was so jittery was because the aiming controls are set to the gyroscopic sensor I turned that shit off post haste. But this led to another problem...
- Using the right stick to swing the camera around when in third person is WAY too slow by default and actually gets in the way of gameplay. However, increasing camera sensitivity makes it much harder to aim precisely when in first person. I wish there was a way to set 3rd person camera to high sensitivity and 1st person camera to low.
- Too many buttons. Maybe it's just the retro gamer in me holding me back, but I'll often find myself pressing the wrong button to back out of a menu, or the wrong button to change my weapon, or looking at the screen for a few moments after placing a marker on a distant shrine before remembering it's R3 I have to press to revert back to 3rd person. You get used to it all, sure, but it's kind of a pain nonetheless.
- Fuck ragdolling! Is there anything more annoying than watching Link writhe around on the floor for several seconds when all you wana do is get up and fight?
- Long loading screens. While I'm impressed that there's no loading while exploring the overworld, using the "travel" feature or visiting shrines kind of kills the flow of the game for a while. I suppose it's inevitable based on the hardware, but still.

Having said that, I just freed the ice dragon, which was fun (Thanks, freezeproof gear!), and I have been spending a lot of time just exploring and not trying to accomplish anything in particular. TJT TJT I think it's worth getting a Wii U for, especially if you also get Mario Maker.
 
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Yeah I think I have 60 Shrines and I feel like I've been hunting them forever
 
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Tanoomba said:
As great as BOTW is, I do have some gripes (no game is perfect).

-I'm done with motion controls. When I realized the reason my aiming was so jittery was because the aiming controls are set to the gyroscopic sensor I turned that shit off post haste. But this led to another problem...
- Using the right stick to swing the camera around when in third person is WAY too slow by default and actually gets in the way of gameplay. However, increasing camera sensitivity makes it much harder to aim precisely when in first person. I wish there was a way to set 3rd person camera to high sensitivity and 1st person camera to low.
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Totally agree here. I had to go back to using the Wii U pad instead of the pro controller, because the motion controlled aiming was just much better.
 
TJT

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Tanoomba said:
As great as BOTW is, I do have some gripes (no game is perfect).

-I'm done with motion controls. When I realized the reason my aiming was so jittery was because the aiming controls are set to the gyroscopic sensor I turned that shit off post haste. But this led to another problem...
- Using the right stick to swing the camera around when in third person is WAY too slow by default and actually gets in the way of gameplay. However, increasing camera sensitivity makes it much harder to aim precisely when in first person. I wish there was a way to set 3rd person camera to high sensitivity and 1st person camera to low.
- Too many buttons. Maybe it's just the retro gamer in me holding me back, but I'll often find myself pressing the wrong button to back out of a menu, or the wrong button to change my weapon, or looking at the screen for a few moments after placing a marker on a distant shrine before remembering it's R3 I have to press to revert back to 3rd person. You get used to it all, sure, but it's kind of a pain nonetheless.
- Fuck ragdolling! Is there anything more annoying than watching Link writhe around on the floor for several seconds when all you wana do is get up and fight?
- Long loading screens. While I'm impressed that there's no loading while exploring the overworld, using the "travel" feature or visiting shrines kind of kills the flow of the game for a while. I suppose it's inevitable based on the hardware, but still.

Having said that, I just freed the ice dragon, which was fun (Thanks, freezeproof gear!), and I have been spending a lot of time just exploring and not trying to accomplish anything in particular. TJT TJT I think it's worth getting a Wii U for, especially if you also get Mario Maker.
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Its going to be a while before I consider playing it. I bought a PS4, first console I've owned in 10 years, explicitly because PS3/4 have a ton of exclusives that are just really really tasty to me that I've been wanting to play. Last of Us, Nioh, Bloodborne, Horizons Zero Dawn, Nier: Automata... and so on.

It'll be while!
 
DrSpooge

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Its going to be a while before I consider playing it. I bought a PS4, first console I've owned in 10 years, explicitly because PS3/4 have a ton of exclusives that are just really really tasty to me that I've been wanting to play. Last of Us, Nioh, Bloodborne, Horizons Zero Dawn, Nier: Automata... and so on.

It'll be while!
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Can't believe I'm saying this, but TLoU is probably the worst or second-worst game on that list (jnot counting Nier, which I haven't played). Sony wrecking everyone right now.
 
Chris

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Done!

40 Shrines completed. I think it could be quite easily done with 24 if you use stamina food (I had 3 stamina upgrades and did sometimes need that). 40 is minimum without dungeons.

I don't think less is possible because of weapon breakage unless you find all the koroks which kinda defeats the point of less shrines!

Maybe you can defeat Ganon with bombs for a naked run lol?
 
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Chris said:
Done!

40 Shrines completed. I think it could be quite easily done with 24 if you use stamina food (I had 3 stamina upgrades and did sometimes need that). 40 is minimum without dungeons.

I don't think less is possible because of weapon breakage unless you find all the koroks which kinda defeats the point of less shrines!

Maybe you can defeat Ganon with bombs for a naked run lol?
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Haven't watched it but there is a youtube of a speed run of this beating ganon in 1 hour 5 mins
 
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