The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Started by Final, Jan 23, 2017, in Entertainment Add to Reading List

  1. theg
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    theg got that pma

    Mar 2, 2017
    bro u know wii us are easy to hack right
    the games been leaked for days and it only takes like 15 minutes to hack your wii u to play it
     
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    The metascore is already legendary
    Not the first time nintendo has hit the peak of game design though.

    I remember when galaxy 2 came out. People were calling it the best game ever.
     
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    Dread or Alive Kamikaze should've been released 3 years ago

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    Holy f---, 98% from almost 70 review.
    That's f---ing legendary, this is like GTA V without the bias against it
     
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    Clive Mind Over Matter And Soul Before Flesh

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    I finished Twilight Princess but haven't finished Wind Waker yet. I'm close I think well I'm searching for the 8 shards of the triforce...I think I got 1 or so. But I might just jump ahead tomorrow into BOTW. I don't want spoilers to WW but f--- it game looks incredible.
     
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    theg got that pma

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    in what world is there not a bias towards rating zelda favorably :hoplease:
     
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    Dread or Alive Kamikaze should've been released 3 years ago

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    Took me a decent f---ing time trying to find those, because the dickheads had you search for the f---ing charts first.

    Lol, lemme tell you, the final boss isn't really hard, but there's one little f---er you have to take on before that who's insanely hard.
     
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    I mean it is like what gta's score would look like without the progressives shi--ing on its metascore.
     
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    The only hard I got was near the starting island. I lifted up that head stone and did like the 20 trials or whatever to get it. Then I haven't played since. That was around new years :S

    WW is a sick game though. When I originally played it on my Gamecube I didn't like the art style. Bought it in the summer when it went to Nintendo Selects and I really enjoy it.

    This new one is going to be crazy, heard it's like a legit survival game. You can't just go into the cold for example, you'll need to find warm clothes and such. That's on some extra level ish.
     
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  9. Dread or Alive
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    Dread or Alive Kamikaze should've been released 3 years ago

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    There are actually 50 trials, i think you have to do something or have an item to unlock the rest .

    And those are pretty hard too, but the bosses in zelda are kinda fun regardless of difficulty, and the fights have a nice sense of scale and cinematics to them
     
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  10. Clive
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    Clive Mind Over Matter And Soul Before Flesh

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    Yeah they really are excellent games. Got around to play A Link To The Past in the summer. I didn't beat it but holy balls that was a HUGE game for a SNES time era. It was good to, at first it felt so easy but once you get to the Dark world that s--- got tough. Well I shouldn't say tough it was more clever and you had to think of what to do. I admit I had to use some guides.

    I don't like using guides in games though, like Skyrim for example I'll just play and do my thing. I wouldn't want to dupe and get super overpowered because it makes the game tedious and boring then. I'll do the same with this zelda just play it and experience it all.
     
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    Dread or Alive Kamikaze should've been released 3 years ago

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    Lol you DIDN'T complete the two temples did you? otherwise you'd know how to unlock the rest of the trials, won't spoil it though.

    f---ing skyrim, i can't count how much time's i've found myself on missions way above my skill level, getting one shotted by that c---- ogre slicing my head off. I remember waltzing through a dungeon one shotting all the little mummies before taking on this overpowered as f--- boss at the end. And holy s--- those mummy wizard things.

    I will say though, the dragons are cool to fight.
     
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  12. Clive
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    Here's where I got,
    I got to collect the 8 shards. Got one, but the rest were scattered. I got the gloves to lift heavy objects, ice arrows, fire arrows and the other tool needed. But that was about it. I do know the girl pirate is zelda and suspected it from the start. But that's about it, I don't think I've done the earth temple or the 2nd last one[spoiler}
     
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    Yeah, after you beat one of the temples, you'll get an item that unlocks the rest of the trials. Also, here's a tip, Don't play the latter parts of the game in hard mode
     
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    Mar 3, 2017
    got it for wii u a few hours ago, played 1h and got bored.

    I prefer tomb raider to be honest.
     
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    Picked it up this morning. Plan to play it a bit later. Best buy wasn't open so I got a copy at Wal Mart just in case. Waiting to see when Best buy opens if I can get it with my points so it'll only cost me 5 bucks. Got an insurance copy just in case lol.
     
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    Haven't played BOTW yet but Twilight Princess started off boring and it's an incredible game
     
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  17. Clive
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    I really enjoyed Twilight Princess. I do agree on starting out boring. It was a bit tedious in the first little town. Once you get to Hyrule it becomes incredible.

    I think this ones going to change because it's not going to be linear. It's going to be similar to MGS V where it's open world instead of linear. This will be open world Zelda and not linear Zelda where each part has a theme that is logical and executed well (IE: the hammer, hook shot, boomerang etc).
     
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    Little update: Been playing for about 2 hours and this s--- is intense. Couple points I'll touch on. I'm playing Wii U not the Switch but if any are curious.

    - Map Size: The map is HUGE! I only unlocked an area called the great plateau. It's quite large to travel on foot. I opened the map and zoomed out and holy crap. It's absolutely massive. If you like open world huge games then this will not disappoint.

    - Stamina - You have a stamina meter for running, climbing, fighting and swimming. If it depletes you have to let it regenerate. So if you're climbing and it depletes you will fall. You don't want to let it deplete fully because then it needs to recharge. The difference of a close to depletion and a full depletion recharge is the full depletion has you standing hunched over to recover rather than a close to depletion you'll still be mobile.

    Weapons - Weapons break down easily. Well at least for me because I have low level weapons. You need to constantly be searching and be smart when approaching areas. You don't want all your weapons to break down. One cool thing is, is that you can throw your weapons. So when my weapons are badly hurt I just end up throwing them at my foe to damage them. Bows break down though to. You get introduced to lots of weapons early like the bow I got relatively early, and fire arrows relatively early as well.

    Difficulty - This game is actually difficult. Older zelda games you would feel like a beast walking up to enemies to fight. They were more of a nuissance than anything. In this game you need to be smart, survey the area and decide is it worth going for a fight or not. An example was I saw some Boblokins cooking steak over fire during the night. I just ran up stole the steak and ran away before they could get up and grab their clubs. A much better choice then fighting them with low level weapons that break after a few swings. Your shields also break down. So far I've come across only 1 shield....and it got destroyed trying to take out some boblokins at a camp. So right now I'm basically running around with no defense. Hearts also don't just come out of shrubs any more you need to find food and eat it to replenish health.

    Weather - The climate effects where you can go. You can't access certain areas if it's too cold or too hot. You get warned of this during the game. I was going to a shrine but it's in the cold so I can't access it just yet.

    Overall it's MUCH different from the previous linear Zelda games. I'm not sure if hardcore Zelda fans will love it or hate it. I know some have wanted the formula to change but this is legit like thrown into a big open world with some broad objectives for you to figure out yourself. I've probably been running around for an hour or so accomplishing nothing because I'm trying to figure out where to go next....
    you need to complete 4 shrines to get the paraglider...the first shrine is easy to fine and do.....it's the next 3 I'm having trouble finding or accessing


    There are some minor details in my 2 hours so far.
     
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    I got the paraglider which now opens up the game even more. I hate to admit it but I played it for 5 hours before turning it off to get my a--- to the gym lol. It's a solid game. It really begs you to explore. You'll want to find ingredients and cook them to help buff your traits. For example a minor spoiler but to beat the cold I cooked a ton of spicey mushrooms to create a food that let me withstand the cold for 15 minutes. That gave me enough time to get into the ice shrine beat the trial and get a shadow orb. And then
    I was stumbling upon the top of Mount Hylia and figured sure why not go see the peak....good thing I did because I received warm clothing for doing such
    . I'll just say for that spoiler make sure you explore everything just to see what to do.

    Overall I'm super impressed with the game. I was super lost at the start then started exploring more and being smart with approaching things. Was finally able to tackle what I needed to do. Definitely a must play game!

    EDIT: Those worried about game performance such as slow down. I did notice a little bit of it when I first started the game if I panned the camera while moving. However, I have not experienced it much at all. There is nothing game breaking about it. I did hear when you get to Kakariko Village there's slow down. I just unlocked the ability to travel there. I'll make another post with an update on it.

    If you're on the fence about getting it DO IT! So far I'm impressed.

    THE ONLY NEGATIVE - You only have 1 save file :emoji_slight_frown: unlike older Zelda games where you had 3. So if you have siblings or room mates interested in the game......you're f----- lol. I have not tried creating a new Nintendo ID to see if this resolves the solution though. I might have mentioned this fact earlier but unsure if I did.
     
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    This isn't new. There have been times in other Zelda games where you gotta wear specific things to go in hot areas/underwater without taking damage
     
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