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swordz9 posted...

What positive is there to weapon breaking in BotW? Id have used different weapons even if they didnt break if thats one of the positives you were going to list. People also wouldve still explored for treasures and stuff so literally what positive value does them breaking bring?

It lets you feel more powerful as the game goes on because your weapons break less and less. It changes how you fight certain enemies and bosses because you know you have to ration certain weapons like ammo in an FPS (tbh an identical situation that nobody complains about). It frees you to consider weapons expendable so you can try throwing them at far away enemies, using them as lightning rods, or other combat tricks with the knowledge that if you lose your weapon it doesn't matter. It creates constant risk vs reward in the early and mid game by hiding most of the best weapons behind endgame areas forcing you to constantly push yourself if you want a continual supply of them (vs doing one run into an endgame area immediately and then crushing the rest of the game with a bunch of permanent upgrades). It creates additional risk in certain areas because the area itself is a danger to your equipment.

Like there are absolutely ways to make a great game without weapon durability, I'm not saying it's a universal good. I'm just saying the solution in BotW is not as simple as removing weapon durability and keeping everything else the same. You'd need to change the entire game.

Ashethan posted...

I don't think it really is though. I beelined straight for the master sword as soon as I could and enjoyed the game a lot more after getting it. Otherwise I just ignored combat unless absolutely necessary.

This sounds like you're agreeing with me? Like it clearly changed the entire way you approached the game.