Current Events > I started playing Zelda Call of the Wild, aka Breath of the Wild.

(+) Yeah! (+)

After a lot of wandering and death, I made my way to Ja Baij, which is the 2nd of these mini-temples I've been to.

This game is kinda freaky tbqh

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Kinda sparse to me
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at least it's not Into the Wild

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Cant wait for the sequel, Zelda: Born to be Wild
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HylianFox posted...

at least it's not Into the Wild

Are you sure its not? TC did mention dying alone in the wilderness.
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sundered posted...

Kinda sparse to me

The Internet tells me that it is the 2nd greatest Zelda game ever and is very close to being the 1st. It has to be right... right?

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If you don't hear from me in a month, send The Admiral.

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I keep accidentally dying whoops

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It's my favorite 3D. I think I have to give the edge to Lttp overall.

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This game should've been called: 'The Legend of Zelda: Nature Wants to Kill You'.

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DaveTheUseless posted...

If you don't hear from me in a month, send The Admiral.

how will a humongous meltdown help you, exactly?
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DaveTheUseless posted...

This game should've been called: 'The Legend of Zelda: Nature Wants to Kill You'.

it should be called 'The Legend of Zelda: Link Devours Everything in His Path'

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Wasn't a fan. Tried it twice. First without any guide and second time I had to look up to just progress anywere other than randomly wandering around finding shrines

Probably doesnt' help I don't know the Zelda map since I've only played a few of te games
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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...

Wasn't a fan. Tried it twice. First without any guide and second time I had to look up to just progress anywere other than randomly wandering around finding shrines

Probably doesnt' help I don't know the Zelda map since I've only played a few of te games

I had some trouble navigating for awhile too, but I managed to figure out things today (at least for now. I'm assuming things are going to explode and blow my mind around the time I get the paraglider.)

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Oh you're only in the tutorial? Do the four temples and you can leave. That was the annoying part.
Just a bit of advice, th eblood moon mechanic refreshes all items that aren't in chests, so if you see a nifty flame sword, it resets every blood moon.

Good luck, have fun, hinox is a bitch.
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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...

Wasn't a fan. Tried it twice. First without any guide and second time I had to look up to just progress anywere other than randomly wandering around finding shrines

Probably doesnt' help I don't know the Zelda map since I've only played a few of te games

Same. I couldn't find any motivation to play after the tutorial area.
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mattnd2007 posted...

It's my favorite 3D. I think I have to give the edge to Lttp overall.

This was my final opinion as well. BotW was so, so close to taking the crown, but it tripped hard at the finish line with a lackluster 1st Ganon phase; a very disappointing final boss that felt like it was ripped directly from the 3D Zeldas that BotW tried so damn hard up to that point to distance itself from; and an equally lackluster ending. I also felt that it was a copout to have Zelda be, you know, just fine and not having aged a day after 100 years, instead of turning out to be either an old lady or a ghost. Everyone else from Link's original time is either dead, a wrinkled prune, a Zora, or needed a Shrine of Resurrection or a de-aging rune to keep their youthful looks; having Zelda be just fine after all that without a hint of explanation was a pretty big letdown. Normally I don't go into a Zelda game looking for a deep story, but for the first time since Wind Waker, I actually found myself getting pretty invested in BotW's story and worldbuilding, so maybe that's why I was extra let-down by the endgame.
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masterpug53 posted...

This was my final opinion as well. BotW was so, so close to taking the crown, but it tripped hard at the finish line with a lackluster 1st Ganon phase; a very disappointing final boss that felt like it was ripped directly from the 3D Zeldas that BotW tried so damn hard up to that point to distance itself from; and an equally lackluster ending. I also felt that it was a copout to have Zelda be, you know, just fine and not having aged a day after 100 years, instead of turning out to be either an old lady or a ghost. Everyone else from Link's original time is either dead, a wrinkled prune, a Zora, or needed a Shrine of Resurrection or a de-aging rune to keep their youthful looks; having Zelda be just fine after all that without a hint of explanation was a pretty big letdown. Normally I don't go into a Zelda game looking for a deep story, but for the first time since Wind Waker, I actually found myself getting pretty invested in BotW's story and worldbuilding, so maybe that's why I was extra let-down by the endgame.

I did quite enjoy Hyrule Castle itself

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mattnd2007 posted...

I did quite enjoy Hyrule Castle itself

yeah, Hyrule Castle is great

i like going there and just smashing enemies with the MS and stocking up on shit

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Just completed the Seek Out Impa quest. She did not tell me if the Triforce of Wisdom would safely predict the King's return, however. Then again, the King is dead.

There are things about this game that I like, though at times it feels like work moreso than play.

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mattnd2007 posted...

masterpug53 posted...

This was my final opinion as well. BotW was so, so close to taking the crown, but it tripped hard at the finish line with a lackluster 1st Ganon phase; a very disappointing final boss that felt like it was ripped directly from the 3D Zeldas that BotW tried so damn hard up to that point to distance itself from; and an equally lackluster ending. I also felt that it was a copout to have Zelda be, you know, just fine and not having aged a day after 100 years, instead of turning out to be either an old lady or a ghost. Everyone else from Link's original time is either dead, a wrinkled prune, a Zora, or needed a Shrine of Resurrection or a de-aging rune to keep their youthful looks; having Zelda be just fine after all that without a hint of explanation was a pretty big letdown. Normally I don't go into a Zelda game looking for a deep story, but for the first time since Wind Waker, I actually found myself getting pretty invested in BotW's story and worldbuilding, so maybe that's why I was extra let-down by the endgame.

I did quite enjoy Hyrule Castle itself

Absolutely. As far as a final dungeon goes in and of itself, I haven't enjoyed one that much since first playing through Kefka's Tower when I was eleven. That too might have contributed to the letdown I felt when it became time for the final fight.
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Going the "proper route" through the castle was fucking great. Starting at the island prison outside and riding the cart on the tracks into the building and entering through the castle dungeon and making my way up was an experience.

First time through I just climbed up and used the gale to go straight to his room.
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Waiting for my Switch to charge, and then I'm going to play some more at the coffee shop.

Unless something suddenly blows me away I have a hunch this game will be an 8/10 for me (same score I gave Mario Odyssey). It definitely has some impressive elements (the combat, graphics), even if I'm not going batty for it the way a lot of people have.

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I really enjoyed it, but the ending was disappointing. Even the "Best Ending".
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The Hyrule Field music in this game sure is amazing.

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Just got up to the part for people with an age regression kink.

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Four paths? As far as I can tell you can go whichever order you want. Nifty.

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I'm stuck inside Vah Ruta. At the part with the wheel and the still pendulum and the treasure chest sandwiched between two blocks. The solution is probably something easy and I'll feel stupid once I look up the solution.

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DaveTheUseless posted...

The Internet tells me that it is the 2nd greatest Zelda game ever and is very close to being the 1st. It has to be right... right?

is this the same internets that freaked out when gamespot gave skyward sword 8.8?

if so... l o l.
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The one thing I didn't try doing is charging my attack, though I don't see how it'd be more effective than whamming the sphere a bunch of times with a weapon. I broke all of mine except for a torch (and bows), trying to get the thing to work. l0l

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BotW is great. Def my fave Zelda game besides WW.

Being able to explore the world as you please, and do everything in any order you want was great fun. There was always something or someone to come across that gave you more incentive to keep on looking around.

Definitely should be called "Distractions of the Wild," though.

DaveTheUseless posted...

I'm stuck inside Vah Ruta. At the part with the wheel and the still pendulum and the treasure chest sandwiched between two blocks. The solution is probably something easy and I'll feel stupid once I look up the solution.

You gotta get the water from the elephant's trunk to spin the wheel. When it spins, eventually the ball will slide down into the slot and open the gate. You can either time-lock the ball in place long enough to get it, or just glide into the opening.
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masterpug53 posted...

I also felt that it was a copout to have Zelda be, you know, just fine and not having aged a day after 100 years, instead of turning out to be either an old lady or a ghost. Everyone else from Link's original time is either dead, a wrinkled prune, a Zora, or needed a Shrine of Resurrection or a de-aging rune to keep their youthful looks; having Zelda be just fine after all that without a hint of explanation was a pretty big letdown.

Zelda and Ganon are not even in physical form, while magically fighting inside that cocoon thing. It's like the end of Oma Desala vs Anubis.
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^I feel like not many people would get that reference, but it is exactly like that.
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... This game really doesn't forgive you if you hesitate to strike.

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DaveTheUseless posted...

... This game really doesn't forgive you if you hesitate to strike.

and you can forget about Mook Chivalry, if you're surrounded they will not hesitate to gang-bang you to death

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I always choose stamina wheel increases over heart containers, tbqh

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* wanders *
* gets killed *

* wanders *
* gets killed *

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DaveTheUseless posted...

I always choose stamina wheel increases over heart containers, tbqh

Stamina is definitely more useful than hearts overall.

What I do is get the 10 hearts for the Master Sword (on the top of the three you start with) so that's 40 shrines right there. Then once I have the MS I focus on stamina, then get the rest of the hearts after that (don't forget you can always swap them at Hateno)

Most enemies will kill you regardless of how many hearts you have early on, so it doesn't make that big of a difference until later when you get better armor and upgrades and shit like that

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Welp, accomplished nothing other than discovering shrines that I can't beat and slaughtering animals for their delicious meat.

Have a hunch I'm not beating this game.

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What shrines are you having trouble with?

Everything besides the combat ones are just puzzles you can beat a multitude of ways.
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About to go back to playing. Meanwhile, here's a short interview with the guy who voiced Link in the CDi games: https://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/Interview:The_Gaming_Liberty_November_11th_2010

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Does the stamina wheel max out at some point?

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Yes, at three full wheels iirc
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* makes Link stand in the rain *

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I just activated the map of the Goron region. Looks n a s t y.

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Why is waterblight Ganon located inside an elephant's ass

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Just activated Wasteland Tower. That sure mapped out a massive piece of land.

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are you having fun?

TC, did you meet Hestu? It's the only thing I will absolutely guide someone playing BotW to do.

He has to be found that first time in that one specific location and if you don't find him you're in for a world of annoyance
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