Breath of the wild thread
Are you enjoying the game so far?
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>Favourite village
>Favourite weapon
>Favourite memory
>Hours played
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
>what you think it is weakest
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
>which ones you want them to avoid
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My horse is an asshole.
>Favourite village
Rito. Love birds, sorry
>Favourite weapon
Electric spear, especially during rain
>Favourite memory
The one with link knighted
>Hours played
105
>strongest
Exploration
>Weakest
Dungeons
>mechanics
durability with different weapon types, but increase the durability by 2x and make weapon switching real time
>design philosophy
Making the open world that is truly open in what you can do
>what to avoid
Uhhhh I see no big red flags. So nothing?
What is his name
The birds are admittedly, very pretty.
>>Favourite village
>Rito. Love birds, sorry
best taste
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This, the music is also perfect
Trump.
but birds aren't that important
>Favourite village
Hateno I guess. It's pretty from every angle.
>Favourite weapon
Royal Claymore
>Favourite memory
The one where zelda isn't a whiny bitch. I haven't found it yet.
>Hours played
Last I checked it was 80 or 90 so probably 120 now
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
Muh physics
>what you think it is weakest
Shrines are shit. Should have integrated the puzzles into the world better.
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
physics
>which ones you want them to avoid
Durability is tedious as is, could be fixed with some tweaks.
Game makes it too easy to just run in a straight line through everything regardless of the hazards it throws at you. Just a touch more metroid influence would be nice.
The music in this game, in general, is fantastic.
Fuck, this hits the same spot as the first time i landed on the beach of Dragon Roost.
I think this Goron city is my favourite one. The music and facial animations nailed it, it makes me smile everytime.
Does the Blood Moon actually have any sort of effect on cooking food/potions? Also, what's the best recipie/use for the dragon scales?
Yeah... I was so happy to hear dragon roost island theme again. Wish there was a little more substance to the place though. The others felt more fleshed out.
>Durability is tedious as is
They should add repair vendors, but not cheap repairs, and don't let them add a durability meter. Just let me take my almost broken sword and repair it somewhere.
Doesen't even have to be the same place for each item.
>Favourite village
Gerudo village.
>Favourite weapon
I believe it's called savage lynel sword
>Favourite memory
The one where Ganon arises, because all the characters come together.
>Hours played
90hrs
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
Sense of adventure and discovery.
>what you think it is weakest
Framerate.
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
The systematic design and the non-lineal structure.
>which ones you want them to avoid
None, I'm pretty happy with everything that is in BotW and would gladly take a BotW2. I just want more of everything: More enemies, more rewards outside of shrines and Koroks. Sidequests could be better ; maybe at least one sidequest per Town that has a captivating story to it (See: Kafei's quest in MM).
F-fuck you
are there female gorons? is there any dimorphism between male and female gorons? i saw a goron in gerudo town
There's also very little progression. You get your tools at the start of the game and that's it. You can now do every all of the content in the game with a bit of cooking, and it only gets easier.
yeah that and let you add durability+ to them.
>and it only gets easier
I see someone never tried to loot Ganon's Castle. Shit is practically a Dark Souls section early on.
I love that about it. It's a comfy dynamic. Nothing between you and a sense of discovery.
Where/how do I get the best horse possible?
Currently my best horse is 4-3-4 but I hear you can get horses with two 5s
I think the lot of them are technically genderless but seem to identify as male? That's why the couple in Gerudo Town are kinda confused why they were let in.
ganonhorse is pretty good as is epona
>Get on the camel beast
>Get motion sickness while looking outside
it's laughably easy if you're wearing the stealth armor.
>buying amiibos
I love this game, but no fucking thanks.
I have Ganonhorse already, I was hoping there was a way to like farm horses to get rank 5s to spawn maybe
I'm mostly finished the game, want to get the best of everything before beating Ganon
isn't there a big ass horse somewhere in the south?
you get a quest by one of the stables.
>not pirating amiibos
>maybe at least one sidequest per Town that has a captivating story to it
This would be the biggest improvement I think. Like something in addition to the quests with the main characters like Yunobo, Riju, etc
>. You get your tools at the start of the game and that's it.
But that's its selling point, being able to go anywhere and have a hard time at first, but then come back and stomp everything.
There should be a bigass sign telling you to try to deafeat Ganon before beating the blights and then do it again endgame.
If you cook from 11:30 until the cinematic, it'll make your cooking/elixirs better. Not sure by how much but enough to make it worth it.
With the dragon scales, you'll need a few of them for shrine quests, and some more for late-game armor upgrades, so I'd refrain from cooking them.
Oh that's a thing too? I'm new to all of this stupid Nintendo gimmickry.
That's worse than name it "asshole" you know?
You don't even get that armor that until Kakariko. It's not like it does you much good anyway when the majority of the place is literally teeming with monsters. Stealth is near worthless there.
Since I find the horses very frustrating except for a few places where you kinda need them, I've named mine "UGH CMON," "STOPPPP," and "DORF HORS."
You can probably guess which one is ganon's horse.
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>Favourite village
Gerudo town
>Favourite weapon
Probably that sheika claymore. Looks pretty badass.
>Favourite memory
The first one with link being knighted. The character interaction was great and it was genuinely surprising learning how salty was zelda about link.
>Hours played
70-80
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
Exploration. Finding new corners and places is always great.
>what you think it is weakest
The rewards for exploration. It's boring knowing there's a shrine in the middle of a huge maze, and it's also boring knowing that the reward is not gonna be better than something you can find on a random enemy camp.
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
How fresh the world feels. It's beautifully designed and knowing you can approach it however you want is just addictive. You literally don't know when to stop playing.
And more hyrule castle style dungeons. Like, lots of them. It's perfect.
>which ones you want them to avoid
I really need better rewards after completing certain tasks. Shrines aren't a bad idea and i like them, but i rather have less of them and work on something different as a finale to the more fleshed out sidequests. And/or unique gear from them.
Why? Unless you are that kind that you get motion sick easily
The way the camel moves did it for me, but yeah I get sick easily.
Is there a point to the colisseum ot is it just there for 100 rupees
Also, the bow in this game is retarded and I wish it didnt exist
>Ranged attack stronger and safer than melee
>Favourite village
Gerudo
>Favourite weapon
Royal guard claymore or any good looking spear
>Favourite memory
The one with the king being a dick. Mah boi!
>Hours played
135
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
The attention to detail and wondrous exploration.
>what you think it is weakest
Enemy variety.
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
Physics and freedom. Lateral thinking to solve puzzles.
>which ones you want them to avoid
There's nothing particularly bad. Just wish there were save files. Also wouldn't mind to reduce the world and make room for classic dungeons.
>Favourite village
Zora. The music is still relaxing and I like the design of the buildings
>Favourite weapon
Any and all bows but if I had to choose it would be the Rito bows. I've done archery myself and can't get enough of them in games
>Favourite memory
I've yet to collect them all but I liked the one with Link training under a tree with the bridge in the background. It's comfy yet gives a lot of information.
>Hours played
Haven't been counting but a lot.
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
The freedom. In OoT I always wanted to explore everything right away but you couldn't, in BoTW you're only limited by yourself.
>what you think it is weakest
Weapon durability. The mechanic is fine enough but after a certain point you should either be able to restore the Master Sword back to how it was in previous games, or pay a blacksmith to fix your weapons so those that want to keep the durability can, and those who don't have the option.
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
For mechanics it might sound silly but I would like customization to play a bigger role. I like making Link my own Link and would like to see that expanded to individual clothes like gloves and boots as well as shields and weapons. As for design? They've hit the nail on the head with BoTW so all they need to do is build on what they've got.
>which ones you want them to avoid
Moblins. I'm so fucking sick of them and ready for proper Stalfos, Wolfos, shit like that to return.
Added note: I would like the Twili realm to return as well. I adore that place and everything in it. If we can have robots and tablets that powerup with tears then I'm sure they can make a new mirror.
>Favourite weapon
lizal tri boomerang
Hi leddit.
Why is there not 1 town per area. Its a little annoying.
>Favourite Village
Hard to choose really. I really enjoyed Rito/Zora/Tarrey/Hateno
>Favourite Weapon
1-Handed Fire/Thunder swords
>Favourite Memory
The very last one you get after finding all the picture fragments
>Hours played
90
>Strongest Aspect
Sense of exploration
>Weakest Aspect
lack of length and difficulty to Divine Beasts
>What to carry over?
Everything
>What to avoid
Nothing particularly stands out. Maybe give more options to work around being unable to climb when raining? The mechanic itself is fine but it sucks when you're stuck in the middle of nowhere with no nearby fireplace/shade to start a fire.
>Favourite village
Hateno village
>Favourite weapon
Giant boomerang or Mastersword
>Favourite memory
have only gotten 3, but the one where you see Zeldas thick ass and then she shows you a frog
>Hours played
Dunno, maybe 30 - 50?
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
The artstyle
>what you think it is weakest
Combat or the durabillity, durabillity is fine but I think that they could make each weapon last just a little bit more than 10 hits.
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
The artstyle, climbing, stamina, temperature system
>which ones you want them to avoid
copy-pasted dungeon bosses, "enemy variety" which is only different colored enemies with more health, food system (because you can get rich by selling the food and I would rather see a return of the health potions/bottles), only being able to use one buff at the time. better/stable framerate (30 is alright but unstable 30 is cancer). And finally voiceacting, I think this game would do better without it and if they decide to do it again I really hope they choose more experienced/talented voiceactors instead of amateurs like they seemed to have done with this game. I'd rather have no voiceacting but if they do it next time I hope it's better than it was in this game.
>village
Gerudo for the atmosphere, Tarrey for the arrows
>weapon
ancient battle axe++, royal bow
>memory
the one where rivali is a massive salty dick to link for no reason, made me want to know more about their rapport
>hours played
90-100
>strongest aspect
exploration, constant discovery, "oh the map is empty" son do you even korok seed
>weakest
I know this is weird but I wanted to feel more terrified of the enemies. Granted, the first time a guardian stalker jumped me out of nowhere made me shit my pants. But for example, when approaching Vah Naboris in the sandstorm, I wanted to be scared of being trampled, and for the sheer weight of my adversary to shake the ground before me and make me question the fact that I'm even attempting to approach it. I know this is a cheap comparison but Dark Souls bosses give me that feeling and I wanted to feel that facing a boss the size of an actual dungeon.
>what mechanics do I hope they maintain
the nonlinearity, open-worldedness without having 500 waypoints blaring at you from the minimap or compass at all times
>what to avoid
I enjoyed the shrine puzzles themselves, but since all 120 of them have the same visual themes and music, they felt a little same after a while. If they bring back shrines/mini-dungeones, I hope they at least try to theme them to fit where they are in the game world.
Haven't played too much but
>Favourite village
Kakariko, I love the music, shame that it's frames are bad on Wii U.
>Favourite weapon
So far (aesthetically), the Knight's Sword or Knight's Bow.
>Favourite memory
Haven't found any yet.
>Hours played
About 10-15
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
So far, I think it's the deep exploration as well as an actual degree of challenge. The art style is very nice as well.
>what you think it is weakest
Durability on all weapons being so goddamn low and getting one shotted if you just happened to walk in the wrong area.
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
Open world is great, interaction with said open world is great, durability is good (just needs to be toned down a lot), and the world actually feels a little lively
>which ones you want them to avoid
Towers and lack of enemy variety.
Lol, at least play the game man.
For Honor is a dying game, let me flounder in anguish in peace
how do you think I recognized it? ;_;
It's ok man, maybe one day we'll get balanced matches and decent serv (Error 006000043)
One day peacekeeper and warlord will be adjusted so the game will actually be fun and you can play more characters.
>>Favourite village
Gerudo, the water canals thing looks super neat.
>>Favourite weapon
Royal Broadsword
>>Favourite memory
Probably frog one solely for Zelda not being a bitch in that one, otherwise I would pick any of the Champion's ones.
>>Hours played
95-100
>>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
Physics and/or Size of Environment
>>what you think it is weakest
Combat Degredation. Perhaps they should have made tiers of AI to go with monsters getting stronger based on GF
>>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
Environment Size / Physics still. Weapons seemed fine to me as well.
>>which ones you want them to avoid
Dungeon length, and try to build up the questline into each of them more. Add more depth and story to the dungeons next time somehow.
>Village
Gerudo Town
>Weapon
Any spear.
>Memory
The one by the lake.
>Hours played
Over 140.
>Strongest aspect
Exploration and combat.
>Weakest aspect
Divine Beasts. We need real dungeons. Hyrule Castle but with puzzles and more.
>Mechanics and design for sequel
The freedom given for how to do everything.
>Mechanics and designs to avoid
Touch up on the ragdolling, buff weapon duration a bit (I'm not against it) and let me marry my waifus
I want the creator of the blue flame shrine to die in a fire.
Oh you mean you don't enjoy fighting games where the only two dominant strategies are also the least fun to fight? I play Berserker - my only real combo is Dance of the Paired Blades, which is rooted in you not being interrupted - any of the shield classes suck the fun right out of the game
Upboated good sir I also hate those rrracist republicans and my dad xd
It is spelled favorite.
>marry
NO
IT WILL MAKE THE SERIES A WAIFU SIM
>Favourite village
Zora's Domain was incredible but I wish it still rained forever.
>Favourite weapon
Great Electric Claymore, the thing is a damn bugzapper
>Favourite memory
Spring of Power. Zelda's frustration with the powers that refuse to come to her made her much more compelling to me. I really liked the one in the Castle as well.
>Hours played
80
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
If I could be really specific it would be the level design in Hyrule Castle, one of the best levels of all time.
Generally speaking the strongest aspect of the game was mobility.
You can cross one small river by: sailing a raft across, jumping over cryonis blocks, swimming across, using Revali's Gale to fly over it, shield surfing down the slope and flinging yourself across with the inertia, making something to catapult yourself across using magnesis, using Stasis and clinging onto a big box that you beat the shit out of, riding a horse around it altogether...It's perfect.
>what you think it is weakest
Enemy variety. Knowing exactly what's going to be in the next Skull encampment or fort or whatever is frustrating.
One more enemy in the mix like a Junior Lynel would have been enough to fix this issue imo, but it seems only I mind.
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
Physics-based interaction, allowing players to come up with their own ridiculous puzzle solutions [flipped gamepad for gyro, daisy-chained electric currents]
>which ones you want them to avoid
Recycled buildings like every stable being the same, and no more areas that are named something because "lol reference!"
The game's a 10.
WHY do merchants NEVER restock on arrows?
Fuck drumpft and fuck white people.
I see no problem.
>Recycled buildings like every stable being the same
This serves a good practical function as a recognizable landmark from a distance. Though I do agree in trying to give each a little more personality. But I'd argue for retaining the basic shape and structure.
wait at a fire until they restock
also, do the Tarrey Town quest, because the vendor there will end up selling like 50 arrows of each type every time they resupply
nope, they dont ever restock even when I rest at a fire right infront of them or miles away
Zora's Domain
Edge of Duality or Great Thunderblade
Link eats a frog
Dunno I'm on a Switch
Grand scale
Piss-easy final boss and lacklustre ending
I liked in the Vah Ruta mission and the Lost Woods how they restricted you with the environment for the specific missions that took place there, so if the next game is BotW styled I'd like to see more of that because it can force you into situations that involve more overworld puzzle solving
Forced crossdressing
Arrows are at a huge premium until mid-late in the game. It might just be tough shit but doing the Tarrey Town quest definitely helped my arrow situation.
the thing is I already did this quest and I have over 600 arrows its just silly that they wont restock, is this a balance thing or something
holy shit lmao maybe you just have too many arrows? seems like a non-problem until you need them
>ywn live in Tarrey Town
I atleast want my own Tarrey Town-style house! They look so fuckin cool and comfy.
>Accidentally dropped the torch it gives you
>Couldn't get it to respawn
>Had to do the rest of the shrine by spamming arrows and getting creative
>Get to the end part where you need to spin attack with the torch
>Rage quit
>Village
Gerudo or Korok
>Weapon
Windcleaver
>Memory
The one where Zelda is geeking out over the frog
>Hours played
110
>Strongest aspect
The self propelled exploration
>Weakest
Storytelling and character development
>Things for the sequel?
Customization of weapons and armor, Items like the bow and boomerang being weapons, short/no tutorial
>Things to avoid for the sequel
Filler sidequests
>Favorite memory
Shot a bomb arrow right at the feet of a mounted bokoblin coming at me, that fucker launched like 50 feet straight up
Yeah as soon as Tarrey Town was unlocked I regretted my stumpfucker shack in Hateno, seems like it would make more sense for you to have a home in the new village than making you buy the one in Hateno and then building a fancy new village right in front of your face
>Favourite village
Rito for the music
>Favourite weapon
Great ice sword
>Favourite memory
The 17e where you "die"
>Hours played
130H+
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
Real feeling of adventure, and exploration
>what you think it is weakest
Reward system, lack of interesting reward/worthy quest
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
Sheika like system that gives you item to interact with the world and solve puzzle. Instead of having item that were designed for dungeon and not for the world.(Hi previous zelda)
The real open world as zelda should have been in the first place.
Freedom of choice and multiple approach.
>which ones you want them to avoid
Rethink the reward and end game items.
>Favourite village
Tarrey Town, definitely. The town-building quest was great. It's the only side quest I've actually enjoyed thus far, and the music is great
>Favourite weapon
broadswords. I pretty much juggle between the Royal Broadsword, Royal Guard's Sword, Master Sword, and Guardian Sword++
>Favourite memory
not a cutscene memory, but I loved the King's diary
If I had to choose a cutscene, then I really liked the central hyrule forest one
I also really liked the one that took place with Urbosa inside of Vah Naboris
>Hours played
Probably close to 200
>what you think is the strongest aspect of the game
The environments and early-game exploration
>what you think it is weakest
The worldbuilding and late-game exploration. There's no incentive to explore beyond "Let's get shrine # 2,568!" There's no random lore tidbits in the ruined towns, and no good loot just hidden around in the world. I would have liked more armors and weapon types to incentivize the player to go out and explore as well as, as I just mentioned, lore. What if you could find tattered diaries in the ruined villages that explained what happened before the calamity and how people felt in their last moments. Maybe some of those diaries could have had shrine quests behind them or told the player about locations of hidden loot. Also, I would have loved traditional dungeons hidden around the world that had nothing to do with the story but provided a good challenge to players that wanted to explore. Maybe hide items or weapons that help with exploration behind them, like different shiekah runes or even stuff like an unbreakable (but low-damage) boomerang or hookshot
>what mechanics and design philosophies you want to carry over to the sequel
The open world, weapon durability, combat, minidungeons
>which ones you want them to avoid
barebones story, barebones dungeons, lack of items
This is coming from a lifelong Nintendofag, but even I find the way the internet is gushing over this game to be cringe city. Some random neckbeard twitter user will post some small, insignificant detail in the game and, and it will suddenly be the new poster child for "HOLY SHIT, THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER!!!"
>some random NPC mistakes Link for wanting to jump off a bridge
>OMG BEST GAME EVARR!
>Moblins will throw Bokoblins when they're out of weapons
>OMGBEST GAEM EVRRRR!!!
>Characters have custom dialogue when Link has no clothes on
>OOFMMMGSSSS BESTEST GAMMEEE EV4RRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think it shows how awful video game culture has become, and how little we value actual gameplay elements, instead favoring individual points or details that can be memed and shared in 140 characters or less.
That said, I do like the game. It's got plenty of flaws, but it's also pretty fun and addicting for the exploration factor.
how are you guys playing for so long? like 100+ hours?
i got bored after 40
who is responsible for that shitty color palette?
The game plays amazingly and it's a lot of fun, but the fucking colors man. Everything looks like green and stale mud, Nintendo could do better.
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Full RGB output, check YouTube
At 108 shrines now....soon the game will be over and I'll have to go through the long wait for another Zelda game.
It's saddening
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>weakest
These. The story felt bland and the reward system was lacking. Why explore if you already know the only things out there in the world are shrines and weapons that will soon break? What if there were items or new shiekah runes out there in the world?
Also, this too. Enemies are lacking in variety, severely. There should be some enemies in the world that tie into the exploation aspect. Let's say that there's a miniboss or even full boss out in the world that requires a specific item to defeat, but you have to just explore the world or do sidequests to unlock that item. I like the regular/blue/black/white/silver scaling system, but it would be better if there were more enemies in the world to make that fun. why aren't there poes in the cemeteries? Why aren't there giant bosses in places like the forgotten temple like gleeok? I feel like this massive world would have been much more rewarding to explore if there were things like boss fights or unique enemies to fight hiding around.
Lizards are so cute, I never noticed
Thanks user, now I feel bad for killing em
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I won't feel worried about enemy vairety AND dungeons next game IF they are using the same engine.
I suspect most of the time went into the engine, physics and world, and now they got those three nailed down they can move on with the rest
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They actually don't restock unless you have less than a certain amount.Maybe
Hopefully they address some of this in the DLC, but I'm doubtful of it.
Don't count on it for the DLC, but I would bet on it in the sequel
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>all tools
Didnt realize you could swim up waterfalls, scale mountains with ease, be immune to the elements, make thunderstorms work for you instead of against, and acquire over 3 damn good magical abilities.
Oh wait, getting new completely unique armor, heart pieces, and magical abilities isnt a good reward in a zelda game apparently.