Anyone thinks BotW is just too damn overwhelming?

Anyone thinks BotW is just too damn overwhelming?
There's just so much shit to do and the world is fucking massive.

Nope.
This is easily the first truly OPEN open-world title I've player. Just exploring and doing "mundane" tasks is not only exciting, but also truly beneficial for the player. I've been playing it for the first time the last couple weeks, and only yesterday did I actually go and finish my first dungeon! Meanwhile, I already went and tried to beat the last boss earlier this week without any story progression; got my ass handed to me in the 2nd half of the fight, but it was enough to prove that it can be done.

The world is fucking massive and a lot of fun but you can do it user
If i did you can too.
Also you dont need to go everywhere. Its just better if you do

>Just exploring and doing "mundane" tasks is not only exciting, but also truly beneficial for the player
This

I've been playing since the game leaked back then, and I've JUST finished the desert dungeon and that's it. I have like 8 hearts and 2 stamina upgrades. I'm glacial pace

That's my problem. The world is too big and I want to explore every inch of it, even if there's nothing. It's really draining not knowing where to go sometimes

The anatomy is pretty fucked in this one.

Take my advice and don't climb too much. I did it a lot and kept entering areas from a weird angle, which trivialized a lot of challenges and removed the magic of entering a new biome. The novelty of being able to climb can't compete with following a carefully constructed path to a new location.

>Tied up Gerudo girls

Literally the dumbest waifu art there is.

>Urbosa will never force you to suck her dick, huff her farts and then crush your head between her thighs

I tend to follow the paths, yeah. Climbing distracts me from my destination
better?

I can't bring myself to do anything, because everything just amounts to a Korok Seed or a Shrine, neither of which I need.

>better?
Much!

>world is fucking massive.

You should have been there for Haven And Hearth, before the update that made it 3D.

That shit was incredibly huge, and there was no end of business you could get into.

I know right? I can't be bothered doing anything in Super Mario Bros. It's like every time I finish a level, it just leads to ANOTHER level. I mean , what the fuck? What kind of game is that?

>I've been playing since the game leaked back then, and I've JUST finished the desert dungeon and that's it.
pretty much the same, though I'm already on my 2nd line of hearts, got Legendary Sword, most accessories, etc.

>The world is too big and I want to explore every inch of it, even if there's nothing.
There's ALWAYS something. That's what surprised me.

And start exploring! It's fun.

>I can't bring myself to do anything, because everything just amounts to a Korok Seed or a Shrine, neither of which I need.
Ah, blissful ignorance...

Think of it like collecting the stars in mario 64 but this time there's 900. You get a shitty reward for collecting em all, but it's fun and comfy as fuck.

I feel the same way about Tetris. I can't be bothered doing anything in that game. Every time I clear the blocks away, it just leads to more blocks and more lines, neither of which I need.

The most important thing to remember about Breath of the Wild. Is probably that the simply traversing the land is by itself entertaining.

Take the infamous towers for instance. In Breath of the Wild I'd climb them even if they did nothing. Simply due to them being tall vantage points to look around as well as glide from.

I like that with Resident Evil. I just can't be bothered doing anything in that game. Every time I get to a new area it's just more zombies and more keys, neither of which I need.

This. While I think it still needed proper dungeons like Hyrule Castle, the game saves itself by making the act of simply exploring so fun.

Overwhelming for my dick sure

Give me Link being tied up.

Girls are so shit.

>a wild mentally ill freak appeared

this.

it's funny how years of our generic and now hated "Ubisoft openworld games" made people prejudicely assume Zelda would merely recycle their design and thus bash it before it was even out.

BotW is IMO a fine example of great game design triumphing over mediocre ones, even if you're seemingly doing practically the same things in two different games. I personally dig just wandering around the landscape, suddenly changing course because I spot something interesting in the distance, but them shrines and towers do add landmarks and quick-travel routes, so it's worth the effort.

I don't even like Link in that outfit but boys are wat hotter than girls, by far.

Also, the pic on the left makes me want to puke.

Not at all. Play 10 hours and you've seen practically everything truly interestings that the game has to offer. You can go explore every nook and cranny but there's little to no reward for doing so. The absolute fucking least they could have done to reward exploration and combat is replace enemy encampment chests containing worthless weapons that'll just break one encounter later with koroks held hostage that you need to save. Too few enemy types, exploration is barely rewarded, half of the advertised shrines are either copy and pasted "test of strength" or "walk up this staircase, open the chest and claim your orb" ones. None of the "temples" were interesting in the slighest. It was an okay game, but definitely not what Zelda should be. The problem is they can never move away from this formula now since all of the normalfags loved it.

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The towers are actually well implemented. In a world as vast and as open as BotW it would feel almost daunting without focus. Even though you can go anywhere and do anything, the player is subconsciously pulled towards these large glowing towers in the distance - reaching them gives the gameplay focus and gives the player an objective, even if they aren't aware of it. In other open world games - like MGSV for example - reaching objectives like this amounts to little more than staring at your minimap and manoeuvring yourself from A to B.

In BotW, working out how to get to your objective is part of the game. You're allowed to fashion your own solutions to exploring the environment.

And once you finally reach a tower and successfully scale it, each tower will always present you with a view of a least one or two shrines, allowing you to springboard yourself into more exploring.

The overworld design in BotW is exceptionally good.

Yeah, I quit playing after Impa told me to go look for some locations based on the pictures on your slate. Fuuuuuuuck that shit.

there's actually not much to do in the world content-wise.
you find seeds to increase your inventory caps, or mini dungeon shrines.
its a damn shame because the map itself is fucking great.

I really want to tickle Link's feet until he cries and pees himself

You mean that optional stuff that you aren't forced to do and can just ignore if you want?

I was already 100 hours into the game when I first spoke with Impa.

>there's actually not much to do in the world content-wise.

Everytime.

Sounds like you're a retarded faggot. You obviously should do the first bits to unlock all your bullshit features. You were just wandering around jerking off about how much you love wandering around like the hipster dipshit you are.

Hyrule Castle and to a lesser extent Vah Naboris, makes me incredibly excited for another Zelda game. I hope the DLC can compete with Hyrule Castle though. If they truly want to sell another Zelda game like it, then it really should.

I really do hope they can pull off a Majora's Mask for Breath of the Wild though.

>tickle feet
>pees
??

If you want another BotW style Zelda you are the problem with games. They did it, it's done, fuck off and try something new.

I wish there were Heart Pieces you could find instead of 4 shrines per Container.

I just wish some of the game was a bit more Zelda.

Yes generally people will wet themselves if you tickle them when they have to pee.

You never wet yourself when being tickled?

They spent so much time creating the map and programing all the minor shit you and enemies can do with items that they didn't have enough time to make any real dungeons or bosses so they just made 100 rooms using the same assets.

Eh. It can be at first, but you'll eventually run out of stuff to do. I got like 300 hours out of it so I'm not complaining, but at this point I'm basically down to just lynel hunting and the handful of shrine quests I never bothered to do.

haven't

>You obviously should do the first bits to unlock all your bullshit features.
Well I had no clue whatsoever you actually had to head towards Kakariko in order to get your other runes and in order to be able to upgrade your inventory.
Especially not with how they had pushed the idea of allowing you to go wherever in the all the pre-release promos. So I figured it couldn't hurt.

Of the things I could see from the plateau the mountains to west of Hyrule looked the most interesting to me. So I started off in that direction. And ended up in the Gerudo region first. After which I explored most of Hyrule in a counter clockwise fashion. Not visiting the Kakariko village until I had reached Akkala and the Akkala research lab. With how Robbie's notes kept mentioning Kakariko and Hateno village. Making me really excited about the prospects of rune upgrades.

this is a defense force image that has to keep reaching to find content. don't take it seriously unless you're trying to troll.

>I wish there were Heart Pieces you could find instead of 4 shrines per Container.
do dungeons then.

>I just wish some of the game was a bit more Zelda.
we've had 20+ years of "bit more Zelda" already. And if we wanna split hairs, BotW is the closest to THE original LoZ.

I feel bad whenever I activate a tower because it feels like that's another piece of the game gone forever.

Thank god for menial progress stoppers.

>toe tied

Nice.
I can fap to this

>There will never be a doujin where Link meets Mipha for the first time and she discovers Link's golden water

>I wish there were Heart Pieces you could find instead of 4 shrines per Container.

Thats the same as EVERY Zelda game. The heart pieces have been just been replaced by the spirit orbs but it's the same thing - collect 4 and get a new Heart Container.

>fuck off and try something new.
it's not like BotW was anything "new", outside of breaking the series' stale formulas. It just did everything extremely well.

A heart piece is just a more limited spirit orb. How is that an improvement?

I do kind of wish you could get spirit orbs without having to speak with the ancient sheikah monk mummies though.

Why does he have makeup on and nails painted? In the game he just wears he clothes.

>I had no clue whatsoever you actually had to head towards Kakariko

Exposition King fucking TELLS you to go there and you get a big glowing marker on your map.

>climb tower
>jump off
>glide
>watch youtube while holding down the stick until you land
So entertaining. Truly the best movement mechanics in any video game, ever.

Can someone post all of these? I saw them in a Zelda thread an hour ago but that got deleted

Remember when the Gerudo were these badass thieves that outright kidnapped men to be their fuckslaves? Now they are all nervous and fragile when encountering a man.

A lot of games give you a break after a hard trial so you don't exert yourself which makes you play longer. This is why you have to wait 60 seconds after killing a monster in monster hunter.

Though most shrines are pretty easy so they should've kept it to the trials of str

You're supposed to map out interesting locations with your eyes, of which there are many. I found a great fairy fountain this way once.

Not really, it's just point that BotW has tons of content, more so than any other Zelda. That image is barely scaping the surface of things to see and do.

People want to believe the no-content meme because they desperately want - no, NEED - to find something wrong with the game.

Sorry, I meant Heart Pieces in addition to the Shrines. I went from Kakariko to Hateno to Zora's Domain and I only had 4 hearts.

It just feels like if you follow the story you don't find shit.

Post some 10/10 puzzles

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Yes and? I just thought that was more main story.
The game also outright tells you to "Destroy Ganon" with a big glowing marker on your map.
I disabled both of those from my quest log immediately.

I never imagined that it would be required for something so fundamental. Especially not after the plateau acted like such a tutorial area, giving you pretty much everything you need from the get go. Runes and the glider included.

Just started playing BoTW just recently. Did some of the beginning stuff, got my slate 'fixed' (camera unlocked) and just been exploring some areas, found one of the photos by accident so i got the champion tunic, then found a zora who told me their place was just up ahead and the prince wants to meet me but i turned around and specifically went to the gerudo place first because i remember people talking about that's where you get earrings and i wanted a helm where you can still see link's hair and face. That's it so far.

It's nice that it does truly feel open world but this also feels a bit like a curse because the game has no direction at all. After you meet impa and go get your slate fixed, any sort of direction is just instantly gone. You almost feel lost as to where to go or what to do. Only thing you've got is 'meet races and kill the divine beasts' which is pretty broad. Like i said i appreciate that it's open but i feel like they should have directed you towards a first beast specifically or something because even though enemies seem to scale with link, some areas of the game are obviously harder than others and some not intended to be done at certain points.

Keep it open but should have given a guide at the least, show which race leader is in which zone and give a recommendation which to go to first. You're free to go wherever but the recommendation is best for your current situation, etc.

>Vah Ruta
>Can't find how to start the big gear in the middle
>Realized I could stasis the gate blocking the map
>Break my Guardian Sword on it since I need to get in and out of the room

I dunno if that was intended but I sure as shit didn't see any other way after wandering for 30 minutes.

Well, it's not. There's no 'wrong' way to play the game. That's why the King gives you so much exposition - so that if you choose to, you can run right to Ganon and finish the game and still have enough of the story under your belt to feel closure

That puzzle was a total bitch, figured it out after 20 minutes by accident after thinking maybe the giant gear controlled the trunk and moving it would make the gears move.

>I went from Kakariko to Hateno to Zora's Domain and I only had 4 hearts.
Pfft, that's nothing. I didn't even go to either of those before I'd explored most of the western world map, and visited Gerudo town. With 4 hearts, no armor, no heart-potions or def/atk boost, all looted gear. I did take down one of those giant goblins (Hinox) at the eastern bridges too.

I kept wondering why the game was so tough (enemies 1-shotting me to death) and if it'd be totally barren of any other NPCs besides the old guy in the beginning. The first human settlement I found was the desert stables. And only after that did I first go to Hatena, bought the shops empty with all the cash and loot I'd gained + got slate "fixed" and upgraded to best versions, and only then visited Kakariko.

I mean. I have no trouble with the idea of talking with the ancient sheikah monks to get spirit orbs.

I just kind of wish you could get spirit orbs from defeating certain boss monsters. Or from completing certain quest lines and stuff too.
And I am cool with quest lines leading to shrines. That's all fine and dandy by me. But some of the 300 rupee rewards could have been replaced with getting spirit orbs directly.

I still don't see the point of heart pieces over spirit orbs though. And with heart pieces you really should get stamina pieces too. Which really just mean that you'd find things you'd need to get 4 of in order to get an upgrade, and when you finally have 4 of them you wouldn't even get to choose between stamina or hearts. Getting outright heart containers after defeating the bosses was cool though.

Not even the guy you're talking to, but you seem to be desperately trying to defend yourself here and it's really not working. Just admit that you're a fucking retard for not going to the village first. It's okay to admit when you've done something stupid it's not a big deal.

After the king talks to you, you have two objectives, kill ganon, which obviously is the end game quest, and second to go to the village to meet impa. When you've literally only got one actual quest then obviously you should go do that quest, you're still at the beginning of the game what the fuck else are you going to do? They didn't even tell you to hunt down the divine beasts yet. Obviously you follow the quest.

I didn't even use a map and I fucking found it. The King points at that giant crevice that's visible for ten miles away, you can't possibly get lost.

>They didn't even tell you to hunt down the divine beasts yet.
And I knew nothing about the divine beasts aside from the scribbles I saw during the visual representation of the calimity legend. So I didn't know anyone would tell me to hunt them down.
Riju did that when I eventually met her though.

I think the game is just too damn underwhelming. Koroks and shrines are the only permanent rewards you have to find, so the game is seriously padded. The worst examples are the weapons (which are all reskins of the same ~6 movesets) and enemies (only three different types of which are the trash mobs you spend 90% of the game fighting)

I admit I got stumped by this and had to go get a guide

Exactly. So I never thought I'd be missing out on much by not going to Kakariko.

In the end I am fine with how things are really. But I was to change anything about it. I'd probably just make a couple of small adjustments.

Having to meet Hestu on the path towards Kakariko is something I feel like is a huge mistake. I had over a hundred seeds before I even met Hestu and realized that the seeds were for inventory expansion.
And the ironic thing is that after you give Hestu his maracas, you can find Hestu chilling out at various stables and stuff throughout the land before finding the Korok forest. Considering what a huge deal the inventory expansion is, they probably should have made it possible to meet Hestu at the stables to begin with. So that he could spill the beans about inventory expansion even if you never headed towards Kakariko.

And while it wouldn't be a huge change. It would have been neat if more NPCs throughout the land gossiped about the ancient tech research labs. Kind of like how NPCs gossips about the master sword. Though admittedly, Beedle does give you an ancient arrow and speaks briefly about the Akkala research lab. Which makes the idea of finally finding that place pretty exciting. But they should have had NPCs speak more about the Hateno research lab, and hint at the prospects of rune research one way or another.

With just this you wouldn't really miss out no matter what direction you head off in. More or less. It's fine as is. But I feel like something like the above would have been an improvement.

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while I get what you mean, all this talks of people experiencing the game differently made me realize something:

This is practically the 2017's version of sharing the found secrets and journeys people had to do with Zelda 1 in 80s. Obviously instead of having to pay for Nintendo's official releases to get all secrets and features, people nowadays just google things up, but even that is compensates with the huge density of stuff to do and find.

Those who are all into the plot and lore alone will obviously run straight to the instructed towns on the beaten paths. More adventurous explorers will obviously just fuck it and check out what ever tickles their fancy at the moment. Somewhere in between may also lie the "achiever" gamers, who just want to 100% everything, and either go through the game with a fine comb on their own, or with a guide / list of some sort.
There's something for everyone, and it's not hard to figure out various self-imposed challenges either. The way I'm playing the game, the hyped "Hard mode" DLC sounds a bit extreme.

>All those seal puns in Gerudo Town
You just couldn't help yourself NoA. When will they learn that puns aren't fucking funny.

>seal puns
I actually thought they were pretty cute. Even the bad ones.
That said. Aren't there pun seals in the Japanese version too? Japan tends to really like puns and word play.

This is one of the game's greatest triumphs - everyone who plays it has their own unique adventure and story to tell.

Exactly. The last time I've seen something like this happen was with the STALKER series, which is a well known Sup Forums-classic with its endless threads and the legendary "greentext stories". The dynamic AI system in open world obviously helped a lot in Stalker's case.

Goddammit, the things I would do to those feet (lick them and rub my dick against them).

Am I the only one who got memed by the whole "horses don't run into trees after all hehe" thing? They've been running into stones nonstop

What puns are you talking about? Played with German text.

>too damn overwhelming
I lost interest in the series because of it's simplicity and lack of replay value.
Fuck the old formula.

I don't think BotW has much replay value. The entire novelty is the exploration.

I can't see myself replaying BotW in a long time

pfff no, if anything it's lacking full on dungeons.

I just started a 2nd play through to fight ganon with out the divine beasts still enjoying it thus far

Kind of

I can't play it for short amounts of time because I always get sucked in, finding new objectives and shit to do. I haven't played it in a while. I don't think I'll finish it before the last DLC pack ill be out

Holy shit how are you this slow? I 100% the entire game including medals in a week. Like, without a guide I wouldn't have been able to get the Korok Seeds, but still.

what is the point of this image

And that's why hard mode was invented.

How does this differ from the usual skyrim-esque empty world of shit?
Seems too overrated to me

>play again but enemies do more damage
why?

That's trying to fathom why Super Mario World is better than Bubsy The Bobcat. They both look the same on paper right? 2D platformer, run from left to right, stomp on the bad guys head and reach the end goal. What makes Super Mario World so vastly superior?

PREQUEL WHEN

I mean what makes this open world special, like I know about the cooking but what else is there to do instead of killing monsters and solving shrines?

Nintendo don't care about timelines, it's an afterthought to them. Nintendo just want to make games.