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New Zelda: Breath of the Wild screenshots and closer look at full Hyrule map
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bigboss370
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game looks really rough.
comes with the territory i suppose, however the artstyle is compelling.
comes with the territory i suppose, however the artstyle is compelling.
There are lots of videos showing the frame-rate difference
ZeroMaverick
Member
So how big is the game again? How big is the starting area?
NinjaCoachZ
Member
I said this in the other thread, but damn, the Wii U version is actually holding up pretty well.
brochiller
Member
Somebody did some analysis and found that the map is bigger than Skyrim.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
The game always looked great on Wii U. Are you people surprised? The Switch is not much stronger than Wii U lol.
It just looks better on Switch because of slightly better textures, draw distance and resolution bump. Its still, "The Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wild."
It just looks better on Switch because of slightly better textures, draw distance and resolution bump. Its still, "The Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wild."
ZeroMaverick
Member
🙃🙃🙃🙃really?
SinCityAssassin
Member
So you mean it just looks better on the Switch because looks it's better in almost every possible way.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71XT+mMLQuL._SL1500_.jpg
What the hell is happening in the bottom right hand of the screen with those two missing columns on the bridge?
Edit: Eh nevermind, it looks like they're just destroyed. Doesn't look great though because the bridge doesn't bend in or anything. Looks more like a glitch than anything else to me.
What the hell is happening in the bottom right hand of the screen with those two missing columns on the bridge?
Edit: Eh nevermind, it looks like they're just destroyed. Doesn't look great though because the bridge doesn't bend in or anything. Looks more like a glitch than anything else to me.
What the hell is happening in the bottom right hand of the screen with those two missing columns on the bridge?
They broke?
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Damn what a beauty <3
The compression is pretty noticable but they're JPEG images so yeah, they did
TwilightPrincess
Member
Switch is stronger than Wii U, 3 times Ram etc., but it's a port. i am ok with the graphics.
Yeah it just looks super weird because two support columns broke but the bridge didn't start to bend inwards at all? What?
Just seems super jarring and caught my eye. I'm done now.
Baleoce
Member
As beautiful as it looks, I still would have vastly preferred a more realistic look like the initial Wii U tech demo.
I'd forgotten all about this xD Some of the Zelda concepts over the years have been.. something else.
Vital Tundra
Member
They weren't kidding when they said no 2 games will have the same time of day or weather at any point. Might be hard to get some shot for shot comparisons out in the world of the 2 versions when they release.
the area of the map within the sky blue circle is the area of the E3 demo. You can kinda guess the size of the entire rest of the map from that.
thebisonxrc
Member
Man, this game looks fantastic. The Switch version is especially sharp. There's definitely nothing wrong with how the Wii U version is looking, though. I absolutely cannot wait to play this game. Thank goodness it's not far off!
It's best to take the estimates with a grain of salt as even the slightest errors can result in massive changes in the final results. One pretty exhaustive one was made with the assumption that this Link is 5'7" just like OoT Link, which could dramatically alter results if off, but that estimate came up with the world being 62-82 sq km, range based on a possible error in measuring Link vs the ladder steps being 3.2 vs 3.5 = Link's height.
Thread with all the info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/truezelda/..._from_rbreath_of_the_wild_analyzing_botw_map/
For comparison Skyrim is around like ~37 sq km. The Witcher 3 is something like 46 sq km not including DLC. So BotW is quite a bit larger than both if this estimate is correct. 67-98% larger than Skyrim and 35-78% larger than The Witcher 3.
Additionally the Great Plateau has been described by Nintendo as only being about 2% of the world. Fan estimates put its relative size as being possibly close to just 1% of the world map's size as you can 90 Great Plateaus over the whole map. Just watching any of the extended E3 footage should tell you that the Great Plateau is not some tiny starting area, so the idea that the rest of the world is as big as 89 of those things is pretty staggering no matter what the actual sq km really ends up being.
How About No
Member
Jesus Christ it's beautiful
Jesus Christ it looks like Starsiege Tribes from 1998
JaseMath
Member
There's always interiors spaces.
Gai Murakumo
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I am satisfied with how the Wii U version looks, so it is that version for me.
Precisely what I thought when I read the post.
Devilinthiscity
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The lighting looks slightly better on the Switch but that could be due to the time of day. Other than that, I can live with the textures and draw distance of the Wii U version.
Neoleo2143
Member
Yep. There's quite a bit of variety.
Awesome! Any you know of off-hand? I figure fishing is probably one.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Yes. Exactly!
Vanguard771
Member
It might have something to do with the bridge not casting a shadow on the water. Now that I've noticed it I can't unsee it.
So the map is about as big as GTA V and bigger than both Skyrim and TW3 (all regions). Well that's pretty damn huge.
Dude you know you want it, and with dat sweet limited edition!Kinda regret canceling my switch preorder looking at those images.
My wallet will thank me later I guess.
Neoleo2143
Member
Well off the top of my head, there's the cooking mechanic (it's a bit more freeform than crafting mechanics in other games), using the elemental systems (either the environment or the player tools) to change items, capturing and taming horses and potentially Dogs, Minigames like playing golf with the Stasis rune, Defeating enemy camps, solving shrines, taking on sidequests, climbing areas to get to treasure, using items to navigate the environment like blowing a raft to cross a river or cutting down physics driven trees correctly to make paths, shield surfing down hills, burning down all of hyrule, hunting animals while taking into account the amount of noise you make, horseback combat and other sidequests that don't give you quest markers to follow blindly.
As beautiful as it looks, I still would have vastly preferred a more realistic look like the initial Wii U tech demo.
I am sort of glad they didn't go that route. The current art style is way more special and interesting.
NipplesAndToes23
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Why these look funky when you click on them?
valkillmore
Member
It truly does
Wii U is no slouch. Won't have any reservations about buying and playing the game on Wii U.jabberwocker
Banned
As beautiful as it looks, I still would have vastly preferred a more realistic look like the initial Wii U tech demo.
That already looks dated. The art style they have now looks amazing and will be much kinder over the years.
But holy shit the draw distance details are way different than I though they would be. I would take 900p and those visuals vs 1080p and the Wiiu draw distances any day. I thought they were going to be almost the exact same more or less besides resolution.
As beautiful as it looks, I still would have vastly preferred a more realistic look like the initial Wii U tech demo.
Hmm....
You know what? I think I'm good for now, thanks.
Fuck image compression though.