The blights are tough only insofar as the game's combat is tougher. Got OHKO'd a couple times by thunderblight Ganon, which is more than any Zelda boss has done to me in a long time (at least outside of the NES games that i played recently). Mechanically they're much less complex, though still similar to other 3D Zelda bosses in that there's one trick to beat their respective special attacks, which is item-based.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT2| It's 98 All Over Again
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The blights are tough only insofar as the game's combat is tougher. Got OHKO'd a couple times by thunderblight Ganon, which is more than any Zelda boss has done to me in a long time (at least outside of the NES games that i played recently). Mechanically they're much less complex, though still similar to other 3D Zelda bosses in that there's one trick to beat their respective special attacks, which is item-based.
The Lamonster
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Wait, so you can't dye the champions tunic? I wanted to dye it green - how else am I supposed to get a more classic look
It's a shame. I wish every piece of armor could be dyed, including the amiibo classic outfits.
Vampirolol
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Very good puzzles, good atmosphere and ideas, but way too short. Bossfights are ok, nothing special since there's not the "use item X to beat the boss", so they lack the Zelda feeling on that side. I like these dungeons, but they are not the strong point of this game.
The puzzles I love the most are the environmental ones you need to solve for some shrines.
Aldric
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They're not hard at all once you know the patterns. The signposting for all their attacks is super obvious, giving you free flurry rushes, and they're very vulnerable to elemental arrows, especially ice ones. Nothing remotely as difficult as Lynels.
Yep. Only the game doesn't presume to shove an hour of small key hunting, mandatory item collecting and boss fighting down your throat anymore, instead letting you chose whichever way you'd like to tackle all of it.
They've finally succeeded in what they've been talking about for years: thoroughly changing the old formula.
nicoga3000
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This picture is amazing. I can't imagine how BOTW would have been if the dungeons were more like OoT. Not to say BOTW isn't amazing, but OoT was something real special...If the team were able to translate that feeling of mystery and grandeur into the BOTW landscape - holy damn.
anyone with a Wii U know the answer to this? '-'
archreaper93
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What are the conditions for making silver enemies spawn?
Taking down the Lynel
near Shatterback to get the schock arrows
But oh MAN, what a feeling when it went down.
Also, I'm not sure if you consider getting to the dungeon as part of the dungeon. It seems with the exception of
the Ruto dungeon
I've solved more riddles by accident than by intentionally trying to solve them lol.
I loved the one with the bone crown though. I was hunting for something like a Stalnox and saw a deer and was like "oh... OH!". It was cool
Tom Nook
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Didn't know if there is a
painter clue
Clue:
Forest area Northeast of Bottomless swamp.
Just finished the game after about 100 hours. Ganon was a bit easy and I forgot to collect the last memory before finishing, but what an amazing experience. Probably my favourite game of all time.
The great thing is there is so much left to do that I can either jump back in immediately or save the extra content for another playthrough in the near future.
The great thing is there is so much left to do that I can either jump back in immediately or save the extra content for another playthrough in the near future.
SomewhatGroovy
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Jangowuzhere
Banned
Fuck man
Snow areas are zero fun to explore in this game. Movement speed is reduced significantly and you can barely see what's infront of you.
Snow areas are zero fun to explore in this game. Movement speed is reduced significantly and you can barely see what's infront of you.
Yea I think it's this game's biggest misstep. Imagine how awesome it would be to stumble upon that forest temple randomly while exploring... and then like maybe you're ready maybe you're not? and you'd have to go prepare by gathering food/weapons/arrows.... but instead it feels like to me most of the mechanics are meaningless because every destination and reward is basically the same. The journey is always fun, but rewards are shallow.
digitalflame
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Has anyone figured out what
does?
the Classified Envelope you get for completing the compendium
SomewhatGroovy
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There's a solution for that: snow boots. Go to Gerudo desert if you haven't already. The main questline will grant you them.
BlueLiquid
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85+ hours in, already beat Ganon, doing more exploring, and I just found out that
you can pick up "live" severed Stal heads and their bodies will chase you around and stomp their feet in frustration. And instead of a regular throw, R does a drop kick with the head, at least with Stalmoblins. I now make it a point to drop-kick them over cliffs.
Jangowuzhere
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I already did the quest to get the sand boots. Now the guy wants me to go back into the snow area and find another object which is much more difficult to find. I gave up on it.
WrenchNinja
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Snowboots suck cause they don't resist the cold for some arbitrary reason
Which is fine because no cold are need more than two pieces of cold gear, put on two piece of rito cold gear and the pants and you're good to go.
I stay pretty warm if I wear snow boots plus two snowquill pieces.
Also I stay pretty cool if I wear sand boots plus two desert voe pieces.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
That's the quest to get the boots.
Tips?
Couple of things. Equipping a fire weapon helps keep Link warm.
You can also cook up elixers to stay warm. I believe they sell one at gerudo and you can look up its recipe.
Also in Gerudo city, you can buy a cold resistant crown to stay warm.
As for the location of one of two items, they are relatively close by. The first one, i think, its obvious as you climb up the mountain and is near a Lynel. The second is Northwest from there.
WrenchNinja
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I know. It's still dumb though.
This is so wrong. And the best part about low visibility is when it passes and everything is super clear, what looked like a misty canyon is all these crags and slopes. Just left it and I already miss it.
CharminUltra
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Kinda disappointed that
doesn't play a bigger role in the game (or at least she hasn't yet.) She's super adorable.
Paya
Moff
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Gerudo highlands is easily the worst zone in the game, but not because of the snow, just because obviously no effort went into it
Hebra Mountains is a very nice zone that invites exploration at every turn. You also often have clear weather, I don't know why you'd imply it had always poor visibility.
Version 3.0
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I did both this weekend for the first time. I'd been playing well over 100 hours and spent at least a couple of those in the same area where I finally saw one (looking for Ice Keese and Lizalfos).
Someone please prove me wrong, because I also "confirmed" that you can't ride moose or ostriches.
Jangowuzhere
Banned
It almost never clears. And when there is low visibility, it looks like an old gamecube game.
I've been to 90% of the areas in this game. The snow areas are by far the least interesting.
I still think that they're not equivalent - despite previous games not having difficult bosses, the degree to which playing the game normally completely trivialises this set is new. It's almost a waste of resources to create boss enemies that the player will barely interact with - some form of scaling that ensures that the blight of the last Beast will be measurably more resilient than the first doesn't come from a need for them to act as hard gates of progress; but rather ensure that they're not such an outlier on the game's regular curve of difficulty. Being so underwhelming as enemies actively prevents the sense of closure you're describing.
Fix your TV settings, and you must not have been there long, it clears up all the time. And that's like your opinion man. Nothing like climbing up the backside of the mountain, seeing an ice cube on another outcropping, only to find out it's a talus.
What you describe is endemic to open world games with character progression. I would say that BotW actually keeps it's challenge significantly better than other titles such as Skyrim or Witcher 3. Witcher 3 in particular completely lost me since it became such a cakewalk half way through I just wasn't having fun anymore.
Jangowuzhere
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No, it doesn't. When it does, there is nothing interesting to look at either. The snow areas are completely devoid of interesting landmarks to seek out.
You see plenty of talus throughout the world. Not sure why an ice one is exactly special.
Lord Azrael
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I have similar complaints regarding Hebra (haven't been to any other snow areas yet). The storm barely ever subsided. At least when it did, the views looked gorgeous.
I must just not be good, because I got my shield knocked out several times during the thunder fight and had to heal a bunch. The fight was also very different in terms of attacks and progression from the first water one, even though they looked similar in form. I think they do a good job with closure too since the sequences tie in with the character stories of that region, you get a heart, some nice new gear, and the dungeon's "role" in the narrative continues after you leave them. I'm glad I don't see these as bad things for the series, and instead view them as wholly refreshing for a series that was repeatedly criticized for not changing enough over a couple generations.
victreeb3l
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Sand boots are my favorite pants in the game.
I wish you could get a Sheikah armor that looked more like the kimono-like top they wear.
I wish you could get a Sheikah armor that looked more like the kimono-like top they wear.
kunonabi
Member
Finished the shrines. I can honestly say I'm never replaying this game after I finish this 100% run. The shit dungeons and shrines are not something I ever want to bother with again. I'm going to spend today doing sidequests so I may or may not get to the final beast tonight.
I must say the shrine reward looks great.
I must say the shrine reward looks great.
The Lamonster
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Did the Thunder arena shrine quest (or whatever it's called).
Such a simple puzzle, but so satisfying to figure it out on my own.
Such a simple puzzle, but so satisfying to figure it out on my own.
Com Truise
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Yeah, this is what I expected from BotW before playing the game. The disappointment is real ;_;
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
One of only 2 times in the game where rain as a mechanic is actually a good thing.
Two dungeons down now and I got the
. Also maybe 4-5ish memories to go.
I think I need a break. As great as this game is, the whole repetition of go here > climb tower > find and do shrines is starting to wear on me.
I also got a crapton of weapon upgrades. I suddenly went from rotating between crappy weapons to suddenly being overwhelmed by good weapons because I found that
.
Fighting guardians doesn't seem so bad anymore because it seems
.
By the way, are there any other interactions you could have with Paya besides just going "hey Paya, what's up?" It seems odd that that's all the talking you can do with her.
Master Sword
I think I need a break. As great as this game is, the whole repetition of go here > climb tower > find and do shrines is starting to wear on me.
I also got a crapton of weapon upgrades. I suddenly went from rotating between crappy weapons to suddenly being overwhelmed by good weapons because I found that
de-resting the weapons found near Hyrule Castle results in super strong stuff
Fighting guardians doesn't seem so bad anymore because it seems
the Master Sword makes short work of them
By the way, are there any other interactions you could have with Paya besides just going "hey Paya, what's up?" It seems odd that that's all the talking you can do with her.
The Lamonster
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Let me guess - the other piece of
rubber
Where you have to use Zora armor to swim up the waterfall and then drop a metal weapon on the hill to use lightning to break open access to the shrine?
Ultimadrago
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I have to disagree Zelda keeping its challenge. The lack of enemy variety and open nature allowing you to find relatively powerful equipment early on (I'm still speaking about a few hours in and not minutes following the Great Plateau, of course) made the feel of sticking to the edge of my seat over any battle an unlikelihood. That said, I'm not a player that feels sheer difficulty makes an adventure. However, when I come to a "Major Combat trial" and know that it'll be the same enemy with the same pattern and only a single spawn, it takes the pressure out of the whole title. It actually bleeds into a late-game encounter making it also less interesting visually and mechanically, which was a disappointment.
afternoon delight
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Finding unique horses is so much fun. Way more fun than other games with horses.
Meh, I love the snowy mountains. It feels like an adventure.
This has been my favorite challenge in the game bar none. I love the use of light and darkness.
It's the placement of the talus. I was walking along the back boundary and decided to climb up, as I'm climbing up, I passed a small outcropping, and the way he's placed, it's only the one cube of ice like they'd been training me to melt for stones instead of three like the usual talus signifier. So it looks like a small reward for going up this part of the mountain, but then, as soon as you land, he rises up and you're fighting on the edge of cliff on the side of a mountain. Was so shocked, he one shotted me immediately.
And again subjective, but there are a lot of landmarks and interesting cliffs. Some cool hidden shrines, shield boarding course, just looking for the flags leads you to things, like a hinox.
I think the designers realize this, which is why the pillars are gone. Instead they have metal cubes recessed into the ground. It's fun trying out different ways to take out the guardians using the runes.
CharminUltra
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Yesss had a blast with that one.
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