Ricky Ricardo
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Man, just announce the NX so I can put up my money for the BotW edition
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New Zelda Breath of the WIld Weapons Gameplay video
- Thread starter Crossing Eden
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I do wonder how this free-wheeling weapon system will balance against the heavier puzzles. Will they just avoid puzzles that can be cheesed by the fire rod but are arduous to carry out with a torch, to account for you maybe not having a fire rod? But it seems even the shrines with the tablet gadgets are meant to be doable in various orders. Will the gadgets just be neat and interchangeable or truly integral to the puzzle design? Sandbox design is going to bump heads with puzzle design, so I'm curious how they'll navigate that.
I mean, I don't think I'll be held by the 'run around, kill things, find old Zelda things, break them, repeat' gameplay very much, so I hope they find a way to tie the neater effects they're designing back into more standard dungeon fare.
I mean, I don't think I'll be held by the 'run around, kill things, find old Zelda things, break them, repeat' gameplay very much, so I hope they find a way to tie the neater effects they're designing back into more standard dungeon fare.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Combat seems to be a step down from Skyward Sword. Then again that was the only 3D Zelda with interesting combat, so I can't complain too much.
CrAzY FiNgErS
Member
Hm? He was very expressive in Twilight Princess.
Aint got nothing on Skyward Sword Link.
LOL, these look like animatronic Links in comparison to his expressions in BotW. Scary, actually, with those looping GIFs.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Whyyyyyyyyy
So this guy explains why the music so far in BotW is brilliant and points out that the OG Zelda Main Theme and Lon Lon Ranch are actually in the trailer music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkHtziJgFJI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkHtziJgFJI
TriForce Hero
Member
Aint got nothing on Skyward Sword Link.
"Did I leave the fucking oven on again!?"
That's great stuff. It's always nice to know how much effort is going into a production like this, even if it isn't immediately noticeable.
StanleyPalmtree
Banned
"They're just there to show they are actually not there anymore."
this impresses me so, so much.
Banjotanooki
Member
Game looks good but I HATE the fact that it slows down every time you hit an enemy. Or is that just an effect?
It looks like the game only slows down for heavy hits.
It's been an effect ever since Ocarina of Time. The slight pause is intentional, and also serves as a way of letting the player know their hit really connected.
The Hermit
Member
The music, setting and small details ( the rusted Master Sword being the big one) all show how Hyrule is nothing but a distant memory.
Nintendo decided to change the whole formula of Zelda, a full descontruction, yet it all makes sense even in the lore/story sense.
I am impressed.
so the suddenly cut and change of music, was totally intentional, cool!
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
Arghh why did i watch? I really need this game right now 
can not wait. Hurry up nintendo.
can not wait. Hurry up nintendo.
This is somehow exactly what i've always wanted Link to look like.
Yep, hopefully he's as expressive in cutscenes too instead of another TP style stare at everything Link.
I just wanna...
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Deleted member 465307
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Yep, what sfried said. It emphasizes strikes to give them weight. Sakurai discusses how he uses the effect in Smash in this piece.
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Deleted member 465307
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Mutual respect is always nice*.
*Assuming someone at Nintendo actually respects Dark Souls
Alcotholic
Banned
Well it's the truth. Hahaha.
That's dope.
Huh? According to that video what they did was they cut and rearranged the trailer to create a different tone. They took ABC and made it ACB. So the trailer is not the original correct cut.
The Hermit
Member
Mutual respect is always nice*.
*Assuming someone at Nintendo actually respects Dark Souls
Since Dark Souls first launched, people said that game was a better Zelda game than the later ones, soo...
Admiral Woofington
Member
I'm bothered too much by weapon degradation. If it has to be a thing make it where it doesn't happen often.
Alcotholic
Banned
It would bother me if I had to spend time and resources to fix the weapons, but weapons degrading is part of fighting. I find that kind interesting and cool. You can deal critical damage by breaking a weapon on an enemy.
Plus weapons are super easy to come by, it's not as big of a deal if a weapon breaks on you.
I would assume that the Master sword will be the only weapon that won't break.
Admiral Woofington
Member
it'd be fine if I wanted to get every single weapon. But if I really like a weapon style I'm going to actively avoid fights now as much as possible. I don't want to lose the claymore and have to replace it with a club.
yeah, meaning that it was intentional and not bad editing or something like some people thought
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
It shouldn't be that overbearing.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Thats a PR person tho
Alcotholic
Banned
I don't think you have much of an option at the start, but I'm sure there would be a weapon crafting system for these things, plus probably a weapon repairs system for those who want it, especially if you have a really strong weapon you crafted.
Admiral Woofington
Member
if they give me the option to forge my own weapons then yeah that's fine. Forge your own that is either unbreakable or at the least easily repairable. We don't know enough though so hopefully they took notes from other games with weapon durability issues.
No, it was bad editing. They intentionally edited it for whatever reason; it's not like they tripped over a cord and it rearranged the 2nd and 3rd parts. But the way things look and sound due to their intentional rearrangement is bad. A good edit doing the same thing would have been to rearrange the audio independently and blend the audio correctly, then arrange clips to the new audio. Instead it seems like what they did was they created a trailer with clips synced to the original arrangement of the music, then cut and rearranged the already completed trailer, which created the jarring visuals and audio.
I think for this game were gonna have to not get too attached to any one weapon. Until late game with the master sword, we may never get a sword that's "our" sword. Just "a" sword. To me it seems best to view the weapons the way You would view power ups in a platformer like Mario. In one level you get the fire flower. You use it for as long as you can, taking it to different levels, but you know it's just a power up, not your base state. So you know eventually you'll lose it. But that's fine because there's more power ups to be found. And besides, several of your abilities will be permanent like the runes and paraglider. You'll always have something to fight with.
ReyVGM
Member
If you're talking about the 'bullet time', that only happens when you perform a perfect dodge.
If you're talking about the pause after each strike, that's intentional and personally I like it like that. It makes it feel like you actually hit something, otherwise it just feels like you're swinging at the air.
I'm guessing that the NPCs/Towns will serve as a place to create durable weapons for a steep price, in addition to other equipment.
ReyVGM
Member
Botox.
Now that's how you stay humble and awesome at the same time :')