Not sure how new this is, but seeing that you canis pretty hype.deflect the Guardian's laser beam
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Preview Thread
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OMFG
Shit that is awful
20-25 fps for long periods...
They could release a day one patch i guess..
Almost makes me want to play portable only..
Slurpy2k20
Member
Not sure how new this is, but seeing that you canis pretty hype.deflect the Guardian's laser beam
Where the fuck is the corresponding video? I need to watch this.
casey_contra
Member
Awesome! You are my hero.
This isn't nearly as bad as FFXV. Even a little better than Xenoblade X I think. I'm feelin' good!
Zee Giesbrecht
Member
So I think the recent preview videos confirm that the final Switch version is downgraded ( Dynamic Lighting ) if compared with the previous (2016) shown Wii U build.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YmAVhlVqF8&feature=youtu.be&t=14m29s
Some known comparison shots below:
Discomurf posted these today.
Switch:
Wii U:
Since we have no idea of how the final WiiU version looks like now do you guys think both versions were toned down to enhance performance? Are these effects still there for WiiU?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YmAVhlVqF8&feature=youtu.be&t=14m29s
Some known comparison shots below:
Discomurf posted these today.
Switch:
Wii U:
Since we have no idea of how the final WiiU version looks like now do you guys think both versions were toned down to enhance performance? Are these effects still there for WiiU?
Yes you can swim (but I don't know about diving underwater), but if your stamina meter depletes you drown.
Inferno313
Banned
So I think the recent preview videos confirm that the final Switch version is downgraded ( Dynamic Lighting ) if compared with the previous (2016) shown Wii U build.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YmAVhlVqF8&feature=youtu.be&t=14m29s
Some known comparison shots below:
Discomurf posted these today.
Switch:
Wii U:
Since we have no idea of how the final WiiU version looks like now do you guys think both versions were toned down to enhance performance? Are these effects still there for WiiU?
The Switch is more powerful than the WiiU in both docked and handheld mode. I'd be very surprised if these features were still in-tact on the WiiU version.
broncobuster
Banned
I'd take a 720p TV option to get smoother performance. Nintendo tends to be stingy with options but I hope they consider a patch.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Me. I had major issues with the lack of difficulty and the item renting system, and as such it's one of my least favorites in the series alongside Skyward Sword.
Not sure how new this is, but seeing that you canis pretty hype.deflect the Guardian's laser beam
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
https://youtu.be/Z9t2uY91kyg?t=160
There's a ~30 pages topic about this. They didn't cut dynamic lights from the game, just indoor areas appear to have different lighting than before for some reason.
Skittzo0413
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martino
Member
watched it and i like his appreciation of story/writing (they are not as easy to please as us reviewer) won't be great to his tastes from tone he indirectly spoke of it (but it's a zelda game, nesscafegeorgeclooney.gif)
LordOcidax
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Watching Gamespot live stream right (Is over) now. According to them, Zelda feels like revolution in the open world genre. And Horizon next to Zelda looks bland. Shots fired everywhere.
Okami Haundo
Member
Thanks for the video! Honestly that's better than I expected given the way some people have been posting about the performance. However, I'm not the type to demand a "locked" FPS for any given game. As long as it doesn't become a literal slideshow during moments that demand instant input, I'm happy.
mario_O
Member
C'mon now. It's a revolution for Zelda, but not something new. These previews are going craazy man.
Have you played it?
Green Yoshi
Member
And still it got a Metacritic score of 93:
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword
I like it but I'm sceptical concerning reviews of Zelda games.
I think we've all known for a while that Horizon, while quite excellent, builds upon the mold of previous open world games and does it very well. Zelda is the first true shakeup in the formula in many years. It's quite okay. We can have both!
LordOcidax
Member
Peter Brown words not mine, and he have the game....
MiamiWesker
Member
Still reading through all this, and I know embargos, but I read a preview that said all shrines they found so far was solved with the same items they got at the start of the game. That scares me, one of the best part of zelda is getting new items as the game goes on that adds variety and introduces new concepts at a steady pace. So those playing, should I be scared or not?
brandonh83
Banned
Game looks a lot worse in handheld mode IMO.
So you very well could be right, but you haven't played it so you can't know for sure. And a lot of reviewers, including Kotaku's own Jason Schreier in this thread, have said a lot of excitement stems from things they haven't shown the public at all yet. There's a mechanic in this very thread that was spoiled that none of us had ever seen before. They could be all caught up in the zeitgeist, but I think people playing the game would be better equipped to comment on if it's a revolution than someone who hasn't played it
Granted, I have not played it. But for a while now we've known that a lot of the puzzles in the game are physics based, and the old Zelda progression of getting new items to complete new puzzles are gone. You'll get most of the runes to solve puzzles within the first few hours of exploring
I dont agree. Zelda is a shakeup of Zelda, but it really isnt new for the open world genre.
That said, nothing wrong with that at all.
Horizon being so good, I wondered if Zelda releasing after it would suffer in reviews. Today I wonder if it's not the other way around, and if it was not better for Horizon to release earlier.
There aren't that many open world games with this focus on physics based, systems driven gameplay and level of polish.
I don't know how to answer that, but i know that puzzles are physics based and you can solve them in many different ways with your items and runes, which sounds like a huge improvement compared to the (already great) items based puzzles in previous titles.
Around what point do they say that? Just curious
Except this isnt true. Usually the ending is the part that is rushed and full of padding
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
The forum with the most traffic on GameSpot is System Wars.
Edit: Misread the question ;_;
LordOcidax
Member
Waiting for the re upload to post the link here.
Inferno313
Banned
Have you played it? No offense, I trust the opinions of folks who have played the games over people who know as much about the game as I do.
Ugh, this rivalry really is gonna extend into 2018
Cucurbitacée
Member
In one video some weeks (months?) ago, one quest was granted by talking to an old man at a stable.
mario_O
Member
Just Cause says hi. The mechanics have a little bit of everything: Monster Hunter, Skyrim etc. It looks amazing all together, but I wouldn't say it's a "revolution" of the open world genre.
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Deleted member 465307
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...that is the opposite of what I'd expect. But I guess it's good to hear!
This talk of a mechanic I haven't heard about yet (and don't want spoiled) is really intriguing. On review day, I think I'll stick to the review summaries and Meta/Opencritic aggregate scores and discover this stuff for myself. I'm amazed at how much of this game Nintendo seems to have kept out of the public eye, given how much of their other games they've spoiled with promo.
LordOcidax
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39:50
SinCityAssassin
Member
That's... odd, actually.
I very much disagree. I vividly remember the ending of every single 3D Zelda. OOT, MM, WW, TP, even SS excelled at bringing home the goods and delivering an emotionally impactful conclusion.
No but ive seen enough of the world and the blatant ubisoft towers
DecoReturns
Member
Thats really weird
You answered yourself though: not all the mechanics in the game are new, but there aren't other games that mix all of them in a cohesive way, so the result is still something new.
Not necessarily.
Not that weird, really. It is high up and central, so there's probably a lot more going on in the distance with regards to visible geometry in the distance.