Yeah! Honestly when I was thinking about it there was something that bothered me that I knew just didn't sit right. To me this is the most logical answer to it when you break it down.
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Breath of the Wild is the official subtitle for Zelda U/NX, first gameplay trailer
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Yeah! Honestly when I was thinking about it there was something that bothered me that I knew just didn't sit right. To me this is the most logical answer to it when you break it down.
Wow, no. You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.
The LOD is quite clearly better than in the 2014 footage which is why the person you quoted said it looks so terrible. Now it actually has some pretty nice detail in the distance; be it on death mountain or the castle, with things even being in motion far in the distance (though the trees still look pretty weird from a distance).
And cutscenes will assuredly be higher poly, just like any in a lot of other Nintendo games. Surprisingly, the same will be the case in this new Nintendo game! The best thing about this is Aonuma told us that this is in fact a cutscene.
I was going to post this. The 2014 footage looks better close up, but it looks like shit when you look past the large wooden platform and small central forest. The area to the right is literally green ooze.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Yea it seems I was mistaken, things up close look a lot worse than in that 2014 render than in the 2016 build compared to the LOD, which looks really fake. But then again we're talking about a target render with a map made in a relatively short amount of time relatively speaking compared to an actual playable in-game map. The shortcomings of the LOD aren't hidden very well by that fog though.
Joeshabadoo
Member
to be fair Re: close up detail 2014 vs 2016, and overall lush colors 2014 vs 2016, there are very different time of day lighting circumstances between those two stills above. Plenty of direct feed we've seen this year, even the horseback combat in the field at the beginning of the switch reveal video showcases more lush grassy areas with bright colors popping extremely similar to the somewhat doctored and polished 2014 reveal. that starting cliff perch and opening vista has link on more of a purely rock surface without much growth.
i see Crossing Eden is steadfast in his position, and I respect that. but i remain 98% sure that people will be able to traverse the terrain showcased at e3 2014
i see Crossing Eden is steadfast in his position, and I respect that. but i remain 98% sure that people will be able to traverse the terrain showcased at e3 2014
Joeshabadoo
Member
bruh, the grounded guardians and steppe talus can be encountered within the first 5 minutes of playing the game and will one-shot you unless you've prepared some food.
I dont feel like this will be a very forgiving world
UnemployedVillain
Member
Question, is the bottom screenshot from the demo or trailer? Because if it was from the demo, it's possible they added fog to obscure far off details. It wouldn't be surprised considering they went as far as removing towns and NPCs from the demo
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Yeah, it seems you were mistaken.
The fog you see on the fields is in the game and will go away and come back again depending on the time of the day. It's not there to obscure vision. Though there are places covered by very thick fog on some mountains far in the distance that could be doing what you said, but I don't know man.
It's a bit of a bullshot, and yes it's from the demo. I don't think the fog is there to hide anything, unless it is on top of a mountain.
Towns and NPC's were never removed from the demo, that's a common misconception. There are just no NPC's on the Great Plateau because it is supposed to be cut off from the rest of the world. We don't know exactly why we haven't seen any towns yet, but it's probably because they are just further away from Hyrule Castle.
MindGamingMantis
Banned
I have this feeling that this game will replace OoT as the best.
GameCenter DX playing Breath of the Wild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdiKzCzLdpo&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdiKzCzLdpo&feature=youtu.be
ReyVGM
Member
Is it just me or does it look like they've added more flowers and stuff? Or maybe it's because the footage looks more colorful?
When he's fighting the bokgobling at 6:30 the grass is littered with those brownish thingies, I don't remember seeing so many of them before.
It's the same.
ReyVGM
Member
It shows the old man in a different spot around 14:09. I dunno, I'm seeing/noticing more those brownish things in the grass. Maybe it's the video quality I guess.
I checked the E3 videos, and while I see some, they don't stand out as much.
There's a book/note on the wookcutter's house table which was definitely not in the E3 demo.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
What sword he have to beat tallus steppe?
I don't think Link's ever had his ass kicked so convincingly before. Those animations are brutal.
Neoleo2143
Member
Dude dies like 6 times in what is essentially the tutorial of the game...sounds like Zelda 1 to me lol. If you aren't paying attention it seems the game really will kill you this time around.
Its not the E3 demo persay, this is the opening expanded. This is what you can expect from the start of the game, no blue tunic or anything.
Its not the E3 demo persay, this is the opening expanded. This is what you can expect from the start of the game, no blue tunic or anything.
TheCongressman1
Member
Huh, neat. The old man actually goes out and starts hunting at one point.
No idea but it seemed pretty good.
I love how this video just came straight out of the blue though.
ReyVGM
Member
Yeah, and it shows the old man cutting the tree we saw on the game's trailer.
This is definitely either a special demo, or they let him play for many hours and he's advancing the plot and/or sidequests.
WOW! Watch that amazing sunrise at 27:50!! Someone make a gif of it.
DownGrader
Member
Old Man is my husbando
Someone should do a high-quality gif from 27:53 to around 28:20!
Holy shit, I forgot how gorgeous this game is.
I wonder what that "clear" message is for which popped up after the sunrise.
Joeshabadoo
Member
god I envy that dude. The combined ~35 min I got with the game across two demo sessions felt like 5 minutes tops
TheMoon
Member
someone in the Switch thread did a frame analysis and confirmed that this was a result of stretching out the clip which produces the choppiness.
gotta admire games that manage to mess with our time perception
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
goddamn that sunrise was good
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
That clear message is just editing. Not part of the game, they set him up with objectives to complete and that popped up when he "cleared" them. The sunrise was coincedence when he got that cold resistant tunic.
Nicxe video! Really cool to see NPC going about their activities. Reassuring.
ReyVGM
Member
inb4 "someone" asks about a certain ledge in a certain Temple of Time.
He didn't even explore the temple of time. I was looking forward to it. He probably would have climbed that ledge.
That guy seems really annoying. It's cringeworthy watching him play the game.
Game look great though. One thing though: when you die, does it really need to say "Game Over"? Seems like it fits arcade games more than open world games.
Joeshabadoo
Member
well he played the game for hours. they chose to show what they chose to show. he could have
TheMoon
Member
They cut it out because they know.
Never played many open world games, eh?
Can't think of one without that.
Looks like someone didn't watch the GameXplain analysis.....
Hint: that area is real.
GodfatherX
Member
What ledge/theory are you all referencing? Know it's in jest but curious to the actual speculation
Never played many open world games, eh?
Can't think of one without that.
I've played Xenoblade X and The Witcher 3. Neither one have a game over screen. I'd understand a "game over" if you had to start a level all over again or load a save file, but here you just pretty much start where you were with nothing lost. Just feels a bit outdated with the open world structure. I guess it's just a bit of Nintendo's traditionalism seeping through.
UnemployedVillain
Member
I'm fairly sure the Assassin's Creed games have "game over" screens when you die
Jim_Cacher
Member
Oh shit there's an actual japanese dub for the game. Don't know why it never occured to me that there would be. Now I'm tempted to play it like that.
purseowner
Member
Doubt they'll include dual audio, but hey, at least the Japanese version's likely region free on the Switch.
I was hoping maybe a way to change your console settings to change the language? But that's assuming the japanese version would have english text.
Anyway it's not a dealbreaker, I don't even think there will be that much voice over in the game.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Man it must suck for the Japanese if they haven't been able to play it anywhere?
I actually like the "look" of the draw distance in the 2016 version more. It's far less whimsical and Disney like, and far more mysterious and Zelda-like if that makes sense. Either way, I'm very pleased by the look of the footage we've seen since E3 this year. It has the strongest art style of possibly any game I've ever seen.