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[floatingcoffins]

took direct inspiration from the world of the NES LOZ. .

Now I'm interested.

 

[johnsavage]

Collin posted this in the Treehouse thread:



If this is true, well its a bummer for me. Towns in Zelda games always feel vibrant and down right fun.

What are your thoughts on an open world Zelda game without towns and villages?

I've liked everything I've seen. Town are not the most memorable things in Zelda games. Hopefully they're making awesome

Spoiler

non water related

dungeons.

 

[_woLf]

This is a HUGE bummer for me.

I hate feeling alone in games. It makes me anxious and uncomfortable. My favorite thing about Zelda was even when you were in spooky places, you always knew you had navi/fi/midna/etc there with you.

This freaking sucks.

 

[thechristoph]

I am loving the direct inspiration from Zelda 1. No town, no tutorial, just get out there and do the thing.

I normally love Zelda's towns. Castle Town in Twilight was my favorite. But let's try something different!

 

[Movalpolos]

Hopefully there is a good reason for this choice.

 

[Caelus]

Sounds fine if they're going all post-apocalyptic, there will probably be small scattered settlements with people, maybe even hostile survivors or crafty merchants.

 

[Bananastand]

Ugh. Sounds more and more like Skyward Sword 2.0

Skyward Sword had a town?

 

[ahoyhoy]

Color me suddenly interested.

 

[wrowa]

Welp. Hoped there might be some time travel mechanics to make towns work in a ruined Hyrule, but I guess that's that then. Really disappointing since lively towns are actually kinda important to me in Zelda.

 

[Fat4all]

Zelda Souls.

 

[PaleFolklore]

Man the more I learn and see of this game the more disappointed I am.

 

[Jonneh3003]

It's a game about being in the wild and surviving, sounds like a clever design choice rather than a limitation

 

[Mass Effect]

That's disappointing.

 

[RagnarokX]

Source: NeoGAF. Nevermind that we saw towns in previous previews and an obviously occupied farmhouse in this demo.

 

[Cyclical]

This game reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus in many ways. Which is a great thing.

 

[Sylas]

I'm digging the idea that this is a post-post-apocalyptic Hyrule along the lines of Crystalis--but a bit more barren. The lack of towns is already making me wonder what the hell happened to Hyrule, whereas having towns would inevitably have people talking about "The Calamity" or talking about legends and whatnot.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Sounds fine to me.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Sounds good to me. This game is about exploring the wilderness.

 

[WrenchNinja]

and now the empty defenses look a little more empty

 

[fernoca]

They literally said it's like in the first Zelda game. Which many were asking for. Around the sense of solutide and exploration.

 

[BlackJace]

3 lines of canned dialogue from an NPC telling me how many hearts I can recover from drinking Lon Lon milk will not be missed.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Fits the tone of the game.

This plus the ambient music are hitting all the right buttons for me.

 

[crooked spin]

is poster Collin the only source for this? why make this thread without an actual source?

 

[Huge Succeeded]

Ugh. Sounds more and more like Skyward Sword 2.0

What the hell are you talking about? Have you seen any of today's footage at all?

 

[Neiteio]

My favorite Zelda game, Majora's Mask, was largely defined by its diverse cast of characters in a bustling town full of life and lore. I look back fondly on that game, remembering all of the strange faces and places.

So, I do think BotW risks lacking some "heart" because of this. That being said, BotW looks great from a gameplay standpoint, with its nonlinear progression, increased player agency, and its sense of exploration, discovery and adventure.

So... like I said... Mixed feelings!

 

[cr0w]

Good. Harkens back to the original, and hopefully will cut down on the annoying tutorials every time you do something or get an item you've received 100x previously. It might even keep me from being interrupted by a fucking mail man every 5 steps into Hyrule Field. Just give me Hyrule, Link and Epona and let me go.

 

[dc89]

maybe there'll be settlements of people but not 'towns' in the strictest of definitions?

I'd be happy with some Witcher 3 style smaller settlements but I'd be disappointed if theres nothing at all.

 

[Infinite]

I hate it when threads introduce factoids like this without context. Just invites the shitposts.

Personally, I'm okay with it, given the emphasis on exploration and the survivalist sort of feel the game is shooting for.

yeah wtf

 

[Kojirospath]

This game is turning out to be the opposite of what I want out of a Zelda game

 

[Rich!]

good

who the fuck ever wanted to visit kakariko in LTTP anyway?

 

[wrowa]

Skyward Sword had a town?

A really great town even.

 

[styl3s]

I'm glad they are going in a different direction and trying new things and everything i have seen so far looks amazing and if the direction they went in doesn't have towns i am 100% fine with that choice.

I don't want the exact same formula over and over again and i most certainly didn't want a game anything like skyward sword.

 

[Codeblue]

Let's go full NES. No hand holding, no towns, open world, just a kid in the wilderness. I'm excited.

 

[Aeana]

I'm okay with this, because to me, towns in Zelda games just mean I have to do a stupid archery game for a heart piece or something.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

That's fine.

 

[Ninjimbo]

wow, Link without any partner? that is very good news.for hardcore gamers.

why not put it on the thread title too?

Rest assured, you will still be bugged by someone to go somewhere.

 

[hwy_61]

That's a weird design choice

 

[Astral Dog]

Ugh. Sounds more and more like Skyward Sword 2.0

Having one lame settlement was like the worst thing about that game and this doesn't even have one apparently.

SS had town. one main town like most Zelda games, this will have NPC around the world map

 

[Caelus]

Ugh. Sounds more and more like Skyward Sword 2.0.

This game is what I wish Skyward Sword was more like, lmao

 

[TissueBox]

AW WUT

Well...

I guess if it's in, like, a pseudo-post apocalyptic/ruined setting then it makes sense...sounds very lone-hero though.

 

[Dorsal Axe]

Well they just showed off a Wolf Link companion that follows you in-game, so the part about being entirely alone is wrong.

 

[rob305]

Towns & Villages DLC

 

[ffdgh]

Eh no biggie here as long as there are enough stray characters scattered around.

 

[Fou-Lu]

It makes sense to with where the setting is going. I mean I love Zelda towns, but I am happy for some new direction.

Though I feel like not having a Dark Cloud style civilization rebuilding system is a missed opportunity.

 

[deadhorse32]

Less NPC ... less story ... I'm OK with that.

 

[Nickle]

That's his 4th post on NeoGAF ever, we can't exactly trust him.

 

[bizzarewars]

I'm okay with this, because to me, towns in Zelda games just mean I have to do a stupid archery game for a heart piece or something.

Yeah, besides MM there hasn't really been incredibly substantial content in Zelda towns besides that.

 

[Oni Link 666]

Not alone.

 

[Aostia]

Okay, if it works for the story/setting. That's what matters.

this.
plus I dont get from where people have found this lie of "towns" as crucial part of zelda games.
like...it has never be part of the core of the games.
the post apocalyctic setting, the wild, the loneliness showed are a perfect fit for this choice

 

[PSqueak]

So basically it's gonna be sort of post apocalyptic?