Nah I was aware of the other fishing methods but fishing with a fishing pole would be cool. The game is so huge that I am hoping that it's in there somewhere. lol
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Preview Thread
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Nah I was aware of the other fishing methods but fishing with a fishing pole would be cool. The game is so huge that I am hoping that it's in there somewhere. lol
This seems like something best reserved for the spoiler thread, even if there's not much in the post itself.
You've played Zelda, correct? You don't think it surpasses Witcher 3 as a potential GOTG?
Kevin Shields
Member
My favorite game of all time. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Can't wait.
Any impressions on dungeons? I'm not risking reading through all this thread...
Magicpaint
Member
Agreed. And the element of exploration was almost completely gone. It's the only 3D Zelda game where I don't like to go off the normal path because the game seems to actively discourage this. It also has the worst pacing of the 3D games. It's honestly the only 3D Zelda I wouldn't rate up to a 9.
Because there is some truth to that story. Although, I don't remember a Zelda game getting preview coverage like this, so I'm hopeful.
Skittzo0413
Member
Yeah I've been saying this since the DLC thread. People kept going "hard/hero mode behind DLC is such shit" but the fact that this game is so hard by default suggests that the DLC mode must be substantially different than just a difficulty slider. Like a Master Quest type mode.
Jawbreaker
Member
wew lad.
Chinbo37
Member
Skyward sword was a great game. The constant item reminders and fi notifications were SUPER annoying. The backtracking to the same areas 2 or 3 times and the same boss battle over and over as well weren't great
But if you don't think about that the rest of the game was really good.
But if you don't think about that the rest of the game was really good.
"Nintenbone"
Really now
There is definitely a trend for this stuff that started with Awakening, although maybe it's mostly on the fan side. Not that it bugs me, personally.
Curious to see if there are husbando's as well (and if Zelda is playable and can have conversations with them).
Sorry about that. Should have made the titles more different.
I edited the spoiler thread to prevent anyone from getting spoiled even if they accidentally enter the thread.
Dark Cloud
Member
What's with all these Nintendo fans overrating Zelda?! ☺️
VistraNorrez
Member
One more thing occurred to me, there should be no loading between Skyloft and the rest of the sky and possibly increasing the flight speed.
I certainly hope it's not as hard as LOZ 2nd quest, my god this thing is kicking my ass so hard!
brandonh83
Banned
I loved that about it though. It felt like it had more game design in the environments. It was still totally, 100%, completely an adventure game. I have absolutely no idea how it could be considered otherwise.
I'm perfectly okay with a big open world like in Breath, but I loved Skyward's design to bits. It felt fun to me and the environments were super varied.
Totally agreed about the notifications and Fi could indeed be annoying. I guess I just have more patience or something? I didn't feel like these things ruined the game at all.
And there's still the Super DLC Extra Hard Mode II Turbo Hyper Edition.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
The Zelda "cycle" since Wind Waker has been a combination of meltdowns over scores less than 10 at launch combined with people wishing the new game was more like the last game. Or, miyamotomeme.gif.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of clamoring for this to be like either of the last two games.
Omnistalgic
Member
Nah, it's gonna great. My initial worry was that all this go anywhere, do anything, climb everything was just there to tout the technical accomplishments of achieving more freedom. I was really blasé about it since you know its 2017, open world is hardly a tagline at this point. But now I see how important emergent gameplay is and how all these systems serve a purpose, nah...I think it's gonna be great.Nervous in the sense that they make my expectations sky rocket
All signs point to something special, just like all the previews of Horizon or all the praise for Japanese version of P5, you fan tell when people are genuinely excited about stuff and it's coming from jaded industry folk more than not.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
edit: nvm, that's spoilery
Yes.
Not sure about the American situation besides there being an apparent Zelda shortage. Here in the UK you can still preorder a Switch and most stores still have BotW. A tip another user shared here was to go for for less intuitive stores (Toy's R Us or other department franchises) instead of the usual Gamestop.
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
So are there any impressions of the Wii U version?
I am with you. It had some great moments and several of the series' best dungeons.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
Not sent to press. Probably won't see anything until release or just before release.
Oh my god this is amazing
I doubt we'll hear anything about that until after launch. There's no way nintendo are sending any copies of that out.
KojiKnight
Member
Had anyone counted the pixels yet? Game still running at 900p?
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
:/ Hope that's not a bad sign...
I don't have the $ to buy a Switch and have been looking forward to this game for years.
No gaems
Aonuma has confirmed you can get the green tunic and hat in this game.
Spoilers show that there is a retro version of the outfit, but we dont know which version he was talking about. If by Canon you mean modern
casey_contra
Member
Quick question to whomever has played - how quick are the loading times when you fast travel. I appreciated fast travel in Xenoblade Chronicles X and FFXV... but it took an incredibly long time. In FFXV I barely used it because I'd rather watch the car and the characters. Or do a small chore while it was on auto drive.
I hope they are fast, especially because of cartridges. Anyone have any input (or can show me a source who talks about this?)
I hope they are fast, especially because of cartridges. Anyone have any input (or can show me a source who talks about this?)
VistraNorrez
Member
I loved traversing Faron Woods, Eldin Volcano, and Lanayru Desert more than any place in any other 3D Zelda game. They were filled with things to do(I love bug catching) and I loved opening up new areas every time the story led to revisiting them.
One of my favorite things in games is exploring an area and then finding a shortcut between areas that I didn't realize was there. SS was filled with them.
In many ways it felt like it was designed just for me.
900p docked, 720p handheld
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Who is that BY2K guy???
Doesn't seem very credible.
Hype inducing video, damn I cant.
Aldric
Member
Gamekult won't post a preview but the guy reviewing the game did a short stream where he gave his impressions, from what l remember:
-the game is "very hard", not Dark Souls hard but between the first Zelda and AoL
-says the world is chock full of secrets and things to do
-he finds the game pretty despite some obvious technical flaws, water effects are particularly great
-far more RPG elements than recent Zelda games
-compared to Horizon he likes BotW's approach better, says it's obviously not as spectacular but thinks the traversal and experimentation based gameplay is more fun
-he describes it as a mix between classic Zelda, modern open world RPGs and a "pimped out" (his own words) Shadow of the Colossus
-about flaws, he had troubles getting used to the controls at first especially playing on the Switch but the Pro controller helped, also mentioned some physics based puzzle that didn't feel precise enough for his taste
Overall seems pretty positive.
-the game is "very hard", not Dark Souls hard but between the first Zelda and AoL
-says the world is chock full of secrets and things to do
-he finds the game pretty despite some obvious technical flaws, water effects are particularly great
-far more RPG elements than recent Zelda games
-compared to Horizon he likes BotW's approach better, says it's obviously not as spectacular but thinks the traversal and experimentation based gameplay is more fun
-he describes it as a mix between classic Zelda, modern open world RPGs and a "pimped out" (his own words) Shadow of the Colossus
-about flaws, he had troubles getting used to the controls at first especially playing on the Switch but the Pro controller helped, also mentioned some physics based puzzle that didn't feel precise enough for his taste
Overall seems pretty positive.
MisterGrey3000
Member
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that particular post is just commenting on how strange the overarching reception of these titles can be.
In recent years these games have released to amazing critical reception and very positive initial fan impressions, but once the smoke clears they seem to develop a loud and active hatedom that gives off the notion that they're actually really awful games.
The Zelda cycle and all that jazz.
brandonh83
Banned
Absolutely. They were supremely well designed. I think the mindset is that they weren't "open" like the sky but that's just a hub to connect Skyloft and the main areas down below together. It's like how Ocarina was Hyrule Field which was just a big mostly empty circle with Lon Lon Ranch that connected the branching areas together.
The Artisan
Member
ohhh so THAT's what you meant when you said dangerous lol
OverturePT
Member
Oh boy, only now managed to read some previews while at work... this is not making the wait easier at all. The previews sound so good...
Skyward sword should've been a shorter game; it had around 10 hours unnecessary padding. Besides that I had issue with the linearity of the dungeon layout, but I've had that issue with every Zelda since MM.
I mean, it likely depends on what you're looking for in a game. TW3 is one of my favorites RPGs ever but i have no doubts in my mind that stuff like gameplay or world and level design aren't comparable to what i've seen of Breath of the Wild so far (hell, even combat seems worse... but i hated it in TW3 in the first place, and i'll wait to play Zelda before saying that anyway). At the same time for example i don't expect Zelda to have the same narrative depth in the subquests, so like i said i guess it depends more on what kind of experience you're looking for, but i don't see how it's so far fetched to expect to like the game more than TW3. The latter is not exactly some god of videogames that can't be touched, and Zelda isn't a series made of random average games that makes the comparison even more blasphemous.
Yeah but that's just pure stupidity of fanboys who shit on every game that isn't their favorite in the series to make it look better.