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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Preview Thread
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BluePikmin11
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What page does the EDGE review score discussion start in this thread? I wanna see the reactions! 
I like having my reasonable dissenting statements on record for posterity.
see the thing with this is that NMS never actually showed off varied gameplay mechanics leading up to it's release. it was always just the vastness of the world that wowed people.
there is tons of BotW footage out there showing a fuck ton of different gameplay scenarios brought on by all the systems and gameplay mechanics being utilized in creative ways. like, I kind of get what you're saying but we already have so many concrete examples of the things that BotW is doing that this hype isn't without merit. for me my hype is based entirely on the things I know to be true.
hope that helps
DecoReturns
Member
I just found out how they explained respawing enemies.
Pretty damn cool. Also nice that they gave a reason too.
Pretty damn cool. Also nice that they gave a reason too.
Play the good one : Wind Waker
Primethius
Banned
The smoke coming out of death mountain is cool.
Isn't it 5 days?
Wind Waker
Both
supposedly they're really infrequent and present themselves more in the beginning of the game
so you won't see it happen a lot and they seemingly become rarer as the game goes on
(also play in handheld mode ;p)
Yup. Sean Murray's baby will never be forgotten, but not for the reason he wanted.
Seems others just have more faith in press opinions than you (I don't blame you tbh). They're echoing press thoughts which answer your questions, and that revolutionary qoute came from here I think https://www.twitch.tv/videos/124437859?t=39m35s
BronzeWolf
Banned
Not worried if it's specific to some condition that I can expect.
Ok the cuccos kind of got me. I'm out, sorry guys and gals. See you on launch day.
Its infrequent and many previewers said they barely encountered it after initial section of the game.
It's mainly in the opening area and not that gamebreaking apparently
Yeah. I saw it in person and it was every time they hit an enemy as well as randomly while running around. I'm definitely starting out in handheld mode cause fuck that.
the press previews are just backing up what I had already observed with my own two eyeballs, this is not blind faith
yall should really go check the E3 BotW thread
DecoReturns
Member
Your getting a lot of use outta that
OOT ran at a constant 20fps. Still the GOAT.
Your getting a lot of use outta that
Lol why yes I am
razgriz417
Member
Oh, those i can handle. Have played plenty of games with framerate problems, Dark Souls comes to mind and i still loved Blighttown anyway.
As long as it doesn't turn into a slideshow i'm good.
From the review thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=230992495&postcount=380
Jaded Alyx
Member
From a review, not a preview, but still..
cuchulainn
Member
Is Koji Kondo involved in any way in this game?
locked 20fps is better than dipping from 30 to 20 regularly.
I hope it's 15fps to weed out the casuals.
Yeah, I don't think press opinions matter a lot -- I've heard this type of rhetoric before.
I guess we'll just see what happens on the 3rd!
Yes, in a similar role as previous games. And a bunch of songs are just time distortions on Ocarina songs, so there's that.
Thank god it doesn't dip to 20 regularly then.
People played Skyrim. Last Gen. On PS3. 0 FPS. Never Forget
Lol I knew someone would respond to this.
Anyway, dips are really not a big deal. No mention anywhere of it being Blighttown-bad, and I still have fond memories of Blighttown. Sucks if you can't see past it, though, but I understand completely.
Equanimity
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DecoReturns
Member
Wind Waker got that.
I don't mind frame drops if they're infrequent, but the original Ocarina was built around being 20 fps. BotW is a 30 fps game, frequent frame drops are disrupting, especially with the immediate feedback one would expect from the gameplay.
As long as they aren't a detriment to the overall experience, I'm good.
Twilight Princess if you have the Wolf Link Amiibo.
Dark Cloud
Member
Reviewers are harder nowadays. I say around 94.
Kissenkopf
Banned
Is the music from BotW?
Again, doesn't bother me too much as DS had tons of drops on console and I had no problems there.
But yeah, seems like most are just mentioning the mere existence of it rather than saying it's gamebreaking, so that's good.
What page does the EDGE review score discussion start in this thread? I wanna see the reactions!
Its GAF. The reactions are exactly what you'd expect from us Gaffers...
From what we've seen so far, the freedom lies in emergence gameplay through its physics and AI. The physics lets you do some cool stuff (skybombing enemy camps, launching a boulder right into it), the AI does unexpected things (a bigger enemy throws a smaller enemy at you, a skeleton head crawls back into its body, etc).
Individually, these stuff may have been done in a game before (though I haven't seen an open world game with this level of physics?) but a lot of these things, plus Nintendo's top tier polish, seems like a recipe for a great game.