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Zelda Wii U - Recap of 5 hours gameplay stream
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Cindi Mayweather
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Cold, shivering Link is so adorable.
Thanks!
I fully expect to be able to fly freely at some point during this game, so I wouldn't be surprised if this area is some transition between Skyloft and the bird-people sky town from twilight princess, which might still have some of those Loftwings hanging around.
Will this be possible.
Zoom across the world baby.
"Fuck this shit, I'm out."
Shirtless runs are totally going to be a thing, especially considering you'd take more damage. Good stuff.
edit: well, the only thing that could make this unfeasible would be the colder areas, although of course it'd actually add to the challenge as long as it wouldn't become impossible. They did say you had other ways of warming up, and you could probably stock up on enough food to keep yourself healed too.
edit: well, the only thing that could make this unfeasible would be the colder areas, although of course it'd actually add to the challenge as long as it wouldn't become impossible. They did say you had other ways of warming up, and you could probably stock up on enough food to keep yourself healed too.
Brainfreeze
Member
I just realized I haven't seen anybody rolling incessantly yet. Is rolling removed in favor of sprinting entirely now?
I've been watching the polygon 56 minute video and I think the game looks a lot better than some people have been saying. The art style is cohesive and a high-quality video reveals that the texture work is actually quite nice (I see earth littered with pebbles in some sections). Sure, it doesn't have the complexity of Witcher or Horizon: Zero Dawn but what they have been able to do with Wii U's hardware is quite impressive, IMO. They have a few months of worth of development left too, and the NX version will be even prettier. I think I'll be happy.
Skittzo0413
Member
One thing that really surprised and impressed me was the enemy interactions. In old 3D Zeldas enemies were rarely aggressive and had very few possible actions, but here we see merely two humanoid enemies (bokoblin and stalbokoblin) yet there are an enormous amount of actions they can perform.
Bokoblins:
They can shoot arrows
They can swing clubs or swords
They can set their clubs on fire for extra damage
They can block if they have shields
They can use spears, with a jab attack or a very wide swinging attack
They can set the spears on fire, swing them around and light a bunch of grass on fire
They can throw explosive barrels
They can throw rocks at you if all else fails
Stalbokoblins(can't remember if that was their official name):
They can use any of the weapons mentioned above
They can swing their arms at you
They can reform after knocking the head off
If one body is near another's head they can simply use the other one's head! Sharing is caring after all!
They can pick up arms of their fallen comrades (literally, arms) to swing at you
They can pick up their friends' fallen heads to either throw at you or help them reform
None of the bodies die until all heads are gone- makes me wonder if we can eventually see three bodies fighting over one head!
And that's just two very early game enemies. Now I hate to be that guy but think about Dark Souls enemies. They have a similar variety in weapon types and likely many more standard attack moves, but they don't have anything close to this amount of contextual behavior.
It's honestly stunning that Nintendo managed to pull off this kind of AI. I wonder if the game would experience massive frame rate drops if, for example, there are 50 stalbokoblins who all simultaneously lose their heads, and all of them scramble to find the nearest head for their body... Skyward Sword had an area with a fairly frightening number of zombie bokoblins, so I'd love to see something similar in BotW!
Edit:
Haven't kept up with the non Zelda stuff today, was it Federation Force?
Bokoblins:
They can shoot arrows
They can swing clubs or swords
They can set their clubs on fire for extra damage
They can block if they have shields
They can use spears, with a jab attack or a very wide swinging attack
They can set the spears on fire, swing them around and light a bunch of grass on fire
They can throw explosive barrels
They can throw rocks at you if all else fails
Stalbokoblins(can't remember if that was their official name):
They can use any of the weapons mentioned above
They can swing their arms at you
They can reform after knocking the head off
If one body is near another's head they can simply use the other one's head! Sharing is caring after all!
They can pick up arms of their fallen comrades (literally, arms) to swing at you
They can pick up their friends' fallen heads to either throw at you or help them reform
None of the bodies die until all heads are gone- makes me wonder if we can eventually see three bodies fighting over one head!
And that's just two very early game enemies. Now I hate to be that guy but think about Dark Souls enemies. They have a similar variety in weapon types and likely many more standard attack moves, but they don't have anything close to this amount of contextual behavior.
It's honestly stunning that Nintendo managed to pull off this kind of AI. I wonder if the game would experience massive frame rate drops if, for example, there are 50 stalbokoblins who all simultaneously lose their heads, and all of them scramble to find the nearest head for their body... Skyward Sword had an area with a fairly frightening number of zombie bokoblins, so I'd love to see something similar in BotW!
Edit:
Haven't kept up with the non Zelda stuff today, was it Federation Force?
Yeah they removed it :/
Well at least the good thing is less hya hya hya sound effect, which would probably drive me crazy considering the size of the land.
SenorArdilla
Member
Love that Link is now some crazy half-naked pyromaniac.
Yes. The ONLY game they didn't show off. Speaks volumes.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Despite all the backlash it would have received, I am genuinely surprised it wasn't at E3.
To be honest, that video has better quality than the (potato) stream and the official trailer (imo) and unfortunaly almost no body will saw it. That's why they've been a lot of complains.
TP was completed well before release though.
I am surprised, but I'm also not. They know it's going to tank. They know their fans are against it. Nintendo brought it upon themselves by not listening to them after Other M and presented them with a spin-off 6 years after the series' biggest failure due to their own incompetence.
Look at what Zelda did over the past 2 days. That is what's missing from Metroid. A sense of actually giving a damn. The Metroid genre hasn't evolved in 20 years. And it's their own fucking fault.
Eyemus Lutt
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Bluewind098
Member
Ehh probably not anymore than Paper Mario did. In fact truth be told I think Color Splash might've done more to piss people off. Like it only had 30 seconds of footage at the Direct and it still got alot of attention. Hell even today it's getting alot of attention despite being there being more and I think it's rivaling Zelda with how much people are talking about it
I saw no confirmation about that.
esmith08734
Member
It stings we have to wait until 2017 for this. This looks unbelievable at times. I am still shocked.
I disagree. Zelda's been the talk of the town the last 2 days.
What got people to talk about Paper Mario was the horrible narration part they ad-libbed and the fact that it's still just Sticker Star 2. Oh, and that GameXplain interview where the guy said 'well, Paper Mario's not an RPG series anymore b/c of Mario & Luigi.' To that, I say 'Get fucking rid of Mario & Luigi.'
But Federation Force? No one even gives a shit that it's not there.
WiiredShawn
Member
I know that feel, bra.
Who knows, maybe after Zelda's reception, Nintendo will decide to give a damn about Metroid.
Let's be real and just wait for Axiom Verge 2
MrPhiliasfrog
Member
It's fine on my side.
If the world is as vast as its map size leads us to believe then I'm okay with some pockets of emptiness, even though it is still "filled" with the environment. I definitely don't want an enemy every five metres just to fill space.
Perfect, keep the theme parks in dungeons and shrines.
ShockingAlberto
Member
BiS was better than every Paper Mario game.
Yup, we already made a gif of it from Polygon video.
Ganon: "dude, I'm trying to take over the Kingdom. Stop burning it down!"
Link: "..."
Ganon: "OH THAT DOES IT!"
I guess they have to save stuff since the game is pretty far off but I wish they had shown off a town. Really want to see how big they go, I have a feeling it's all going to be pretty desolate and as a result limited when it comes to friendly inhabitants.
Hm, thanks. Refreshing didn't do anything but switching browsers fixed it.
This laptop man. I'm borrowing it after my old one broke, but it's terrible. >.>
Hm, thanks. Refreshing didn't do anything but switching browsers fixed it.
This laptop man. I'm borrowing it after my old one broke, but it's terrible. >.>
I love those excerpts, BY2K!
And here I thought you were cool.
Bowser's Inside Story is amazing, but it doesn't touch The Thousand)Year Door to me. Not even close. The latter is a masterpiece of a video game.
And here I thought you were cool.
Bowser's Inside Story is amazing, but it doesn't touch The Thousand)Year Door to me. Not even close. The latter is a masterpiece of a video game.
Yeah they are quietly sending that one to die. Hopefully they learn from this, but I'm sure they'll just mothball the series.
Yeah I'm actually really curious to see if they go big on underwater exploration too.
After seeing the shadow of the colossus combat with the Rock golem, this game may have just usurped Shadow of the Colossus as my favorite game. The physics play and puzzles with boss battles that utilize a variety of tools in a SotC manner is something I didn't think would happen, especially from Nintendo. God. I never expected to be this excited for a Zelda game.
Aaronrules380
Member
Dungeons exist, but they're keeping them hidden for now
FlashbladeGAF
Member
Dungeons and towns were left out of the E3 demo.
Andalus0880
Member
I dreamt of a day I would see Zelda reimagined in this way. It took over 5 years to bring his masterpiece to life. The Nintendo charm is solidly present and unmistakable.
Wondering if the NX will make this game look even better than it already does. The wait until 2017 will be excruciating.
Wondering if the NX will make this game look even better than it already does. The wait until 2017 will be excruciating.