The annoyance of climbing in the rain should have been addressed by having one item/armor set you could find that would eliminate the slipping when used. Missed opportunity there.
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I just wanna complain about BotW’s stupid ass lightning storms.
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Agree with Ben here. The game is fucking amazing, but give me an easy way to negate the rain.
Rain appears reasonably often (but not as often as it seems to due to confirmation bias and places where it always rains) for a reason: it forces you to react. You either find somewhere to set up camp (something most people don't seem to excel at since it's really easy to find cover in rockfaces and trees) or you go around. That's what the game centers around: reacting to what happens around you, as well as your surroundings reacting to what you do.
Want to climb something, but it's raining? Find shelter, build a fire, wait it out. Can't or don't want to? Maybe you could use Revali's Gale. Can't? The chances are, there are other paths you can take other than climbing, especially as the game is made to provide interesting paths whether you want to walk, ride, climb or glide. Sometimes you gotta take the L, maybe you fall mid climb, but hey, that's what happens when you're exploring any game, sometimes you fail or die.
Want to climb something, but it's raining? Find shelter, build a fire, wait it out. Can't or don't want to? Maybe you could use Revali's Gale. Can't? The chances are, there are other paths you can take other than climbing, especially as the game is made to provide interesting paths whether you want to walk, ride, climb or glide. Sometimes you gotta take the L, maybe you fall mid climb, but hey, that's what happens when you're exploring any game, sometimes you fail or die.
I never really minded the rain in BotW. If I needed to get somewhere while it was raining I'd either wait, start a fire, or climb anyway and make it (Or use a certain skill that makes traversal a cakewalk). I like that the game has a mechanic that forces the player to change tactics. It's cool!
And the lightning! The first time I got struck by lightning was great but instead of panic dropping, I unequipped everything and had Link running around weaponless in his trunks for a while. And when a certain shrine taught me how to weaponize nature I learned to stop worrying and love the Lightning. God, I love this game. I need to play it again and I'm glad you're having a better time with it now, OP.
And the lightning! The first time I got struck by lightning was great but instead of panic dropping, I unequipped everything and had Link running around weaponless in his trunks for a while. And when a certain shrine taught me how to weaponize nature I learned to stop worrying and love the Lightning. God, I love this game. I need to play it again and I'm glad you're having a better time with it now, OP.
There is a way to fix the horse thing.
Exactly.If you aren't doing this kind of shit in thunderstorms, are you even playing BotW?
It's kinda disappointing how every time complaints about rain are brought up in relation to Botw it seems like it's always about how there needs to be a way for it to be deleted from the experience for daring to occasionally impede someones straight line path of dominance over the gameworld instead of as an opportunity to expand the climbing/game mechanics even further to work in conjunction with it.
In it's current form I had no issue with how rain effects you or slows you down because I liked how it changed what I could or couldn't do and it gave me situations where items I barely used like octo balloons could have a chance to shine. I always kinda felt like arguing in favor of a game experience completely subservient to player whims instead of one you adapt to would make for a far more boring game in Botw's case.
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I did the same thing my first play through, I headed straight there for some reason and was able to climb/jump/dash my way up without the rain affecting me too much.
Agreed. The climbing set does still allow you to climb effectively in the rain, but it's slow as heck. It should nullify slipping entirely.
The room in Resident Evil 4 where you get the infrared scope (absolutely vital to taking out the Regenerator enemies that dominate the whole last section of the game) has a ton of frozen Regenerators hanging from the ceiling. I took one look inside, said "Nope!" and never went back, making the whole last stretch of the game significantly harder (and also scarier).
EDIT: Given the tone of this thread, I want to clarify that I take full responsibility for this; if anything, the game was doing an amazing job making me fear those spiky bastards.
Rain never particularly bothered me. In a game where 80% of my joy comes from navigating the overworld, being forced to deal with it was... date I say fun?
I love that goddamn lightning. It's the best. I love it so much one of my greatest wishes for BotW2 is that we get a musical instrument back so I can play songs like Song of Storms and bring down that lightning at my beck and call to zap the shit out of enemies.
I think that would have been a nice touch as a well hidden/late game item.
I think it's more that it encourages you to take one path but if you utilize the games mechanics more thoroughly, you can still go the way you want.
I went through the linear path first playthrough because I assumed there was no way to climb in the rain. Second time around, I learned I could and ended up climbing and coming around the back end. The game completely had this in mind too because when you get to the throne room, Sidon gets upset because since you haven't met him on the linear path, you're just some stranger barging into the throne room. It's great.
When I first played the game I got into this mindset where I needed to climb all the towers early on and unlock the entire map. I ended up gliding into Death Mountain, catching fire, having no fucking idea why and just bolting to the tower downing food to survive until I made it, then teleported out. Didn't end up doing anything in Death Mountain until after I'd beaten the game.
Ok this is something I can agree with because by the late game Link has defenses against pretty much every thing, including a rubber suit against electricity, but the one thing you cannot change is the rain.
If link can run naked on the snow with a fire sword on his back, put on a mask that makes Lynels passive, or kill guardians with one arrow, he should be able to find something late in the game that alleviates rain a little bit.
Yeah I could work with that as a late game item.
Well said.
I mean, there kind of is. Revali's Gale negated 99% of issues I had with climbing wet surfaces.
Climbing in the rain was manageable with rushrooms and endura shrooms + climbing outfit. The lightning was a joke for me since I did the Gerudo area right after Kakariko/Hateno. You'd also think it would do more damage on enemies but of course their damage spongyness applied to lightning as well.
I can. I often wonder why people hype this shit up so much. I've seen way more impressive things done with greater detail in better games...
But yeah, that particular example is fucking awesome. I had no idea that such a thing was even possible.
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Wait, having a fire sword equipped makes you warm enough to resist cold?
Not extreme cold, but fire weapons work like having a piece of wood on fire.
How about naming these more impressive things done in greater detail in better games instead of acting like a baby lol
Wow, didn't know you could do that. This gives me another reason to play the game again.If you aren't doing this kind of shit in thunderstorms, are you even playing BotW?
At first I thought they parried the lightning bolt towards the enemies somehow and my mind was blownIf you aren't doing this kind of shit in thunderstorms, are you even playing BotW?
Dude, it's not that serious, it's just a funny thing, why are you getting offended for the OP anyways, I doubt even he is as offended as you, if he even offended in the first place.
Seriously some of you need to lighten up a bit, no need to come in and preach your allegedly enlightened morals over something so lighthearted and trivial, sheeesh.
I mean we've all had that Ben experience playing the game.
Some of us want simple solutions and shortcuts, less impediments to our goal. Gimme an umbrella! Gimme a rainsuit! Why even have stoopid rain??!!
Some of us(me included) relish in the occasional hurdle. Those limitations or obstacles that demand alternate thinking or considerations, or sometimes mere patience. Yea, I get dejected sometimes when I see a shiny and some chaotic random occurrence blocks my path. The difference I suppose is that I don't complain and instead consider other avenues or options.
Ben's "this is a videogame!" excuse is weak. What does that even mean? Videogames should cater to not obstructing the player or force creative thinking? No curveballs in my entertainment! Just gimme the path of the least resistance please! This is a videogame! I will not tolerate being inconvenienced!
(Ok, I know he was just venting, but that was still a lame rebuttal he made)
Damn, don't leave, Dan.
I'm STILL learning about this game every time a thread like this pops up.
Magnificent game.
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That's so damn cool. This game I'm guessing it can't keep me alive in Death Mountain though. Even with the Goron chest armor I still needed to take an elixir to survive once I got closer to the mountain.
Loved the weather in BotW and here's hoping they're adding even more advanced weather systems in the sequel.
Screw that by the way
"Oh hey I'm climbing"
Weather:No you're not
Like it's kinda dogshit like that's not a fun mechanic or enhances the g as me in anyway. It's just rng tedium. At least give me the dry gloves of whatever zelda gods buttcrack so I can just equip them and keep climbing
I don't really see how slipping down a cliff while it's raining is really a worthwhile addition to the game. The lightning was great though.
I kinda dislike Gale. It's such a powerful movement tool that it trivializes and greatly simplifies a lot of traversal. It is also so much more useful than any other power.
Because sometimes shits bad and adds nothing to the experience
About rain, with the lvl2 climbing set, when Link slides, keep climbing three/four times, than jump. He will slide again but repeat the sequence and you can reach a lot of things (not as high as without rain ofc).
Its simply not fun to a lot of people. And a lot of people has issues with it.
And I rarely see people ask to straight up delete the mechanic. Most of the time, I see people suggest to add a late game item/equipment to make overcoming the obstacle easier, much like a lot of the other obstacles in the game.
You're probably onto something.
The game might become boring more easily if it didn't vex the players at times.
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I just wanted to inform the world that I finally beat this game. Great game but far from my favorite Zelda. Awesome exploration but I really missed the dungeons. Whatever those were here don't count. What happened to the characters too? They descendants just fuck off never to be seen again. The only characters I really liked were Paya, Purah, and the dancing Korok. So overall I really liked it and it's one of the best games I've ever played, but it's no OoT/MM.
Yeah, the exploration and world are really great but the dungeons are definitely really lacking compared to other Zelda games.
