My sister and I played through BOTW when it launched and were constantly texting and talking about it for a long time. We recently decided to play through it again with our own custom rules. I know this isn't a completely novel thing but decided I'd share our own rules and see if anyone else has done something like this for BOTW or other games.
Normal difficulty.
Pro HUD.
No fast travel.
Can't use map or activate towers.
After dying throw away all weapons, shields, bows, arrows, and cooked meals. Teleport to the last bed you slept in.
Can only eat cooked meals.
No hero abilities.
Fairies are acceptable.
Buying and selling is acceptable.
Eating is acceptable in or out of combat.
We were also talking about what the goal of playing should be since it seems a little too simple to just try and beat the game. We decided to come up with specific missions/quests/whatever to give eachother. These are what we came up with.
Quests:
Quests:
Normal difficulty.
Pro HUD.
No fast travel.
Can't use map or activate towers.
After dying throw away all weapons, shields, bows, arrows, and cooked meals. Teleport to the last bed you slept in.
Can only eat cooked meals.
No hero abilities.
Fairies are acceptable.
Buying and selling is acceptable.
Eating is acceptable in or out of combat.
We were also talking about what the goal of playing should be since it seems a little too simple to just try and beat the game. We decided to come up with specific missions/quests/whatever to give eachother. These are what we came up with.
Quests:
- Free the Akkalan scientists from their immobilized threat.
- Prove your devotion to the Goddess. Offer 10 hearty durians at the Spring of Courage.
- Cast the one ring into mount doom. If you can't get a ring, borrow one from the Yiga clan.
- "Mr. Hero! I've heard of the 4 legged creatures that humans ride around. But I've never seen one and am not old enough to leave our home. Please bring me one!"
- Stand atop the oldest brother. Be careful not to wake sleeping giants.
Quests:
- In the very cold north, before the edge of the world. You'll find a collection of monsters, I'm told. Defeat their skull camp and collect what they have. Take a picture to prove you're on the heroes path.
- Look down upon the desert, if you position it just right. You'll see four glowing, take a pic of their orange light.
- Day or night she'll be selling her wares by the sea. Snap a pic of her product just for me.
- In the place where the birds scream in the night. A Korok seed is the thing that you'll get for this plight. A statue lies in the center of what was once a beautiful place I'm sure. Now it is boulders and really nothing more. Align those boulders, each at a corner, then take a pic or you'll be a goner.
- In a place where the heat makes it too hard to live, is a bridge made of metal, sturdy but not level. Glide from the bridge to the sparkly rocks that surround. Collect the goodies and tell me what you found.
