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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| I Did Not Know You Could Do This
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As a bit of fun I tried replaying BOTW from the beginning with the camera firmly in top down overhead view just to see how BOTW plays from the perspective of 2d Zelda. Thankfully I remember the general landscape of the Great Plateau or else I would have been immediately lost, but it was fun! Folks should try it.
Yep I play like that sometimes. If the camera could be zoomed out it would almost be fully playable.
It's indeed very cool.
I'm probably completely on my own here but I'm about 7 or 8 hours in and I honestly would like even a tiny bit more direction from the game. I have some photos I need to chase down but I haven't a clue where any of them are bar two. My other main quest is to kill Ganon I think which... I don't think it going to happen for a while.
Did you go to the tech labs? The one in Hateno and the one up in the northeastern point of the map? The one in Hateno gives your Slate the power to find shrines. And I believe the other one gives it the power to find other things. The shrine finder will help you on your way.
The photos aren't the utmost priority. You have plenty of time to find them. Concentrate on the beasts for now, which you should have no problem finding.
Basically, find the shrines, talk to everyone, activate every stable. (Just walk near it until it gives you the title screen) Also all the towers.
There should be a quest titled
free the divine beasts
My preferred method of Talus-slaying in my second playthrough was climbing, getting two solid hits in, jumping off and using the arrow slow-motion to knock a ton of health off, using the Stasis rune as soon as I landed, by which time the Talus was still in the process of falling over, allowing me to get around it and instantly climb up it again and start over. Fast, efficient, and requires enough skill to be pretty fun.
Edit: Ahahaha, that video is great, brainchild
Edit: Ahahaha, that video is great, brainchild
I came across it on Twitter and was quite amused. Just when you thought you've seen everything, the game shows you that it's still full of surprises!
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In a parallel universe, cuccos roam the world in herds, destroying civilization.
Just completed the Trials of the Sword. The last room almost gave me an heart attack. Thankfully I had 3 instant-kill arrows on me, as otherwise that place would have signed my death warrant.
It feels very good to have the "true" Master Sword.
Just completed the Trials of the Sword. The last room almost gave me an heart attack. Thankfully I had 3 instant-kill arrows on me, as otherwise that place would have signed my death warrant.
It feels very good to have the "true" Master Sword.
I don't know if this has been shared elsewhere, a new easter egg in BTOW and I think this is the best one yet. Amazing attention to detail and a great callback.
https://youtu.be/oBKTeVGiZIk
https://youtu.be/oBKTeVGiZIk
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I love this. And I love that we're still finding out about secrets and easter eggs in this game, more than one year later.
No. She will rescue herself - and get lost - and you will have to find her.
Word of advice: keep a durian in your inventory. It will save you a trip.
You do? I mean I remember the quest but I forget what happened after it. She was lost?
IIRC:
She escaped, somehow ended up at the very southwest of the map, is craving for a durian, and finally went back to the barracks, where her chief was both pleased and very annoyed by her.
I have no idea what you're talking about. Must be a quest I haven't discovered/done?
It was on the way to the Desert divine beast, you have to retrieve the Helm for them that was stolen. When you get to the place, you see a lady in a prison cell (who's from the town that had the helm stolen from).
4th Divine Beast down, so now it's time to tie up my open Shrines and get on with some side quests :)
I think I'll try and get all the Shrines. I am at about 100 at the moment.
I think I'll try and get all the Shrines. I am at about 100 at the moment.
Hmm, okay, I have an old master mode save file from last august-ish. 45 korok seeds, 25 shrines, no divine beasts beaten , 2 fairy fountains unlocked (IIRC), and I had gotten through the annoying section to reach zora's domain.
I restarted the game and did the plateau sequence using the second auto-save slot, to get myself used to the controls again... should I continue on the new save slot, or the old one?
I restarted the game and did the plateau sequence using the second auto-save slot, to get myself used to the controls again... should I continue on the new save slot, or the old one?
Hey guys. This isn't exactly related to BotW, but I have been thinking about the game nonstop for the past couple weeks. I am looking for game suggestions that can give me a similar sense of wonder and discovery that BotW provided me last year. This might be the first Zelda game that I don't replay, only because the magic of this game was wondering what awaited me around every corner. Now that I know everything that's coming, I don't think a replay will do me much good, even on hero mode.
Can anyone recommend a similar experience? I know that might be a complete impossibility, but anything would help. Here are games that I have played if this helps your recommendations at all. Thank you very much in advance!
Can anyone recommend a similar experience? I know that might be a complete impossibility, but anything would help. Here are games that I have played if this helps your recommendations at all. Thank you very much in advance!
- GTAV
- The Witcher 3 (still playing, enjoying it a lot)
- All Souls games + Bloodborne
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- All Castlevanias
- All Metal Gears
- All other Zeldas
What Dark Armor? Phantom Armor?
If that's the one you mean, it increases power, so yes it's awesome. I got the greaves early into my second game (Master Mode) and it was very useful.
The one from the guy in the balloon that sells the masks and horse outfits. He's now got 'Dark Armour' in stock. Makes you run faster at night.
Do you mean the stuff that Robbie sells? I've not got that yet, either.
I've never even heard of that... (that specific armor that is, I know about Kilton)
I didn't come close to 100% the game the first time I played even though it took me about 320 hrs.
I didn't come close to 100% the game the first time I played even though it took me about 320 hrs.
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I love that outfit. It's not that hard to get, so yes, it's worth it.
It looks cool and it helps you run faster at night, but keep in mind you can't upgrade it and I think each piece only offers 3 defense.
Checking in again to say this game continues to be magical at what I imagine is approaching around 400 hours for me on my original save (forgot to check the exact total). My current self-imposed quests are to find all the Koroks without any guides (I am using the mask), and to find all the treasure chests (I am using the Sheikah sensor). Having the mask and the sensor on at all times means I'm kind of just meandering and appreciating the most minute details of the environment that I'd missed, goofing around with physics and enemies, and occasionally being surprised by the sensor or the little voice from the mask. Oh, and filling the compendium is simply delightful as well. If only the in-game album weren't infuriatingly small.
I forgot to look at this too, but I believe I likely just recently passed the 800 mark for Koroks (I wish you could see your total collected somewhere other than the loading screen since I've maxed my inventory and can only see the ones I have on hand in the menu). My MO has become to just scan the map for areas where found Korok icons are less dense. Even still, there are some places I'm just shocked there isn't a single Korok (like the Bottomless Swamp) and some places where it's like a goddang Korok Party (Bridge of Hylia area).
Actually I was rewatching Vinny Vinesauce play through BotW and watched him find a single Korok on the Citadel that I missed. At that point I believe I had only found one in that general vicinity, but when I returned to get the one I saw in the video, I found like six more. And I had some fun with those flying Guardians while I was there, of course.
The bike continues to be very very fun. It requires the most unholy of claw-hand configurations, but I can now pretty consistently fight Guardians on the bike while being able to use the camera, lock-on, and brake for quick turns. I do wish the thing weren't quite so unwieldy on uneven terrain, and I also wish you could deploy your paraglider while remaining on the bike for sick gliding-jumps. But overall it's a great addition and really does fantastically compliment the game. It coexists with horses quite nicely, and I always keep both nearby.
I recently discovered a new recipe, which always rocks my world when it happens. To be more precise, I just noticed one of those recipe posters on the wall of a stable that I'd missed. But it requires Goron spice, which is only obtainable three at a time in Goron City (unless there's a traveling Goron that sells it).
Maybe this weekend I'll stop being lazy and upload this absolute pile of shots and videos I have to Twitter. There isn't a way to do that in bulk, right?
Anywho, this game is still as close to perfect as I care for it to be. The world is just so alive and kinetic and the moment-to-moment feeling of jumping and running around in it has still not become old to me.
I forgot to look at this too, but I believe I likely just recently passed the 800 mark for Koroks (I wish you could see your total collected somewhere other than the loading screen since I've maxed my inventory and can only see the ones I have on hand in the menu). My MO has become to just scan the map for areas where found Korok icons are less dense. Even still, there are some places I'm just shocked there isn't a single Korok (like the Bottomless Swamp) and some places where it's like a goddang Korok Party (Bridge of Hylia area).
Actually I was rewatching Vinny Vinesauce play through BotW and watched him find a single Korok on the Citadel that I missed. At that point I believe I had only found one in that general vicinity, but when I returned to get the one I saw in the video, I found like six more. And I had some fun with those flying Guardians while I was there, of course.
The bike continues to be very very fun. It requires the most unholy of claw-hand configurations, but I can now pretty consistently fight Guardians on the bike while being able to use the camera, lock-on, and brake for quick turns. I do wish the thing weren't quite so unwieldy on uneven terrain, and I also wish you could deploy your paraglider while remaining on the bike for sick gliding-jumps. But overall it's a great addition and really does fantastically compliment the game. It coexists with horses quite nicely, and I always keep both nearby.
I recently discovered a new recipe, which always rocks my world when it happens. To be more precise, I just noticed one of those recipe posters on the wall of a stable that I'd missed. But it requires Goron spice, which is only obtainable three at a time in Goron City (unless there's a traveling Goron that sells it).
Maybe this weekend I'll stop being lazy and upload this absolute pile of shots and videos I have to Twitter. There isn't a way to do that in bulk, right?
Anywho, this game is still as close to perfect as I care for it to be. The world is just so alive and kinetic and the moment-to-moment feeling of jumping and running around in it has still not become old to me.
No there isn't. And you can't upload to both Twitter and FaceBook at the same time (So you have to upload it twice and type everything out both times. Also the Twitter part doesn't support 240 characters either. (Though with how difficult it is to type on the Switch, which is still better than typing on the Wii U, I guess it's a blessing that it's limited to 120. Ironically it makes me wish the Switch had a stylus for text input. Actually, I just wish the keyboard worked as well as my phone keyboard. Auto-capitalization. Double space to period. Emoji support. Stuff you get so used to on mobile and really miss when you have to take a huge step down in terms of UX.) I also don't get why only the Twitter side puts hashtags. FaceBook supports hashtags too so I don't get it.
It's a great feature, but it's flawed. Let us do multiple images. Let us post to both at once. And put hashtags on the FaceBook side.
If you don't mind kind of cheesing it
you can stasis the sentry Lizalfos in the center right at the beginning and try to get as many headshots as you can. With the best bow you've found up until then that should take care of them. After that, there's a trick you can do with sneakstrikes. Basically, when you sneak attack an enemy all of their attention is focused on the area they were attacked from. If you immediately move to the opposite side of them (even though when they get up it seems like they should see you) they will get up, turn around, and you can chain sneak attack them again from behind. This isn't really necessary if you aren't doing the trials on Master Mode, but it still helps. If you accidentally knock them into the water, then try switching to the Lightning Rod you should've gotten on the floor before and spam that so they don't have a chance to regen (or just to kill them).
The Dark armour was such a huge disappointment to me. BOTW has, IMO, the best art style in the entire series, and then they made that armour based on the OoT style, which clashes pretty hard. I also really don't like the proportions in the N64 games. The people in BOTW have a great balance of realism and exaggeration, whereas the N64 games lean more into exaggeration, with ugly stuff like those bulbous boots Link has in those games, as one easy example.
If they had designed a Dark Link in the actual style of BOTW, I would have worn that shit a ton. As it is, I barely use it ever because the ninja gear is still cooler.
If they had designed a Dark Link in the actual style of BOTW, I would have worn that shit a ton. As it is, I barely use it ever because the ninja gear is still cooler.
Link's hat does that in the other games, too.
It seems like them actually fixing that sort of thing is one nice thing we'll never have.
Is anyone really good at doing this?
I love the Master Sword. It's so bad.
Um where's the BOTW Photo Thread btw? Why can't I find it?
I love the Master Sword. It's so bad.
Um where's the BOTW Photo Thread btw? Why can't I find it?
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