Identical to botw in what ways exactly?
The game titled "sequel to Botw" was never going to be anything dramatically different.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel Trailer - Coming 2022
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The game titled "sequel to Botw" was never going to be anything dramatically different.
I see very little of the visual enhancements that I observed in my preliminary analysis of the initial teaser in-engine footage, so I'm going to assume that those visual touches are reserved for the cutscenes. The gameplay graphics appear to be very much in line with the first game, with the exception of some slight changes in LOD parameters and post-processing. The procedural cloud rendering is more obviously camera facing given the new perspective, and the cloud textures are higher resolution, probably since you're going to be closer to them in this game.
Ahh cool I didn't know that. They got good taste :)
I missed Skyward Sword as it came out when I was leaving Uni and didn't get round to it before everything had moved on to the next gen. was hard to find.
Graphics looks pretty much the same as BotW. Hopefully this was not the Switch Pro version being shown.
Weapon durability is the real question I have. If they eliminate that dumb mechanic this might be fun. I probably will skip it if they leave it how it was in BotW though.
Weapon durability is the real question I have. If they eliminate that dumb mechanic this might be fun. I probably will skip it if they leave it how it was in BotW though.
agreed - i'm happy for them to take as long as they need, but this guy has a right to voice his opinion, especially with how reasonable he is acting.
edit - but maybe let's leave this argument for now and focus on the trailer?
This trailer is amazing. Filled with so much mystery to keep us speculating for a long time. I love the theory that the sky character could be an ancestor of Ganon or Ganon himself prior to transformation — people equating footage of Zelda falls into a hole as meaning she plays no part in this may want to think a bit harder, the first trailer suggests otherwise — i.e. - that may potentially be the halfway point of the new game — this builds off of the chronology established in both trailers: the reveal trailer suggested that Link and Zelda exploring underground preempted the transforming landscape/ launching islands into the clouds.
This trailer clearly shows gameplay before and after this moment, reinforcing the potential of that being a midway point and Zelda potentially at least playable for the first half segment… and perhaps even further if the game divides into sky and underground after the aforementioned generative event… Imagine a combination of subterranean and sky temples & dungeons
Lastly; to those bemoaning the length and lack of content in the trailer— it's a teaser trailer, it's not supposed to be revealing too much but instead stoking conversation, which in my opinion it really nailed accomplishing that intent. I'm so much more excited about this game now!
This trailer clearly shows gameplay before and after this moment, reinforcing the potential of that being a midway point and Zelda potentially at least playable for the first half segment… and perhaps even further if the game divides into sky and underground after the aforementioned generative event… Imagine a combination of subterranean and sky temples & dungeons
Lastly; to those bemoaning the length and lack of content in the trailer— it's a teaser trailer, it's not supposed to be revealing too much but instead stoking conversation, which in my opinion it really nailed accomplishing that intent. I'm so much more excited about this game now!
i remember when they showed Odyssey in the switch announcement video some people thought it was going to be a linear game of sorts because he only moved forward or something
Saying COVID didn't affect the development that much and demanding Nintendo tell us why it is taking that long to develop doesn't seem sound to me. Seems the opposite of sound but maybe your definition of the word is different.
Since you're peppering in albw, you missed Links Awakening remake in 2019, so only a 3 year gap.
Well, I was... kinda right.
Uh considering that Sony wasnt going to have a presence At E3 there was no way that Sony would announce a remake of Wild Arms.
What is that in the background in the first image? Almost looks like a castle. I wonder if we are either going backward or forward in time with this? I'm guessing forward?
Lol then please read my posts again. Yes Covid does for sure affect development, this is clear. But Covid can not be an explanation or an excuse for everything or for each kind of delay. If Nintendo would have presented todays trailer in 2019, then I would have been absolutely satisfied, because this looks like a good normal sequel, which can be expected 3-4 years after the first part. But presenting this four years after BotW1 and two years after the first teaser, I am definetly not satisfied.
PS: Nobody here denies Covid. I will start reporting users here if they keep on repeating this rude assuming of my person!
I didn't know Sony owned the trademark at the time. But it was just wild speculation on my part regardless. No need to take it seriously.
DUUUDE omg can y'all WAIT. This was a TEASER once again. They showed literally snippets of story and just a look at islands in the sky and 1-2 new gameplay thing. Do you really think in 5+ years there will only be DLC material of expansion. Give it time. We don't even have a name yet.
THought the same when I heard the audio. Between that and the designs on Link's? arm, I definitely feel like the Twilight Realm will be making an appearance or influence at least.
2022 is unfortunate, but makes sense. I do wish the 35th anniversary had a bit more spectacle to it, but that's alright.
This fall is packed for Nintendo, though. All the release dates announced today and then Pokemon remakes. Nintendo fans will be eating well this holiday season, ha.
This fall is packed for Nintendo, though. All the release dates announced today and then Pokemon remakes. Nintendo fans will be eating well this holiday season, ha.
You understand that Covid has killed a lot of people, right? Or are you just more concerned about a game coming out when you want it to?
It looks amazing, but it was so short and the "little snippets" format makes me feel this may not even make it to 2022.
I think it's reasonable that some people are disappointed if they were expecting to see more than 30 seconds gameplay.
My main worry is the pure joy and sense of discovery BoTW brought won't quite be there as its looking like an altered version of the same map.
No. Because ALbW was developed by EPD 3 itself, but LA remake not (it was developed by Greezo). Thats a big difference from a developments perspective.
One weird thing about this game is that it's pretty obvious by now that they really are reusing textures and stuff, so it's hard to see what's taking so long. What we've seen so far really does look like a BotW Expansion Pack. And by their own words, it was the physics engine that caused them the most trouble with BotW, not the maps. If BotW 2 is basically just BotW with a new toolkit and a rearranged map, it's hard to see why that would take 6 years.