How many hours did you put into it?

00H,00M,00S.

like 60
probably gonna sink a lot more in when the dlc comes out

I've already clocked over 60h, and I'm nooowhere near finishing it.

I've only done ONE (1) main story quest line so far

Personally? Like 25. Wasn't really a fan.

Like 70. I'm going to do another play through when the DLC comes out probably in a couple weeks. I'm tempted to start now.

about 200
Speedrunning is fun

70 Hours so far. I might play some more when I am caught up with my backlog to finish up shrines and side quests and then some more for the DLC.

None, don't have a switch yet.
Maybe by the end of the year.

At least 60-70. I've enjoyed the hell out of this game.

70h on pirated Wii U version. Only finished one titan yet because i want to play full game when i get a switch.

Will play the new hard mode from the start when i do my "real" playthrough

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>>380637361
I have at least 100

Im really enjoying the game. Honesty around the 10 hour mark I just stopped worring about doing things like quest etc and just explored. Seriously every time you just explore you'll find something new. Now I hate when fags say you need to play a game a certain way but I do think if you rush through it you really kill the experience for youself. Now I'm not saying it's perfect because it's far from it but it's on my top 5 for sure. But I cant wait to see what else they add. Hard mode and all that seems like it'll be fun.

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I donno. Over 100 though. And I'll play the whole game again after its complete.

>>380637361
What game?

around 200
gonna fight ganon soon end then finish upgrading stuff and doing missing shrines and side quests

My switch says 285+. Still play it all the time.

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to all the people that havent played the game yet: PLAY IN PRO MODE (in the UI settings). It will improve your experience by A LOT

thank me later

>>380637361

10 minutes.

~150 hours
Had a lot of fun exploring the world and finding the shrines. I had found 118 shrines, did one last go around the world map (focusing on blank map areas of course), but eventually had to look up the last two after hours of finding nothing. They were the Kakariko sidequest shrine and the heat challenge one on Mt. Nabooru (I think that's where it was).

>>380637361
2 because it's shit

>>380637361
185 hours

>>380637361
130ish

>>380637501
Yeah man I can't wait to buy hard mode either

>>380640984
>>380639392

>wah not enough cutscenes!

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>>380641181

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>>380641829

>wah graphics!
Also real nice cherrypicked image. At least pick an image of the same field, which does have flowing grass in the final release of the game. Even if its not as detailed. But of course, that would require you to have actually played the game and know what you're talking about. Not just parroting chertypicked images.

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>>380642181

>>380642423
What did he mean by this?

>>380641829
>bullshots have never existed

I would say the main story is the weakest element for me seems like the only area I really enjoyed were the gerudos which still felt a little lacking, I wish we could see more behind the scenes because I feel like they could have put more time into it. But then again Zelda is never a super story driven game especially thus one. And those awful va. Shame we didn't get the different languages right off the bat. But besides that I've had absolute fun with the game. If you just dick around and see what you can find, and just immerse youself in the game it's great. I can't wait to see if they add new areas. I would love them to go crazier like a lowrule or majora mask kinda style on dlc. Still haven't beat Ganon and I have no intention of beating him but how far in his castle can I get without triggering him?

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>>380642706

72 hours and 27 minutes so far

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>>380642530
(You)

>>380637361
I stopped playing at 200 hours because I want to see most of my journey once the hero's path shit drops

over 800, unironically

70 hours, haven't fought Calamity Ganon yet

1087, I've had to buy as second switch so i can charge one while playing on the other.

>>380637361
110. Can't wait to do it again.

>>380643406
Holy fuck what do you even do on it? Just let it run?

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>>380643029
Not an argument.

>>380643406
What do you even do after fighting Ganon though? I've done Eventide Island, the labyrinths and freed that dragon.

>>380642423

>get proven wrong
>you're just a fat fanboy!
Pot calling the kettle weeaboo.

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>>380643613
Visit Kilton after you best ganon.

I've done about 180 hours. All 120 shrines, about 200 koroks. Game of the Year by a fucking mile.

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>>380643552
>Nintendo fan boy gets called fat autist
>NO YOU'RE THE FAT AUTIST

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>>380641829
the final game looks better than both

>>380643875
Do you have any general tips for finding shrines?

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>>380643623

>>380637361
Like 75
Found 110 Shrines and did all the non-tedious Quests.

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>>380644001
420p looks great

>>380637361
Like 180?
And I got the season pass. But I'm not really looking forward to making a separate save for Master Mode

Around 30 in cemu

Only one beast so far, 17 shrines

Please everyone set UI to pro mode, it's so much more immersive

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>>380644112

I'll post a fact after you do.

>>380644447
>Please everyone set UI to pro mode, it's so much more immersive
this but people need the fucking useless mini map they actually never use but keep there to clutter their screen for some fucking dumb reason

>>380644010
You have a radar on the sheikah slate. It will tell you when you're close.

>>380644447
there needs to be an option to remove the hearts if you're not in combat

>>380644686
I'm also trying to limit warping as much as possible

>>380644628
it's all in the numbers

numer one that's terror

>>380644794
You can have blank UI in cemu

Pure kino

>>380644001
*actual resolution

>>380637361
Beat it the other day at 160+ hours. I took my sweet time exploring, and I bet a good ten of those hours is idle time. I loved just about every moment of it, but went to start a new file and quickly reealized I had no interest. Not sure the replay value is there... I feel like I wont want to play it again for another couple of years.

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>>380644628

>>380644447
should have been set to pro on the start and let you change it by looking in the menu

pro not only takes away HUD elements but makes you use your surroundings and environment to tell what is happening and what is going to. for example, you can tell when its going to rain by watching the clouds and obviously when the time of day is.

moving slow makes little sound, but wearing iron or steel makes you louder even when moving slow by it clanking around. sadly isn't effected by armor, so wear whatever you want.

even then, in the thunderstorms, you can just toss your metal shit around because it sparks letting you know it is doing something and use it as a lightning attraction for fighting. i toss a bunch of shields around and use them for defense via lightning bolts.

even the temperature is noticed when your too cold, link shivers and when hot link sweats and wipes his brow. so many little things i noticed way more by using pro mode.

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>>380641829
Same bullshit desperado shit posting. Everytime. Keep crying.

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Not sure, never checked. Couldn't have been more than 40.

>All Towers/Full Map
>All Memories found
>Tried to explore regions pretty heavily
>70-ish Shrines (Stopped even doing them at some point, probably had like 20 uncompleted but found)
>Less than 50 Korok Seeds

Quit during my fourth divine beast, the Elephant. No yearning to go back to it. Might just put the Wii U in the wastebasket.

>>380645139
The replay value is in thoroughly exploring an open world

Most open world games are like this. They are good for exactly 1 playthrough unless you have advanced forms of autism

How bad is it that I did everything but a couple sidequests and the koroks in 2 weeks

>>380645868
How many hours did you clock up?

>>380637361
about 20. never had fun once.

>>380645868

If you played every day for 10+ hours, 2 weeks is plenty.

>>380637361
around 200

>>380645998
Poor you.

>>380645481
Posts like these really reek of autism

I'm at 45 jours, 2 minibosses, 50 shrines, 9 memories, 70 koroks. Game is fun but the combat is way too easy, and I don't like any of the 4 character designs of the races: zora's have a literal fishhead, birdpeople are extremely generic, fat ones talk like niggers and the gerudo look like ugly female bodybuilder (crazy tan included).

Exploring is extremely fun though. So far, a 8.5/10

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170
45% completion

>>380645169
>>380645169
>>380645169

>>380642423
Stop posting your profile pic, Sean.

>>380645868
you spent nothing but that time on it
i could have done the same if i didn't give myself fucking breaks by only playing maybe 2 days a week and not killing the fucking games longevity

the BIGGEST thing about this game if you 100% it is you probably won't want to fucking go back to it, maybe ever. all the wonder and amazement is just gone since you have seen everything and been everywhere.

nothing is a mystery anymore like it was for you back in March on day 1.

>>380637361
Currently at 80h and only one beast done. Just got the Master Sword.

>>380637361
150, without fast traveling a single time or using guides. those things are for pussies

>>380646149
honestly, i haven't liked a mainline zelda since wind waker.

22. boring af and a waste of time.

>>380646172
>gerudo look like ugly female bodybuilder

Shit taste detected

Where can i get the botw iso?

>>380643875
How the fuck did you only find 200 koroks, but have all shrines?

I just picked up Master Sword with 13 hearts and have a single stamina upgrade, but I had about 120 Koroks already.

>>380646172
ok?

so fucking enjoying shit is autism now?
i mean, fuck, the guy just stated things you probably wouldn't notice playing with pro mode on. said nothing about combat or characters

you have fucking autism, faggot

>>380645596
Thats just it though, I purposely took my time and thoroughly explored the world on my first playthrough. I went out of my way to explore every nook and cranny, did every shrine, close to half of the korok seeds, and essentially every quest except for just a couple before facing calamity gannon. Im not saying I didnt miss stuff, but nowhere near enough for me to want to scour the area again, at least not any time soon.

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So what is actually up with the whole "calamity" plot device? All you ever see is a thunderstrike behind some mountains that presumably levels the schoolyard-sized Castle Town. Where is the world on fire? Also why is Hyrule so underdeveloped? I was expecting sprawling cities and whatnot. Obviously each one not the size of Assassin's Creed, but come on. These are laughable even compared to Todd's handiwork.

For a reveal as cool as Calamity/Cloud Ganon, the end result was so disappointing. Nobody has any personality and there isn't an ounce of heroism to be found.

>Blood Moon isn't a constant world state that is progressively cleared up as you cleanse the BLIGHTS
Missed Opportunities 101. Game is all over the place in terms of tone and atmosphere.

>>380637361
165 hours. Most of it on the story, spent like 30 hours just fucking around, having fun.

>>380637361
150. Haven't played it in a month. Probably going to revisit it when I get a switch because I fucking loved it, or I'm gonna mess around when more people realize the Wii U version can be modded

107, enough to do all shrines and quests. Ill do another playthrough on master mode eventually, might even get the Koroks this time

>>380646749
I wasn't specifically going out of my way to find korok. I just found them naturally as I explored. People have a real stick up their asses about them but they're fine and they're handy as fuck for expanding your inventory, as long you're not an autist who needs to find every single one. Best not to even worry about them, you'll find more than enough without even trying.

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>tfw I ran all over the mountains, eating food like crazy to keep warm and doing everything possible
>very next area, I get clothes that protect from the cold
At least I have a reason to replay the game again.

I put in like 10 before I realized you can just infinitely stun lock enemies and it's impossible to die unless you're asleep.

It's okay, exploring is nice, 6/10.

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>>380645567
>proceeds to post bullshot
>literal it's OK when Nintendo does it

Currently at 50 hours and 100 shrines. I've discovered three of the beasts but after Hateno institute or whatever it's called I haven't done a single story related mission. Haven't done a single side quests apart from really obvious ones as well.

I looked up most shrine locations though as I don't like walking around in open world games.

I wonder how long the game is going to take me, but I doubt more than 80 hours.

By the way what's up with the rain? Literally ever five minutes it rains in some regions, no fun to play on the go.

>>380647472
it was fun doing that shit
i went through a good portion of the game without cold equipment, just made myself elixers giving me like 20 mins of cold resist

>>380637361
30 so far and I just beat the game yesterday. I'll probably go looking for the master sword and explore the whole world soon.

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>>380647472
This is actually one of my favourite things about the game; the player is free to make their own methods of survival and exploration, you're not pigeonholed into having to accept a specific way of doing anything. There were plenty of times when I found myself kind of stuck I figured I must be some item or ability to proceed (because that's what gaming conventions have taught us) but after just experimenting a little I was always able to fashion a solution. Fucking game is incredible.

>>380637361
~100h , just beat Vah'Ruta, only explored like 3 regions

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>>380647697
>bullshots

Keep crying.

>>380648365
I wish there was a mode that let you play the entire game at sunset.

Around 20 hours, I completely forgot about it until this thread. Any major CEMU improvements since 1.7.4c?

>>380648220
You can climb and glide, what the fuck are you talking about? If that's your only criteria for player freedom it's meet by almost every 3D action game of the past two decades.

>>380637361
0

140 hours

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>>380648427
Indeed. My screencap folder is full of sunsets, they are my favourite.

About 50 so far. So far the game is really fun. Only problem is I wish there were more bosses in the game. The only boss which actually gave me trouble was thunderblight ganon. Calmity and the other divine beast ones took 1 try to beat. Lynels are pretty fun too, so I wish they had included some more difficult bosses.

Flurry rush is also kind of overpowered. It takes a little to get used to, but once you do you can take down basically anything. Game would have been better if they had taken it out and instead made more bosses and fixed enemies like thunderblight who I dont think you can beat without flurry rush.

>>380637361
0

>>380648549
I think he's talking about the environment. For me, this was one of the first games where the thing in the environment were actually useful. usually games that say its open world dont relaly utilze the environment as well as BOTW did

>>380648220

I'm the guy you're quoting and I agree. I certainly wasn't mad that I had to use all that food. I actually felt like it was a survival mechanic. But now that I know there's cold gear, I will go for it before I do the mountains next time.

The only time I got annoyed in BotW was having to lightning resistance when all those Lizafos are shooting me with lightning arrows. And the rubber gear is the hardest thing to get so I doubt anyone will have it before Zora's Domain.

>>380648549
Name one Action Adventure game where you can climb like in BOTW. Then find me one with climbing and gliding. And then one with both of those and a chemistry engine like BOTW.

>>380648549
You're a fucking idiot. How are you going to reach that snowy peak? Will you put your warmer clothes on? Will you cook some hot meals so you can survive? Will you risk the benefit of your strongest armour in the cold? Perhaps climbing gear for faster ascending? How about equiping a fire element weapon to beat the cold? Even just light a fucking treebranch on fire and leech off the heat?

That's just one situation which offers multiple ways to tackle it depending on what the player has to hand or how they want to strategise things.

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>>380646994
While these are all valid points I think the point of the game was more to craft a sandbox than tell a good story, but I certainly agree on the characters, that seems more to do with the voice acting though.

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>>380641829
lol

>>380649389

Depends on what you mean by 'like BotW'. Even NES and GB games had the ability to climb vertically. But they're not 3D like BotW.

Metroid II is one of my favorite games in large part because of the spider ball. And I was very disappointed in the weak spider ball in Prime.

>>380646290
Maybe so, but I can't help the binge.

I also finished one piece in about 5 weeks

>>380637501
this, I've only done the shrines I needed to get the master sword and I've not done most of the side quests, I'm trying not to empty the world by the time the 2nd DLC gets out

>>380649482
more ways than skyrim would
because it would have zero ways to beat cold since you don't get effected by the environment

zelda 1
skyrim 0

70. I'm gonna play more when the DLC releases.

>>380648819
The whole combat system is underdeveloped as fuck, I actively avoid fights because they are so boring. You don't even have to run away because most enemies will never have the speed to keep up with your normal walking animation. Oh and the enemy variety is a complete joke. Why are almost no humanoid enemies? I wish they had included something like bandits camps from Horizon Zero Dawn. But it's always the same goblin, lizard, rock, bat etc.

>>380649680

Like everything else, fans made a mod in Skyrim where environment has an effect. But Zelda is already ahead in this because it was in the base game. As well as about 100 other things Skyrim didn't have without mods.

BotW really is what Skyrim should have been.

>>380645997
no idea and im too lazy to boot it up again

A good 200 i'd say

196
Legit best game I've ever played

I just started so probably like ~10.

I got the Wii U version but I eventually want the Switch one when I get it. I'm starting to feel bad for putting this much effort into the Wii U version and won't be able to transfer to Switch.

>>380637361
Not that much actually. I got distracted playing a bunch of other games and I've been meaning to go back and just put a bunch of hours into BotW.

>>380637361

160

just missing the all the horse gear and a shit ton of koroks but those horse mini games are impossible and collecting koroks lost its appeal...maybe when the dlc pulls me back in.

>>380637361

We over a hundred hours, 100% percented it without a guide. (Only stuff I don't have is the locked content)

>>380637361
140 on Wii U. 40ish so far on switch. Which ill buy the dlc for.

>>380637361
A bit over 80 hours. Finished the story and got all the memories

I have something less than 30 shrines left to complete but i decided to let them be for now so in the next months i have one more reason to get back to the game, alongside the DLC

About 5 hrs and this is already my favorite Zelda of them all. This what Zelda should've been from the start. It kind of was with the first two NES Zeldas, but in a limited way.

>>380649848
Thats true. I've noticed myself doing that too. Once you have some nice weapons, theres no incentive to fight. Most of the regular mobs are extrememly boring to fight( I enjoy the elemental and jumping lizalfos), so I just go looking for a lynel. BOTW needs more complicated enemies in general. Bosses + more complex mobs. The moblins are boring once you fight them a couple of times. It would be nice to fight mobs with some unique charactersstics, like the lizalfos(jumping breathing elements).

As many as in researching transitioning, 0 since I'm not trans.

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>>380650936

>This what Zelda should've been from the start.
It was. Aonouma has publically stated this game is a return to Zelda 1. Most of the areas, enemies and concepts in the game are based on Zelda 1, 2 or Link's Awakening.

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like 100
did all the shrines, only upgraded the wild tunic to max, gonna round up the rest of the content once both DLC packs are available

Over 300h, picking all the koroks now!

>>380651295

Pretty awesome. Do we know yet what timeline BotW takes place in?

>>380642706
Unless you enter the sanctum he won't trigger. Why don't you want to beat him though? After you do, it just reverts back to right before you enter the sanctum

About 200 hours, trying to get the 3 monster medals now.

>>380649569
Nice resolution I can almost see something

>>380637361
100+

All the shrines, all the side quests

>>380651719

Based on the story, it seems to be well after any other Zelda game (the story plainly says it takes place 10,000 years after Ocarina of Time). I hope they use this opportunity to reboot the series and just go away from the timeline crap entirely. Return to the original idea that each Zelda game is a retelling of the same general story in a new way.

110 hours, finished all divin beasts and half the shrines.

Waiting for both DLCs to drop so I can carry on exploring the couple areas I haven't touched yet.

>>380637361
How do you check again? I think it was like 150 hours or something, I stopped cause I wanted to get the walk tracker thing before I passed 200 hours.

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>>380650525

The shrines are all pretty easy and fast if you know what to do.

Only one I dread doing over is the golf one, I lost so many good weapons on that bullshit.

My first run was a 3 heart run, (I pawned all my heart containers away for excessivel wealth.)

It was challenging but very fun relying on stealth, ambushes, sniping and disguises. I got one shotted alot but enjoyed utilizing all the prep time.

still haven't played Majora's Mask and Wind Waker. what do

>>380637361
285 hours, I think.

>>380653074
Each (main) Zelda game pretty much stands on its own. Playing one before the other shouldn't impact your enjoyment.

>>380651127
They are missing humanoid enemies. Give each region one bandit camp which is controlled by a local boss. I'm just coming from DS3 and the combat system of BotW is really laughable, you don't even lose stamina when you just hit enemies with a normal attack. It's very underdeveloped. I guess it will stay that way because Nintendo is trying to appeal to everyone.

>>380653074
Wait until they port it to Switch.

>>380652202

I kind of like the timeline stuff.. it gives the whole series a story instead of each game being entirely separate from one another.

It feels like this would be in the Wind Waker timeline sometimes but who knows.

>>380637361

2 hours then I never played this piece of shit again

>>380649848
There are human enemies, did you even get to the gerudo town?

>>380653074

Both good. Play them eventually.

Majora's Mask 3D is the best version of the game, as well as Wind Waker HD.

90 hours, finished and re-playing it.

>>380654062
Yes I encountered about five archers there and that's it. And every 10 hours one (1) bandit attacked me on the road.

>>380654043

What makes this a piece of shit?

You're probably burned out on open world games and just lashing out, because I think BotW is great. I don't play too many open world games so now that I'm playing this, I'm having alot of fun just exploring.

>>380649618
you imply that players who enjoy features from BOTW like gliding and climbing would be better suited to play these mysterious older 3d action games which are just as good and feature them

>>380653942
If it helps,one of the cutscenes, Zelda herself specifically references OoT, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword.

>>380652202
>10,000 years after Ocarina of Time
Ocarina of Time didn't have Divine Beasts and Guardians.

>Return to the original idea that each Zelda game is a retelling of the same general story in a new way
I'd rather them be entirely different stories with only Link and Zelda as recurring characters, switching between Hyrule and other lands every 2 games or so.

I don't want to sound like a Souls shitter but the series would really benefit from delivering its story/lore through simple interactions with NPCs and items/location descriptions.

>>380654335
They'll always attack you if you have bananas. Not even kidding. They love bananas.

>>380637361
20. My back gets sore sitting on the couch playing consoles so I burn out quick, but it seemed like a pretty damn good game for what I played.

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>>380649618
>Depends on what you mean by 'like BotW'. Even NES and GB games had the ability to climb vertically.

Are you fucking serious?

If you just want to hate them game then fine, hate away. But don't make up completely nonsensical statement which make you sound retarded.

>>380652202
>the story plainly says it takes place 10,000 years after Ocarina of Time
No. Like, 3/4th of the Divine Beasts are named after sages from OoT, meaning they were made after OoT, meaning OoT was an unknown number of years before the war 10k years ago, meaning all we know of BotW's timeline placement vis à vis OoT it's that it's >10 100 years later

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>>380654436

>you imply
Learn what imply means. I didn't say anything of the kind.

>>380654675

>I'd rather them be entirely different stories with only Link and Zelda as recurring characters, switching between Hyrule and other lands every 2 games or so.
But that's basically what I was saying. Zelda 1-5 was that. I wasn't saying that each new Zelda needs to be the exact same story of Zelda 1/LttP repeated. Miyamoto's original idea was that every Zelda game was just 'a story told around a fire by your grandmother'. But whil each game repeated ideas like Zelda and Link appearing, even early on the stories changed settings and locations a lot.

The idea is that the story changes depending on who is telling the story. Like a crazy grandpa who starts off telling you the story of Snow White, then it devolves into a crazy story about dwarves fighting dragons and defeating an evil witch.

>I don't want to sound like a Souls shitter but the series would really benefit from delivering its story/lore through simple interactions with NPCs and items/location descriptions.
I totally agree.

>>380655067

>But don't make up completely nonsensical statement which make you sound retarded.
The irony is that you are the one making a nonsensical statement. Because I never said I hate BotW. And I was specifically pointing out to someone that you can't find a game that does climbing 'exactly' like BotW did.

Holy shit this thread is full of defensive idiots.

>>380649329
Well just don't get hit, right? I snuck through there at night with sheikah stuff.

>>380654415
Yeah this is the first open world game which I 've actually enjoyed. Usually I just get bored with nothing to do, but botw is just so fucking fun.

>>380637361
40, haven't powered on my wii u since I beat it 3 months ago

>>380648220
I love how there's so many approaches to situations. I never thought there'd be creativity in puzzle-solving in Zelda, but they really made general-purpose tools and let you go wild. Revali's Gale is too good, but it's still a wonderful design all things considered.

>>380654672
>Zelda herself specifically references OoT, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword.

So this is on the adult timeline (TP). Interesting..

Having the Koroks here make it confusing but it's all good.