BOTW thread

>>384560107
>5-6
I thought there were only 4?

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DO YOU EVEN EDGE??

>>384560196
shrines I mean

Unironically I just rubbed my eyes while I had anti itch cream on my fingers 5 minutes ago and now my eyes fucking itch like hell.

>>384560107
is BoTW made by a god?

>Want to play the new Zelda game
>Have a Wii U
>Want to play it on Switch
>Can't find a Switch
Fucking Nintendo for not letting me give them my money.

>>384560347
just fucking buy it on the Wii U.

>>384560347
>>384561380
don't, if you're going to get a switch anyways then wait to play it on switch
wii u has a much worse framerate (sub 20 fps in all cities and a lot of combat scenarios) and noticeably worse visuals

>>384562809
anyone else just love the running spear attack animation?

>>384561498
this.
I've watched someone play it on Wii U and was surprised by whenever they got a chest, the icon for the item they got took about 5 seconds to load

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What are your favourite moments in the game? Mine is galloping while fighting a guardian on horseback

>>384563572
Shield surfing down the hebra mountain while sniping fools

>>384563572
Going out of the shrine to resurrection for the first time

>>384560107
>tfw my horse died after getting zapped by a guardian laser
You will be missed

>>384560107
you're in for a fucking ride. i'm at 95 hours and i'm barely doing on the third beast

>>384560107
How do we fix end game bros? There is nothing to do besides completing all shrines and koroks

>>384560107
pfister couldnt hear you because he's in the pokey for beating up his sister

>>384563790
Shield surfing is great and Nintendo missed a trick by not removing a bit of realism. Make it so that shields dont degrade when surfed on, no one would complain and it would get rid of the 'I don't want to do this fun thing because I might break my shield' feeling. Also get rid of weapons getting damaged on hitting ore/moveable objects for the same reason. Its a level of inventory management that adds very little to immersion and actively punishes fun.

No one in the snow or desert is saying 'this area is made worse because me shield doesn't degrade while surfing', they day 'oh shit look how great it is being able to surf everywhere'.

>>384564998
Does the hylian shield even break? I have been surfing on it for ages

>>384565121
Dunno, it does break eventually but maybe surfing doesn't effect it. Point still stands though; there's no reason not to make all shields infinitely surfable

>>384564327
You can revive horses

>>384565719
thats fucking stupid
also the horse magically teleporting to every stable

>>384565719
What? Where? I miss that little guy

>>384566252
Why is that stupid. Horses die for the dumbest reasons

>>384560107
Why did you name your horse after a brand of faucet...? Pfisters are shit btw, go with the deltas, easier to put together, cheaper, last longer, and don't look like wire hangers

Just turned this off. Playing the Master Mode, trying to do all the shrines before any beasts or even talking to Impa. Tonight I was Hinox hunting, trying to upgrade my soldier's set, not sure if I'll be able to take on the lynels to get it to max level but I'll try one. I hate that I have to clear divine beasts to get access to some of the shrines.

>>384565121
>>384565249
The Hylian Shield can in fact break. Broke it screwing around with guardian beams in the Forgotten Temple.

>>384566330
There's a horse revival "fairy" fountain south of the Highland Stable in Southern Hyrule. It's 1000 rupees to revive a horse.

>>384566492
>upgrading armor
Nothing in the game is hard enough

>>384566747
on master mode upgrading armour is crucial

>>384564649
You're not forced to do a fucking thing. You can tap out and go fight the final boss whenever you want.

>>384566901
yeah but after the boss fight the game becomes way too easy and boring. That's end game. Only thing you can do is start a new save

I'm not the only one that named their horse Roach, right?

>>384564998
Implying it isnt hilarious when your shield breaks while surfing. I do it on purpose all the time.

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I've had the game for around 2 months now and I love it, but my playtime has been scattered all over those 2 months due to work and I haven't explored as much as I would like (I want to find everything.)

Just finished the last Divine Beast, should I restart the game over or just do all of the exploration now?

>>384567078
Did you speak with Kiton after beating Ganon?

If you bored after finishing the game, that's kind of normal for video games I suppose.

>>384567125
I doubt anyone else would be that uncreative, so rest assured that you're probably the only one.

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just got done with the DLC yesterday. I really want to start master mode now but I'm saving it for later

>>384567851
When you go for Trial of the Sword in Master Mode make sure to use ancient arrows on the golden enemies. They will destroy you if you make a single mistake.

>>384567423
What happens when you speak with Kilton?

>>384566747
Its master mode, and yeah you kinda do. I just started my 2nd row of hearts and I'm still getting 2 shotted, but now I only get 3 shotted with my upgraded armor!

>>384568024
Sidequests unlock

>>384567335
Do exploration now

>>384567851
Yeah I'm waiting for pack 2

>>384568462
It'll be about Zelda right?

I dumped 190 hours into the game, but I feel like diving back in. Should I buy the DLC and try master mode?

>>384569169
Yeah. There's a short video without audio that shows Zelda.

>>384569432
If you like doing that dumb shit where they take all your stuff and you gotta fight enimies like your the little fag from home alone. Thats just not fun.

>>384569662
>like the little fag from home alone
Sounds like fun.

>>384560107
Question, how long does it usually take to complete a dungeon? Are they extraordinarily hard, or are they more like Skyrim dungeons? I haven't played Zelda in a very long time, but am probably going to be buying a Switch soon. I am just curious onto the level of difficulty BOTW is at.

>>384570429
The shrines? Fast as fuck. The beasts? ~30 minutes

It's not difficult, but I find them more interesting than skyrim

>>384570575
How many dungeons are in BOTW, if I might ask? How long on average would it take to complete the game?

>>384570429
You mean the shrines? Theres 120 of them. Most of can be beaten in a few mintues, the most difficult or elaborate ones will take maybe 20 minutes.

The 4 devine beasts are the main dungeons. They're open ended and can be tackled in any number of ways. If you know what you're doing you can beat them in about 30 minutes each.

>>384570639
120 Shrines, 4 Divine Beasts, 1 Hyrule Castle.

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It's okay. I liked the NES Zelda more though. It's an 8/10 at best.

>>384570639
The game can last 200 hours or 1 hour. Do what you want then when you feel yourself getting bored just head to the final boss.

If you wanted to do all 4 devine beasts, get all the main quests storyline, beat enough shrines to win the master sword you'll still be looking about 40 to 60 hours.

>>384570952
>The game can last 200 hours
Doing what? I currently have 160 hours on record after 3 playthroughs from start to finish.

>>384571103
100% run takes 200 hours if you are not rushing through it

>>384571157
For what purpose though? Why complete it 100% when there's nothing to gain from it?

>>384571326
because its fun?

I have enjoyed everything so far outside of armor upgrading

finding koroks is good shit

>>384571326
What do you gain completing other games to 100%?

>>384571501
A small reward at most. I don't understand completionists

>>384571603
completionists complete games because they love the game regardless of progression

they just like playing it and dont care for rewards

>>384564327
>tfw your horse dies during the last phase of the last boss fight

>>384571725
how do you pull that off

>>384570575
I beat the beasts in like 5 minutes matey.

>>384563572
How do you fight a guardian on horseback? Like just keep shooting them with arrows? I wouldn't be able to aim well while it's galloping.

>>384571725
>fighting the pig form of Ganon
>horse controls like ass, won't move like I tell him to
>can't hit the targets for hit
>say fuck it and get off the horse
>he gets stepped on and dies
heh who cares

>>384571895
jump off back > slow mo bow shots

>>384571943
Oh. Well id call that "jumping off your horse to fight a guardian" rather than "fighting a guardian on horseback".

>>384571326
Because its fun? Also DLC is on its way, and I'm trying to clear out Master Mode 100% before it drops

>>384566492
>been playing the game since launch day on switch
>a couple months ago hit 100 shrines
>want to finish them all before taking on Ganon so I can finish the game with the classic tunic
>grinding the last few shrines with guides is fucking boring as hell
>one of the shrines I missed was a collectathon bullshit one
>at this point I just want to get it over with so I can start my no climbing, minimum shrine, master mode playthrough

>>384572127
Master mode 100% is the only true way to complete the game

>>384571895
Slashing at their legs is pretty fun/simple.

>>384571806
very cool my man.

>>384572183
Meh, completionist is one way to play, experiencing only the hand carved content is another. I'd love to play the game where I travel by horse from town to town, completing the divine beasts and never worrying about upgrading my armor or hunting shrines out of the way

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Pretty pleased with this screenshot I took. It's the only one I have where the compression doesn't ruin it.

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I also "just started" a few months ago. But I had to put it down. One of these days I'll get back to it. Seems like a 10/10 Zelda. When does it get bad?

My first horse was a blue horse. I couldn't get the lean purple one. I didn't have even close to enough stamina it seems like I needed for it. I was able to mount it three times before it ran away indefinitely. That's my one complaint with the game. It went too RPG on that route. If it was OoT you could have probably got that horse somehow.

>>384572453
>When does it get bad?
divine beasts maybe

and if you continue playing when you get bored instead of just finishing ganon

>>384572453
It starts getting bad when you realize that the game has no set order, which means the dungeons are all about the same in terms of difficulty. Also every champion acts like it's the first one, so they tell you exactly how you're supposed to get through it.

Also any part with Zelda in it. Worst incarnation.

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>>384572354

>>384572647
>Also any part with Zelda in it. Worst incarnation.
what terrible fucking taste

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>>384572648
I should probably just get it on CEMU and retake the screenshots there. It looks so much better than the WiiU version.

>>384572689
I'd like to tell you why I hate BotW Zelda by first telling you her personality, but there's like 6 of them. She goes from boring to bitchy to pussy to thirsty to mopey to bland, and any interesting moments she might've had by being a more scientific Zelda that thinks critically and logically is thrown out the window for magic. Fuck no.

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>>384572875

>>384572887
So like a realistic teenager? Damn. Also ravioli acts significantly differently compared to the rest of the champions

Is it worth playing on cemu yet or still slow/buggy?

>>384573178
Depends on your specs. I played it at 30 fps 2 or 3 months ago, it crashed alot due to ram usage.
When I was almost done with everything in the game a new cemu version with better memory usage came out and it goes wonderfully for me.
I am almost on the verge of replaying it, but I guess I will wait september at least.

>>384573460
What CPU you have?

>>384561498
>worse visuals
That's bullshit. The game is a straight up port.

>>384573735
i7 4790k

>>384561498
This is false.
The visuals are practically identical and while docked, Switch has equal amounts of drops in fps. In different areas tho.

>>384560347
you gonna get fps drop on both of them

get it on Wii U

>>384573897
fug

I only have an i7-920. Still orders of magnitude faster than the original wiiu CPU but probably not enough to emulate it.

>>384572210
Yeah I'm a pretty cool guy my dude.

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>>384572875
1280x720 is the resolution of Wii U ?

you would love the cemu 1080p or 4k pack i think, its so much brighter, sharp and colorful

>>384574269
Do you have the graphics pack that disables the AA? Also can you get reshade to work with yours? mines all fkky

>>384563572
casually riding on my horse with the made in abyss insert song from ep 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6d9wlaQPoc

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>>384561498
why do switch users go around and spout bullshit then complain why every fanbase despite them ?

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>tfw raided hyrule castle for weapons, and killed the silver lynel in the colleseum, with only 3 hearts and starter gear, and still only using the starter gear
Who else is a /HEROOFMADNESS/?

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Can't take screenshots with afterburner but fraps works

I'm playing the Wii U version and it plays fine overall. There's only real slowdown in some of the cities.

>>384574751
>three hearts
are you actually going to play it or are you just triggering nintendofags

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>>384563572
Eventide Island definitely.
I love when a game restricts your abilities temporarily and forces you to get creative with dealing with obstacles.
I need to get back to this game, got it at launch and have somewhere 26 shrines to round out
And 700 Korok seeds to go

>>384575079
Some kind of randomized Eventide-esque dungeon would make great DLC

Instead we got a green line all over the map and some new armor

Thanks Nintendo

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>>384574751
Oh nice, that looks so clean. I wish the WiiU didn't compress the screenshots so much, the game looks much nicer on the TV even at 720p.

>>384575202
It looks x10 better in 4K on CEMU:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsLP9Qv4rOU

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>>384574923
3 hearts is pretty standard for a while, enemies do so much damage that its not worth it early on. Its a better idea to invest into Stamina early on so you can explore more areas and GTFO when shit hits the fan.

Anybody really amazed at the world design? Like the Kurasaga Mountains (if that's the correct name), the Gerudo Desert Ruins, The Wasteland, GANON'D Hyrule Castle, etc.

>>384560107

shrines aren't dungeons

>>384560196

divine beasts aren't dungeons

>100 hours in
>about to head for final ganon battle
>run into that big korok seed guy
>discover I can expand my weapon slots

fuck. better late than never I guess.

>>384575318
Man his performance is ridiculous I'm at around 15-20 it's a little brutal but you get used to it.>>384574923
I haven't actually went back to the church to upgrade anything yet still have 1 stamina bar too

>>384563572

meeting up with my bird nigga kass or getting to goron village with no fire resist potions only to find out they sold them at the nearby stable

>>384575661
do you use the fence hack ?

its made to boost fps to 30 for poor cpu fags like u

>>384575505
Plenty of praise about that

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>>384575186
The DLC trials are very similar to Eventide except there's more of a sense of progression. It's pretty fun imo.

>>384575318
Guess I'm gonna dick around with CEMU for the next few days taking screenshots.

>>384575505
I really love the eastern side of the map. Gorgeous areas t b h.

>>384575803
Yeah, I have 3770 it's getting a little old but it's runs everything pretty well

>>384575841
Beautiful

Anon more pics please

>>384575505
Me too, you can feel the love put into the areas of the game. My favorite area would probably be the flooded ruins by a town near a lake. I really hope the Hero's ballad DLC gives us a look into the past because I really want to see what some of the ruins looked like before Ganon fucked them up.

People may complain about there being no end game, just a collectathon of koroks, but I'm having a good time running methodically around the world looking for the little assholes. I had beaten the game months ago with 120 shrines, but coming back to it for the DLC, I am having a good time just exploring the world. Reminds me of early MMOs, EverQuest, and WoW. The most fun I had was climbing on shit and getting exploration achievements.

>>384560107
What's the most comfy area in the game and why is it the hebra region

>>384575926
My only issue with Trial of the Sword is that it kicks you out after you finish each round the first time. I would have preferred to just keep going.

>>384576193
That's not tarrey town

>>384560328
How would you ironically rub your eyes?

>>384576193
Selmie's Spot is the comfiest place in the game but Hateno Village is a close second.

>>384576218
Agreed.

>>384576218
>he hasn't reached room 10 on master mode

Now that is pure bullshit

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>>384575983

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>>384575186
>Some kind of randomized Eventide-esque dungeon would make great DLC

That's literally what Trial of the Sword is, anon, save the 'randomized' part.

>>384576326
>Game gives Link a house
>It's in fucking loser Hateno not based Tarrey Town

Fucking biggest disappointment in the game. I brought you all this God damn wood and you can't make me a house?

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>>384576881
Plop your Travel Medallion in Tarrey Town, and it's but a button away from ur cozy cottage

>>384560107
I heard from someone that you can chain back stabs. Is that true and if yes how do you do it?

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>>384560107
>>384563572
>>384564327
>>384567125
>>384571725

>using a horse

>>384573923
The Switch in no way shape or form has as many drops as WiiU. There's borderline zero drops now. There's been multiple patches now so please stop spreading information from release as if it's still relevant. And the visuals are definitely better

>>384577232
>Not using a horse

>>384577357
Confirmed, most recent patch that came alongside DLC 1 fixed sooo many little slowdowns

>>384575591
good thing you were playing on normal

>>384577357
>And the visuals are definitely better
not really, but hey keep on justifying that purchase

My laptop has an i7 4810MQ and a GTX 880M

is there any point at all in me finally downloading cemu? is the game properly playable yet?

>>384577539
Anon you are the one justifying here. 720p vs 900p is a huge difference on my 1080p TV

>>384577232
>not enjoying horseback combat

>>384577648
not when you can play it in 4k on cemu it isn't.

>>384577594
It's pretty much playable from start to finish with little crashes. At least on my machine

>>384577720
But we are talking about Wii U vs switch here

And I'm lazy to move my PC to my living room

>>384577648
I haven't really seen much discussion about horseback combat but it's honestly one of my favorite things about the game. Guardians and Hinoxes are really fun to fight on horseback and the lock on -> melee leap combo is so satisfying to use. The lock on camera during these fights is fun to mess around with as well.

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>>384577594
I think it will run around 13-15 fps average for you my man

>>384574468
I did the same, but naked except for the climbing bandana it was pirate link wrecking the castle. It was fun as fuck.

>>384578412
>>384577296
>>384576783
Anyone running this on an FX8350? Other Wii U games run fine, haven't tried BotW yet.
I already played it on Wii U.

so I'm about 10 hours into the game and I got to the zora's domain and the first divine beast. There doesn't seem to be a lot of side quests so far, so what's the actual length of the game? How do you guys manage to play it for 400 hours

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>>384563572
Fighting guardians on a horse is great. I love watching them being knocked around.

>>384579039
40 hours if you rush through and o all the beasts. 100 hours if you go out and explore, 150 if you want to do everything.
I finished it in 100 hours having done almost all sidequests with about 20-30 shrines to go and around 250 korok seeds.

>>384576881
>Game gives Link a house
>>It's in fucking loser Hateno not based Tarrey Town

The house in Hateno was ALWAYS your house. You just claimed it back.

>>384577720
*crashes ur game*

>>384579367
crashes aren't really that often, maybe once every hour and a half. And even then, the game autosaves every 3 minutes so it really isn't a bother at all.

>>384579039
>How do you guys manage to play it for 400 hours

I've got 300 hours over 3 playthroughs mainly from just playing it to chill out. It's fun to just mess around with the camps/overworld bosses in a bunch of different ways and/or just enjoying the comfy world.

>>384579532
>crashes are no big deal

PCbros everyone.

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>>384577232
>not using a horse

>>384579638
given that I play it in 4k and it looks better than anything you will ever see on your shitty switch, the fact that I can play the game with any controller I wish and the fact that it's fucking free, yeah, losing three minutes of progress every once in a blue moon isn't a deal breaker at all ndroid.

Also I hardly every play the shitty game for more than an hour at once so I rarely even experience crashes.

>>384578178
Feel the same with archery

>>384580183
Yep. Archery in this game is amazing. Smooth, arrows have the right weight, , bows have the right draw, horseback archery is great, and slow mo feels awesome to perform

>>384569662
Don't know what you're talking about. Eventide Island and the master sword trials are some of my favorite parts of the game.

>>384579976
No need to get upset PCbro. I just prefer the non-glitchy, non crashing version I can play anywhere without having to optimise a shitty emulator. That's just me. ;^)

>>384563572
Having a massive BBQ after reaching the summit of Death Mountain. Just toss a shit ton of raw ingredients on the ground and watch them cook 'cause of the heat.

>>384580610
>non-glitchy
there are none you dumb droid
> non crashing
as I said, literally not a problem
>play anywhere
get out retard
>without having to optimise a shitty emulator
it literally takes two clicks to run the game

but keep on justifying that purchase sheep.

>>384580610
>>384580828
Shut the fuck up you two and kiss already

>>384579367
btw, they fixed the crashes in the new version uploaded yesterday. one one crash left, and that's related to the graphics packs, so when they get updated it will be smooth sailing.
better performance, too.

>>384560107
Man that's pretty.

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>>384581398
Can you take an outdoors shor

>>384580357
I did this move where I leaped off a wall, shot an arrow at a lizalfos' head and then slammed my claymore straight on top of him to finish him off and it just felt so smooth. Pulling off shit like that is the most fun I've had with the combat in the series and it's a shame that there's rarely any areas that can really show off its potential.

>>384581508
>shor
Shot*

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>>384581578
look how crisp downsampled 4k is

>>384581558
This. It needed more enemies that force those situations

>>384560347
The frame drop in towns is not nearly as bad as it used to be after the recent update. Just download it for free and see for yourself if you find it acceptable or not.

>>384580752
That's pretty neat. It doesn't catch fire though?

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>>384581508

>>384581963
It does

>>384581945
I think levels are more important in forcing situations like that but I wouldn't mind a whole lot more enemies too.

>>384582847
It really needed more enemy types. It gets boring seeing recolours

>>384560107
If only it had 6 dungeons. Divine beasts were great and I want more

>>384583412
Thought I was the only one that liked them. They are so nicely designed and I would really want one more larger, more unique looking one

>>384560107
Help i cant beat thunderblight

>>384584540
Learn too parry. In his second phase use magnesis

>>384584540
He's quite easy to read. Just parry when he does his zipping around thing

>>384581558
Needed more sword trial like areas

>>384586402
This. The rooms are so well designed and fun

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>>384586754
I fucking hate my internet

>>384560107
Will the DLC dungeon be hyrule castle or divine beast style?

>>384587431
lets hope its neither and they make an actual fucking dungeon

>>384587568
Hyrule castle is the best dungeon in the series though. Also the divine beast puzzles are better than the usual dungeon puzzles. I hope they never go back to the tired ass lock and key style of puzzles with so little player agency

>>384560232
I.. I like this post, Anon-kun

>>384587797
>best dungeon in the series

>can swim and climb straight to the boss without doing anything

>>384588454
>dungeon can be cheesed
What's the problem

>>384561380
wait, can you buy it digitally for the wiiu and still be playable on the switch?

>>384588583
its not cheese. they deliberately put waterfalls that you can swim up on the outside of the castle, and they're easily accessible. on top of that, there's literally no motivation to explore said dungeon because all you get is more of the same old gear.

@384588820
>there's literally no motivation to explore said dungeon because all you get is more of the same old gear.

Not even giving you the (You) for that one.

>>384572127
>no climbing, minimum shrine, master mode
Sounds retarded

>>384588983
>I can't come up with a valid argument: the post

those korok seeds really must mean a lot to you

>>384575536
ok

So the fuck's up with the beach area way down to the South? That's obviously cut content, yeah? There's an entire town of people plus that massive beach area and the only things of note there are like two Shrines even though every other village has at least some relevance to the plot. Are they gonna use it for the DLC?

>>384589094
You missed the hylian shield?? It's unique anon

@384589094

The Hylian Shield, the diaries of Zelda and the King, several dragon parts, some of the best weapons in the game, and a bunch of sidequest objectives like the cookbook recipes are all in there.

Now kill yourself already, you fucking faggot.

>>384571910
>horse controls like ass
Literally nothing funnier than when people in BotW threads complain about disobedient horses.

How fucking stupid do you have to be to ignore the affection meter?

>>384589325
Why can't it just be a nice comfy beach town. I like areas like this in games

>>384589338
>unique
>the exact same as all other shields but with more durability and harder to replace

>>384572453
>If it was OoT you could have probably got that horse somehow.
Cook some stamina food if you don't have enough stamina for a better horse.

the answer in BotW is ALWAYS "git gud"

>>384589369
Zelda's dairies? Where? I can only find the king's.

>>384589467
It actually deflects lasers right into a guardian's eye.

>>384589369
>sidquests objectives
>for shitty side quests that reward you with nothing unique or interesting

>some of the best weapons in the game
>that you can also find elsewhere


>the diaries
wow, finally something unique. but its just some shitty half-assed lore text.

>>384589325
If you wanna talk cut content, what about the entire mountain down in the desert that turns into an invisible barrier when you try to climb it

>>384589438
In pretty much anything with a narrative, you don't put something that obviously doesn't have a point to all of it. There's not even particularly many Korok seeds in the area, I think maybe four at most.

>>384560107
>finished 5-6 dungeons
so you played twilight princess? I dont get it

>>384560342
no its made by Aonuma

>>384589691
>goalpost moving
It's not even lore building. Besides the hylian shield has a unique ability

>>384589406
Even with max affection on horses they still control like ass

>>384589804
Twilight princess was the time when I got tired of the OOT formula. The dungeons felt like a chore.

Midna does strange things to my dick though

>>384589817
No they don't. They control fucking perfectly. You literally just suck at games.

>>384589810
No it doesn't.

It's just got a fuckton of durability.

>>384589580
Zelda's diary is close to the memory location, near her research tower.

@384589691
>"this dungeon has nothing good in it!"
>name several good things
>"t-that doesn't count!"

I think Horizon would be more your speed, goalpost-kun.

>>384589580
>It actually deflects lasers right into a guardian's eye.
So does the Ancient Shield.

>>384589817
Do you manhandle them? If you don't steer very often they control pretty damn well. If you keep trying to jerk it in a direction it will screech to a stop. Plus they have path following

I love how these Cemu screens make the Switch version look like trash

>>384589810
>strawman making

>>384589325
Probably not. It's just there to be cool.
Like, half the map has no plot relevance.

Honestly how can anyone even think the previous zeldas had better puzzles?

It's just using an item at an obvious place and then watch a cutscene play of the puzzle getting solved. That or block pushing. With the physics at least you have more control and freedom over the puzzle and you actually actively participate in every step of the solution.

While I do think the game could use more runes why would anyone think the puzzles in the previous games are better?

>>384590186
I'd believe that if it weren't for the fact it's a village and the rest all have SOME bearing on the plot, plus a couple NPCs who constantly reference it. They probably planned on doing something with it, but I guess they changed their minds.

>>384590115
Switch still looks pretty good on a small screen. At home I use the Pc though. Feels good to be idort. Hell I even own an xbone

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>>384588758
>>384588758
>>384588758
>>384588758
>>384588758

please answer this someone

>>384590115
More like the Switch looks better when PC fag's $2000 machines can only chug along.

>>384590271
I liked the sense of progression. You got a new item which unlocked some other area that let you proceed. It's like a top-down metroidvania. BotW completely destroyed that by letting you go anywhere at anytime. It would be like if you could fight mother brain at the very start of Super Metroid.

Not to say it made BotW a bad game. It's just not a Zelda game

>>384590271
The only thing previous games did better was having unique themes and settings for the dungeons. Also I guess neat gimmicks like helper characters and stuff like going to alternate worlds/time periods for puzzle solutions

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>>384560232
Do you bleed?...You will

>>384590348
Lol no you can't.

>>384571725
>getting hit by the final boss
How even the fuck

>>384588820
>literally no motivation to explore said dungeon
except for
>Lore tidbits
>Literally the best shield in the game. Probably won't break at all if you're not a retard with it.
>Hidden Shrine
>The dungeon actually feels like a real place, with different rooms and chambers that make sense
It was a joy to explore. I didn't need the motivation of fighting ganon for that.

>>384590507
The original NES never had such a reliance on items. That was a trope which game later. Nintendo have openly said they wanted BotW to be departure from the usual Zelda conventions while still retaining the spirit of the original NES title.

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>>384590915
Lonk

>>384590507

I think there is a lot of progression in the game, it's just that it isn't about getting new tools. You get smarter and stronger. If you do eventide island later in the game you really feel you've come a long way.

>>384588820
>no motivation to explore said dungeon
I guess you never found the shrine inside the castle then.
I guess you never fought Talus Prime inside the castle then.
I guess you never found the legendary Hylian shield inside the castle then.
I guess you never found the memory quest inside the castle then.

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>>384591548
Lunk

>>384591548
Man this looks like shit.

Is this the power.... of PC?

>>384591581
>go to Eventide Island early on
>lose the little bit of stuff I had and only have three hearts but figure that's no issue
Boy was I wrong but I eventually completed it

>>384591419
>The original NES never had such a reliance on items.
Have you PLAYED the original game? The raft, the ladder, the candle, fucking every game opened up a new place you couldn't explore before.

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>>384592238
You got that right my man

>>384592393
Are those jaggies on the leaves? I guess a stolen copy would be inferior to the original.

>>384592516
Why are you this assblasted?

>>384592598
You're the one who's butthurt, I'm just making impartial observations about bootleg you're playing.

>>384592709
I don't even see what you're referring to
Games at 1:1 copies. They're not like a VHS tape that's a copy of a copy of a copy and comes with all kinds of static and artifacts. Who the fuck even says "bootleg" anymore? Are you 40? Marketers are not welcome here.

>>384592961
It's not a 1:1 copy because they have to recreate everything. So calling it a bootleg is apt.

It really bothers me that on the Wii U, the game looks all washed out like this:
>>384572354


And nothing like this:
>>384574269

I get that HD textures, good anti-aliasing, high resolutions, 60FPS, etc. is hard to do on a Wii U, but why the muted pea-soup colors everywhere?! That shit is free from a performance perspective.

>>384593079
I guess the Switch port is a bootleg then.

>>384593101
The game can be very washed out looking during cloudy weather and in certain areas that are supposed to look "misty". Even the Switch version. That particular screenshot you pointed out is clear weather at noon, which is a good time of day and good weather conditions to take a non-washed out screenshot. It really has nothing to do with Cemu

>>384593172
Switch version was made by the developers themselves and not some random mooks. Your attempt to muddy the waters failed.

>>384593357
The game assets are run by Cemu in an unmodified state. They are not "recreated". The Switch version is literally recreated, making the Cemu version far closer to the original because it's working from the original files

>>384560347
Updates fixed the drops a fuckton. Just pirate it.

So how long did it take for you to realize BotW is shit? For me it was after I climbed my 50th mountain for another ubisoft collectible.

>>384593716
It's using a third party program that recreates the assists because it's not using the original system. The Switch, while developed later, was also developed to work the same way as the WiiU.

WiiU = original
Switch = original
CEMU = bootleg

>>384592367
Yeah I know it had those but the game was still open-ended in its design. It was the later games which cemented the metroid style of exploration barriers with item empowerment which became the defacto design of nearly every Zelda since.

>>384593967
If that makes you sleep better at night

>>384589934
>No they don't. They control fucking perfectly. You literally just suck at games.
Alright there, tone it down a little. No need to exaggerate.

>>384589406
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they just give you a random horse for the Ganon fight, and not the one you've tamed?

>>384593101
>>384593354

The Wii U only has limited range in regards to its output.

The Switch has it's colour range set to limited as default. You have to manually change it to Full Range in the settings. The colours look immediately more vibrant. You'd be amazed at how many Switch owners don't even realise and are still playing in limited range.

>>384588758
No, games are locked to hardware in the world of nintendo.

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>>384594057
I don't think you know what open-ended means. LOZ was very well designed from a progression stand point. Yes, you could explore most of the world, but it was pretty meaningless. Your goal was still to recover the triforce and defeat Ganon. The items you needed to go specific places had a logical order to them where one was used to unlock another, and you needed all triforces, the master sword and the silver arrows to beat the game, which is a very clear objective. Unlocking all of those items involved a fairly dictated path, and you could only do a couple dungeons out of sequence

Pretty much every Zelda game has played like this. BotW being the exception. Some have been even more rigid, but LOZ is the one that cemented the design.

>>384593912
Found the child. Imagine how angry you're going to be when BotW wins GOTY.

>>384594210
No. it's from your stable unless you don't have anything registered. Pretty sure it just takes the first one on your list.

>>384594210
Nothing to tone down. The horses control great and it's the user's fault if they fuck up.

Fuck modern gamers and their instinctual developer blaming.

>>384594375
Most TVs have black value adjustment that lets you compensate for limited RGB output. I can make the Wii U version look identical (at least in terms of color) to the Switch version on my TV, even when the Switch version is set to full RGB

And yes, even on full RGB, cloudy weather STILL makes the game look washed out. It's just how they designed it. If your game doesn't look washed out during cloudy weather, your TV is improperly calibrated and you're probably getting oversaturation and/or crushed blacks

>>384572127
>grinding the last few shrines with guides is fucking boring as hell
>with guides

Pathetic. You can literally find every shrine just by visiting places you haven't.

I'm seriously considering using a guide for the last sidequest I can't find, though.

>>384594552
>Pretty much every Zelda game has played like this.

Don't even pretend to lecture me about Zelda. The original NES is built upon the notion of freedom of exploration, hidden secrets and social sharing.

Which is exactly what BotW is built on.

Other Zelda games are way more linear, which where the tropes of artistically themed dungeons and item progression was cemented.

>>384594952
>item progression was cemented.
>not in the first game
You can't not sound like a total idiot saying this. I'm sorry.

Literally best game ever made.

If this game had a hookshot it would go from 10/10 to 15/10. If you could swing with it spidey style it would be I'm literally cumming/10

>>384560107
you'll find the game unbeliavably repetitive and boring after 60-80 shrines, enjoy it while you still can

>>384595137
You understand NOTHING about Zelda.

>>384594715
I don't know. Every time I see someone at the Ganon fight it always looks like the same brown horse. I didn't even recognize the horse they gave me, but i didn't use horses often. I guess the only way to be sure would be to use one of the special horses like the Giant Horse.

>They control fucking perfectly. You literally just suck at games.
A lot to tone down, actually. Horses control fine. Nothing's "perfect." Calm the fuck down.

>Fuck modern gamers and their instinctual developer blaming.
CALM

>>384595226
it's not even a 9/10 to begin with

I guess Jim Sterling was so damn right after all

>>384595226
During development the hookshot was there, but it was too OP so they removed it

>>384594176
WiiU looks better than that. But hey, you get it for free, so it's not like playing a bootleg is that bad.

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>>384595414
Says the "Item progression didn't come until later" guy

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>Music reaches its crescendo at 1:12
>No one has ever heard it because at that point in the battle, either you or it has died

>>384595647
You haven't even pointed out what was wrong in that screenshot. I've looked everywhere for "leaf jaggies" and I don't see any

Cemu blows the Switch and native Wii U games away at least in terms of screenshots. It's less stable and the framerate isn't as good, and I'd never actually play the game there (maybe in another year), but damn does it make great screenshots that make the "real" games look like the cheap bootlegs.

>>384595790
>It's less stable and the framerate isn't as good,
There you go as to why it's inferior along with the looks.

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>>384595653
If you understood anything about game design you would know how wrong you were. But you don't.

You desperately want to deny the reality that BotW was desinged with the NES original in mind. Because, again, you understand nothing about game design. Oh well.

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>>384580752
I... was not aware of that. ..

>>384595697
I'll be Goddamned

>>384596204
You can do the opposite in cold regions. Icy chilled food has it's own unique benefits.

>>384596075
You keep saying "you don't understand" when the item progression in the original game is easily demonstrable

Your argument is effectively "No you're wrong" and I've grown tired of "debating" which such an idiot. Replay the original or get a better trolling technique

>>384595927
>it's inferior along with the looks.
I'll give you one but not the other
Cemu takes better screenshots. If you disagree you're just a shitposter

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Who else here only upgrades stamina?

>>384596648
>Can't refute basic facts
>Y-y-y-your just a mean old troll!
The words of a man who is defeated. The bootleg version of screenshots are still inferior. I guess the only advantage it would have is it's much easier to touch those screenshots up in photoshop to make them look presentable.

>>384596806
(You)

>>384595415
>Every time I see someone at the Ganon fight it always looks like the same brown horse
You're wrong.

Literally.

>Horses control fine.
No. They control perfectly. Best horses in a game ever.

t. actual fucking rider.

>>384596459
Chilled Food is basically worthless.

Can't eat it while buffed without replacing your buff with a meaning level 1 warmth protection with less than 2 minutes duration.

>>384596529
You don't understand ENGLISH let alone game design. Here is my original post:
>>384594057
>It was the later games which CEMENTED the metroid style of exploration barriers with item empowerment which became the defacto design of nearly every Zelda since.

Just because the original had a couple of instances of item requirement does not negate the open-ended non-linear exploration which is lacking in subsequent Zelda titles. Later titles CEMENTED the reliance on item empowerment as a dictation of how the gameworld is designed as a series sequential barriers of exploration empowerment - from the dungeons to the overworld.

>>384597914
Later games simply became more linear. I completely agree with this. It has nothing to do with item progression, that was present from the beginning, and removed from BotW as you're given every tool you need at the very beginning.

>>384598286
Yeah but item requirement was never the focus of the original Zelda. It more like just another tool you collected. Later Zelda games were built around the idea of item acquisition.

BotW gives the player everything the need right off the bat so they have everything they need to explore the world without boundaries. BotW is an experiment for Nintendo. It does what it tries to do very very well but they can never satisfy everyone.

Will soon be buying a Switch just to play this (amongst other games for the system of course). Is it worth getting the pro controller?