Is it unusual for such an anticipated title that's only several months away to not have much known about it?
I don't usually follow games along their pre-release stages, so perhaps a lack of info is standard.
Personally, I'd rather a lack of info when it comes to games that I plan on playing. I don't care for spoilers, or to watch every trailer that comes out.
I'd have thought there'd be more out about it though. But again, I don't usually follow along with the progress of game development.
> Looks like they fixed the duping glitch. So be aware of that before updating. Never
> used it myself.
I was just about to go to sleep last night when I saw a post on Reddit about the latest update fixing all of the duplication glitches. I thought me and my son both had auto-update turned off, but thankfully I decided to check just in case because it was turned On for both of us. I quickly turned it off. Hopefully I did it before the update was actually downloaded. Otherwise, I guess it's going to update the first time we have to actually turn the game off and then turn it back on. I'm just going to try to dupe everything I want before doing that.
Does anyone know if there's a way to see if the update was downloaded to your Switch but not installed yet?
Edit: Looks like even if your Switch already downloaded the update, if you have auto-update turned off, it will ask you if you want to update when you go to start the game, and you can skip it. That's good news.
@bonham2, sounds like you'll like the Lightning Temple if you liked Fire. Those are the best, and Water Temple barely even feels like a dungeon with how short it is. I did like the boss though.
I think I'm going to do some serious exploring and side quests before I go to the next temple (probably lightning). I am still struggling with combat, so I really need to buff up.
There's a few things that I know I should be doing that I don't do that would make combat better. First is just patience. I tend to rush things. I'll take out a couple of lookouts with my bow, but then rush in and just try to slash my way through. I often don't wait for opportunities to parry or perform flurry rushes. Second is cooking. Resources for buffs are pretty plentiful, but I typically only cook a little bit and use what I do cook sparingly. Finally, fusing. I tend to pick up and store stronger weapons that can't be fused, rather than holding on to more fusible weapons. While these weapons are initially weaker, fusing could make them stronger and more useful in certain combat scenarios.
Finally diving back in, and my god ... I hate the controls. Just feels clunky and off. I don't know how to explain it, maybe I'm a big dumb animal (true), but constantly hitting the wrong damn buttons.
> Finally diving back in, and my god ... I hate the controls. Just feels clunky and
> off. I don't know how to explain it, maybe I'm a big dumb animal (true), but constantly
> hitting the wrong damn buttons.
I think the controls are good, there's just so many buttons and button combinations to remember. The more you play, the more the muscle memory will build, and you'll be fine.
Got to Gerudo City last night to start up that story arc. It’s the last part of the “regional phenomena” quest that I have left to do.
I wonder what percentage of the story I’ll have completed when I finish it - map complete, 4 temples down, and the “Impa and the Geoglyphs” quest finished. Those seem to be the most story-centric bits of the game I’ve encountered so far, so I wonder if there’s much more or if I’m already close to the end.
> Finally diving back in, and my god ... I hate the controls. Just feels clunky and
> off. I don't know how to explain it, maybe I'm a big dumb animal (true), but constantly
> hitting the wrong damn buttons.
Read my post from earlier about mapping the buttons. I think all I did was swap X and Left Click In, and man does it make a massive difference. I find that I don't crouch much, so mapping that to X, and running to the stick just makes sense. Plus it's WAY more comfortable and allows me to move the right stick while running.
Thankfully you can map controls both in-game and through the console itself. Makes it really easy to adjust it to fit your needs.
Exploring the depths. It's not as bad as my first few times, but man I hate the darkness. Firing off arrows that may or may not land, or worse yet hit a few feet in front of you as you unknowingly are standing in front of a cliff bottom. Starting to unlock that similar to the sky towers, just MUCH slower going.
I won't spoil what I stumbled upon in the depths the other day, but it did sort of surprise me that the only way to discover this particular discovery was by exploring the underground world.
> Finally diving back in, and my god ... I hate the controls. Just feels clunky and
> off. I don't know how to explain it, maybe I'm a big dumb animal (true), but constantly
> hitting the wrong damn buttons.
I'm over 30 hours in, and I am still fighting with the controls. I'm struggling with bringing up items, selecting weapons/bow etc, and selecting the powers wheel. You wan to throw an item? First you have to press the throw button and THEN bring up the item menu to select the item...very counterintuitive. I don't know if or how it could have been done better, but I'm still struggling after a pretty long time.
18 hours, haven't even gotten to Hateno or headed towards any of the four points of interest. Got my first stamina wheel finished, starting on some hearts now. I really like the shrines so far! Haven't run into one where I didn't like it that wasn't the standard tutorial shrines.
Just realized something about lightroots, maybe I missed the dialogue...
they are at the exact same location as the shrines on the mainland. That explains the odd spacing. Find a shrine on the mainland, mark it in the depths.
Went ahead and ordered the Piggyback Hardcover Guide for TOTK and Extended Edition for BOTW while they are discounted. Have not wanted a guide in a long while but for some reason am drawn to the TOTK one and got the BOTW one for good measure. I know you can find it all on the internet but have loved these two games so much, I look forward the flipping through these books.
I'm back to REALLY enjoying this game again. I made some nice progress over the long weekend. Unlocked my first fairy fountain and upgraded all of my gear, which has cut down on the one-hit kills dramatically. I'm up to a full extra circle of stamina. Found my first piece of climbing gear, my favorite gear from BotW. Added several weapon/bow slots. And finally, I've started on the quests that lead to my first dungeon. I think I'm pretty close to entering it, so I'm really looking forward to seeing what it's like. Oh yeah, I also finally explored the depths a bit, that was fun.
I decided to explore as much as possible and finally finish unlocking the full overworld map. I'm trying to discover as many caves and shrines as possible and unlocked 3 of the great fairy fountains. I am trying to explore the depths as much as possible, and I'm trying to farm for zonaite so I can upgrade my battery.
@KCPenguins thank you for the tip about the lightroots/shrines. That has really helped. If I find a lightroot without a shrine at that location, I mark it on the overworld. I also try to follow the overworld to find the next closest lightroot.
I finished the 4 main temples over the long weekend and then decided to do the "photographing the depths" quest (or whatever it's called). Got autobuild + the shrine sensor, found the Yiga Clan fella. When I play again I'll probably work on following the rest of the statues in the Depths. Definitely making progress, but now I want to slow down that progress and focus on side quests to enjoy the exploration as much as possible before continuing the main story as I feel like I'm already approaching the endgame.
Think I wanna fix up the village that the pirate monsters attacked too, so that may be what I do next if I need a break from the Depths.
> @KCPenguins thank you for the tip about the lightroots/shrines. That has really helped.
> If I find a lightroot without a shrine at that location, I mark it on the overworld.
> I also try to follow the overworld to find the next closest lightroot.
Honestly the underworld was a slog until I figured that out. It got a lot better then, but still some lightroots were a huge pain. The crap I was building didn't last or get me where I needed to be. I burned through all my stamina buffs climbing. One rootwas obviously meant for cheesing with construct devices as even with various low level construct builds and full stamina it still took a buff. So then I figured I better get better at building. Figured out what all the different stuff was, upgraded my battery some, found more construct gumball machines, dumped a ton into those.
The Depths are definitely a slog. They are very difficult to get through. And I don't see too much of a point as of now other than collecting zonaite to upgrade my battery. Most of my vehicles that I like to use take up a lot of battery. The vehicles that use less battery are not good for getting through the depths. My favorite vehicle only uses two fans but I fly through the battery very quickly.
> The Depths are definitely a slog. They are very difficult to get through. And I don't
> see too much of a point as of now other than collecting zonaite to upgrade my battery.
> Most of my vehicles that I like to use take up a lot of battery. The vehicles that
> use less battery are not good for getting through the depths. My favorite vehicle
> only uses two fans but I fly through the battery very quickly.
Have you done the photograph quest yet, or the quest that's initiated right after it? Those are the quests to follow to get the most out of the depths. I also thought they were a slog, just kinda boring and pointless, but when you actually follow the quests that send you down there, they become a lot more interesting.
I haven't been playing as much as I'd like... but I finished 110 shrines and 3 sage quests (Wind, Fire and Lightning). LOVED Wind... was really awesome. I am on the path to Water, just doing the Zora fetch quests at the moment... easily GOTY for me, really loving it.
I now have all of the shrine sensors, travel medallion (super useful to place is weird Sky areas to glide down from!), and camera... finally making progress. Though I ill focus in on side quest adventures that I've not completed after I finish the Water section.
Does anyone have a sure-fire depths location for Large Zonite? I need a lot more for battery upgrades.
>> So I'm about 50 hours in... and hooked. I've been ignoring the main quest and
> venturing
>> off on my own... and after 93 shrines, I just did the quest and received the shrine
>> sensor... I'm doing this all out of order! Really loving the exploration, especially
>> the sky and depths!
>
> This is what I’d do. Mental issues do not allow me to leave stuff undone or focus
> the main path.
I need to stop shrine hunting and work more on side quests and side quest adventures... hope to do this later this week so my to-do menu isn't as disasterous.
>> So I'm about 50 hours in... and hooked. I've been ignoring the main quest and
> venturing
>> off on my own... and after 93 shrines, I just did the quest and received the
> shrine
>> sensor... I'm doing this all out of order! Really loving the exploration, especially
>> the sky and depths!
>
> It's stuff like this that makes me dislike the non-linear nature of this game. I
> wish it were more linear so that you would get key/helpful stuff like this at an
> appropriate point in your progress.
It is my fault for not following the main quest more. But I understand the sentiment. I love the freedom, but sometimes it can be a bit too loose (whereas God of War Ragnorok would block off areas until you proceeded with the main quest, etc).
Glad to see the Amiibo armor is in the game naturally. Seeing how you get one of them really makes me question how anyone was supposed to figure it out on their own. I wonder if the fashion lady gives hints on it and marks the map?
Trying to find Hateno Village so I can get the autobuild and Shrine sensor. It's more east and less south than what Robbie tells you.... Still making my way to that tower
I pretty well forgot about the Hateno stuff and Robbie's upgrades after getting the shrine sensor (which isn't the most useful when you've gotten most of the shrines outside of caves). Went back and talked to Robbie, and after a short side mission and a few dialogues everything was upgraded maxed. Maybe should've done that sooner...
Has anyone heard any stories/reports of people having TotK auto-update to 1.1.2 even though they have auto-update turned off? A friend of mine said it happened to him, but I've not seen it mentioned anywhere else. I feel like he just messed up and clicked "Download" when re-launching the game.
I was wondering around the depths and encountered a dragon! Spent the next 10-15 minutes just riding around on it straight on out of the depths. When I finally decided to jump off I was over an area of the map that I hadn't unlocked yet, so I headed for the first sky tower I saw and found another glyph to unlock another memory. Good way to end the night last night. So much fun.
