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.
Did you watch the video linked later in that thread? Shows a new commercial with a little more gameplay. I haven't been this hyped for a game in a long time, and am tempted to buy digital as well so I can preload for early access and prevent any fighting over who gets to play it.
I cancelled my pre-order with the gold scroll. I saw some posts on Reddit of people having their orders updated to include the scroll. So hope my cancellation went to someone that actually wants it. I'm fine with the Collector's Edition. I'm just ready for the game to release, and the OLED next week!
also interesting testing going on with regards to durability. sounds like you can un-fuse and re-fuse items to weapons to reset the durability. if they don't take that out, that could shut a lot of people up
>> also interesting testing going on with regards to durability. sounds like you
> can
>> un-fuse and re-fuse items to weapons to reset the durability. if they don't take
>> that out, that could shut a lot of people up
>
> You can also drop weapons now when your inventory is full, instead of having to throw
> it.
hadn't seen that yet...that's nice.
i also REALLY hope that you start the game with the traveler's medallion. you got that really late in the first game but it will be really helpful with the trial and error of the sky islands to have that handy
Cooking: -you can now carry cooking pots around with you as inventory...but they break after one use -there is a recipe card database. cards get added when you make a dish for the first time
Building: -apparently you can save your build designs...LOVE THAT. I think it will be fun and novel to create some cool things, but i know it will get tedious after a while -There is an additional power (icon is three purple hands) that streamlines the ultrahand ability...but they can't talk about it yet
This does not confirm dungeons in the traditional sense. The area(s) could easily be as shallow as the divine beasts, a shrine variant, an arena battle, trial, etc.
> the sky islands really do remind me of Wind Waker. this just doubles down on that
To me it's what Nintendo wanted the Skyward Sword world to be at that time. I like the return of treasure maps, and I hope they return the traditional shovel.
Side note: Wouldn't that piss the internet off, returning digging? They also need to return fishing.
I guess that's just the combination of letters they chose. Threw me off though. 3DS games for example, would go something like PNR-JTE-EGAE (I made that up, but it would be similar). The quadruple letters on the Switch cart seemed unusual to me.
Maybe Nintendo was saying "this game is really good, it's above AAA" :)
Some people are streaming the game today. Actually saw a video on YT and the guy was in the first shrine. Someone on reddit claims they have been watching someone on discord, and that the dungeons and underground areas are massive.
> Some people are streaming the game today. Actually saw a video on YT and the guy
> was in the first shrine. Someone on reddit claims they have been watching someone
> on discord, and that the dungeons and underground areas are massive.
I don't get that sort of thing. Why would someone do that? If someone got the game early somehow, keep it private. Maybe even enjoy it. But certainly don't stream gameplay of it.
> I don't get that sort of thing. Why would someone do that? If someone got the game
> early somehow, keep it private. Certainly don't stream gameplay of it.
Reminds me of when some woman was able to download Advance Wars on Switch from the eShop last year. She pre-ordered it, and come release date she was able to download it despite it being delayed. She posted about it on social media and Nintendo yanked it from her console and refunded her. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/a-nintendo-switc...
As for why they'd be streaming one of the biggest releases of the year: clout.
> As for why they'd be streaming one of the biggest releases of the year: clout.
>
Just went to the article. I don't understand why she said anything at all. Why not just enjoy the game, and not end up losing it? (Which is what happened). She could have said nothing, and been able to play the entire game - assuming development was completed and didn't require an update or major bug fixes)
I don't really care about spoilers. Honestly, I never really cared about the story in Zelda games, but I still want to experience as much of the gameplay on my own as much as possible.
All I want to know (and if anyone 100% KNOWS the answer to this, please PM me). ARE THERE CLASSIC FRICKEN DUNGEONS?
> Returned the console to Target, snagged one off Amazon.
>
> Amazon one was packaged better, but has a ding, and a box cut. Asked for a replacement,
> have to wait 2-3 days just to talk to the right team.
>
> Annoying.
Friend of mine received one from Target. It was in the shipping box with 1 packing pillow laying neatly on top. Is the shipping department not aware that this barely does anything to protect the console box?
I've seen things like this before.
Wouldn't Target rather spend a little more on packing materials, than deal with returns due to damaged items?
> All I want to know (and if anyone 100% KNOWS the answer to this, please PM me). ARE
> THERE CLASSIC FRICKEN DUNGEONS?
Looks like 5 or 6, including Hyrule Castle. Airship dungeon is called the Wind Temple: The Legendary Stormwind Ark (actually saw a pic of it earlier ), and most of them have elemental themes. I also saw pics of some of the bosses so I'm just going to have to stop looking at spoilers. (Wind dungeon boss was shown in the last trailer though.)
So I guess it was confirmed the game is already being pirated; I had incorrectly assumed it was a few people who got access early. Nintendo busy filing copyright claims on the live streamers. I'm fine with reading bits and pieces, but will need to be weary of links/videos. Legit game sites on pins and needles so as not to get lost in the onslaught but also not to take anything too far and incur N's wrath. Pretty crummy situation honestly. I wonder if Nintendo tightens things up even more?
I've been seeing mixed responses regarding the dungeons. Some have described them as a cross between classic dungeons and the Divine Beasts. Besides that pic of the exterior, I've only seen a couple of shots of the inside. And a pic of the boss and its name, the flying ice thing from the trailer.
That makes sense. They can only make them so much like classic dungeons, with how different of a game BotW/TotK are. If they're at least somewhat more like classic dungeons, and there's more of them this time around and the bosses are more unique, I think I'll be pretty happy. Also, that's a crapload of shrines!
How are people already playing? And man, I gotta stop opening this thread! I look forward to this all being a massive surprise. I haven't watched any of the videos, pretty damn stoked for this!
> One of the more surprising new enemies in the game:
>
> ...
One of my other main wants for this game was much more enemy variety (non-boss or mini-boss). BotW was basically just Bokoblins, Lyzels, and Moblins over and over again. The trailers and videos I've watched have shown a couple more enemies, but I'm still concerned there's not a ton of variety. The Zelda franchise has SO many past enemies they could bring in, this really shouldn't be an issue. It's pretty sad that even the original Legend of Zelda had more enemy variety than Breath of the Wild lol
I've seen some other past enemies that I won't spoil. One I saw just this morning and hadn't seen in any previous clips. Maybe around a dozen new enemy types (plus their different varieties) that weren't in BotW, and possibly more I haven't seen yet.
Gotta disagree there. BotW was a very complete game. It was just lacking in some ways as a Zelda game. It's looking like Nintendo put a lot of effort into correcting that, which is great.
Saw a pic of someone's quest file who had completed the game. This game is just packed with content. Not going to go into spoilers, but I'll just say there are a lot more side quests than in BotW. And still don't know how many of those damn Koroks there are!
So I saw a video that detailed what Amiibo do in TotK. Nothing major (like Link wolf) thankfully, but honestly there were a few I don't own that I kind of want (Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask and the champions). Might have to look into a programmable dohicky or buy a card set. Not paying collector prices on anything out of print. Amiibo bonuses as the video described:
All Zelda Amiibo (except wolf Link) give a fabric for the glider. A decent number of cool looking ones. Some additionally give outfits and masks.
Some of the Zelda amiibos came back in stock at certain retailers recently. I got Majora from BB and OoT Link from Amazon. Already have the Link's Awakening and Wolf Link amiibos. Had some other Zelda ones but sold them.
> Some of the Zelda amiibos came back in stock at certain retailers recently. I got
> Majora from BB and OoT Link from Amazon. Already have the Link's Awakening and Wolf
> Link amiibos. Had some other Zelda ones but sold them.
>
>
It looks like BB is going to restock the Majora one. Not a big fan of that game nor amiibo, but the bonuses in TotK looked pretty sweet. I'd pick up the LA Amiibo.
Really kicking myself for not pouncing on more Amiibo when they were being clearance out. Both of those I had the opportunity to buy under $10. For awhile GS had them 4 or 5 for $20 used. I passed on so many. Really wished I pulled the trigger on Little Mac at launch, and Ken later on. I thought they'd all end up overproduced and discounted deeply in a year like most Nintendo accessories.
At least I was able to pick up the loftwing Zelda and samus/emmi 2 pack for $5 each with GS's latest sale.
So my buddy just texted me, his normal non-modded Switch just let him play his pre-loaded digital TotK. Check yours. If yall are able I may just go N voucher and d/l it.
Yah, big time fudge Gamestop. My pre-order was paid using Paypal Pay-in-4, got all paid off last month, and I just received an email telling me my payment didn't go through. And it apparently wasn't even because of the price increase, they "just have this problem with Paypal" according to the contact person I just spoke with. I ordered it as a guest and now I have to create an account and enter the order information, at which point they'll reject my paypal order (and HOPEFULLY refund it, who knows) and have me order it again, which I just can't do right now as money's tight and paypal refunds take a few days.
So guess I'll be joining yall in like 2 weeks. Very cool!
> Yah, big time fudge Gamestop. My pre-order was paid using Paypal Pay-in-4, got all
> paid off last month, and I just received an email telling me my payment didn't go
> through. And it apparently wasn't even because of the price increase, they "just
> have this problem with Paypal" according to the contact person I just spoke with.
> I ordered it as a guest and now I have to create an account and enter the order information,
> at which point they'll reject my paypal order (and HOPEFULLY refund it, who knows)
> and have me order it again, which I just can't do right now as money's tight and
> paypal refunds take a few days.
>
> So guess I'll be joining yall in like 2 weeks. Very cool!
That sucks. They had an issue with my Paypal payment too (Paypal debit business card). Thankfully I have an account and ordered that way, so I was able to log in and try to re-process it. When I did, Paypal sent me a verification code that I had to enter, then the payment went through. Weird.
Update: Gamestop straight up lied about my payment going through. I spoke with Paypal over the phone and they let me know the payment 100% went through and Gamestop declined that it did. I imagine this is because of the price increase, because I ordered via GS the day the increase was announced. The people I spoke with on the phone via Gamestop told me the payment wasn't authorized by Paypal (it was) and that I'd need to log into my account to enter my credit card information in order to complete the order (and reach that $70 mark, apparently). I initially did that, but then decided to just cancel the order. They're not getting my business from here on.
Now I filed a dispute with Gamestop via Paypal and hopefully EVENTUALLY I get my money back, but it probably won't be any time soon. Thankfully the lady I just bought an expensive engagement ring for said she'd snag the game for me on Friday on her way home from work. Proposed in the nick of time to get my Zelda, damnit.
All in all, Gamestop is a piece of crap company and I'll literally never be dealing with them again. But all is good otherwise.
So she gets a ring worth 1000s and you get a $70 video game. Sounds fair.
I used to joke with my (now) wife that an engagement ring costs as much as a really nice DW drum kit (I'm a drummer). I told her I would get her an engagement ring, but she needed to get me an engagement drum set. We've been married for nearly 18 years. I still never got my DW set.
If I wanted a copy of Tears of the Kingdom before 10am on Friday, do I have any options? I'm handing down my Switch to my little sister as a graduation present, and the only way I'm getting off the plane with it in hand is to get it Friday morning.
Amazon doesn't usually deliver until the evening near me, and Best Buy opens at 10.
My digital copy was automatically downloaded and the icon is just sitting there, taunting me that I can't play until Friday. Surprisingly, the game is 16.2gb, smaller than Super Smash Bros. (17.2GB) and way smaller than Immortals Fenyx Rising (25.7GB)
> |>> I found a Target nearby where I'll be that opens at 8am. Fingers crossed they'll
> |>> have it ready by then.
>>
>> I was going to suggest Target. I'm swinging by my local Target at 8am to get mine
>> and my son's copies, and our sweet, sweet fanny packs!
>
> Well, good luck getting the fanny pack. I imagine there will be lots is people there
> who intend to scalp it.
Really? I've never heard of pre-order bonuses being scalped. I mean, I know people sell them, but I've never known of some big effort being made to obtain pre-order bonuses, and then people selling them for ridiculous amounts. Either way, I'm getting there right before they open, so I'm not worried.
Do games like this usually sell out in-store super quick? I'm worried that we won't be able to get our hands on one Friday afternoon/evening. Planning to go to Target to pick it up, probably around 6ish on Friday.
Scott I still remember I think it was one of the Castlevania DS games that had a bonus at Gamestop/EB Games that people were crazy for. I think it was about 15 years ago and seemed a lot people were selling. I believe I sold mine on here just to recoup a little of the games cost. It was big in the post here and I'm sure EBay had a lot of them. Kinda curious what those sell for now. Not sure its worth anything but I still have those stickers or whatever they gave away as the bonus at Gamestop for the 3DS Castlevania game.
> Do games like this usually sell out in-store super quick? I'm worried that we won't
> be able to get our hands on one Friday afternoon/evening. Planning to go to Target
> to pick it up, probably around 6ish on Friday.
Usually the super popular games are easy to find and purchase anytime you want from the big sellers. It’s the low demand games that don’t get stocked much and can be harder to get at launch
> Scott I still remember I think it was one of the Castlevania DS games that had a
> bonus at Gamestop/EB Games that people were crazy for. I think it was about 15 years
> ago and seemed a lot people were selling. I believe I sold mine on here just to
> recoup a little of the games cost. It was big in the post here and I'm sure EBay
> had a lot of them. Kinda curious what those sell for now. Not sure its worth anything
> but I still have those stickers or whatever they gave away as the bonus at Gamestop
> for the 3DS Castlevania game.
It was the pre-order bonus for Portrait of Ruin. I can't remember if I sold mine of not...I think I did because of what people were paying for it. Like $80 or something. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=por...
The old me would've tried to find a way to get every pre-order bonus. The current me just settled for a Collector's Edition from Best Buy and a regular edition from Amazon (when it was $59.99).
Although there's still a bit of old me here...I got the TotK OLED and it's still just sitting in it's box. I even pre-ordered the carrying case for it.
I have completely given up on all the collector's edition and pre-order bonus crap. I have so much stuff just collecting dust that I never open or use. It just takes up space and collects dust. I just pre-ordered the basic standard version, and I'll be happy with that.
> I have completely given up on all the collector's edition and pre-order bonus crap.
> I have so much stuff just collecting dust that I never open or use. It just takes
> up space and collects dust. I just pre-ordered the basic standard version, and I'll
> be happy with that.
That's how I feel. My train of thought is that I can sell off most everything when I retire sometime in the next 13 years (hoping by 50, if not earlier).
Got an unexpected package today from Arkansas. Tilted it and heard what could be a game and wall scroll. Did Walmart ship early? No. It was a book my wife must have ordered. I was already contemplating taking Thu-Fri off. LOL
My Best Buy pre order says “expected to ship by Friday May 12”. Anyone who has used BB for preorders know if that means it’ll ARRIVE by Friday, or if it’ll only be shipped out by Friday? Will be disappointing if it’s the latter considering I have a BB like 2 towns over, but I guess I’ll take what I can get at this point. It was a late preorder after all.
> My Best Buy pre order says “expected to ship by Friday May 12”. Anyone who has
> used BB for preorders know if that means it’ll ARRIVE by Friday, or if it’ll
> only be shipped out by Friday? Will be disappointing if it’s the latter considering
> I have a BB like 2 towns over, but I guess I’ll take what I can get at this point.
> It was a late preorder after all.
Just look for it in store on Friday, return or cancel the BB order if not being delivered on Friday (if finances allow).
My Walmart order is still in "Preparing" status. I'm darn tempted to do the voucher program and get it digitally for $50. Then when the game shows up with the gold scroll I can decide on if I want to keep it as a spare for the kids or return it.
Quick question. I didn’t care about Breath of the Wild. I tried it and thought it was good but I didn’t go back to it after a couple of hours. Should I get/play Tears of the Kingdom?
The combat apparently remains the same, as does the gameplay. The main attractions here seem to be the vastly expanded over world, the inclusion of dungeons, and the mechanic that allows you to blend weapons/items together. I assume if you didn’t like the core of BOTW, you may not dig this one.
Might as well pick that up since I always seem to have a ton of Platinum points. There are a couple other things I've been thinking about purchasing from the store, so combining them all will help soften the blow of the shipping cost.
I never go to midnight releases anymore because I'm too old for that sh*t. However, I'm taking the day of tomorrow just to play this, and my local GS doesn't open until 11:00. So I'm craving this tonight so I can play first thing tomorrow morning. I hope to get a pretty big chunk of time tomorrow to really dive into this.
I decided I'd go out of my way to go to a midnight release of the game. Not practical, but I figured I'd do it for this one.
Anyway, my local GameStop, which was supposed to have a midnight release according to an employee, isn't doing it because they didn't get enough pre-orders. Eh. It's bittersweet. On the one hand, now I don't have to sleep less. But on the other hand, I would have wanted to experience the game event and get the game early. Oh well, guess I'm not getting the game at midnight.
> |>> Well, this was an expensive Zelda release...
> |>> ...
> |>> - 1x Amazon Japan edition
> |>> ...
>>
>>
>> You have a disease. (No game spoilers)
>>
>> ...
>
> Haha for sure!
>
> Yeah, there is a listing for the game + spoon + fork for $85 shipped to USA.
>
> I'll just sell the game and keep the utensils.
I tried finding it, but couldn't find a listing that had both the spoon and fork. Can you post a link? I'm tempted. I like the idea of eating with those :)
It was already kind of tempting, but for just the spoon I wasn't going to go for it. Spoon and fork? Yes please.
Thank you. I appreciate it. Had to create an Amazon JP account to order it, which I thought was strange, since I already have an Amazon account. But not a big deal.
Looking forward to eating with this cool set of cutlery. 😋
Look what you got me into. I already pre-ordered the game. And now you got me to get an extra copy of the game all for a fork and a spoon. 😅
Don't worry, I don't regret the purchase. It's a really cool bonus.
> Thank you. I appreciate it. Had to create an Amazon JP account to order it, which
> I thought was strange, since I already have an Amazon account. But not a big deal.
>
> Looking forward to eating with this cool set of cutlery. 😋
>
> Look what you got me into. I already pre-ordered the game. And now you got me to
> get an extra copy of the game all for a fork and a spoon. 😅
>
> Don't worry, I don't regret the purchase. It's a really cool bonus.
Oh I'll regret it once I look at my credit card statement.... Yeahhhhh I bought ANOTHER copy of a game for a f'ing spoon and fork to throw on a stupid shelf that only I care about. It's a problem.
Glad you were able to get it! It wasn't listed as an option in the listing. You had to see the contents of a bundle with BotW to get to the listing. I just found it today.
> I'll pre-order the TotK Complete Edition on the next Nintendo console if it comes
> with a spork.
>
>
Totally expecting a “here’s what we really wanted you to play edition” on the next console. Nintendo is quite good at selling the same game over a few gens.
>> Just came from GameStop, at least 110 people showed for the 11pm release. Got
> a wood
>> plaque with the game instead of the arm sleeve
>>
>>
>>
> What else was going on at the event? Any games, etc?
Nothing else, they couldn’t even sell anything else other than Zelda and Zelda accessories, this guy was so excited to find a used copy of metroid prime that they couldn’t sell him but they were able to hold it for him. They had zelda cupcakes and a little boy cosplayed as how Link looks in this game complete with the arm sleeve
Played about 2 hours so far. Takes more getting used to and not as clear as BotW was for me. Still not 100% how to use the constructs. Fallen to my death a few times trying different things. Just about wrapped up the training area.
FYI - The intro had a moment that was not young child friendly. May want to play through it before handing it over to a 7 year old unless they are accustom to scary things.
They had extra CEs, pro controllers, and amiibos at GameStop yesterday. I had to chastise myself and remember I don't need to waste money on that crap anymore.
Woke up extra early to be at Target at 8AM to try to get the adventurers pack. I figured if I'm buying the game anyway, why not get an extra bonus item. The employee said he couldn't find them. So I went back several hours later. Different employee said that they didn't get the adventurers packs. Maybe not every Target had them?
Omw to GameStop now to be let down and ultimately have to pay scalper prices. Just dropped $40 on the damn Target stupid ass thing that I absolutely don't need and will be shoved into a corner, soon to be forgotten about, and serve zero purpose ever.
Well I'll be damned I got one at gamestop. But they're pretty salty because they had 70 in store prebuys and they only got 40 wooden plaques and they've already had five other people come in with online orders that are looking for their plaque. GameStop totally should have shipped them with the pre buys because ultimately people will get screwed here.
I got mine and my son's copies from Target. I was worried they'd only give me one fanny pack since the fine print technically said 1 "per customer" and it was just me buying both copies, but the guy gave me 2 of them without me even having to ask. A good friend of mine really wanted one and wasn't able to get it. He had already paid $40 on Ebay to get the wooden plaque, so I told him I'd give him my extra fanny pack.
I was able to walk into Gamestop right when they opened at 10 and get my wooden plaque just by showing them my online order confirmation for my CE. It looks pretty nice, can't wait to display it in my game room! I also got the art print from Best Buy, it looks nice as well.
REALLY wish I could have gotten the wall scroll from Walmart though. That was the best pre-order bonus by far, IMO. I was dealing with a bad back injury all through April and was pretty much in a fog the whole time, so I completely missed the notifications when it was available.
> @MrBean What's your favorite Tears of the Kingdom item from all the things you bought?
Honestly? They're all pretty lackluster. The Walmart wall scroll will probably be the best one but they haven't arrived yet.
Ultimately my favorite item will be the fact that this is a Time to come to grips with the fact that my sister is no longer here as this was one of her favorite things in life. There was an earlier Post in this thread about this topic and I've honestly been dreading playing this game because I know what it's going to do to me, but I think this will be a healthy dose of reality to in my own way connect with her while playing.
My other sister, the younger of the two, has already asked me to be there for her while she plays she lives out of state. They used to collaborate on breath of the wild all the time and she's having a hard time with the fact that this game came out too because of the same situation. We're both having to deal with the fact that we don't have our sister here to enjoy this with. gosh darn it I'm on the road and I'm getting super f** emotional just doing voice to text on this time to bail!
> Lol has anyone friggin played the game yet or what?
I'm 5 hours in. Really enjoying it. Haven't played a "dungeon" yet, but done many other things. Very much BotW's sequel, so if you liked that you should like this. Only complaints so far is not a fan of the new tower system, the controls aren't the most intuitive, and a lot of bugs for a Zelda game, but it's launch day and the game is massive with new sandbox elements so that's to be expected.
> REALLY wish I could have gotten the wall scroll from Walmart though. That was the
> best pre-order bonus by far, IMO.
I got the gold one coming this afternoon. I like the look of the black one better, but the gold is more limited. I'm guessing it's tiny. Not sure what I'm doing with it at the moment.
> Omw to GameStop now to be let down and ultimately have to pay scalper prices. Just
> dropped $40 on the damn Target stupid ass thing that I absolutely don't need and
> will be shoved into a corner, soon to be forgotten about, and serve zero purpose
> ever.
I view it that if buying something gives a person some happiness/excitement, and that person can afford it, and it doesn't come at the expense of their family, go for it. Treat yourself.
Maybe the main use of the item, even if you don't use it, is to get you excited for it in the first place, get some happiness from it.
That's my take on it. All those things you bought, if it made you happy/excited, then it was worth it.
Got my copy of the game and the fanny pack from Target. Mission accomplished. Still haven't booted the game yet past the "Nintendo presents" screen, but looking forward to it.
Got the gold wall scroll from Walmart. Can’t tell if it’s actually numbered, decent size but pretty useless to me. Sold on Mercari for $60 within a minute of me posting it lol. The Best Buy art print looks cool
I'm about 5 hours in as well. I second the comment about controls being difficult. I am sure I will get used to them, but early on, I'm finding them a bit frustrating. I feel like things are going a bit slower than expected, but I fully expect this to be a 100+ hour game for me.
Loving the game so far, just not too pumped about the major lag I’m experiencing when using Ultrahand. I’m sure that’ll get patched soon enough though.
> Well I'll be damned I got one at gamestop. But they're pretty salty because they
> had 70 in store prebuys and they only got 40 wooden plaques and they've already had
> five other people come in with online orders that are looking for their plaque. GameStop
> totally should have shipped them with the pre buys because ultimately people will
> get screwed here.
So you didnt preorder at Gamestop and got the Wood Plaque today?
I went in but was told preorder only even though online says different. I would have left but I did the trade in $50 bonus. Which was really 52.50 Pro, and the Monthly $5. So $13 more for Zelda goodness. I was the salty one.
I'm only missing one ability from the wheel, and I believe I'm attacking one of the "dungeons" when I mistook a landmark for a map tower. My own stupidity. My original plan was to attack towers and shrines before hitting the bosses. I guess we'll give this one a go with 4 hearts while I'm pretty much a 1 shot kill. Really hope there's a fast travel at the entrance.
Does this game let you just go and tackle things in any order you want, even allowing you to skip the game and go right for the end boss from the beginning, the way BotW did?
> Does this game let you just go and tackle things in any order you want, even allowing you to skip the game and go right for the end boss from the beginning, the way BotW did?
>
>
No, and you have to progress story to unlock necessary items.
> I saw an article saying you could do that and explaining how, but I didn't read the
> article because I didn't want to be spoiled.
>
>
I don't know how, you don't even have the glider after the "training" area. That said speed runs are going to be ridiculous in this game with the constructables.
> Loving the game so far, just not too pumped about the major lag I’m experiencing
> when using Ultrahand. I’m sure that’ll get patched soon enough though.
Slow down, dropped frames, pop in, glitches, etc. I'm like 8 hours in or so, 17 shrines, multiple towers, the game has many of the flaws BotW had, and more new ones. There was a banner in one area that was moving at around 1 frame per second. Some will get patched out, many won't. All that said this game is a fudging blast so far! I haven't put this much time into a game in a day since possibly RDR2, if not that then definitely BotW. It's early, but I could easily see this knocking BotW out of my top 3 all time.
Haven't played a Switch game at length for ages. Always hard to go back to these controls from playstation/xbox. I find myself consistently screwing up the controls. Is this just a me problem?
> Haven't played a Switch game at length for ages. Always hard to go back to these
> controls from playstation/xbox. I find myself consistently screwing up the controls.
> Is this just a me problem?
No, the controls for some things are just wonky.
MrBean wrote:
> Man, these shrines make you feel dumb AF once you figure them out! Very cool and
> all, but man some are tedious and frustrating!
I've only run into 1 so far that I didn't know what to do after a few minutes. In fact I decided to end my gaming session early so I could reset and try again later.
> This game looks pretty good. Expected much worse. My 7 year old’s first Zelda.
>
gosh darn that just made me feel old as hell. Even compared to when BOTW came out. A whole child was molded since that game released. Existential crisis: commencing.
8 bit Ganon was a tad different than mummy/zombie Ganondorf spewing black and purple crap all over Link.
That said I found your daughter's response hilarious. Different kids handle things differently. My wife said no to them playing it for that cutscene. I think they'll be fine, but I will honor her decision. Not judging anyone.
Only two more towers to go, then I'll go back to the main missions. Upgraded stamina once to a full circle, debating on going hearts or the second circle next. Currently have 2 upgrades waiting, and 4 more shrines marked. Love to explore.
Kind of disappointed in the treasure chests this go round. BotW you got good stuff (50+ rupees, new outfit pieces with unique benefits, strong weapons, rare items), in TotK it's common bows, arrows, other half-assed stuff. In BotW you'd find a chest with mostly good stuff on every other peak or lake. Not so much here. Was really hoping they'd throw an homage to BotW like having the climbing gear hidden at dueling peaks. Not a huge deal.
It's still been fun exploring the mainland and seeing how it's changed. Also digging the (a little more than typical zelda) subtle story so far. It's great having BotW setting the stage for this game so far.
So, I realize this is the TotK topic, but any tips to make BotW better? I'm gonna give it another go soon. Should I go for certain areas/items ASAP and then putz around exploring after? Anything to help
> So, I realize this is the TotK topic, but any tips to make BotW better? I'm gonna
> give it another go soon. Should I go for certain areas/items ASAP and then putz
> around exploring after? Anything to help
The game is about exploring, not fighting until much later in the game or especially the DLC (with inventory management). My personal recommendation is to unlock towers in order to find shrines. Find Hestu and solve every Korok puzzle to unlock more eeapon slots, focus on melee first, bows a distant second, shields 3rd. Attack shrines to fill 1 circle of stamina. Get the climbing gear and upgrade it in the fairy fountains. Fill your hearts to 13 and get the master sword. Get 1 suit of both cold, hot and fire gear.
Once you get the master sword combat is much easier. You stockpile strong weapons, and the master sword (which never breaks, only needs a recharge period) is much more effective on the bosses and guardians. Don't be afraid to run around enemies, especially early on. Color of enemies equals difficulty. Red is easy, blue is a step up, black and white more difficult. Goes for all common enemies. If it's not for you it's OK to close the book, ignore it and move on.
I have 4 hearts and crap armor in TotK. I run from most fights. Once I switch to heart focus that crap will be on.
So Towers are the things you have to climb? I remember the first one, at the end you get the glider. And they show you shrines once unlocked?? Those are the small puzzle rooms that give heart/stamina upgrades?
> So Towers are the things you have to climb? I remember the first one, at the end
> you get the glider. And they show you shrines once unlocked?? Those are the small
> puzzle rooms that give heart/stamina upgrades?
That's the tutorial. When you finish that you get the glider. Then the world is yours.
Towers give you easier access to travel around as they have warps way up high which you can use your glider to travel far in relatively short amounts of time.
Shrines give you an item to upgrade stamina (ability to glide, climb and run) or hearts (4 shrines per upgrade). They (shrines) also provide a fast travel point whether you beat it or not, just need to activate it.
@kommie better is kind of subjective. Other than breaking weapons, what do you have a problem with?
Combat: - get decent at timed dodging to trigger flurry rushes - practice parrying lasers, this comes in very handy - have fun by using the environment to your advantage like using stasis on boulders or setting things on fire
Exploring: - if you're decent at combat, increasing stamina is much more useful than hearts. You'll be free to glide farther, climb higher, swim longer. - there are some harsh environments due to the elements. Typically there will be plants nearby that counteract the loss of hearts in these environments (ie: 🌶 for safely traveling in cold weather). Cooking these into dishes and consuming them will negate the loss of hearts so you can more freely roam. - like above, there are also clothing items that will negate the loss of hearts in extreme weather environments. Less reliance on cooking, but harder to find
It was mostly after the tutorial area where I stopped. Felt like I was just running, waiting for stamina to regen, then waiting again. Weapon breaking isn't that bad
> Also, Stamina or Hearts? I went Stamina first. Seems better.
Stamina for 1 full circle, then hearts to 13 (to get the master sword), then back to stamina imo. Get the climbing gear and upgrade it. That's my advice.
Is that your book or just a photo? Either way, pretty neat. The Zelda game I’d have been playing at her age was LttP. Still remember watching my uncle fight and beat Ganon. That was a good day.
> Also, Stamina or Hearts? I went Stamina first. Seems better.
Correct. At worst you have to convert stamina to hearts once you've got 13 to pick up the Master Sword but you can convert right back afterward, it just costs money.
Not sure how far along I've gotten so far, but I am loving it. Tears is capturing the same feeling BOTW did all those years ago.
It's not perfect. I've noticed a LOT of slowdown on a docked V1 Switch. It's pretty on par with the slowdown BOTW had, and not game-breaking. Just a bit annoying.
Also first thing I did was remap the controls. I waited until about halfway through my BOTW playthrough to do so, so I wanted to do it right this time. I mapped run to the left stick, jump to B, and crouch to X. It makes maneuvering while running much much easier, and just overall feels so much better.
I haven't played since Friday night since my girlfriend is here and her copy is waiting for her at home. She won't let me tell her ANYTHING
I've noticed on 1.0 and 1.1 RyujinX seems to be able to hold a fairly steady 30fps nonstop, even during Ultrahand. Interested to see how the Switch version fares tomorrow.
Frank, I didn't know you could map controls. I'm so used to PS5 controls recently that I keep clicking the left stick to run and accidentally crouching. I've found the controls very unintuitive so far. I just figured I would get used to it eventually. I keep screwing up in combat because I'm pressing B to jump.
I've also noticed the same graphical/slowdown issues. Maybe it's how much PS5 I've been playing recently, but the frame rate drops have been noticeable (and I normal never care about that stuff). It's especially noticeable in the sky islands. It's like the Switch can't keep up with the bright colors. I've also noticed the UI is sluggish when switching between weapons and items. Not a game breaker, but I have definitely noticed.
Saw a couple of videos on creative uses for the new crafting abilities. There were a couple ideas I hadn't thought of that could prove very helpful, and the other video was different ways to abuse the new abilities. Not the safest for work, but some of it was funny stuff though.
I've heard that the frame rate issues are especially jarring for people that have been playing frequently on higher performing devices like the PS5 or PC. Given Nintendo's track record for the performance of open world games lately, my expectations were set low for the performance. From my understanding, they did release a patch that helps in some areas and will probably continue to provide more updates as time goes on.
Seeing similarly styled games like Genshin Impact play at nearly 60fps on a Galaxy S23 and emulators being ran on the Steam Deck and Ally performing better than the Switch in some cases shows that mobile SoCs have come a long way since the Switch was launched. It'll be interesting to see if Nintendo starts targeting 60+ FPS with their new hardware or if they'll cheap out.
> |>> I can't get over the performance / frame rate drops. It's really bad for their
>> flagship
> |>> game.
>>
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>> You did play BotW, no?
>
> Yes, but I don't remember it being as bad as it is in TotK. Also, that was originally
> developed for the Wii U.
People complained about it back then. I've run into the issues talked about and a couple funny glitches, but nothing that impacted fun or gameplay so far.
One thing I've noticed that's an intentional design choice is some stuff is harder to find. It was nice in BotW as most hills had chests on them, any many water sources had chests in them. TotK it's rare, and unlike BotW where many had clothes, rupees, good stuff in TotK you get weaker gear and arrows.
The only complete outfit I have I had to look up how to get it, and even then it was a pain to get. I don't think I ever would have found them without looking it up, 2/3 pieces were hidden too well.
I have a lot of mixed feelings on this game. There are a lot of aspects I don't like (just like I felt about BotW), but at the end of the day, the annoyances and things I don't like aren't nearly enough to prevent me from enjoying the game. I'm having a blast with it!
I still haven't gone back since late Friday ... I'm still super early into it (did like 4 shrines on the ground). I definitely love it, but I can already tell I'm gonna be annoyed with the building element. While it's super cool, my fear is it's going to be relied upon constantly and it's just gonna get annoying/frustrating after awhile vs. ... just let me play the damn game! We'll see!
> I still haven't gone back since late Friday ... I'm still super early into it (did
> like 4 shrines on the ground). I definitely love it, but I can already tell I'm gonna
> be annoyed with the building element. While it's super cool, my fear is it's going
> to be relied upon constantly and it's just gonna get annoying/frustrating after awhile
> vs. ... just let me play the damn game! We'll see!
It's pretty much most the shrines I've encountered. Many of them are a tutorial after the tutorial. I'm enjoying them none the less, have already maxed out my stamina and am now going for hearts. Figured Three of the "dungeons" will require special clothes (unless you go the food buff route, no thanks), so attacking shrines and side quests to improve Link while hopefully gathering items and rupees to get me what I need for the main story.
> I enjoyed building on the sky island, and I enjoy it in shrines, but I have very
> little interest in it outside of that.
I completely agree. I came across a boss I was underpowered for, so needle fighting it, I took about 10 minutes to build some cool rotating flamethrower contraption. I thought it was so cool. The boss walked right through it and smashed it in 3 seconds.
Does anybody have suggestions on where to stock up on arrows? I had over 100 early in the game up on the sky island. I thought the game would just hand them out like candy. But I flew through them so fast and now I can barely keep any in stock.
>> I enjoyed building on the sky island, and I enjoy it in shrines, but I have very
>> little interest in it outside of that.
>
> I completely agree. I came across a boss I was underpowered for, so needle fighting
> it, I took about 10 minutes to build some cool rotating flamethrower contraption.
> I thought it was so cool. The boss walked right through it and smashed it in 3 seconds.
>
> Does anybody have suggestions on where to stock up on arrows? I had over 100 early
> in the game up on the sky island. I thought the game would just hand them out like
> candy. But I flew through them so fast and now I can barely keep any in stock.
You can get a decent amount in shrines, and farm them from easy enemies. I had close to 200 after 20 shrines, but since I've been doing side quests I'm down to 50. This may be the stingiest Zelda ever for rupees, so I don't dare buy them.
Also just found out there is a lady that marks caves for armor.
I've been doing okay with arrows. I think I mostly get them from smashing the wooden boxes all over the place. I agree about the game being stingy with rupees. Selling minerals seems like the best way to get them so far.
I did the Wind Temple. Not the best Zelda dungeon, but not bad either.
> I still haven't gone back since late Friday ... I'm still super early into it (did
> like 4 shrines on the ground). I definitely love it, but I can already tell I'm gonna
> be annoyed with the building element. While it's super cool, my fear is it's going
> to be relied upon constantly and it's just gonna get annoying/frustrating after awhile
> vs. ... just let me play the damn game! We'll see!
Same. I've already had a few shrine moments where I did what Nintendo wanted me to do, but because I was off by one pixel, or tried to be too careful, I ended up wasting twenty minutes thrashing the solution.
In one of the shrines, there's a heavy stone elevator that you need to put fans under to help it lift you up. After a few failed attempts with one and two fans, I put four fans on the underside, and the elevator wouldn't budge.
Then I removed one fan, and the elevator shot up like a bat out of Hell. Science, doges.
I'm getting more and more into it as time goes on, but I'm still really intimidated by how much there is to do, how much you have to explore and experiment, and how long it's going to take to finish. I had a lot more time to game back when Breath of the Wild was released, but things have changed a lot since then.
> I'm getting more and more into it as time goes on, but I'm still really intimidated
> by how much there is to do, how much you have to explore and experiment, and how
> long it's going to take to finish. I had a lot more time to game back when Breath
> of the Wild was released, but things have changed a lot since then.
>
>
All these people saying the game takes around 40-50 hours to complete are crazy. I fully expect to play this for well over 100 hours. I'm about 10 hours in, and I feel like I've explored nothing and I still have basic level weapons and gear.
> I'll never be able to do any of that. Even level 1 was too complicated for my dumb
> ass.
Same here. I'm just not creative at all, and don't have that type of engineering mind. That's ok though, I'm completely content with just enjoying everything this game has to offer aside from building. I don't feel like I'm missing out on much. It may be fun at some point down the road, when I have tons of resources in the game, to find some guides to build some really cool stuff like that and play around with them. But I'm really not concerned with it at the moment.
> All these people saying the game takes around 40-50 hours to complete are crazy.
> I fully expect to play this for well over 100 hours. I'm about 10 hours in, and I
> feel like I've explored nothing and I still have basic level weapons and gear.
I was extremely slow and methodical with my exploring in BotW. Including DLC, I ended up clocking in around 235 hours. I fully expect to at least match that in this game.
So my kid dinking around stumbled across what looked like a shrine only there was no shrine. He left and kept dinking around. Last night I went back to it and I'm glad I did. Got the one thing I was most looking forward from the trailer. For some reason I thought it was going to be an item or upgrade to the glider. Had to go to bed so didn't get to play around with it much, but looking forward to it tonight!
I already bought a copy but this seems like a decent deal for anyone with games on the list that aren't explicitly high value: https://www.gamestop.com/zelda-trade2-list
Well, ain't that some crap? Amazon JP put labels on the damn box ...
Their pretty legit though, full size utensils. Do I open them? Yeah, I think so. Just need to find a home. I just had to demote some Zelda crap, I am maxed out on room.