The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

idk i would contend that a puzzle without a fixed solution or number of solutions is an obstacle, not a puzzle

its a puzzling distinction

tip re the trial of the master sword in the final trials theres nine ancient arrows three chests of three and finding them all makes it much easier

I paid zero attention to video games for decades and only got into BOTW about a year ago so this pre-release hype is all new to me.

I'm assuming there will be a shitload of people sprinting to finish the game ASAP for internet glory? How long would something like that take to do?

i mean i'm sure at least one person will but these games are open and dont have much story to spoil so people will take their time

Totk truly Puzz3D to BotW's jigsaw

is this game looking to be more like a big DLC or more like a majora's mask

the latter imo

did botw have a long game-spanning sidequest chain i forget. if not they need to bring that back

captured memories, kind of

thats the main story isnt it?

i think tarrey town probably counts

i hope you can build more new towns in this i hope its kind of like sim city

xp yeah you're prob right

i should play some botw ahead of this coming out

dont think ive touched it since 2017 honestly, despite never finishing it. i think thats fine tho

i tried and failed several times to do the trials to get the motorcycle, that was probably the last thing i did on it

sad for you guys that you never got to ride the motorcycle that you never got to gas it up with raw meat

not being able to save during it is what made it frustrating

i got the link motorcycle on mario kart, basically the same thing

ascend power looks pretty goofy

they had to do something about the climbing raining situation

maybe they took out rain entirely but the catch is that hyrule slowly becomes an arid wasteland

maybe i'll understand the point of the mechanic better when i play it but i have to imagine there was a better solution for getting on top of stuff in a game largely about exploration than to slowly warp through the ceiling. odd choice for a feature to highlight. why not just bring back the grappling hook thing

maybe link is dead and is a ghost now and that's why he can gloop through ceilings

Homing eyeballs! This looks wicked.

Okay I was gonna defend Ascend. Then I saw someone say it was created because people thought climbing was boring. Climbing was my clear favorite part of BOTW. Never Ascend.

https://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/cdart/allelujah-dont-bend-ascend-516bf701f3546.png

Link can Onionhead through the ceiling because he is green

they had to do something about the climbing raining situation

no this is part of the beauty of climbing, it's like life, goals that seem achievable and then slip out of reach, or vice versa

If Nintendo based new features off of BotW videos, there will be some serious sicko shit with the Yiga Clan

i'm ok with ascend but they really need to rework it so that it's explicitly a zonai hookshot

xp featuring lots of mighty bananas hopefully

Climbing that first tower was so satisfying.

Watched this with the kid earlier and he pointed out it had been uploaded 4 hours earlier and there was already a 2 hour long response video

Also rain climbing sucks so much, I keep thinking there would be some element of clothing or recipe that let you climb in the rain but fuck no

Speaking of towers, I assume sheika towers wont be the way maps unlock in this, given that's happened already. Unless this is set before BoTW... still isnt clear on that. The reverseo-chango skill has me wondering.

you can see towers in the background of that video theyre different towers tho

Ah I should rewatch it hah.

gotta watch the two hour youtube really get into it

I think, most of all, I shall want to Fuse a poe soul to my wooden boy

Most maddening BOTW element is accidentally crouching when I'm panicky and trying to run from something horrible

Already seeing some excellent memes out of all this.

https://i.redd.it/bm3i7z2a9jqa1.png

Finally watched that video, new game (mechanics) look awesome. I rarely play my Switch, but will def. (eventually) get this.

I'm unemployed and looking for a job, I'm not sure if this is coming out at the best or the worst possible moment

heh

i think the only way to manage it is some sort of rewards system (identify a possible job opp, reward with a shrine, update a section of the resume, shrine, 20 minutes straight of trying to find a job and failing, shrine). however, i have never successfully implemented this system for longer than a day. signed, unemployed happy guy

beers of the kingdom

complete a shrine, drink

break a weapon, drink

actually, don't do that. zelda would kill millions of people that way

zelda is out of control she must be stopped

Latest "did not know" weapon combo I found was the forest dweller spear - you can fuse it to "burst" items like dazzlefruit and it wont disappear, it'll recharge!

Was handy in the depths against mini frox and skellies.

Sorry by "it" i mean the fruit you attach.

I think I was just doing things I wasn’t supposed to yet. Trying to clear out lurelin village while only having 5 hearts. Just finished my first temple (water) and feeling I am playing the game more as intended now. Lots of fun!

gotta get the hearts

Heck yeah my first task was to find and knock over as many shrines as I could, main quest be damned.

Still have 5 hearts but now I have an extra stamina wheel (ocd meant I needed to finish it after getting one extra part). Hearts from here on out. Currently meeting the founders of hyrule in a cutscene. Looks like Zelda’s travelled further than imagined. Oh well she can wait; shrines to explore!

Finally opened this, put about 200 hours in over the last month. Just excellent. Amazed that they really nailed it.

I finally decided to give Ganondorf another shot (after initially stumbling upon him earlier). Lost again, not enough gloom busting food.

I really just spend the majority of time just exploring. I’m still finding new caves and wells. Still need to beat a bunch of the Gleeoks. Many side questions remaining, but I think I’ve finished all the main ones, with the exception of the final battle. Need to find all the damn armor too.

I've been putting off fighting Ganondorf for weeks now. I'm still running around doing sidequests. Amazing game

The Ganondorf battle really is something else — they went above and beyond atoning for the disappointing final battle in Breath of the Wild

This game is to BOTW what A Link to the Past was to Zelda 1

Just picked this back up on a flight after playing Elden Ring for so long. I really need to be in the right mindset for this game after switching it up. I can't easily go "back and forth". It's so much easier to get side tracked in this game too.

BTW given I've started up Elden Ring this year, and will likely dive into BG3 once I've beaten that and TotK, this is looking to be a completely ridiculous year in gaming for me. And I'm really looking forward to that new Mario game and Dave the Diver once it's on Switch.