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Is there any info on whether the WiiU or Switch version of this runs/looks better? I've basically sat out Nintendo this last generation, but I want to give this game a go, and I'm debating which version to try.
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Mar 2, 2017 14:42
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Ppl say no so get wii u!!!
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Hace posted:you know what, gently caress zelda No, don't, it's awful. Instead next time you are shield shredding down a mountain in Zelda start playing this in the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC3who987Yg
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Mar 2, 2017 14:43
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You could scroll for 5 minutes on Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Metacritic reviews and you won't even pass all the 100% scores.
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Mar 2, 2017 14:46
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axeil posted:do we need to lick the cartridge to activate the new dungeons that exist exclusively in our minds? y/n. Yes
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Mar 2, 2017 14:55
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FooF posted:Reviews are all essentially saying the same thing, which is the number #1 fear that everyone had when people started seeing how big the map of BotW was: yeah it's big but is there anything to do in it? I love how in the giant bomb review he was talking about how he saw a random island out in the water and decided to go to it and when he got there is was.....well, some crazy poo poo that sounded super intense and hard even for Nintendo hard fuckery. And how he just runs into stuff like that all over the place.
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Mar 2, 2017 14:59
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How am I suppose to sleep with my hype levels at maximum??!?
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axeil posted:do we need to blow into the cartridge to activate the new dungeons that exist exclusively in our minds? y/n. Fixed for old school Zelda method. It sounds like this is going to be a very good game! I'm okay with lack of classic dungeons because the first Zelda's dungeons (most classic of them all) are more like the Shrines in BotW - they even look the same from the outside.
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aw. here's some very minor spoilery impressions from my first three or four hours with the game. I've tried to focus on the negatives, as they definitely do exist, even if this appears to be game of the decade. - Shrines are cool so far, bigger than I thought they would be but somewhat limited. It's surprising to to into a huge room that has literally one puzzle to solve before getting to the goal. Also not sure if they have specific locations or if there is a set progression - you need to teleport into them so they could easily have a set order that you go through regardless of which temple you've found. I'm assuming they're in set locations though as they've already had to find a way to make the overworld vary in difficulty so why not apply the same principles to shrines. set progression would remove a lot of the discovery-feeling while not actually changing much in effect though. - Main complaint with shrines is the lack of environmental variety. If we're losing dungeons it's a real shame to have their replacement have the same aesthetic through the whole game. I was reeaaaally worried at first they all had the same city in the sky ripoff music but that doesn't seem to be the case, there's at least 3 or so songs that they can feature - You can get off the plateau before getting the glider, in fact it's pretty easy to do if you're taking a long way around to get to a shrine. - in terms of the opening plateau, it's very large and very dense. however, much of what's there is guided by the story. I was hyped to climb to the top of the temple of time right off the bat only to find a sick bow, and was disappointed to find that it's a mandatory location by the end of the intro - game is hard. we've all heard it but it's pretty true. learn to cook right away as it'll really lessen the early game's annoyances. - game is huge. you're looking at 10 minutes just to run across the plateau. probably 10-15 minutes to get from the plateau to the next location (kakariko village) to the east, and that's not even at the extreme boundary of the east map. just a guess but I'd estimate 40 minutes nonstop running to go from edge to edge - speaking of running, the time to deplete stamina is very very low, making running around an annoying minigame of letting go of A every two and a half seconds. Not sure if there's going to be a way to upgrade this - haven't seen a skills menu or whatever that would indicate this is possible. There are stamina boosting foods but that will never be a permanent solution. - controls are great. little complex honestly, I would frankly prefer a 1-1 implementation from dark souls. but the weapon movesets are fun, there's a lot of freedom, and a lot of room for skill based gameplay. only annoyance is that there's no dodge when not locked on, and when locked on it's really not something that gives you a lot of mobility, moving you only a bit to the side or back. - it's very stupid the lack of use of the wii u gamepad. it's literally not used. this is silly when you have a pad shaped inventory system - can only guess that this was just never implemented when they decided to go multiplat. Would be so handy to be able to switch weapons and especially powers on the fly. you already can do this with dpad menus but it would be much easier on a touchscreen - the music! oh man the music. every single piece either directly references or evokes a past composition, which might seem a bit on the nose usually but because the tunes are used so sparingly (no overworld music), when you hear a snippet of a tune you know coming from a shack over the hill, it's like stumbling on or uncovering a distant piece of the past, which is really what this whole game seems to be about in theme. - murdering dudes with the iron hammer is great fun - koroks own - I still frankly am not sure what the composition of the game looks to be. Really hoping there's more to it besides the main quest directing you to specific shrines and then the guardians. First sidequest i got after the plateau was a treasure hunting one with a verbal riddle/clue, so there's going to be that kind of thing at least. - so zelda has been holding down hyrule castle for the last 100 years, are we getting granny zelda? and how is impa gonna be alive? questions questions That's all I've got for now but if anyone has any questions about the early game I'd be happy to answer. The Walrus fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Mar 2, 2017 |
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Can we wait for the reviewers who aren't getting free stuff from Nintendo to chime in on this
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The Walrus posted:- speaking of running, the time to deplete stamina is very very low, making running around an annoying minigame of letting go of A every two and a half seconds. Not sure if there's going to be a way to upgrade this - haven't seen a skills menu or whatever that would indicate this is possible. There are stamina boosting foods but that will never be a permanent solution. Don't you get a choice to upgrade your health or stamina after each shrine you complete? That, along with the stamina boosting foods, should make this a non issue fairly quickly, no?
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That's really cool and classy. Hope to see more tweets like this from folks in the industry. I'm just waking up to all the news. I like the picture where it's #2 behind big brother on Metacritic (although I think it's #4 now, not that it really matters). Going to be completely unproductive at work today reading up on review stuff. Also Tony Hawk 2 was mind-blowing for it's time and deserves it's high place. It's legacy is marred because later entries became a total joke, but once upon a time those games could be counted on to be bigtime releases. Good example in gaming of going back to the well after it was dry. sigmachiev fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Mar 2, 2017 |
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TheKingofSprings posted:Can we wait for the reviewers who aren't getting free stuff from Nintendo to chime in on this You'll have to wait until next week then. But who cares, it's Zelda!
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The Walrus posted:- Shrines are cool so far, bigger than I thought they would be but somewhat limited. It's surprising to to into a huge room that has literally one puzzle to solve before getting to the goal. Also not sure if they have specific locations or if there is a set progression - you need to teleport into them so they could easily have a set order that you go through regardless of which temple you've found. I'm assuming they're in set locations though as they've already had to find a way to make the overworld vary in difficulty so why not apply the same principles to shrines. set progression would remove a lot of the discovery-feeling while not actually changing much in effect though.
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The Walrus posted:here's some very minor spoilery impressions from my first three or four hours with the game. I've tried to focus on the negatives, as they definitely do exist, even if this appears to be game of the decade. One thing about stamina: there does seem a way to permanently boost your stamina, at least going by what a couple of reviewers have said about shrines. That said, it looks like you can maybe double it at most? That's just judging by what your increased stamina looks like on the UI (an extra green circle around your base one that you unlock in quarters).
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I own a wii u basic (lol) and tried running this game from the USB. It did not work very well. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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RCarr posted:Don't you get a choice to upgrade your health or stamina after each shrine you complete? That, along with the stamina boosting foods, should make this a non issue fairly quickly, no? oh right, yes, I forgot, it was getting late by the time I stopped playing. spoiler for health/stamina increases every 4 shrine bits you get you can trade in for more hearts or stamina.
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Harrow posted:One thing about stamina: there does seem a way to permanently boost your stamina, at least going by what a couple of reviewers have said about shrines. That said, it looks like you can maybe double it at most? That's just judging by what your increased stamina looks like on the UI (an extra green circle around your base one that you unlock in quarters). At least triple.
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Mulva posted:At least triple. Oh cool, that's better, then. Anyone here playing the Wii U version? I'm curious how, for lack of a better word, pretty it looks compared to the Switch one. Resolution differences I couldn't care less about, but when I play this game I want it to be as pretty as its whole watercolor aesthetic deserves, so things like environment detail being noticeably worse would bum me out.
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axeil posted:BOTW is currently the #2 ranked game on metacritic after OOT. Goddamn why is gta4 so high up lmao Or soul calibur hahah
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Harrow posted:Oh cool, that's better, then. Again, the versions are basically identical aside from a slightly higher res on Switch.
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Waffleman_ posted:Again, the versions are basically identical aside from a slightly higher res on Switch. Do you have any links to Youtube vids doing a side-by-side comparison that are non-spoiler? I'm pretty hesitant to wade in deep now that the embargo is over.
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I don't have any on me, no. I'm sure they're out there, though.
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game's so good you could call it Boobs of the Wife.
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One thing I'm a bit worried about is open-world fatigue - with such a large game, I might just never get around to actually finish it.
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sigmachiev posted:Do you have any links to Youtube vids doing a side-by-side comparison that are non-spoiler? I'm pretty hesitant to wade in deep now that the embargo is over. Your best bet will probably be to wait for Digital Foundry to upload one. It'll be spoiler-free and pretty in-depth if it's like any of their other comparisons. Waffleman_ posted:Again, the versions are basically identical aside from a slightly higher res on Switch. Well, that's better than I expected and also fills me with a small amount of dread because now I have no idea how I'm going to play Horizon, Zelda, and Nier: Automata all at the same time 
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ymgve posted:One thing I'm a bit worried about is open-world fatigue - with such a large game, I might just never get around to actually finish it. Normally I would agree with you, but since this is a Zelda game, I don't think I'll have any issues completing a 100% run.
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Harrow posted:Your best bet will probably be to wait for Digital Foundry to upload one. It'll be spoiler-free and pretty in-depth if it's like any of their other comparisons. Controller in each hand, controller in mouth, HDMI cables plugged directly into brain stem
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RCarr posted:Normally I would agree with you, but since this is a Zelda game, I don't think I'll have any issues completing a 100% run. According to the Easy Allies review, they've spent about 60 hours with the game and have a 20-something% completion rate on the menu. (Granted those tend to count silly collectibles, so it might not be a great measure.) They did say the main story could be run through in like 20-30 hours and the game does a good job of making sure you know where to go to follow the main story, for anyone worried about getting lost for ages and giving up.
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Does the digital version of the game unlock at midnight local time or midnight Pacific time?
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Sakurazuka posted:Is Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 really that good??? "Whoa, have you guys played this game called Legend of Zelda: OOT? It's so good. What if we made that, but with skateboards?" - Tony Hawk
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:game's so good you could call it Boobs of the Wife. Lol. I love a good play on acronyms.
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spasticColon posted:Does the digital version of the game unlock at midnight local time or midnight Pacific time? I've been looking for any solid info about a digital release and haven't found anything 
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I know this is highly unlikely but is Nintendo doing a pre-load at all?
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Popete posted:I know this is highly unlikely but is Nintendo doing a pre-load at all? They were for the EU and then that got leaked and I think they went "oh...well time to take this down" but it was already too late.
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Popete posted:I know this is highly unlikely but is Nintendo doing a pre-load at all? Its actually rather odd that they aren't. Most of their big releases get one.
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jivjov posted:Its actually rather odd that they aren't. Most of their big releases get one. Shows how little I've played of my Wii U. I'm embarrassed today that I forgot it was coming out tomorrow and now I have an awesome surprise for the weekend.
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