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The Maroon Hawk posted:That’s honestly what I was hoping for in TotK, though I realize having key items would be kneecapped by being able to do the dungeons in whatever order you want This never stopped LTTP speed runners. 
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FlapYoJacks posted:This never stopped LTTP speed runners. That's an interesting topic because even discounting glitches ALttP can be pretty non linear as long as you leave a dungeon when you get the proper item. With some exceptions like Thieves' Town which could be done first based kn what stuff you did. It's partly why randomizers work so well on it.
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May 11, 2023 17:16
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Levitate posted:Thanks, I didn’t play very much and usually give games some time but Throne’s opening bit just felt stilted and weird (just picked a character to start at random). Will try turning the voices off too since I can’t really get on with that at least now
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FlapYoJacks posted:This never stopped LTTP speed runners. I meant more that you wouldn’t be able to design your dungeons on the assumption of the player having key items from prior dungeons. The Forest Haven in WW makes use of the grappling hook, Tower of the Gods makes use of that and the Korok leaf, etc etc Whereas if the player can do the dungeons in any order than you have to design them to be completed with none of the key items
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I kind of didn't enjoy most of the chapter 1 stories and gameplay flow in octo 2, slow cutscenes and single main party member stuff is meh but yeah game gets great as soon as you get over that hump So imo "when does this game get good" is surprisingly relevant in the context of this convo I'd say maybe 5-8 hours in
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May 11, 2023 17:25
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Jigsaw posted:Well, looks like I won’t be playing TotK now. You idiots go have fun with your trash game for losers while I enjoy peak gaming. I’m glad that there is a variety of awesome games to play on the Nintendo switch
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May 11, 2023 17:27
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Oh yeah the We ❤️Katamari remaster comes out in a month. Too much stuff
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God drat want there to be pegasus boots and hookshot and mole mits in totk hell give me the gyro spinner
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I can't believe we have less than 12 hours until the Switch 2 is revealed during an unskippable ad that plays the first time you launch TotK.Away all Goats posted:I bought the Switch Online game voucher deal. Obviously one game is gonna be Tears of the Kingdom, but what should I use my other voucher on? Xenoblade 3 is better than 1 and 2, though they're all worth playing tbh. You can play 2 without playing 1 or 3 without playing 1 and 2 but you'll have more context for a few things if you've played them all. That said, you can't go wrong with grabbing XC1:DE but they're all an easy 100+ hours of content and 60+ even if you're mostly focused on the main story with little to no side tracking. OTOH, if you aren't exploring in a Xenoblade game you are absolutely playing it wrong.
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I got a replacement joycon from Nintendo this morning, just in time for TOKT! Nintendo's Joycon repair service (at least in America) seems quite generous. The last time I engaged with repair support was to fix joycon drift many years ago and I don't remember the repair support being so robust/applicable to things other than drift. Quick turn around time too! Took just over a week from requesting support to receiving a new joycon today.
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May 11, 2023 18:03
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Oh my, I forgot about reviews landing today. I think I'm gonna try my hardest to go in totally blind tomorrow morning. I am vibrating with excitement.
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May 11, 2023 18:05
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Tbf I'm not sure if I actually like xc2 more than xc3 or if I just made the mistake of attempting to play them back to back resulting in me being Xenobladed out
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May 11, 2023 18:05
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Tbf I'm not sure if I actually like xc2 more than xc3 or if I just made the mistake of attempting to play them back to back resulting in me being Xenobladed out I feel I liked the combat more in xc2 than 3. Once you crack it down it was pretty fun. But I also played them back to back
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The world in 3 was amazing but the relative lack of towns and horrible loot system also bummed me out a bit, but I'm someone who got excited at getting gacha crystals
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I'm off tomorrow, buddy of mine and I are picking up our copies at Best Buy then grabbing breakfast before I spend the rest of the day Zelda-ing. We're the only gamers at work interested in Zelda. I've never met a more unfortunate bunch.
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KingSlime posted:I kind of didn't enjoy most of the chapter 1 stories and gameplay flow in octo 2, slow cutscenes and single main party member stuff is meh but yeah game gets great as soon as you get over that hump Good thing the demo is capped at 3 hours! Hah I’ll play around with it
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May 11, 2023 18:48
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Hmmmm based on some early reviews and player impressions it sounds like the weapon synthesis stuff makes the game lean even harder into weapon durability than botw did Also my b yall it does sound like they reuse the entire overworld map from the first game with changes and stuff. Still getting it but hype has diminished a bit considering I have a huge backlog of other really exciting games I guess the leaks I was reading were focused on new stuff rather than reused stuff KingSlime fucked around with this message at 20:02 on May 11, 2023 |
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It does and it doesn't. Spoilered just to be considerate when you fuse an item to a weapon it gets new properties and is considered a new item. Then, when you defuse it it resets the weapon to a new default. Essentially you can fuse a monster part to a sword, fight with it and then when it's about to break, defuse it and fuse a new item to get a fully restored durability weapon.
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Alright, reading some of these reviews I'm pretty sure the Switch 2 will launch with a TotK expansion that's basically Tears of the Kingdom: Four Swords Adventures: GTA Online
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:It does and it doesn't. Spoilered just to be considerate when you fuse an item to a weapon it gets new properties and is considered a new item. Then, when you defuse it it resets the weapon to a new default. Essentially you can fuse a monster part to a sword, fight with it and then when it's about to break, defuse it and fuse a new item to get a fully restored durability weapon. True but it sounds like this just makes the issue worse because base weapons are much weaker with low atk ratings than in the original games in order to incentivize fusing. So you've essentially added extra steps just to get a viable weapon that can still break, you are incentivized for fighting monsters now so which kind of nice I guess Anyway I guess I'll see for myself tomorrow!
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:It does and it doesn't. Spoilered just to be considerate when you fuse an item to a weapon it gets new properties and is considered a new item. Then, when you defuse it it resets the weapon to a new default. Essentially you can fuse a monster part to a sword, fight with it and then when it's about to break, defuse it and fuse a new item to get a fully restored durability weapon. maybe they were wrong but seeing people break down the system elsewhere fusing doesn't reset base durability, but pauses it for a set number of hits, resuming when it runs out and isn't reset by additional fusion
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my copy of TotK came today but I have work for the next couple of hours but then will get to play so that's neat
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Congrats, thread: this is the first time in my 10 years on this site where goons and FOMO have convinced me to get a game Day 1 when I was previously gonna wait a month or so. I'll look around tomorrow to see if anywhere has it, and if not, I'll grab it early next week.  Soul Glo posted:my copy of TotK came today but I have work for the next couple of hours but then will get to play so that's neat That is somehow always both the best and the worst feeling!
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KingSlime posted:
how did you not know this until now lol
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No I mean like the entire thing is reused. I was certainly not expecting that in a Zelda game As for the new/added stuff, people have mixed opinions on whether it's substantial enough or whether this game feels like an expansion rather than a sequel Albw kinda reused alttp's map and although it was a great game and the map was different enough, exploring a brand new world is one of the biggest draws for me in a Zelda game!
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hatty posted:Oh yeah the We ❤️Katamari remaster comes out in a month. Too much stuff Oh nice! That'll be my TotK off-game when I need to wind down or something. Also is there anyone in here that isn't getting Tears of the Kingdom?
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Motto posted:maybe they were wrong but seeing people break down the system elsewhere fusing doesn't reset base durability, but pauses it for a set number of hits, resuming when it runs out and isn't reset by additional fusion Yeah, here's the breakdown of how fusing and durability work together in Totk. The subreddit is filled with clips of people playing the leaked version so watch where you click if you decide to go exploring or reading the comments on the post. They didn't use any new weapons or materials for the testing. https://old.reddit.com/r/TOTK/comments/13bnlx0/testing_how_durabilty_and_fuse_interact_detailed/ KingSlime posted:No I mean like the entire thing is reused. I was certainly not expecting that in a Zelda game In short, the people saying its a $70 expansion or large DLC are just trolling. You'll see in a few hours.
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Soul Glo posted:my copy of TotK came today but I have work for the next couple of hours but then will get to play so that's neat Lucky-rear end mofo Meanwhile here I am waiting for the digital version to unlock.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Also is there anyone in here that isn't getting Tears of the Kingdom? I don't care for open world games in general and nothing about what they've shown so far indicates it's anything more than "More Breath of the Wild". Which is great, I hope everyone else loves it, but I got bored with BotW and I'm gonna save myself $70 to get bored of this one too.
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Mega64 posted:Lucky-rear end mofo Same. My life is pain. To boot, due to how my schedule works out on Fridays, I probably won't get to crack it open until Saturday morning. How am I going to sleep?!?!
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Also is there anyone in here that isn't getting Tears of the Kingdom? Len, probably. :P
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TotK has so much new map area that they added a power that allows you to (mechanic spoilers) float upward through the ground to reach the surface. Presumably the underground must be enormous
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Artix posted:I don't care for open world games in general and nothing about what they've shown so far indicates it's anything more than "More Breath of the Wild". Which is great, I hope everyone else loves it, but I got bored with BotW and I'm gonna save myself $70 to get bored of this one too. Good for you! It's good you know yourself and your tastes. I'm looking forward to it. What're you playing in the meantime?
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KingSlime posted:No I mean like the entire thing is reused. I was certainly not expecting that in a Zelda game you (and everyone else) should read the dev interview they put out this week, as they go into great detail why they reused the map In short, they never once considered making an entirely new Zelda game with a new map. They always wanted a direct sequel to BotW, and early on in designing they committed to keeping the same world as well. They worried that otherwise they wouldn't have the time or resources to dedicate to other new features or innovations, leading to people thinking a hypothetical BotW2 was just BotW all over again with another map So they chose to keep the base map, but also added two new layers (sky and underground) and did a mini time jump so that the world could gradually change. They even call out how they went to great pains to balance new additions with keeping things to same so that it didn't feel too samey or too alien. They wanted to feel like you were returning to a place you fondly remember, but has changed enough to revisit. This approach freed them up to spend the majority of the dev time on other things: - First, they were able to complete things they had meant to do in BotW but ran out of time, like being able to fly and cave systems. They even admit that exploration in BotW wasn't what they wanted it to be because there wasn't enough variety to things you could find climbing - They then explored other ways to break Zelda and gaming conventions, which lead to things like Ultrahand and Fuse, as well as this game's version of a magic meter (the Zonai battery stuff) - Finally, they explicitly call out they were impressed and inspired by all the social media videos of people doing insane poo poo, so they went out to make a sequel in which players could feel like they were the only people in the world to solve a puzzle a certain way, which they viewed as the distilled Zelda experience extremely thoughtful stuff, and it makes all the discourse about reusing the same map or "it's just DLC" look extremely foolish Part 1 (of 5): https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-9-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-part-1/
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I'm not getting TOTK right away. I personally thought BOTW was overall fun but marred by bad combat with HP sponge enemies, so I'm gonna wait at least until the "honeymoon phase" wears off and see if my complaints with the first game get addressed at all.
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This post owns, and I'd read that interview if I didn't want to go in as blind as possible.
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Mega64 posted:This post owns, and I'd read that interview if I didn't want to go in as blind as possible. understandable, but please consider reading this exchange with Aonuma because it is the most Aonuma thing imaginable  I love that this dork is steering the ship
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WarpDogs posted:understandable, but please consider reading this exchange with Aonuma because it is the most Aonuma thing imaginable *raft
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