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Speaking of zero issues, I'd just like to mention that I've been playing TOTK mostly docked on a 4K OLED TV and it runs fine/looks gorgeous. I've become more of a 4K/60fps snob in recent years but there's people out there saying TOTK is ugly and I frankly think those people are insane.
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Khanstant posted:Yeah, hoarding in this game is counter-productive waste of time. It's a bad policy in most games but especially here. I get that. I maybe used the wrong word. I definitely use my materials to make stronger weapons to get better materials. I do want to see what items I'll need to upgrade armor eventually, but that won't be for some time yet. I'm just in full exploration mode. A part of me not buying the fire-resistant armor at the time was due to cash, but I also didn't want to get tied down in the area. So I made a mental note and moved on. I also want money to buy a house. So just saving things up. Once I've finished the grand tour I'll see where I'm at resource wise and just start dishing things out left and right.
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Thunder Bear posted:Speaking of zero issues, I'd just like to mention that I've been playing TOTK mostly docked on a 4K OLED TV and it runs fine/looks gorgeous. I've become more of a 4K/60fps snob in recent years but there's people out there saying TOTK is ugly and I frankly think those people are insane. I wish Nintendo had an option to download higher bitrate cutscenes, at least. You can see the blocky artifacting everywhere, cause there's always mist, or clouds, or particle effects, and dramatic lighting. it's not like fmv requires the full power and processing of the system. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 20:30 on May 21, 2023 |
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Mister Facetious posted:I wish Nintendo had an option to download higher bitrate cutscenes, at least. You can see the blocky artifacting everywhere, cause there's always mist, or clouds, or particle effects, and dramatic lighting. not a bad shout tbh
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I do wish they would include a "Load Game" button on the game over screen. I died probably 7 times on a miniboss and I had to quit to title screen every time because the Continue button would always just drop me back to an autosave right next to the boss with half my weapons used up
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May 21, 2023 21:07
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Thunder Bear posted:Speaking of zero issues, I'd just like to mention that I've been playing TOTK mostly docked on a 4K OLED TV and it runs fine/looks gorgeous. I've become more of a 4K/60fps snob in recent years but there's people out there saying TOTK is ugly and I frankly think those people are insane. Yeah I notice when I go back to bad frame rates but if I like the game I get used to it quick. Skipping a game like Zelda cause it chugs sometimes is something I'm glad my dork brain doesn't put me through. Plus this level of art on a handheld sized console with like 7 year old hardware is amazing.
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So... for those of you who've completed the game, or well advanced with Main Quest stuff in TotK, I need a small hint because something needs doing and I'm feeling like an idiot. I ended up in the Wind Temple by "accident". Well, I managed to get to the island chain that leads to it and while it gave me massive "plot" feelings, who can say no to a rising swirl of sky-boats? So I ended up in the wind temple, but 1) I can't get out (without teleporting which I'm being hard-headed about avoiding so I'd rather just beat it. So 2) I've gone about the temple. It's neat, and I've found four fan devices with big old vertical slabs behind them. But here's the problem, I can't do anything with them! I don't know if by skipping all the plot prompts I'm being prevented from doing things, which seems wrong (unless I'm supposed to have someone with me here), or am I just missing something? I can't use Ultra-hand on them and I've tried a handful of Zonai devices, which seems wrong because the game would've probably supplied you with them. So yeah I'm just stuck and I don't know how to get off without teleporting out. Am I missing something super obvious or did I just sort of prevent myself from solving it due to my gung-ho breaking and entering? I will teleport out in case of last resort and continue exploring if the game won't let me advance. Thanks!
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Dude you can fuse a shield to a spear and actually block with it, that rules.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:So... for those of you who've completed the game, or well advanced with Main Quest stuff in TotK, I need a small hint because something needs doing and I'm feeling like an idiot. You’re meant to bring a friend with you for the macguffins, so you’re gonna have to teleport out.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:So... for those of you who've completed the game, or well advanced with Main Quest stuff in TotK, I need a small hint because something needs doing and I'm feeling like an idiot. each of the main dungeons has an escort character who's needed to bypass its major obstacles. you need to do some work in rito village before you can get any further
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symbolic posted:it's not a cube Actually it is with the GBA Player attached.  History Comes Inside! posted:I ebayed my Wii U after the switch launched and it covered what I’d paid for a switch in full. The WiiU's always gonna be on the high side because there's only 1:1 tablets and consoles in the wild, same problem as the GBA Player.
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Super-NintendoUser posted:Just use Fuse like it's intended, and copy a diamond multiple times, and sell them for 500R a unit whenever you need some. Every time I start the game for a short play through I make myself a few diamons and large zonai charges, so I'm well stocked by now. I never thought of fusing minerals together I am a baffoon
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Haptical Sales Slut posted:I never thought of fusing minerals together I am a baffoon No, they’re talking about the duplication bug I’m pretty sure You fuse something to an arrow then open and close the menu really fast or some poo poo while dropping the bow and it dupes whatever you stuck on the arrow. I may or may not be missing some steps but that’s the gist of it I think.
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Oxxidation posted:each of the main dungeons has an escort character who's needed to bypass its major obstacles. you need to do some work in rito village before you can get any further History Comes Inside! posted:You’re meant to bring a friend with you for the macguffins, so you’re gonna have to teleport out. Thanks. Lame but thanks. Ah well! I'll be able to get there faster next time. Glad I'm not being blindly ignorant of stuff at least. Edit: for making me waste a good hour they’ll get my help last. Rolo posted:Dude you can fuse a shield to a spear and actually block with it, that rules. I put a spiked ball on a shield and I can now bash mobs with it (it's not efficient). 100YrsofAttitude fucked around with this message at 23:02 on May 21, 2023 |
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Thanks. Lame but thanks. Ah well! I'll be able to get there faster next time. Glad I'm not being blindly ignorant of stuff at least. getting to where you got without bringing what you were supposed to is actually pretty loving impressive
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Large Testicles posted:getting to where you got without bringing what you were supposed to is actually pretty loving impressive seriously, this might be the one example someones posted of actually going somewhere they aren't supposed to be yet
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Exact same thing happened to me yesterday, and it was the first time I felt like something even kinda wasn't accounted for - (spoilersfor part of the TotK main story quest under discussion) I went back and got the kid, he told me to take him up tot he sky, so I teleported up right near the wind temple and he was like "whoa, this isn't where we supposed to go, we were supposed to be above the mountains" and then he left and I had to find him. Turns out he was near the beginning, but not the VERY beginning, of the mountain/sky ruins puzzles, and I needed to see that cutscene, team up again, and THEN teleport up there.
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Len posted:seriously, this might be the one example someones posted of actually going somewhere they aren't supposed to be yet You can reach all of the temples before you can complete them. You can also get all of the side-puzzle chests.
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Khanstant posted:You can reach all of the temples before you can complete them. You can also get all of the side-puzzle chests. Welp I am not dedicated enough to do that and thought they did something actually unplanned
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Thanks. Lame but thanks. Ah well! I'll be able to get there faster next time. Glad I'm not being blindly ignorant of stuff at least. Rito quest has the best reward so you may want to swallow your pride and help them out first anyway.
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Large Testicles posted:getting to where you got without bringing what you were supposed to is actually pretty loving impressive I launched from the tower in the Tabantha snow field and from there it was just a matter of gliding, ascending, and judiciously climbing. Game clearly is on the rails a bit more than BotW but even there you couldn’t just do Beasts without prompting. I’ve got at least a whole slew of shrines pinpointed out now to check out in Hebra. Here’s hoping I can survive the cold. Khanstant posted:You can reach all of the temples before you can complete them. You can also get all of the side-puzzle chests. Yeah I found a few in my stint underground and it’s super disappointing when you find the map. My proudest moment is having stumbled onto and into the labyrinth just north of my position and doing its three iterations . It’s the fun part of encounters in this game. If I get touched I die so it’s a lot of flurry rushing and arrow work. Mega64 posted:Rito quest has the best reward so you may want to swallow your pride and help them out first anyway. I also do like the birds. I was thinking of doing Gerudo first though. I promised to see that Mattison was safe.
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Who else spent way too long looking for mushrooms for Billson
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John Lee posted:Exact same thing happened to me yesterday, and it was the first time I felt like something even kinda wasn't accounted for - (spoilersfor part of the TotK main story quest under discussion) I went back and got the kid, he told me to take him up tot he sky, so I teleported up right near the wind temple and he was like "whoa, this isn't where we supposed to go, we were supposed to be above the mountains" Dang this is exactly what I did. I went way up there by myself and my gaming spidey sense was tingling so I went back to progress it the "normal" way in town and found him at the base, then went back to where I left off. I wonder what happens if you do those things without finding the friends?
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anatomi posted:Who else spent way too long looking for mushrooms for Billson Lol, I spent half an hour on that one until I figured out the mushrooms aren't the relevant part, and just a few hours ago I explained it to a friend who got stuck doing the same thing. This and the shrine sensor tutorial were the only low points so far
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anatomi posted:Who else spent way too long looking for mushrooms for Billson I don't wanna talk about it.  
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AlphaKeny1 posted:Dang this is exactly what I did. I went way up there by myself and my gaming spidey sense was tingling so I went back to progress it the "normal" way in town and found him at the base, then went back to where I left off. I wonder what happens if you do those things without finding the friends? The even more boxed-in main story is the single, but kinda major, downgrade from botw.
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just had a weird and annoying but ultimately not hugely impactful bug doing the north necluda sky shrine quest with the crystal, made a fan plane and went sailing over. I hosed up and went over the edge so I immediately loaded an autosave from before I made the airplane and went to make it again and when I tried to pull out my zonai devices they just... didn't appear on the ground? They were gone from my inventory but nowhere to be seen.I tried a few times from different positions and it kept happening so I went to load another save from before and it still happened. I just had to quit out and go back into the original autosave and it worked fine but just in case anyone else has this happen to them I thought it was worth mentioning
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got offered a switch recently like a three year old child on their birthday. Havent played a Zelda game since Twilight, which i did not finish. Is tears good? Am i gonna get whiplash from not having played a nintendo game in a decade? What else is good currently that people recommend? I’m prob gonna get two games to start with and thats it. Thank you all for any judicious, wise goon recommendations E: does the voucher thing means i buy those than i can pick tears plus anything else in that list? Popoto fucked around with this message at 12:11 on May 22, 2023 |
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Yes, the vouchers can be used on any two games in the list, including tears of the kingdom. The only catch is that the vouchers expire within a year from purchase but as long as you don't hoard them and then forget to use them there won't be an issue.
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For better or worse (most people would say better, but it really doesn't click for some people) BOTW and TOTK are very little like traditional Zeldas. Both are massive open world games with a focus on freeform and mostly unguided exploration, and if you only get one, it should probably be TOTK. Technically it's a direct sequel to BOTW but since everyone in Hyrule seems to have amnesia (because they keep explaining things Link should already know) you won't miss out on much plot other than "Link had an unspecified adventure with several characters a few years ago". Caveats: TOTK is harder, but also--by design--gives you way more tools to cheese and abuse the game. Both games de-emphasize traditional Zelda dungeons; the first has a single aesthetic for all the dungeons that just reuse the same gimmick, and the second is a slightly more exploration-based dungeon that doesn't have the sort of puzzles you may have come to expect. Both games are densely packed with things to do, but over time (the amount of time varies per person; for me it was dozens of hours, so you'll still get plenty of play in) it does start to get repetitive as the variety starts to dwindle. One nice thing about both is that people have lauded how it's a great game for backseat players, even players who don't game; back when BOTW came out there were a lot of stories where someone would say "my non-gamer [SO/mom/etc] watched me and asked if I couldn't just do x, and to my surprise, I could, and it worked".
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Popoto posted:got offered a switch recently like a three year old child on their birthday. TotK is indeed Very Good and the perfect game to spend a voucher on. For your other voucher, nab Mario Odyssey, unless for some reason you have a burning hatred of Mario games. If you ever liked Mario games at all, you will love Odyssey.
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Silver Falcon posted:TotK is indeed Very Good and the perfect game to spend a voucher on. For your other voucher, nab Mario Odyssey, unless for some reason you have a burning hatred of Mario games. If you ever liked Mario games at all, you will love Odyssey. i liked mario 64 and galaxy quite a lot, but again, decade+ ago being an adult with adult hours means i prob already know TotK (already redeemed) will take all my time. debating getting an MP game to play with SO and in-laws... but not sure too since they barely game at all (one plays tetris and spyro on her lite every two months and it makes her proud that she's a gamer). are the new mario kart and smash bros good? I'm sort of afraid that nowadays they would be filled with a thousand DLC unlockables crap e: so far, for 2nd voucher: debating between Dragon Quest XI Metroid Dread Mario Odyssey Link's Awakening remake MP maybe games: Mario Kart Smash Bros e2: i loving hate having to choose things like this, thus why I'm appealing to goons knowledge. this is so frustrating hahaha. still, thank you all e3: i'm really not sure for any Multiplayer game because: A) need more controllers and B) 80$ to play ten times a year is a bit ugh :/ Popoto fucked around with this message at 12:58 on May 22, 2023 |
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Nintendo's non-mobile games generally give you decent to good value for their DLC. Smash Bros has tons of characters and if you're into that the paid ones are probably worth it. But better for me is Mario Kart, which is excellent on its own, and has a single purchase DLC consisting of 48 tracks (32 currently out, the last 16 to come out later this year), not as visually polished but all still very fun to play. Mario Odyssey is like Mario 64 refined, and is extremely good.
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Tetris Grand Master 2 Plus is coming to the Switch https://twitter.com/gosokkyu/status/1660610500890353664
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More Tetris The Grand Master is in-bound. https://twitter.com/gosokkyu/status/1660610500890353664 This sequel from late-2000, never before given a home release due to Tetris Company malarkey, improves the grading system and adds a slightly-more-forgiving-than-usual hard drop, along with several new modes like Normal (a kinder, gentler TGM), T.A. DEATH (aka. the mode from that one viral video from like 15 years ago) and Doubles (two players, one extra-wide well!) EDIT: beaten lol
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Mario Kart is the quintessential +1 game. It's fun as poo poo, has a ton of content, and it's the ideal accompaniment to something like Zelda for if you just need to play something else for a session or two.
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lmao: was just playing TotK in front of SO, to get a quick check on the game before having to leave the house. SO: “wow this game is gorgeous, I wouldn’t mind watching you play this tonight while you game!” Something they’ve never said ever. Kudos on whoever commented on the back-seating potential of this game lol Also i think I’ll go for Mario Kart. It’s not the end of the world since i know ill eventually get the others i want like Link’s awakening or smash or that Mario one, just we’ll pace ourselves and start with those ones first. Just one more question then: is mario kart playable with just one half of the controller? As in: does the controller divide in two for local play or do you need a set of the two handles per controller? The division of the thing confuses my pea brain E: and yeah TotK is gorgeous as F, whoever’s complaining it’s ugly needs to have their eyes checked.
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Popoto posted:lmao: was just playing TotK in front of SO, to get a quick check on the game before having to leave the house. MK absolutely allows two players on a single joycon each. I’m going to throw out some preemptive advice for it that isn’t immediately obvious. The game by default has stuff like auto steering and other gameplay assist enabled. Your first port of call should be to pause the game and enable/disable whatever you do or don’t want.
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