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My “doing it the hard way” story: in BotW I somehow didn’t notice that the embers on the torch change direction, or didn’t realize it was significant, or something - so I spent probably a good hour doing trial and error, memorizing which trees to turn at and which direction would or wouldn’t warp me back to the start 
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Apr 28, 2024 21:36
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Not only did I not clear the storm to do Mineru's quest, I also found the shrine without clearing the storm clouds because I thought brute forcing it would be faster (I hadn't even started the Ring Ruins quest by that point so I was probably right). Clearing the storm was one of the last things I did on my run.
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Apr 29, 2024 02:39
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It's funny how different people's experience with the game can be. I didn't even notice the lightning cloud island until the story sent me there cause I was busy in other parts of the world. But I also did a bunch of crazy poo poo most people didn't do like climb all the way to the Wind temple without the sage (not on purpose, I flat out missed him on the way) and then spend hours wondering why I can't progress through it lol. I also put off Lookout Landing for a while to go chase something shiny. I spent the first 20 hours thinking this game was capital H Hard when I fact I just ignored some signposts that would have set me on the path to a normal experience.
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Apr 29, 2024 03:03
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I beat it and never did the ring ruins because I found that quest infuriating at the beginning. I can phase shift through the ceiling and jump off platforms one thousand feet high but that annoying old guy can stop me from getting into the ruins? I did mineru out of order and really loved traversing the storm island like that, it felt really cool going through that quest with no context. I think it was also one of the first things I did in the depths.
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Apr 29, 2024 04:27
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JackBandit posted:I did mineru out of order and really loved traversing the storm island like that, it felt really cool going through that quest with no context. I think it was also one of the first things I did in the depths. This is exactly why I was mad when I realized I had spent hours climbing up to the wind temple (which is a bitch without the sage ability!) only to run into a "you did this in the wrong order try again idiot" wall. I wasn't trying to do things out of order, I just did. And instead of supporting that as the game does in so many other areas I was hard stuck and it felt bad. I hadn't played BotW so it wasn't obvious to me I would have a posse of buddies who are necessary to progress. I was just going where the game told me to go, up toward this temple 
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Apr 29, 2024 04:45
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I found the Spirit Temple long before I know it was even a “thing” and well before I could’ve unlocked it, and I distinctly remember thinking “yeah, this is definitely somewhere I’m supposed to go later on in the game”
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Apr 29, 2024 05:07
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I also entered the thundercloud early. I think I used enduring meals and the paraglider. Took the item to it's destination, realized, "hey, this is that thing from the trailer," and decided to go back to the main quest line until Purah mentioned it, because I decided I didn't want to sequence break on a first playthrough. I did wind up accidentally skipping an entire floor of the Lightning Temple with Ascend. Didn't realize it until I saw unfamiliar parts of it in a YouTube video weeks later.
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Apr 29, 2024 05:25
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The Maroon Hawk posted:My “doing it the hard way” story: in BotW I somehow didn’t notice that the embers on the torch change direction, or didn’t realize it was significant, or something - so I spent probably a good hour doing trial and error, memorizing which trees to turn at and which direction would or wouldn’t warp me back to the start
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Apr 29, 2024 11:24
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A true Champion has just arrived 
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Apr 29, 2024 12:54
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I couldn't understand the trigger for the ring quest until after I had beaten the game lmao (i had gotten Mineru several dozen hours before that, specifically to do the dupe glitch. A coworker had told me about "oh yeah, you get the fifth sage and it becomes a lot easier" so after that i had no qualms just googling where in the world to go to get that and i powered through the storm)
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Apr 29, 2024 13:06
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I cleared the storm and went back up there to clear the other islands which are still covered by a constant lightning storm. Good thing I had the lightning helm. So I found the extra shrine, a sage's will, an old map, and some other bullshit. I can now say it's actually much easier just to fly to Dragonhead Isle (it's the lowest of the chain) storm or no storm. You know the thin pointy bit that sticks out at the bottom? You just gotta land on that and ascend straight up, and there you are. But, come to think of it, I didn't just paraglide. I used a fan plane which fell apart halfway and glided the rest. I think that's how I did it. I guess I get why they did it, but it's kind of annoying that planes fall apart mid flight when you still have like 80% of your battery left. I guess they didn't want people fan planing around everywhere, but you can still build a hoverbike which supposedly doesn't do this.
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Apr 29, 2024 13:14
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Slugworth posted:Huh, it never occurred to me to look at the embers, I just watched which way the fog was blowing. I looked up at the clouds, and if I remember right there was a musical/audio cue that told you when you needed to change direction so I got through by racing forward, abruptly staring at the sky to see which way the clouds had started moving, then abruptly changing direction and racing off again. I thought it was a very nice evolution from OoT, which had the mist and the musical cues to lead you through.
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Apr 29, 2024 13:19
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IF I ever play this game a second time (lol. lmao.) I'll get Mineru first. I did things the 'intended' way my first time and I thought it was actually pretty cool that way, but she's so useful for general purpose exploring, mining, and the bow thing, that I'd really like to put her to use that much sooner. Just need those ten hearts I guess.
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Apr 29, 2024 14:22
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I got the Master Sword before I found any of the Tears. I don't remember how many temples I had finished but at one point I saw the Light Dragon passing by when I was on a sky island so I said gently caress it and jumped and glided to land on her since this was an entirely new dragon in the series and I was curious.
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Apr 29, 2024 16:30
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Alxprit posted:IF I ever play this game a second time (lol. lmao.) I'll get Mineru first. I did things the 'intended' way my first time and I thought it was actually pretty cool that way, but she's so useful for general purpose exploring, mining, and the bow thing, that I'd really like to put her to use that much sooner. Just need those ten hearts I guess.
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Apr 29, 2024 17:11
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I don't really have a problem with doing things out of order gameplay-wise. I think that's fine and in line with the vibe of Zelda 1 to a large extent. The problem with ToTK is that they tried to craft this narrative that doesn't work well with an open world game where you are bound to do things "out of order." It's jumbled and just dumb at some points. That's not that big of a deal for me personally. The only thing I didn't like is not being able to explore the ring ruins until doing Crisis at Hyrule Castle, not that you even need to do that at all, it turns out. I guess in theory, though, Link doesn't know for sure what's going on with these Zelda sightings until then...I mean yes, he knows she turned herself into a dragon, and yes he knows that Ganon has impersonated her before, and everything should clearly indicate that this is a fake Zelda that's appearing everywhere...and yes, it should be clear that Ganon is behind it all...but...hey, he doesn't know for sure until Ganon confronts him in the castle, OK!?
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Apr 29, 2024 17:15
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Alxprit posted:IF I ever play this game a second time (lol. lmao.) I'll get Mineru first. I did things the 'intended' way my first time and I thought it was actually pretty cool that way, but she's so useful for general purpose exploring, mining, and the bow thing, that I'd really like to put her to use that much sooner. Just need those ten hearts I guess. You can skip the ten hearts door by ascending into the room from below
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Apr 29, 2024 17:34
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Ciaphas posted:"Bow thing"? Backflipping off of her triggers slow motion aiming.
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Apr 29, 2024 17:45
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I never could get used to that enough to make it worth bringing her along. I always get a little panicky on the controls when I'm under pressure, and I'd just constantly botch it and waste enough time that might as well have just killed everything without the slo-mo. Oh well 
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Apr 29, 2024 18:02
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Mulaney Power Move posted:I guess in theory, though, Link doesn't know for sure what's going on with these Zelda sightings until then...I mean yes, he knows she turned herself into a dragon, and yes he knows that Ganon has impersonated her before, and everything should clearly indicate that this is a fake Zelda that's appearing everywhere...and yes, it should be clear that Ganon is behind it all...but...hey, he doesn't know for sure until Ganon confronts him in the castle, OK!?
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Apr 29, 2024 18:21
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I kinda wish the game hadn't telegraphed so hard that it wasn't really Zelda. It was blatantly obvious from the very first blood moon cutscene. Instead Link just has to sit there while the characters are like "I saw Zelda but she was floating and her eyes were glowing red and she said 'I am actually Ganondorf', do you think she's okay?" That reminds me of one of my favorite little details though - after you complete "Crisis at Hyrule Castle", "Zelda's" voiceover is removed from the blood moon cutscene.
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Apr 29, 2024 18:22
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Coxswain Balls posted:Backflipping off of her triggers slow motion aiming. actually i should probably go get her instead of wandering the depths with no real mining capabilities besides yunobo and a couple claymores lol
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Apr 29, 2024 18:27
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Ciaphas posted:ohhh yeah right, it's been a while She’s also great for ferrying you across large gloom patches! I probably used her in the Depths more than anywhere else
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Apr 29, 2024 20:06
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i'd just been hopping on my shield every half-dozen steps to get across gloom patches (good thing i've only had to do so on even terrain so far lol) (edit) I'm trying like hell to avoid just making a hoverbike and using towers to travel this go-round. this morning i took a horse from lookout landing to near where the gerudo desert starts, and it's been interesting & fun realizing just how much stuff I completely missed the first time I played the game Ciaphas fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Apr 29, 2024 |
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Apr 29, 2024 20:32
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it just hit me that Revali was entirely replaced by a fuckin pinecone in this game lmao
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Apr 29, 2024 20:38
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Ciaphas posted:it just hit me that Revali was entirely replaced by a fuckin pinecone in this game lmao lol get hosed cocky birdboy
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Apr 29, 2024 20:39
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At first we were like "whoa, this sucks, no ravioli gale" - but then we discoverd rocket shields
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Apr 29, 2024 21:58
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Ciaphas posted:i'd just been hopping on my shield every half-dozen steps to get across gloom patches (good thing i've only had to do so on even terrain so far lol) Stalhorses are much more fun for gloom patch crossing. I love my rattly friends.
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Apr 29, 2024 22:06
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Docjowles posted:This is exactly why I was mad when I realized I had spent hours climbing up to the wind temple (which is a bitch without the sage ability!) only to run into a "you did this in the wrong order try again idiot" wall. I wasn't trying to do things out of order, I just did. And instead of supporting that as the game does in so many other areas I was hard stuck and it felt bad. I hadn't played BotW so it wasn't obvious to me I would have a posse of buddies who are necessary to progress. I was just going where the game told me to go, up toward this temple I made a point of going as close as possible to every temple before doing their quest chains, and both the wind and water temple ascensions are so much better without their respective abilities. They're both just barely possible and rely on some really tight platforming and climbing. Just the view up at the top was breathtaking and really felt like a reward for the climb. And then when I did the climbs again with the story abilities I was really disappointed by how easy it was. It really undercut a lot of the achievement IMO, and I would have preferred they let me unlock the fast travel the first time and skip it than make me slog through essentially a playable cutscene.
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Apr 29, 2024 22:28
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Runcible Cat posted:Stalhorses are much more fun for gloom patch crossing. I love my rattly friends. Boney ponies
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Apr 29, 2024 22:37
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Runcible Cat posted:Stalhorses are much more fun for gloom patch crossing. I love my rattly friends. 
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Apr 29, 2024 22:44
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They should let you take any mount to the stables. If I can get on a moose or a stalhorse or a lynel and maneuver it in, they should have to deal.
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Apr 30, 2024 03:15
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Ciaphas posted:ohhh yeah right, it's been a while Fusing a giant spiked iron sphere to the Hylian Shield makes an excellent mining tool.
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Apr 30, 2024 05:46
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Ciaphas posted:bonehorse is great but i swear i never actually see them Kawakanis lightroot, (N Hyrule plain), head E towards the elevator and there's a little herd of them with a Lynel guarding them.
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Apr 30, 2024 10:03
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Your Uncle Dracula posted:They should let you take any mount to the stables. If I can get on a moose or a stalhorse or a lynel and maneuver it in, they should have to deal. I was really hoping you could basically have a 1-3 horse stable at your house that didn't have to obey the preconceived notions of what horses are from the horse mafia.
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Apr 30, 2024 12:55
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MorningMoon posted:I was really hoping you could basically have a 1-3 horse stable at your house that didn't have to obey the preconceived notions of what horses are from the horse mafia. Yeah I was genuinely disappointed I couldn't put the weird stuff you can ride into stables. I want a stable full of bears and skeletons!
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Apr 30, 2024 13:18
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Apr 30, 2024 14:34
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Now now, there's also Purah, Paya, and Paya's super-jacked archeologist rebound boyfriend I forget the name of
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Apr 30, 2024 14:38
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Robbie was also pretty hot in Age of Calamity, and obviously Ganondorf, all the Gerudo really.
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Apr 30, 2024 15:44
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Asterite34 posted:Now now, there's also Purah, Paya, and Paya's super-jacked archeologist rebound boyfriend I forget the name of Tauro, secretly the current once-per-century male Gerudo that they don't automatically make King anymore because it went ... poorly awhile back..
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Apr 30, 2024 17:56
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