OFFICIAL ZELDA:BOTW TOPIC

[Dicer]

Discuss...keep spoilers down a bit, so we are ruined by anything, yet.

I'm almost 20 hours in and I feel like I've barley scratched the surface...this damned game is flat-out amazing.

I miss my bro horse (RIP COFFEE), but Spotz is doing his job till I go on a horse wranglin session.

I've gotten 6 hearts and two stamina upgrades and I've seen (but not dealt with) 3 of the 4 ancients, they are a sight to see. I've also gone to plenty of places I shouldn't have if only briefly, and the game kicked my ass for it.

I have the Wind Waker amiibos and they drop some goodies each day, which is nice.


Overall, a really good time so far, cannot wait to see more once I dive in deeper.

[Arkhan]

Link kills Ganon.

[bartre]

I'm really not sure if I could give less of a shit about this game.
why does everything need crafting these days?

[gex]

Link kills Ganon.

*ahem* Dicer, Arkhan spoiled the game for me

[TheClash603]

I'm really not sure if I could give less of a shit about this game.
why does everything need crafting these days?

I have been really enjoying the game, I probably have about 15 hours into it so far.  With that said, cooking food has been my least favorite aspect of the game.  I don't mind finding items with different effects, but don't make me cook the shit.  I go out to eat 9 meals out of 10 for a reason, it isn't fun to cook.

[TR0N]

Lost allot of time playing the wii-u version.Beside running into allot of one shot kills by some enemies  Though i don't have any zelda amiibos so no extras me.

[Pokun]

I have no Amiibos at all, but I'm probably getting the Collector's Edition so that'll get me a Rider Link.
I guess Wolf Link would be fun to get too, or do you need TP HD to use it in Zelda BOW?

I'm really not sure if I could give less of a shit about this game.
why does everything need crafting these days?

I have been really enjoying the game, I probably have about 15 hours into it so far.  With that said, cooking food has been my least favorite aspect of the game.  I don't mind finding items with different effects, but don't make me cook the shit.  I go out to eat 9 meals out of 10 for a reason, it isn't fun to cook.

After you kill Ganon and rescue Zelda you could have her doing the cooking for you.

[TheClash603]

I have no Amiibos at all, but I'm probably getting the Collector's Edition so that'll get me a Rider Link.
I guess Wolf Link would be fun to get too, or do you need TP HD to use it in Zelda BOW?

I'm really not sure if I could give less of a shit about this game.
why does everything need crafting these days?

I have been really enjoying the game, I probably have about 15 hours into it so far.  With that said, cooking food has been my least favorite aspect of the game.  I don't mind finding items with different effects, but don't make me cook the shit.  I go out to eat 9 meals out of 10 for a reason, it isn't fun to cook.

After you kill Ganon and rescue Zelda you could have her doing the cooking for you.

The true motive of the quest is revealed!  This actually makes more sense, because one gripe I had with the game is that the NPCs don't seem to be in any actual danger.  Yeah the castle is taken and if you go off in the woods alone you could get into a fight, but life in each of the towns I have visited so far seems pleasant and I'm not really sure there is any NPC plight.

[Flare65]

I've got about 10-12 hours in on the Wii U version.

As a PC gamer coming into this game, I just don't get the hype.  Its a great game, but not a solid 10.  I rate it more like a 7.5 or an 8.  A lot of the features the console gamers are raving about, were done over 10 years ago in World of Warcraft and other MMORP games.  I guess I can understand how this may be new to console only players..

Using World or Warcraft to compare it to:

Explore a massive world?  Check.
Cooking food for buffs?  Check.  (WoW has a lot more to offer with professions)
Repairing your weapons?  Check.
Horses (Mounts)? Check.
Main character changes appearance depending on what items are equipped?  Check.
Interactivity with the environment?  Check.
Weather effects?  Check.
Shift from Daytime to Night? Check.
Warp Shrines (Hearthstone)? Check.

As someone who was a die hard WoW player and has over 10 years of it and other MMORP games under my belt, I'm not seeing a lot of new stuff here.  Something that I think is kinda neat is mounted combat on a horse.  I was able to circle strafe some bad guys on a horse and pick them off with a bow an arrow....  That was kinda cool, but you can do essentially the same thing with guns in a car on GTA V.

Graphics are so-so in my opinion.  Some areas look great, but most of the game looks like a washed out 1970's cartoon. 

[Pokun]

Well how many games in the Zelda series have you played? I think every new main series Zelda game is hyped, and for good reasons.

The hype this time is about that they took some of these "open world" stuff that is so popular nowadays, and added it to an old genre-defining series (which is already immensly popular to begin with) that didn't have most of this before (horses and day-night systems are pretty standard in Zelda games by now though).

Most of the things you list have been around in both computer and video games since way back, long before WOW. Except maybe explore massive worlds due to memory constrains, but that has mainly been an MMO thing until lately.

So it's not so much about new stuff as about mixing this stuff with an old hugly popular concept. And I think it seems to fit perfectly fine in the Zelda world, although I haven't played the game yet.

[Medic_wheat]

I have yet to play or own this game. Will get the WiiU version eventually.


I have a suspicion that the reason the game is getting such high scores isn't that it brings anything new to the open world gener of games. It's that it revitalized a old franchise which was becoming stagnated. Moreover it seems to have implemented what works "best" in a open world game with reactively few bugs.

Ever played Skyrim or Fallout on consoles?  Yeah everything you mentioned being found in WOW is in the new Zelda. However it's less to do with it being open world and more to do with it being an enjoyable experience.


The grips I have heard

Frame rate isn't consistent -meh I have yet to see any open world or MMORPG which is even on PC
Cooking- it's a love t or hate it. For me coming in a game isn't all that bad
Weapons need repair or replacement- once again love it or gate it. For me always a chore to have weapons which damage over time.

Not enough bosses. I suspect Nintendo will provide DLC to expand on that. In fact I might simply wait for a GOY edition with all DLC included as more often then not these open world games as well as fighting games always seem to get a GOY edition where I pay $50 and get all content released instead of $60 for a base game and then $10-30 for each new DLC.

Look at RE 4 it revitalized a old franchise with something different to that franchise if games.

Or say the tell tale game series if point and click games.  Nothing new to the gener however they make an enjoyable experience to play in that genre. Which they have branched or into various properties all with in the adventure point and click game play.

[xelement5x]

I have yet to play or own this game. Will get the WiiU version eventually.


I have a suspicion that the reason the game is getting such high scores isn't that it brings anything new to the open world gener of games. It's that it revitalized a old franchise which was becoming stagnated. Moreover it seems to have implemented what works "best" in a open world game with reactively few bugs.

Ever played Skyrim or Fallout on consoles?  Yeah everything you mentioned being found in WOW is in the new Zelda. However it's less to do with it being open world and more to do with it being an enjoyable experience.


The grips I have heard

Frame rate isn't consistent -meh I have yet to see any open world or MMORPG which is even on PC
Cooking- it's a love t or hate it. For me coming in a game isn't all that bad
Weapons need repair or replacement- once again love it or gate it. For me always a chore to have weapons which damage over time.

Not enough bosses. I suspect Nintendo will provide DLC to expand on that. In fact I might simply wait for a GOY edition with all DLC included as more often then not these open world games as well as fighting games always seem to get a GOY edition where I pay $50 and get all content released instead of $60 for a base game and then $10-30 for each new DLC.

Look at RE 4 it revitalized a old franchise with something different to that franchise if games.

Or say the tell tale game series if point and click games.  Nothing new to the gener however they make an enjoyable experience to play in that genre. Which they have branched or into various properties all with in the adventure point and click game play.

Who knows, GOTY compilations happen but I've never seen Nintendo do something like that.  Mario Kart 8 would have been a perfect option to do that but they haven't.  I bit the bullet and bought the Wii U version of BOTW since it went back up on Amazon and is still 20% off.  Normally Nintendo first party games don't drop in price for years until a selects version comes out so I don't feel too bad about buying it at release.

[Dicer]

I've got about 10-12 hours in on the Wii U version.

As a PC gamer coming into this game, I just don't get the hype.  Its a great game, but not a solid 10.

[Medic_wheat]

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Who knows, GOTY compilations happen but I've never seen Nintendo do something like that.  Mario Kart 8 would have been a perfect option to do that but they haven't.  I bit the bullet and bought the Wii U version of BOTW since it went back up on Amazon and is still 20% off.  Normally Nintendo first party games don't drop in price for years until a selects version comes out so I don't feel too bad about buying it at release.
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True Nintendo doesn't really do GOY editions. To my knowledge the 3DS Hyrule Warrior is close as it has all the DLC included that was released for the WiiU. Similarly the Mario Kart port in the Switch has all the DLC that was released for the WiiU included. That seems to be the closest to Nintendo re-releasing a game with all DLC included that I am aware of.

Then again if this new Zelda were to have a GOY edition it most certinaly be for the Switch as by then the WiiU support will have dried up. This seems to the be final first party WiiU release and as for third party WiiU in the future who knows. I certinaly haven't heard of any upcoming or pending WiiU games now that the system is discontinued.

[Gredler]

excellent video

Thanks for an excellent summery of what this game does. It's constantly surprising, and rewarding for experimentation. The combat stays fresh despite repetitive enemy types.

If you combined half life 2 style physics and AI antics with world of warcraft level world size and "mmo" systems. It might be a more apt comparison