The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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Re: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Gerudo is a weird and wonderful place. Come to think of it, each of the towns near a DB is pretty cool in its own way.
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I guess I still have two to find!
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Cheers Flabyo / James, yeah I have the beeping thing I just thought there might be something I was missing from the binoculars-type view.
Gerudo I've just discovered, took me a while to figure out how to get to climb the tower in that lake that kills you!Then like always it's 'oh THAT's how you do it' and it seems incredibly simple
Gerudo I've just discovered, took me a while to figure out how to get to climb the tower in that lake that kills you!Then like always it's 'oh THAT's how you do it' and it seems incredibly simple
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Just rolled the credits.
One of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. Excellent stuff.
One of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. Excellent stuff.
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OK I'm struggling a little with this game, there's a strong possibility I'm just shit at it, but here's where I'm having trouble if anyone has any tips!
Spoilering this just in case.
Spoilering this just in case.
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I'm still holding off but I did face the end boss once and didn't beat him. I've still got one Beast left and probably half of the shrines. I'm just taking my time because I'm in no particular rush I've put in a good 90 hours and still not anywhere close to bored of this. I've started Nier Automata because I've heard so many good things but I just find the form and function of the Switch so appealing. I can barely be bothered with the PS4 at the mo. Agreed though that this is one of the greatest games I've ever played, and it could be objectively the best open world game ever.
Dark Souls is still my favourite game ever for what it means to me and what it meant when I played it, amongst a number of other incredibly elegant and beautiful thematic and mechanical reasons, but I think BotW is incomparable to anything else, in so many aspects.
Dark Souls is still my favourite game ever for what it means to me and what it meant when I played it, amongst a number of other incredibly elegant and beautiful thematic and mechanical reasons, but I think BotW is incomparable to anything else, in so many aspects.
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The best non spoilery advice I can give is to simply explore.
There's tons of Shrines, tons. Find them, tag them, attempt them, move on.
I struggled for a while, in a very similar way to yourself. Then just spent a few evenings after work exploring in handheld mode on the sofa and sort of found a rhythm for myself.
I was soon ready for all comers.
There's tons of Shrines, tons. Find them, tag them, attempt them, move on.
I struggled for a while, in a very similar way to yourself. Then just spent a few evenings after work exploring in handheld mode on the sofa and sort of found a rhythm for myself.
I was soon ready for all comers.
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hazeredmist wrote: ↑April 16th, 2017, 9:57 pm OK I'm struggling a little with this game, there's a strong possibility I'm just shit at it, but here's where I'm having trouble if anyone has any tips!
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Thanks very much Flabyo / Suits, much appreciated. I'm probably being impatient. That shrine at Kakiriko is a good call. I'm gonna get back on it
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I've cracked the spine on my official Z:BotW guide (it's such a great looking hardback book) in the back there's a great big fold out map.
I had a quick look flick through the book and it seems very detailed, like way detailed.
I looked at the map and on one side it has the Shrine locations, which is what I was after really.
I'm about 120 hours clocked at the moment and was at 80 Shrines. I could have pressed on and found more by myself but I don't have infinite time.
Anyway, my plan is thus;
To use the map to locate the final Shrines, then to stamp them on my in-game map all in one go.
Once I've done that I have to sniff them out myself, which in a few cars has been easier said than done. I'm about 8 in on the ones I missed and some of them I'd have never found, or just walked past them forever.
It's giving me a step up in the final tens of hours of the game, without taking all the satisfaction out of completeing the Shrines.
I had a quick look flick through the book and it seems very detailed, like way detailed.
I looked at the map and on one side it has the Shrine locations, which is what I was after really.
I'm about 120 hours clocked at the moment and was at 80 Shrines. I could have pressed on and found more by myself but I don't have infinite time.
Anyway, my plan is thus;
To use the map to locate the final Shrines, then to stamp them on my in-game map all in one go.
Once I've done that I have to sniff them out myself, which in a few cars has been easier said than done. I'm about 8 in on the ones I missed and some of them I'd have never found, or just walked past them forever.
It's giving me a step up in the final tens of hours of the game, without taking all the satisfaction out of completeing the Shrines.
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Yeah, I think that's a great way to do it, Suits. At a certain point, you're not going to find some of the most obscure Shrines, so turning to a guide is entirely fair, in my estimation.
Besides, even knowing where they are on the map (either by marking from a guide or Sheikah Sensor) still leaves quite a bit of exploring to do.
Besides, even knowing where they are on the map (either by marking from a guide or Sheikah Sensor) still leaves quite a bit of exploring to do.
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Mastered the art of Guardian slaying now. Electric arrows and a heavy weapon to take out their legs does the trick.
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Learn to time shield deflects of their laser as well... you'll burn through shields but it's seriously funny.
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Just finished the first Divine Beast, after gathering more hearts etc. Advice helped a lot, I wandered around a lot more and shrines I couldn't do I just passed on and I can go back to them. I wound up with 8 hearts and it was more than enough. I'm also finding now progression can just be a side-effect of continued exploration with this game. It's just so damn good.
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This is probably the most genius part of the game design. It's a ridiculously hard thing to get right, and not many open world games manage it.hazeredmist wrote: ↑April 21st, 2017, 12:28 amI'm also finding now progression can just be a side-effect of continued exploration with this game.
I mean, technically the progression system in Elder Scrolls games where using a skill improves it is doing this, but the skill progression is so slow and made up of such tiny increments it's hard to get a feel that you're improving. Breath of the Wild has its character improvements be chunkier things so you feel each bump up has a tangible immediate effect.
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I discovered what you can do with snowballs last night.
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Wait...what? :O
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
To avoid spoilers, is the only way to get the item you need to enter Gerudo Town by paying $600? Seems like a super high price...
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I think so, yes. At least, that's the only way I managed to get in.
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That's not massively high, you can get that by just selling a few things you've cooked.