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- CygnusZero42
Neck deep in breath of the wild on the switch. This game is something else. This must be the biggest game ever made. And not just the size of the open world, but the way the world is crafted, and the content in it.
There are no run of the mill pointless side quests. Every single thing in the game has a purpose, yielding rewards that you will need in some way or another, and the reason for this is this game is HARD. Unlike every other Zelda game ever made, you will die.... a LOT. And unlike other open world games like skyrim, fallout, witcher, there is a vast array of ways to tackle various situations in the game. Those games all have limits in some way, not this. Its extremely flexible to let the player go crazy and get creative.
I guess if you had to pick some sort of flaw, it might be that there is only 4 real traditional Zelda dungeons, BUT there is over 100 shrines that you can find that are like little mini-dungeons, many of the puzzles in them being pretty ingenious. And once again, all of them yield rewards youll need if you have any plans of beating this game. So there is incentive left and right, motivation to do everything because youll need to in order to survive and get further in the game.
The gameplay loop is excellent. Explore like you were a little kid out in the wilderness, kill enemies in any way you can think of, get better weapons, do shrines, earn spirit orbs in them to upgrade your skills, health, stamina, etc... Really, REALLY well made.
- It really is incredible. It's like playing in a studio gibli world. I'm blown away - and it's scarily taking over my spare time this weekend....inteliboy
- Fuck. I love Zelda games. But don't have 100+ hours to dedicate to a game these days. So torn.dopepope
- Is the switch worth it just for this game? It's a big investment to get both, so was curious about your opinion on this moving forward.monospaced
- This post makes me want to play this even more now. That's why I'm asking. :)monospaced
- is there a lot of orb grinding or does the character feel fairly powerful?scarabin
- 'orb grinding'?detritus
- spending joyless hours killing monsters to obtain orbs to level up. one of my least favorite parts of previous zelda gamesscarabin
- (zelda 2 anyway)scarabin
- it doesn't really feel like grinding... Though you don't feel powerful, no, it's hard, the game throws you straight into a world and you need to survive.inteliboy
- it's like a dark souls game made by Hayao Miyazaki.inteliboy
- you have all your abilities within the first hour... the grind is more getting cool and powerful enough stuff enough to move to meaner areas.inteliboy
- Im so glad you said you die a lot, I was beginning to think I was just shit at it!dee-dubs
- So Link has boxer briefs and a smartphone now?garbage
- That's not a smart phone...its a nintendo switchdee-dubs
- Orb grinding is real. But the puzzles are fun and worth discovering. It's just that it's so hard to survive in the world that getting to them is challenging.jtb26
- Yeah, but 'orb grinding'?detritus
- https://en.wikipedia…)scarabin
- I know what grinding is, scarabin — I just think 'orb grindig' is a horribly euphemistic term!detritus
- lolscarabin