Incline The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Wii U and Switch

[Makabb]

People instead of buying the game are giving money on patreon to cemu developers

 

[imweasel]

Almost 22K dollars monthly. That explains the steady amount of releases.

 

[Gerrard]

 

[Hoaxmetal]

Finished the game, took me ~45 hours. It was still enjoyable even after the honeymoon phase of first ~20 hours.

I hope that the next Zelda builds upon their open-world formula and adds proper themed dungeons.

 

[Keldryn]

I must really be taking my time then... Been playing about 4-5 hours a day for the last week and a half and I've only just started the first of the dungeons and completed about 25 shrines. Still haven't revealed all of the map regions yet either.

There's just so much to see and do in this game. Still keep finding new things here and there (often in the form of unexpected interactions). My honeymoon phase with the game hasn't ended yet. It's been a long time since a game grabbed my attention this way.

Also helping my 7 year old play it (from the start). She still insists that I do all the fighting for her though. She's been at it for a good 7 hours today. That's my girl.

 

[sullynathan]

adds proper themed dungeons.

DLC is supposedly having that

 

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Da shit

 

[J1M]

Da shit

That's pretty cool, but I wish Nintendo would invest some effort into their UI so you didn't have to constantly access the menu screens. It's been a consistent problem since at least Ocarina of Time.

 

[Keldryn]

It's somewhat better here, as there are shortcut pop-ups for changing weapons, bows, shields, arrows, and runes.

You still need to access the menu screen for materials, armor, and food. But for the stuff you're needing to change frequently, you've got those shortcuts.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

Found this gem, showcasing enemy interaction. Pretty neat:

 

[Keldryn]

I've also spent a fair bit of time studying Link's animations and figuring out how they might be built using tools that I have available.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

 

[sullynathan]

 

[e-mailio estevez]

I've picked up on a lot of dialogue that changes depending on the weather, clothing or time of day. Pretty nifty.

As far as open worlds go, this really is an amazing an out-of-the-box experience. But the biggest crime that this game isn't on PC is the lack of modding. I legitimately think this could've be my favorite game if it had the modding support of something like a New Vegas. Modding would take care of most of my issues with the game, since they're relatively minor.

As an aside, I really wish I had the foresight to capitalize on amiibo reselling before the game came out. One of my buddies has made a couple hundred dollars selling Zelda amiibos since they unlock Link's classic costumes. The only amiibo I own is the Link that unlocks Epona, which was going for $60+ the last time I checked. I'm almost tempted to gamble on a few Mario amiibos before the new one comes out, but I doubt it would be as lucrative as the BOTW / console launch.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Amiibos are absolutely not needed for anyone concerned. Lots of the armor/weapons are just reskins and require Star Fragments to upgrade.

I've found like... 3 Star Fragments in my 80+ hours of playing. All three used for Ancient Armor. Ancient Armor is really the only set worth using them for.

 

[John_Blazze]

http://www.pcgamer.com/wii-u-emulator-devs-show-incredible-breath-of-the-wild-progress-in-new-video/

Looks like Cemu 1.7.4 might be running the game with all the features.

 

[Edward The Mediocre]

Amiibos are absolutely not needed for anyone concerned. Lots of the armor/weapons are just reskins and require Star Fragments to upgrade.

I've found like... 3 Star Fragments in my 80+ hours of playing. All three used for Ancient Armor. Ancient Armor is really the only set worth using them for.

Besides you can pirate the NFC bin files and buy a usb NFC reader/writer and some NFC stickers.

 

[Ivan]

Holy shit, I just starte dplaying, and by I just started playing I mean I binged some 20 hours into it. It's amazing. I'm absolutely loving it. Definitely scratches that Gothic itch and then some.

 

[Bigg Boss]

It goes without saying for most but use the map markers. It will save you time if you aren't a walkthrough whore.

 

[sullynathan]

 

[Edward The Mediocre]

Breath of the Wild, NuDoom, and Resident Evil 7 have at least one thing in common for me, they're 'good for what it is' but they make me worry how shitty the next game will be because there are some serious flaws in these games and you know deep down they wont fix them. Zelda with it's shitty durability and pissy easy main quest, NuDoom with a shitty shotgun and those ass load of arena rooms, and Resident Evil with unskippable scripted events and lack of enemy and weapon variety.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

He usually has some decent points in his videos but this one mostly comes down to "I spent 100+ hours on basically 100%ing a ~40 hour game and it got repetitive, what do?"

 

[e-mailio estevez]

Didn't watch but I wouldn't have minded some more variety in some instances. Maybe some different shrine palettes here and there a la Zelda 1 or Zelda 2. Some harder or more varied scenarios in the combat shrines (i know DLC is coming but still). I don't mind the bestiary overall but there are definitely some classic foes missing. And after awhile the scaling does become obvious, especially with regards to itemization. Also think they could've done more enticing rewards with the korok seeds, tho I didn't spoil myself on what you get for collecting them all.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Didn't watch but I wouldn't have minded some more variety in some instances. Maybe some different shrine palettes here and there a la Zelda 1 or Zelda 2. Some harder or more varied scenarios in the combat shrines (i know DLC is coming but still). I don't mind the bestiary overall but there are definitely some classic foes missing. And after awhile the scaling does become obvious, especially with regards to itemization. Also think they could've done more enticing rewards with the korok seeds, tho I didn't spoil myself on what you get for collecting them all.

Many of the things you mentioned are simply weaknesses of most open world games. There's some samey-samey when you allow anyone to go anywhere.

Scaling also happens to a certain degree. Even Morrowind has small amounts of this.

But there's also enough static elements like weapons in specific locations and other random items like the Hylian Shield that are also present.

 

[Edward The Mediocre]

But there's also enough static elements like weapons in specific locations and other random items like the Hylian Shield that are also present.

For example you wanna know why the map has sword, bow, arrow, sheild and leaf stamps? Because those weapons will respawn in the exact same place after you break them. So if they break you just warp to the nearest shrine and pick up said weapon, or just grind all of the combat shrines to get the energy weapons.