Zelda: Leaks of the kingdom thread

[Zeriel]

Based Nintendo

LMAO This dude got so butthurt he wrote an article filled with spoilers about the leaks.

Imagine being literally cuckolded by a video game.

 

[Talby]

The shrines are so much worse in this one. In botw I would usually do them as I found them, but most of these ones I leave because they're such a chore. I have more than 10 shrines I found and never bothered to solve.

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

 

[Neuromancer]

At least it doesn't have forced unskippable walking segments.

Yes, but you have loading screens (with "helpful" tips), that these walking segments usually disguise. And this - at least for me - partly ruins the immersion factor.
I don't remember a Zelda before BOTW to have visible loading screens.

 

[Caim]

I knew something like this would happen.

 

[KIss My Ass]

Think I might take a week off work so I can really dive into it. Responsibilities keep getting in the way of my enjoyment.

 

[Great Deceiver]

The novelty might wear off eventually, but I'm really loving this game. I can't put it down. There's so much shit to do, and it's scratching every itch that I love about the Zelda games.

I'm trying to avoid any spoilers I can, whether it be mechanics, bosses, pretty much anything. A lot of NPCs, even the ones wandering the roads, will drop little hints about points of interest or special gear in the area. It makes horseback worthwhile when you can stumble onto rumors on the road.

My highlight so far

Spoiler

Was killing the frost hydra (or Gleeok) in the Tundra north of one of the horse stables. He pushed my shit in when I ran into him first and I made it a point to kill the fucker before I started my first temple. Got some better weapons, raided many caves so I could get ore to sell for the cold resistance armor in Rito village. You can find non-rusted weapons in the underdark being held by phantom guardsmen- definitely worth marking those dudes on your map for good weapon bases.

Anyways my fight with the ice dragon went much different the second time around. At one point he flew far out of reach into the sky and started raining ice shots from above. I hopped on one the shards that was now lodged in the ground and used the Time Reverse skill so it would return to the dragon and carry me up where he was flying, allowing me to rain arrows back at him and put him down. It was so cool that the dragon did what you never see them do in games-- actually use an aerial advantage to get an upper hand. And I love the fact there are probably a dozen ways to deal with that phase of the boss fight. And I love that there are just world bosses roaming around.

I've also made the discovery that just like in BOTW there are hot foot frogs in the tall grass around Rito Village. I will farm that shit forever to make 3X speed potions and book it all over hyrule.

I was having a lot of fun in the game for the first couple of days, but then the constant inventory shuffling just killed my desire to play. Had the same problem with BotW.

So I just started another run of Arx Fatalis.

 

[KIss My Ass]

The shrines are so much worse in this one. In botw I would usually do them as I found them, but most of these ones I leave because they're such a chore. I have more than 10 shrines I found and never bothered to solve.

The biggest problem with the shrines (in both games) is there's no air of mystery to the rewards you're recieving. You know there's going to be exactly 1 chest with a disposable item and a light of blessing. Since you're going in knowing what you're gonna get it makes it feel more like a chore. Some decent rewards would go a long way. Elden Ring did this much better.

The caves and wells make up for the shitty shrines imo. They are less predictable.

 

[Caim]

Just realized what the trick is to figuring out where to find light roots when you can't see them.

It's really fucking stupid.

 

[Alter Sack]

so what's the best EA yuzu version for playing it?

Are the graphical glitches fixed on yuzu?

 

[EtcEtcEtc]

Based Nintendo

LMAO This dude got so butthurt he wrote an article filled with spoilers about the leaks.

Imagine being literally cuckolded by a video game.

Man I hate this - because it's Kotaku and they are egregiously bad.

But they got blacklisted for not following review embargo shit, which is like the one thing I have to give them credit for. The fact that review embargo's exist, and "gaming journalists" follow them is fucking pathetic.

 

[Caim]

Based Nintendo

LMAO This dude got so butthurt he wrote an article filled with spoilers about the leaks.

Imagine being literally cuckolded by a video game.

Man I hate this - because it's Kotaku and they are egregiously bad.

But they got blacklisted for not following review embargo shit, which is like the one thing I have to give them credit for. The fact that review embargo's exist, and "gaming journalists" follow them is fucking pathetic.

IIRC they got blacklisted because they described how to pirate and emulate Metroid Dread.

 

[KIss My Ass]

Just realized what the trick is to figuring out where to find light roots when you can't see them.

It's really fucking stupid.

Do tell.

 

[Caim]

Just realized what the trick is to figuring out where to find light roots when you can't see them.

It's really fucking stupid.

Do tell.

Alright, maybe the game actually explained this and I missed it, but here goes.

The trick

Light roots are located directly underneath shrines. Go to the overworld map, put your cursor over a shrine, then go down to the depths. In that exact spot is a light root. So figure out where the edges are of where you explored the depts, go back to the overworld, figure out where the closest shrine is, then mark that spot on the depths map and go there.

This also works the other way around: if you find some light roots but don't have the spot right above you on the map, you know that's where to find a shrine. I can't 100% confirm that if you were to encircle a light root that part of the map will be lit up, or that a small dark spot remains to find a light root. If this is the case, this will be a highly useful method to sus out the locations of missed shrines.

Also the light root names are the shrine names spelled backwards.

 

[Caim]

I also just realized something similar about the bargainer statues.

The thing

They're located directly beneath major religious sites. The big one beneath the Temple of Time on the Great Plateau, and several others beneath the Temple of Time up in the sky and beneath the sacret springs of power, wisdom and courage.

 

[pakoito]

I also just realized something similar about the bargainer statues.

The thing

They're located directly beneath major religious sites. The big one beneath the Temple of Time on the Great Plateau, and several others beneath the Temple of Time up in the sky and beneath the sacret springs of power, wisdom and courage.

The whole Depths is a dark mirror of the overworld. Forests, mountains, lakes, mines...

 

[e-mailio estevez]

I also just realized something similar about the bargainer statues.

The thing

They're located directly beneath major religious sites. The big one beneath the Temple of Time on the Great Plateau, and several others beneath the Temple of Time up in the sky and beneath the sacret springs of power, wisdom and courage.

Spoiler

I didn't read Caim's spoiler, but reading your comment... and then comparing my nearly-filled out hyrule map vs my agonizingly filled out underdark map... yep, I get it.

My bro was watching me navigate the Underworld, I casually mentioned that the Underdark was the Dark World... I didn't put two and two together that it literally was though.

I'm gonna bounce out of the thread for now, trying not to look up or spoil myself on anything. I'm having fun with the discovery. I found the full barbarian set of armor just through in-game rumors and tips. I never found it in BOTW but 3x damage bonus is great, and its the full armor set I wanted most. I searched high and low for mighty thistles so I could upgrade it. Now I'm looking for a normal lynel to upgrade it to stage 2... I killed an Underdark 'White Lionel', but I need components for a regular one. I found one in the overworld when I was still mapping everything and running from every monster (specced hard into stamina and was running around with 4 hearts for probably the first 10 hours) but I don't remember where the hell it was.

However, speaking of fun finds, has anyone else found

weapon spoiler

Biggoron Sword? I made a soyjack face



edit: fuck the model doesn't just sit on your back the weapon has it's own special sheath I love this game

 

[e-mailio estevez]

This Zelda is every bit as good as Dragon's Dogma

 

[KIss My Ass]

This Zelda is every bit as good as Dragon's Dogma

That was random. Who brought up Dragon's Dogma? Anyway very different games doing different things and all that. Elden Ring is a better comparison and at this point I'd say Elden Ring is the better game. Still loving TotK though.

 

[Machocruz]

That was random. Who brought up Dragon's Dogma? Anyway very different games doing different things and all that. Elden Ring is a better comparison and at this point I'd say Elden Ring is the better game. Still loving TotK though.

Nah forget all those games bro play Fallout instead bro

 

[Caim]

I visited Tarry Town and... well, now I'm really confused as to how much time passed between BotW and this game. It has to be several years at the least.

 

[Ezekiel]

I visited Tarry Town and... well, now I'm really confused as to how much time passed between BotW and this game. It has to be several years at the least.

This is as tall as Link becomes in his adulthood? Just replace the manlet with kid Link then. He was much better.

 

[Reality]

I'm slightly annoyed that the max range of ascend is higher than ultrahand because I like balancing logs/etc on the lip of cliffs and zipping right up

 

[KIss My Ass]

Ascend is probably one of the cooler video game powers I've seen in quite a while and yet somehow I constantly forget I have it. It's very weird.

 

[pakoito]

I visited Tarry Town and... well, now I'm really confused as to how much time passed between BotW and this game. It has to be several years at the least.

yes