Same here, TotK all the way. ✌️ Same as you, haven't read anything to not spoiler myself, but seems that I may be at 70% done. Already start feeling a bit of nostalgia just in case I happen to finnish it soon, it is so good 😄
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I have paused the main quest, and started focusing on exploring and on side-quests, will get back to main quest when I start getting bored with that.
Don't want the game to finish so soon. 😀
Same as you: TOTK. I’m already 40h in and I feel like I’m just starting! This game is really massive imho .. for someone like me maybe who is just exploring and doing some quests but without structure.
In a way I’m looking forward to the paper guide to just bring some kind of structure and sense of “where the hell am I in the story, is this just 2pt or am I already at 50?”
Sometimes I miss the more linear Zelda’s
Side note: I must admit I still use the dupe glitch. I really like this relaxing way of playing. For me it has been a life saver, kinda like an accessibility option. Otherwise I would not be able to play at all (health issues). So now I’m very anxious 😬 that the game will install the update when I misclick Oh well, still lots of fun!
Question back: what was your first Zelda?
Mine was Links awakening on the game boy, I was 12. Couldn’t speak a word of English. No internet. Shit was haaaaard! 43 now. Still playing 😁 and….. Introducing Zelda to the next gen to: what did you think? Jup the remake of that one! Fully dubbed! So far my nephews and nieces love it!
Yeah, the game is huge.
If you want linear game-play, just do the main quests. They even mention which quest you should do before, as everyone will talk about it. And just do some explorations and side-quests along the way. Gives the game a lot more structure.
Personally, I haven't used the dupe glitch, didn't even know about it until it was patched and saw someone mention that patch fixes it, but I have nothing against anyone using it in a single player game. If it's how you enjoy the game (and this isn't effecting anyone else), you do you.
Unfortunately, I wasn't acquainted with Nintendo when I was young, more of a Sega kid myself. Got curious about Nintendo after PS3, and was wondering what to get next when they announced Switch, and I moved over.
So, while I did play a little bit of A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time somewhere, my first proper Zelda game was BOTW. Since then I have played the original Zelda, Link to the Past and Link's Awakening remake. Also going to try rest of the Zelda available on Switch.
Huge indeed, especially with the whole underground and the sky.
I actually made the mistake of going to Zora’s domain first. Don’t know how to put it in words but it was such a difficulty jump I felt like “omg I’m lost I miss the more linear Zelda” after dying yet again from one blow..
But now I circled back to Rito village .. and well that was easy 😏 I mean I’m still at the temple but the difference is huge. This feels more like “normal” curve wise.
Thing is I cannot play long sessions and I tend to forget things. And we do get sooooo much info now it’s easy to get sidetracked. But the NPC’s really steer you that way first don’t they? Guess I was just “screw that 🐸 suit I don’t want to do that now” and I went to Zora’s. Lol. Fun fact I still don’t have the frog suit.. I just flew … from very far😏
I really wish Nintendo didn’t patch the glitch. Sure it’s kinda cheating but for me it does kinda iliminate those things I really dislike in the game. Basically the grinding for rupees to afford cold resistant gear and arrows. And off course ingredients to top up hearts.
Haha it’s basically something I do to counteract the stupid glitches my brain does. Like pushing the wrong button, forgetting to jump or something else like yesterday I stupidly walked off a platform.🤭
I do find it much more relaxing knowing that those things my brain does not always kill me and I have to redo the same thing over and over again. Less stress = better. Now I can play to relax again. Until the patch goes through but by then I will have enough gear I think. 😉
As a Zelda fan I have played them all, except maybe those before the original Link To The Past on gameboy. But not all until the end. It depends on how the gameplay was and especially the saving. My brain you know?
I think portability for me has always been key and the fact that those systems always had “sleep mode” the DS that is and onwards.
Wind waker on Wii was awesome but torture: you had to remember those tunes .. ugh a nightmare for me. It was better on the Wii U, if I remember correctly they added some kind of log to that one. Skyward sword: not a fan either, saving was awkward (on Wii)
My favorites were mostly those on the game boys or DS/3ds. Like “the minish cap” “phantom hour glass” or “link between worlds” … 🤔 and now off course TOTK. I like it more than BOTW. I really really love the crafting element.
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I dusted off the WiiU to play Windwaker HD again. I'm just killing time before Pikmin 4.
I have never played Windwaker, hoping for a Switch remake / port. Or they can just add it in NSO.
Porting windwaker and twilight princess from WiiU to Switch would have been easy. I wonder why they have not done it yet.
Saw some random comment online, that they are Nintendo's emergency backup games, when they have nothing else, they can quickly release them to fill the gap.
Personally, I can never understand how Nintendo thinks.
I'm about 20 hours in, in Zelda TotK. It's my first proper Zelda game, not counting what little OoT I played via emulator a long back. The game is stunning, so playable and atmospheric. It's a true adventure game.
I've dropped it for a bit to play D4, but can't wait to get back to Hyrule.
Welcome to the world of Zelda! It truly is a masterpiece.
If you start with TotK, it may be difficult to go back to BotW, but if you do play it later, I would love to hear your feedback.
If you want to play Zelda games, you can try the older ones through different NSO apps, SNES, Gameboy etc. but they are all very different from TotK / BotW, and not everyone enjoys older games.
I've dabbled a bit with OoT, TP and some other ones too, always found the games very intriguing with no lack of quality. Other games / things took priority so I never got far enough with any of them to actually say I've played a Zelda game.
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Still chewing through TotK when I have free time to. Hoping I can get to a point where I’m happy taking a break by the time Pikmin 4 releases.
Good luck! Pikmin 4 looks pretty fun.
Just finished BOTW this weekend and taking a break from Zelda. Picked up Pokemon Violet again but got distracted. Does Pokemon Violet get more engaging? I'm on the 3rd gym and I feel like they're still holding my hand.
Botw gave me an experience that I haven't had since Skyrim was new - I wanted to go out of my way to explore the whole world. Leave no piece of the map untouched.
Man, what I would give to experience Skyrim for the first time again.
I haven't touched a Pokemon game since X/Y. Black and White 2 were where Pokemon peaked, imho. I checked out after X/Y.
I've played every Pokemon game since the original Red, and it's definitely getting staler. I enjoyed Sun/Moon a lot but I can't recommend Sword/Shield or Scarlet/Violet at all. Hope that ToTK scratches that open world itch that I have from games like Skyrim, BoTW and Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West.
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I got to the school in Pokemon Scarlet and couldn't continue the game. The world feels almost like a massive Super Mario 64 world and it's super disheartening. I've decided the future of Pokemon is in the hands of the fans to make good games. What do you like about this new generation of Pokemon?
It is a pretty massive map. I used an online guide for determining the order of which gyms/star bases I would battle, and just explored from there.
Currently playing Harvestella and loving it. I have TOTK but keep coming back to this one right now.
Ah, cool. Haven't seen many people mention it, but I liked what I saw, and it's on my wishlist.
How do you compare it with other games in same genre? Like Run Factory or Story of Seasons?
I haven't played either yet, but they're on my list. My significant other surprised me with a Switch a couple of weeks ago. I'm a pretty heavy WoW, Diablo, StarCraft player, so this has been my guilty little solo indulgence. It's gorgeous, very Korean feeling, and just fun with very low stakes. The fishing is the best, and so calming.
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Spiritfarer. I'm a patient gamer and now that it is on sale, I finally picked it up.
Spiritfarer is a really nice and relaxing game. I started playing it expecting a small 4-5 hours game, but it's pretty much a full length game.
I paused and moved away from it, but it's a game I want to return to. Just take your time and enjoy the game.
Also, patient gamers FTW! I am also a patient gamer, but with some minor exceptions. 😀
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is my Switch game for this weekend. I still have so much of the Depths to explore.
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Really taking my time with TOTK, im refusing to upgrade hearts or stam so far
Wow, that takes dedication. The game is pretty tough without upgrading hearts, a single attack from a bokoblin can kill you.
Good luck for the play-through.
Not feeling motivated to try anything new, so will continue rotting playing Mario Kart 🥲
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I'm still playing Breath of the Wild because I never finished it on Master Mode. I can't believe I waited so long for the sequel, yet the release snuck up on me! In a way, it kind of prolongs the excitement. Thanks for holding back the spoilers!
How are you liking Tears of the Kingdom in general? Better? The same? Complementary? From the trailers, I was worried it might become a bit gimmicky, but BOTW also adds a good level of trust for me.
Besides that, I literally just finished my first real gaming PC build yesterday! I didn't even have time to do install anything, so work today felt like I was a kid having to go to school on Christmas afternoon. I'll soon install Star Wars Battlefront 2, one of the few games my non-gamer wife ever binged, that way we can play together.
BotW felt like a road trip across the entire United States. TotK is like watching an epic movie while revisiting the best parts of the road trip experience without all the grind.
One thing I wish I had been told/knew before playing TotK is to follow the main quest objectives as closely as possible from the start. Like you can go do your own thing, find a bunch of stuff, and the game will have built in responses to whatever you end up doing. However, you'll miss out on a lot of elements and story complexity if you go this route. There are a lot more puzzles and fun stuff to navigate if you do them when prompted instead of finding them on your own.
That's good to know about the main quest objectives. Thanks!
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Probably going to be playing Steins gate elite, was able to get it on sale.
I have heard so much about Steins gate, but was never able to get into it.
I'm still really deep into Tears of the Kingdom. Maybe 90 hours in and still only have gone through two of the regional/sage quests, because the side quests and adventures are really a lot of fun. Exploring the depths is super cool. While the sky islands seem to make up less of the game than I thought they would, they're still a cool part of the game and I'm still exploring, side-questing, and occasionally getting back to the main story quests. Given all of that, why did I buy Diablo II for the Switch? Because it's nearly 70% off right now and with some credit I had it was $10 and I got a lot of playtime out of DIII.
Wow, 90 hours and just two sage quests. I believe I would be fully done with the game when I reach such an hour count.
Sky islands are as big as depths, but some of them still have a kind of puzzle, on how to reach them, so it end up taking just as much time.
Diablo II is a classic, and at 70% off, it's a must have! What do you think about Diablo IV? I am really interested in it, if it weren't for TotK, I would probably be playing that.
There's just so much to explore...every time I walk 5 feet in any direction I feel like I just started some other side quest lol. Maybe the perceived discrepancy in sky islands vs the depths can be explained by observing that the parts of the depths where there's nothing really there would be the parts of the sky islands that are just sky? Haven't played Diablo 4 yet, but have some friends that are really really into that franchise and have been enjoying it a lot.
Oh, that was a typo, I meant Sky Islands are not as big as depths.
But there are many Sky Islands which are above one another, well maybe not many, but still a few. I remember seeing one that had 6-7 floors.
Also, if the full sky was covered, there would be no sun, moon, rain etc. so they couldn't do that either, makes sense from that point of view.
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