Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

Oh no, I am saying Breath of the Wild is an Ubisoft open world but with all the content removed.

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@Pizzamorg Then I submit you understand neither the idiosyncratic aspects of BotW nor the distinguishing features of an Ubisoft open world game.

Might as well say Elden Ring was an Ubisoft open world game while you're at it.

Elden Ring was an Ubisoft open world with all the quality of life features removed.

@Pizzamorg why would open world and quality of life need capital letters in that sentence though?

You are right, that random capitalisation from me was disgusting and unnecessary.

Please forgive me as I edit that post, and be gentle with me during this difficult time.

At least the trolling isn't limited to Zelda lol.

The real question is the game unlocks at midnight, do I stay up and play it as soon as it goes live, or play it first thing in the morning?

@Pizzamorg that’s better. Be better. That will be all.

@Pizzamorg it unlocks at midnight, which is first thing in the morning. Sounds like you need sleep already buddy!

Link will be keeping me up allllll night <3

I'm sorry I let you down, I will try not to do it again.

Damn, you are right! If I go sleep now I can get three hours in!

That is an option too... hmmm....

I am in the Great Plateau and confused as to why this game did not click the first time. Just climbing is good fun. It’s possible that the full map unlocked and I immediately got Big Map Fatigue and ran away screaming.

I'm no Nintendo fan and properly loved Breath of the Wild. My game of last gen, tied with God of War 2018. It actually broke open world games for me afterwards, and taught me a lesson to leave a good gap after getting into a game so much and playing anything similar.

The parallels between this and GoW Ragnarok are sort of interesting.

Direct story sequel with the same aesthetic.

People kind of said both looked like DLC until last major trailers blew people away.

(so far) Both games have identical metascores to their predecessors.

Both games pushed the older systems they launched on to their absolute limits while maintaining solid performance (PS4 and Switch).

@nessisonett BotW wouldn't have been nearly as fun if they hadn't turned Link into Spider-Man.

Gone one AM here, stayed up for an hour so I could at least try it on launch. I like that they gave a proper in narrative reason for a reset. Even on the SOLED it is not exactly smooth and pretty, but the art direction and attention to detail are crazy strong. Very reminiscent of BOTW in that kind of surprise at how many little micro details have been included that really enrich the immersion. Gameplaywise, so far I've just been hitting robots with sticks and gluing stuff together. A decent first impression.

@Ralizah I’m even more confused why it’s taken me so long to play this game properly. Went to Kakariko, so far so good. Went to head towards Hateno and ended up in a snowy environment beside a mountain so ate spicy steak and climbed the mountain trail to see what was at the top. Turns out it was some sort of spirit dragon that was corrupted by Ganon and I was thrust into a sort of boss fight where I was soaring through the air and trying to land arrows into big glowing eyes which was like something out of Shadow of the Colossus. My cold resistance then ran out so I was hunting down this dragon down the side of a mountain while necking mushrooms to stay alive! When I was warped back up and given my reward of a cool looking weapon and a shrine, I was basically in awe of what I assume was a completely optional fight that rewarded exploration of a highly treacherous mountain, especially when I was only on 4 hearts. And then just gliding from the summit all the way down to Hateno Village cut out the rest of the journey! I think I get the love now.

@nessisonett I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it more now. I've heard a lot of people didn't 'get' it the first time they attempted to play, for whatever reason.

BotW excels at making these little moments of discovery feel special. And there's so many fun and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny surprises to find!

Horses suck, though. They break the moment you go anywhere near uneven geometry.

Woah the reviews for totk are off the charts. Reading through, it seems a lot of the issues I had enjoying botw have been improved! Barren open world, repeating enemies etc.

The technical limitations and frame rate drops are concerning, coming to botw from mgs5 and hzd was difficult, I found too much to dislike.

This time around I haven't played a proper openworld game since ghost of tsushima over a year ago. Perfect time to give the new style zelda a proper go without bias.

Played a couple more hours, made it off of the tutorial island. Can't wait for the glider as I have already died like 50 times to fall damage, but the abilities are all a joy so far and most of the puzzles are very intuitive (albeit with some awkward controls at times). The gleeful sound Link makes every time you glue things together with the Fuse ability is infectious, it really captures exactly how I feel as you use your abilities to make weird, bolted together, solutions for puzzles which feel almost game breaking at times, and it is sorta genius to design something to feel like it is breaking the game but actually being within their own rules.