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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Preview Thread
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Can somebody PLEASE help me understand something...
The television I want to hook up my switch to has a 1366 x 768 resolution, and I know it supports 720p and 1080i.
On this television, will I be able to to play Zelda at 900p?
Or if not and I have to select between 720p or 1080i mode, which should I choose?
The television I want to hook up my switch to has a 1366 x 768 resolution, and I know it supports 720p and 1080i.
On this television, will I be able to to play Zelda at 900p?
Or if not and I have to select between 720p or 1080i mode, which should I choose?
Neoleo2143
Member
The Risk Reward is Ludicrous, Mistime it early and you die, Mistime it late and your shield explodes and you potentially die. But get it right, and you feel like you can conquer the world.
Velocity:Design:Comfort
Banned
Everyone? It seems to be the opposite. GAFfers and previewers may be critical of it technically, but most people say its an amazing looking game overall.
Amazing. Finally somebody does something against a guardian. Every other encounters has a game over screen.
Aaronrules380
Member
I imagine it'll also fail if your shield lacks durability
Neoleo2143
Member
Well they're supposed to be insanely scary enemies right?
Randomizer
Member
Since licensing is usually 30%. They'd need to sell 2,600,000 copies.
TheDinoman
Member
I'm not talking about the frame rate, I see a lot of people complaining about the textures looking muddy and the game generally looking washed out or whatever.
Just look at this thread.
It's fucking NeoGAF.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Name's Link.........Link Link.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Did y'all see the Polygon video, cool stuff in there, but I wish I didn't watch it.
Lol
I have literally going throughout my day watching and reading pretty much everything from today. So much footage lol
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
You sure that's a regular arrow??
Not so bad really. Thanks.
No, but if it isn't, is the choice always run then? I mean what if you're out of shields? I'm curious of the options to take these things down. Wonder if you can sneak up to them.
Remapped88
Member
Man the previews, videos, gifs, impressions, EVERYTHING is just so HYPE!!! I still remember how crazy it was when Nintendo announced that they were only gonna show TLoZ at E3 and now hearing all the impressions in the final build is just amazing. Only 1 week away till it drops!
MidnightCowboy
Member
Nah they have health bars and I remember a video where an arrow to the eye took a sliver of health away.
Battlechili
Banned
Does the quietness of Hyrule Field in a lot of previews bother anyone else?
One of the things I loved about Twilight Princess when entering Hyrule Field was how the music started up really fast and made exploring seem exciting and adventurous. With there being such a lack of music at parts, I'm concerned that the game will feel significantly more dull than previous Zeldas. I've never seen a Zelda game this quiet before.
One of the things I loved about Twilight Princess when entering Hyrule Field was how the music started up really fast and made exploring seem exciting and adventurous. With there being such a lack of music at parts, I'm concerned that the game will feel significantly more dull than previous Zeldas. I've never seen a Zelda game this quiet before.
Primethius
Banned
Lord have mercy.
SinCityAssassin
Member
There are ways to combat a Guardian without ancient arrows, but for the most part fucking run.
There are ways to defeat a Guardian early. The earliest I'd say is taking a bunch of weapons and bow/arrows. You hit him in the eye with an arrow to stop it from attacking for a few seconds, then hit him a few times with your weapon. Repeat until it's defeated. One mistake and you're dead.
I'm just wondering which site got this? It's really quick, though.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I like it but many won't.
SinCityAssassin
Member
I bet it was Chico.
Nope.
I don't think the game's music will be dull. Some of the preview videos have a piece of music overlaid over them which sounds very bombastic, which means it must be somewhere in the game. Villages, stables, certain areas of the game have their own dedicated music pieces.
I think the more subdued music works for this game.
It was a purposeful choice with the music more atmospheric, and coming in during events, but if it's not to your liking, it's not to your liking.
Shadow Broker
Banned
I guess people don't like the art style. I'm pretty open to almost all graphical look, whether low budget or AAA. The one art style I personally don't like is the Mine craft or 3D Dot Hero art style. Those are still great games, it's just great games I won't play because of the graphics/art direction.
If Nintendo made this on a PS4 Pro I imagine that it'll still have the same art style/graphics but with more details and color with a higher resolution (1080p) & locked frame rate. But I'm kind of glad the Switch isn't a clone of the other 2 consoles. I'm not a graphics junkie and I love the portable aspect of it.
Neoleo2143
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Or Parry it to death, or Roll bombs under it to get at its weakpoint there, or bash it to death with a metal plate with Magnesis and Stasis, using Cryonis or Magnesis to block its shots if you can, or take a chance with your horseback strats weaving, or use other Guardian beams and weave between them to have them take each other out... the possibilities are tantalizing.
Is he...deflecting the laser beam??
Neoleo2143
Member
Projectile Parries are better than Melee Parries.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Yeah.
There's a gif of him doing it in a shrine too.
Ya.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Yes. We've previously seen Link be able to do that with the mini-guardians to one shot them. Obviously this one didn't take.
I can see the yakety sax compilations now. Gonna be great.
Man so hype, I love how the bokoblin, closes his left eye when aiming with his bow, adorable.
Hah that's true. Reminds me of other games (ie Xenoblade and Xenoblade X) where you can try to cheese enemies even while being totally underleveled.
CharminUltra
Member
Even after all this time gif is still WOAHMight as well finish this page up:
GiantBreadbug
Member
I've been wondering, but I don't wanna watch a bunch of videos and gifs so maybe someone can help me out here:
How in depth is the combat? Like, fighting hand to hand? Can smaller enemies move through your attacks and/or dodge? Is it easy to stun lock lost of enemies resulting in "mash attack to defeat?" Do weapons have pretty varied move sets with cool combinations of moves? How does parrying work?
I'm just hoping that one-on-one encounters can be clever and varied. I want to dodge through attacks and learn how enemy hitboxes line up with my dodge invincibility, and deliver cool critical attacks even on smaller enemies. Combat mechanics are some of the coolest part of action RPGs for me, so I'm hoping these things are as satisfying and surprisingly deep as the rest of the game and world.
How in depth is the combat? Like, fighting hand to hand? Can smaller enemies move through your attacks and/or dodge? Is it easy to stun lock lost of enemies resulting in "mash attack to defeat?" Do weapons have pretty varied move sets with cool combinations of moves? How does parrying work?
I'm just hoping that one-on-one encounters can be clever and varied. I want to dodge through attacks and learn how enemy hitboxes line up with my dodge invincibility, and deliver cool critical attacks even on smaller enemies. Combat mechanics are some of the coolest part of action RPGs for me, so I'm hoping these things are as satisfying and surprisingly deep as the rest of the game and world.
As far as variety I think a the environment/enemy interactions will play into that a lot. We've already seen instances of enemies grabbing downed trees, throwing smaller enemies, picking up various items, etc., to attack Link. So in that sense I get the impression that encounters will have a lot variety to them. As far as pure sword play/weapon mechanics it's hard to tell how deep those are. I saw a post earlier mentioning that someone air combo'd an enemy with a spear, but I'm not sure how far that sort of thing goes. Kind of depends on the weapon/item variety and how they are used. The strict weapon durability will be great on this front though, pushing players to use different weapons and so on.
Might as well finish this page up:
That parry looks satisfying as fuck. I hope the sound effect is equally powerful.
Banjotanooki
Member
So looking through all the combat videos, is the Fatal blow not in BoTW?
LOVED delivering that fatal stab at the end in Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. I hope it's a learned skill later in the game.
LOVED delivering that fatal stab at the end in Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. I hope it's a learned skill later in the game.