I can't handle this hype. I'm so scared my Switch won't turn up.
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I can't handle this hype. I'm so scared my Switch won't turn up.
With respect to the edge summary, I find some tension in the comparison to OOT. In my opinion, OOT, like most 3D Zelda games, has some good things in it -- But it was a paradigm shift in the wrong direction, and started Zelda down an unfortunate path away from imagination and discovery and exploration and adventure. The exciting thing about BOTW is the idea that it's righting the ship and putting those things back into the series. Because of this, I find some irony in the comparison to OOT.
This game is a lot more vertical than even I thought.
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| You Can.
How spoilery is this?
Not much at all. Just shows shield sliding tricks and gliding.
CharminUltra
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Ya'll got anymore of that Zelda hype? I ain't playing.
Master Yoshi
Member
This. This is how I'll infiltrate the castle and reach Calamity Ganon.
MosquitoSmasher
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Breath of the Wild |OT| You See That Mountain? You Can Go There. You Can Also Climb On It With Enough Stamina But Be Careful Because You Don't Want To Freeze To Death When You Get Up There Might Want To Put Some Warmer Clothes On Or Cook A Nice Meal. Oh And Be Careful Climbing When It's Raining You Don't Want To Slip. Ok Good Luck.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| Actually play Todd Howard's ambitions.
Kissenkopf
Banned
I doubt they are allowed to show the dense forest right now. But I saw one on a picture (of the worldmap) which is as big as the great plateau.
I hope Nintendo would devote the same time and resources to a Metroid games as they do to zelda and mario. Heck botw engine could be perfect for metroid game.
MosquitoSmasher
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If this open world is truly as good as they are saying, i really really hope developers like Bethesda Game Studios and even also CD Projekt RED look at this and take inspiration from it for their future RPGs.
Holy fuck, just..what
I honestly had no idea we could drop bombs from the sky like that.
Fair point though. Prerelease hype doesn't automatically mean we're getting a game better than OoT.
TheDinoman
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As far as 2D Metroid games go, I don't think they really need to have such a large scale and money thrown into it like BOTW. Just use a moderate budget, get together a competent team that has some actual passion for 2D Metroids, and go crazy from there. Just make Super Metroid on steroids.
I'd like to see another Prime game too, though. Still wondering what Retro's up to.
oh it's just humorous to me
although I am a SS truther. plus that game was lowkey revolutionary at the time with its wiimotion+ controls in regards to combat. a lot of people like to forget that now that it's in the rear view.
It doesn't, but I am curious as to if their Skyward Sword review had a similar sentiment in it.
Could just be prerelease hype, but maybe they are sincere in believing this might become more well loved.
Hoo-doo, that's a fraction of the logic behind the statement gameplay is what overcomes graphical shortcomings.
Without having any context on the review, a 10/10 is the same as a 10/10. Don't worry though, any sane person will know how different this is from SS.
MiamiWesker
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Because to me and many others the zelda formula is the best in gaming. Very few games attempt anything like a zelda dungeon, or trying to mix puzzles with all sorts of gameplay changing items. Most games are content with a few gameplay systems and a neat story and that's it and generally ignore hand crafted level design. No location in either, skyrim, fallout, far cry is as intricately designed as a zelda dungeon. And that mix is the magic I have been waiting for. It's not that those games don't have some of those elements, it's that this mix has never been done before.
MosquitoSmasher
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I'm getting the Wii U version, and i wish we got to see more of it so we can see how it holds up against the Switch version. Does Edge say anything about how it looks on Wii U? It's 720p, right? If i recall correctly Mario 3D World and Mario Kart 8 are 720p too and they look fine on my TV. So it should be ok.
Question: did Nintendo add this trick after E3?
Because I remember this is one of the most asked question after the show, and I remember seeing a person trying to hop on a loaded boulder. The boulder would launch, but Link got damaged and fell before the boulder went very far. Might be misremembering things.
Edge mentions frame rate drops in the Wii U version.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Oh, those i can handle. Have played plenty of games with framerate problems, Dark Souls comes to mind and i still loved Blighttown anyway.
As long as it doesn't turn into a slideshow i'm good.
Milly Osworth
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Come on, you're joking right. RIGHT?!
Wow. Stop.
Vital Tundra
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Yes he did.So...
(From IGN's Combat video)
What happened? did he use an arrow to throw the rock back to the enemy?
Yeah I'm very curious about Wii U visual impressions, somehow 720p Wii U games actually look freaking fantastic on my 65" 4K set.
Haloid1177
Banned
The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild |OT| Dawn of a New Horizon
I love the controls of SS, just didn't think the rest of the game was any good.
Fwiw I'm as on board for BotW as I've ever been for an open world game.
It's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| And it's really rad! Those creatures from (Calamity) Ganon are pretty bad!
CharminUltra
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We're down to N64 now? Yesterday certain individuals were comparing it to a PS2 gameNintendo gets a pass on everything. Look at these terrible textures ugh looks like a n64 game
Sounds like BotW would perform somewhat similar to Wind Waker:HD on the Wii U.
MosquitoSmasher
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Really? Oh that makes me very happy to hear. Personally I own a 55 inch OLED, sadly no 4K though. It should be fine then. The only visual thing that could stand out is some bad aliasing, if that's the case.
Rogue Agent
Banned
When I'm playing this, I think I'll just go on a lengthy treasure hunt when I get the freedom to do so. That's what I try to do in some open-world games anyway, like TW3.
