Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@Fastballer Took me a while to realise you didnt just quote me. Oh yes witcher 3 is easily the best of this decade if not all time^^ Everything from game, to physical content, to additional content.

If you look for a rpg experience zelda botw is not necessarilly your best choice. It has rpg aspects but theyre pretty light. You (level up) by finishing shrines and buying more health or stamina. You also get stronger by leveling your gear like in witcher 3. And this is also the strongest rpg aspect and similarity to witcher 3 in terms of rpg. Though i played witcher 3 on the highest diffiulty without getting too much in the rpg aspect. I think both games are more about skill. Still id say zelda is more about riddles and exploring than its about story, good dialogue and getting stronger. I didnt feel like i played something essential like i did with witcher 3 to sum it up. If you like to do stuff for the sake of doing stuff its pretty good.

I think this zelda has everything older entries had but at the same time it feels a little bit toned down. Maybe twillight princess would be a better choice for your first zelda. Its my fave 3d zelda. But then again its just my experience. You should watch a little bit of gameplay on youtube. If you feel like you could enjoy botw go for it. Because seriously no matter how sound an opinion sounds, you have to experience it for yourself. You will meet many people here who consider this zelda to be the best. Their opinion is not worse than mine. And neither is wrong. Id say try it its good^^

@Snaplocket Hehe^^ This stuff happens. We each experience stuff differently in different chapters of our lifes. Like i said in my last post none of us is wrong. We feel what we feel is all it is. Us all being different unites us^^

@Jhena Good attitude. Everybody has their own preferences based on what they value in a game. I'll give Twilight Princess another try one day (didn't enjoy my first go at the game).

@Tsurii Definitely agree with you on the arc.

And the duo of midna and link is just too good. Especially considering link doesnt even talk. Instantly fell in love with her tsundere attitude.^^ I really cared for the characters in twillight princess. Plus it has the best atmosphere of the series.

@Tsurii Hated how the game started. Didn't like the aesthetics (everything and everyone is ugly; it's depressing). Didn't like running around as a wolf and collecting tears of light or whatever they were called. Didn't like how Link controlled. Didn't like the first dungeon and its monkeys. Found the overworld to be bland and empty.

It's the first time I've ever actively disliked my time with a Zelda game.

I didn't really make a conscious decision to quit the game. I just... never felt any desire to go back.

Ups of TP:

• Midna
• Zant
• Good 2nd half

Downs of TP:

• City in the Sky's waiting parts
• The choice of colors
• Character models are ugly
• Boring and slow 1st half

It does some things right, but it was a slugfest in certain parts.

Yup, Ganondorf and Zelda were there because...it's a Zelda game. They had no reason to exist in the plotline.

@Snaplocket True zelda didnt feel very important but with a character like midna i didnt even care. And yes ganondorf also felt a bit like an afterthought. It was the same in skyward sword i guess where he had his underling take the spotlight until the final. Still id take those ganons over this cloudthing in botw any day. He didnt feel like a person. More like a natural disaster. The boss looks awesome though.

Ganondorf wasn't much of a person in TP either...

Twilight Princess had a few of the best themes for dungeons, with the abandoned mansion being one my top favorite themes.

I actually think TP is super clunky to play. Like, I don't know, it just frustrates me.

Specially parts where you must use the horse.

Also the point of this Ganon is that he is not a person anyone. He went primal.

@TheLZdragon He feels like a person to me. And i get similar vibes from him like in windwaker and ocarina.

Not even close for me. He was just there for the sake of being there. He had no real motive and didn't really feel like a threat. He piggybacked off Zant's doings and just showed up at the last minute to be that bad guy.

Wind Waker might be the only game where he expressed a motive beyond "brawwwrrr! I'm evil!". And even in that game he doesn't have much screen time.

His monologue at the end of Wind Waker was really good.

@TheLZdragon Ok i see why you feel that way.

Link to a webcomic

I like to think this is how his evil actually started.

I like to think that at the end Zelda and Link are probably like... "And now what."

It must've been a long awkward silence after Midna left. Followed by an even more awkward conversation attempt. Followed by the longest awkward ride home ever.

@Tsurii Fair enough. I've always intended to go back to the game at some point anyway. Now, the million dollar question: do I start the game over and suffer through the beginning again, or pick up where I left off in March of 2016 and try to readjust to the game on the fly? I might just try to pick up where I left off. There's nothing I want to revisit from the beginning of the game, and I don't know if I can deal with hunting for kids and "GOAT IN! GOAT IN!" again.

It's literally called "Calamity Ganon." I think "natural disaster" is probably pretty close to what Nintendo was going for with its design.

I really liked it. Outside of Wind Waker, I never felt Ganondorf was an interesting or intimidating villain, so I really liked the fact that they turned him into a mindless, chaotic force of evil that has to be sealed away.

That's almost exactly what Tsurii said though.

I thought you always took damage in icy water and that food and clothes did not help.

I was pretty sure I even remember seeing this in the tips during the loading screens

I no longer take damage in icy water. Did something in the game change or am I just mis remembering?