Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@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?

@Ralizah Yes they definitely went for the natural disaster thing. I dont think its a bad decision because i feel that real evil is more of a "dark force that needs to be sealed away" instead of a real person. But at the same time i like to fight real villains that have at least a little bit of bad charisma in my games.

@Snaplocket Yep i also feel it does work very well with botws story.^^

@Jhena But remember that the definition of finishing a game is different for everyone, especially in the case of BotW. Does finishing BotW mean simply defeating Ganon? Defeating him and also doing all four Divine Beasts? Doing all 120 shrines along with the previous stuff? Doing all side quests along with the previous stuff? Finding all Korok Seeds along with the previous stuff? Getting a 100% on the map along with the previous stuff?

So it depends. But as you said, if you enjoy it than by all means fully complete it. I'm just saying that fully completing a game isn't necessarily a bad thing. Theres no need for a video game to not be fun, there's enough work in real life as it is, no need to create more by doing stuff in video games that isn't fun.

@Snaplocket Yes i already mentioned that i also feel that it does suit botw very well you know the lack of personality and all. And all i say is that i like to have real villains in games. Its just a personal preference.^^