Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Haruki_NLI
https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/games/all-games

Dying Light is sold on their store so they clearly have something to do with the distribution.

Hitman, that was SE title as long as I can remember.

Square Enix sold off IO Interactive and the Hitman franchise after Hitman 2016 didn't reach their expectations and the Dying Light franchise was never Square Enix.

@Grumblevolcano
I understand Techland makes Dying Light

However. The game and its sequel are being sold on their store so they clearly have something to do with its distribution.

So I am a couple of hours further into BOTW now. Feeling a little more mixed than I did in those opening hours. Not a fan of “go into the world and figure it out for yourself” game design of needing to go and locate one of the memories in order to keep progressing the story. I appreciate it is designed in this way for you to go and soak in the world and it is a truly lovely world to soak in, but I’d appreciate a bit more structure and purpose.

Especially as it seems like they use sort of shadow level gating throughout the world, with me often getting close to a tower and then just getting absolutely reamed, whether a monster just one shots me with a massive swing of their weapon or I just drown in enemies, it is clear the game is telling me I’m not meant to be there yet and I’m just like crying emoji I’m sorry, but you won’t tell me where the ***** to go!

Thankfully combat is still satisfying, I am still finding plenty of shrines along the way that so far I have been able to get through without the need for a guide - the one that bamboozled me for ages was the scoop one, because I thought as it was a pool of water I would need the ice power. When that didn’t work, I was trying random things and pulled the scoop out of the water with the magnet power. And I still am enjoying being in this world, but I really need to find one of these memories soon or I think I am going to start going sour.

@Pizzamorg Getting to Kakariko village to see Impa is your main goal for now.

You don't have to find the memories to advance the game, but if you find one memory, and see Impa afterward, you will get a good reward(a good piece of armor). I completed finding the memories late in the game, or after I beat the story.

If you're tired of enemies killing you too easily, cook one Hearty Raddish, or one Big Hearty Raddish - they will increase your heart containers temporarily - extremely useful. (When you see Impa in kakariko, she will direct you to the Lab in Hateno village. You'll get helpful things there.👌)

Defeating the 4 Divine Beasts will be your main goal after you see Impa.

Looks like Sony “accidentally” screwed up timing for release of GTA Trilogy remasters. I say “accidentally” because it’s pretty obvious they did it on purpose knowing it’ll spread across social media and they’d hope to get lots of sales that would have gone to Microsoft or to a lesser extent Nintendo (anyone buying on Switch will still buy on Switch regardless).

Oh yeah, I made it there, went to the lab, after going to the lab, they sent me back to Impa and she said I needed to discover at least one memory to progress the game. Have I misunderstood this then? If so, what am I doing then, just bumbling around the map hoping to bump into the four DBs? I was kinda hoping I could find a memory and then the game would go back to being more structured again, but I am worried if that isn’t the case!

Thanks for the tip with the cooking, tossing random ingredients together to make meals is surprisingly fun.

If you see a weird painter person, talk to him. He will help you locate the memories.

The memories are more of an optional quest. But they are important, since they reveal details about what happened 100 years ago, and finding them all gives you a slightly extended ending.

About structure, Impa may have already pointed you in the direction of the Divine Beasts. You can go find them in any order, but each region comes with it's own set of quests you can do and play in order. I'd recommend following the paths in case you don't want to do things out of "order".

But do take your time to explore and have fun, that's the main part of the game!

@Pizzamorg wait is this your first play through? Oh I envy you.

Yeah, first time. (:

The painter guy does help, but I still feel I am mostly moving in vague directions (go to the north and then the south east from the castle or something. Like how does that help?). And often on the way of trying to follow these instructions, I stumble into random packs of enemies who just one shot me, so I assume that is the game telling me I am going the wrong way. The only quest marker I can see on the map is taking me back to Impa and she says I need to find at least one memory, there is no marker for any divine beasts to work towards.

So right now, I am just going from shrine to shrine completing those, as they seem to be the only things I can do with no friction.

@Pizzamorg Technically, you don’t have to do it at all. Heck, you can go straight to Gannon once you leave the plateau if you want too.

@Pizzamorg PS. You can go into your quest menu and switch quest markers.

@Pizzamorg find the painter in Kakariko village, that will lead you to the easiest picture

So I didn’t do it intentionally, but I appear to be back on track again. Found some ripped fish guy called Sidon or something, and now I am hunting down some giant robot elephant fish thing. It is all marked as main quest. Finally got some new gear too, which is cool. Although the combination of cape, hood, blue and silver armour and white slacks is pretty goofy looking.

@Pizzamorg You can recolor most pieces of gear in Hateno village, in case you want to make a more cohesive set 😅

Also yeah that's Sidon alright.

Oh yeah I met that guy! What silly colour should I go for, should I make it bright yellow? It is a shame I can’t do individual pieces.

@Pizzamorg yes you can! you just need to remove the other pieces before going in

Oh wow, great tip! So just go in wearing the piece I want to dye? Noted. I am gonna make myself look like a Rocket Lolly.

@Pizzamorg One of the great features of BOTW is the quest log. You can always open it up, see what quests are open, which you've completed. When you hit (+), you get your items: weapons/armor/food. Press the L shoulder button while in there to see your quest log.

The great thing about the quest log is, it give you so much detail, that if you take a long break from the game, the log tells you enough to get you back up to speed. It will say who you talked to, where, what they said, what you need to do; If you select that quest, the game will show a glowing thumbtack on the map to to show where you need to go for that quest.

I never completed Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time because I took a break from the games and ended up lost, not knowing what to do. So, I was really pleased BOTW seems to have solved that issue with a good quest log.

Thanks for the tip. Looking at my quest log, I think I know where I went wrong now. When you talk to Impa about the Divine Beasts, you have the option to probe her for more info or move the conversation along, which is what I chose, as she was giving me a huge info dump and I wanted time to process everything.

I think even though you have a choice, it is an illusion and you have to probe her for more info to move the quest along based on what the log says. I am gonna boot up the game now and see if that works.