Random: "It's Just My Comfort Game" - Stranger Things Actor Is On His Third Playthrough Of Zelda: TOTK

Wow, a 3rd playthrough? Where does one find the time for that? I'm on 47% overall completion with Zelda notes and once I'm on 100%, it's done for TotK for me. But kudos to him! I can fully understand the need for a comfort game.

My comfort game is The Binding of Isaac: Repentance. I feel that it has unlimited replayability and even though I've spent over 500+ hours on the game, I'm nowhere near completing my first save game. Mostly because I'm just not that good, but also because it took me a very long time to find out the subtleties of the game and the incredible depth it has, if you really dig into it.

TOTK and BOTW actually don't run with 4k visuals (it is a dynamic 1440p, which is still excellent but represents about 50% of the pixel count of a full native 2160p resolve). (I don't really have an opinion on Gaten loving these games, so I just thought I would combat slight misinformation while I am here.)

My favorite game of all time so he clearly has a great taste in gaming. Personally I'm only on my second play through but still have played close to 300h combined with Switch and Switch 2.

@Pillowpants "Where does one find the time for that" "I have 500 hours in this other game"
I think you answered your own question there.

I recently tried the 4K update of BOTW, started a new game, but realized that it feels too recent to fully replay it. I'd rather continue my game of TOTK in 4K because there's so much left to do still, but that game is with my nephew since christmas 2023.

@Pillowpants well, you’ve answered your own question there! In those 500+ hours you’ve spent on the Binding of Isaac you could have started your 3d or 4th TotK playthrough 😜

@fiskern beat me to it

@Fiskern You're right, I was being silly by giving an example of a game I spent an incredible amount of time on.

I’m just starting to play it now. BotW was never my favourite Zelda game (it’s an Open World game, not much Zelda going on), but I think I’m enjoying TotK even less. I’m enjoying it, don’t get me wrong, but the depths, my goodness what a dull, annoying slog they are. It would have been better to just not have them. I never once thought BotW’s map was too small, to add basically a full map again but this time it’s all some boring, dark underground blandness. Ugh.

Also I don’t know how they managed to do it, but they’ve added even MORE doodads to collect and craft. That’s definitely what was needed after BotW.

@Pillowpants Sorry, reading it again the tongue in cheekl is more apparent '^_^

I’m loving it on my first play through. Glad for the switch 2 upgrades.

It's a good choice for a comfort game, I love TotK, even though most of my machines are crap. These days, I love TotK more than BotW simply because it has more game content on the cartridge 😃.

@GravyThief That was my feeling. I could barely get to like six hours before losing all interest. Been collecting dust since then. Maybe I'll give it another shot if/when I pick up a Switch 2, but man, these open world Zeldas just do not click with me. I miss the old formula.

I did my 2nd playthrough earlier this year. Replaying it right after replaying BotW really brought into focus how much better TotK is. I will never be able to go back to BotW again. The world is so much less fun to explore in BotW, plus resources are so much more useful in TotK.

It’s funny because it causes the opposite effect for me. Fumbling through clunky building controls, annoying fetch quests and tedious new environments isn’t my idea of comforting. Glad he likes it though

@PolitiClank sorry to be that guy, but you should be REALLY sure when you want to claim to combat misinformation.

Both BOTW and TOTK are 4k supported if in a 4K screen, so in docked mode. It is dynamic, but mostly 4k, according to digital foundry.

In my TV, it runs in 4K.

I can dig it. I spread my first playthrough out over the course of a full year and loved every bit of that. I've been doing a slow replay of BOTW for years now and when that finishes I'll go back to TOTK. They're outstanding slow burn games.

@maulinks direct quote from digital foundry:

“The good news is that Switch 2 boosts those numbers drastically across both games, putting us at 2560x1440 at peak, with drops to 1440x810 in absolute extreme cases - like entering the Ultrahand view mode through a busy forested area. It's worth noting that such low numbers like 810p are rare, but likelier in the more demanding sequel, while Breath of the Wild tends to veer closer to 1440p.”

The games max out at 1440p. They’re not native 4K. @PolitiClank is correct.

He has excellent taste. I'll likely do a third round on BOTW once I have a Switch 2 before going for a third run on TOTK.

On top of everything else, the games have maximum escapism vibes, so I can see why it's a comfort game. Nintendo finally gave fans Hyrule in as an ultimate explorable landscape.

(That said, a new map / location wouldn't go amiss next time please Nintendo)

I'm the same way. I'm just no good at knowing what the heck to build or how to solve alot of the puzzles. I have to look it up more often than not. Cool that he's alot like me as a kid. On the show he even acted the same as me and likes the same things.

@SplatRay001 Thank you.

Botw is more my comfort game than totk. One's more relaxing and tranquil, while the other is balls to the wall.

I haven't played TOTK yet, but I loved BOTW, so I'm looking to play TOTK some time next year.

i have a friend who put nearly 3500 hours into smash ultimate.

@GravyThief yeah, who didn't play BotW and thought "There's not enough stuff to collect"?

Glad they add another entire overworld, other 900+ Koroks and almost doubled everything else. I was worried I could beat the game in just 200 hours.

@Pillowpants Was that sarcasm?

@NolandC yes!

I'd say BOTW is more comforting but I love TOTK too. It built upon BOTW and took it further and deeper.

I'm still on my first playthrough lol but I'm getting there. I've only played BOTW once through I will replay it one day.

I'm the same with the zonal devices I'm not very creative with them but its amazing what people have done with them.