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LTTP Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild; Breath of the Boredom
juliotendo
Member
It’s a great game if you’re willing to give time to invest in it.
My personal opinion is that while it has faults, it’s still a masterpiece like Ocarina of Time was when it released.
It’s a very polished game with tons and tons of surprises.
It’s also the first “free roam” Zelda that doesn’t have a linear progression like the games prior. So it might be hard for some people to adjust who are used to prior games.
I’ve always found it to be an extremely relaxing game to play with tons of places to explore.
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
hell yeah
joe_zazen
Member
Ex-fucking-actly. If you don't love this game, video games are not for you.
Edit: how did you get your work to pay for a console?
Edit #2: or is 'through work' a wink wink, nudge nudge, fell off a truck kind of thing?
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Petrae
Member
It didn’t get better for me, OP, but your experience may vary. It wound up feeling like a directionless Skyrim clone where the journey is supposed to far outweigh the destination... and those games are not for me. I prefer more focused experiences that keep me invested.
Extremely brittle weapons and annoying climbing meters also help to snuff out any further interest in this game for me after the first couple of hours.
One person’s treasure is another person’s trash.
Extremely brittle weapons and annoying climbing meters also help to snuff out any further interest in this game for me after the first couple of hours.
One person’s treasure is another person’s trash.
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Deleted member 471617
Unconfirmed Member
Overrated in my opinion. No better than an 8/10 and im being generous. The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, AC Origins/Odyssey simply does everything that BOTW does but far better and with better visuals, actual stories, full voice acting and just overall better.
I see BOTW as a slow, dull, empty, boring open world with outdated combat, non-existent story, minimal voice acting, etc. For me, it's simply old, outdated and obsolete. I lasted 22 hours and the last hour or two, I was literally just wandering around and there I knew - game was fucking done.
But if you continue playing, good luck and hope you can actually enjoy the game.
I see BOTW as a slow, dull, empty, boring open world with outdated combat, non-existent story, minimal voice acting, etc. For me, it's simply old, outdated and obsolete. I lasted 22 hours and the last hour or two, I was literally just wandering around and there I knew - game was fucking done.
But if you continue playing, good luck and hope you can actually enjoy the game.
The Bloody-Nine
Member
It vies with Red Dead 2 for the most overrated game I've ever played.
EightBit Man
Member
The game has some outstanding elements (like it's physics, the overall atmosphere and look, the puzzles, etc.) but, I think it is also a severely overrated game. The lack of variety in the far too big map, overall repetitiveness, needless busywork, terrible equipment system, and minimalist, mediocre soundtrack made it one of my least -favorite titles in the series unfortunately.
6/10
6/10
ExpandKong
Banned
I would’ve gone with Bored of the Wild.
Game is great but really requires you to get out of that Classic Zelda mindset.
Game is great but really requires you to get out of that Classic Zelda mindset.
DunDunDunpachi
Banned
You're given most of your tools (bombs, stasis, ice-blocks, etc) within the first two hours, so if you can't make your own fun after that point, it's probably not the game for you.
There's significantly less plot-driven guidance (read: hand-holding) compared to most other 3D Zeldas, so I can see why it didn't resonate with a lot of long-time fans, for what it's worth.
There's significantly less plot-driven guidance (read: hand-holding) compared to most other 3D Zeldas, so I can see why it didn't resonate with a lot of long-time fans, for what it's worth.
MiyazakiHatesKojima
Banned
One of the most unoriginal puns I've ever seen on an LTTP.
OP's gonna crash harder than The Wall Street Crash of 1929.
OP's gonna crash harder than The Wall Street Crash of 1929.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
I also was bored of this game and REALLY tried to like it. After 30 hours of trying everything I said to myself "why the fuck are you playing this moron?". I proceeded to powering my 360 and playing MvC2 for the next 3 days.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Is the new thing to make LTTP threads about critically acclaimed game and work “boring” into the pun somewhere?
UC4, HZD, now BotW
UC4, HZD, now BotW
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MiyazakiHatesKojima
Banned
I'm sure you would've loved it more if Zelda had big anime tiddies, wouldn't ya?
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
No, I would have liked it more if I could play as different races other than Link and if it had actual shrines. If the weapons didn't break and if the enemies weren't braindead. God, they are never going to make another Majora's Mask.I'm sure you would've loved it more if Zelda had big anime tiddies, wouldn't ya?
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
i agreed
BOTW is a great game but HYPER OVERRATED only because is a "Zelda"
BOTW is a great game but HYPER OVERRATED only because is a "Zelda"
ThatStupidLion
Member
Short answer: no
Long answer: noooooooo
Long answer: noooooooo
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Vawn
Banned
I found the game best at the start. It's very repetitive, so if you're bored now, good luck.
dcx4610
Member
I didn't like it at first. It felt a little too "My First Open World RPG". After everything clicked, I put about 70 hours into it.
I still have some complaints. The weapon breaking mechanic was just not fun. I get what they were trying to do but I don't think it added any enjoyment. The shrines got a little repetitive and some were obtuse. I would have preferred traditional dungeons instead of puzzle shrines but at the same time, I praise them for trying something a little different.
While not my favorite Zelda, it's up there. Just like any RPG, you have to give it a little bit of time to level up, get some items and get a feel for everything before you write it off.
I still have some complaints. The weapon breaking mechanic was just not fun. I get what they were trying to do but I don't think it added any enjoyment. The shrines got a little repetitive and some were obtuse. I would have preferred traditional dungeons instead of puzzle shrines but at the same time, I praise them for trying something a little different.
While not my favorite Zelda, it's up there. Just like any RPG, you have to give it a little bit of time to level up, get some items and get a feel for everything before you write it off.
Vawn
Banned
You put anyone who doesn't like a particular game as much as you on your ignore list? Seems mature.
GamesAreFun
Banned
Which part of the game do you find boring?
Personally I really enjoyed it, it has fantastic atmosphere and genuinely open, innovative gameplay.
Personally I really enjoyed it, it has fantastic atmosphere and genuinely open, innovative gameplay.
Werewolf Jones
Member
The best Zelda game.
End thread here.
End thread here.
Lionel Richie
Member
Imagine shitposting this hard to defend a shit game like Horizon Zero Dawn.
Vawn
Banned
I played HZD and BoTW at the same time. I played Zelda with my wife and Horizon solo. I thought both were solid games, but Horizon overall was the better game.
kaczmar
Member
Lionel Richie
Member
What did you like about HZD better than BOTW? I don't ask this to be a douchebag, but just out of curiosity. I thought Horizon had such an underwhelming gameplay and terrible enemy encounter design, I fail to see what this game has other than really good looking graphics.
What is innovative about it? Having stamina meter when climbing? That SoTC already had in 2005 in terms of hanging on for dear life against a boss monster. Setting up objects in the world to peform tricks with those objects? Already done as well.
Keihart
Member
Gets kinda tiring to engage with threads like this when there is no real discussion to be had because of claims like "but bloody hell is this boring. " as the starting point.
Like, whats the point of the thread? do the OP care to give his insights in how the game is boring to him? How can anyone know what he means by "does it get better as you go on or?? "
Maybe he is asking if the game changes? but as is, there is no real direction for the thread to go on. You either try to explain why the game is great to you or how you think that it is overrated, and it becomes a pointless thread.
Like, maybe if you are gonna start a thread try to put some effort? because if you can't bother maybe you should just try to necro the old OT or some other LTTP, this is hardly a LTTP thread.
OP, if you just want to know what to expect from the game, i recommend this video, there are no real spoilers appart from locations, but the appeal and systems are very well explained:
Maybe the thread is just bait...who knows really.
Like, whats the point of the thread? do the OP care to give his insights in how the game is boring to him? How can anyone know what he means by "does it get better as you go on or?? "
Maybe he is asking if the game changes? but as is, there is no real direction for the thread to go on. You either try to explain why the game is great to you or how you think that it is overrated, and it becomes a pointless thread.
Like, maybe if you are gonna start a thread try to put some effort? because if you can't bother maybe you should just try to necro the old OT or some other LTTP, this is hardly a LTTP thread.
OP, if you just want to know what to expect from the game, i recommend this video, there are no real spoilers appart from locations, but the appeal and systems are very well explained:
Maybe the thread is just bait...who knows really.
Vawn
Banned
The combat in HZD was really good, especially for an open-world game and much better than BoTWs. I also disagree strongly about enemy design. HZD's enemies are amazing.
The story of Horizon was also very cool, something I was not expecting going in.
BoTW beat it in its sense of exploration and world traversal, but HZD beat it in pretty much every other aspect imo - gameplay, story, graphics, performance, etc.
Derekloffin
Member
For me, BOTW's chief issue was it's difficulty. The tutorial area was about right, then they completely messed up in the intro to the open world making the difficulty spike all over the place for no particular reason, and by mid game any difficult the game had completely vanished once you had enough health+armor to stand up to the 1 shot kills, and had realized that cooked hearty Xs basically gave you near unlimited health. Then it just became a dull grind.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
It’s more of the hyperbolic bullshit that comes out in these threads that I find off-putting.
Speaking of maturity — I’m not overly concerned if a stranger on an anonymous Internet video game forum thinks I’m “mature”, and you probably shouldn’t either.
Jigsaah
Gold Member
ive never played it myself, but think this is one of those games where part of its greatness can only be appreciated by people who like games where you make your own fun. People like this appreciate games like Sea of Thieves, although I think Zelda has a bit more direction than that game. I'm like you I think. I need a bit more direction and goals in my game. I don't wanna just go anywhere and do anything. Tell me what the goal is and make that journey the best part of the game.
Again I haven't played so I could be completely off here, but all I seem to hear about when people praise the game is the whole "if you can see it you can go there" spiel. Like that's cool and all, but what about the boss fights? Is Gannon still a thing? Any cool weapons? Other characters that are interesting. Specific dungeons that are really challenging?
Lionel Richie
Member
Fair enough. Just to be clear about something, I meant enemy encounter design and not the enemies themselves. Pretty much every enemy you encounter will be surrounded by a horde, so the game incentivizes you to just run past everything. Since there's zero reward for exploration, this makes the world feel way to inconsequential. It feels like playing a load screen.
FriedCarbonyte
Member
I love the Zelda series and I’ve beaten most of the games, but I just can’t get into this one. I forced myself to play about ~25 hours, but it’s not getting any better. Weapon durability is a huge bother to me, making the right food so you can travel through certain climates and the lame shrines. Why do we need 120 shrines? Between the number of shrines and the number of moons in MARIO Odessey, I feel like Nintendo just padded out the games, which result in a drop in quality.
I like that Nintendo is trying to change up the formula for Zelda, but the shrines and weapon durability gotta go imo.
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Vader1
Unconfirmed Member
I actually think it gets worse as you go on. Starts off pretty good to me, since it’s such a huge world and you’re wondering what you’ll find. But a lot of what you find turns out to be pretty uninteresting.
The world environments themselves are great. What you actually find in those environments usually boils down to shrines, enemy camps, korok seeds, stables, or a divine beast. And no, they don’t look any different from each other.
The world environments themselves are great. What you actually find in those environments usually boils down to shrines, enemy camps, korok seeds, stables, or a divine beast. And no, they don’t look any different from each other.
joe_zazen
Member
See, this is why videogame hype can be obnoxious. Nothing replicates the wonder of being six, except maybe a brain injury.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Journalist Gaming review: Ohhh its a Zelda Game.... i dont have the game and i dont even play it... but i give 10!!!!!
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Thank you fucking reviews
.Thank you fucking reviews
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