Neoleo2143
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Doesn't seem like it. Use your weapons wisely.
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Extensive new details on Zelda Breath of the Wild from Game Informer (Maybe spoilers)
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Doesn't seem like it. Use your weapons wisely.
Armoured Titan
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Awesome, another 5 years of my life I'd be waiting just to see if it meets my expectations this time.
Claiming BotW will suck is a bit...premature.
Inferno313
Banned
Maybe don't do that to yourself?
dampflokfreund
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But Duckroll just compared the screens he saw to the camel dungeon from the trailer. And I think we can all agree that the design of these gear rooms we saw in the trailer fits the camel way more than the bird (square form body, long corridor as legs impossible to be the bird).
So it could be that the dungeons are indeed very, very similar to each other :/
Astral Dog
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This game is going to have lots and lots of dungeons.
And if you only and only care about the dungeon size,then maybe its time to revise your strange expectations instead of waiting five years to see if they met them
tauroxd
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As premature as saying it will be glorious and the second coming... I get what you are saying and I am dying to play it and will do it on day one, but either train of though is not a good thing when we have not experience the game in its entirety.
I would make sense to be able to manipulate the orientation of a bird, opposed to a camel. I'm fairly sure this is the bird, and considering all the dungeons appear to be the living mechs, it's probably safe to say they're all similar aesthetically as well.
Are we sure the trailer shows the Camel dungeon? Might just be an editing trick.
Or they just all look the same.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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That spotted one dying will be the end of me.
Based on track history, the second is far more likely.
dampflokfreund
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I know, I know. Seems like my biggest fear for the game is getting confirmed.
My last hope was that the asthetics of the mechs are fitted to the enviroment they live in, for example the bird would be more blue-ish, the camel sand-ish, the elephant full with water and the death mountain creature full of fire. But it looks like they share, just like the shrines, the same aesthetics which is quite frankly, disappointing.
But oh well. I would really like to see these GI screenshots. Any chance of that to be released soon?
Pyroblazer
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They didn't show or explain the crafting system so far. I am pretty sure there will be a way to repair or recreate your weapons. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense to hide some great, secret, powerful weapons if you can't use them after they got destroyed. If there aren't any invincible weapons in the game I am pretty sure you can repair or recreate them. Just take the Master Sword as example, if you can destroy it, there needs to be a way to fix it
Everything else sounds great, I am really excited to play it in a month
Different areas of the dungeons can have different appearances, we know the Death Mountain mech was on fire in the trailer and might have its insides on fire. It's not like the external size of the mechs has any bearing on the depth of its interiors, if you remember how big Jabu-Jabu's dungeon was.
As for weapons, it's entirely possible that some materials are invulnerable to certain attacks but start to break with other kinds, like a shield that loses durability when hit with magic.
She is my waifu, so yes I expect to interact with her outside of cutscenes...
Aaronrules380
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Not really considering everything we've seen and heard has been extremely positive, including hands on impressions
RareFantasy64
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I hope we can do optional quests for Zelda that will make her happy with Link
Astral Dog
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Its a Nintendo game,but still an open world so lots of empty space is expected
RareFantasy64
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What if I can't wait another three weeks?
KratosEnergyDrink
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Sounds all very good, perhaps except the dead horses
Only a few weeks...
Only a few weeks...
The essence of Zelda dungeons is figuring out the puzzles in-order to continue through, not getting confused as to where to go. They are shifting the entire focus of dungeons now on that aspect of solving a large puzzle rather than navigating doors. Its a more fun change imho.
I still doubt the Master Sword will be breakable. They are probably just saying that to avoid any spoilers or whatever.
I wonder if you can eat horses. Sizzled Epona steak.
Thanks for making me laugh on the train.
I wonder if you can eat horses. Sizzled Epona steak.
Thanks for making me laugh on the train.
Domcorleone
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I love the idea of this. I loved the fact it was hard to find the dungeons in ALBW
This is looking more like RDR where you don't really give a single fuck about any of your horses.
I wonder if you can catch horses on fire with the fire rod and watch them run across the fields leaving a wake of destructive flames behind them.
I kid, of course.
It will be the second coming. BOOM! Not going to stray from that thought
Is it the case that all of the Dungeons move? It sort of makes sense for the 'Wind' Dungeon, which people observed flying around the map, but I don't think any other roaming structures were spotted in BotW analysis. But, then again, that could be because a flying Dungeon would be the easiest to see. compared to potentially underwater Dungeons, for example.
This video (spoilers) dives into these details and makes some interesting discoveries towards the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSEkJlStwkg SPOILERS OFCOURSE.
If you want to jump to the good stuff, go to 09:27 talking about similarities between previous versions of Ganon and also how we've seen some of the dungeons in trailers already.
If you want to jump to the good stuff, go to 09:27 talking about similarities between previous versions of Ganon and also how we've seen some of the dungeons in trailers already.
Honestly kinda worried about the dungeons. I liked the way they were. :/ They were hands down my favorite thing about Zelda games so I hope they aren't as big a departure from the norm as I fear they are. If the dungeons are crap it'll honestly sour the whole game for me personally.
dampflokfreund
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Okay, just got to saw the dungeon screenshots from GI.
And yes, its the bird. And yes, it does look very similar to the camel dungeon we have seen in the latest trailer, the textures are very similar, the bird dungeon is just brighter because, well, sunlight shines in.
Of course its not a 100% confirmation, but the shape of the bird/camel dungeon interiors blend in perfectly with their exteriors
And yes, its the bird. And yes, it does look very similar to the camel dungeon we have seen in the latest trailer, the textures are very similar, the bird dungeon is just brighter because, well, sunlight shines in.
Of course its not a 100% confirmation, but the shape of the bird/camel dungeon interiors blend in perfectly with their exteriors
SinCityAssassin
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So we're just gonna ignore all the things duckroll said about what they showed huh?
dampflokfreund
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Of course not, but the dungeons are indeed built very similar aesthetically (that was my biggest fear). You can check it up for yourself and compare the interior dungeon scenes from the trailer to the new GI screenshots. You can easily see which is the bird and which one the camel.
GlassAwful
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It's truly bizarre this is the same company releasing 1 2 switch at launch.
The design of this game just seems so UNintendo. But in a good, surprising way.
The design of this game just seems so UNintendo. But in a good, surprising way.
AlexFlame116
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I had no idea dungeons were so critical in the Zelda series. I always loved the stories and characters a lot more.
Maybe that's why Majora's Mask is my GOAT Zelda.
Maybe that's why Majora's Mask is my GOAT Zelda.
This is in the first post. Most of the gameplay videos you've seen are from the Plateau, which doesn't have NPCs because it's sacred ground where people aren't allowed (except for the old man), but there are still enemy camps, animals, enemies that interact with them (like the bokoblin that hunt boars when they're injured and eat their meat to regain hp), sleeping guardians, field bosses, enemies that only appear at a certain tod, shrines and other stuff. It's also weird to complain about "emptiness" when traversing is still made interesting by the various possibilities you have to get from A to B, to the point that it can become a true environmental puzzle, or by how many gameplay mechanics coexist in this game.
In the small chunk of the Hyrule Field we've seen there was a stable with an NPC, NPCs fighting enemies, wild horses to tame, in the first post there are info about how the characters behave in certain situations (for example they're outside when the wheather is good but they run inside when it starts raining), and of course you have more enemies, more field bosses, more shrines, dungeons, towers, towns, subquests, koroks, suspicious stuff in the distance that makes you want to explore to find out what they are... what do you want in a game to think it's not empty? This?
because of course it won't be like that, but that wasn't particularly fun either. It got really repetitive at a certain point.
Like Aonuma said, it's ok if there are "pockets of emptiness". It's ok to get lost sometimes. Expecting every square foot of the world to be crammed with stuff is not only unrealistic, but it would also be shit. From what we've seen and read, the overworld is shaping up to be one of the most interesting to explore, to play and to get lost in.
We just want everything to be stellar lol, both new and old
riskybusinesstomcruise
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They didn't show or explain the crafting system so far. I am pretty sure there will be a way to repair or recreate your weapons. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense to hide some great, secret, powerful weapons if you can't use them after they got destroyed. If there aren't any invincible weapons in the game I am pretty sure you can repair or recreate them. Just take the Master Sword as example, if you can destroy it, there needs to be a way to fix it
Everything else sounds great, I am really excited to play it in a month
Yeah I'm taking the "no invincible weapons" part with a grain of salt. Maybe the Master Sword and other "legendary" weapons you can get aren't invincible, but they'll probably have increased durability and will not disappear on break. I don't think they'd show those unique weapons in the character art so prominently if they were just throw away weapons that can break forever.
RareFantasy64
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This is me but OOT introduced me to Zelda so I understand what I view Zelda as may be warped. I prefer the overworld to the underworld. MM was my second Zelda and MM has a fantastic overworld. No Zelda game has ever matched up to it for me.
I love how Miyamoto said the NPCs all have daily routines and lives. I can't wait for BOTW
The new screenshots are gorgeous!