SCB3
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Its the Gloom, I got to the final boss with 2 hearts left and was doing great but then he threw gloom over the floor and there was nothing I could do about it, gonna load a earlier save and grind some resistance food out
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |OT|
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DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Yeah, not allowing you to pick is dumb. Unnecessarily grindy. Should've just been a normal shop.
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Underneath hyrule now the sound that plays going under makes it intriguing.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Yeah I love that sound.
Gambit2483
Member
Gambit2483
Member
So wait, his inventory never changes?? I've been holding out hoping it changed...
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Nope, same items in the same order. To get them all you gotta collect 48ish Bubbuls and give them all to him. Only way to get the full mystic armor set. The final piece being the headgear.So wait, his inventory never changes?? I've been holding out hoping it changed...
Good way to locate caves is either google an interactive map or give fruits to cherry blossom trees, which activates light beams on all caves in that region.
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I loved it. I finished it last night.
I went in with 18 bomb flowers (only used half), a bunch of fans, 4 decent shields, 100 arrows, level 2 knight armor set, the master sword, and about 15 dishes that cured gloom. Having those dishes made things so much better. You can find an abundance of sundalions up in the sky. The Twilight Princess amiibo was the best because you get a ton of meat each day.
Ganondorf wasn’t bad. I made sure to bring enough shields because I didn’t want to time every side swipe of his. I used a couples meals to boost my attack and when he did his downward slash id parry/rush attack. I got to his third phase without getting hit. Granted I couldn’t do a naked run. The phase where he is shooting stuff. You can just run up to him when he pulls out his bow and start swiping. I’d definitely not use a bow in that phase because you can’t time when to actually hit him. Ganondorf looks cool, but I thought BotW had a more menacing looking boss.
Gambit2483
Member
DownLikeBCPowder
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I can see how you feel that way, but I likes fighting the humanoid Gannon this time around and the cinematic setpiece final battle was way cooler than Hatred Gannon or whatever that was at the end, though I wish it did have a little challenge, but still beautiful to look at and fits well being way above Hyrule.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
yes, Ganondorf has much more of a personality than some eternal monster appearing out of nowhere. Maybe it was the inclusion of a horse or Epona in BotW’s finale that captured Link’s destined battle. I got Epona with amiibo, but I didn’t need to use her. If she would have had the tow ability, I could have used her to go see the great fairies. Epona was at the stable the entire time. Probably the best thing for Ganondorf was being so far down, below Hyrule. There was an eerie feeling of no escape. The dragon bit was cool too. I will say that it was intimidating when Ganondorf’s life bar tripled in size and went far off to the right side of the screen.
SCB3
Member
And done, what a game! Definitely looking to be an easy GotY but possibly topping the list of my personal favorite ever games, I loved every second in this and a little sad to leave it behind, I pretty much 100%'ed it with only maybe a bit of the depths left to go, but I was ready to get to the end and give it a satisfying conclusion, easily my new favorite Zelda game
Gambit2483
Member
How do you people do it???
I'm 60hrs in...still 6/7 regions to clear with the SkyTowers...only 2 Temple cleared. I feel like I'm so far behind on everyone else...
SCB3
Member
Oh this is long, I had a week off and then a good 6-7 hours a day when I went back to work, pretty much all I've done in Lunch Breaks and after work is play, I'm close to 90 hours or soHow do you people do it???
I'm 60hrs in...still 6/7 regions to clear with the SkyTowers...only 2 Temple cleared. I feel like I'm so far behind on everyone else...
Hardensoul
Member
Wait so you can't cheese them?
In BotW you can just stay up and jump from top to cheese them 
Hardensoul
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Which is sadder after you realized Zelda is the first dragon you see after jumping from Sky island she's been waiting all this time or watching for time over Link? -
DownLikeBCPowder
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Yeah, I like the way the labyrinths are done in this one taking advantage of all altitudes for varying challenges throughout. All of them are still pretty easy, but I agree overall a more complete experience.
Gambit2483
Member
Situational/Framerate Awareness.
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
I know that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and people like different stuff...but this game is so galvanizing for me.
For me, it has been so damn good. I am 45....I am old, I am bitter, and I am past my prime in terms of cognitive plasticity and it gets really hard to experience "joy" (or whatever you call it....Feelings? Gross).
This game makes me smile...constantly. Every "organic" discovery, event, "contraption", area I explore, just everything hits perfectly.
I actively don't look stuff up in this game. This is the first game I have played in YEARS where I have not looked anything up....that just doesn't happen anymore, at my age, with my stack of commitments.
This is one of the best games I have played in my 38 years of gaming.
For me, it has been so damn good. I am 45....I am old, I am bitter, and I am past my prime in terms of cognitive plasticity and it gets really hard to experience "joy" (or whatever you call it....Feelings? Gross).
This game makes me smile...constantly. Every "organic" discovery, event, "contraption", area I explore, just everything hits perfectly.
I actively don't look stuff up in this game. This is the first game I have played in YEARS where I have not looked anything up....that just doesn't happen anymore, at my age, with my stack of commitments.
This is one of the best games I have played in my 38 years of gaming.
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Thaedolus
Member
I had them all out for the most part then realized how much they can get in the way/tank performance and started picking and choosing more. But they’re really useful for tanking and shit when in big fights. My one complaint would be activating their powers is pretty clunky a lot of the time, either running into one and activating on accident or trying to run to one to activate and they’re running away or something. It would be nice if there was a way to command them without being physically on top of them, but with how complicated all the controls are already, I kinda get why it is the way it is
Robb
Gold Member
I only keep Goron/Flying out for cave/overworld exploration. I’ve barely used the rest.
Aldric
Member
The ones on the surface don't need to be cheesed because you just have to follow trails of accorns and the ones in the depths are barely mazes. You can cheese the sky ones which are the only ones with a bit of challenge.Wait so you can't cheese them?In BotW you can just stay up and jump from top to cheese them
Mr Branding
Member
Stupid question but how does one dismiss companions? This game is one of the best I’ve played!
Bridges
Member
Go into your pause screen and under key items you can turn sages on and off
Bridges
Member
Curious if anyone else ended up doing this (kinda big spoilers so be weary if you haven't finished).
I held off on the main quest for a very long time and eventually did the Goron City quest. Messed around for awhile and somehow accidentally stumbled onto
Anyone else manage to sequence break anything major like this?
I held off on the main quest for a very long time and eventually did the Goron City quest. Messed around for awhile and somehow accidentally stumbled onto
Dragonhead Island, where I got the quest that lead me to the Spirit Temple and received the fifth sage and the master sword way way before I was supposed to. Was very fun playing through basically the whole game with the mech by me. So my path was Fire Temple -> Spirit Temple -> Korok Forest/Master Sword -> Collected all tears -> Water Temple -> Lightning Temple -> Hyrule Castle -> Hyrule Depths
It lead to a pretty funny, albeit anticlimactic, moment near the end of the game
Completely removed the need to do any of the Kakariko Village questline, though I went ahead and did it anyway just to see what it was.
It lead to a pretty funny, albeit anticlimactic, moment near the end of the game
Completely removed the need to do any of the Kakariko Village questline, though I went ahead and did it anyway just to see what it was.
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
So far….Curious if anyone else ended up doing this (kinda big spoilers so be weary if you haven't finished).
I held off on the main quest for a very long time and eventually did the Goron City quest. Messed around for awhile and somehow accidentally stumbled ontoAnyone else manage to sequence break anything major like this?Dragonhead Island, where I got the quest that lead me to the Spirit Temple and received the fifth sage and the master sword way way before I was supposed to. Was very fun playing through basically the whole game with the mech by me. So my path was Fire Temple -> Spirit Temple -> Korok Forest/Master Sword -> Collected all tears -> Water Temple -> Lightning Temple -> Hyrule Castle -> Hyrule Depths
It lead to a pretty funny, albeit anticlimactic, moment near the end of the game
Completely removed the need to do any of the Kakariko Village questline, though I went ahead and did it anyway just to see what it was.
Unlocked all the towers
Did the wind temple
Did 4 of the geoglyphs
Did 50+ shrines
Did the rest of the geoglyphs
Landed on dragon and pulled out Master sword
Did water temple
Did 40 more shrines
Just got two of the spirit sage’s parts.
No lost woods
No master sword quest
Did the wind temple
Did 4 of the geoglyphs
Did 50+ shrines
Did the rest of the geoglyphs
Landed on dragon and pulled out Master sword
Did water temple
Did 40 more shrines
Just got two of the spirit sage’s parts.
No lost woods
No master sword quest
Aldric
Member
YeahCurious if anyone else ended up doing this (kinda big spoilers so be weary if you haven't finished).
I held off on the main quest for a very long time and eventually did the Goron City quest. Messed around for awhile and somehow accidentally stumbled ontoAnyone else manage to sequence break anything major like this?Dragonhead Island, where I got the quest that lead me to the Spirit Temple and received the fifth sage and the master sword way way before I was supposed to. Was very fun playing through basically the whole game with the mech by me. So my path was Fire Temple -> Spirit Temple -> Korok Forest/Master Sword -> Collected all tears -> Water Temple -> Lightning Temple -> Hyrule Castle -> Hyrule Depths
It lead to a pretty funny, albeit anticlimactic, moment near the end of the game
Completely removed the need to do any of the Kakariko Village questline, though I went ahead and did it anyway just to see what it was.
I got Mineru after my third temple, it was one of my favorite moments in the game.
What happend is I went to the Korok forest, couldn't enter from the surface and started exploring in the depths. Saw that you could enter from below, purified the Deku tree, grabbed the Master Sword and then did the shrine in the forest where you have to drop from a sky island to enter the mist from above. I remembered that there was a sky island in Faron that was covered in storm clouds and wondered if I could do the same here. Dropped from a higher sky island, saw the green swirl in the middle of the storm clouds, did the shrine and then it led me to the Construct Factory and the Spirit Temple.
What happend is I went to the Korok forest, couldn't enter from the surface and started exploring in the depths. Saw that you could enter from below, purified the Deku tree, grabbed the Master Sword and then did the shrine in the forest where you have to drop from a sky island to enter the mist from above. I remembered that there was a sky island in Faron that was covered in storm clouds and wondered if I could do the same here. Dropped from a higher sky island, saw the green swirl in the middle of the storm clouds, did the shrine and then it led me to the Construct Factory and the Spirit Temple.
Really cool sequence, although I didn't like how it didn't have any impact on the Kakariko quest that stayed stuck until I finished the 4 regional anomalies quest.
Thank you for these words because this is exactly the situation I'm in.
Hardensoul
Member
I haven’t tackle the TotK labyrinths yet. First time doing them in BoTW I didn’t know about the cheese strat and I did enjoy doing them.
I want to solve the puzzles, first play through will definitely not be cheese!
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Robb
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shubik
Member
60 hours in. I finished 3 temples, did. a lot of side quests, have only one tower left and yet it feels like I barely scratched the surface. I love every second of it and don’t want this game to end.
I just noticed today that I haven’t touched my ps5 in 3 weeks now. What a game.
I just noticed today that I haven’t touched my ps5 in 3 weeks now. What a game.
Hardensoul
Member
Don’t think the game will never really end when you beat last boss. Just so much content.
I may just go ahead and finish the story but I can freely do whatever. Like I did with BoTW!
daveonezero
Banned
Does this game work like BoTw and just load your last save or does it “continue”?
I still haven’t touched the main quest. I’m sort of waiting for master mode.
darth.shrimp
Member
So I've been trying to create a flying laser battery like seen in this video, against the Hinox and Gleeok:
Unfortunately, the rocket keeps sending the whole thing way too far. Out of range of whatever I'm trying to use it against, and out of range of myself, so it shuts down before it can do anything (unless I'm standing right on it). Anyone knows what's up? Did Nintendo stealthily increase the strength of rockets in one of the patches? Am I being sabotaged by the Yiga?
Unfortunately, the rocket keeps sending the whole thing way too far. Out of range of whatever I'm trying to use it against, and out of range of myself, so it shuts down before it can do anything (unless I'm standing right on it). Anyone knows what's up? Did Nintendo stealthily increase the strength of rockets in one of the patches? Am I being sabotaged by the Yiga?
daveonezero
Banned
Whole bird? I want to see one of those ostrich birds cooked.
Rran
Member
I like the way the Bubbul quest works; it's got that Dragon Quest Mini-Medal thing to it where you're rewarded through a tier list rather than simply making it another currency. I think that's a good change of pace, although I also find the monster parts to be pretty underwhelming goodies.
Hardensoul
Member
I don't know, I have not looked into it. I enjoyed Master Mode and had more play time in BotW. My first playthrough in BotW, killing Ganon was a mistake. I only completed 2 Devine beast and not collected most of the memoires. I was just in exploring in Hyrule Castle then Ganon event started. To my surprise, he was easy to beat and I decided to continue, but I died to Beast, which was basically a victory lap
. All because I never did the Gerudo and didn't know about the weak points that the area taught you! Credits rolled but game loaded at point before you defeat Ganon. At that point I went and completed everything except korok seeds only found enough to cap inventory. To get proper and bonus ending.
My comment was more saying if I finish and see the story ending, I could just keep freely playing and not worried about missing out on discussing about story or ignore the spoiler talk online.
I've still been pretty good about not seeing any story spoilers. "knock on wood"....
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Ogbert
Member
So, I’ve spent 50 hours with the game now. Only one temple down. Just been mooching around, taking my time.
I cannot get over how absurdly big the game is.
It has an absolutely idiosyncratic sense of place; like an MMO that you sink 1000s of hours into. An incredible achievement.
I very, very rarely apply this to a game, but it is a work of art.
I cannot get over how absurdly big the game is.
It has an absolutely idiosyncratic sense of place; like an MMO that you sink 1000s of hours into. An incredible achievement.
I very, very rarely apply this to a game, but it is a work of art.
Danjin44
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Nydius
Member
I just finished the main story quest, I believe I have most of the side content done outside of Korok seeds and cave gems, and all it does is reload your prior save before fighting Ganondorf. There’s a story reason for this that becomes apparent during the final cutscenes.
The save file has a star beside it to indicate that you beat the game, but that’s it. 180-190 hours was my playtime but I did a lot of set upgrade grinding.
Late edit: Here’s my playtime vs my BotW playtime. Both are pretty similar: I have done most of the side content (I don’t want to say all because there’s probably some well hidden things I missed), several gear upgrades, about 125-150 Korok Seeds on each because I can’t be arsed to grind all of them:
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Dragon_Rocks
Member
I'm loving this game but feel it's a heavily menu driven game and the loading times suck. I don't care about shiny graphics and all, the game is great looking as is but wish it could be played with instant or quick loading like with some PS5/XseriesX games.
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