Also, usually Nintendo announces DLC with the game launch or before. This time they've been quiet. Not saying it can't happen, I think Animal Crossing got a surprise DLC.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |OT|
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GigaBowser
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Yes, 'Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' Probably *Is* the Best Game Ever
'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' builds on the world introduced in 'Breath of the Wild,' and it provides players with so much freedom they can play any way they want to.
JimboJones
Member
Finished after 110 hours could have finished sooner but was enjoying my self too much.
Probably one of the most fun and enjoyable games I've played in years.
I thought having the same map as BoTW would drag it down and feel to samey but it honestly felt as fresh as the first time I played BoTW.
Still feel they could improve the main dungeons but that's my only gripe.
Probably one of the most fun and enjoyable games I've played in years.
I thought having the same map as BoTW would drag it down and feel to samey but it honestly felt as fresh as the first time I played BoTW.
Still feel they could improve the main dungeons but that's my only gripe.
darth.shrimp
Member
Finally found that final Bubbulfrog. I was afraid my game got glitched because one of the caves isn't showing on the map, so no checkmark next to it either, but after double-checking every cave on an online interactive map, it turns out I was missing a small one just south of Kakariko (honestly, the entrance is barely big enough for Link to walk through it, it's no wonder I never noticed it).
The one not appearing on my map (the one at Puffer Beach) might screw up my 100% though... if I ever bother collecting all 1000 Korok seeds, that is.
The one not appearing on my map (the one at Puffer Beach) might screw up my 100% though... if I ever bother collecting all 1000 Korok seeds, that is.
Hardensoul
Member
That seems to be a take by a lot of people.
But to me the overall quest/experience lead up to the Temple is very good. That I considered that as whole. The Temple itself is like the last Boss floor.
The experience itself is great upgrade from BotW. IMO
Hardensoul
Member
Did you do the wells, I’m kinda lost oh how to track the ones I’ve been through! After meeting the quest giver, I also forgot where she was too
darth.shrimp
Member
I did. The last one was actually where I needed to get to one of the last shrines from.Did you do the wells, I’m kinda lost oh how to track the ones I’ve been through! After meeting the quest giver, I also forgot where she was too
If you haven't, you can take a picture of one for your compendium, then set the sensor to wells to find them more easily; some were actually pretty well
messenger_tongue hidden.Quest giver is at the bottom of the Lookout Landing well after accepting the quest.
Also got all Light Roots, and only one shrine left. I actually know where it is (sensed it while going to Thunderhead Islands the first time, but couldn't find it, and only got to the one at the end by chance) but I'm waiting for the quest to send me there and clear the storm first.
Hardensoul
Member
My curiosity got me to finish Storm area and since I was there I cleared it! Was great Journey to finish!I did. The last one was actually where I needed to get to one of the last shrines from.
If you haven't, you can take a picture of one for your compendium, then set the sensor to wells to find them more easily; some were actually pretty well
Quest giver is at the bottom of the Lookout Landing well after accepting the quest.
Also got all Light Roots, and only one shrine left. I actually know where it is (sensed it while going to Thunderhead Islands the first time, but couldn't find it, and only got to the one at the end by chance) but I'm waiting for the quest to send me there and clear the storm first.
I had been avoiding regionals and only did Rito to help with exploration
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I completed the Yiga set and got thunder helm which helps in the storm area
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darth.shrimp
Member
I have it too now, but it won't help with the visibility. I basically reached the end by placing random beacons and see what stuck, or by following constructs' lights.
I also want to say that
I did the storm islands before finishing all 4 phenomenas, including all the islands, and I kept looking for what I need to do to switch the rain off. Not to mention the amount of times I went to Kakakiro village trying to get into the 5th slab. I actually think that was a bad design choice for an open world game, at least they could've had this open up when you see all the geogliphs and the Shika lady returns and tells everyone Zelda is not real.
Hardensoul
Member
I think I flew from NW and follow the shrine sensor!
Noxxera
Member
I'm guessing you're referring to the tutorial dude. I dont have the answer to how long it takes. Prolly a couple days? But I just wanna say down underneath Hyrule there a several such places with constructs selling that stuff. Myself I usually buy it all clean, then move on, explore, until I stumble on the next guy selling so that's how I do it, never revisited the ones I've bought everything from hahaHi!
I'm in need for some information.
I hope someone remembers or knows what I'm about to ask...
Early game (1/2 hours) I find myself in a cave with the light giving flowers.
Said cave leads to some constructs. With besides him those "Z" things. The ventilators and such. I choose "pick them all" and bought it. Gave it to the construct working next to to "lava" stream. His response was more or less "Ok I'll process this".
My question is; when is that dude ready with my product? I've already made a campfire there guessing it takes a whole day or something.
How does this aspect work? Do i need to go back at some point or?
I'm at a loss.
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Yeah i bought all ie cleared the shelves. But the Zonai "ventilators" aren't present in my inventory. So i ask the construct and he's processing. That implies to me he's making them.
But now i have conflicting information.
The only fact i can operate from is that buying them doesn't put them in my inventory.
I'm as well confused about those apparatuses where you can drop materials in for it to make it into something. Which materials? Is finding out on your own the organic thought process behind this design? Having OCD it's quite a pickle lmao.
daveonezero
Banned
On the shelves he is selling "crystalized energy" or others shops sell Zonai Charges in exchange for zonaite.
He is processing zonaite. (Resource you get from mining). There a more of the processors who sell items in the depths. Don't wait for them to replenish.
The crystalized energy is in you inventory under the "key items" tab. It is the green triangle.
Crystalized charges are then used at a refinery to increase battery capacity. (battery icon on the map there is one near lookout)
It's honestly a bit tedious but a way to have zonaite and Zonai devices have a separate economy.
Zonaite can buy charges or crystalized energy.
Charges can be used to expand battery or buy items form the gumball machines.
Crystalized energy can be used to expand battery.
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Thank you!
Hardensoul
Member
There is 2 different things.
1. Small/large Zonai charges are use like food to recharge your current battery and also use in at dispensers for the different devices for builds.
2. Zonaite Crystallized Charges are currency like rupees/poes. They are use to raise your battery. The only vendor that I use. Is the vendor across last shrine in the Great Sky Island before jumping down. Once you buy 100 charges for 1 bar.
The vendors at the many abandoned forges in the depths sell both and they restock every 2 game hours or 20mins.
Edit: Bosses in depths are best way to farm crystallized charges. Mining Zonaite ore will take too long.
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Fools idol
Banned
is that the one where you have to attach the spikes and lasers to the little tank bots? If so that one took me at least 10 tries ahha, so annoying
Hardensoul
Member
That’s one of the proving grounds. You attached device weapons to robots!
It took too long for me, I just use device fuse on weapons
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Noxxera
Member
When you kill any hostile construct they usually drop some kinda energy balls and sharp objects you can fuse to your weapon, you can drop those into the apparatuses. And you can drop the energy cores you can use to refill your battery into the apparatuses aswell. Drop the energy cores (I usually do 5 at once) and loads of items come out
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
I think the sled can go on top of it no problem.
darth.shrimp
Member
Any wooden plank with some sort of propulsion should be able to as well.
Hardensoul
Member
Yea, you figure another way from me I found high spot and use Tulin and another spot I build a bridge. Bu others are solving that differently too.
Love it that puzzles or environments can be overcome differently!
Hardensoul
Member
Yea, there were couple of shrines that had those builds.
Gambit2483
Member
Amazing how a videogame is potentially teaching kids more about the science of physics than our public education systems...
BouncyFrag
Member
I can’t stand the Goron City music. It eats away my soul bit by bit.
daveonezero
Banned
I really appreciate shots like this in the game.
I don’t understand people who don’t find this game appealing to look at.
To me it is the shear density of potential places to go on every shot.
Noxxera
Member
Yeah the game is big af and feels big af too. Closest game that feels the same in my opinion is RDR2 but I think Zeldas map is better, its squared whereas RDRs is rectangel layout
Noxxera
Member
star fragments isnt the issue for me, it's the ore, need like 30 each for a upgrade
Noxxera
Member
Overall the game is solid for a first playthrough. Then we could get into nitty gritty.. Like I feel the side quests are kinda dull lol, and rupee rewards in quests are way too low
BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
I decided to wrap up the dragon's tears stuff before I "beat" the game, and some of these are amazing. Some of the best direction and animation in cutscenes I've seen in games in years - especially because it doesn't feature uncanny valley mocap of Troy Baker or Laura Bailey for once.
Edit: I mean, don't get me wrong I love their work. Sometimes it's just really nice to see something different.
Edit: I mean, don't get me wrong I love their work. Sometimes it's just really nice to see something different.
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Noxxera
Member
the cinematics was very anime and I can tell it wasn't mocapped, some laughs the baddie does looks weird too lol
TheUsual
Gold Member
Yeah, that is a pain. By the time I found this, I was able to upgrade the majority of my gear. Just exploring caves and Goron Mountain and getting there.
Hardensoul
Member
Ore respawns every minute depending on how far you are from the ore spot. Also farm stone talus for ore. Personally I usually return every 20mins since that's also the length of time all vendors restock.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: When do Ore Deposits Respawn?
Wondering when ore deposits respawn in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Here's the surprisingly complex answer.
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Mitsurugi Reiji
Member
They will save it for the next console when they re-release TOTK
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
FunkMiller
Member
150 hours, and I just rolled credits, with the full ending included.
Every shrine, every lightroot, every main quest, vast majority of the side quests. All without having to look anything up - and that’s down to how expertly the game is put together rather than my skill as a player.
What an absolute masterpiece, and easily - EASILY - game of the year. Magnificent.
And all on an ancient piece of hardware. Wizardry.
Now to go back and mop up the rest of the stuff I haven’t done yet - so probably another 10 hours
Every shrine, every lightroot, every main quest, vast majority of the side quests. All without having to look anything up - and that’s down to how expertly the game is put together rather than my skill as a player.
What an absolute masterpiece, and easily - EASILY - game of the year. Magnificent.
And all on an ancient piece of hardware. Wizardry.
Now to go back and mop up the rest of the stuff I haven’t done yet - so probably another 10 hours
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I finished this game and here are my thoughts.
1. Game is a masterpiece and I love it. I played the game on Yuzu at 4K/60 fps. Remarkably, I had very few crashes and it was a remarkably stable experience. To be clear, I have a 7800X3D and a 4090, but anyone with at least a 2070 should get a far superior experience than the console itself. Needless to say 99% of Zelda players won't get the experience I did, but it's pretty obvious that Nintendo would really benefit from a console that runs these games at 4K 60 fps. It's a tragedy that we have people stuck playing this at 900p/30 fps. It deserves so much more. I know fanboys will tell me that Nintendo is not about flashy hardware, but they can release a more powerful machine that can run this game better without it costing an arm and a leg. Nintendo games are developed with lower specs in mind and it wouldn't take anywhere remotely close to the processing power of a PS5 or XSX to get their games at 4K/60 or 1440p/120. The Switch 2 is rumored to have a PS4 level power and I honestly think that will work well enough. The game didn't look perfect upscaled, but it looked good and did not once did the lower quality visuals hamper the experience.
As for the game, I made every effort to play the game correctly, but I did do some things to stream line the experience. I went through every single shrine and lighthouse. Those were mostly fun. I got the armor sets I wanted, but I used the Skydiving set the most. I also got the Twilight set to give myself an old school Link look. However, I did cheat in that I increased the durability by 10X. You will NEVER convince me that the insanely low durability of the vanilla experience makes for a better system. I also added in resources using a save editor as I did not have the energy to constantly farm things. At first, I tried to upgrade my armor legit, but I got so sick of watching the fairy animation. Seriously, if I have the resources to upgrade my gear several layers, why do I need to sit through an animation every fucking time? I made every effort to avoid using a guide and try to figure things out on my own, but there were times when better hints were necessary. After the Regional Phenomena quest, I was very confused and there was no indication that I was supposed to head to a certain village. Normally the game gives you enough hints to get started, but that pissed me off. I talked to everyone multiple times and everyone said to keep looking. I did give in a look at a guide at that point. Made me mad as I was enjoying listening carefully and figuring things out on my own.
This is the first Nintendo game have played completely through in over 10 years and it was a worthy experience. I started Breath of the Wild on Cemu, but never finished it.
1. Game is a masterpiece and I love it. I played the game on Yuzu at 4K/60 fps. Remarkably, I had very few crashes and it was a remarkably stable experience. To be clear, I have a 7800X3D and a 4090, but anyone with at least a 2070 should get a far superior experience than the console itself. Needless to say 99% of Zelda players won't get the experience I did, but it's pretty obvious that Nintendo would really benefit from a console that runs these games at 4K 60 fps. It's a tragedy that we have people stuck playing this at 900p/30 fps. It deserves so much more. I know fanboys will tell me that Nintendo is not about flashy hardware, but they can release a more powerful machine that can run this game better without it costing an arm and a leg. Nintendo games are developed with lower specs in mind and it wouldn't take anywhere remotely close to the processing power of a PS5 or XSX to get their games at 4K/60 or 1440p/120. The Switch 2 is rumored to have a PS4 level power and I honestly think that will work well enough. The game didn't look perfect upscaled, but it looked good and did not once did the lower quality visuals hamper the experience.
As for the game, I made every effort to play the game correctly, but I did do some things to stream line the experience. I went through every single shrine and lighthouse. Those were mostly fun. I got the armor sets I wanted, but I used the Skydiving set the most. I also got the Twilight set to give myself an old school Link look. However, I did cheat in that I increased the durability by 10X. You will NEVER convince me that the insanely low durability of the vanilla experience makes for a better system. I also added in resources using a save editor as I did not have the energy to constantly farm things. At first, I tried to upgrade my armor legit, but I got so sick of watching the fairy animation. Seriously, if I have the resources to upgrade my gear several layers, why do I need to sit through an animation every fucking time? I made every effort to avoid using a guide and try to figure things out on my own, but there were times when better hints were necessary. After the Regional Phenomena quest, I was very confused and there was no indication that I was supposed to head to a certain village. Normally the game gives you enough hints to get started, but that pissed me off. I talked to everyone multiple times and everyone said to keep looking. I did give in a look at a guide at that point. Made me mad as I was enjoying listening carefully and figuring things out on my own.
This is the first Nintendo game have played completely through in over 10 years and it was a worthy experience. I started Breath of the Wild on Cemu, but never finished it.
Fools idol
Banned
The boss in the sky storm ark boat thingy was super cool but super easy. I was expecting a more challenging boss after that epic climb and .. well it was over in 30 seconds
that's the best boss in the game because it has the best music
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
Xcell Miguel
Gold Member
Shake the controller itself, it's faster/easier than shaking the stick.
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