The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild GOTG

chalkitdown wrote:

OrangeRakoon wrote:I genuinely am baffled by how people have so few koroks. I had near 300 by the time I got 120 shrines with no real effort made to look for them. They're just /everywhere/.

Once I read how many there were (this was very early on) and what the reward for getting them all was I didn't bother collecting any more. There was no point. I'm not going to spend 1000 hours with the game finding them so why bother. I think I finished the game with less than 30.

I do the easy ones. Ones under stones, stone circles etc but any of the demanding ones or ones that make you use precious arrows, nah. Still done around 300 though.

chalkitdown wrote:

OrangeRakoon wrote:I genuinely am baffled by how people have so few koroks. I had near 300 by the time I got 120 shrines with no real effort made to look for them. They're just /everywhere/.

Once I read how many there were (this was very early on) and what the reward for getting them all was I didn't bother collecting any more. There was no point. I'm not going to spend 1000 hours with the game finding them so why bother. I think I finished the game with less than 30.

It's fun

Nintendo are going to be doing blogs daily for the countdown to DLC Pack 1

http://zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild/new ... orok-mask/

chalkitdown wrote:

OrangeRakoon wrote:I genuinely am baffled by how people have so few koroks. I had near 300 by the time I got 120 shrines with no real effort made to look for them. They're just /everywhere/.

Once I read how many there were (this was very early on) and what the reward for getting them all was I didn't bother collecting any more. There was no point. I'm not going to spend 1000 hours with the game finding them so why bother. I think I finished the game with less than 30.

You get more inventory slots.

Super Dragon 64 wrote:

chalkitdown wrote:

OrangeRakoon wrote:I genuinely am baffled by how people have so few koroks. I had near 300 by the time I got 120 shrines with no real effort made to look for them. They're just /everywhere/.

Once I read how many there were (this was very early on) and what the reward for getting them all was I didn't bother collecting any more. There was no point. I'm not going to spend 1000 hours with the game finding them so why bother. I think I finished the game with less than 30.

You get more inventory slots.

You never need more than two or three shield and bow slots and it doesn't take long to get enough weapon slots to never have to bother with them again.

And I'd counter the "it's fun" comment with "it's really not."

Yes it is

I've been getting back into this recently. Finally killed my second divine beast and have been exploring the top left of the map. Fun, but that shrine sensor really doesn't help in that area at all. strawberry float I wasted so much time finding something that wasn't anywhere near where I was looking.

Started this today.... Wow. It's genuinely beautiful, best open fields ever.

I've left the opening area, done two more shrines and gone on loads of random wanders.

Any tips on what to do first?

Absolutely magnificent stuff so far. The scale is daunting and the game tells you nothing. It's old school stuff and it lets the player have their own adventure.

Enemy camps are so good. I had a huge pitched battle and was running around for ages dropping bombs and fighting for my life on one of them.

Played this all day today despite being in a bit of a state.

There is so much I love about this game, the craft that has gone into the world, the way that all the systems link together and have a purpose and having the compulsive open world collectable stuff but still having a great story driven main quest with unique puzzles and enemies.

However, there are things about it that make me long for a classic Zelda. The weapon durability stuff is making me run past fights incase I waste all my good gear, the one hit kill enemies are making my piss boil and the lack of 'proper' dungeons really starts to show after a while.

Still can't wait to play more though.

Godzilla wrote:Started this today.... Wow. It's genuinely beautiful, best open fields ever.

I've left the opening area, done two more shrines and gone on loads of random wanders.

Any tips on what to do first?

Explore, don't worry getting caught up in where the game is directing you, just climb a hill or lookout post, see something in the distance and go have an adventure letting yourself be distracted on the way. This is where the game shines the most. Some areas in the game I regret only discovering a few 10s of hours before I 100%ed it.


If you find weapon durability an issue, I suggest collecting Korok Seeds.

Super Dragon 64 wrote:

chalkitdown wrote:

OrangeRakoon wrote:I genuinely am baffled by how people have so few koroks. I had near 300 by the time I got 120 shrines with no real effort made to look for them. They're just /everywhere/.

Once I read how many there were (this was very early on) and what the reward for getting them all was I didn't bother collecting any more. There was no point. I'm not going to spend 1000 hours with the game finding them so why bother. I think I finished the game with less than 30.

You get more inventory slots.

I added about 10 sword slots and never needed more than the 4 shield or bow slots you start out with for the entire game.

the eponymous bollock wrote:

chalkitdown wrote:

OrangeRakoon wrote:I genuinely am baffled by how people have so few koroks. I had near 300 by the time I got 120 shrines with no real effort made to look for them. They're just /everywhere/.

Once I read how many there were (this was very early on) and what the reward for getting them all was I didn't bother collecting any more. There was no point. I'm not going to spend 1000 hours with the game finding them so why bother. I think I finished the game with less than 30.

It's fun

The first few times, yeah. Doing the same few minigames over and over got old very quickly.

The mini game despite being entertaining themselves aren't the most fun aspect of searching for Koroks. Exploring the environment, being led down side paths, climbingan out of the way hill and being rewarded for it is what's fun. Given how many different types of puzzle there are as well I'd say even across 900 of the things the only ones that ever really get boring in any way are the rock shapes.

You can play the game the way you choose and do the things you find most entertaining, and if in doing that you got a few hundred Koroks and then just kind of gave up on them, then fair enough. But if you've dug out less than 50 and are crying 'this aspect of the game is boring' and stopping, then you're missing out on a lot of the great stuff that's packed into the world.

I was still coming across new variations of korok puzzles when I had over 200 of them

Finally fought and defeated Ganon. Was fairly straightforward although I was tooled up to the nines. Loved the ending.

Going back to last save now to carry on adventuring.

DLC On Friday! \o/

Just thought I'd mention it.

\o/

Been on this all day. Really can't express how pretty it is. Easily the best art design in an open world game I've ever played. The lack of creatures in Ocarina always bothered me, but this world is overflowing with birds, goats, snails and all sorts.

I bought a house from a fabulous character, also found Zora's domain, bought some armour, upgraded my hearts and killed a big rock monster.

It's so good. Just so huge it's actually daunting.

Denster wrote:Finally fought and defeated Ganon. Was fairly straightforward although I was tooled up to the nines. Loved the ending.

Going back to last save now to carry on adventuring.

When I finally get around to it... I think that's what I'm going to do - just tool myself up to the max, take a gooseberry fool load of good meals and make sure I win. Trouble is I keep getting side tracked.....

The korok seeds are really the only thing that i didnt care for in this game.

I feel like my last few comments have come across a bit negative, so I just wanted to say I love everything else about this game and it's my new favourite game of all time.

Beaten the Elephant divine thingy. Very enjoyable stuff.

I've sunk 170 hours into this and none of that felt like a chore at all. That speaks volumes. Unquestionably my favourite game of all time and I thought OOT would hold that mark forever. Just loved every minute in the world Nintendo created. It just felt so authentic. Loved all the little touches that just add to the immersion and the hours I spent just running, climbing, horse riding and gliding (not to mention the tremendous fun that shield surfing is) whilst discovering new areas, places people and things was an absolute joy.


Special mention to the horse god who resurrects your dead horses.

Aw did you horse die from an accident
Yes
No it didn't you killed it!






Epic game. Finest piece of software it's ever been my pleasure to play.

Denster wrote:I've sunk 170 hours into this and none of that felt like a chore at all. That speaks volumes. Unquestionably my favourite game of all time and I thought OOT would hold that mark forever. Just loved every minute in the world Nintendo created. It just felt so authentic. Loved all the little touches that just add to the immersion and the hours I spent just running, climbing, horse riding and gliding (not to mention the tremendous fun that shield surfing is) whilst discovering new areas, places people and things was an absolute joy.


Special mention to the horse god who resurrects your dead horses.

Aw did you horse die from an accident
Yes
No it didn't you killed it!






Epic game. Finest piece of software it's ever been my pleasure to play.

You quite liked it then?