Breath of the Wild
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thanks to *Guaraná for posting the video here
How do you guys feel about the game now? Was all the praise it got justified or was the game overrated after all?
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Breath of the Wild: 2 years have passed since its release, how do you feel about the game today?
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thanks to *Guaraná for posting the video here
How do you guys feel about the game now? Was all the praise it got justified or was the game overrated after all?
It did some big things fundamentally better than its contemporaries, and thus can never be overrated
I feel like there should be a 4th option. I don't hate the game, but I never loved it or "fell out of love for it". It was a ok game that I didn't mind beating or putting time into. But not something I'd ever want to go back to.
Its a very good base, but if the game's very ridged loop doesnt click for you it is an awful game
Still game of the gen. No other game this gen has made me feel the way this game made me feel when i first played it and i've played all the big games. Only thing that came close was KH3 and that was just because of the long wait.
On my first run, some of the charm wore off after the first 10 hours or so, because I kept fighting with the game and its systems and expected a more traditional Zelda experience. I dropped it for a while, but ended up coming back to it later on and once I accepted it for what it was, I really started to enjoy it. It's a fantastic game. Probably one of the best ever made. I've now played through the entire game and the DLC, doing all of the shrines two times over (once with my son who is also enamored with it). I may give Master Mode a go some day.
Breath of the Wild and The Witcher 3 are still the two best open-world titles, both of which fundamentally reinvented the genre (though in entirely different ways).
BOTW is probably my favourite Zelda now (though WW is close). It absolutely deserved the praise it received.
BOTW is probably my favourite Zelda now (though WW is close). It absolutely deserved the praise it received.
It is slotted in a very particular genre. One that I don't particularly care for.
If you don't like the genre, you won't like the game.
If you don't like the genre, you won't like the game.
While I recognize all of it's really great aspects, it is still the most disappointing game I have ever played. Without getting into all of it again becuase I've already written so much about it, BotW gave me almost nothing I want from Zelda. It is the skeleton of a good game, with no meat on those bones.
Its officially my favorite game of all time....still finding new things. Such an incredible game and worth every bit the praise it got and still does....
kinda the same thread https://www.resetera.com/threads/ha...he-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild.102925/
I don't like open world games and this didn't change my mind. I preferred Zelda games focused on dungeons and puzzles than exploration.
Same way I have always felt, incredible first draft at a cool open world Zelda but incredibly flawed. In its current state I much rather play the previous 3D zeldas but if they add dungeons, actual progression, bring back items and so on it can be the best Zelda.
I still love it and consider it my 3rd favourite Zelda of all time.
It doesn't do a few things as well as other Zeldas (I feel the dungeons and story are weaker here) but that world was a joy to explore. I loved how many different ways there were to solve puzzles and the numerous ways you could interact with stuff.
It doesn't do a few things as well as other Zeldas (I feel the dungeons and story are weaker here) but that world was a joy to explore. I loved how many different ways there were to solve puzzles and the numerous ways you could interact with stuff.
It's an amazing game. One of the very few true Open World games.
While other games (Rockstar comes to mind) set their (highly linear) missions inside an Open World that merely connects them, BotW grants the player true freedom in a true Open World. BotW (and maybe MGSV) set the bar for the genre.
"Get back into the mission zone and do it like the level designer intended" has no place in an Open World game.
While other games (Rockstar comes to mind) set their (highly linear) missions inside an Open World that merely connects them, BotW grants the player true freedom in a true Open World. BotW (and maybe MGSV) set the bar for the genre.
"Get back into the mission zone and do it like the level designer intended" has no place in an Open World game.
Still in the honeymoon phase two years later.
It's one of the best games I've ever played, and I cannot wait for the sequel.
It's one of the best games I've ever played, and I cannot wait for the sequel.
I'm more convinced now that I was 2 years ago that it's the best game I've ever played.
Not my favorite but surely the best.
Not my favorite but surely the best.
I like it but the more time passes the more it feels like a techdemo. Seeing those systems from immersive sims on such a big scale was and still is pretty cool. The world has cool designs, too. The Portal-esque shrines are much better than long-ass temples in my view. But the more authored content is mediocre to bad. Like they had no idea how to properly design around a lot of their systems.
The lack of story/and the final boss was disappointing.
Still a great game and it deserves the prise it got.
Still a great game and it deserves the prise it got.
Was going through some difficult times at the release which killed my mood to enjoy gaming. It was the only game that made me feel good. Things got better and I hadn't finished it yet. I feel like you have to finish 120 shrines as I don't consider them side content despite them being optional. They are the main content of the game and the game's brilliance shines even more if you see all the clever things the world has. All the riddles, all the brilliant ways shrines are locked away. Man just thinking about it
It's one of the best games I've ever played, and deserves every bit of love it got.
Probably in my top 3 all time.
Probably in my top 3 all time.
I bought it, got to the point where you have to carry the blue flame to the "old" child girl character, and returned the game.
BotW was my final attempt of many to play a third person Zelda. I can't get into any of those. But I'm extremely excited for the Link's Awakening remake.
BotW was my final attempt of many to play a third person Zelda. I can't get into any of those. But I'm extremely excited for the Link's Awakening remake.
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I hope in a future game they add more weather events/elements like tornados that cross plains which you can see from across the world, tsunamis at the beach and whirlpools in the ocean, earthquakes that change the landscape. This game can really take advantage of the world aspect and enhance it beyond how far most games would go
I hope in a future game they add more weather events/elements like tornados that cross plains which you can see from across the world, tsunamis at the beach and whirlpools in the ocean, earthquakes that change the landscape. This game can really take advantage of the world aspect and enhance it beyond how far most games would go
