Your top 3 worst things in BOTW

[balgajo]

Hello everyone, my first thread here on Era after the great migration.

So, what are the top 3 things that you disliked most in the game(if possible listed by priority)?

Mine:

1 - Lack of visual variety/atmosphere in dungeons and shrines
Zelda team was always able to create different aesthetics and atmosphere for the dungeons. The feeling that you get on Water Temple is completely different than Forest Temple for example. Those are things that I value much more than puzzles. The talent is still there, I mean, the same people created that awesome Hyrule Castle.

2 - Copy/Paste design
Enemy camps, stables, bosses(hinox, talus, ...), shrines, main quest structure... I would gladly accept a smaller overworld but with more unique content next time.

3- Weapon Durability
They tried to fix something that wasn't a problem before imo(actually I really like the old weapon system). As I stated in another thread they made the sensation of receiving new weapons as bad as receiving some rupees in TP. Usually in BOTW I'm more happy receiving rupees than weapons because after opening a chest I have to open inventory and choose a weapon to throw away because it's always full.

 

[MechanicalWall]

1. Rain
2. Rain
3. Go away

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

1. Lynels
2. Lynels
3. Lynels

 

[Deleted member 249]

I adore the game, but I would argue the story presentation (which ruins any sense of progression and pacing), enemy variety, and the Divine Beasts as the big 'dungeons', are all areas that can and should be improved in the hypothetical sequel.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

1) Rain
2) That's it
3) Rain

 

[Deleted member 1413]

No dog petting.

No Darknauts.

Shield parry is cool, but feels like they didn't add an extra mechanic to it. Shield hit box is small making it harder to pull off than than a dodge but it seemingly has less utility.


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I don't think weapons breaking is an issue unless you're not trying to play it. An issue with weapons might be that they don't break often enough since you'll get a bunch you can't pick up.

 

[Einbroch]

1. Lame Biggoron Sword.
2. No social links ending with a steamy date.
3. No "Ay dit..dit..." when you get hurt.

 

[Lockjaw333]

1. Rain
2. Rain
3. Go away

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[Deleted member 24550]

Erm. I'm thinking it might be my GOAT. But if I'd rank it...

1. Story could have been more elaborate, especially present day
2. Would have liked more thematic shrines
3. The overworld should change more depending on the things you did

 

[falcondoc]

For the life of me I will never understand the weapon durability complaints

 

[Anth0ny]

only 3?

1. lack of memorable music
2. lack of memorable moments
3. dungeons are average

 

[SmittyWerbenManJensen]

It ended
I will never be able to play it for the 1st time again
More bosses (as in, different boss enemies)

 

[ezekial45]

1. Weak combat
2. Weapon Durability
3. Too many shrines

 

[ffdgh]

Rain
Sidequest rewards most of the time
Enemy variety

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

For the life of me I will never understand the weapon durability complaints

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The concept is fine but it's too harsh with how soon most break.

 

[Stowaway Silfer]

It ends
It's not on PC
Can't play as Zelda
...That's the best I can come up with.

 

[RPGam3r]

1. Lynels
2. The weird white haze the game seems to have
3. Lack of proper dungeons

Love this game though, so these complaints are minor overall.

 

[Virtua King]

1. Weapon Durability (If I don't have to worry about it in games with way better combat and real challenge like Soulsborne, Nioh, and even the Witcher, there are no excuses here)
2. No real dungeons (the 4 beasts were a joke)
3. No unique items past the beginning (where the hell is my hookshot?!)

I have way more issues with the game,like the lack of music for one, but I'm sure someone else will have them covered.

 

[silva1991]

I agree with 2 and 3

After you spend your first 20 or so hours in the green areas, you move on to the the desert, jungles etc and you same 99% of the same enemies.

Different areas disparately needed many new and unique enemy types.

I'll add that I hate master sword charging time. way too long.

1. Lynels
2. Lynels
3. Lynels

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But they are the best enemies in the game.

 

[MasterYoshi]

Can't register crazy mounts.

Can't tame Lynels.

 

[Skittzo]

1. Enemy variety
2. Shrine/dungeon aesthetics all being the same
3. Too many combat shrines

 

[Admiral Woofington]

1. Weapon Durability- enough people dislike its current implementation where I know I'm not alone on this. It can be fiddled with and improved if they absolutely want to keep it for a sequel.

2. Rain- The amount of time it rained was ridiculous. Fucking stop.

3. Story presentation and quality- just like they went above and beyond for the gameplay, they need to do something about the story, it was boring as shit. And the presentation was also shitty. Finding memories based off locations you only only from a single pic and a hint was dumb. You can have a standard method to tell your story. Or at least have it be more environmental.

 

[Nosgotham]

Increased boss type characters needed. Lynel variations are cool and all but more big baddies please

 

[DrBillRiverman]

Variety is 100% the biggest issue i had with BOTW. In terms of visuals, enemies, friendlies etc... I appreciate that making a game of this scale must have necessitated limiting the pool a bit, but it is still disappointing.

The grind for high level gear is mind numbing. Especially the "of the wild" set.

Performance in the woods

 

[Jpop]

2 - Copy/Paste design
Enemy camps, stables, bosses(hinox, talus, ...), shrines, main quest structure... I would gladly accept a smaller overworld but with more unique content next time.

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This isn't a valid complaint.

-Encounters/Enemy Camps

The design isn't copy and pasted. Every placement is handcrafted. Each encounter is unique as the circumstances of the encounter vary dramatically depending on the geography,weather, and what weapons/skills you have available to you.

-Stables

I'm not sure what your point is with this? A stable is a stable I'm not sure what type of variety you are looking for here.

-Shrines

The shrines are anything but copy-pasted and are incredibly well designed for bite sized puzzles.

-Main Quest Structure

There is no structure to the main quest and it can be tackled from any way. Each time you tackle it you can do it in a different way thus it is impossible for its design to be copy and pasted.

 

[Aniki]

The limited number of different enemies.

 

[Asbsand]

1. The side-quest stories never really top the likes of Majora's Mask, and honestly that shouldn't be that hard to beat.
2. Those dungeons are shit. Sorry.
3. Everything feels too quantified. Find secrets, reduce payoff to a collectible that isn't worthwhile for completionists, lack of good sense of discovery in the long-run.

 

[Acquiescence]

I'm still very early into it, but so far...

3. Weapon durability
2. Another lifeless open world
1. WHY THE FUCK CAN LINK ONLY SPRINT AS LONG AS THE AVERAGE PENSIONER!

 

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