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The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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  • #3542
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    you'll definitely come across something that you didn't know....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Ay4q3z-Xk


  • #3543
    Mr.Saturn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,910 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    Here's BotW running in 8K with a raytracing reshade. It looks absolutely delicious.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwuiGTNoEJA



    Also quite the flex to start it off in Korok Forest, the very spot where the retail release's framerate stutters to a halt the most.


  • #3544
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,526 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Mr.Saturn wrote: »
    Here's BotW running in 8K with a raytracing reshade. It looks absolutely delicious.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwuiGTNoEJA



    Also quite the flex to start it off in Korok Forest, the very spot where the retail release's framerate stutters to a halt the most.

    This speaks to the certainty that I'll be buying the BotW HD release on the Switch 3 in about eight years time!


  • #3545
    YoshiSays
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭YoshiSays


    Think I'll leave the wife and kids behind, travel the world for a few years after covid, and come back when they've grown up and Nintendo games are 4K 60FPS.


  • #3546
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Every time I see this thread bumped.

    tenor.gif

    Got a new 4k projector and while the Switch only does 1080p, BOTW looks glorious on it. Really bright. Actually wish I could go back in time and play it for the first time.


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  • #3547
    YoshiSays
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭YoshiSays


    Same, this is the hope thread at this stage :)


  • #3548
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Cant wait, Ill wait for the Switch hardware revision first though:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi-MRZBP91I


  • #3549
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    I wonder did they deliberately troll people with the first trailer making them spend a year thinking you were going to be exploring underneath the BotW map? This is more like Skyward Sword.


  • #3550
    Gunmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 4,067 ✭✭✭Gunmonkey


    Thargor wrote: »
    I wonder did they deliberately troll people with the first trailer making them spend a year thinking you were going to be exploring underneath the BotW map? This is more like Skyward Sword.

    I still think we might be. There is a point in the trailer Link burns an enemy inside a cave, so there could well be a glut of underground areas too.

    God I hate this waiting....all my mind can do is theory-craft :(


  • #3551
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    That looks beautiful.


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  • #3552
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,575 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    Anyone notice that stuff on Links right arm as he was flying?

    Looks like a vine growing up his arm or something, thought it was interesting....

    I've never played Skyward Sword so not familiar with that side of Zelda, don't even think I'll bother with the rerelease either, I'll just wait for this....


  • #3553
    Star Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Fieldog wrote: »
    Anyone notice that stuff on Links right arm as he was flying?

    Pretty sure that it's the arm that was holding down Ganondorf, merged/fused with Link's arm.


  • #3554
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,575 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    Star Lord wrote: »
    Pretty sure that it's the arm that was holding down Ganondorf, merged/fused with Link's arm.

    Completely forgot about that ... :)


  • #3555
    coffee to go
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭coffee to go


    My working theory is that the arm in fact is the Goddess Hylia’s arm. This in itself is contingent on a further theory that Hylia is the Goddess of Time. The arm supplants the Sheikah Slate in allowing you to do all the timeywimey stuff. Also there looks like there could be serious potential for the game to lean in on time travel, but I’m just basing that on Link’s ancienty-looking outfit in the skydive scene.

    I am likely entirely wrong in this.


  • #3556
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,986 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    I am the First Person to Open this Chest | Breath of the Wild
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHCMcRcrk8s

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=VHCMcRcrk8s

    All of that effort. And guess what's in it? I won't spoil it.


  • #3557
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,075 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    I hate this game and it's totally evil reward structure :D


  • #3558
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Every time I watch a video like that it just depresses me thinking about when I first played through it, rushing home from work every day to get a few hours in, still havent been sucked into a game like it before or since. Hades came close but at the end of the day thats a small indie rougelike, not a whole other world like BotW.


  • #3559
    madmoe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭madmoe


    Thargor wrote: »
    OhEvery time I watch a video like that it just depresses me thinking about when I first played through it, rushing home from work every day to get a few hours in, still havent been sucked into a game like it before or since. Hades came close but at the end of the day thats a small indie rougelike, not a whole other world like BotW.

    Oh....the good old days!! ;-)


  • #3560
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    I bought this game over 2 years ago and couldn't get into it and haven't played it since.


  • #3561
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,986 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    I bought this game over 2 years ago and couldn't get into it and haven't played it since.
    bf8.gif


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  • #3562
    Doodah7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    I bought this game over 2 years ago and couldn't get into it and haven't played it since.

    I'm the exact same...:o

    Personally, it was the breakable weapons that ruined it for me. A game mechanic that I just hated.


  • #3563
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I've been slowly working my way through this whenever I get a few hours. I agree it is initially a bit hard to get into, some of the mechanics are a bit frustrating and moving around is a bit slow. After the initial 4 challenges though, which are really just the game tutorial, it gets much more immersive and enjoyable.

    As someone who is a demon for hoarding equipment in games, I too initially hated breakable weapons, but I really like it now. It forces you to learn how to use all of the different types of weapons and to pick the right weapon for the fight. It also means that you can't just equip a super weapon and then wander around unstoppable, slaughtering lower-level mobs at ease. Well you can, but you'll wreck your weapon. Instead there's always a risk you'll get blindsided, even from the stupidest Bokoblins.


  • #3564
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,986 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Getting a Yiga to Pull the Master Sword! | Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_stbdjS_fbs

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=_stbdjS_fbs


  • #3565
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,986 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Doodah7 wrote: »
    I'm the exact same...:o

    Personally, it was the breakable weapons that ruined it for me. A game mechanic that I just hated.

    That becomes less of an issue the more you play.


  • #3566
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    I bought this game over 2 years ago and couldn't get into it and haven't played it since.

    Ive been gaming since the late 80s and its the best game Ive ever played. Get into it!


  • #3567
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    sligeach wrote: »
    Getting a Yiga to Pull the Master Sword! | Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_stbdjS_fbs

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=_stbdjS_fbs

    This p*ick just created a new Zelda timeline. BOTW2 is going to be waaaaaay darker...


  • #3568
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    sligeach wrote: »
    That becomes less of an issue the more you play.

    It never stops being something of an irritant though IMO. Yes the initial fear of those basic swords crapping out generally lessens, but at least there it added to the sense of vulnerability in those early passages. Pegging it while flailing a tree branch around had a panicky charm. Once you become more powerful it became akin to a chore - which was something the game otherwise avoided very well (in the pantheon of open world / survival tropes).


  • #3569
    Grassey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Grassey


    But I just want the simplicity of starting sword and shield, followed by mirror shield and master sword.

    None of this crafting, and scrounging, and other aspects that detract from the fun game times.

    And gimme a hookshot over climbing/stamina !!!!

    That'd fix the game for BOTW2!


  • #3570
    brady12
    Registered Users Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭brady12


    Having only played botw for a few hours last year I'm wondering should I re start it or wait for skyward sword Hd next month & play that ?


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  • #3571
    ShaneU
    Registered Users Posts: 14,818 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    brady12 wrote: »
    Having only played botw for a few hours last year I'm wondering should I re start it or wait for skyward sword Hd next month & play that ?

    restart BOTW. forget about Skyward Sword


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