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Topic	Zelda BOTW and TOTK Switch 2 to add weapon repair... thru a daily gacha roll
SilentSeph 04/15/25 2:30:14 PM #114:	RasterGraphic posted... I'm just so sick of hearing about it since 2017 tbh. It's one of the reasons I don't visit the Switch board anymore lol. Likewise I'm sick of being told that a poorly implemented weapon durability system is the only way to make these games fun, that Nintendo wouldn't bring back durability in TotK if it wasn't a good system, and so on RasterGraphic posted... To me, if you detest a core design decision of a game ... you really just don't like the game. But this is false because I actually love Breath/Tears, there's more to the games than just the weapon durability. Playing around with Stasis/Remote Bombs/Ultrahand/etc., exploring the world, finding/upgrading/dying the armor pieces, building creative Zonai devices, completing shrines, etc. were all really fun to me RasterGraphic posted... It's just not a traditional Zelda game. And I don't think it would work as one. If you got rid of item durability, you would have to change so much about how the game works to not make the game boring. It would make an already fairly easy game completly devoid of challenge. If weapons breaking are the only thing that keeps the game from being boring to you, then it sounds like more of a problem with the game's combat, balance, progression, and rewards. All of these can be improved without the use of breakable weapons. Furthermore, this is the same game where you can hold 999 of each item, dozens upon dozens of meals that fully heal you, rocket shields that let you skip shrines, hoverbikes that let you skip dungeons and challenging terrain, and so on. At this point what exactly is there to be gained from weapon durability when the game showers you in weapons and resources? If they're not going to lean into the survival mechanics more, then the weapon durability simply becomes a pointless waste of time RasterGraphic posted... Some people do enjoy that, but that's not for me. And that is totally fine if you like the system the way it is, I just wish people would stop acting like it is the one and only system that could possibly work for this type of game --- Delicious and vicious, while maliciously nutritious. <cite>SilentSeph posted [p:984722961] in Zelda BOTW... [t:80965980]...</cite> <quote>RasterGraphic posted... </cite><quote>I'm just so sick of hearing about it since 2017 tbh. It's one of the reasons I don't visit the Switch board anymore lol.</quote>Likewise I'm sick of being told that a poorly implemented weapon durability system is the only way to make these games fun, that Nintendo wouldn't bring back durability in TotK if it wasn't a good system, and so onRasterGraphic posted... </cite><quote>To me, if you detest a core design decision of a game ... you really just don't like the game.</quote>But this is false because I actually love Breath/Tears, there's more to the games than just the weapon durability. Playing around with Stasis/Remote Bombs/Ultrahand/etc., exploring the world, finding/upgrading/dying the armor pieces, building creative Zonai devices, completing shrines, etc. were all really fun to meRasterGraphic posted... </cite><quote>It's just not a traditional Zelda game. And I don't think it would work as one. If you got rid of item durability, you would have to change so much about how the game works to not make the game boring. It would make an already fairly easy game completly devoid of challenge.</quote>If weapons breaking are the only thing that keeps the game from being boring to you, then it sounds like more of a problem with the game's combat, balance, progression, and rewards. All of these can be improved without the use of breakable weapons. Furthermore, this is the same game where you can hold 999 of each item, dozens upon dozens of meals that fully heal you, rocket shields that let you skip shrines, hoverbikes that let you skip dungeons and challenging terrain, and so on. At this point what exactly is there to be gained from weapon durability when the game showers you in weapons and resources? If they're not going to lean into the survival mechanics more, then the weapon durability simply becomes a pointless waste of timeRasterGraphic posted... </cite><quote>Some people do enjoy that, but that's not for me.</quote>And that is totally fine if you like the system the way it is, I just wish people would stop acting like it is the one and only system that could possibly work for this type of game --- Delicious and vicious, while maliciously nutritious. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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