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10. Tower: Akkala Citadel Ruins and Tower



I'm now realizing that Breath of the Wild's best gameplay moments, tend to be when it gets a little bit difficult. Probably because, this game gives you so many options for handling obstacles, it's nice when you really are pressured to not just run in swinging thoughtlessly!

And getting up onto Akkala Citadel is a great example, these flying guardians everywhere are no joke--you literally can't sword your way through here, you either have to sneak around 'em, or finally actually have to pull out those bomb arrows and guardian arrows you've been hoarding for 30 hours!

Then once you're up...there's this fantastic floor-is-lava platforming going on, surrounding the tower. There's a fun thing where you have to keep re-using this metal balance beam to get from building to building, and eventually use it to reach to the tower itself.



One unique thing they put in here, is close-quarters combat--there are tough enemies in all the ruins here, and you can't just run past them like most of the game, since you're doing all this careful platforming stuff. Plus, there's lots of nooks for treasure you wanna check out.

The close-quarters combat ends up being really fun, you're likely to use some stealth, or something funny like magnesis, or accidentally booping someone out into the corruption, killing them.

...Most importantly though, just look at that Citadel, that looks good as HECK man. Look at those little cannons. And the ruins up top?? So awesome. Plus Akkala looks cool in general with all the autumnal stuff.

(Mostly Beauty points, Legitimate Gameplay points, and also some Saturation points for all the cool intricacies to explore here.)

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