Current Events > The making of Zelda Breath of the Wild:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30jGWna4-Ns

This really makes me itching to play another Zelda again, maybe one I've missed
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Wish we were getting another Twilight Princess or Wind Waker. BotW was mediocre. Lots of empty space, very few dungeons, etc. It was TOO open.

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I sleep on zelda games

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It's interesting that they used the Xenoblade team's advice on how to make a big open world, having never done it before. I can totally see that kinda influence
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Spiritlittle posted...

Wish we were getting another Twilight Princess or Wind Waker. BotW was mediocre. Lots of empty space, very few dungeons, etc. It was TOO open.

Man I'm so the opposite of this. I was a huge fan of those kind of Zelda games for a long time but BotW borderline ruined them for me. While they still have individual elements to offer that BotW doesn't, as a total package they're hard to go back to.

Spiritlittle posted...

Wish we were getting another Twilight Princess or Wind Waker. BotW was mediocre. Lots of empty space, very few dungeons, etc. It was TOO open.

Agreed. BoTw felt like another lifeless soul-suck AAA "open world" game to me. I hated the weapon durability, lack of dungeons, bad bosses.

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Zelda?



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Agreed it's a really great game
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saspa posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30jGWna4-Ns

This really makes me itching to play another Zelda again, maybe one I've missed

ya-ha-ha!


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Spiritlittle posted...

Wish we were getting another Twilight Princess or Wind Waker. BotW was mediocre. Lots of empty space, very few dungeons, etc. It was TOO open.

WW had the worst overworld ever lmao

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Spiritlittle posted...

Wish we were getting another Twilight Princess or Wind Waker. BotW was mediocre. Lots of empty space, very few dungeons, etc. It was TOO open.

complains about open space, yet likes wind waker...

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GrabASnickers posted...

Man I'm so the opposite of this. I was a huge fan of those kind of Zelda games for a long time but BotW borderline ruined them for me. While they still have individual elements to offer that BotW doesn't, as a total package they're hard to go back to.

Same. BotW set a new standard for open world games for me.

I had so much fun just shield surfing off mountains and seeing how far I could glide with an inventory full of stamina food. Things just get crazier when you learn how to bomb jump

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monkmith posted...

complains about open space, yet likes wind waker...

Wind waker could have been great if it wasn't so boring to sail after a while. AC 4 finally did sailing the ocean right, an unlikely achievement from an unlikely series.

If there was more to do, if fishing for triforce pieces wasn't so ridiculously tedious, and if you could actually go like 10x faster, it could have been fun.
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botw is basically what the creators of OOT had in mind for OOT

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You mean even when they had a second chance to make OoT in Twilight Princess, it still wasn't what they had in mind?
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I just wish theyd port WW and TP HD to the Switch

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They probably will if they already ported literally all the 3d mario platformers to switch (still shocked when I found out about this)

I wouldn't get them though, playing ww and tp once was enough. Even if they added quality of life improvements, don't think I'd ever replay them. But it's good for new fans looking to play zelda for the first time.
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saspa posted...

You mean even when they had a second chance to make OoT in Twilight Princess, it still wasn't what they had in mind?

@saspa i feel TP was more like a spiritual successor/true sequel.

but at least to me BOTW feels like what they wanted to do with OOT from the beginning.

I recall Miyamoto saying he wanted Hyrule field to feel massive, and that the original idea was to have things link did, such as cutting down a sign persist in time (which happens in BOTW until the blood moon).


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saspa posted...

Wind waker could have been great if it wasn't so boring to sail after a while. AC 4 finally did sailing the ocean right, an unlikely achievement from an unlikely series.

If there was more to do, if fishing for triforce pieces wasn't so ridiculously tedious, and if you could actually go like 10x faster, it could have been fun.

Which is weird because we've had no news whatsoever on the pirate game since that one trailer like 3 years ago.

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SPE posted...

@saspa i feel TP was more like a spiritual successor/true sequel.

but at least to me BOTW feels like what they wanted to do with OOT from the beginning.

I recall Miyamoto saying he wanted Hyrule field to feel massive, and that the original idea was to have things link did, such as cutting down a sign persist in time (which happens in BOTW until the blood moon).

In terms of making a massive hyrule field I agree, but the shrine gameplay is somewhat different to the traditional long dungeons the series had.

I personally liked the shrine idea, bite-sized puzzles to play that don't overstay their welcome. By comparison, the guardians actually felt somewhat tedious to complete. I was never excited to finish them, only relieved. With the shrines it felt good to solve them. My first Zelda game where I didn't cheat with the answers.

Only one or two puzzles felt obtuse, they were star and constellation related if anyone remembers them? Where you had to put balls in the right sockets based on... something
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I adored botw, but I hope the next game has more focused and unique temples and bosses

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Personally if they make even more of a story that would be a welcome surprise, especially since the va was not half bad. I thought the gerudo tribe were great.

And if they make more areas/dungeons like hyrule castle... hoo boy that would be fantastic. Hyrule castle was one of the most amazing areas of a game I'd ever seen. The amount of hidden passages, the amount of ways you could get to it, trying to climb its walls and get to the final boss, it's simply astounding.

To go from the overwhelming fear at the beginning of the game just trying to make it without dying from the beam guardians, to the pure confidence by the end of the game equipped with the hundreds of weapons/potions/armor available... it's a great feeling. Only took 100, 150 hours haha
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Breath Of The Wild is definitely a good Zelda game, though I like Wind Waker, Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess more.

Am I the only one who hated WW?

moving over the water is sluggish, the sea is barren, the pirate encounters are tedious, and I literally couldnt find where to go after the tower of the gods

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One really does have to appreciate the fact that breath of the wild is finally a zelda game with a hyrule that's fully realized which you can explore. If they pack even more things into the game for the sequel, anything from villages, people, enemies, to dragons, it would be amazing.

Sidenote, Wind Waker had the camera but I enjoyed it way more in botw. I love an extensive database of enemies and characters to peruse.
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saspa posted...

One really does have to appreciate the fact that breath of the wild is finally a zelda game with a hyrule that's fully realized which you can explore. If they pack even more things into the game for the sequel, anything from villages, people, enemies, to dragons, it would be amazing.

Sidenote, Wind Waker had the camera but I enjoyed it way more in botw. I love an extensive database of enemies and characters to peruse.

yeah the compendium idea is awesome


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