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hombad46
06/28/23 12:04:29 PM
#101:


andylt posted...
can you swim underwater in this one?

Nope

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MacArrowny
06/28/23 12:15:03 PM
#102:


I wouldn't call that a requested feature. Swimming underwater sucks in games like these (well, pretty much all games, really). I don't even like the surface swimming we have...

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andylt
06/28/23 12:38:29 PM
#103:


Well, I for one was hoping for an underwater biome! TY for the answer, at least I won't get my hopes up now.

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Seanchan
06/28/23 1:00:29 PM
#104:


Why the fuck would you want underwater swimming?!? One of THE worst parts of Skyward Sword!

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andylt
06/28/23 1:05:24 PM
#105:


Well I was thinking they'd do it better than in Skyward Sword!

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MacArrowny
06/28/23 1:06:51 PM
#106:


Skyward Sword's underwater sections are worse than OoT's despite coming 13 years later.

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JackMan
06/28/23 1:46:52 PM
#107:


If the Zora armour actually let you swim like a Zora, the occasional underwater section might be kinda neat.

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notdave
06/28/23 3:01:52 PM
#108:


underwater sections are never good

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htaeD
06/28/23 3:58:05 PM
#109:


But behind on everyone else due to my work schedule

But I just did the first dungeon (wind)
The lead up to the dungeon was also fun with how vertical it all was. The dungeon itself was interesting but reminded me a lot of Botw dungeons.
The boss made it worth it again tho, especially since the final hit was delivered by me falling out of the air after I took damage and I just stumbled through his weak point.

Edit: Btw I do remember liking that for Skyward Sword they just drowned an area to call it a new underwater section.

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Seanchan
06/28/23 4:22:57 PM
#110:


htaeD posted...
Edit: Btw I do remember liking that for Skyward Sword they just drowned an area to call it a new underwater section.

Literally the worst part. You're like "oh thank god it's almost over!" No, fuck you, WATER PART, swim and collect goddamn fish notes. Awww, didn't go fast enough? Fuck you, reset and do it again!

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andylt
06/28/23 6:24:56 PM
#111:


BotW already improved the execution of some of Skyward Sword's ideas, TotK could've done the same with the swimming! (I also liked the idea of drowning the wood to make the water level, but the fish notes thing was not good)

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MacArrowny
06/28/23 6:35:18 PM
#112:


Tadtones is the worst part of any 3D Zelda game.

The problem with swimming in most games is how slow it is compared to other forms of movement. Considering how the rest of BotW/TotK work, I doubt they would've been exceptions.

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_Blur_
06/28/23 8:10:14 PM
#113:


Never understood the tadtone hate. Kinda a dumb section that took me all of 5 minutes. Going in the sunken tree after was cool.

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MacArrowny
06/28/23 8:16:15 PM
#114:


Huh, it took me over an hour. Maybe I was just bad at it.

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_Blur_
06/28/23 8:59:29 PM
#115:


5 minutes is an exaggeration, but it's like 15 minutes max from what I remember. I just played SSHD when it came out, my memory on it shouldn't be that blurry

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Seanchan
06/28/23 11:52:53 PM
#116:


htaeD posted...


But I just did the first dungeon (wind)
The lead up to the dungeon was also fun with how vertical it all was. The dungeon itself was interesting but reminded me a lot of Botw dungeons.
The boss made it worth it again tho, especially since the final hit was delivered by me falling out of the air after I took damage and I just stumbled through his weak point.

I also just finished that dungeon today as my 1st one. I think I had more fun with the climb up than the actual dungeon. Boss was fine but nothing special.

Finally talked to the science girl back at Lookout Landing again and, yeah, it's kind of funny when you've already uncovered 98% of the Depths already.

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_Blur_
06/29/23 2:54:11 AM
#117:


Colgera is probably my favorite boss in the game besides the final ones. I just like skydiving

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HanOfTheNekos
06/29/23 8:44:54 AM
#118:


It's really cool to have a boss that utilizes a unique but core part of the game like that.

Conversely, Gohma is just like - send Goron rolling. Hit eye. So fucking yawn (fire boss)

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TomNook7
06/29/23 8:52:01 AM
#119:


I love this game so much

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Isquen
06/29/23 9:30:01 AM
#120:


So I wasn't expecting to get jumpscared but:

I was ballooning around gliding around the southwest depths collecting Poes for the Depths set and WHY THE HELL IS ANOTHER COLGERA DOWN THERE SHROUDED IN THE DARKNESS.

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TomNook7
06/29/23 12:31:44 PM
#121:


Aight i took off work today to wrap this game up

that finale was absolutely unbelievable

the scope and size of it all, accompanied by the music swelling up

and then the fact that you have to dive down and catch zelda

was not expecting this game to emotionally wreck me

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/4/4/AAK53VAAEnOc.jpg

this game is beyond a 10

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colliding
06/29/23 8:38:16 PM
#122:


yeah I think it's easily the best ending to a zelda game

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LightningStrikes
07/02/23 5:57:26 AM
#123:


Wow the speedboat battle against Kohga was great. The way they have used set-pieces is really inpressive.

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Epyo
07/02/23 9:15:10 PM
#124:


I'm 180 hours in, all caves done, all shrines, all lightroots, all main quests, all side adventures, all cutscenes, 2 side quests left, and I just beat the game! Also 360 koroks found but I won't finish that.

(Finally I can read this thread lol)

Absolute masterpiece, brought me to tears ~5 times, usually due to game mechanics I couldn't believe they implemented. Either my new #1 or #2 favorite game of all time.

I'd definitely put it above BOTW, mostly because the combat doesn't feel like a waste of resources in this game. You're guaranteed to come out ahead by picking up monster horns, which you have infinite space for, and are basically the weapons themselves (the base of a weapon doesn't matter that much, just what you fuse onto 'em!).

I think the only thing BOTW does better is the inside of puzzle shrines. The shrines were much more silly and creative in BOTW, you didn't know what you were gonna get! In here, they're usually very simple/short tutorials of one mechanic each time. Also the number of Rauru's Blessing shrines is absurd in TOTK, what a waste of loading screen time.

Of course, the combat shrines are 100x better in TOTK, admittedly.

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1-Caves
2-Temples (quests before you get inside)
3-Temples (once you're inside)
4-Combat shrines
5-Yiga (anything yiga related)
6-Temple bosses
7-Great fairy quests
8-Wells
9-Outdoor minigames
10-Penn quests
11-Puzzle shrines
12-Depths (exploring, mining, lightroots)
13-Monster control squads
14-Labyrinths
15-Addison
16-Outdoor bosses (gleeoks, hinoxes, etc.)
17-Pictures for stables
18-Koroks (non-escorts)
19-Geoglyphs
20-Koroks (escorts)
21-Green crystal escorts

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07/04/23 9:03:51 PM
#125:


Im 230 hours in and im not close

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_Blur_
07/05/23 5:52:18 AM
#126:


I too have no idea how people are 100%ing this game in that time! (I don't count Koroks as part of completion lol). Also 200 hours in and only at 121 shrines and 90 something light roots but I finally got back to this game today. I'ma guess I'll be at 250+ at least before 100%

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ctesjbuvf
07/05/23 8:06:47 AM
#127:


Koroks count at least up to the point where you have enough to fully upgrade inventory

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Epyo
07/05/23 7:54:34 PM
#128:


Hmmm are you guys not skipping the repeating identical cutscenes at the start & end of every shrine? And the lightroot cutscenes.

I haven't done the math, but my gut would say that could possibly add like 30% to the total playtime.

Every lightroot's cutscene is probably like 1 minute long, and each shrine's start/end cutscenes probably are over 5 minutes each. That would add up to 400+ hours of cutscenes right there.

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07/05/23 8:20:45 PM
#129:


I do skip each one when I can

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LightningStrikes
07/06/23 8:41:02 PM
#130:


Did a bunch, Gerudo dungeon was great, I loved fighting the boss at the start. The last Dragon Tear was a really powerful moment too.

Also I really think you were supposed to spread out the ancient Hyrulean tablets more than I did, so much text Cool lore tidbits however.

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HanOfTheNekos
07/08/23 2:38:54 PM
#131:


Eldin beated! You know what that means... stats time!

81 shrines
60 lightroots
502 koroks

that's 77 koroks in that location (give or take finding some at the fringes or if I go elsewhere in search of star shards)

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Seanchan
07/08/23 11:42:20 PM
#132:


  • Finished getting all the Lightroots. There's still a few mysteries in the Depths that I haven't figured out and/or gotten around to yet.
  • Finished all the labyrinths.
  • Beat the Goron dungeon. It was okay...probably not as good as the Rito one, though I'll admit I sometimes found it easier to just climb and parasail than do things the "right" way. Boss was fine too, though the new power is pretty fun.
  • Getting close to the Zora dungeon.

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VintageGin
07/10/23 12:58:55 PM
#133:


There is so stuff in this game, though I'm still not sure it is a good thing.

I wish there was a way to find out where specific armor pieces are, especially once you're at 2/3 of a set.

I am probably taking a very weird route storywise, given I went:
Fire Temple -> Wind Temple -> Spirit Temple -> Master Sword

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Seanchan
07/10/23 1:54:51 PM
#134:


So much stuff!

I was continuing to make my way to the Zora dungeon and I decided to go back to Lookout Landing to cache in some orbs. Some lady was like "oh no, a spooky voice!". And there went the next hour! I found 2 pieces of a set of armor down there and realized that the last had to be there too and I just missed it. Looked online and turns it out some rocks can only be destroyed with hammers, not bombs, which quickly made me realize what the spot was.

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07/10/23 2:04:29 PM
#135:


I went Master Sword -> Spirit Temple -> Wind Temple -> Water Temple -> Lightning Temple. Fire temple to do (but I actually found this temple first and couldn't figure out how to do it at the time)

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VintageGin
07/10/23 2:46:17 PM
#136:


Seanchan posted...
Looked online and turns it out some rocks can only be destroyed with hammers, not bombs, which quickly made me realize what the spot was.

Oh no, are you kidding me? Is it the knight armor?

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Seanchan
07/10/23 2:50:06 PM
#137:


No, just Soldier's Armor.

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VintageGin
07/10/23 2:52:06 PM
#138:


I have 2/3 on that too, but at least I haven't upgraded it

I don't have a single full set

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Seanchan
07/10/23 4:15:38 PM
#139:


I have a couple full sets. Not all of them give a bonus for wearing all 3; that might be limited to sets you have to find?

I've done no upgrades, but that's because I haven't done the quests to even be able to do that. I know I need musicians but..yeah, haven't gotten around to those.

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HanOfTheNekos
07/10/23 4:20:44 PM
#140:


You don't get full set bonuses unless each piece is at level 2 or greater

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Seanchan
07/12/23 8:06:40 PM
#141:


Oh yeah, beat the Water Temple 2 days ago. I thought it was pretty poor overall. Definitely the worst of the 3 Ive done so far.

I went back to the Spirit Temple area again but Ive no idea how to actually start it or get inside. Either Im being dumb or theres some other criteria I havent met yet.

Finally found the dude who starts the quest for the various tablets Ive found around the world. Id already marked some of them on the map, so that will help.

Ive done basically nothing in the Gerudo area so lots of Shrines to still do there in addition to the Temple.

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Sheep007
07/13/23 2:33:58 PM
#142:


Game finished. Pretty great. Over 100 hours in and I still have about a quarter of the depths and a quarter of the sky islands done. I'm also entirely missing a main quest, for some reason, despite doing every dungeon? Is there one that's missable?

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LightningStrikes
07/13/23 2:49:57 PM
#143:


Sheep007 posted...
Game finished. Pretty great. Over 100 hours in and I still have about a quarter of the depths and a quarter of the sky islands done. I'm also entirely missing a main quest, for some reason, despite doing every dungeon? Is there one that's missable?

Did you fly directly into the storm?

Also finished this recently, fantastic. Definitely do not have the time to 100% this but its very tempting. I thought the Construct Factory was an interesting dungeon, I really like how that and the Gerudo dungeon changed up the formula. The last dungeon also does the same. The whole finale sequence is the best in the series from the big battle with dozens of enemies to Ganondorf reviving to his health bar breaking the boundaries to the dragons to catching Zelda. Actually genuinely emotional too.

Dungeon ranking:

Gerudo>Goron>Construct Factory>Rito>Final>Hyrule Castle>Zora

I guess we can count Hyrule Castle??? Regardless Zora was easily the weakest, the rest were a big step up from the Breath of the Wild dungeons. Overall its amazing how this game expands on that one, they really used having that foundation already to laid out to the fullest.

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Sheep007
07/13/23 3:11:37 PM
#144:


LightningStrikes posted...
Did you fly directly into the storm?
Assuming you mean the buildup to seeing Mineru, yeah. I actually did the accompanying shrine about five hours in, but somehow missed the big door directly opposite until over a hundred hours in.

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hombad46
07/13/23 3:22:53 PM
#145:


Sheep007 posted...
Assuming you mean the buildup to seeing Mineru, yeah. I actually did the accompanying shrine about five hours in, but somehow missed the big door directly opposite until over a hundred hours in.

Same here. I got there and left soon after since I couldn't see a thing

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_Blur_
07/14/23 2:09:26 PM
#146:


Hoverbiking around the Depths getting all the Lightroots and treasures is fun...and I now have 900 arrows lol. Why can't I sell arrows in this game

E: Also most of these Yiga schematics are so hilariously pointless. I used a triple cannon schematic on a Master Kohga fight and that was a blast though, pun intended

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_Blur_
07/14/23 6:21:20 PM
#147:


I found a second Yiga clan hideout thing where you needed all three pieces of armor to enter...and I can't freaking find it again. I guess I didn't mark it on my map. Just got the third piece of armor so I know I can enter the main one, but I want to find this second one again. Think it was along a cliffside around the Forgotten Temple. Or maybe it was to the north around Drenan Highlands. I found it somewhere in that area hoverbiking around again.

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GOGZero
07/14/23 6:33:42 PM
#148:


I finally beat the game today.
I'm glad I stuck with it since the game released. Even went out of the way and beat every Shrine. I wasn't going to put off this game like I did with Breath of the Wild.
I loved it.

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VintageGin
07/14/23 9:54:07 PM
#149:


_Blur_ posted...
I found a second Yiga clan hideout thing where you needed all three pieces of armor to enter...and I can't freaking find it again. I guess I didn't mark it on my map. Just got the third piece of armor so I know I can enter the main one, but I want to find this second one again. Think it was along a cliffside around the Forgotten Temple. Or maybe it was to the north around Drenan Highlands. I found it somewhere in that area hoverbiking around again.

I'm not sure if they all have this, but at least one Yiga hideout has a map that you can look at with locations marked

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hombad46
07/14/23 9:57:06 PM
#150:


I don't think the one blur is talking about is marked on those maps

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