The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

yeah intro quest. i would never spoil brand new content (or anything important tbh).

this console reeeeeally needs some wii u ports btw. skyward sword would be pretty great too.

that's the quest for the warm doublet. there are at least two other ways to get it and there are ways to get by without it.

six hours into this (five hours of which has been walking from distant point to distant point, again and again and again) and i'm apparently having to make a recipe trial-and-error out of some random shit that's not explained. i'm tempted to cheat, not because i'm incapable but because this is so god damned boring.

― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 9 December 2017 00:09 (fifteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

u suck at videogames

harsh but fair tbh

although since i got the paraglider i've been progressing fine, so maybe i just suck at recipes and patience (rushomancy otm, i should have just tried something else)

also i know i'm super late to this game but holy shit it's enormous

First off it's called "the spicy meat and seafood fry" which suggests fish might be a likely ingredient? Also there's a cookbook at the old man's cabin that tells you what's needed.

problem exists between chair and joycon

Yeah early on in the game, read every book you come across. They will give important advice. Also make note of the tips in the loading screens. There is a ton of useful info in there!

Or fuckit and just look it up on Polygon like I have done a few times because fuck a physics puzzle.

that ball maze is fuck

somebody (ciderpress?) had an amazing idea for that one

They did yeah! I wish I'd thought of it. ctl-f upthread if you wanna spoiler :)

oh i saw that, it still sucks. even with doing that you have to flip it at the right angle, and hope it’s going to land in the right place, but i ain’t spendin’ any more time on it

Yeah I have a few shrines ive found and still havent solved, cos theres no way to cheat it really. Still got about 12 shrines to find, somehow!!

so many shrines, so many everything

so many mountain climbs spoiled by trolling rain

worst on that front - in mid-fight with a talus rockmonster then it starts raining. Cant get onto his back to hack at him cos its too slippery. Grr.

most people don't actually know that Hylians played the aliens in Signs

my favourite line of dialogue so far is “please enjoy this apology egg”

also, fuck horses

uh, Moore lost the election pal

...

horse collecting and riding are more of a mini game in this. the game is too huge to not have teleportation, and the large number of shrines gives good enough teleportation granularity, meaning that you'll rarely need to ride very far. If you do need to go far, you are likely climbing some mountains and you ditch the horse anyway. horses seem to be immune to the climate, so they are handy for squeezing the most out of a temporary heat/cold resistance. would welcome a jinglehorse dlc for christmas still.

ah thanks for explaining that. i did wonder how horses would be useful in a map full of teleports.

the one thing i haaated about ocarina was the bloody horse mechanics, and i’ve had a digital horse phobia ever since.

yeah, I plan on skipping all horse racing based "achievements" because the three speed carrot system is not very fun to use and the turning still feels like rotation about a central horse axis.

ugh really? god

that said, it is a good idea to run the roads on a horse at least once after you've unlocked the full map. I found stuff I would have likely missed otherwise.

and the running mount and dismount are awesome improvements

a horse you have max friendship with will follow roads without too much steering, it's fun to cruise past things, plus you can name your horses and decorate their manes

I never bothered using horses at all. I rode one once I think. I either too often would be climbing terrain or exploring details. After awhile you have all your warp points set, too.

I sort of feel bad about it? Like the poor horse NPCs were there for me to befriend and I ignored them.

thanks everyone for excellent tips. at least i know i don’t have to stress about horse mechanics for the time being.

by now i would have spent 15+ hours in this game and all i’ve done is go into new areas and stumble on a few power-ups/side-quests/special items. but it’s fine.

also it’s weird how successfully this game tells you it’s okay to relax. i’m starting to really need better armour though.

yeah the horses rule... 100% agreed that you will find stuff while riding that you missed on foot

yeah i really enjoy how little urgency there is in this game compared to other big fantasy games - you've already shown up 100 years late so why not take your time

lol exactly

I love riding horses around now! I didnt do as much before but now I'm more in the "holding off completing the game, covering as much ground as possible" part of the game its fun to just gallop around. Especially at night. The tune it plays is lovely.

BTW dont listen to me Ive been at this thing about 300 hours now and play it just to relax tbrh

The DLC dungeon crawl thing has super duper music too

i got a horse by running headlong at it like a mad bastard and grabbing its arse before it ran away

aka the best way (if you don't have sneaky juice)

which is the opposite of everything i found on the web, which said to creep up slowly

yeah. sneaking is another game mechanic that i didn't use much early on (outside of one-hitting sleeping monsters occasionally), but it becomes very useful later on when you need to collect 10 lightning bugs to upgrade your armor, etc.

hour #457

I had to let some early horses go coz you can only have like, 5? and I kept getting better ones like Epona from the amiibo drop, and [will not spoil the 2 other awesome horses u can get from quests]

heard about the amiibo drop, not sure i want to spend $17 on a horse though

probably not worth it... but i am sooo tempted to get the amiibos for the Wolf and various unique armors... also i think the Guardian machine amiibo looks sick

my experience with this game seems to be “this is shit <10 minutes later> wait no this is incredible”, again and again and again. somehow between yesterday and today i’ve gone horse crazy.

lol

an ilx poster might just have some pics for you

I gave no fuxx about amiibos but now I have a whole heap. Guardian is one of the few I am missing. Its hard to find outside of ebay now (little wonder - it gives the most useful drops)

Ma cru (sorry for hueg)
https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/24296611_10154743211657757_2580463527887018046_n.jpg?oh=f078adda8aad1bc6ae9b5a48c1180fb1&oe=5AC697EB

conserve those guardian arrows, link

haha cute xp