The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

the game autosaves pretty much any time you're about to encounter anything, i only ever manually save when i'm done playing

finally saved up 13 hearts and made it to the master sword. 2 divine beasts down but i think i will wander aimlessly, im in no hurry to finish this game ever.

yeah thats about as far as i ever got as well

been doing all side/shrine quests. Amazing how much you miss following the main quest.

I've been saving before I cook so I can experiment with different recipes

Not a sentence I was expecting to type after I bought Zelda, but part of the fun is knowing nothing in advance

yeah I have one beast to go (the desert one's internal puzzles are actually really confusing, so I'm not sure I can do it!) and Ive wandered a lot. Actually havent touched zelda in a few weeks tho - I got caught up playing civ V during my hols.

Tip also for anyone who didnt know: when you see the very start of a blood moon happen (you'll see a red moon rise, then eventually notice the misty smoke in the air), cook if you're near a cookfire! All recipes will get the bonus.

there's a blood moon cooking bonus??

yep! its a pretty small window but time seems to stop when you throw food in the pot so if you do that over and over in quick succession Ive found I can fit in at least 4 or 5 recipes if I time it right.

That said I never seem to be near a bloody pot when it happens.

The bonus appears to stop after the moon peak/cut scene, its worth noting.

that is really cool, first i've heard of this bonus!

im unlocking the various shrines in the lost woods. this game is magic

blood moon cooking bonus is news to me as well. finished up goron beast yesterday. felt like a stroll through tarry town square after gerudo beast. I can see by what you carry (about 40 loads of wood) that you come from tarry town.

this game

wow

I wasn’t sure at first. the world seemed so empty for stretches. but you really need that emptiness to make all the little discoveries so magical

<3

the dev presentation about the world design someone posted is fantastic if you can find the link

it was great, but got screwed up because the guy took down the pictures by request since they were from a private presentation

Damn. I would read a book about BotW design.

Had this for a month now and still loving it. I'm pretty inexperienced/slow - I just made it to hurricane windy Ganon, my first boss fight, and decided to run away again until I've got more hearts. That fucker's tricky - or is it just me? I hope it's just me.

Thunderblight was trickiest for me

the others seemed to have tricks to beating them

yeah the wind one is prob the easiest of the four tbh

still cant kill the camel one, been about 5 months since my first effort lol

its the second bit with metal shards where i just cant see him anywhere

I'm so excited, because I've been piddling around with a bunch of indies but have yet to start this or Odyssey. One of them will be my reward for finishing "Celeste."

I found the camel one the hardest by far

Josh it's AMAZING and you will be AMAZED

I've also held back on Odyssey as a reward - gonna buy it when I've finished some university coursework next week...

Thunderblight Ganon is the undisputed hardest boss ime

Oh I see, you gotta use the wind turrets, duh

only way to beat thunderblight (camel) is to take your licks along with shock resist or a ton of hearty heart heart meals

I wish I could get that far, I cant work out the camels innards!

i remember that taking me forever

camel's a xunt

The inside of that camel was the only part of the whole game that made me say fuck this shit, I had to leave it

btw I said it over there but it bears repeating: Odyssey is a disappointment

take that back

its actually so good,

The inside of that camel was the only part of the whole game that made me say fuck this shit, I had to leave it

LOL thats exactly why Ive stalled. I have to complete this to be able to complete a shrine quest (I'm only 3 shrines away from completion) and THEN I can go git Ganon. I mean fuck. I spose I could just go get him now. I dont need all 4 champions. Would I be able to try Vah Naboris after I did the main quest?

Just do it Trayce!

That is, the camel

I couldnt even do it cheating with a fecking YT walkthru ;_;

I have a real shit sense of direction and the spinning tubes confuse my stupid brain.

i never went back after the shitty water boss, just can’t be bothered

That boss was the easiest one!

And the bosses are totally worth doing for the champion boons they give you - Miphas extra life spell, and the Rito's airjump are especially useful.

I found wind and water easiest, and yeh the added abilities are super useful

fuck this electro dude

That boss was the easiest one!

sure, i wasn’t having fun and just can’t be arsed with it. maybe if i collect enough heart containers or whatever.

Well yeah, dont go into the bosses on 3 hearts and no weapons. I didnt even go near them til I had over twice that, the master sword, and some decent armour and powerups.

But I'm also someone who, as Ive said heaps, can just wander around picking mushrooms, galloping on my souped-up black steed (he has the cool Ancient saddle that means I can teleport-call him!) and staring off into space from a cliff, Brian Cox-styles.

ganon......... done. what a game

only 19.60% complete... fffffffuuuuuuu-...