Garth wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:09 am If I had a criticism, it's that I find the building aspect of it real fucking tedious right now.

I'd agree with that -- I've been spending more time exploring and trying to complete the map and hit shrines than spending time with the building of contraptions. I keep seeing cool videos pop up in my Facebook feed from people that are already hundreds of hours into the game and creating all sorts of crazy shit and it makes me feel like I'm missing out on a fun and hilarious aspect of the game, but I just have to assume I haven't played far enough to really figure all that out.

DrAwkward wrote:

Garth wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:09 am If I had a criticism, it's that I find the building aspect of it real fucking tedious right now.

I'd agree with that -- I've been spending more time exploring and trying to complete the map and hit shrines than spending time with the building of contraptions. I keep seeing cool videos pop up in my Facebook feed from people that are already hundreds of hours into the game and creating all sorts of crazy shit and it makes me feel like I'm missing out on a fun and hilarious aspect of the game, but I just have to assume I haven't played far enough to really figure all that out.

since posting this, I've at least gotten better at it. Things are going together much quicker as I've been getting more familiar w/ the manipulation and understanding the building components. You'll find the building part to be a major component to the shrines if you haven't already.

Still haven't come to any point where I feel like I need to create a wagon though...

I think where this building concept will come into focus is really giving the game some replay value after the game itself is beaten - just to come back and see what kind of silly nonsense I can come up with.

I know it's a manifestation of their multiplicative design philosophy, and I do think that what they've done with the gadgets is really cool. But it is also getting WAY off track for the Zelda series. Zelda fans don't play Zelda to mess with gadget-building physics sandboxes, or didn't use to at least. It feels like this set of mechanics would be more at home in a Lego game.

Viewfinder. Wonderful.

Anthony Flack wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 1:14 am I know it's a manifestation of their multiplicative design philosophy, and I do think that what they've done with the gadgets is really cool. But it is also getting WAY off track for the Zelda series. Zelda fans don't play Zelda to mess with gadget-building physics sandboxes, or didn't use to at least. It feels like this set of mechanics would be more at home in a Lego game.

A short amount of time has tempered my opinion on this and am a lot less annoyed by it. Still somewhat tedious occasionally, but now that I've gotten used to it more (+ spoiler alert: autobuild) I'm enjoying it a lot more and look forward to seeing how stupid I can get.

I quite like it, but it doesn't really feel like a Zelda thing. Nintendo's mastery of the medium is on full display with the interface design of course. It's no easy task to try to incorporate a 3D CAD for dummies into a third person character's ability set, and it's still a bit fiddly, but if any other company had attempted this it would likely have been fucking diabolical. I bet they spent ages and ages on this.

The lore is starting to feel pretty heavy, so for the next one they'll probably want another world reboot. Personally I preferred the version of the characters they used in Wind Waker. Zelda was much better as a snarky pirate captain than angsty princess. The current design team seem to have a more emo sensibility though.

I played the next to most-recent Tomb Raider game. Would take it no problem. Parkouring, camping, hunting, chilling.

Well last game I played was obv Zelda and it's probably going to only be Zelda for the forseeable future so...would I try for the money? absolutely. How's life in Zelda world? Overall not bad probably. Might get a little boring as I'm not sure I'd ever leave that first sky island since it's not established what happens on a Game Over event.

But also I'd like to hope that the time passes in the same way it does where game time one second = one minute IRL and I'd have that money in a few weeks vs whole year.

Garth wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:18 amBut also I'd like to hope that the time passes in the same way it does where game time one second = one minute IRL and I'd have that money in a few weeks vs whole year.

I'd assume it's like dream-time, so one year in-game equals a shorter time IRL, but for you being inside the game it feels like IRL time.

Or, put another way, time passes in-game the same way it does when you're playing it, but you wouldn't think "wow, how quickly time passes", it would feel normal to you.

I could do it. If lockdown has taught me anything it's that I don't prefer being alone, but it's completely tolerable. I'd probably take it slow, do a LOT more skill practice before going into a fight against a robot armed with a tree branch and some fruit. My fear of heights would make being on the sky islands a little problematic but eventually would probably make it down to the mainland.

After that I doubt I'd venture out much past Lookout Landing as things escalate QUICKLY from there.