03-08-2017, 12:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-08-2017, 12:32 AM by Jermungandr.)
I'm glad to finally see someone who has criticisms about the game other than myself. Seems like you can't say a single negative thing about the game - even if it's just a tiny insignificant gripe - without people calling for your head on a pike. I agree with pretty much everything you sad.
To alleviate some of your pain though: use your amiibos. The Zelda franchise amiibos (any of them, including the Smash ones) drop tools that have higher durability than what you find roaming the game and it is super useful; I haven't had to return to town to restock on weapons even once yet. (Of course, I also generally don't fight enemies unless there's an actual reason to. A lot of them are literally nothing more than random diversions with no value to fighting them). It doesn't make the feature any less bullshit but it does make your life a lot easier; though in return it kind of makes if feel like you're being punished if you haven't bought any of their plastic toys.
The exploring the world mechanic is functionally just the Wind Waker's sea all over again, except made way more inconvenient due to now having to deal with elevation.
I am enjoying the game, but it's far from being a flawless masterpiece.
[EDIT] You know what very simple thing I feel they could have done that would have added both a lot of flavor to the world as well as making exploration feel more "worth it"? Including a Landmark Journal. Basically, just scatter a bunch of interesting old landmarks around the world (something more than their "burned out village A" and "burned out village B") and reward the player for finding them by filling a log with the history and/or lore behind the landmark, making the world feel like it has some flavor and history and chronicling the deterioration of the world. It'd make the world seem way more interesting than just "Ganon made the world suck, deal with it."
To alleviate some of your pain though: use your amiibos. The Zelda franchise amiibos (any of them, including the Smash ones) drop tools that have higher durability than what you find roaming the game and it is super useful; I haven't had to return to town to restock on weapons even once yet. (Of course, I also generally don't fight enemies unless there's an actual reason to. A lot of them are literally nothing more than random diversions with no value to fighting them). It doesn't make the feature any less bullshit but it does make your life a lot easier; though in return it kind of makes if feel like you're being punished if you haven't bought any of their plastic toys.
The exploring the world mechanic is functionally just the Wind Waker's sea all over again, except made way more inconvenient due to now having to deal with elevation.
I am enjoying the game, but it's far from being a flawless masterpiece.
[EDIT] You know what very simple thing I feel they could have done that would have added both a lot of flavor to the world as well as making exploration feel more "worth it"? Including a Landmark Journal. Basically, just scatter a bunch of interesting old landmarks around the world (something more than their "burned out village A" and "burned out village B") and reward the player for finding them by filling a log with the history and/or lore behind the landmark, making the world feel like it has some flavor and history and chronicling the deterioration of the world. It'd make the world seem way more interesting than just "Ganon made the world suck, deal with it."