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The game is sooooo boring as a casual that’s only playing on commute. It feels like no progress and only grinding. I really wished there was an option to disabl

by salzig 3y ago

The game is sooooo boring as a casual that’s only playing on commute. It feels like no progress and only grinding. I really wished there was an option to disable grinding/breaking of stuff.

zhoujianfu 3y ago
That’s been my problem with Zelda games since maybe OoT… well, maybe not exactly my problem. My problem is mostly that if I don’t play it for a week or two, and come back to it, I can’t remember what’s going on at all and it seems like too much of a chore to re-build my context. They do such a good job with Mario odyssey on showing you what to do and letting you teleport between worlds… there is no grinding at all I feel like. I wish they’d adopt that paradigm for Zelda too.
- arvinsim 3y ago
  I have been stuck on the Lynel in the castle since last year. I am afraid of picking it up again because I absolutely cannot remember where I was and what I was doing.
- cableshaft 3y ago
  Yeah this is why I never picked BOTW back up, I'd no longer remember anything. I keep meaning to, I just haven't done so, and each time I consider it, it seems like too much to take on that weekend. I did beat 3 of the 4 Divine Beasts before that. I know I never tackled the Castle or the DLC. At least with the sequel it's kind of expected I start fresh.
oivey 3y ago
I do agree that progression is slow, but I never felt it was grindy. Stuff broke, but my inventory was always full of other stuff so it hardly mattered. I guess if you felt like you needed to complete all the shrines it could feel grindy? They’re all different at least.
- salzig 3y ago
  Inventory was always full with sh*t. Nothing really helpful. Sure you had to collect some stuff in OoT too, but at least the sword was always available and mostly enough to get around. The shrines are fine for me, it's just annoying to spend time to have meaningful weapons, not just sticks. I stoped playing it and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Would rather tell them to play TP or OoT.
  - mynameisvlad 3y ago
    Did you just play the tutorial and stop when you didn't have a master sword half an hour into the game? Weapons are literally everywhere. You kill a monster, it will generally drop it's weapon. They're scattered all over the ground. They're in chests. There is never a lack of weapons, and that is one of the core points of the game. Literally the only way you could be stuck with tree branches is if you stuck to the opening part of the Great Plateau or intentionally pretended all the weapons didn't exist.
nvarsj 3y ago
The isometric Zeldas on 2DS/GBA are all much superior experiences, especially for a commute imo. Link Between Worlds is one of my favourite games of all time. The 3D Zeldas have always been kind of meh in my experience. Although I did love BotW for the first 20 hours or so.

by salzig 3y ago

The game is sooooo boring as a casual that’s only playing on commute. It feels like no progress and only grinding. I really wished there was an option to disable grinding/breaking of stuff.

zhoujianfu 3y ago

That’s been my problem with Zelda games since maybe OoT… well, maybe not exactly my problem. My problem is mostly that if I don’t play it for a week or two, and come back to it, I can’t remember what’s going on at all and it seems like too much of a chore to re-build my context. They do such a good job with Mario odyssey on showing you what to do and letting you teleport between worlds… there is no grinding at all I feel like. I wish they’d adopt that paradigm for Zelda too.

arvinsim 3y ago
I have been stuck on the Lynel in the castle since last year. I am afraid of picking it up again because I absolutely cannot remember where I was and what I was doing.
cableshaft 3y ago
Yeah this is why I never picked BOTW back up, I'd no longer remember anything. I keep meaning to, I just haven't done so, and each time I consider it, it seems like too much to take on that weekend. I did beat 3 of the 4 Divine Beasts before that. I know I never tackled the Castle or the DLC. At least with the sequel it's kind of expected I start fresh.

oivey 3y ago

I do agree that progression is slow, but I never felt it was grindy. Stuff broke, but my inventory was always full of other stuff so it hardly mattered. I guess if you felt like you needed to complete all the shrines it could feel grindy? They’re all different at least.

salzig 3y ago
Inventory was always full with sh*t. Nothing really helpful. Sure you had to collect some stuff in OoT too, but at least the sword was always available and mostly enough to get around. The shrines are fine for me, it's just annoying to spend time to have meaningful weapons, not just sticks. I stoped playing it and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Would rather tell them to play TP or OoT.
- mynameisvlad 3y ago
  Did you just play the tutorial and stop when you didn't have a master sword half an hour into the game? Weapons are literally everywhere. You kill a monster, it will generally drop it's weapon. They're scattered all over the ground. They're in chests. There is never a lack of weapons, and that is one of the core points of the game. Literally the only way you could be stuck with tree branches is if you stuck to the opening part of the Great Plateau or intentionally pretended all the weapons didn't exist.

nvarsj 3y ago

The isometric Zeldas on 2DS/GBA are all much superior experiences, especially for a commute imo. Link Between Worlds is one of my favourite games of all time. The 3D Zeldas have always been kind of meh in my experience. Although I did love BotW for the first 20 hours or so.