Finally hit a not fun part of the game. The Korok trials are the worst.
The stealth one is awful. The trial of wood is awful. The other one's really good and well done.
Trial of wood does give you really good gear, including a tripleshot bow. And he implies you can "redo" it after clearing it. Which means you can start it to get more kit and then leave I hope, because all the equipment is great and it's FREE.
Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
run past each iron mouthed tree, but run to each one like connecting the dots. A bit different than the initial trek into Lost Woods but they don't really give you any indication that would be so as the challenge is super similar.
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
Yeah actually that may have been the coolest part of the game for me.
The music and presentation, the way things were hidden etc. It felt like a totally different game. It's worth being...exhaustive. Did you look in the hollows of the 6 central pillars?
Damn, no i didnt check those. I assume you have to go in from the top?
No, that's one way (the first way I did it).
In each pillar by the ground floor is a torch, and there is an entrance into the hollow just above it that you can climb to.
Probably not worth going back unless you're a completionist, though it'll be easy to get there with the warp and all. Just 5 bomb arrows and 100 rupees I think.
Finally hit a not fun part of the game. The Korok trials are the worst.
The stealth one is awful. The trial of wood is awful. The other one's really good and well done.
Trial of wood does give you really good gear, including a tripleshot bow. And he implies you can "redo" it after clearing it. Which means you can start it to get more kit and then leave I hope, because all the equipment is great and it's FREE.
Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
run past each iron mouthed tree, but run to each one like connecting the dots. A bit different than the initial trek into Lost Woods but they don't really give you any indication that would be so as the challenge is super similar.
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
Those Trials
Wood wasnt too bad, luckily the enemies dont respawn if you screw up. I fell in the water a few times from skeleton archers.
The stealth one took me a couple tries. The only bad part is near the end after the wolf appears. I lost track of the little guy a few times there. Luckily if you are crouched he can practically walk right by you if you are standing still.
Second Sight was easy. Just used the magnet ability the whole way through. to see the path.
Now what was bullshit was finding my way to the Korok wood in the first place. The first half of the Lost woods was fine. the last half was some bull and I had to look up directions.
Finally hit a not fun part of the game. The Korok trials are the worst.
The stealth one is awful. The trial of wood is awful. The other one's really good and well done.
Trial of wood does give you really good gear, including a tripleshot bow. And he implies you can "redo" it after clearing it. Which means you can start it to get more kit and then leave I hope, because all the equipment is great and it's FREE.
Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
run past each iron mouthed tree, but run to each one like connecting the dots. A bit different than the initial trek into Lost Woods but they don't really give you any indication that would be so as the challenge is super similar.
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
Those Trials
Wood wasnt too bad, luckily the enemies dont respawn if you screw up. I fell in the water a few times from skeleton archers.
The stealth one took me a couple tries. The only bad part is near the end after the wolf appears. I lost track of the little guy a few times there. Luckily if you are crouched he can practically walk right by you if you are standing still.
Second Sight was easy. Just used the magnet ability the whole way through. to see the path.
Now what was bullshit was finding my way to the Korok wood in the first place. The first half of the Lost woods was fine. the last half was some bull and I had to look up directions.
Er...
The answer is to follow the wind. Light a torch, follow the sparks.
If you paid attention in the first half the wind did the same thing, but since you were running between stationary torches it might seem like it was a different puzzle? The entire section is the same puzzle, same solution.
Finally hit a not fun part of the game. The Korok trials are the worst.
The stealth one is awful. The trial of wood is awful. The other one's really good and well done.
Trial of wood does give you really good gear, including a tripleshot bow. And he implies you can "redo" it after clearing it. Which means you can start it to get more kit and then leave I hope, because all the equipment is great and it's FREE.
Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
run past each iron mouthed tree, but run to each one like connecting the dots. A bit different than the initial trek into Lost Woods but they don't really give you any indication that would be so as the challenge is super similar.
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
Those Trials
Wood wasnt too bad, luckily the enemies dont respawn if you screw up. I fell in the water a few times from skeleton archers.
The stealth one took me a couple tries. The only bad part is near the end after the wolf appears. I lost track of the little guy a few times there. Luckily if you are crouched he can practically walk right by you if you are standing still.
Second Sight was easy. Just used the magnet ability the whole way through. to see the path.
Now what was bullshit was finding my way to the Korok wood in the first place. The first half of the Lost woods was fine. the last half was some bull and I had to look up directions.
Er...
The answer is to follow the wind. Light a torch, follow the sparks.
If you paid attention in the first half the wind did the same thing, but since you were running between stationary torches it might seem like it was a different puzzle? The entire section is the same puzzle, same solution.
... well now i feel like an idiot
lol
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AbsoluteZeroThe new film by Quentin KoopantinoRegistered Userregular
Finally hit a not fun part of the game. The Korok trials are the worst.
The stealth one is awful. The trial of wood is awful. The other one's really good and well done.
Trial of wood does give you really good gear, including a tripleshot bow. And he implies you can "redo" it after clearing it. Which means you can start it to get more kit and then leave I hope, because all the equipment is great and it's FREE.
Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
run past each iron mouthed tree, but run to each one like connecting the dots. A bit different than the initial trek into Lost Woods but they don't really give you any indication that would be so as the challenge is super similar.
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
Those Trials
Wood wasnt too bad, luckily the enemies dont respawn if you screw up. I fell in the water a few times from skeleton archers.
The stealth one took me a couple tries. The only bad part is near the end after the wolf appears. I lost track of the little guy a few times there. Luckily if you are crouched he can practically walk right by you if you are standing still.
Second Sight was easy. Just used the magnet ability the whole way through. to see the path.
Now what was bullshit was finding my way to the Korok wood in the first place. The first half of the Lost woods was fine. the last half was some bull and I had to look up directions.
Wood was pretty awful in my experience. If I tried defending myself my gear would catch fire and force me to start over. Found it easier to just not draw my weapons or shield, tank as many hits as I can and attack with bombs to clear a path.
The stealth one was the worst though. It's so slow and boring, and fucking up only damns you to more fucking tedium.
The bow is nice though. Feels like Link got a shotgun!
So I was fighting an Igneo Talus, and had gotten it down to a sliver of health. I decided not to bother with the usual cycle and just bomb arrow the last sliver of its health down. However, every time I tried to draw a bomb arrow, it pulled out some sort of attack that I had never seen before that caused a near-instant explosion for massive damage. I went through several full health bars of that, desperately trying to create some sort of opening so that I could shoot it.
I was quite embarrassed when I realized what was happening there.
Ok so I'm finally getting up to speed. Apparently I missed a shitton in karikaro village and that was the root of my weapon issues in other area's.
Now that I have some 15+ stuff I can actually kill the boko's here and they indeed drop better weapons.
I cleared a bunch of shrines, two more towers and got my first extra heart and stamina upgrades
Got my camera working, now polishing off my sidequests
I also bought some new gear which I upgraded at the greater fairy. There's no downside to upgrading lower level stuff (hyrule tunic and such) beside the modest material cost right?
Wow even like 20 armor makes a huuge difference.
I actually feel like I can make some progress now, thank god.
Okay if you are stealth crouch walking and press the jump button Link will do a short hop forward, covering ground faster. Makes sneaking up on bugs and critters faster and less tedious, don't know if stealth hopping is effective on sneaking behind enemies fast yet as well.
Was wanting to start this today but I can't find the gamepad charger anywhere. Luckily I have a pro controller but it's still bugging me like mad.
I dunno man, i think i'm gonna buy a pro controller.
Because the gamepad is unwieldy as shit for this game. i literally cannot use the airborne matrix mode, because i can't use both thumbsticks at the same time and still press buttons.
Was wanting to start this today but I can't find the gamepad charger anywhere. Luckily I have a pro controller but it's still bugging me like mad.
I dunno man, i think i'm gonna buy a pro controller.
Because the gamepad is unwieldy as shit for this game. i literally cannot use the airborne matrix mode, because i can't use both thumbsticks at the same time and still press buttons.
Gee, literally after posting that I remembered the one place it could be
Was wanting to start this today but I can't find the gamepad charger anywhere. Luckily I have a pro controller but it's still bugging me like mad.
I dunno man, i think i'm gonna buy a pro controller.
Because the gamepad is unwieldy as shit for this game. i literally cannot use the airborne matrix mode, because i can't use both thumbsticks at the same time and still press buttons.
Gee, literally after posting that I remembered the one place it could be
k let me know which works better for you. I have tiny Trump hands FYI.
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KoopahTroopahThe koopas, the troopas.Philadelphia, PARegistered Userregular
The joy cons are surprisingly comfortable for me. The motion stuff in particular is better with the joy cons than with any wii-mote I've used. I think the fact that I don't have to point the joy con at the screen is a huge plus, because I can just chill with my hands in my lap and play like that. The only reason I would buy an additional controller is for multiplayer, and I'll probably end up getting a pro + another set of joy cons.
Can you invert the motion controls on wii u? Id use that instead of L if it was inverted. I did see invert options for camera controls but i don't know if it carries over
The only gamepad issues I've had are when the trials go all motion control. They just don't feel good at all. Maybe it's the bulk of the gamepad, maybe they're better with the joy cons, I don't know. The sensitivity feels all out of wack, and it's constantly going out of alignment with some of the extensive moving some puzzles required, meaning the default "home position" always becomes a really unwieldy position. There was one puzzle that basically boils down to playing golf, and it was damn near impossible to swing the hammer with enough force and be accurate enough that the ball doesn't just careen into a pit.
The motion controls for normal aiming though are... fine, I think. I was finding archery tricky for a long time, and still occasionally slip up here and there, especially on really quick snap shots. I'm not sure if it's me being rusty, the whole new system of arrow arcing, or if the motion controls really are being fiddly.
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
I had my first moment of actual frustration with the game last night when I encountered Lynel. It wasn't clear to me there was an option other than fighting. Beat him eventually, but used a lot of resources doing so. Made the subsequent boss seem like a walk in the park.
The Lynel are scarier fights then the guardians and im at the point i could probably beat the game.
You don't really need them. The fight runs in three phases:
1) just try to keep a pillar between yourself and the guardian. Eventually it will do a ramming attack, hit the pillar, and stun itself temporarily.
2) Once it stops doing the attack in 1, hit it in the eye with a regular arrow when it does the spinny laser thing.
3) When it starts doing the megalaser, it's almost dead, so just bum-rush it and whack it until it stops moving.
Actually the minis at the end:
yes you have free reign to get some wacks in, however with more difficult combat tests they have way too many hps to finish off before the laser goes off. however circle strafing around the thing will make the eye laser miss you. just wait for the third shot, then attack again....he will start to charge it immediately again, so dont get greedy. get a few hits off, then start circling around again.
I did not get an Epona when I used my SB Amibo. Is it a random drop?
As far as I know, it's random. I got lucky and received it on my first scan, while conveniently standing outside a stable (I had no idea Epona was an amiibo reward).
Unfortunately i didnt know either and i happen to use it while in a spot i definately could not get to a stable. I just have to hope it drops again later.
Finally hit a not fun part of the game. The Korok trials are the worst.
The stealth one is awful. The trial of wood is awful. The other one's really good and well done.
Trial of wood does give you really good gear, including a tripleshot bow. And he implies you can "redo" it after clearing it. Which means you can start it to get more kit and then leave I hope, because all the equipment is great and it's FREE.
Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
run past each iron mouthed tree, but run to each one like connecting the dots. A bit different than the initial trek into Lost Woods but they don't really give you any indication that would be so as the challenge is super similar.
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
Those Trials
Wood wasnt too bad, luckily the enemies dont respawn if you screw up. I fell in the water a few times from skeleton archers.
The stealth one took me a couple tries. The only bad part is near the end after the wolf appears. I lost track of the little guy a few times there. Luckily if you are crouched he can practically walk right by you if you are standing still.
Second Sight was easy. Just used the magnet ability the whole way through. to see the path.
Now what was bullshit was finding my way to the Korok wood in the first place. The first half of the Lost woods was fine. the last half was some bull and I had to look up directions.
Er...
The answer is to follow the wind. Light a torch, follow the sparks.
If you paid attention in the first half the wind did the same thing, but since you were running between stationary torches it might seem like it was a different puzzle? The entire section is the same puzzle, same solution.
... well now i feel like an idiot
lol
You dont even need
a torch. Just stop and look at the lightly glowing dander floating around. it gives you wind direction. Took me a while to figure this out. All the damn videos talking about how to get through the woods are full of shit. They are like "look for this tree, then run this way"..
Every memory I unlock makes me want to give Zelda a hug. This weight-of-the-world shit shouldn't be given to any one person to that extent.
It kinda depends on what order you get them in.
I was kind of getting the impression from the first few i did that she was jealous of link being the one to draw the sword instead of her. In general i agree tho.
Finally hit a not fun part of the game. The Korok trials are the worst.
The stealth one is awful. The trial of wood is awful. The other one's really good and well done.
Trial of wood does give you really good gear, including a tripleshot bow. And he implies you can "redo" it after clearing it. Which means you can start it to get more kit and then leave I hope, because all the equipment is great and it's FREE.
Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
run past each iron mouthed tree, but run to each one like connecting the dots. A bit different than the initial trek into Lost Woods but they don't really give you any indication that would be so as the challenge is super similar.
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
Those Trials
Wood wasnt too bad, luckily the enemies dont respawn if you screw up. I fell in the water a few times from skeleton archers.
The stealth one took me a couple tries. The only bad part is near the end after the wolf appears. I lost track of the little guy a few times there. Luckily if you are crouched he can practically walk right by you if you are standing still.
Second Sight was easy. Just used the magnet ability the whole way through. to see the path.
Now what was bullshit was finding my way to the Korok wood in the first place. The first half of the Lost woods was fine. the last half was some bull and I had to look up directions.
Er...
The answer is to follow the wind. Light a torch, follow the sparks.
If you paid attention in the first half the wind did the same thing, but since you were running between stationary torches it might seem like it was a different puzzle? The entire section is the same puzzle, same solution.
... well now i feel like an idiot
lol
You dont even need
a torch. Just stop and look at the lightly glowing dander floating around. it gives you wind direction. Took me a while to figure this out. All the damn videos talking about how to get through the woods are full of shit. They are like "look for this tree, then run this way"..
Lost Woods
Wow I probably spent almost an hour just picking different directions forward from the two torches. After trying to climb the big trees and attempting to hop/glide on them, to considering burning this whole damn forest down. Need to pay more attention.
+1
DemonStaceyTTODewback's DaughterIn love with the TaySwayRegistered Userregular
I feel like there aren't enough shields in chests. Or maybe RNG just hates me. I get so many more weapons that I toss on the ground and yet my shield section isn't even full. Granted I break more shields by flubbing guardian lasers but still. The hell are mah shields at?
Also second dungeon down. I may actually just finish this up this weekend. There's not a lot more to do to really further my Link.
Last night I decided to take on my first walking fully functional guardian. previously I'd only tried to parry the laser against them and this is kind of fail...I can do it against the turrets in hyrule castle because they are so damn far away, its easier to get the timing correct on the parry, but the walking ones want to get in your face. However I found a much easier way.
See a non-moving guardian. Run like hell at it. attack its legs. Break all the legs...then stand in ITS face and whale at it until its dead. dont leave a single leg unbroke or it will drag itself away but if it cant move, you can get in its grill and it cant target you. it got easy after that. I killed 4 in a row and can confirm that they can respawn cause i killed two, then had the blood moon hit, and they immediately reappeared, so i killed them again.
Now the damn Lynel.....those fuckers are kicking my ass. I've been doing foreys into the castle area to get the layout down and farm ancient parts from the turrets and encountered the first gateway lynel by surprise....i managed to kill that one(I think hes the weaker version) using statis to good effect....but the second guardhouse one had a higher level one that is absolutely wrecking my shit.
Finally hit a not fun part of the game. The Korok trials are the worst.
The stealth one is awful. The trial of wood is awful. The other one's really good and well done.
Trial of wood does give you really good gear, including a tripleshot bow. And he implies you can "redo" it after clearing it. Which means you can start it to get more kit and then leave I hope, because all the equipment is great and it's FREE.
Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
run past each iron mouthed tree, but run to each one like connecting the dots. A bit different than the initial trek into Lost Woods but they don't really give you any indication that would be so as the challenge is super similar.
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
Those Trials
Wood wasnt too bad, luckily the enemies dont respawn if you screw up. I fell in the water a few times from skeleton archers.
The stealth one took me a couple tries. The only bad part is near the end after the wolf appears. I lost track of the little guy a few times there. Luckily if you are crouched he can practically walk right by you if you are standing still.
Second Sight was easy. Just used the magnet ability the whole way through. to see the path.
Now what was bullshit was finding my way to the Korok wood in the first place. The first half of the Lost woods was fine. the last half was some bull and I had to look up directions.
Er...
The answer is to follow the wind. Light a torch, follow the sparks.
If you paid attention in the first half the wind did the same thing, but since you were running between stationary torches it might seem like it was a different puzzle? The entire section is the same puzzle, same solution.
... well now i feel like an idiot
lol
You dont even need
a torch. Just stop and look at the lightly glowing dander floating around. it gives you wind direction. Took me a while to figure this out. All the damn videos talking about how to get through the woods are full of shit. They are like "look for this tree, then run this way"..
Lost Woods
Wow I probably spent almost an hour just picking different directions forward from the two torches. After trying to climb the big trees and attempting to hop/glide on them, to considering burning this whole damn forest down. Need to pay more attention.
I can see why people would think it's some other trick than the wind. My first time through, I apparently had the luck of the irish because I made it almost through the whole thing without knowing a thing, considering if you go a wrong way the game kicks you back fairly quickly. First I was following the torches but in a direct way (run to this torch, then run to the next one I can see, ect). Once they stopped, I started looking for some other pattern or hint, and it's about this time that I suddenly noticed that things have devolved into an lsd trip with the trees. So should I be looking for the normal trees, or go towards the really gnarly ones? Then I finally slipped up, and did so a few more times before going back to the torches and noticing the wind effect.
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
Last night I decided to take on my first walking fully functional guardian. previously I'd only tried to parry the laser against them and this is kind of fail...I can do it against the turrets in hyrule castle because they are so damn far away, its easier to get the timing correct on the parry, but the walking ones want to get in your face. However I found a much easier way.
See a non-moving guardian. Run like hell at it. attack its legs. Break all the legs...then stand in ITS face and whale at it until its dead. dont leave a single leg unbroke or it will drag itself away but if it cant move, you can get in its grill and it cant target you. it got easy after that. I killed 4 in a row and can confirm that they can respawn cause i killed two, then had the blood moon hit, and they immediately reappeared, so i killed them again.
Now the damn Lynel.....those fuckers are kicking my ass. I've been doing foreys into the castle area to get the layout down and farm ancient parts from the turrets and encountered the first gateway lynel by surprise....i managed to kill that one(I think hes the weaker version) using statis to good effect....but the second guardhouse one had a higher level one that is absolutely wrecking my shit.
Lynels
There are a handful of attacks here.
Bows: these are a bitch. If you stay close, they almost never draw their bow, so that's the ticket.
Sword swipe: super telegraphed. You can backflip to get away and flurry, or parry for an easy combo. Both are great.
Sword and shield swipe: also super telegraphed, both arms up in the air. A bit trickier timing for parries, but blocking is good enough.
Weapon drawn charge: easy to get out of the way.
Stomp feet charge: dive to the side, and he'll leave himself open for a combo.
At 50% health, he'll start his fire breath bullshit. Run in circles around him and he'll never come close to hitting. After the third fire, he's once again open for attack.
If you can stay close so he never takes out his bow, you can mitigate his damage almost entirely with an armor boosting meal.
I had my first moment of actual frustration with the game last night when I encountered Lynel. It wasn't clear to me there was an option other than fighting. Beat him eventually, but used a lot of resources doing so. Made the subsequent boss seem like a walk in the park.
The Lynel are scarier fights then the guardians and im at the point i could probably beat the game.
The Lynel are tougher fights than the bosses.
I think part of the difference is that both bosses and guardians give you the powered-up master sword, but Lynel don't, so you're effectively dealing half damage compared to the other difficult enemies unless you've managed to accumulate a bunch of atk-up royal guard swords.
+1
DemonStaceyTTODewback's DaughterIn love with the TaySwayRegistered Userregular
Finally hit a not fun part of the game. The Korok trials are the worst.
The stealth one is awful. The trial of wood is awful. The other one's really good and well done.
Trial of wood does give you really good gear, including a tripleshot bow. And he implies you can "redo" it after clearing it. Which means you can start it to get more kit and then leave I hope, because all the equipment is great and it's FREE.
Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
run past each iron mouthed tree, but run to each one like connecting the dots. A bit different than the initial trek into Lost Woods but they don't really give you any indication that would be so as the challenge is super similar.
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
Those Trials
Wood wasnt too bad, luckily the enemies dont respawn if you screw up. I fell in the water a few times from skeleton archers.
The stealth one took me a couple tries. The only bad part is near the end after the wolf appears. I lost track of the little guy a few times there. Luckily if you are crouched he can practically walk right by you if you are standing still.
Second Sight was easy. Just used the magnet ability the whole way through. to see the path.
Now what was bullshit was finding my way to the Korok wood in the first place. The first half of the Lost woods was fine. the last half was some bull and I had to look up directions.
Er...
The answer is to follow the wind. Light a torch, follow the sparks.
If you paid attention in the first half the wind did the same thing, but since you were running between stationary torches it might seem like it was a different puzzle? The entire section is the same puzzle, same solution.
... well now i feel like an idiot
lol
You dont even need
a torch. Just stop and look at the lightly glowing dander floating around. it gives you wind direction. Took me a while to figure this out. All the damn videos talking about how to get through the woods are full of shit. They are like "look for this tree, then run this way"..
Lost Woods
Wow I probably spent almost an hour just picking different directions forward from the two torches. After trying to climb the big trees and attempting to hop/glide on them, to considering burning this whole damn forest down. Need to pay more attention.
I can see why people would think it's some other trick than the wind. My first time through, I apparently had the luck of the irish because I made it almost through the whole thing without knowing a thing, considering if you go a wrong way the game kicks you back fairly quickly. First I was following the torches but in a direct way (run to this torch, then run to the next one I can see, ect). Once they stopped, I started looking for some other pattern or hint, and it's about this time that I suddenly noticed that things have devolved into an lsd trip with the trees. So should I be looking for the normal trees, or go towards the really gnarly ones? Then I finally slipped up, and did so a few more times before going back to the torches and noticing the wind effect.
Lost Woods
Huh I didn't know the trick either. But if you see the screen start going white and immediately dash back the opposite direction you will escape the reset. I just tested directions like that until I found my way in.
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VariableMouth CongressStroke Me Lady FameRegistered Userregular
... I stayed up all night playing. day 1 I played for probably 5-6 hours but since then the thing I've spent the most time on was cooking on Monday afternoon, just didn't have time/focus.
but I have cleaved my way into the game a bit. still not progressing on the story at all haha but I am opening shrines and climbing towers and getting hearts and doing some side quest stuff. there's just so much.
it's marvelous. I haven't played a game this way in years.
... I stayed up all night playing. day 1 I played for probably 5-6 hours but since then the thing I've spent the most time on was cooking on Monday afternoon, just didn't have time/focus.
but I have cleaved my way into the game a bit. still not progressing on the story at all haha but I am opening shrines and climbing towers and getting hearts and doing some side quest stuff. there's just so much.
it's marvelous. I haven't played a game this way in years.
An hour mucking about in this game feels like 10 minutes. It's insane.
I've gone for 5 stamina upgrades (2 rings of stamina), and poring hte rest into hearts for now. It's pretty nice for exploration, eps with the sets.
re: Lynels
Shooting them in the head when they're doing their charge or fireball shenanigans can leave them open to being mounted... and stabbed repeatedly. fun for the whole family! I have so many lighting arrows now...
AthenorBattle Hardened OptimistThe Skies of HiigaraRegistered Userregular
Skipped over some pages, but I wanted to talk about something having now completed 2 dungeons...
Goron and Zora, for the record.
I found the second Divine Beast easier to solve than the first one I did.. Like, I better knew what to do to make it so I had basically no enemies. Should we be taking the dungeon as the initial fight to get to it as well as the dungeon? Because while the dungeons are empty and smaller than traditional dungeons, they seem to still take a bit to get through. I blinked and it was 1 AM when I finally beat the boss. Maybe it's the emptiness and the reliance on physics puzzles.. but.. I dunno. I don't mind, they make 100% sense in the overall world, but they definitely are not traditional dungeons... but I think they might be more mentally challenging at times?
I dunno. Maybe I'm just thinking about Mark Brown's "Boss Keys" series, and how he's gonna react to these dungeons vs. LTTP or Ocarina of Time ones.
I should note that I ran into my first Lynel last night, and it predictably smashed my ass into the dirt. So I climbed around it.
On the other hand, I found a Hinox, snuck up, unleashed a full-stamina Guardian Battleaxe spin on him, and when his miniboss name popped up with his health bar, it was almost completely empty.
I have been going straight hearts. I think I'm at 7 now. Have only run into one or two things I couldn't climb with the default stamina, though wearing some climbing equipment helps a lot.
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Those two are definitely most awful. The other one was still annoying though. Took me many attempts to realize I'm not necessarily supposed to
I really hope that's the most crap part of the game and everything else is great.
No, that's one way (the first way I did it).
Probably not worth going back unless you're a completionist, though it'll be easy to get there with the warp and all. Just 5 bomb arrows and 100 rupees I think.
Those Trials
The stealth one took me a couple tries. The only bad part is near the end after the wolf appears. I lost track of the little guy a few times there. Luckily if you are crouched he can practically walk right by you if you are standing still.
Second Sight was easy. Just used the magnet ability the whole way through. to see the path.
Now what was bullshit was finding my way to the Korok wood in the first place. The first half of the Lost woods was fine. the last half was some bull and I had to look up directions.
Er...
If you paid attention in the first half the wind did the same thing, but since you were running between stationary torches it might seem like it was a different puzzle? The entire section is the same puzzle, same solution.
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... well now i feel like an idiot
lol
The stealth one was the worst though. It's so slow and boring, and fucking up only damns you to more fucking tedium.
The bow is nice though. Feels like Link got a shotgun!
That was awesome.
I was quite embarrassed when I realized what was happening there.
Now that I have some 15+ stuff I can actually kill the boko's here and they indeed drop better weapons.
I cleared a bunch of shrines, two more towers and got my first extra heart and stamina upgrades
Got my camera working, now polishing off my sidequests
I also bought some new gear which I upgraded at the greater fairy. There's no downside to upgrading lower level stuff (hyrule tunic and such) beside the modest material cost right?
Wow even like 20 armor makes a huuge difference.
I actually feel like I can make some progress now, thank god.
I dunno man, i think i'm gonna buy a pro controller.
Because the gamepad is unwieldy as shit for this game. i literally cannot use the airborne matrix mode, because i can't use both thumbsticks at the same time and still press buttons.
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Gee, literally after posting that I remembered the one place it could be
k let me know which works better for you. I have tiny Trump hands FYI.
The motion controls for normal aiming though are... fine, I think. I was finding archery tricky for a long time, and still occasionally slip up here and there, especially on really quick snap shots. I'm not sure if it's me being rusty, the whole new system of arrow arcing, or if the motion controls really are being fiddly.
The Lynel are scarier fights then the guardians and im at the point i could probably beat the game.
Actually the minis at the end:
Unfortunately i didnt know either and i happen to use it while in a spot i definately could not get to a stable. I just have to hope it drops again later.
You dont even need
It kinda depends on what order you get them in.
Lost Woods
Also second dungeon down. I may actually just finish this up this weekend. There's not a lot more to do to really further my Link.
See a non-moving guardian. Run like hell at it. attack its legs. Break all the legs...then stand in ITS face and whale at it until its dead. dont leave a single leg unbroke or it will drag itself away but if it cant move, you can get in its grill and it cant target you. it got easy after that. I killed 4 in a row and can confirm that they can respawn cause i killed two, then had the blood moon hit, and they immediately reappeared, so i killed them again.
Now the damn Lynel.....those fuckers are kicking my ass. I've been doing foreys into the castle area to get the layout down and farm ancient parts from the turrets and encountered the first gateway lynel by surprise....i managed to kill that one(I think hes the weaker version) using statis to good effect....but the second guardhouse one had a higher level one that is absolutely wrecking my shit.
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anyone been rotating? 2 stamina 1 heart?
Lynels
Bows: these are a bitch. If you stay close, they almost never draw their bow, so that's the ticket.
Sword swipe: super telegraphed. You can backflip to get away and flurry, or parry for an easy combo. Both are great.
Sword and shield swipe: also super telegraphed, both arms up in the air. A bit trickier timing for parries, but blocking is good enough.
Weapon drawn charge: easy to get out of the way.
Stomp feet charge: dive to the side, and he'll leave himself open for a combo.
At 50% health, he'll start his fire breath bullshit. Run in circles around him and he'll never come close to hitting. After the third fire, he's once again open for attack.
If you can stay close so he never takes out his bow, you can mitigate his damage almost entirely with an armor boosting meal.
The Lynel are tougher fights than the bosses.
I think part of the difference is that both bosses and guardians give you the powered-up master sword, but Lynel don't, so you're effectively dealing half damage compared to the other difficult enemies unless you've managed to accumulate a bunch of atk-up royal guard swords.
Lost Woods
but I have cleaved my way into the game a bit. still not progressing on the story at all haha but I am opening shrines and climbing towers and getting hearts and doing some side quest stuff. there's just so much.
it's marvelous. I haven't played a game this way in years.
i got two stamina upgrades and then got another heart. Gonna get one more stam and then only get hearts.
An hour mucking about in this game feels like 10 minutes. It's insane.
re: Lynels
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I found the second Divine Beast easier to solve than the first one I did.. Like, I better knew what to do to make it so I had basically no enemies. Should we be taking the dungeon as the initial fight to get to it as well as the dungeon? Because while the dungeons are empty and smaller than traditional dungeons, they seem to still take a bit to get through. I blinked and it was 1 AM when I finally beat the boss. Maybe it's the emptiness and the reliance on physics puzzles.. but.. I dunno. I don't mind, they make 100% sense in the overall world, but they definitely are not traditional dungeons... but I think they might be more mentally challenging at times?
I dunno. Maybe I'm just thinking about Mark Brown's "Boss Keys" series, and how he's gonna react to these dungeons vs. LTTP or Ocarina of Time ones.
On the other hand, I found a Hinox, snuck up, unleashed a full-stamina Guardian Battleaxe spin on him, and when his miniboss name popped up with his health bar, it was almost completely empty.
I have been going straight hearts. I think I'm at 7 now. Have only run into one or two things I couldn't climb with the default stamina, though wearing some climbing equipment helps a lot.