The chests in monster camps change stop glowing purple once you've opened them, don't they?
I think Kalnaur is thinking of a more-permanent 'you've done this camp' marking?
Like when you clear out a bandit camp in The Witcher 3, the marker for the camp on the map will be greyed out to indicate that.
I guess the difference here is that the camps aren't 'one and done' in BOTW. They aren't shown on the map as 'activities' in the same way.
The locked chests will stay opened IIRC, but there's no way to know you've done that camp unless you walk up to it?
Yes, and also yes but not worth it for just "fight dudes, get weapons" since there were better weapons everywhere else.
The chests in monster camps change stop glowing purple once you've opened them, don't they?
I think Kalnaur is thinking of a more-permanent 'you've done this camp' marking?
Like when you clear out a bandit camp in The Witcher 3, the marker for the camp on the map will be greyed out to indicate that.
I guess the difference here is that the camps aren't 'one and done' in BOTW. They aren't shown on the map as 'activities' in the same way.
The locked chests will stay opened IIRC, but there's no way to know you've done that camp unless you walk up to it?
You could always mark completed camps on the map. There are a limited number of symbols, but I certainly didn't use all of them.
I honestly didn't think about that one, mainly because I was using the markers for unfound shrines, mini-bosses, and areas where chests were, and a few other things, and I . . . used them all up.
As someone who falls for the "camp checklist" type of gameplay, it didn't really bother me here. As said, they're not really structured or intended to be cleared out like that. They're just... camps with enemies and loot, that are there if you want them. From a traditional open world perspective, I love that about them. But they also had the same gameplay problem I and many people have said, where there's no incentive at all to clear them out in the first place.
If the camps were marked, I would probably have been OCD compelled to clear them all. I 100%'d the entire map in AC Odyssey, for gods sake.
I view them not marking the camps as a mercy designed explicitly for me,
Honestly, this is more or less why I wanted them visibly markable as "things" on the map was so I could check them off because that's what I like to do and yes indeed AC Odyssey will be "map 100% complete" when I get to it after Syndicate and Origins which I'll also . . . you know, do what I do with every single other open world game that has a checklist of things to do. Like, that's more or less exactly what I love about open world games is doing "all the things" which again. I recognize this is a me thing, as I said before. And I also get why it's not there but I wish it was because BotW and I are only mildly compatible.
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I love the setting, but after Hyrule Warriors I've found that Warriors games aren't for me. I look forward to a playthrough on Twitch or something from someone who enjoys them. I love the idea of exploring the world 100 years ago, and the battles they fought before the falling to Calamity Ganon.
I have to find my copy... I thought I bought it. Guess I'll fire up my Switch to see if it is on the screen.
I'm so jazzed that they will let us see part if not all of the world before calamity ganon destroyed it all. If anything I'm glad to play as the Champions too. Already pre-ordered it to see the story.
Breath of the Wild is one of my top games ever. Hyrule Warriors is one of my top games ever.
I am psyched as fuck right now. If I had the money I would pre order on the e shop right now and I hate pre ordering. I honestly think the last time I was this excited for a video game I was too young to drive a car. I am missing a piece of my soul and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity fits that hole.
I wonder how large the cast is gonna be.
We've got Link, Zelda, the four Champions, and a cutscene glimpse of someone with white hair I'm going to assume is an Impa who will be playable until I'm told otherwise.
Compared to the 29 we got in Hyrule Warriors (I'm not counting Ganon and Cucco in that, otherwise 31) that's pretty thin, but I assume there'll be more. Some villains, at least.
But if they're going for something that fits into BotW canon rather than what was basically a Zelda fan-fiction crossover, I'm guessing they won't be able to just open dimensional portals and bring toons and wolves and the like in.
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I have to find my copy... I thought I bought it. Guess I'll fire up my Switch to see if it is on the screen.
I'm so jazzed that they will let us see part if not all of the world before calamity ganon destroyed it all. If anything I'm glad to play as the Champions too. Already pre-ordered it to see the story.
Keep in mind that Warriors games are level-based and we'll probably just see small slices of the world and likely very little in the way of towns and stuff outside of cutscenes.
Keep in mind that Warriors games are level-based and we'll probably just see small slices of the world and likely very little in the way of towns and stuff outside of cutscenes.
Yeah, we're going to get battlefields rather than an open world to explore, unless Koei decide to radically change things.
If this is canon (BotW spoilers):
I'm thinking this will have to end with most of the heroes dying, and Link have his Last Stand, Halo Reach-style against a metric fuckton of Guardians. I'd like to see how that works out if so, as 1 vs 1000 is the typical thing in these games, and you could just keep going for hours once you're used to the enemies.
If I were making it I'd have Link get exhausted every few hundred enemies he fights, so you actually slow down.
Eventually you'll be too slow to actually defend yourself, and they can finally put you in your canon healing coma.
I have to find my copy... I thought I bought it. Guess I'll fire up my Switch to see if it is on the screen.
I'm so jazzed that they will let us see part if not all of the world before calamity ganon destroyed it all. If anything I'm glad to play as the Champions too. Already pre-ordered it to see the story.
Keep in mind that Warriors games are level-based and we'll probably just see small slices of the world and likely very little in the way of towns and stuff outside of cutscenes.
Yeah, I have liked previous Warrior games so my mind is preparing myself for smaller maps. I would love to see the final battle at Akkala Citadel at least.
Edit: Apparently I never bought the first Hyrule Warriors... This makes me sad since it apparently is no longer in print since all the normal sites have it out of stock or preowned only (and digital). Guess I was considering it but never pulled the trigger.
I wonder how large the cast is gonna be.
We've got Link, Zelda, the four Champions, and a cutscene glimpse of someone with white hair I'm going to assume is an Impa who will be playable until I'm told otherwise.
Compared to the 29 we got in Hyrule Warriors (I'm not counting Ganon and Cucco in that, otherwise 31) that's pretty thin, but I assume there'll be more. Some villains, at least.
But if they're going for something that fits into BotW canon rather than what was basically a Zelda fan-fiction crossover, I'm guessing they won't be able to just open dimensional portals and bring toons and wolves and the like in.
Purrah, Robbie, King Donphan (who canonically threw a guardian off a cliff all by himself), Prince Sidon (might be too young?), I'd imagine at least one of each race aside from the champions, King Rhoam (sp?), ummmmmm and the rest!
My roster idea, just off the cuff:
Link
Zelda
The Champions
Impa
Purrah
Master Kohga (betrays the Shiekah, forming the Yiga clan)
A generic over-dressed-yet-under-dressed anime girl with impossible hair
Zelda’s dad
Zora king
Ancient Shiekah monk (somehow reconcile how they and the ninjas are the same group)
The monster equipment salesman
Several koroks / that larger one
Spinch
My roster idea, just off the cuff:
Link
Zelda
The Champions
Impa
Purrah
Master Kohga (betrays the Shiekah, forming the Yiga clan)
A generic over-dressed-yet-under-dressed anime girl with impossible hair
Zelda’s dad
Zora king
Ancient Shiekah monk (somehow reconcile how they and the ninjas are the same group)
The monster equipment salesman
Several koroks / that larger one
Spinch
I am ready to fight bokoblins with Hestu and his maracas.
Edit: oh and Kilton with the spring-loaded hammer!
Keep in mind that Warriors games are level-based and we'll probably just see small slices of the world and likely very little in the way of towns and stuff outside of cutscenes.
Yeah, we're going to get battlefields rather than an open world to explore, unless Koei decide to radically change things.
If this is canon (BotW spoilers):
I'm thinking this will have to end with most of the heroes dying, and Link have his Last Stand, Halo Reach-style against a metric fuckton of Guardians. I'd like to see how that works out if so, as 1 vs 1000 is the typical thing in these games, and you could just keep going for hours once you're used to the enemies.
If I were making it I'd have Link get exhausted every few hundred enemies he fights, so you actually slow down.
Eventually you'll be too slow to actually defend yourself, and they can finally put you in your canon healing coma.
The most recent Dynasty Warriors (9) was pretty much an open world game, even with shit like towers to recon the area, crafting, and fishing. It was also horrendous though. Instead of battles being pitched things where you quickly jump from one melee to the next, you have to schlep your slow ass all over the place. Basically, it just added a bunch of generic open world crap, increased sprawl by tenfold, and slowed battle progress to a crawl. It really does not fit with the game engine or design at all, unless the travel time between fights is what you play them for.
My roster idea, just off the cuff:
Link
Zelda
The Champions
Impa
Purrah
Master Kohga (betrays the Shiekah, forming the Yiga clan)
A generic over-dressed-yet-under-dressed anime girl with impossible hair
Zelda’s dad
Zora king
Ancient Shiekah monk (somehow reconcile how they and the ninjas are the same group)
The monster equipment salesman
Several koroks / that larger one
Spinch
Playing as several koroks in a trench coat would be amazing. I'm down for that.
I wonder how large the cast is gonna be.
We've got Link, Zelda, the four Champions, and a cutscene glimpse of someone with white hair I'm going to assume is an Impa who will be playable until I'm told otherwise.
Compared to the 29 we got in Hyrule Warriors (I'm not counting Ganon and Cucco in that, otherwise 31) that's pretty thin, but I assume there'll be more. Some villains, at least.
But if they're going for something that fits into BotW canon rather than what was basically a Zelda fan-fiction crossover, I'm guessing they won't be able to just open dimensional portals and bring toons and wolves and the like in.
Purrah, Robbie, King Donphan (who canonically threw a guardian off a cliff all by himself), Prince Sidon (might be too young?), I'd imagine at least one of each race aside from the champions, King Rhoam (sp?), ummmmmm and the rest!
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I wonder how large the cast is gonna be.
We've got Link, Zelda, the four Champions, and a cutscene glimpse of someone with white hair I'm going to assume is an Impa who will be playable until I'm told otherwise.
Compared to the 29 we got in Hyrule Warriors (I'm not counting Ganon and Cucco in that, otherwise 31) that's pretty thin, but I assume there'll be more. Some villains, at least.
But if they're going for something that fits into BotW canon rather than what was basically a Zelda fan-fiction crossover, I'm guessing they won't be able to just open dimensional portals and bring toons and wolves and the like in.
Purrah, Robbie, King Donphan (who canonically threw a guardian off a cliff all by himself), Prince Sidon (might be too young?), I'd imagine at least one of each race aside from the champions, King Rhoam (sp?), ummmmmm and the rest!
There's going to be enemy commanders. Which means good odds they'll be playable too.
I don't know if they're going to hold a "BotW" human Ganondorf close to their chest, or if this is the game they reveal him. But if they do, boy howdy he better be playable too.
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I don't know that we should assume the same metric ass ton of repetitive content as the last generation of warriors games. P5 Scramble/Strikers showed that Koei/Tecmo can shake up their comfortable formula and make something more varied and tailored to the IP. With them showing off puzzles and climbing there might be something similar going on with this game. So yeah there might be fewer characters but for example, focused more on matching unique abilities to paths designed specifically for them, filled with bespoke cutscenes, challenges, etc. I'd still expect a few more characters but it doesn't have to match the first game, as this one is probably taking some detours from pure mindless grinding.
Hyrule Warriors had it's main story mode then added a bunch of random ass content for characters like Tingle and Ravio. No reason they couldn't do the same for AoC.
Yeah, but its base story was 'holes in space/time/dimensions open up and all the game characters meet up', which sets up whatever you want. That's just a bit too fan-fiction crossover in tone when you're trying to do a serious prequel about the Calamity.
Unless they're not trying to do a serious prequel, which will take a lot of the impact away from it. I doubt Nintendo would want to do that.
I'm saying they can have the serious storyline and then fanfic shenanigans totally separate. I dunno if they will do that though. I doubt they are going to go crazy with the number of characters like we saw before. I'm thinking playable characters will all be BotW and not cross game. That still leaves plenty of room for a healthy roster. Also we'll likely get characters from BotW2 as DLC.
2 years after I picked it up I'm still playing BotW, but I haven't fought Ganon yet. 3 out of 4 divine beasts down (lightning camel is last) and I'm just futzing around looking at stuff.
Spent about an hour last night throwing myself at a silver lynel and I'm not quite there yet.
My wife came up with the best way to learn how to take on a Lynel... She did a challenge to take on the white one on the Great Plateau in Master Mode with just the gear and food you find on the Great Plateau before you leave it. That means sneaking and getting the Bladed Rhino beetles near the shrine of resurrection for an attack boost.
She did it after a while by learning its patterns, parrying, shooting it in the face, mounting the back and smacking it with the 2HD. Wash, rinse repeat and yeah it took a while for her to figure out. It took me twice as long to get it down and one rage quit.
Now they are fun to farm. I often do a Lynel farming tour of the entire map just to get their weapons and arrows.
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Yes, and also yes but not worth it for just "fight dudes, get weapons" since there were better weapons everywhere else.
I honestly didn't think about that one, mainly because I was using the markers for unfound shrines, mini-bosses, and areas where chests were, and a few other things, and I . . . used them all up.
Honestly, this is more or less why I wanted them visibly markable as "things" on the map was so I could check them off because that's what I like to do and yes indeed AC Odyssey will be "map 100% complete" when I get to it after Syndicate and Origins which I'll also . . . you know, do what I do with every single other open world game that has a checklist of things to do. Like, that's more or less exactly what I love about open world games is doing "all the things" which again. I recognize this is a me thing, as I said before. And I also get why it's not there but I wish it was because BotW and I are only mildly compatible.
Set during the Great Calamity. Out November 20.
I'm more than willing to wait should it come close to matching the quality of Breath of the Wild. Could have used a detail or two, but oh well.
I'm so jazzed that they will let us see part if not all of the world before calamity ganon destroyed it all. If anything I'm glad to play as the Champions too. Already pre-ordered it to see the story.
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I am psyched as fuck right now. If I had the money I would pre order on the e shop right now and I hate pre ordering. I honestly think the last time I was this excited for a video game I was too young to drive a car. I am missing a piece of my soul and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity fits that hole.
We've got Link, Zelda, the four Champions, and a cutscene glimpse of someone with white hair I'm going to assume is an Impa who will be playable until I'm told otherwise.
Compared to the 29 we got in Hyrule Warriors (I'm not counting Ganon and Cucco in that, otherwise 31) that's pretty thin, but I assume there'll be more. Some villains, at least.
But if they're going for something that fits into BotW canon rather than what was basically a Zelda fan-fiction crossover, I'm guessing they won't be able to just open dimensional portals and bring toons and wolves and the like in.
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Keep in mind that Warriors games are level-based and we'll probably just see small slices of the world and likely very little in the way of towns and stuff outside of cutscenes.
I didn't know I wanted this until they announced it. I'm hyped.
Yeah, we're going to get battlefields rather than an open world to explore, unless Koei decide to radically change things.
If this is canon (BotW spoilers):
If I were making it I'd have Link get exhausted every few hundred enemies he fights, so you actually slow down.
Eventually you'll be too slow to actually defend yourself, and they can finally put you in your canon healing coma.
Yeah, I have liked previous Warrior games so my mind is preparing myself for smaller maps. I would love to see the final battle at Akkala Citadel at least.
Edit: Apparently I never bought the first Hyrule Warriors... This makes me sad since it apparently is no longer in print since all the normal sites have it out of stock or preowned only (and digital). Guess I was considering it but never pulled the trigger.
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Purrah, Robbie, King Donphan (who canonically threw a guardian off a cliff all by himself), Prince Sidon (might be too young?), I'd imagine at least one of each race aside from the champions, King Rhoam (sp?), ummmmmm and the rest!
Link
Zelda
The Champions
Impa
Purrah
Master Kohga (betrays the Shiekah, forming the Yiga clan)
A generic over-dressed-yet-under-dressed anime girl with impossible hair
Zelda’s dad
Zora king
Ancient Shiekah monk (somehow reconcile how they and the ninjas are the same group)
The monster equipment salesman
Several koroks / that larger one
Spinch
But you repeat yourself.
Surprised to see no mention of Beedle.
Also let me play as a stalhorse you cowards.
I am ready to fight bokoblins with Hestu and his maracas.
Edit: oh and Kilton with the spring-loaded hammer!
The most recent Dynasty Warriors (9) was pretty much an open world game, even with shit like towers to recon the area, crafting, and fishing. It was also horrendous though. Instead of battles being pitched things where you quickly jump from one melee to the next, you have to schlep your slow ass all over the place. Basically, it just added a bunch of generic open world crap, increased sprawl by tenfold, and slowed battle progress to a crawl. It really does not fit with the game engine or design at all, unless the travel time between fights is what you play them for.
Playing as several koroks in a trench coat would be amazing. I'm down for that.
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I don't know if they're going to hold a "BotW" human Ganondorf close to their chest, or if this is the game they reveal him. But if they do, boy howdy he better be playable too.
He's virtually a toddler.
Seriously, if they take too much of it out, they're going to get complaints.
BotW is just extraordinarily great
I don't care it doesn't make sense.
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Unless they're not trying to do a serious prequel, which will take a lot of the impact away from it. I doubt Nintendo would want to do that.
Spent about an hour last night throwing myself at a silver lynel and I'm not quite there yet.
Still an A+ game.
Being able to pull off headshots quickly after whatever dodging you need to do (or before he spews fireballs) is maybe the biggest deciding factor.
She did it after a while by learning its patterns, parrying, shooting it in the face, mounting the back and smacking it with the 2HD. Wash, rinse repeat and yeah it took a while for her to figure out. It took me twice as long to get it down and one rage quit.
Now they are fun to farm. I often do a Lynel farming tour of the entire map just to get their weapons and arrows.
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If Link were capable of remembering anything waking up in the Shrine of Resurrection it would be fighting that death Lynel over and over.