I think they're trying to hide that they pissed away 7 years not getting anything substantial done. Not that the game is similar to BOTW mechanically.
So you're saying if I bitch and moan hard enough about the fetch quests and characters having no personality, the next game might try to steal some of Majoras Masks charm?
The first dose just wasn't strong enough, we're going to need a booster to truly beat the shit-demic that the modern games industry has been infected with for the past seven or so years (longer dev times for shorter games )
I agree with the addition of substantive dungeons; however I completely disagree about the exploration. But I also think that our opinions on BOTW's exploration speak to different mindsets concerning the goals behind the exploration. Or maybe something else, I dunno. But that's all just to say that I really loved the exploration; BOTW was one of the only video games I've played that really captured (in a virtual world) a sense of exploration similar to that of hiking or spending a week on a long trail. Minecraft of all things is another example of a game that did this well.
I agree about exploration (it's cool. I most areas there's enough little puzzles littered around the place to keep you entertained. Discovering a place for the first time is the best part of the game. When you are done climbing towers and running into unexpected characters it's still a great game, but most of the excitement is behind you. It's actually the big question mark with the sequel, how exiting can it be if it reuse a lot of the map. Really hope the news areas are massive. Sky island, underground caverns and probably underwater areas? There's one in most Zeldas.
I generally agree. You can just ignore it.
This would have been a smart move. Eventide Island was one of the standout moments of Breath, they should have molded that concept over into a giant sea to explore. You could have large chunks of land to adventure through and climb around on, hell, you could even randomly generate shit if you wanted. But for some reason Nintendo is really in love with the Skyward Sword angle.
They still haven't confirmed if traditional dungeons will return lmao. My guess is we'll get cave systems to replace divine beasts and that's it.
Twilight Princess came the closest to having some actual depth to the swordplay with special moves and stylish abilities but they never returned and that game was way too easy. I like that Breath tried to incentivize clever use of the environment to kill enemies over just swinging your sword around but bombs and fire stop being effective by mid-game and you're back to smacking inflated health bars down because it's simply easier. Parries are fun to pull off and flurry rush is... something, but it just isn't gripping.
But shouldn't a high Fantasy meeting's exploration be a bit grander than replicating real life hiking...? I think Skyrim set the bar, and BotW failed to match it. As time has gone on Skyrim's flaws are more noticeable, a lot of samey caves and fortresses, simple small towns, but it was impressive at the time.
Bullshit. As a big Morrowind fan I can tell you that Skyrim's flaws were readily apparent at the time, especially the same dungeons and small towns, and while you can't really compare the games directly, BotW's world was clearly bigger and had far more to explore.
Skyrim was my first TES game so I can't compare them, but next to BotW it's night and day. I hope you like identical shrines and seeds which literally reward you with actual shit, devs were very self-aware with that one to their credit.
The BotW overworld had tons of stuff to do compared to Skyrim, plus better movement options, plus a better sense of scale, way fewer bugs/crashes, plus an in-game reason for it's cities being so small. Fuuuuuggg, I should really play it again...
What stuff to do? Movement is miles better in BotW, but nowhere to move to but another empty cliff with an enemy and maybe a seed.
