Yeah exactly but the open world aspect fucks the balancing all to hell since you can just go around collecting all the good shit before hitting up the parts of the game that had some sort of game design put into them.
Joseph Anderson actually had an idea I liked to make the Shrines a bit better. He proposed that if there were say 200 shrines, the first 25 you encounter would be the beginning shrines, then after that the next 25 build on the previous ideas or are new tougher challenges and so on. You can still go to any shrine you want, its just instead of a set puzzle inside that specific shrine, shrines will now pull puzzles depending on what you've completed. It could also be extended based on any story quests or dungeons you've done and any items you would get from them like a traditional Zelda. That way you can still explore freely, but the game will only give you puzzles it knows you can complete.
Then you would lose the shrines that build on concepts from that area of the map. I remember quite a few in Botw that were based around elements of the location and used to teach mechanics running up to a divine beast, like wind shrines by the Rito village, electric shrines in the desert, with one introducing the mechanics near the start of the area. I just think that shrines are not the way to go for the future, but if they insist on keeping them then the least they could do is theme them to the area, or have different styles or something. It would be cool to find a destroyed shrine and have to solve it through all the rubble and broken collapsed pieces, it could even be pitch black because it has no power or something, like that forest in Botw.
I agree and there's too many compromises to be made. Theoretically you could combine the two ideas by having different areas with themed shrines that are only accessible after certain events, but it could make things feel uneven or out of place.
I can't think of anything other than bringing the green thing to the shrine entrance or going through the rings while glinding or riding your shield. It's not really the same, but I think that's the closest it got.
That's really bizzare considering all the praise people had for Eventide island. It's almost like they didn't listen to any feedback at all
Fair. Shadow Tower I can understand being rather divisive.
In general, I just don't remember any of From's games having these death traps (except for KF The Ancient City, that one I remember). Even Shadow Tower I never experienced this "die immediately to a trap you couldn't see" thing.
This is funny because Skyrim's UI is commonly considered absolute dogshit
From what I have played, not really. There is the bringing the rock to the shrine as @Kit Marz stated, but beyond that repeated puzzle, I have not come across anything. Eventide, I am pretty sure is now a general area with no challenge. The dark woods are removed and are just a ruins area currently. As for Korok Forest, much of the shrines are severely trimmed down. There is one that is just enter from the sky. There is one that is find and hand a Korok 10 golden apples, which is a challenge that can be bypassed before even getting to the Forest. Much of the challenge comes through getting in through the Depths than fighting a Phantom Ganon in a very enclosed space.
I can't speak to the PC (yet), but on Switch it's fine, allowing me to quickly switch out spells and equipment without it feeling (sorry for overusing this word) tedious. While I got used to BOTW there's a lot of little things it does that annoy me. Even after 150 hours I still sometimes think a shoulder button will take me to a different set of inventory (from clothes to ingredients, say) and it actually takes me to the system and then I'm like "oh, right, I'm supposed to navigate with the right analog stick."
They're Japanese.
How long do the controls take to get used to? I tried Phantom Hourglass, but I put it down when I found out that using the stylus is mandatory.
You could use this if you really want to avoid the touch controls, then just use the touch screen for the other things that aren't movement and combat.
My nigga. I didn't even think to check if there were any romhacks.
That's how I feel. I had family and friends who also got it day one with me and we played it for about a week or two straight and we would talk about the different thinks we liked. Then I took a break for a few months and when I picked it up again I couldn't get into it. I haven't felt a desire to return to BOTW and I have no desire to return to TOTK.
The worst part is that all of the future Zelda games are probably going to use this engine.
Those would be nice to have as a remake, but I'm worried they would do them in the toy style they did for LA. It's not that I hated the design, but that game ran pretty atrociously considering what it was. If it looked and played like LBW I would be happy
I was a fan of the pseudo-claymation style, but I doubt they'd use it for other remakes.
It didn't take long for me to get used to the controls, although any DS game that requires constant use of the stylus can cause issues. I had to take breaks. Definitely look into other ways to try it out and give it a chance. Maybe using an emulator is exactly what you need, or even a modded 3DS.
