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by Rafiki 03/04/2017, 10:29am PST |
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The download noise is the same on the Wii-U. Yeah, it's pretty irritating. Also irritating was spending 4 hours downloading Zelda, and then another hour installing it and downloading/installing a huge day zero update.
About Zelda, I've only played it for about 2 hours, BUT:
- PRO: they ditched the 40-minute unskippable hand-holding tutorial of past games and instead confine you to a small room for 30 seconds to orient you to the bare minimum, then you're dumped into the open world. Here's a quest marker, follow it or don't, have fun. They trust you to just wander around and push buttons and explore and experiment. Nice!
- PRO: Sneaking up on goblin camps. And goblins. Holy shit, goblins go to sleep at night so you can shank them. There's a field you can bait goblins into and light it on fire. And a little tree fort with a drawbridge you can sneak onto.
- PRO: Even though there's a billion little collectable items, you only get an interrupting pop-up the first time you encounter them. Every time after that it's just a quick pickup. No harvesting animation or progress bar, no popup to close every single time.
- PRO: SPIDERMAN. Being able to climb on everything
- PRO: I'm digging overworld music being absent and instead having lots of ambient environment noise.
- PRO: Wandering around randomly stumbling on secrets and secret bosses
- CON: I knew this was going to annoy me all the way back from the first previews, but breakable weapons and having to switch between them. Sure, enemies drop weapons like candy, but still.
- CON: They clearly reworked the interface to accommodate Nintendo BITCH owners because all of the things that should have been on the Wii-U's tablet interface are now a standard options menu on the TV. The Wii-U tablet isn't used at all. How hard would it have been for them to just have two different interfaces for each console? Why can't I see a fucking map on my tablet?
- CON: Run is B and jump is X (or A and Y for non-Nintendo controllers), making a running jump unnecessarily difficult. You do continue to run for a few paces after releasing run, so you can do a running jump with a quick transition so I guess I'll have to get used to it.
- UNKNOWN: It's a super giant open world, even the small portion I'm confined to right now, and there's big expanses with not much, but so far it isn't wearing on me and I actually feel like I'm exploring. We'll see if I hate it by the end or not.
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Most enjoyable Zelda since LttP NT by Entropy Stew 03/03/2017, 6:37pm PST 
You talkin, for the switch? NT by Who got one? 03/03/2017, 9:16pm PST
Yeah NT by Entropy Stew 03/04/2017, 5:46am PST
Switch first impressions by Entropy Stew 03/04/2017, 6:37am PST
I forgot: Downloading updates is annoying as fuck by Entropy Stew 03/04/2017, 6:39am PST
Good ol' Lonk by Rafiki 03/04/2017, 10:29am PST
It's bullshit you can't play with the dog NT by Rafiki 03/04/2017, 8:04pm PST
Hearts are popping out of him. WHY CAN'T I LOVE HIM BACK? NT by Entropy Stew 03/05/2017, 2:54am PST
Shield surfing by Rafiki 03/05/2017, 9:57pm PST
Re: Shield surfing by Rafiki 03/10/2017, 6:24pm PST
There's a menu option to swap the B and X buttons NT by On the Switch 03/05/2017, 3:49am PST
I somehow missed the fact that the controls have motion sense in them by Entropy Stew 03/05/2017, 2:14pm PST
Nintendo Switch Painful Launch by giant enemy crab 03/07/2017, 10:51am PST
I was doubtful if botw would be worth getting a switch for by Eurotrash 05/13/2017, 2:00am PDT
Yep. I'd peg this game as "essential." Best open world game ever created by Rafiki 05/14/2017, 8:51pm PDT
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