Hyrule Town Square

[The Predaking]

So who got the new Zelda game today?

 

[Rhinox]

I have it digitally. Will play tonight.

 

[Ungnome]

Waiting for me at home when I get off work, though I think I might take a nap first.

 

[Thefakelink]

Mines scheduled to get here early next week.

 

[tec]

I got it early this morning and brought a fantastic little TV to work and played for about 3 hours now its fantastic!

 

[Caldwin]

I may have gotten it.

 

[Caldwin]

Before:
Of course I'll get it. It's a Zelda game. But I'm not going to expect to much. Breath of the Wild was a masterpiece. Tears of the Kingdom may refine a few things, add some things here and there. But let's not get too caught up in the hype. It's going to be hard pressed to live up to BotW.

After 1 hour of playing:

 

[Daith]

Sad that the Wolf Link Amiibo does not summon a Fuzzy Avatar of my Wii U days to the screen anymore in TotK

 

[Ungnome]

Initial impressions from the early game(I've only gotten to the point of scanning the map for central Hyrule). The puzzle design seems to be a major step up from BoTW and the new mechanics are great, especially once you get the hang of ultrahand. The story, at least early on, seems more engaging as well. There are a lot of little touches too, like being able to kinda steer the zonai wings by walking onto the wings, head or tail while riding it.

 

[Daith]

I feel that TotK continues to cherry pick the timeline and throws it into a blender with a dab of new stuff that completely skews it from fitting in anywhere specific.

 

[Caldwin]

My favorite part so far:

Okay, finally on the ground. Well, my first story point seems rather far away. Guess I better get a new horse for this game. I'm sure going to miss my BotW horses. I've had them for so long!

*goes to register new horse*

Oh yeah, we totally pulled a Mass Effect on you and brought all of your BotW horses forward into this game.


🥹


Oh, and that includes Epona AND you can use the amiibo to receive another Epona which you can also register.

 

[tec]

ooof to much time in Genshin made me forget some Zelda rules like if it rains climbing is a nightmare
Glideing takes far more Stamina in Zelda then Genshin twice now I have pancaked myself on hard Hylean land

 

[tec]

I forgor how big this game is! its takeing me all day today and I still have three more to go to unlock the full map
Currently stuck at the south west one

Most of its filled in now I need a break

 

[Caldwin]

Went to Hateno just to check up on the old neighborhood. Turns out someone else is living in Link's house.

 

[Ungnome]

Made it to Rito Village last night. Took longer than it should have because I kept finding caves to poke around in.

 

[Caldwin]

I really went heavy into getting to the towers last night. Kept getting sucked into shrines along the way. I think I still have 5 towers left. This game really makes you think.

 

[tec]

just 2 for me now desert one on 4 hearts royal bitch but did it

 

[Caldwin]

just 2 for me now desert one on 4 hearts royal bitch but did it

Tec! Language!

 

[Caldwin]

Sad that the Wolf Link Amiibo does not summon a Fuzzy Avatar of my Wii U days to the screen anymore in TotK

I almost thought the same thing. But honestly, given the Wii U's relatively low install base and the fact that Twilight Princess doesn't exist on Switch, not many people have a way of leveling up the amiibo, making it a bit of a niche function.

 

[Ungnome]

Thought about doing a tower run, only have the central Hyrule and Tabantha ones activated so far.

Found out that flamethrowers are a great way to deal with Keese swarms >