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More Zelda musings

Posted on by Shawshank

Here we are again, me talking about Tears of the Kingdom. Just when I think I know what I’m doing, shit will enviably go sideways! But I’m slowly getting the handle in things. I’m currently ignoring all the main quests – I’m doing side quests, exploring, and just general fuckery.

Crystal is currently playing. For the last couple of weeks, I think, she’s been deep under Hyrule, exploring the Depths. I’ve been down a few times, but she has a huge chunk of it mapped, where I have just a small smattering. On the other hand, I have just about the whole top side map opened up. So we’re doing the same thing, but in completely different areas.

I’m doing all the “useless” side quests, like taking pictures for Sayge in Hateno, which gives me new paraglider skins. I also travelled up to Death Mountain, to get some Goron spice so I can start to grow my own food stuff. That’s pretty neat.

I also did a handful of quests in Tarrey Town – and subsequently I own a plot of land, and have a quant two room “dream home”. I’ll be able to build on that. I can have ip to 15 rooms, so it’ll be a build over time, to be a Barbie dream house.

You can’t tell me how to play the game!

First impressions: Tears of the Kingdom

Posted on by Shawshank

So, I started TotK this morning. It’s massively huge. it took me about 4 or maybe 5 hours to get out of the hell that was the starting area. Don’t get me wrong, it was a really nice starting area, but a couple of things stuck out that were bothering me.

1. You wake up, and get the usually welcome back talk. You are provided with pants. Just pants. I was second guessing my exploring skills thinking that I missed the shirt. I was actually going to restart this morning, because I wanted to find the shirt.

2. I know BotW was spread out in the beginning, but there was a lot more … life out there. This “sky-island” (which shall henceforth be known as a “sky-land”) was pretty empty.

3. After you *think* you’re just about done, they pull a fast one, and then tell you that there’s just one more shrine – across the map. Thankfully they then show you how to warp back to where you started, and then make you search for the damn thing lol

Then finally you can leave the starting area. I think think that I’ve died so many times, just starting out.

Then as I’m plummeting to my sure death, my mind tells me, you missed a major item. You didn’t find the paraglider. So I’m freaking out as I’m falling to my death. I ended up aiming for a lake so, I can live. Which put me miles away from where the little yellow dot is telling me to go.

Contrary to what I just wrote, I am having fun, and I probably could’ve stayed in the starting area for a few more hours to try and find more things of interest.

I can’t wait to play more tomorrow. Crystal is playing right now, and I’m gonna try and help her as much as I can.

I need to start killing monsters and such. I just came from BotW with over 30k in rupees, and now I’m completely broke again!

Sweet dreams are made of these

Posted on by Shawshank

Oooh a rare second post on a week day! I know right? Well something awesome dropped today – the 3rd and final trailer for the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Lemme tell you, it seems like this game is going to be even bigger than BotW. And let me tell you, for a guy that hasn’t seriously played video games since I was like 13-15, I pretty much fell in love with BotW. It’s the first game in decades that I’ve spent any sort of time on. (I’m sure I’ve annoyed Crystal with watching videos, etc) You see my reflexes aren’t as quick as they were when I was a teen. And BotW is pretty much just my speed. Hell, I’m even getting better at puzzles. (But don’t tell Crystal, I love having her help!)

So yeah, as I was saying, the final trailer dropped this morning. And OMG, everything seems SO MUCH BIGGER. Bigger in every way. From falling from altitude, to just standing in the desert. Link seems very very small. And the world looks very very big.

But, I’m insanely excited about the release of this game next month. We’re still deciding on whether or not we’ll just get the digital download, or if we’ll travel to CapitalCity, and get a physical copy, and go to a few other places to make the trip worthwhile. I’m on the fence personally. I’d love to go into the city, and hit up Value Village, and eat “proper” fast food. But then the other part of me says “Dude it’s a 2.5 hour drive there, and 2.5 hour back. You have to spend money on gas, etc. And you’ll probably buy something that you don’t need – like more Twilight books.”

Hey, now I feel personally attacked.

I do need more Twilight books.

Also before I post my screenshots (I’m still waiting for them to upload), I really think I need a Lockup Library Video Game graphic. Don’t you? Is it silly for me to be excited about a video game? I mean I’m like, you know, freakin’ old?

I can fly higher than an eagle for you are the wind beneath my wings

Posted on by Shawshank

Welp, after writing the morning post, and after starting the chores, I fired up YouTube to find a video on the beginning of the Divine Brest that flies over Rita village – Val Medoh. I gathered some supplies that I thought I might need, then warped over to the village.

I had a test before I could start the beast. It wasn’t that hard and I got it on the first attempt. Usually I hate timed events, and I can never complete it on the first attempt. But nevertheless, I got it!

I think I only missed a couple of times. A few minutes later, I was standing on the deck of the beast, ready to tackle the puzzles. Let me tell you, these puzzles were a lot harder. With Crystal’s help, I managed to get them all in about an hour or so.

Then it was on to the Windblight Ganon fight. He was a little trickster, lemme tell you. He managed to hit me a few times, only because unlike the last fight, he moved around a lot more, and was pretty much a sneaky fucking Russian. So it took a little longer, but I managed to knock him down pretty quickly.

Thank god, for bomb arrows. I went in with about a 100, and I think I left with 65-70. I’m not too sure. But they’ve helped me twice now.