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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!

I did it. I got off the pot?

Posted on by Shawshank

No, not that pot. I got off the video game pot, and completed BotW. Yes, that’s right, I BEAT MY FIRST EVER VIDEO GAME. Next up, getting paid to stream playing games on twitch. I need a gaming chair, a headband, and an energy drink sponsor. It took about an hour and a half for the two battles.

Probably closer to 2 hours, by just minutes. The first one was wicked intense, but finally, I managed to get through it. Half of it was my kinda game – brute force and ignorance, the other half is all Crystal. Strategy, and cunning. The second battle was a lot tougher. But you don’t want my review of a game that came out in 2017. And if you’ve been on my site for any length of time, you know I’m not a wordsmith. You’re here for the pictures.

So here you go!

Time to shit, or get off the pot

Posted on by Shawshank

As the title says, it’s time. I defeated all the divine beasts. I have 20 shrines left to go. I have pretty much most of the side quests complete, no more shrine quests left. There’s not a lot left. I’ve been wasting time just wandering around under the guise of “exploring”. I don’t think I’ll ever find all 900+ Korok seeds – I think I’ve found about 110ish.

I’ve been putting off heading back to Hyrule castle. Putting it off, because it’s pretty much the unknown. I spent about 2-3 hours in the castle, before starting to just wander around in circles. Getting lost, and the repetitive music annoyed me, so I warped out.

Then wandered.

The first couple of days of wandering was pretty good, I finished up a bunch of side quests. Then it just went to I’m just going to “explore”. That was good for a couple of days, but now, I think I’m ready.

I think.

When I boot it up today, I’m going to prep – make some food, and get some ancient arrows, but mostly food. I’m wicked nervous.

This morning, I started the search for easiest way to get to Ganon, not the fastest way, but easiest – the castle is such a maze. It’s very easy to get turned around. The 3D map is terrible.

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I need all the help I can get.