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Post by Xeogred on May 11, 2023 8:41:57 GMT -5
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Post by Ex on May 11, 2023 8:53:25 GMT -5
Xeogred Yeah I think I know what you and Sarge will be doing this weekend. I agree with Sarge this is the Switch's swansong. Wish I had an active franchise I was this excited about. To the point I'd push everything aside and play its new release immediately. Well, I can think of past franchises, wherein if they had sequels that would be the case. But I doubt we're getting any Endless Ocean, Hotel Dusk/Last Window, or King's Field sequels anytime soon.
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Post by Xeogred on May 11, 2023 9:00:56 GMT -5
FromSoftware Zelda Metroid Xenoblade Resident Evil
Some day 1's for me.
Yup, excited to dive into it this weekend.
The DF video is kind of spoiler heavy in ways, I'll just say performance is pretty impressive and a big improvement over BoTW. John mentioned the launch patch (lol) was a game changer, so there's a chance they can keep refining it. But it looks like it runs a solid 30FPS all around.
"This game takes things a lot further than BoTW did" ... also interesting how John makes the overworld sound like it's a lot more focused in design all around, dungeon-like in ways. This could be subjective but certainly sounds like the "flow" of the game might be a bit different.
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Post by Ex on May 11, 2023 9:37:53 GMT -5
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Post by Sarge on May 11, 2023 12:36:27 GMT -5
I mean, are they wrong? I'll be able to tell you soon.
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Post by Ex on May 11, 2023 13:16:54 GMT -5
I mean, are they wrong? I'll be able to tell you soon. I have zero doubt you'll love it. ;p
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Post by Sarge on May 11, 2023 13:20:15 GMT -5
Anyway, I've read a couple of reviews, and I'm gonna be honest, there are some things that do give me pause. We'll see how I feel about it - I may not like some of the changes, or they may be something I didn't know I needed. I didn't give Breath of the Wild a perfect score (shocking, I know!), rolling out a 9.5. And it could be they've added so much content to this new one that it feels overwhelming and hurts my enjoyment instead of helping it.
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Post by Ex on May 11, 2023 13:24:14 GMT -5
could be they've added so much content to this new one that it feels overwhelming and hurts my enjoyment instead of helping it From what I understand the entire ground world (not the air stuff obviously) is reused from the original BotW? Sounds lame if true.
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Post by Sarge on May 11, 2023 13:41:08 GMT -5
Ground world is same but different, yes. But the air stuff is new, as is the cavernous underground. (In fact, I understand that they are so large they effectively double the size of the world, and it was massive to start with.)
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Post by anayo on May 11, 2023 14:27:02 GMT -5
I am certain Tears of the Kingdom will be great, but I didn't even finish Breath of the Wild after 70 hours. I beat the first 3 legendary beasts then just sorta wandered away and never picked it up again.
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