so far the weekend has been pretty good. currently: writing about labor stuff, also reading this book. it has been a pretty mild and wet spring so far which is rare for here, and i’m enjoying that while it lasts
so far the weekend has been pretty good. currently: writing about labor stuff, also reading this book. it has been a pretty mild and wet spring so far which is rare for here, and i’m enjoying that while it lasts
With the hype around Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, I have finally started playing Breath of the Wild and it’s been a blast so far. I love the basically sandbox world with a suggestion of storyline, it’s been so fun to just explore.
I went back this past week and finally beat BotW. The first 20 or so hours made a great impression on me, but as the pace of finding shrines slowed down, I started to get bored. I don’t have a lot of time for games, and if I play for 30 minutes and didn’t really find/do anything except walk around, I’d feel like I wasted my time.
It’s a good game, but I don’t think I really enjoyed it. If I was in the mood for Zelda, I’d probably re-play Skyward Sword or Spirit Tracks instead. I’ll probably give TotK a try in a few years when it’s not so pricey.
I get what you mean, when things slow down the big world can seem more empty and less fun and fulfilling especially when you’re otherwise busy. I have no doubt that day will cone for me too. Until then, I’ll enjoy it and save storyline stuff to keep a little purpose on the horizon.
Sounds like Skyward Sword and Spirit Tracks are a bit more directed then? If that’s the case, I’ll keep that in mind as well on my Zelda journey.
Skyward Sword (which is on Switch now!) is really interesting to play along side BotW. Some of the ideas about stamina, climbing, crafting, etc have analogs in SS, but it couldn’t be a more different game. SS feels like the culmination of a specific style of LoZ game, and BotW was as much a repudiation of SS as it is other open world games. SS is easily the most story and dialog-heavy game in the series which turns some people off, but the story actually kinda of cool and it has some of the best dungeons and bosses in the series. I think SS deserves better than it’s reputation might suggest.
Spirit Tracks is an odd one too. It does a lot of interesting stuff with the DS hardware so sadly it’ll probably remain locked to that platform.