dynamiteReady wrote:

stonechalice wrote:

Spoiler:

golf course????

Tell me more... Battery ran out for the first time on the Switch today. And that's only because I left it in my bag for three days.

Spoiler:

On the floor of the canyon that runs from the east of the map, and extends to the north (can't remember the name), there's a Goron camped out by a strange formation of rock. Talk to him, and he'll explain the rules. The gameplay is very similar to some of the stuff you'd have found in a few of the shrines.

My favourite mini game was probably the...

I've fallen in love with this game again. The 3 heart only run I'm currently working through has made me appreciate certain parts of the map and just how well designed they are. I merely sauntered through these areas on my previous playthrough, but as I'm so fragile now, they've become gauntlets of peril and nail biting stealth.

As I'm not doing shrines or towers, there isn't any fast travel available at all, unless I go back to the plateau in the middle of the map. If I go anywhere, there's a genuine need to scan the horizon for hazards that lay before me, and plan the best path.

There's no need to waste any time cooking dishes, as a couple of apples or some other fruit will fill my hearts. The only thing I'm bothering to cook is stamina potions currently. Fairies are a godsend.

This run regularly has me standing at the base of some cliff pondering - can I make it up and over without a potion?

As I'm hunting the four fairies for the upgrades to my armour, rupees are my most sought after item, so I'm on the look out for rocks to mine for stones I can sell.

It's almost like the game was meant to be played this way, and the shrines were an afterthought. They are mere scenery to me, same with the towers. You don't need to know where anything is, you can just plonk a marker down. I find it's honestly best to leave the map as a blank, huge slate, ripe for adventure.

It's awesome.

Judging by your contributions to this forum you're no stranger to shit, Bob.

You could of made an effort.

Agreed. I wish there was a proper hard mode like this available.

The only limitations I've imposed are no shrines, towers or DB's. Everything else is on the table so it's not hard to do. People should try it out it's bloody great fun.

Ergh. Another Ubisoft boy.

Never said maps aren't great, just that in this you don't really need one. Relying on what's actually in front of you rather than going to a map screen and seeing an easy way round. It changes the game for me. Makes it more organic. I'm loving this at the minute. Been battered about loads, but having to deal with whatever is over the next hill with whatever I have is a brilliant feeling. It's got a definite survival feel to it with three hearts.

Like I said to each their own.

retroking1981 wrote:

Maps are great.

P for pirate, yo.



T for treasure up at the top-left by the cave.

hylian_elf wrote:

I'm with Chalice on this. Adds to level of immersion if you just ignore map (most of the time).

Depends... I've recently developed a new found appreciation of the 2D map. Sometimes, I zoom right in, and find some odd little wrinkle in the map like "The fuck is that?"... Then set off to find it...

It's excellent.

It's especially cool when the NPC's drop place names, and you know the location they've described sits within the gamut of that world...

It's not just bullshit made up to pad out the narrative, like in 99% of other games.

That took me absolutely ages to find, mostly because I thought it would be close to the other thing you find up there.

Yep. But that's a good thing. I really dislike games that just signpost everything on a map.

stonechalice wrote:

Fuck. That game probably started my fondness for the medium.

Sure did for me. My first openworld game, as well.

Yiga clan hideout,

Seeing as we're going there.

I spent the 1st half of my 120 odd hours playthrough avoiding, sneaky past, only facing when I had to, after a few harsh lessons learnt early on.