The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

pixelburp · 14-06-2023 10:07pm

Damnit I forgot how annoying those Yiga Clan encounters could be. Grumble.

Mr.Saturn · 15-06-2023 12:35am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120716043#Comment_120716043

The underground ones are very satisfying. There’s nothing quite like the Yiga going to a lot of effort with elaborate machinery only to have their **** wrecked with a couple of eyeballs stuck to an arrow from a mile off.

pixelburp · 15-06-2023 8:32am

I'm not as far into this as others, and have only revealed about 3 other regions: is it my imagination or do a lot of the conversations and progression hints gently nudge you towards the North? (West/East). A few things like Tarry Town, Goggle's lab I think, a few other quests to enable other mechanics... it's all towards the North - or am I going crazy?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120716463#Comment_120716463

Honestly I've stayed away from the Depths as much as possible; but what do you mean about the eyeballs?

RainInSummer · 15-06-2023 8:51am

You can fuse things to arrows.

Hold right trigger, then up on the D pad. Scroll through the menu with the right thumb stick. Let go of the D pad.

pixelburp · 15-06-2023 8:53am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120716817#Comment_120716817

I know that part - what do the eyeballs do specifically?

johnny_ultimate · 15-06-2023 8:55am

Eyeballs make arrows homing arrows.

There’s definitely some guidance in the early game. There’s several hints that you should do the wind temple first, for example.

chrislad · 15-06-2023 10:05am

I've completed the first 4 temples and honestly, compared to BotW, just not loving this. It's grand, and it's still an excellent game, but I'm just not loving it the way I did BotW - personally, I hate building in games, and that probably doesn't help (and I have gotten all the powers to help with this)

I'm about 60% through the main story, I'd say, and I've done mostly over ground, so may delve into the depths for a while and detach from the story for a bit.

The Nal · 15-06-2023 10:39am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120717095#Comment_120717095

I was shocked when I realised how big the depths are and how much gametime there is down there.

Mr.Saturn · 15-06-2023 11:14am

Sky traversal got super easy with that fan hover bike trick. Spent a lot of time faffing about with balloons when apparently all that was necessary to fly about was sticking a couple of angled fans to a steering stick.

jj880 · 15-06-2023 12:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120717095#Comment_120717095

True there is a lot of building. But when I got max stamina and found a zonai dispenser for rockets + springs it cut down on it a good bit.

Rocket shields and stacked springs (as previously mentioned here by boardsie who has found every lightroot) are really handy. Then just glide through the skys and depths.

RainInSummer · 17-06-2023 8:45am

And done.

Still feel I've only scratched the surface of the world, half the depths unmapped, not every sky island visited, loads of shrines to find, loads of koroks, armour upgrades.......The list goes on.

jj880 · 17-06-2023 12:44pm

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CastorTroy · 18-06-2023 1:04am

So I think I'll leave it there at over 160 hours.

Final tally is

All shrines

All lightroots

All glyphs/memories

93 seeds

59 side adventures (filling the compendium is the only one not done)

Over half of the side quests

My final task was taking down a King Gleeok so good note to end on.

MillField · 19-06-2023 10:04am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120728894#Comment_120728894

Nice work. I'd be the same after 160ish hours. Take a break and then revisit in a few months when DLC is released.

CastorTroy · 19-06-2023 10:25am

I played briefly yesterday to try 2 things: take down a fire Gleeok which was the only type I hadn't done. Success there.

And test if the mystic armour can protect you if you fall from the sky to the land and have nearly 5000 rupees.

It doesn't.

Now I'm done. 😃

People keep saying how they forget about rewind and Ascend. I forgot clean about the parry. Was only when finishing off the shrines and in one where they took my weapons away, I was trying to figure out how to get the bot with the bow then remembered it. Didn't work but at least I remembered.

The Nal · 19-06-2023 10:36am

Looking at the Heros path, Ive barely explored any of the ground. So much more gaming to be done here.

CastorTroy · 19-06-2023 11:21pm

You made me check mine.

It's crazy how much is recorded. Like if you play the path back it remembers your deaths and fast travels. Seems I fast traveled a lot. Though doesn't seem to remember every death. Either that or the more unlikely case that I died less than I thought.

The Nal · 20-06-2023 9:36am

Lightning Temple done. Loved it but my least favourite of the three so far.

Retr0gamer · 20-06-2023 10:16am

Finished the Water temple. Was a bit easier than the Wind and Fire temples.

I'm starting to fill up on silly powerful weapons now and the white coloured high level enemies have appeared but they don't seem to be as damage spongey as in BotW.

Mr.Saturn · 20-06-2023 1:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120738192#Comment_120738192

Word to the wise, fusing stuff with Gloom weapons can lead to ridiculously overpowered DPS.

jj880 · 20-06-2023 1:29pm

Dont skip the gloom lynel (theres only 1 lynel) on the way to ganondorf. It drops something Ive not seen anywhere else thats very useful.

EagererBeaver · 21-06-2023 12:18am

Enjoyed the Ganon fight, he's got some moves but I was way OP by the time I bothered with him.

Will probably finish up the adventure log and leave it there. Have no interest in upgrading all the gear but might try and collect them all.

RainInSummer · 21-06-2023 8:04am

Yep same. I only wear the hylian set. Didn't have all three pieces upgraded either. Still kicked his ass and didn't have to eat a meal. I only use one handed weapons too as I rely on shields a lot.

Was a fun build up and fight though. A good ending.

Mr E · 21-06-2023 9:28am

I played for about 90 minutes before getting up this morning.

First 45 minutes scouring Hateno for people with no hats. Couldn't find everyone.

Spent the second 45 minutes farming bomb flowers from a bomb thrower over near the spiral on the east of the map. After way too many attempts, I got it working and now have 190 bomb flowers.

2 temples done, about 50 shrines and I'm 120 hours into this game.

This game is phenomenal.

Added bonus - I haven't bought any new games in the last 3 weeks.

Retr0gamer · 21-06-2023 9:40am

I finished up the Zora sidequests. Went after Koga in the mine around Zora and the depths get really complicated the further you get from the starting area. Had to make a fair few detours but as a result I've made a lot more progress with light roots. It was also fun discovering some shrines on the surface that I'd completely missed.

I've about 110 shrines, 70 light roots and still have to fully explore the kakariko and Hateno area as well as the whole south region including the gerudo area. Also I've only just stumbled upon the three elemental dragons in the last 2 days. How have I missed these.

pixelburp · 21-06-2023 9:53am

What I love about this thread? I periodically check it when it's updated, and nearly always left thinking "wait, I didn't know you could do that!!"

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120743087#Comment_120743087

Nor I: I've seen a few tempting offers on Sale here and there but I keep stopping myself cos, well, I'm playing TOTK and quite happy to potter about in its world.

Have still barely touched the Depths and TBH that's preference 'cos the dark is just off putting. Not in a scary or atmospheric sense, just that it doesn't cause that sense of wonder & curiousity about what's over on that very suspicious-looking part of the map.

Retr0gamer · 21-06-2023 10:29am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120743220#Comment_120743220

You'd be surprised how much fun the depths are. It can be good for filling in missing shrines you can't quite find, there's some fun boss fights, the yiga bases are fun, and usually you hit up light roots very quickly as there's no as many distractions. But frustrating when you come across a big wall with no way past but then it usually means there's another approach. The depths are also full of the most useful arrow add-ons like the middle flowers, puffshrooms and bomb flowers.

jj880 · 21-06-2023 11:19am

There are plenty of surprises in the depths. Usually nasty ones but I like the exploring.

You wont be long building up your zonai energy cells though.

pixelburp · 21-06-2023 11:27am

Ah well that's the other thing: beyond areas where the game just leaves the pieces in-situ for a simple puzzle - environmental, shrine or otherwise - I've almost never used the Ultrahand to build shít. I'm still pegging it about the world on foot, or by horse if it's convenient.

Mr E · 21-06-2023 12:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120743679#Comment_120743679

Look up the Hoverbike. Only 3 parts, low energy usage (although the more batteries you have, the better). It's a game changer (especially in the depths, for Korok friend quests, and for some of the more fragmented archipelagos). 🙂

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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