Jonny5 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I've had a productive few play sessions recently. I completed the Korok trials yesterday but am too weak to get you-know-what just yet so decided to finally go and seek out Robbie. Every time I've tried this in the past I end up getting distracted but not this morning. I headed east from the Hyrule field stables and did three shrines, found two new stables and unlocked two new towers. I now have the next shrine in my sights directly on the path to the research centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danster Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 46 minutes ago, SpagMasterSwift said: Yeah, dash of monster extract to get that purple colour. Ive been hunting out new towns in the hope somebody would be selling sugar - no luck so far. When I get some though I'm going snout deep! I get that you only need a couple of dishes, but it's all part of the adventure for me. Plus, I can't have that other guy walking around thinking he's the best cook in the land... Birds like sugar... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy @ S.E. Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Managed to defeat 3 guardians near Akkala using just the shield, damn that felt good! 2 beasts down, time for more wandering before talking the third. Highlight of yesterday was one of the bigger bokoblins picking up and throwing the smaller one at me when he lost his weapon! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefcha Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Went up to zoraville last night, as I thought I'd best do something storyish rather than wander about. I found it a bit of a tedious slog I dunno, perhaps a combination of an overlong path I was walking up, fewer Koroks (that I could find) than expected in all the places I looked and the continual dismal pissing rain, which didn't particularly affect any progress but just got a bit much after a while. Still, all the more determined to put an end to it! It'd better end 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danster Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Highlight for me yesterday was wearing a Bokoblin mask and infiltrating a sleeping camp. Had a dance with them all before taking of the mask... Seems like they'll follow you too, which could lead to some funny death sequences. Wonder how many or how far from their camp you could get...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros sock drawer Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 8 minutes ago, stefcha said: Went up to zoraville last night, as I thought I'd best do something storyish rather than wander about. I found it a bit of a tedious slog I dunno, perhaps a combination of an overlong path I was walking up, fewer Koroks (that I could find) than expected in all the places I looked and the continual dismal pissing rain, which didn't particularly affect any progress but just got a bit much after a while. Still, all the more determined to put an end to it! It'd better end I loved that bit! I thought it was nice to have a bit of focus after about 40 hours of wandering. It's a relatively complex layout as well, which you'll be able to come back and explore in a more casual fashion later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefcha Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I like rain, but in the end it was really getting to me just the sheer continual oppressive persistence of it, so I was just thinking FUCK OFF GIVE ME SUNSHINE. I also tried to explore a lot on the way up so given the relative lack of easy shortcuts it took me absolutely ages, I just can't not though! Hopefully it'll be more amenable once I've done whatever it is up here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph0rce Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Went for a walk in Hyrule Field last night, collecting a couple of memories while taking my new white horse to a stable to register him, totally forgot there was a load of Guardians in the way. Then I remembered Spainkiller's post, so I left my horse at a safe distance, strolled up & three parries later, watched him explode. Took down five more in quick succession, only having to reload once when I was surprised by one coming over a hill, just as four blue Chu Chus popped out of the ground & then while I was trying to parry & stay out of the way, I just managed to strafe into the range of a stationary Guardian, which all got a bit confusing & I promptly died. Not enough posses in the world for that post though, the feeling when you've parried one just doesn't get old. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny5 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I still can't dodge attacks at all yet my preying skills are getting there. I want me some flurry attacks though! Oh I also triggered my bow from the glider for the first time yesterday, so cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smac Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 2 hours ago, SpagMasterSwift said: Yeah, dash of monster extract to get that purple colour. Ive been hunting out new towns in the hope somebody would be selling sugar - no luck so far. When I get some though I'm going snout deep! I get that you only need a couple of dishes, but it's all part of the adventure for me. Plus, I can't have that other guy walking around thinking he's the best cook in the land... Do they sell it in Goron town? I'm pretty sure I've seen it recently, and that's the last place I've been with a general store. It's that or some wandering trader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smac Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, ph0rce said: when I was surprised by one coming over a hill, just as four blue Chu Chus popped out of the ground & then while I was trying to parry & stay out of the way, I just managed to strafe into the range of a stationary Guardian, which all got a bit confusing & I promptly died. Yeah, couple of times I've had skeletal enemies or bloomin' Chus boil out of the ground just as I'm lining up to take on a Guardian - Game Over, man. So, top tip: maybe don't hunt Guardians at night... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Morrison Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, Jonny5 said: I still can't dodge attacks at all yet my preying skills are getting there. I want me some flurry attacks though! I'm trying to get my daughter to start dodging, and my advice to her is to go back to the Great Plateau and practice on some Bokoblins. Spear ones can be tricky close up because you don't get much advance warning, but if they jump in the air you've got them. If you dodge too early, you often get a second chance. The minor strength trial is also good, because the guardian there will telegraph his intentions very clearly. Just do a one-tap flurry with these enemies (and use a low damage weapon) so you don't annihilate them and you can get a lot of practice in without very much risk. I don't think I've ever parried, though, other than with guardians. I should try getting the hang of that. We cracked the first beast last night, that was a great session, both of us coming up with ideas to solve the puzzles and a few real AHA! moments. Great dungeon. Later I cracked the penultimate tower and found my way to the last one, but I've left that for my daughter to climb tonight. It's going to be a watershed moment, opening up the whole map. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny5 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 The octo things that spit balls at you make for good parrying practise, they're like tennis ball machines. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Morrison Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 8 minutes ago, Jonny5 said: The octo things that spit balls at you make for good parrying practise, they're like tennis ball machines. Yet another feature I hadn't considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS2x Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Has anyone else found every day life...strangely...affected by the game? Today after I parked the car I saw a stick leaning against the wall, and quite literally my first thought was that it was a torch and I could light it to set fire to some grass or some logs for cooking. And yesterday while walking in the park with someone my brain automatically wanted to scale these big trees, Link-style. In these occasions and more it took a second or so to realise that no, I wasn't actually in Hyrule. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smac Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 25 minutes ago, Jonny5 said: The octo things that spit balls at you make for good parrying practise, they're like tennis ball machines. Just don't stand between two of the little bastards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smac Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 minute ago, CS2x said: Has anyone else found every day life...strangely...affected by the game? Today after I parked the car I saw a stick leaning against the wall, and quite literally my first thought was that it was a torch and I could light it to set fire to some grass or some logs for cooking. And yesterday while walking in the park with someone my brain automatically wanted to scale these big trees, Link-style. In these occasions and more it took a second or so to realise that no, I wasn't actually in Hyrule. I'm finding the game dragging old memories out, from past holidays hiking trips; I can almost smell the summer rain on hot rocks when I'm in the Hyrule uplands and a rain shower starts. Stuff I haven't thought about in decades. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoChin Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 18 hours ago, Majora said: On the subject of Korok seeds, I'm curious if there's any puzzle variations I've been completely oblivious to or if I've seen them all. Mild spoilers obviously Reveal hidden contents - Hiding under a stone - Catch the moving twinkly thing - Matching tetris shapes - Completing circles/shapes with stones - Push boulders into holes in the ground - The races activated by standing on a treetrunk - Shooting moving targets next to a pinwheel - There is the odd balloon (and a couple of acorns I think?) hanging on their own in weird places. Shoot them for korok - Putting metal boulders in tree trunks (one variation had you balance three metal boulders on rocks in the middle of a river) - Throw a stone in a circle of rocks - Take fruit from a tree so all three trees in a line have matching amounts of fruit - Put apples in front of shrines (saw one variation putting eggs into a hot spring in front of shrines to boil them) I think that's all of them. 18 hours ago, revlob said: Couple of others: Reveal hidden contents - Diving into a ring of lily pads - Melting ice boulders (this one I only learnt about today) One I found last night: Finding little bunches of their flowers in one area and having to touch them in ascending number of flowers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dataDave Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Some screens from last night. Very minor spoilers. I love how cinematic things can become with this camera and the z-targeting. It breaks free from third-person to being positionable practically anywhere, even when fighting. Spoiler Boom! Spoiler People will be using BotW Amiibo to unlock this look in Zelda 2028. Spoiler Sneaky Korok. Spoiler Also, screw this compression. I was checking out the map last night, whilst surveying the landscape from on top of the Dueling Peaks, and realised it's been around ten days since I've been back to Hyrule Field. I've almost forgotten what's there! Going back there will be like finding a new area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smac Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 14 minutes ago, *chin* said: One I found last night: Reveal hidden contents Finding little bunches of their flowers in one area and having to touch them in ascending number of flowers. Oh, and very similar: where a single yellow flower disappears when you touch it, and another one appears a short distance away, and you have to follow the trail that way, locating the next flower to touch. Often in rocky areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danster Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Those can be pretty tricky in places too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheekyLee Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, ph0rce said: so I left my horse at a safe distance, strolled up & three parries later, watched him explode You monster! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 4 hours ago, SpagMasterSwift said: Yeah, dash of monster extract to get that purple colour. Ive been hunting out new towns in the hope somebody would be selling sugar - no luck so far. When I get some though I'm going snout deep! I get that you only need a couple of dishes, but it's all part of the adventure for me. Plus, I can't have that other guy walking around thinking he's the best cook in the land... I'm sure they were selling it in Spoiler the shop in Goron City yesterday. I'll check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broker Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I crossed the map from bottom left to top right corners on foot, minimal gliding and climbing, one invisible wall corner to the other 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcr Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Came home from work yesterday to find that my son had completed Rutu start to finish and defeated the boss all by himself. 10 years old... I was well impressed. #proudgamerdad Mum isn't happy though, all games are bad. Even though I tried to explain to her how much 3d spatial logic problem solving there was in that dungeon... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefcha Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 9 minutes ago, Broker said: I crossed the map from bottom left to top right corners on foot, minimal gliding and climbing, one invisible wall corner to the other I must know the recipe for that haste potion! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoELITE Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 13 minutes ago, Broker said: I crossed the map from bottom left to top right corners on foot, minimal gliding and climbing, one invisible wall corner to the other You are genuinely insane. You mad bastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Thanks for all the Sugar location advice - looks like I still have a lot of exploring to do! Will help work up an appetite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smac Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 54 minutes ago, Danster said: Those can be pretty tricky in places too. Yeah, I abandoned one where I just could not see where to go next. Had a few that you need a bit of stamina to do, as you climb around rock faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny5 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Waggle shrines are a fucking pain in the ass in handheld mode. Having to tip the fucking thing away so you can't see the screen is just sooooo bloody stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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