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What are you playing this weekend? 6/9 (self.nintendo)
submitted 1 year ago by slimerancher to c/nintendo
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Hello Everyone!

Let's start a first ever, "What are you playing this weekend?".

I am still completely enthralled by The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. I am about 50-60 hours in, and still have lots of explore. I don't want to mention anything that might be a spoiler, but I think I should be around 60% done with the story. I am on media blackout about the game, so I don't actually know how long it actually it is, but this is what it seems like. Of course, if I go by total amount of Shrines, or Koroks, I am probably just 10-20% of the total.

All my other games are on pause, probably not going to resume anything else until I have finished Zelda.

What about all of you? What are you playing?

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[–] Ohbs 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm still playing Breath of the Wild because I never finished it on Master Mode. I can't believe I waited so long for the sequel, yet the release snuck up on me! In a way, it kind of prolongs the excitement. Thanks for holding back the spoilers!

How are you liking Tears of the Kingdom in general? Better? The same? Complementary? From the trailers, I was worried it might become a bit gimmicky, but BOTW also adds a good level of trust for me.

Besides that, I literally just finished my first real gaming PC build yesterday! I didn't even have time to do install anything, so work today felt like I was a kid having to go to school on Christmas afternoon. I'll soon install Star Wars Battlefront 2, one of the few games my non-gamer wife ever binged, that way we can play together.

[–] j4k3 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BotW felt like a road trip across the entire United States. TotK is like watching an epic movie while revisiting the best parts of the road trip experience without all the grind.

One thing I wish I had been told/knew before playing TotK is to follow the main quest objectives as closely as possible from the start. Like you can go do your own thing, find a bunch of stuff, and the game will have built in responses to whatever you end up doing. However, you'll miss out on a lot of elements and story complexity if you go this route. There are a lot more puzzles and fun stuff to navigate if you do them when prompted instead of finding them on your own.

[–] Ohbs 2 points 1 year ago

That's good to know about the main quest objectives. Thanks!

[–] slimerancher 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Congratulations on your gaming PC build. I can understand the feeling of getting a new "toy" and then not being able to play with it due to work or family responsibilities. Any special games in mind that you want to try?

I only played Battlefront 2 a little. Is there a co-op campaign? Or going to fight each other in the PvP?

As for the Zelda, for me, if Breath of the Wild was 10/10 then Tears of the Kingdom is 20/10.

Even though there are few places I recognize, everything feels new (it could be just because I played BOTW 6 years ago), the main structure of the land might be same, but there is so much more to explore. Not to mention a complete new underground layer, and the sky!

Also, the new abilities are a game changer, they gives you so much freedom. Don't want to spoil too much, but for me at least, this game is better than Breath of the Wild in every way.

[–] Ohbs 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any special games in mind that you want to try?

Thanks! I really want to finally try out Skyrim. I've postponed it for years because I just know I'll get sucked into it hardcore, lol.

I only played Battlefront 2 a little. Is there a co-op campaign? Or going to fight each other in the PvP?

I'm not sure, didn't think about that! I never played it, only watched a roommate play, I'll have to check if we'll be able play in split-screen.

As for the Zelda, for me, if Breath of the Wild was 10/10 then Tears of the Kingdom is 20/10.

Now that is one high bar! You just got me even more excited for TOTK than I already was!

[–] slimerancher 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Skyrim is one of my favourite game, last played it couple of years ago on Switch.

For first play-through, I would recommend playing without mods, or as few mods as possible. And do share how you like it.

Now that is one high bar! You just got me even more excited for TOTK than I already was!

I was afraid that game won't match the hype, but it has exceeded them. But I won't recommend going straight to TOTK after BOTW. You may end up feeling burned out. So give it at least a few months' space before jumping into it.

[–] Ohbs 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good point. Then it's fortunate that I just got my PC build done!