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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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[–] MichelleG 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is my Switch game for this weekend. I still have so much of the Depths to explore.

[–] f0li0 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m completely hooked. There’s so much to do and the amount of times I’ve gotten sidetracked I can’t even count.

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[–] Ohbs 6 points 2 years 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 2 years 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.

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[–] slimerancher 3 points 2 years ago (3 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.

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[–] chiwiu 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same here, TotK all the way. ✌️ Same as you, haven't read anything to not spoiler myself, but seems that I may be at 70% done. Already start feeling a bit of nostalgia just in case I happen to finnish it soon, it is so good 😄

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[–] metic 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Chalk another one up for TOTK.

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[–] MerylasFalguard 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still chewing through TotK when I have free time to. Hoping I can get to a point where I’m happy taking a break by the time Pikmin 4 releases.

[–] slimerancher 5 points 2 years ago

Good luck! Pikmin 4 looks pretty fun.

[–] jack 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been on and off playing Mario Odyssey for a while now. I think I'm going to give that a bit more attention this weekend!

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[–] DancingHamburger 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I just migrated from Reddit and I was surprised and pleased to see a Dragon Quest Slime here to greet me!

I'm playing FFXIV now until the demo for FFXVI dops.

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[–] Cmar 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm about 20 hours in, in Zelda TotK. It's my first proper Zelda game, not counting what little OoT I played via emulator a long back. The game is stunning, so playable and atmospheric. It's a true adventure game.

I've dropped it for a bit to play D4, but can't wait to get back to Hyrule.

[–] slimerancher 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Welcome to the world of Zelda! It truly is a masterpiece.

If you start with TotK, it may be difficult to go back to BotW, but if you do play it later, I would love to hear your feedback.

If you want to play Zelda games, you can try the older ones through different NSO apps, SNES, Gameboy etc. but they are all very different from TotK / BotW, and not everyone enjoys older games.

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[–] 3sframe 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Started Zelda but I may hop back into Dead Cells. I played Dead Cells a few years ago, didn't like it, and put it down. Tried it a week ago and got hooked. Bad time since ToTK just came out. But I'm reminding myself I don't have to binge a game I love and can always take a break from it. It's a good problem to have, I guess!

[–] jeast 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had a similar experience with Dead Cells. I love it now! A good reminder that it's okay to let a game sit in your backlog for a while :)

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[–] mekkagodzilla 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I dusted off the WiiU to play Windwaker HD again. I'm just killing time before Pikmin 4.

[–] slimerancher 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have never played Windwaker, hoping for a Switch remake / port. Or they can just add it in NSO.

[–] mekkagodzilla 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Porting windwaker and twilight princess from WiiU to Switch would have been easy. I wonder why they have not done it yet.

[–] slimerancher 5 points 2 years ago

Saw some random comment online, that they are Nintendo's emergency backup games, when they have nothing else, they can quickly release them to fill the gap.

Personally, I can never understand how Nintendo thinks.

[–] Sans_outside 4 points 2 years ago

TOTK can only play a few hours on the weekend, but loving the new story.

[–] cali 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Just finished BOTW this weekend and taking a break from Zelda. Picked up Pokemon Violet again but got distracted. Does Pokemon Violet get more engaging? I'm on the 3rd gym and I feel like they're still holding my hand.

[–] spicytuna62 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Botw gave me an experience that I haven't had since Skyrim was new - I wanted to go out of my way to explore the whole world. Leave no piece of the map untouched.

Man, what I would give to experience Skyrim for the first time again.

I haven't touched a Pokemon game since X/Y. Black and White 2 were where Pokemon peaked, imho. I checked out after X/Y.

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[–] Gompje 4 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Same as you: TOTK. I’m already 40h in and I feel like I’m just starting! This game is really massive imho .. for someone like me maybe who is just exploring and doing some quests but without structure.

In a way I’m looking forward to the paper guide to just bring some kind of structure and sense of “where the hell am I in the story, is this just 2pt or am I already at 50?”

Sometimes I miss the more linear Zelda’s

Side note: I must admit I still use the dupe glitch. I really like this relaxing way of playing. For me it has been a life saver, kinda like an accessibility option. Otherwise I would not be able to play at all (health issues). So now I’m very anxious 😬 that the game will install the update when I misclick Oh well, still lots of fun!

Question back: what was your first Zelda?

Mine was Links awakening on the game boy, I was 12. Couldn’t speak a word of English. No internet. Shit was haaaaard! 43 now. Still playing 😁 and….. Introducing Zelda to the next gen to: what did you think? Jup the remake of that one! Fully dubbed! So far my nephews and nieces love it!

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[–] lack 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tears of the Kingdom if I can pry it from my daughter's hands

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[–] Lunitari 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Currently playing Harvestella and loving it. I have TOTK but keep coming back to this one right now.

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[–] RandomAndy 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still playing TOTK. Such a vast world. I still haven't completed many quests so far, I'm just running around exploring. There is something to see and do around every corner.

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[–] jeast 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Tears of the Kingdom of course, but I've also started playing HI-FI Rush and am loving it so far

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[–] Brunbrun6766 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Taking a break from TOTK to play age of calamity. Skipped it way back and got the dynasty warriors itch again

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[–] half_built_pyramids 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I fell for star citizens promise, there's some cool shit in there, but after spending more time it feels more like a shallow kids pool, but I'll still be jumping back on

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[–] ElectricTrombone 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Resident Evil 1 for Gamecube.

I've been playing Gamecube games lately. I finished Paper Mario recently. Amazing game

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[–] nafri 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

maybe starting Tears of the Kingdom, been trying stay away from spoiler, idk what to expect, lol

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[–] CannaVet 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I started Zelda but mehhhhh the Nuts n Bolts gameplay doesn't speak to me and it's sooooooooooo much of the shtick that I'm just.....meh.

I think it's good outside of that but yknow there's so much else I could be playing lol.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Spiritfarer. I'm a patient gamer and now that it is on sale, I finally picked it up.

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[–] sunspider 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm obsessed with Smash Ultimate, trying hard not to be trash. At some point I will get to TOTK though, the game looks amazing

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[–] cyps 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Taking a little break from TOTK for Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. I've been itching to play through it again. I forgot how good the music is.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Definitely still deep into Zelda. But I may flip over to Diablo 4 soon. I'm not too excited about the always online connection for that, though

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[–] stanford 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Etrian Odyssey HD. It's been far too long since I've been absolutely ruined by an unfortunate FOE encounter, so looking forward to working through the rerelease of the series.

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[–] NorthWestWind 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Splatoon 3. It's Big Run weekend.

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[–] BadAtBaduk 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've just started Disco Elysium today and I'm loving it.

It is so witty and interesting.

It's on sale atm which is why I got it

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[–] Naja_Kaouthia 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I picked up the Borderlands bundle not too long ago so I’m having a nostalgic blast with that.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Xenoblade 2 up to ch9 just gotta finish the story instead of side quests and blades

[–] slimerancher 3 points 2 years ago

Xenoblade is one of my favourite series, but didn't enjoy the gacha mechanics of 2.

Have you played 3? In my opinion, that's the best of the series, just don't start it right after 2, or you may feel a burn out.

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