It's an incredible game and a masterpiece of design.
Bob, you're just wrong here.

One thing I wish I'd done for my playthrough - go Rito divine beast first and get the super jump. It changes the game utterly for the better

Iirc I did Rito first after getting stuck on the Ritchie and deciding to bugger off elsewhere.

That's the beauty of the game, so many approaches.
I only rode a horse once.

LivDiv wrote:

I only rode a horse once.

I was the same.  Just wasn't necessary and if anything would mean that you would miss things so I didn't bother.  Finding alternative routes to things was half the fun anyway.

stonechalice wrote:

You won't enjoy BotW if you lack the imagination to play it the way it wants to played. God that sounds like an insult and very snobby. What I mean is: there's always several ways to solve most problems in this game. Have a think - you don't need to rush into any battle or even bother with fights most of the time. Rotate the camera, and wander off somewhere else. Learn to challenge its systems and try to break them. That's where the fun's at.

I'm sorry Bob. Not everyone can love great things I suppose.

Hilariously it won’t allow any imagination it’s prescripted problem solving of guessing the exact thing the developer expects.. a criminal
Case of herd mind ‘it’s good because we’ve been told it’s good’ .::

stonechalice wrote:

You won't enjoy BotW if you lack the imagination to play it the way it wants to played.

I think it's more that imagination makes up for its lack of trad gameplay because it has a great interactive core to fall back on.

Little Franklin wrote:

Can you get the DLC bike early on? Seems a waste to get it at the end.

Yeah, I played the U version to completion before the DLC came out, and then later went back on a hacked Switch and the bike did nothing for me. I'd have loved it on my playthrough, like you say. Woulda been a huge timesaver and frustration-avoider.

Or poetry.  Depends who reads it i guess.

n0face wrote:

You have to live with your decisions. It's not Nintendo's fault you had a child.

This did not get the love it deserved. If Edge were still taking quotes from the Forum, this would defo be one.
 

Also works for those of us whose Children get sucked into the Nintendo Marketing Machine. A Child with a Switch wants a whole lot of expensive official Nintendo things it seems.

I only used horses in the final 10% of roaming around when I could whistle for one. 

My main aim was to get the liminosity (sp?) armour. Once I got that I felt and looked like a boss. Switch in and out of the armour sets when needed. 

i'd often spent time climbing to the top of mountains to see if there were any korok seeds, take in the view and then to cover as much around as possible hand gliding down. I think it's a real shame that the games been broken by speedrunners so much, i'd prefer to see the game played a bit more properly. 

Cooking got a bit boring after a while, should be able to select the meal and then cilck a x button to make as many as you want in one animation/jingle. 

Shield surfing is still brilliant 

Remember that hut on top of one of the mountains (hebda or something?) which has the lights on and feels like a real isolated cottage.

Loves Tarry Town and building that too.

It’s not great when you’re used to it being the bottom button in so many other games, but I reprogrammed myself by thinking the button at the top be the one that makes you go up. I think they did the same for the Last Guardian too, right?

mk64 wrote:

bob have you managed to find 900 korok seeds yet?

Moot_Geeza wrote:

stellavista wrote:

mk64 wrote:

bob have you accidentally thrown a nice sword into a lake yet?

Yes my son was not
Amused

Dark Soldier wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

stellavista wrote:

mk64 wrote:

bob have you managed to replace the in game music with Steps yet?

bob have you ever seen such splendour? this game is not for you.