I think I’m putting it down for a while - lotta work this week, visiting friends weekend and going on a mini vacation next week is perfect.
Let’s see…
All light roots.
134 shrines. I’ll probably fill these out later.
35ish hearts and full stamina, aside from high level Lynels I can just rush in and tank hits til I win.
300 or so Koroks, need a few more for another bow slot.
The Rito and Yunobo have been upgraded once with Sage’s Wills.
8 batteries full, three ‘enhanced’.
An ass ton of 3 and 5 shot Lynel Bows.
No weapons below 60, a few above 100.
Zonai Set is my go to but it’s hard finding certain upgrade materials to max it out (lame).
I’ve killed three King Gleeoks, the regular Gleeoks at least once each, 50+ Lynels and who knows how many Phantom Ganons.
House with two weapon rooms and a bow room, a cooking area, two beds and a prayer shrine.
Overworld remains awesome.
Sky is cool but empty - but does have some excellent gear and treasures.
Depths are also cool but by the time I had 60% of it cleared it got a little boring. Lots of supreme loot and tough enemies but it’s very easy to get lost and turned around.
Positives:
- A massive time sink when I needed one.
- Better-plotted story.
- I’ve only ever once seen a bug - and it wasn’t even a bad bug - just a bit of frame rate lag (the pirate ship near Akkala).
- Ganondorf is an actual character here. They also did a wonderful job fleshing out the Yiga.
- Will still probably be able to revisit it from time to time til Christmas.
Negatives:
- Abilities - both Link’s and the Sages - aren’t as good. The Rito ability is good but not as good as BOTW, and Yunobo’s is good but not great, Riju’s is great in 2% of situations and Sidon’s just lol. Every Sage in BOTW has a game-breaking ability. Ultra hand and Fuse are cool but come on now - where the hell is Stasis?! Rewind is a low-rent version of Stasis.
- When fighting the Sages can block visibility. Against a red bokoblin ok whatever - that can get you killed against a silver Lynel (and has). There are more than enough buttons on a pro controller to give each Sage so they come out.
- Korok seeds remain the height of tedium. I posted a bit back I had like 70 and limited weapon space - I used an IGN guide and bumped that up to 220+ in 3-4 hours.
- NPC dialogue and item descriptions…I know what a Malayna bed is, and I Know what a Sundelion does, no need to tell me every time.
- The soft level-scaling. I don’t think level scaling is bad but I’m end game and need a piece from an early-mid game enemy to max my end-game gear, can’t get them anywhere.
Still - hell of a game, 97% the odds on favorite for GotY, and something I’ll blast through again in 6-8 months (if I don’t trade in my Switch as soon as Tsushima 2 gets a release date).