I never got very far in Breath of the Wild. I did the tutorial part (as in, until you unlock the whole world). I did a couple more of the puzzle dungeons, and those were fun, but for the most part, I did not like the game. I got to a point where no matter which way I went, I would die, quickly, to one-shot lasers or some other un-fun thing. So, I gave up on it. Never bothered with Tears of the Kingdom. I did like Echoes of Wisdom, though it was obvious they were stretching it out artificially. A Link to the Past was the last great Zelda game, though there have been other good ones. Mostly the 2D/2.5D games.
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The play certainly isn’t what old school games were. I do wish there were more dungeons.
I just don't finish most open world games. I go out, explore, find my own story, and enjoy. Nothing wrong with it.
For Zelda games, the gauntlet challenges are what I have to come back to months later. In BOTW, there was Trial of the Sword. Still haven't finished that one. There's just something about the whole setup that stresses me out. Strange counterpoint, the Eventide Island shrine quest was probably my favorite part of the game.
I really enjoy both games and I finished BOTW, but something happened during TOTK. I was more than ready for the final fight, but I kept getting distracted by side quests in the game and in real life. It's been over a year maybe 2 years now (because time flies).
For christmas, my youngest asked me to please finish the game for him. So I pick it up and I started playing again. I was proximate to one of the last, maybe the last, fights with Master Kohga, so I gave it to go. It was the stupidest battle because I clearly forgot how to play. I eventually had to unload a stupid number of arrows to just beat him without getting too badly hurt. I'm a resource hog, so I was frustrated to waste so many resources on a fight that should have been so much easier for me.
I have totally forgotten every mechanism and there is no way I'm ready for the final fight. Heck, I've forgotten most of the lore now. 😭
So I played for a couple of hours which made him happy, but he still very very regularly begs me to finish the dang game.
Now I see this. Ugh. 😅 🤦🏽
This is so funny because my kids have been doing the same thing. Why won’t I just go to the next checkpoint? To them it’s nuts.
BOTW
TOTK
It's fun to dereference initialisms the first time they're used.
Gamers know. But this isn't a gaming community, so your point absolutely stands.
Zelda, Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom
I played both and purposefully avoided the final in totk until I "did everything" after accidentally beating botw prematurely... which was very disappointing. The game is better than its abrupt end.
it mirrors the original in that as soon as you beat Gannon, credits roll.
this feels weird in an open world. it would have benefited from altering npc responses and other minor tweaks encouraging continued game play post-gannon in a world obviously designed for it.
Yeah these games are definitely about the journey, not the destination. The journey is awesome, but I was also super underwhelmed by the endings.
Instead of making a massive empty underworld in TotK, I wish they had focused on transforming the normal world after beating Gannon, for some extra content at the end.
after accidentally beating botw prematurely… which was very disappointing
Man I did this too! I was climbing around the castle looking for secrets and accidentally entered the boss room. Totally unprepared; all my weapons broke and I had to finish him off with bombs >.>
What bothered me more is the fight beeing no challenge at all. All of the blights were more difficult to beat than ganon himself
I "finished" BotW and then spent probably another 150-200 hours on it after. It didn't feel like it was really done until I found all of the shrines and armor sets. I never finished TotK because the sky was annoying to navigate and the underneath area was very samey. Also I found the new mechanics to be a little too immersion breaking. Not that BotW was the most immersive game ever. I was really disappointed with TotK.
Yep.
I have a trail of “almost finished” games. TV, too.
I suspect it’s a neurodivergence thing, as I’ve seen this discussed under AuADHD memes.
I do it sometime. The recent "i'm done" is The Forest and Sonic Mania, both i couldn't bring myself to finish because it bores me.
BOTW is a fun one, but i really like the memory hunt using the picture. Once all of it is done the game is pretty barren, i find Skyrim/FO4 have more interesting place to visit than BOTW.
Did a round-trip around BOTW not trying to 100% it and just have a fun time, which it was! You are in control of your journey, I really liked it and all things I have had discovered felt more rewarding because of it.
Played TOTK for a couple of hours and never touched it since then. I guess its because I am under the impression I already know the world... I know changed things up a bit but I think the main driving point, the exploration of the original game was missing because of it.
Between the two I still favor botw, but once I learned to make gadgets I spent a lot of time making stupid things which was pretty entertaining. Especially with rockets.
If it helps, ToTK has an entire additional second map underground, and another roughly half filled map of sky islands.
Yea, that is true. I did play enough to get underground and at first it was fun exploring, but traversing it was just too cumbersome for me. It is probably easier once you get more items to build contraptions with but I think I just expected more exploration and less gmod. But maybe I will give it another try knowing what im getting myself into.
i do this a lot. there's some mental wall you get over by rolling credits, and the post game feels like climbing back down.
I’m at the same point. I have a few more wells to find then i’ve got all the quests done.
I found BOTW just interminably boring. I never even really started the game because it just felt empty. "Go anywhere! Do anything!" Yeah, but there's nowhere interesting to go and nothing interesting to do.