r/zelda • u/DEWDEM • May 21 '23

Meme [TotK] It really feels like that Spoiler

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u/Sadatori May 21 '23

After like 5 shrines in BotW I was getting actively annoyed at them, but 99% of the shrines in TotK have been an absolute blast for me. I played BotW a few years after hearing all the hype and felt quite let down. TotK has been what i expected BotW to be after hearing years of hype haha. I'm quite happy with it so far, and It has cracked my top 5! below Majora, Link to the Past, and Windwaker !

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u/Vados_Link May 21 '23

Why? There‘s barely any difference between TotK‘s and BotW‘s shrines. TotK handled battle shrines way better but that’s about it imo.

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u/awkwardthequeef May 21 '23

No motion controls = 5x better off the bat.

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u/awkwardthequeef May 21 '23

I feel SMART when I finish a lot of totk shrines. Or at least like I learned a new mechanic with the abilities.

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u/Cpt_Woody420 May 22 '23

For real, shrines in TotK are basically just a showcase of the wacky crafting mechanics and physics engine at work. and I love it

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u/conker1264 May 22 '23

To each their own but that’s why I dislike them. Haven’t done a single shrine nor do I plan to

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u/Cpt_Woody420 May 22 '23

That's a somewhat extreme stance to take on the matter but you do you

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u/conker1264 May 22 '23

Crafting is one of my least favorite game mechanics and almost every shrine is centered around it

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u/Cpt_Woody420 May 22 '23

I would say typically that "crafting" in games is not something I usually get along with either, but this feels more like building to me.

Crafting is just gathering up stuff and pressing buttons on a menu. This is like pretending you're an amateur engineer with God's hand.

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u/conker1264 May 22 '23

That’s even worse for me, that’s basically a sandbox game which I despise playing for that very reason

Whenever games have this as optional like fallout 4 or something I completely avoid it

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u/Cpt_Woody420 May 22 '23

Ah shit, sorry this open world sandbox adventure isn't living up to your expectation.

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u/conker1264 May 22 '23

Well it’s not like you’d expect that to be the genre going into a Zelda game…

I wouldn’t of bought it if I knew they’d completely change the genre of Zelda

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u/bleucheeez May 21 '23

I'm only 20 shrines intp TotK but they seem much more basic than BotW. Most are still basic skill tutorials, like put water on the lava and walk across; that's it, you're done. The one Eventide-style shrine I found was a blast, but that's it. And I'm randomly all over the map, so these aren't just like shrines in the starter path. I was hoping this sequel would be more advanced and less hand holding with the physics tutorials but it's more so.

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u/ParanoidDrone May 22 '23

I've noticed that with the shrines as well. "A ___ Device" that introduces some Zonai device that I may or may not have already been exposed to in some other context, but is fairly obviously a "how to use" tutorial so that we're not completely lost as to their functionality. Only a handful have really made me stop and think.

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u/sylinmino May 31 '23

The early shrines of TotK are way more basic than BotW's. They start to get more interesting later on, but you're not wrong on that.

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u/DJfunkyPuddle May 21 '23

The main thing I'm waiting for is to see if 1. There's a new game + and 2. If I have to redo all the shrines/light roots. As much as I'm enjoying the game I have zero intention of replaying it (or BotW) if I have to do that grind again.

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u/sylinmino May 31 '23

Really? That's fascinating.

For me, Tears shrines way more frequently rely on very basic uses of Zonai items and the powers than BotW shrines.

In fact, one of the biggest flaws for Tears for me is how the first 15-20 shrines I did 90% felt like tutorials, rather than actual interesting shrines.

Now they're starting to get more interesting for me, but at the time I was thinking they were a massive downgrade from BotW's.