I haven’t finished it yet but so far Tears of the Kingdom has exceeded my expectations. It kind of has an adventure of link feel to it, some parts are very challenging and as others have mentioned it really requires a lot more talking to villagers for hints on where to go next compared to breath of the wild.
Knowing something about the making of digital games and game design, Tears of the Kingdom is kind of incredible. There's so much there, executed so well, so polished that it kind of puts a lot of the competition to shame.
Almost a beacon of light in what has been kind of a crappy era in AAA gaming. (Not that there isn't other good stuff out there.) Love it.
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I'm probably just being a babby and need to actually commit to getting into it. But Tears of the Kingdom almost feels like it has too much freedom that it's overwhelming and puts me off. Hold my hand and show me what to do and how to do it dammit.
I'd shifted gears to Diablo4 but now that that's feeling like even more of a grind maybe I'll go back to Tears this weekend.
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I got the Tony Hawk combo during their summer sale, purely because I remember playing it for hours on the PS. I am horrible at it. I screw up the landing on vert probably every 3-4 jumps, thus losing my special build up. And I feel like the map times are way too short.
I'm probably just old. Plus I was never much of a console gamer overall.
I'm probably just being a babby and need to actually commit to getting into it. But Tears of the Kingdom almost feels like it has too much freedom that it's overwhelming and puts me off. Hold my hand and show me what to do and how to do it dammit.
I'd shifted gears to Diablo4 but now that that's feeling like even more of a grind maybe I'll go back to Tears this weekend.
The main quests also kind of function as tutorials, so you can get acclimated by following those and collecting the Sage abilities. You can also always go back to Lookout Landing and talk to Purah if you feel lost.
Shrines are great for learning how to use the mechanics, you can learn a whole bunch of tricks from them.
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I'm probably just being a babby and need to actually commit to getting into it. But Tears of the Kingdom almost feels like it has too much freedom that it's overwhelming and puts me off. Hold my hand and show me what to do and how to do it dammit.
I'd shifted gears to Diablo4 but now that that's feeling like even more of a grind maybe I'll go back to Tears this weekend.
Agreed I felt the same way. Like a feeling like you want to be able to experience everything and explore everything but know you’ll never be able to because you don’t have enough time. It is overwhelming a bit. The world is enormous.
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Throwing out a recommendation to check out Tents and Trees, a fun little puzzler. It plays similar to Picross but with a couple extra twists. Has tons and tons of puzzles to check out including new daily puzzles. I grabbed it for myself and my wife over the weekend and we're both hooked. A steal on sale right now for just $2.75
Throwing out a recommendation to check out Tents and Trees, a fun little puzzler. It plays similar to Picross but with a couple extra twists. Has tons and tons of puzzles to check out including new daily puzzles. I grabbed it for myself and my wife over the weekend and we're both hooked. A steal on sale right now for just $2.75
There seems to be quite a bit of lag in those emulators though. Anyone else experience this? And is there a fix?
Are you talking about the Switch Online services for those consoles? Can't say I've ever noticed enough lag for it to be distracting. Maybe it's your TV?
Are you talking about the Switch Online services for those consoles? Can't say I've ever noticed enough lag for it to be distracting. Maybe it's your TV?
Yes the Switch Online.
It's actually the N64 where the lag was distracting, the other emulators hardly noticeable, so my initial post was incorrect.
Playing Mario64 for example was pretty irritating.
This looks like the biggest leap for a 2D Mario game since Super Mario World on the SNES, and I'm so happy that there's more than 1 female playable character. Finally I can play a Mario game with my daughters without them fighting over who gets to be Peach
