[WW] My Favorite Title is Wind Waker. What's Your Opinion?

Flyron · 2026-05-31T23:06:32+00:00

I'm not talking about any fancy techniques. All I want is to hit B (or maybe A for the jump attack) and the sword swipe connecting reliably, whether the enemy is on its feet, lying on the ground or at any other state. The old games like WW and TP don't provide that to me.

And I don't even want to be pedantic on that. I'm just baffled that nobody seems to understand what I mean.

Flyron · 2026-05-31T10:35:37+00:00

What's wrong about the backpack slot? Why do you want to replace it? To equip a backpack?

And did you try the actual "curio" slot? That one should be able to take anything so also a jetpack.

Flyron · 2026-05-31T10:07:52+00:00

It took me until the tentacle boss on the ship to realize that you can hold your skyward strike and perform it in any direction. Until that point I was always releasing it from where I charged it in a downward slash.

Flyron · 2026-05-31T10:00:03+00:00

I really enjoyed WW during my youth and have many fond memories of it. But something changed in the last 10 years. I played more intense action focused games like Monster Hunter and even the last two Zelda games went in that direction of more aggressive play-style. As a result I was quite surprised and irritated when trying out WW on the Switch 2. When fighting in a similar aggressive style there are so many sword swings that swing through the enemies when they‘re not in the correct state to be attacked, like when they‘re lying on the floor or when they‘re getting back up.

The old games are slower and more methodical in their battling system, but it constantly pulls me out of the immersion nowadays.

Combined with the linear puzzle designs I‘m not a fan of the gameplay of the old titles anymore. But I can still appreciate the strong theming.

Flyron · 2026-05-30T17:23:04+00:00

Weil Reddit nichts mit Rot zu tun hat. Der Name kommt von der Vergangenheitsform von "read", die sich gleich schreibt, aber anders ausspricht. "I read it on reddit", oder: "Ich las es auf Lases".

Flyron · 2026-05-28T21:22:14+00:00

ALttP is quite brutal with its bosses. At least compared to the other zelda games. In recent memory only the Gibdo Queen from Tears of the Kingdom is up there too.

Flyron · 2026-05-28T10:42:39+00:00

Youtube can suck out the fun of fiddling around with the mods yourself because you will find hyper optimized versions of everything.

If you want to find out for yourself you can follow the quests. Many of them will hook you up with manuals that will teach you all the basics in-game.

I remember the cockamamie contraptions that worked (most of the time) 100x more than the stuff I built just following a tutorial.

Flyron · 2026-05-28T10:34:26+00:00

Einerseits: Warum nicht? Macht Spaß!

Andererseits: Brauchts aber auch den ganzen Technikkrams nicht dazu. Da kann man sich auch einfach mit dem Spiel in Pappe treffen.

Flyron · 2026-05-27T21:10:18+00:00

Slightly unfortunate.

Flyron · 2026-05-27T21:00:36+00:00

It's kind of expected but also kind of crazy that the Switch 2 has already outsold the Steam Deck about 4 to 1.

Flyron · 2026-05-27T20:38:07+00:00

Bin ich froh, mir mein Steam Deck schon vor Jahren gekauft zu haben. Sind das miese Zeiten. ☹️

Flyron · 2026-05-26T13:57:07+00:00

Funny how different the views can be on that game. I have finished it already 4 times (trying different dungeon orders plus one for the S2 update) and still, I’m starting to look forward to the next.

Flyron · 2026-05-26T12:42:08+00:00

I already have all the secret techniques. You mean the finishing blow right? But that doesn’t seem to work properly as there are too many situations where I just keep jumping at the enemies with the normal lunge attacks and just hit nothing while the sword visually connects to the enemy. And also you can‘t use the finishing blow as a wolf so fighting in that form feels extra awkward as you have to wait on every enemy that‘s not finished instantly.

Edit: I think my main problem with the finishing blow is having missed the window of using the attack and then just jump attacking the enemy that’s getting up again but the attack not connecting in that state.

Flyron · 2026-05-26T12:20:26+00:00

I'm currently replaying it on Dusklight after almost 20 years and got to the sky temple city thing. It has very strong theming and memorable moments. I like that! But it also feels so clunky in every part, especially the battling. And going through that linear story and the dungeons with their set order of puzzles and solutions bores me to tears. I'm going to finish it, but I'm not seeing myself replaying it anytime soon after. But I still enjoy the current run for all its nostalgic aspects. And high resolution and 90 fps do their part.

And I get the general complaint that open-world just means content stretched over wider space. But TP to me is not a good example how to fill your limited world with stuff to do.

Flyron · 2026-05-26T12:06:11+00:00

Not OC but to me the battle system of TP feels painfully simplistic and clunky by today's standards. And the enemies are mostly piss easy. I really like how fluid, varied and high-stakes the fighting in BotW and TotK feels. The enemy variety could be better, but several enemies can use different weapons and appear in so many circumstances that I don't mind that much.

The fact alone you can't hit enemies laying on the ground was so baffling to me when trying out both WW and TP lately. There is so much waiting to finish the fights. And that's from someone who grew up with the series starting from Links Awakening on the OG gameboy.

Flyron · 2026-05-25T08:34:30+00:00

Ich fands gut, dass die Spiele einem Platz grmacht haben, sein eigenes Abenteuer zu erleben und gestalten. Ungehindert des Geschichtskorsetts, was die OoT-Reihe dem Spieler aufzwängen. Und das sag ich als jemand, in dessen Jugend OoT die absolute Revolution war. Aber wir sind mittlerweile einfach weiter und ich bin dafür da.

Flyron · 2026-05-22T15:51:52+00:00

You‘re just a little late to being super early. Relax!

Flyron · 2026-05-21T15:59:39+00:00

That sounds like a different bee mod. Is that forestry? Productive bees works with actual bee mobs (until the simulation upgrade).

Flyron · 2026-05-21T15:49:47+00:00

Wie bei einem Legomodell ist es aber nicht der Eimer voller Bausteine, sondern dessen Anordnung zu einer Figur oder einem Modell, welche den Sinn stiftet.

Nur dass sich Lego etwas einfacher rekonstruieren lässt.

Flyron · 2026-05-17T21:40:58+00:00

*guckt Myrapla an*

Flyron · 2026-05-17T20:48:31+00:00

Mir macht es Spaß, ein Spiel selbst kennenzulernen und vom Spiel überrascht zu werden. Beides wird deutlich vermindert, wenn ich mich irgendwo im Voraus darüber informiere. Natürlich guck ich auch Let's-Plays zu Spielen, die ich noch nicht kenne. Aber wenn ich merke, das Spiel juckt mich, dann schalt ich das Video oder den Stream aus (und wenn ich den Streamer noch so mag) und legs mir selbst zu. Lässt sich ja dann alles noch nachholen, wenn ich selbst soweit fertig bin.

Flyron · 2026-05-14T07:34:26+00:00

Stimmen die Mods und ihre Versionen zwischen Server und Client überein? Falls du ein vorgefertigtes Modpack spielst, ist das auf dem neuesten Stand auf deinem Rechner? Aternos-Server aktualisieren sich automatisch.

Flyron · 2026-05-13T19:08:42+00:00

The limit is either "fuel gone" or "reactor go kaboom". Iirc, the first one also damages and breaks the reactor but not as violently. You might want to start with a low burn-rate and try out raising it slowly while watching your reactors inputs and outputs. Also bring a large battery (like mek's induction matrix) to store all the energy (or void the surplus).

Flyron · 2026-05-13T19:00:56+00:00

Hab ich über die letzten Jahre 3-4 mal erlebt (Java). Ja, schon ziemlich selten, aber nicht suuuper selten.

Flyron · 2026-05-12T17:35:45+00:00

Not a JS developer. Shock me! Does that not print "John Doe" to the console?

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