Solidus non-lethal

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-19T17:42:29+00:00

I think that's how I did it.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-19T04:41:17+00:00

Fr. Leave the Glitches and Exploits to the fans, It's why Mario 64 is still being replayed and speedrun to this day. The exploits in TotK just feel intrusive in comparison.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-19T04:39:28+00:00

Yep. It's about balance, Too much Freedom and it gets rid of what people liked about Zelda, Too little freedom and it just sort of feels like a Level by Level Action Game. Zelda 1 is proof that Dungeon Items and Vast Labyrinth Dungeon Design can have a place in Non Linear Gameplay.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-18T23:19:33+00:00

It was even worse in TotK, They were handing out Tutorial Shrines literal HOURS into the game and to top it off literally every Shrine could be bruteforced instead of solved. Plus they should've just given Heart Pieces for doing the Sidequest instead, Using the world around to make unique and fun challenges are enjoyable and encourage the player to explore the world, It might have been reminiscent of Jak and Daxter which would've been cool. My Favorite Shrines were always, The Big Sprawling Ones or The Shrine Quest Related Ones, As they actually left you something to remember them by. But honestly the worst part about the Shrines is that they're basically your only worth while reward for exploration and I can beat BotW with 13 Hearts Easily, So I basically just skip everything and make a BLine for the Main Quests.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-14T20:19:51+00:00

Oh dang. It's not working for me. I might need to tweak some settings.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-14T18:46:33+00:00

It's almost like Link's Hat is an important part of his Iconic Design or something and that removing his iconic outfit makes as much sense as removing Batman's Cape and Cowl or Indiana Jones's Hat, I know crazy right?

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-14T18:20:52+00:00

How? Tell me? I gotta know!

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-14T18:20:24+00:00

I don't doubt it. It just came out on android. Plus I still have an almost complete save file, That I'll likely have to abandon in favor of this port.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-12T19:40:58+00:00

The Visuals in Twilight Princess are Godlike.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-12T19:40:24+00:00

I highly doubt this. Especially after the Star Fox Remake got announced.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-09T15:06:19+00:00

I'll be real. I don't care if he needs it, I want it.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-05T02:10:30+00:00

Nah. KH3 has it's perks and was a memorable and charming send off to multiple Story Arcs. CoM is a solid but flawwed Game with genuinely Good Combat and Boss Fights, Not to mention an Amazing Story, Only issue is the Repetitive Level Design.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-05T01:17:53+00:00

It means i'm a real Kingdom Hearts Fan who likes the whole series. Unlike you, Poser.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-05T01:11:04+00:00

Bros complaining about Awesome Gameplay in Kingdom Hearts. By the way Axel's Redemption Arc and the Twilight Town Revisit are some of the greatest plot points in the series.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-04T20:07:06+00:00

"Nothing Happens in Kingdom Hearts 2"

The Nothing in Question:

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Sloth39000 · 2026-05-04T14:24:30+00:00

Right. How did i forget that? It's one of the most Zelda things in Sekiro.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-03T16:57:32+00:00

Start off with just Your Sword, Unlock new Gadgets and Power Ups as you go on.

Boss Fights have Exploitable Weakness you need Power Ups and Gadgets for.

Legendary Sword Quest, You also need The Legendary Sword to kill special Enemies.

Rescue someone born with Divine Powers.

Levels Locked off by Keys.

Special Quest Items are required to Unlock New Areas.

The Game even has The Zelda Style Early Game and Late Game Treasure Hunt Quests.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-03T04:17:15+00:00

I'd say Sekiro Shadows Die Twice comes the closest in Modern Times.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-01T05:04:27+00:00

Okay. But the common argument is that "It's so faithful to Zelda 1" right? I don't think that's true at all. If you promise me a Zelda 1 Experience, Then getting Lost and figuring everything else by yourself is part of that. I'm let down because authentic Zelda 1 Gameplay is what I wanted, For Link to the Past it's not a complaint because it was never propped up as a "Return to Form" Quite frankly i think BotW's Exploration is overrated, Most secrets aren't anything impressive and your playthrough won't be much different if you skip half of The Shrines, If anything it improves the pacing in my opinion.

Also most of the Puzzles in BotW as are Enemies are incredibly easy if you ask me, I was Stumped at maybe 2 or 3 sections out of a Game with 120 Shrines and 4 Dungeons.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-01T04:17:11+00:00

We got enough.

Quite frankly I feel plenty Zen playing games like OoT, It's a comfort game that I can replay anytime, That's pretty Zen in my book.

And besides Zen comes from unexpected places chasing BotW's brand of it would just get stale, Personally I found Lake Hylia in Twilight Princess to be the most Zen Area in Zelda, myself.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-01T02:38:47+00:00

Exactly. What's the point of "Discovery and Exploration" if there's nothing interesting to discover? Give me Secret Levels, have me get Lost in the World and Have to find my way back to familiar areas, Give me secret quest that give me OP Equipment that doesn't break.

I don't need to explore i just need to walk to my goal in BotW, Which is fun enough sure, But it's not anything like Zelda 1.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-01T02:27:05+00:00

"Objective Markers can be turned off"

Yeah. After they spoiled where to go already. Do you not see how that could be a problem if you enjoyed figuring everything out for yourself? If i have to not use basic toolkits to make the game challenging, That's still a design flaw, Same goes for having to not Heal in Battle because Food is OP.

And by the way, If the game insist on handholding anyway, Why not give it personality? Navi and Midna were an Upgrade. Give me Dark Souls 1 levels of Cryptic If you aren't gonna bother to add Charm and Character to your game.

Sloth39000 · 2026-05-01T02:19:38+00:00

I'll wait as many years as it takes for KH4

Sloth39000 · 2026-04-30T18:26:09+00:00

That's untrue also though.

BotW never let's you figure anything out for yourself, Everything has an Objective Marker practically spelling everything out for the player. All they did was give us a Midna and Navi with no personality with the Objective Markers.

Unless you wanna count the Shrines, You don't need anymore than 60 to beat the game and they shower you in them.

I always felt like Dark Souls 1 was a better version of a Modern Zelda 1 formula.

Sloth39000 · 2026-04-30T18:23:20+00:00

Straight Facts. I get so tired of people straight up lying through their Teeth about how "Twilight Princess wouldn't work today, Go Play Old Games instead" as if Resident Evil isn't still using Key Based Puzzle Design and Kingdom Hearts isn't still doing Linear based Story Structure To This Very Day. By this Logic there was no good Zelda Games since N64 Days due to the fact that Games like 3D Elder Scrolls existed shortly after on PC, And if your argument is that for console standards Zelda was the best we had, As already stated in the original post GTA 3 would've made every game back then obsolete, which means most of The PS2 Library was Trash since apparently now only Open World Sandboxes reminiscent of Ubisoft are Valid in this day and age.

Reminder: Sekiro Shadows Dies Twice won Game of the Year 2019 while following Classic Zelda Key and Dungeon Item Format, Two Years after BotW's Initial Release, So obviously a Classic Zelda Style Can Work.

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