Finally beat the game xP 8 days of owning it, 60 hours of gameplay total~
Think I can safely call this my favorite Zelda game x3, finally knocking down Wind Waker to #2 for me~
Though, I've a small bit to say about the final battle:
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It definitely wasn't my favorite final battle, that's for sure. Was expecting more to happen, was expecting it to be more like the Puppet Ganon or Beast Ganon battles were, mutli-layered.
Sure Demise was cool looking and pretty awesome, but I only ended up needing to use 1 and 1/2 of the 4 Heart Potion++s I took with me for that =S lol
THOUGH, I guess if you count the previous fight w/ Ghirahim as part of the final battle, then it was pretty awesome. That part was both enjoyable and had a really epic feel to it.
But yeah, if Demise is really supposed to be the start of a long line of Link VS Ganondorf battles, his fight should've been a little more like those were =S
Felt like it could've used a Hot-Potato sequence at least lol
Other than that though, this game was pretty awesome =] Favorite game I've played this year for sure. And tomorrow I shall get into Hero Mode~
Really hope they keep up with some of the mechanics they added into this game, especially the usefulness of the Shield this time around.
Just beat the Sandship (kinda pissed that the white sword doesn't have the master sword WINGS that started growing). Almost literally been trying to turn over every nook and cranny trying to find some sort of secret passage or extra treasure and so forth. Last time I checked, I'd logged about 21 hours at the Ancient Cistern. Combined with my inability to solve most puzzles on the first try, I'm surprised I haven't tried to fly off the map (THERE IS MOOORE SKY, TERMINA HERE I COME!) Bleh. Anyone else play weirdly?
I have a questions for those who are near the end of the game or done with it.
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So when looking for the party thingy for fun fun island, I accidentally accepted the thunder dragon quest. Does that mean I have to do it before doing the other 2? I just looked around in eldin volcano for 2 hours and the entrance to faron woods is blocked. I fear to do the thunder quest first because I heard it sometimes give a gamebreaking glitch.
Raph589 Wrote:I have a questions for those who are near the end of the game or done with it.
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So when looking for the party thingy for fun fun island, I accidentally accepted the thunder dragon quest. Does that mean I have to do it before doing the other 2? I just looked around in eldin volcano for 2 hours and the entrance to faron woods is blocked. I fear to do the thunder quest first because I heard it sometimes give a gamebreaking glitch.
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After reading up on the glitch (which I'm still not so sure even exists) it sounds like you should be able to to do one dragon at a time, w/o any interruptions then move on to the next and etc and you should be perfectly fine.
So yeah, finish up the Thunder Dragon's part, the game's set up to not let you start the other 2 until whichever one you start first is finished anyways.
Guess I'll suggest what other people are suggesting just in case, make a copy of your save before continuing w/ his part. That way if for some reason something seems off, you can just go back and try again.
I beat Hero Mode last night after getting the Hylian Shield after countless tries and fails. lol
I don't know what to do now! I don't want to put the game down, but I'm super close to 100%ing the game. I guess I'll start anew with another file. Maybe I'll do a 6 heart run this time. Or a no-shield run. Hmmmmmmm...
ShiKage Wrote:I beat Hero Mode last night after getting the Hylian Shield after countless tries and fails. lol
I don't know what to do now! I don't want to put the game down, but I'm super close to 100%ing the game. I guess I'll start anew with another file. Maybe I'll do a 6 heart run this time. Or a no-shield run. Hmmmmmmm...
I was to lazy to get the shield, and then I had the cursed medal on so i could not use one anyway. I finished the game like that. I can imagine hero mode being a tad tricky without one, but I don't think I will play it. It just does not offer enough to justify another playthrough. Maybe in the future.
I never used my shield for anything but deflecting deku nuts. I didn't have any problem with the last bosses. I think using the shield equates to doing it wrong.
2011-12-03, 12:57 PM (This post was last modified: 2011-12-03, 04:34 PM by ChosenFruit.)
The shield's nice and helpful in this game xP
Sure a lot of times you can just defeat and enemy before the shield's use comes into play, but it's nice using it every once in a while.
It's a LOT more useful in this game than it has been in previous ones. (Though it was kinda useful as the "Shield Attack" in Twilight Princess, since it was used to switch into other attacks you learn)
Anywho, I did a lot on my first playthrough of the game, so now that I'm doing Hero Mode I'm trying my best to 100% it along the way xP cause why not give that a try~
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Though I feel like finding all of the Goddess Cubes is gonna be difficult, even w/ Fi's Dowsing. There was one specific one in Faron that I still have NO idea how to reach...
In case anyone wants to help me out w/ that one, it's the cube you see across from the Viewing Platform place, it's across from one of those Balancing wires. (it's also next to another cube that you can Clawshot to get to, but those 2 don't seem as connected as you would think.)
@Below:
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you mean the top TOP? =O that could work..gonna give it a shot later xP not at that point quite yet on mah Hero Mode playthrough
2011-12-04, 12:15 PM (This post was last modified: 2011-12-04, 03:51 PM by Remoir.)
Now i dont wanna be attacked by crazed skyward sword fans, but i think the motion controls are flawed.
Bokoblin blocking on the right, i swing left, i bounce off doing no damage even tho its still blocking on the right. Deku Baba horizontal mouth, i swing horizontal, bounce off again. Unless im ment to be looking at my Wiimote instead of the tv when fighting so my hand is completely precise, i find the only way to defeat stuff is to flail super fast till it dies lol.
Eddikins Wrote:Now i dont wanna be attacked by crazed skyward sword fans, but i think the motion controls are flawed.
Bokoblin blocking on the right, i swing left, i bounce off doing no damage even tho its still blocking on the right. Deku Baba horizontal mouth, i swing horizontal, bounce off again. Unless im ment to be looking at my Wiimote instead of the tv when fighting so my hard is completely precise, i find the only way to defeat stuff is to flail super fast till it dies lol.
If you notice how slow all the monsters are in attacking it is not so far fetched to think of slowing down your own moves too. I would have prefered a more fast paced battle system but if you take it for what it is, it at least works. In the end I think I like classic controls better though, because Wii is not advanced enough to pull 1:1 off for real.
ShiKage Wrote:But then that'd be ANOTHER reason for people to bash it for being exactly the same as every other Zelda game. "It's not different enough."
Seriously, what the f'uck do people expect out of a Zelda game for it to be different?
And do these opinions effect your experience with the game? Im sure if you are a Zelda fan you'd buy each game regardless of any negative comments.
Eddikins Wrote:And do these opinions effect your experience with the game? Im sure if you are a Zelda fan you'd buy each game regardless of any negative comments.
Of course not. How would it?
The point is, what the hell do people expect from Zelda? Skyward Sword is pretty damn different than other Zelda titles already, yet it's being nailed for "being exactly the same as Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess" all over the internet.
That's the problem with the opinions on new entries to long standing IPs. People want the IP to be redone into something new, but still feel like that IP. I had an argument with a friend yesterday about how the game began very hand holdy and that the dowsing mechanics were a bit faulty for being either too useful, or not useful at all (his main example was the first visit to eldin while looking for the keys, specifically the fire room where you have to dowse before you enter in order to take the right direction)
Eddikins Wrote:And do these opinions effect your experience with the game? Im sure if you are a Zelda fan you'd buy each game regardless of any negative comments.
Not true, I decided to stray away from phantom hourglass and spirit tracks because of the controls. But I jumped on Skyward sword because it struck a good balance between a new control scheme and old game mechanics.
