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ganondoodle · 4 months

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I was at first in love with totk, and I still think mechanical wise, its quite impressive

And when I collected all the tears and saw the "story" I genuinely got upset in a good way (at first), because man! Did they really got the balls to go that far? Is there nothing I can do for her? Now I MUST do all the temples, see how it plays out and --oh, I've got this cutscene already. Why are all the people so dumb about Zelda, I KNOW where she is, Link say something-- Link??

After finishing all the temples and almost falling asleep, I stopped playing the game, looked up the last boss and remaining cutscenes and went "Thats it?"

Watching other people (including you) being critically about so many things, both character and mechanical wise, I've almost startled myself with a realization what the gnawing feeling I constantly had, actually was.

Totk feels like a fanfic.

And don't get me wrong, I love fanfiction, I think its great and important, I adore fanfic writers, I love finding gems, I love reading self indulgent stories, see new spins and interpretation of characters. I love the casual, the passion, the creativity!

But totk gives me the same feeling everytime I am reminded that Fifty Shades is a Twillight fanfic.

The world is there. The faces I know and grew to love are there. But everything is ever so slightly different, uncannily so. Just how some characters talk, how they act, how they were placed in the story. The Zonai appearing out of nowhere, but no, they always had been there you see, they were these super magical advanced people but they all died, the king is so tragic. And you see, the king is super cool and powerful and-- oh I dont get to interact with him outside of the tutorial. Did they try to do another King Rhoam-- but wait, that only worked because we didn't knew he was a ghost-- totk wait stop why do you take him out of the story, why couldn't he be a companion, he IS ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THE ARM LET THE OLD GOAT COMMENT ON STUFF?? If you bring up all this ancient stuff and you still got a ghost lingering, let him talk?? (I never ended up getting Mineru but I smell wasted potential as well)

Im not even mad, I am disappointed. It feels like the devs saw what all the lore hunters got attached to and talked about and then just... took the "cool". All the Zonai stuff could've easily been Sheikah tech, but got just reskinned to look more exciting instead of being its own thing.

Like... at this point I prefer what fans are doing over what Totk gave us. The characterization of Rauru (and everything Zonai), projects like you do of what totk couldve been, the little nuggets of actual highlights and details of love fans find in the game. I found much more enjoyment in these concepts than I got from a 70bucks game. And thats depressing.

I love fanfiction. I dont love it when my corporate 70 dollar, six year development, console exclusive game feels like a story that passionate fan couldve written miles better in a week (and I've already seen much cooler and interesting rewrites and ideas).

Zelda has been a huge part of my childhood and its depressing seeing it treated like that. It always was about the story, the epic, its The Legend of Zelda for crying out loud. To be courageous to enter a dungeon, to be wise and solve all the riddles. To become powerful over the journey you embarked on. Zelda to me is the campfire story you tell to others and go into the woods or the beach and imagine what monsters you would slay. Zelda is not the sandcastle you build in the sandbox and then add dinosaurs and star wars ships because you didn't had any other toys, and just stumble into and over some story to entertain yourself until lunch is ready.

I'd have an oracle of seasons over another totk any day at this point. They should've just make the mechanics of totk its own thing, but I guess they were scared it wouldn't sell if it doesn't have a Mario or Zelda skin straped over it.

Anyways, sorry for the mini rant - love your art, love your thoughts and insights, and I am looking forward to see more of it - Zelda related or not (your original characters look amazing, I adore your style sm)

Hope you have a great rest of the day!

*nods along through this entire rant*

idk how many of my rants you have read but yeah ... yeah ... and the further you think about it the further it all falls apart, the wasted potential of it all and the goddamn audacity of them to do those interviews in which they make it EVEN WORSE is just

i know the expectation for a direct sequel to botw was huge and understandbly so but i really REALLY think it would not have been that hard to make it a good follow up even taking into account that totk was originally a DLC, pretty much all of botws aspects could have been developed further, i dont know what could have happened to make totk have turned out like this .. literally it feels like something had to have gone wrong, its like someone who doesnt know zelda nor botw at all was given a few prompts and then just made some generic fantasy story while the rest worked on ultrahand for 5 years

the technical impressive things ARE technical impressive, but i dont think it was necessary nor served the game well in any way (and i LOVE building games- however totk is neither a building game nor a story game nor a zelda game nor an exploration game nor a sequel imo) but zelda, this zelda, is not made for that and i cant help but think it was mainly to encourage people to make some ridiculous mechs so it can go viral on tiktok (not trying to discredit them, it IS cool what they are doing but i .... have my doubts if zelda is the right place for that)

ill stop there bc i have ranted so much about everything i dont wanna repeat it here again; it just doesnt feel like a real game (derogatory), it feels extra bad bc i was not really into zelda when botw came out and while i did get it as soon as i could (months after release since i just started a minijob and didnt have the money) i only over time grew to love zelda this much again, devouring any theories and anything about it bc i loved it so much- i was never into it like this when a new title was announced and dont own any special editions so i bought the totk collectors bc i was just so damn excited for it after the 2019 trailer dropped (god i want that time back ... it looked so much more like it was going to be an actual sequel) even if i was already worried it wouldnt be good at that point given how much i started to sense stuff i dont like about the newer trailers

i recently sold it at our local gameshop bc it was like a thorn in my side given how expensive it was and how dissapointed i was in the game, i genuinely think that, technical impressiveness aside, totk is the onyl zelda i truly cannot stand (for alot of reasons) and im genuinely worried for the future of the franchise

i bought an Oki (Okami) figurine for what i got back and i feel much happier with that :3

(also on a note, i did finish the game two weeks after release but stopped playing it right then and hadnt touched it since, i also streamed all of what i played and its still up if you want to see my slow descend into madness fjkdhkdhjk though its been a long while since then and i by far did not talk about everything back then, just what my most immediate frustrations were while still playing)

(also the gameplay isnt as good as people make it out to be, so much is so frustrating and punishing to use i am kinda baffled it got through like that and most people call that its best aspect ..... though i guess if the rest is so much worse even mid gameplay can seem good ooooooooh how dare i)

also thank you for liking what i do!!! <3 it means alot to know it is appreciated by someone :D

#ganondoodles answers #zelda #totk #ganondoodles rants #in my playthorugh i genuinely tried to be super open to what its offering me #but i think its pretty clear that i could see were it was going pretty soon and tried to fight my fear #and then i ended up being right #like i even went out of my way to get the memories and dungeons in turns so i wouldnt spoil anything #and still you can see me get sadder and dissappointed with each new memory i got #and the time it truly all started to crumble was when i discovered what they did to the shrine of life #pretty sure after i got all the lightroots and all i got was a you did it sticker i jsut gave up and went to the end #and after that i found the endfight fun so i played it a few more times #but the last few streams were mostly me ranting jkdfngvkjdfnhgjkdf #for this price its pretty bad #idk why so many people are okay with this tbh #zelda fans deserve better #i think the wasted potential and insulting treatment of both lore - botw and even the player is what frustrates me so much #sidenote i love the username bc there sure are words #alot of them even #(good)#i have done so much ranting it feels good to read someone elses rant about similar frustrations

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prayers-to-hyliarceus · 2 months

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I am not entirely sure whether I should be concerned or offended by Fluff's words. All the same, however, I think it would be unjust of me to target Zelda simply because it upset me. And partially because I would like to prove myself above these allegations.

I would like to think that you would forgive me eventually, however. I don't believe it does anyone much good to hold onto a grudge for so long.

sorry

I'm being stupid

I should've forgiven you i

On the contrary, Rhoam, she can very much hold that "grudge" as long as she would like to. She deserves to. You don't.

but

I told him that he had best not break your wings again, little bird, and I am going to make sure he doesn't.

Please go with your better judgement instead of listening to him all the time. You're going to destroy yourself if you try living up to all of his unrealistic demands.

I dont understand how that's related

It seems small, but you can't show him that he can hold all the power over you. Recall that you are not even a child anymore at this time-- you are capable of taking care of yourself without him.

I know it's hard, but you have to show him that he can't control you or your decisions.

What if i dont want to? What if i cant?

Then you risk letting him hurt you again.

Whatever happens, though, I will protect you.

#//rhoam i'm sorry but you really did not need to add that last part #throne of nothing arc #pokeblogging #pokemon irl #rotomblr

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yumoirail · 3 years

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i came to offer crumbs of Botw x Atlantis AU qwq

#no thats not zelda's father i literally pulled out of my ass an oc to be her grandparent who is already dead asdnadsb hsdfsdf #i dont like rhoam sorry #i have the intros of the other characters but i need to finish the lineart and color x(((((#botw #tloz #breath of the wild #the legend of zelda #atlantis au #princess mipha #zelda #zelpha #my art #robbie #the good old pal robbie #zelda went to find a lost civilization and found a new fish gf #wish that were me y_y

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cheekbites-moved · 3 years

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ok i still havent gotten the secret ending but farming for it might take me a bit so im gonna make a thoughts post for age of calamity now:

Major spoilers obvs so ill put it under a read more

things i enjoyed:

revali beatdown simulator

the controls for the divine beasts are a bit clunky, but i think the angles they used for them did an excellent job at really making the player feel like we were actually controlling a divine beast. so i think it was done well.

link’s personality really gets to shine full force in this game with the amount of cut scenes and it was wonderful to see

every character clearly had a lot of love put into how they operate. they truly all feel unique, & all of their play styles fit them really well in my opinion

the game does a really good job of making you understand what a real threat the monsters are. like in botw they’re intimidating at first, but once you’re far enough into the game they become just an inconvenience to work around if anything. this game managed to actually make certain monsters intimidating for me again, and i think that’s a real accomplishment

the blight battles are actually somewhat challenging in this game and that is truly a commendable achievement lol i think all the bosses are good tbh. i didnt rly dislike or not enjoy any of them.

the way daruk and link’s friendship & urbosa’s motherly relationship towards zelda got to shine was. so good. it’s all i could’ve ever wanted

seeing the descendants again was really nice & it was awesome to see the champions interacting with them!! especially sidon and mipha omggggg. that was. really fucking good shit

kohga. just. kohga in general. getting to see more of him was really rad, he’s such a fun guy! and his english va was Excellent. you could really tell he was having a lot of fun playing him, and it was lovely to see! :)

zelda getting to really shine in this game was also lovely to see. and her being so assertive and badass by the end? omg. it was so wonderful especially after botw. man.

the combat is done very well imo. im rly glad that they took so many elements from botw, but also added their own flares to make it feel fresh. it was rad.

sidon’s tagline is “winning smile” and his power is “boundless optimism” and i think that’s beautiful

the music in this game is SOOOOO good oh my god. multiple times during playing i had to pause to just appreciate it. it’s pretty much all remixes of botw with a few originals for the new characters, but they all slap. there was not a single song in this game i didn’t like. it is definitely one of my favorite video game soundtracks officially. maybe one of my favorite overall soundtracks in general tbh.

the visuals obviously look just like botw, but it still looked fucking gorgeous at some points. like. man. they really went off to make it look not only faithful to botw as far as appearance goes, but also as far as capturing botw’s beauty and it was. excellent to see!

if anything is true to botw’s backstory, it’s definitely how op link is. cause he was established to be op in botw, & when u finish botw he is also op as hell. he is so fun to play as the higher leveled he gets. he absolutely kicks ass. especially with a two-handed weapon??? daaaaammmmnnn. thats my badass baby boy!!!!

link eating rocks not once, but TWICE. just showing PEAK gremlin energy. 10/10 for those scenes they were great

the ending was really beautiful actually and i did cry like a little baby for it what about it

things i didn’t like:

obviously first and foremost.. this is not the game we were advertised. and no matter how much i overall enjoyed the game, it will always have some layer of being tainted attached to it due to the false advertising. this is not the prequel we thought we’d be getting. & not using “prequel” specifically doesn’t matter when all the advertising, including the box art talks about this being the story of what happened 100 years ago. with no indication it wasn’t the story of what happened 100 years ago in the botw timeline, but a separate universe/timeline entirely. i do hope we get dlc for the game at some point giving us what we were advertised, but at the same time... rly wish that the story that’s in the final game was dlc, & the story we were promised was the original :/ or just having the game have two separate storylines originally would’ve been cool. i just wish it wasn’t falsely advertised.

fort hateno can fucking eat my whole entire shit WHY is that part so needlessly obnoxious compared to everything else oh my god

being forced to fulfill revali’s power fantasy TWICE hurt my soul

fuck any mission where you have to protect the useless hylian guards. i hate them. they suck.

the ai for player characters when you aren’t playing as them can also be pretty useless. it was really frustrating failing missions because my fellow party members weren’t helping me, and i was basically expected to be in two places at once to get shit done myself. :/ ik you can just switch between characters to make it easier, but like. i like playing as link the most. he’s my favorite character, & ofc since he’s mandatorily played for most of the story, he’s gonna be the most leveled up character regardless so he’s just the best to play as in general especially for harder missions. it was annoying to be forced to play as other people Solely cause the ai was so useless.

king rhoam’s attempt at a redemption arc. i’m not sorry that i just fucking hate this man. i don’t mind him entirely in botw bc you can see clear, genuine remorse during the cut scene at the end of the great plateau. but the redemption arc he gets in this game? after all the fucking shit he does in this game? especially when after his ~redemption arc~ i had to sit through a cut scene of him being an absolute fucking asshole to baby zelda after her mother just died????? absolutely fuck that shit. i don’t appreciate that crap at fucking all. he’s a verbally abusive piece of shit and i hate his guts.

obviously there was gonna be some retconning of how certain things worked in botw in order to make this kinda game work but the way sheikah technology works in this game is so goddamn confusing i do not get it. the works of botw are never outright said or explained completely, but it’s straightforward enough that it doesn’t really matter. this game does try to explain certain things and it just becomes. really clunky and confusing very quickly.

the story is alright, i guess, but..... really confusing/convoluted as hell at times to a point that it’s. really fucking distracting. especially in comparison to how straightforward botw’s story is. like..... cannot help but be annoyed that such a problem wouldn’t have been a thing if they stuck to botw’s story.

i was sad when the egg thing died but i dont like the egg thing.... it is the MAIN reason shit was retconned so much & i just. dont get its purpose. but i did really like the reveal that zelda made it herself. that was good shit!

also the egg glitched out like. a LOT. idk what the fuck was going on with the poor thing but there was multiple times during a cut scene or when i was just sitting there that it was freaking out in the background and it was rly weird

elemental overworld boss monsters................. obnoxious. especially elemental guardians like goddamn bro what the fuck

i know warriors’ games aren’t about exploring anyway but the limitations for exploring was really sad/frustrating. this is still somewhat the world of hyrule before the calamity, which is something we’ve always wanted to see. not being able to explore even the immediate area at certain points because of shit like timed missions was really upsetting, man. :( i just wanted to see hyrule castle Before the calamity why was did they have to rob us like that.....

creepy corrupted egg’s transformation. why. what was that. what the fuck

even though i did enjoy the boss fights, it did get. incredibly taxing eventually to have to fight the SAME bastards so many times. like yeah botw is also guilty of this with the blights, but goddamn.... at least i have a choice to avoid certain encounters with them? this game has you fighting the same bitches like upwards of 3-4 times. it was. really annoying tbh. like the fights themselves are enjoyable, but damn we added new characters and it still inevitably lacked variety in boss fights.

no playable kass >:( if he’s available later in dlc then fine but i wish he was playable in the original game. so many random choices you’d never expect are. why couldn’t he also be there >:(

overall:

it will forever have that sour taste for the false advertising attached to it unfortunately, but that aside, i overall did enjoy the game! i think it has a lot to love in spite of the issues i encountered. as someone who has this as their first warriors game as well, it did lend itself to letting me see the appeal of them. idk if i’ll get more, but i do get why they’re so beloved/popular now. it was an alright time, with some amazing highlights that i’m gonna think back on very fondly for a very, very long time. if i had to rate it..... 7/10

#hw #aoc #hw aoc #hyrule warriors #age of calamity #legend of zelda #botw #danni plays hw aoc #mine #long post #v long post sorry lol i have so many thoughts/feelings

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dartiri11 · 4 years

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The prophecy of the golden wolf (Zelda Botw Fanstory pt1)

It was a day like the others in the life of King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule. Yet. Since his wife died because of terrilble illness, he tried to spend more time with his five year old daughter Zelda. He told her a good-night-srory until she at last fell asleep.

He gave her a kiss on her forehead and silently closed the door.

The King went into his bedroom to go to sleep, but there was something lying on his bed. It was a letter. But how is that possible? The guards were all over in the castle the whole time. Who brought this into his bedroom?

He looked at the letter. On the front was just his name.

King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule

It was written in an old Hylian handwriting. He carefully opened it.

Meet me behind the castle. Now. At the edge of the forest. The whole kingdom is in danger.

Trust me

It was not sighned. There was not much text, but written in the same handwriting. That all sounded a bit suspicious. And if it was a trap? He didnt belive, the kingdom was in danger. How should it be? But if it the letter is no lie...

He called a few guards and his first Consultant Impa to him and showed her the strange letter. "Dont go, your Highness! Im sure its a trap! Someone is trying to kill you." One of the guards said worried.

"But if its not?"Impa said. "What if its true and our kingdom is really in danger?"

The King decided. "I will go and find it out. But not alone. You all come with me."

"Wise decision, your Majesty" Impa mentioned calm.

Twelve horses were riding to the woods behind the castle. Ten guards, Impa and the King hinself. There were nothing. Only nature. It was dark. The only light they had, were a few torches and the moonlight.

When they had arrived the edge of the forest, one of the guards got off his horse and took a torch. He slowly went to the forest and held his torch in front of him. There was a silence, until a voice broke it.

"King Hyrule. Im glad you came my King, inspite my letter. I feared you would get suspicious."

The guard flinched and the ohers pulled their swords. The guard at the forest edge, Soren, looked up and saw something golden lying on a thick branch of a tree. He steped back and looked at the golden creature. It was a wolf. A wolf in a golden furdress lying on the tree and looking at the King.

The King stared at the wolf and asked mistrusting. "Are you the one, who write the letter? Who are you?!"

The wolf wasnt impressed be the King of Hyrule. "I think thats not important at the moment." He answered calm. "He is going to return. Ganon will come back." Horrified whisper went through the group of guards. But the wolf continued. "This time i dont know when exectly but Princess Zelda exists and we just-"

"No! My little daughter will not risk her life to fight against a monster! Never! She will live a normal life and is going to be Queen one day!"

"Your Highness, forgive me. I-"

"How dare you?! Come out of nowhere, calling me, the King, to place and order my daughter to risk her life! How are you thinking you could-"

"HEY, Listen!!! Im just trying to warn you, seeing your kingdom fall! Its not just like many times before. Its much more than this. It will be a Calamity. And you and the other tribes like the Zora, the Goron or the Gerudo have to help." The wolf said strict until he noticed, how rude he had talked to the King. "Im sorry for beeing so strict and unpolite, but-

But King Rhoam wasnt angry. He just listened banned to the wolfes prediction. "No no its ok. Please go on."

"Its Princess Zeldas destiny to work together with the Chosen Hero. You know her so you have to find the Chosen Hero." The wolf ordered.

But King Rhoam was confused. "And how do we find him? Is there a mark or something?"

"Yes, he wears the Triforce on his hand." When the golden creature said this words, the guard Soren flinched. A cold shiver ran down his back. The wolf noticed it and jumped down from his tree and went towards to him. Now all of them had seen the wolf compleatly. He was tall. Taller than normal grey wolves.

Soren steped back but it came closer until the wolf stand right before him. And now he whispered to him. "You know him, right? Blue eyes, blond hair?" He sat down directly in front of Soren. And whispered again. "Hes your son right? It hurts to bring this news, but if he can pull it, hes the Chosen Hero."

"Soren, is everything alright? What does it say?" Impa asked with a Shiekah-knife in her hand.

"Yeah i guess, but wolf? What do you mean? What has the Hero to pull?" Soren asked, scared about his sons life.

The wolf looked at the King again and went back under the tree he was lying on before. He sat down and finally answered. "The legendary Bann-Sword. The only sword, which can slay Ganon. The Master Sword." Soren frightened looked at him and the wolf gave him a apologetic look back. But he continued. "If someone can pull it, you know the Chosen One."

The golden wolf stood up again. "Now. Your Highness, find the Chosen One and prepair for a war with monsters and a Calamity, Hyrule has never seen before. Unite the other tribes of Hyrule and save your kingdom."

No! He couldnt just go now! "Wait! Wolf, are you going to leave us? That all was so random! Are you not going to help us against the Calamity?!" King Rhoam was shouting.

"Im sorry, your Majesty, but my time is over for more than thousands of years ago. Its time for a new era in the Hystory of Hyrule." This were his last words before the wolf turned around and went deeper into the woods until he was swallowed by the darknes of the night...

Hi, how do you like it? Should i post another part? I have got enough ideas ro do that. Well thats the begin of the whole Bowt story... Btw i think you already know it, but im not very good at speaking or writing English. I hope you can understand it without problems.

Thanks for reading❤

#loz botw #breath of the wild #hero of wild #hero of time #botw link #oot link #heros shade #calamity ganon #golden wolf

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