#i quit and played botw

[star-ocean-peahen]

You know, after playing Ocarina of Time for a while, I can see why people complain about the newer Zelda games being too handholdy. Growing up with kill-two-stalfos-within-one-minute would make those puzzles feel kinda flat without the extreme frustration.

#i got to the part in the forest temple where you have to kill three stalfos in a row #two in a pair #and if you don't kill the second one fast enough the one you just killed will come back #i quit and played botw #what can i say i had a shitty day and i wanted to relax #im also thanking my stars for the botw great fairies because there is nothing i hate more than the oot one #s #oot #ocarina of time #loz #legend of zelda

[jamesbranwen]

this is not me trying to defend nintendo's business practices or say that either of these games don't have flaws, but I think a lot of the comparisons people are making between breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom are a little unfair and don't really take into account that they are different games with different purposes.

"breath of the wild feels so empty compared to tears of the kingdom" ... yeah? with breath of the wild, one of the game's main themes was isolation. you wake up in the future far after the apocalypse you were trying to prevent has already settled. you have no memories, very little strength. just like hyrule, just like zelda, all you have is your will to continue. breath of the wild is the quiet moments, the secret spaces, the weight of the world that has continued to turn without you still resting on your shoulders.

tears of the kingdom is not like that. hyrule is no longer the wild. it is no longer quiet and lonely. there's community. every sidequest is intertwined. your friends fight alongside you. this isn't "fixing" breath of the wild, this is it's natural continuation. as time goes on the world continues to heal and rebuild. if breath of the wild was clawing hope, tears of the kingdom is direct action.

like yeah there are things tears is doing better and (imo) things breath of the wild did better. but i don't think either one is a replacement for the other.

#tloz #breath of the wild #botw #totk #tears of the kingdom #inspired by two posts #one saying tears should have been botw dlc #which i think must have come from someone who hasn't played tears (which is fine) #and the other saying botw shouldn't have existed and they should have just released totk #which i also don't think would be ideal #personally botw is still my favorite game #its really beautiful and emotional #i do understand and agree with a lot of the criticism against it #but i am fond of the slower‚ quieter pace it has #ive never played anything else quite like it #even totk

[john---baptist]

//Day 1 : Formal Dance

for Revalink Week 2023

#loz #botw #revali #link #revalink #RevalinkWeek2023 #this one took me quite some time guys.. but I love it #rendering was a whole process #played loose with clothes I don't know fashion! I'm like link fr #I have more things for revalink week that I won't be able to post this week bc its finals week </3 #but will be posting the rest of may so you guys get this as a little appetizer #to keep you satisfied... #myart

[malice-kingdom]

Tales of brown 🤎

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The brown hair bunch is actually one of my favorite. (I feel like I say that for each one of them) So much good characters here. ☺️

The line between light brown and dark blond is very subjective so I made so choices I guess. The next and last category is blond characters and there is so much people on it that I will have to differentiate blond and yellow hair characters I think.

- ❤️ - 🩷 - 💙 - 💚 - 🖤 - 🤍 -

#tales of symphonia #tales of vesperia #tales of xillia #tales of the abyss #tales of zestiria #lloyd irving #rita mordio #jade curtiss #tear grants #karol capel #sorey #alfred vint svent #leia rolando #Alvin tox #tales of #it took me quite a long time to finish this one but I have a bad excuse #I was playing botw #now let’s pray I manage to distract myself long enough from Revali fanarts to draw the next one

[rawliverandgoronspice]

Alright I think I’ve sent a ask in before and you answered it, I’m not sure if I’m just repeating myself but if I am feel free to ignore!

Alright I wanted to talk about changes in the gerudo culture, now naturally culture norms will change and fade as time goes on. But with the gerudo I can’t help but feel that they were forced to change much of their culture just to appease the other races.

Like why did they stop training Molduga? Why did they change their style to be more feminine etc.

Personally I feel like they were forced to change their culture so they wouldn’t get attacked. Why? Well example the sheikah, the sheikah are a tribe very close to the royal family. They will take out anyone who is a threat to the royal family, correct? Well who used to actively oppose the royal family, the gerudo.

I believe the sheikah still have a prejudiced against the gerudo because, you cannot find a single gerudo in kakariko village. You can find gerudo npcs outside the village thought, on the dangerous rode. Wouldn’t it be easier and safer for them to just cut through kakariko village? Unless there was still bad blood

I’m sorry to bother with my my insane ramblings I just wanted to share and I felt this place appropriate to share my thoughts.

Thank you for reading and thank you and have a nice night/morning/afternoon

Hey, thanks for the ask!

I mean, regardless of what actually did happen in canon, if anything did, I have to say that BotW, and then TotK's internal narrative regarding the gerudos feels rather worrying to me --for several reasons, some of which you do mention here.

The gerudos, by virtue of having the strongest culture that differs from hylians, is the one that is also the most dynamic in these games' shared reality (so TotK's mythical past, BotW, and then TotK modern era), the one that is the most malleable and ongoing internal change.

The first time we see the gerudos, historically, they have a certain political structure that seems to rely on kinghood, have certain skills related to war (the molduga situation), and even have fashion sensitivities that are relatively different to modern era's gerudos (the mohawk, etc, and I Will Not mention the ear situation for the inconsistent mess that it is). Then, the whole shenanigans with Rauru happen, we see the Sage of Lightning having a fashion sense that feels closer to what we know, and we get to see active collaboration happening.

Fast-forward hundreds-to-thousands of years later: not only are gerudos vassal to Hyrule pre-Calamity, but, while their town is still closed behind walls, the gerudos have a strong cultural focus on seeking (mostly) hylian husbands. We get to hear about the younger generations pushing against the strong rules keeping the city closed, and that the walls aren't as closed as they used to be.

In TotK, not only is the actual language evolving (so even if old hylian seems to have been a thing, the speed of language evolving is to be noted imo), but we see clear examples of the ancestral rules being challenged to the point of near annihilation. By the time we leave the gerudos behind, two hylian men have snuck inside the walls/forced their presence upon them, and we have heard of at least another group who have been working for years to make them bend the rules for their sake. Zelda came around and influenced their war techniques, and even their ancient legends get recontextualized as involving hylian men with the Eight Heroin, or as monstrously evil and something to seek forgiveness for in the case of Ganondorf. Subtextually, I'd argue we are assisting to a culture being assimilated in real time. It might be portrayed as a good thing, as old, useless or even arguably bigoted traditions being cast aside, but I still have to insist that while gerudos are yielding their cultural identity under (mostly) hylian pressures, hylians spend the *entire game* rediscovering and reinforcing their own culture and pushing forward a cultural heritage that is thousand of years old --even reinjecting lost elements of its roots into its prosperous future.

And, yeah. It's kind of worth noting at least.

#asks #totk #totk critical #gerudos #hyrule #botw #when will my brain return from the imprisoning war... #this is what I mean by: if I were Ganondorf (and no matter what awful shit he did do) I'd literally feel ill #ESPECIALLY in the context of the sheikahs being suddenly recontexualized as a subset of the hylians #one can't help but wonder: is this the fate that awaits gerudos as well #if there were to be a volume 3 to the Wild Era (there won't be but a hypothetical one) #would (hylians) become a part of their character profiles? #I do find this entire subtextual arc more than a little upsetting yeah #even if I appreciate the more dynamic angle to their culture #they cannot be the only one to question themselves #they cannot be the only one twisting themselves in a knot to repent and earn forgiveness #they cannot be the only one binding themselves to a child-to-bride pipeline deifying hylian men and structuring their future #around people that *do not respect them* at large #and see them as vaguely intimidating and stuck-up but kind of bumbling insecure exotic hotties #even link do not respect the gerudos' hard “no”s in totk (which I did find quite upsetting to play through) #anyway thanks for the ask and sorry for kind of using your ask to do my own thing sorryyyy

[rabb1ttrash]

he likes to play a lil dress up

these have been a WIP since totk came out lmao, but i really wanted to draw him in some of my favourite botw outfits (+ the archaic set) so,,, huzzah *jazz hands* (ignore the inconsistency of his scars -i just realised)

#tears of the kingdom #breath of the wild #the legend of zelda #legend of zelda #link botw #link totk #did i some experimentation with colours and shading and i quite like how it came out #drawing this and playing totk brought back my hyperfixation and then i went back down the linked universe rabbit hole #so i might be posting some of that

[goldensunset]

#GIIIIIIIIIIRL #gotta finish the postgame of black and white and then play the sequel #want to replay totk but also am feeling like going back to botw bc it’s been a while since i fully played it #also spring/summer nostalgia (when i first played both those games) #i never finished my most recent skyward sword playthrough #still haven’t gotten around to tales of vesperia #want to start a new file on violet… literally i have almost 400 hours just on my first one #i guess i’m having too much fun to calm it quits but also i wanna restart and reexperience it too #missing link will *probably* come out this year #i might be able to convince my sisters to pool our money and save up for a ps5 #bc they would enjoy it and i wanna play kingdom hearts for realsies #peach rambles

[anarchopuppy]

After all these years, the Zelda series has reached its full potential

#just beat it #no spoilers upcoming #but it's incredible how they took everything that people said was lacking in BotW #dungeons story music enemy variety the final boss etc etc etc #and did everything we could've wanted #while adding a mindboggling amount of mechanical depth and polish #and increasing the scale of the map 1 and a half times over #yes obviously it has flaws #the dungeons are great but don't quite reach the peak of past zelda dungeons #there are FAR too many separate currencies and upgrade systems #making it feel like you have to stop playing zelda to warp around and run some errands every so often #(there is literally only 1 thing you can do with crystalized charges why do i have to go to a separate place just do it automatically) #and other such tiny nitpicks #but it still feels like the final realization of everything zelda always could've been #for the first time since march 2017 my favorite game and my pick for the best game of all time are the same #pops talks zelda

[niteshade925]

I can see how the regional phenomena in totk is basically totk's version of a modern 4 horsemen of the apocalypse: pollution (the sludge), addiction (marbled rock roast), climate change (the extreme blizzard; admittedly this one is a bit of a stretch), and pestilence/infectious disease (the giant mosquito boss and the undead gibdo). Which, hey, references to real life issues, great, but what I didn't like so much was how you can just solve puzzles and fight bosses--basically have a handful of big name heroes running around doing tasks--and the water will magically clear up, the addicts will magically become normal people again, the extreme storms will magically dissipate, and the pestilence will magically disappear. Real life does not work that way. I know, I know, it's a game why you taking it so seriously blah blah, but I'm just saying, we have to remember that for any of these problems to be solved, it takes a lot of effort and cooperation from a lot of people to accomplish, and that's definitely an understatement.

#totk spoilers #:P #i haven't played many other zelda games so i can't say #but botw and totk are basically the Great Man Theory #aka 'we only need a few big heroes to save the day and nobody else's input is worth much' #maybe I'm too nitpicky or maybe I'm too old to suspend my disbelief entirely #something about that just doesn't quite sit right with me :P #doesn't mean the game is bad but just my thoughts #and let me add that genshin is also kind of a Great Man Theory sort of game on the surface #but in genshin the story itself actually does challenge that idea in many different places #whereas in botw and totk nothing about that logic is even questioned #you are expected to just accept that 'oh the hero defeated the bad guys and now the problems magically went away' #and since we are talking about real life issues this approach is honestly incredibly lazy #basically the same as 'if everyone can drive less (aka be a hero!) then we can reduce emissions and save the environment!' #while completely ignoring how driving is basically essential to life in the greatest country on earth (tm) #bc of urban planning lack of effective public transportation systems and lobbyists #it's a systemic problem and it's not going to be solved by being heroes or eating the rich #in conclusion: if you want to put real life issues in your game please don't be lazy with it #and if you want the traditional hero vs big bad thing then please stay away from real life issues #this is part of the reason why botw is better than totk

[sleepyheadlinks]

Of course totk checks if you have botw save data when I have exclusively played botw on the Wii U

#i didn’t get a switch until 2018 and never bought a switch copy of botw #i have AND I AM NOT EXAGGERATING over 1000 hours of playtime in botw over the span of 3 years #(haven’t played botw since before aoc because i was waiting for the sequel) #i am quite rusty but am getting back into the swing of it #have ~17 hours into totk now

[merriclo]

the meaning to life is playing Ocarina of Time on the 3DS at school while ur friends huddle around u cheering u on while u fight a boss

#this happens to me. quite often. #my classes this year have a lot of spare time and i always have my work done so #why not be a gamer #i also play pokémon a lot but oot is the main crowd drawer #once my teacher saw and got all nostalgic and happy bc he didn’t realize kids still liked the franchise outside of botw #it was sweet

[rotisseries]

OH DUDE i got botw and totk the other day and just 💥💥‼️ ITS SO MUCH FUN

HELL YEAH DUDE!! HAVE FUN!!! TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT!!!

#they are literally masterpiece games I'm not even joking. story is so good and the game play is fun and it's addictive to explore #botw was how I found out I really like open world games #but even with that I don't think I've ever enjoyed the open world aspect of any open world game as much as botw #like. the storytelling is literally built into the environment in a way that's unique even amongst other open world games #and it made exploring a really rewarding and fun experience that hasn't been quite the same in other games lol #ask #tallytals #hi tals!

[impostorsshow]

i found this funny image anyway im gonna fucking cry

EPONAA PLEASE JUMP OVER THE FUCKING FENCEPOSTS

THERES SO MANY IMAGES OF YOU JUMPING OVER THE FUCKING FENCEPOSTS ONLINE WHY DO YOU COME TO A COMPLETE FUCKING STOP RIGHT AFTER I SPRINT IM GOING TO PUT YOUR CHILDREN IN A FUCKING BLENDER EPONA

#OH #HORSES MUST JUST BE BAD IN THIS GAME SPECIFICALLY #WHEN I PLAYED THE RACE GAMES IN BOTW I WAS LIKED #AND THEN THEY GOT WORSE IN TOTK AND I THOUGHT “THIS MUST BE AN OPEN WORLD PROBLEM” #AND IT TURNS OUT NINTENDO JUST CANT FUCKING CODE HORSES #IM GENUINELY ON THE VERGE OF TEARS #I WOULDNT BE SO FRUSTRATED IF NOT FOR THE FACT YOU HAVE TO FINISH THE TIME COURSE EVEN ONCE YOU FAIL YOU CANT QUIT OUT #IT TAKES LIKE 3 MINUTES TO FINISH A FAILED RUN AND IM TRYING TO BEAT IT IN 50 SECONDS #IVE GOTTEN 52 SECONDS. IVE GOTTEN 51 SECONDS. THIS MINIGAME IS JUST FUCKING LUCK IM SO SICK OF IT IM SO SICK OF IT IM SO SICK OF IT #anyway *sobs* back to my 3ds #talk talks #update my tears are no longer on the verge #they are on a napkin

[gekkonidae]

Ive been taking my sweet ass time with totk haven't even touched the main quest yet, gonna get full stamina and all the hearts before I actually play the story

#this is what i live abt open world games #no need to start the story until i actually want to #i think thats something genshin kinda lacks? #i mean the open world is absolutely fantastic in totk and genshin but with genshin some puzzles in the open world you cant do #UNLESS you finish a really long quest #and i mean the quests arent hard but i prefer ignoring story stuff ans being able to actually explore without NEEDING the quest in order to #do so #which totk and botw did really well bc all the mandatory mechanics are things you get in the very beginning #and then ur just free to do whatever without needing the main quests #well #axtually i guess since some quests are aboit fixing environmental issues it kinda counts #but those environmental issues dont fully stop you from exploring the way the exploration in genshin does #i love both games #i mean w somw games i lose interest pretty fast like in a few months #but w genshin its been. 2 years? and im still not bored enough of the game to quit #i dont play the game for very long tho. i do some stuff then i close it which i guess is why i havent experienced full burnout #i think games w more freedom are just straight up better at keeping my attention for long periods of time #games w set paths like pokemon and some other story driven games donr keep my enjoyment for as long #i mean i love pokemon but it does get predictable and boring after a while #im not attached to genshin enough to want to stick with it no matter what tho like trust me the minute i get too bored to play #im leaving it w/o a second thought lol

[lesbiangiratina]

Turned off my Nintendo Switxh. Where am i

#i think i took enough breaks to avoid adverse effects but damn i played quite a bit of totk today #first day of botw def gave me a migraine so like i did better this time for sure #nothing beats acnh launch day tho i played for so long i hallucinated animalese for 2 nights #that was fun. #the kat goes meow

[gottagobuycheese]

there’s got to be a faster way to play this game but How

#not that I don't absolutely love meandering my way around this world and chatting to all the NPCs #but I want to start octopath traveller ii when I still have time and before there are too many spoilers floating around #and I can't DO that when I'm barely even halfway through the first one #at this rate it's going to be years before I finish... #which is fine but like also. I want to Know What Happens #I could do this by just looking up the stories sure but I want to PLAY IT #but I want to play it faster >:( #<- says the person who learned you can fast-travel between taverns somewhere around hour 60 or so yet has refused to do so #‘~60.5 hours for the main game and maaaaaybe 100-ish for completionists’ BUT WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE BAD AT FIGHTING #WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO NEED TO TRAVEL ON FOOT EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO WEAK TO MISS OUT ON ANY EXPERIENCE #WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO FORGET WHERE ALL THE HIDDEN CHESTS AND SIDE QUESTS ARE AND HAVE TO RE-FIND THEM EVERY TIME #all these side quests are haunting me...yes this name sounds familiar no I do not know from when or where #good luck finding your lost lover sir #I'm pretty sure I've met her like 4 times but I can't remember where she is #and because I hit A too fast you will no longer tell me her name :/ #could I simply look up this information? yes. but I want to bumble around authentically as much as possible like with botw #‘IS THERE A FASTER WAY TO DO THIS!!’ I scream while doing everything as slowly and inefficiently as possible #cheese plays octopath traveller #<- unlikely to be used more than once but Who Knows #I'm glad I actually got to play video games today though even if it didn't quite hit the level of enjoyment i was hoping for #two unexpected days of in a row man I never want to go back to work #but I also don't want to exist in my own head forever doing nothing #I don't want to move forward. but I also don't want to stay here #do you see the Dilemma #anyways time to go train h'aanit on the way back to whoever the heck's chapter 3 I was supposed to be getting to #while training for tressa's chapter 3 that I put on the backburner years ago because the boss was too hard #I LIKE to think our posse is strong enough to take it now but I feel like I keep disproportionately training certain people over others #it's so much harder to keep everyone on relatively equal footing in this game than in pokemon :( #Primrose my first ever companion how I miss thee </3 I'm sorry I so rarely need to use your skills for anything