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That's exactly what I'm saying though.... The game is forcing you to do these things if you want to progress. Previous titles did not have this. Yes you had special gear for certain areas, but IIRC you didn't have to go exploring to find them, you acquired them as you naturally progressed to that portion of the story in the game.
Therefore, having these mechanics in the game prolongs it in comparison to not having them in the game, ie being able to just go to the area regardless of what you're wearing/ having it acquired naturally at the right point in the narrative.
But that's not prolonging the game. That's what the game is. The game is ABOUT exploration. Complaining about that is basically meaning you don't like the game, not that it's bad. Also, for the specific "gear", they're usually within/near by the zone you require it in.
Fire proof armor is a side quest along the path to Death mountain, while the woman near the stable sells you fire proof elixirs
The Zora armor is literally handed to you by the Zora king
The freeze-proof armor required for the Rito area is sold in their town
The Gerudo armor is sold outside of their village
None of that is really "out of the way". Unless you want things like the Barbarian armor, which is not required at all.
It's also not relevant to the seeds either, since yet again, the seeds aren't required to enter certain areas.
"El Psy Kongroo!" Hearthstone Moderator
Fair points. But even in games like Skyrim (or other open world games, Skyrim is just the one I'm most familiar with) you aren't always required to find or make certain things in order to safely traverse into an area you have access to. And exploration is what those games are about too, so there's no requirement that you have to do some busy work, regardless of how trivial it might be, to play the game. This game would still be all about exploration if this element didn't exist.
I'm not saying it's bad, JtBrig was or at least that's how I understood it, I'm just trying to articulate where I think he's coming from because I think I understand it. IMO this game would still be what it is at it's core if the climate gear/ items and durability system weren't a thing. That idea makes them feel gimmicky to a degree, and in some parts just pointlessly aggravating.
I agree that the armor is near they're respective main quest towns, but you really need all that armor just to even explore the map itself since climate changes frequently. For as much freedom as the game gives you, it really forces you to go do the main quests ASAP.
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got that set today upgraded it for set bonus, ohh boy feel like a warrior running in, BLADESTOOOOORM got a lynel's crusher(how hilariously large is that weapon?!) shit just melts, and if you release an urbosa's fury with that, an entire moblin/lizard camp is a 2 second job, now i have 5 weapons to loot, damn that durability issue huh...not.
Btw I think the durability weapon system works well with the whole concept of exploring. (Although I can see the complaints about not wanting to use your good weapons, luckily I just watched youtube videos and the youtuber was the one grinding off screen and maintaining that shit.)
I do think they could've given more weapon slots initially considering you need different weapons for different things (torches, swords, mining, etc.). Not to mention some weapons suck in lightning and some suck in volanoes.
since you guys keep bitching about weapons heres some tips
weapons that arent in chests respawn (for example say you find a really cool fire sword sitting in the ground?) mark them on your map, not sure how long it takes but id guess a couple days ingame or maybe once every blood moon
like those super strong guardian weapons? every blood moon go back to trials of strength, you can fight them again and get their weapons.
ive only ever run out of weapons once and that was because i was retarded and didnt get the map for the zora dungeon and kept trying to wack the orb and get to the gate in time before i realized i could use the map to move his trunk...
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This is where I call BS. Nothing but a bunch of lawyer talk trying to justify theft.
Distributing emulated games is piracy, plain and simple. If you want to digitally back up your games, then do it yourself ... don't download a copy off the internet.
That doesn't' mean I hate the idea of ROMs and emulators. I think games that are ancient and no longer being distributed should be available; but BotW came out 3 weeks ago. This is where I would support Nintendo doing a C&D.
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Creators of the emulator are not distributing games. They give you instructions on how to legally rip your already owned Wii U games to your PC. No where on their site will you see a link to download Zelda or any other Wii U game. If you're downloading illegal copies you're doing it from elsewhere on the internet.
To legally use CEMU like the creators intend it to be used you have to own both a Wii U and a copy of the game you want to play. Both tools being needed to dump the game to your PC without needing to download an illegal copy. There is literally nothing Nintendo can take legal action against them for. Any other sites that have copies of Zelda up for download would be fair game for Nintendo, but that's a battle that's hard to win.
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It's not legal to download a copy of a game from the Internet period. It's only legal to copy/dump YOUR OWN copy of a game. You don't understand the law if you're telling me it's legal to download Zelda off a torrent just because you own it already. It's not.
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You are correct. It isn't illegal to download a torrent, only to upload one. But seeding can be considered "uploading" and also a company can still sue you for downloading although that's extremely rare. Generally the most trouble you'll get in for downloading torrents is your ISP will throttle you.
Morally, downloading torrents is pretty shitty, but if you own a Wii U/Switch and Breath of the Wild and want to play it on 4k on your PC, then more power to you. There's nothing wrong with downloading a copy of a game you already own (morally).