JorgenRaft
Chain Chomp
I'm curious as to what everyone thinks in regards to this.
As far as my take, I definitely preferred The Great Plateau. I had a lot of fun on The Great Sky Island, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't lower my excitement a bit (which was absolutely undone once I was able to actually play the game after this segment).
Again, I want to reiterate that I still had a lot of fun in this area playing with all the new abilities, and that my hype was well met once I left the tutorial. It was more so everything else that kind of hampered my excitement a bit. I know a lot of people are saying BotW seems almost irrelevant to go back to play after playing TotK. While I don't agree with that, I do think most of us can appreciate how well BotW set the standard for this new kind of Zelda experience. I just hope they spice it up more next time!
So, which did you enjoy more?
As far as my take, I definitely preferred The Great Plateau. I had a lot of fun on The Great Sky Island, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't lower my excitement a bit (which was absolutely undone once I was able to actually play the game after this segment).
- It had a bit of sequel-itis, having a ghost walk you through 4 shrines to eventually get an upgrade.
- It was much more linear, given its donut shape where it encouraged you to circle the island in a certain step by step fashion.
- I think it was the place where the game ran the worst so I was worried it was going to be like that consistently throughout (luckily it's been a mostly smooth experience since, and looking back I assume all that foliage condensed into one area didn't help).
- The pacing was a bit odd, requiring you to get 3 Lights of Blessing to open the Temple of Time door only to get there and have Rauru tell you "oops you actually need another one to open this additional door as well." And then you have to back track and then use a Zonai Wing to fly back to the temple like you already did after the third ability.
Again, I want to reiterate that I still had a lot of fun in this area playing with all the new abilities, and that my hype was well met once I left the tutorial. It was more so everything else that kind of hampered my excitement a bit. I know a lot of people are saying BotW seems almost irrelevant to go back to play after playing TotK. While I don't agree with that, I do think most of us can appreciate how well BotW set the standard for this new kind of Zelda experience. I just hope they spice it up more next time!
So, which did you enjoy more?