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@LukeAlmighty the story for the game sucks for the most part, so much of it seems like an afterthought unfortunately.

like, you've got NPCs who will acknowledge that you have completed certain quests, or have certain items, etc. but the actual main story doesn't acknowledge that you have completed other parts of the main story. it's pretty bad.

it is a super long game, and i'm normally not one for long games, but for whatever reason both botw and totk really scratch the itch for me. usually when a game starts approaching even 10 hours i get bored or annoyed, but not in these games... and i'm even wanting to 100% complete all the shrines and quests like i did with botw. the gameplay just really clicks for me, story be damned.

@RealRaul I get closer to doing shit like this every day

@Terry I would too if I was in that position. Poor guys.

@gruyere hell yeah

@Zealist @justnormalkorean @memeextremist @Shadowman311 they hate their fans because they see them doing stuff with their properties that they feel entitled to. they're worried about brand image and that a game that comes out from a fan will either be bad and leave a poor taste in people's mouth, or it will take money from their games and their sales. why would you play mario 64 in the 3d all stars collection when you could play a remake someone made in unreal engine on pc that is superior? they're very stingy with stuff like assets as well, and this is why fan games don't exist as much as romhacks do that use either the assets available in the game already, or they import ones that nintendo doesn't actually own.

the antithesis to nintendo is ZUN, who lets his games, characters, music, everything, exist in the public conscience and be used however people want to use them. because of that, it is the only game other than minecraft to have its own convention (i believe it actually has two).

bethesda is somewhere in between the two, obviously they probably wouldn't let someone make and sell an elder scrolls game completely independently, but they're totally cool with mods and even mod creators getting paid without them seeing a dime. they know it is the lifeblood of all of their games.

@AsianQTs that floor is awesome.

there are a shit ton of full game ocarina of time mods out there. missing link, indigo, sealed palace, to name a few. it's really cool that you can find more content for the same game that you loved so much.

@memeextremist @justnormalkorean @Shadowman311 they're not just mediocre, they're all really fucking good games. is there a 1st party mario game that isn't insanely polished and fun? i don't mind if i'm playing "the same game" over and over again, if it's more of the same good thing i see that as an absolute win. clearly, a lot of other people do with the ongoing resurgence of retro-inspired indie titles that just take the same thing we have seen time and time again but refine it further or introduce some small new things here and there.

bethesda has the community aspect right, with a few blunders along the way but they have the right spirit at the very least, but their games are just blech. very ambitious, but unrefined.

nintendo is the opposite. it frequently seems like they actually hate their fans. however, their games are incredibly refined, especially given the hardware they run on.

at the end of the day, i'd still rather play a good game from a developer i know doesn't give a shit about me, than a bad/broken game from a developer that claims they give a shit about me but doesn't actually deliver a solid product.

Personally, I don't care how easy or difficult a game is as long as I'm having fun. I don't like playing Dark Souls because I legitimately don't have fun while playing it, but playing Devil May Cry on Dante Must Die mode is a lot more fun despite still being pretty challenging. There is nothing more fun, in my opinion, that exploiting a game and feeling that sense of accomplishment that you were able to get around the "intended experience" in the first place. I will go out of my way to try and break something or do it in the unintended way, and often times that turns out to take so much longer than it would if I had just done it the intended way, but I get a lot more enjoyment out of it.

@LittleTom "tourist btw"
>2022

@ChristiJunior @rasterman when rasterman finally gets the glider it will be a day of celebration

@ChristiJunior @rasterman or playing TotK without the day 1 patch lmao

@Fiddle holowho?

@marine if only they would start asking "why do autistic people love becoming trans?"

@memeextremist @justnormalkorean @Shadowman311 this is why, despite Nintendo being shit with their consumer relations, are still such a celebrated game company. They make really good games that work when they come out and they have been doing that ever since the first Mario game.