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I know people either love or hate the Sages. I'm indifferent to them for the most part.

What I'd like to bring up is how every cutscene while the Sages learn their past and destiny is almost identical. It's like they cut and pasted the different sages into the scenes and recorded other voice actors. There's nothing particularly unique or interesting, and I think that's incredibly disappointing.

I loved learning about the Companions in BotW and how unique they all were, and how they met their fates. I looked forward to seeing the new stories, and there are just...none. Or, at least, none that are unique or interesting.

Am I out of line for thinking they decided to save dev time by essentially copy/pasting the Sage stories? Because I can't see what other reason there is for these characters not to have more interesting background stories. I've seen elsewhere that people blame it on how players can choose the order in which they obtain the Sages, but that was the same in BotW, and they weren't same-y there at all. So...what gives?

Her father has passed, and she has no remaining family. By rights of succession, she should be the new monarch, right?

Or am I overthinking this game? LOL

The funniest tutorial was at the stable. Signed up for Pony Points, and they say, "Do you want to know more?" So I say, No thanks, got it. And they say, "Okay. We'll accumulate your points. When you have enough, you can turn them in for a prize at the other counter!" Like...that's the tutorial I didn't want. LOL

Looking forward to having more fun with building things from the start. I hated them my first playthrough, but slowly got more comfortable toward the end of the game (when I was a god and regularly hunted lynels).

Sometimes I cruise around in Majora's Mask, because I want to raid monsters but not be bothered.

Well, it apparently also fools lynels! All of them! They don't care about you. However, as soon as they notice your companions, they will fight them to the death! I watched them fight three lynels before I got bored.

I avoided this for a long time, but now having done it, I found it decently achievable (used a fair amount of resources). At the end, though, I realized I must be missing one of the Lynels on the surface, because there was a set of horns that still had '???' on the item name until I picked them up!

I'm pretty sure it was the purple one with white hair, because I have fought the purple one with dark hair before this. Guess that's gonna be my hunt next play through. Although, I gotta say, I'm overrun with lynel bows - even had to drop one of them last night to pick up a better lynel bow! LOL

So happy that I've reached a stage in the game where they don't feel quite so terrifying, and more like a fun challenge.

Has anyone else seen this wholly depressing billboard on Park and Dewdney, in which they tantalize the potential gambler with "Can you imagine having $50,000 for groceries?"

I can't be the only one that finds this to be dystopian, and a sign of how horrible the economy is for the average person if that's the tag line for a fucking lottery. Not, "Hey cool, look at this sweet new car!" or "Hey, wicked, a motorcycle!" You know, actually cool luxuries one might splurge on if they won a fat stack of cash. No no, the bait is groceries. Essential products for the home, which you shouldn't need a fucking lotto to afford.

I want off Mr. Bones Wild Ride. :(

For me I think Oscar will be horrified that Pam overheard Gil's harsh criticism of her art.

I think David Wallace will be stunned at how very chaotic the Scranton branch was during both of his tenures, and wonder how the hell he didn't know it was that insane.

And I think Tony is going to be incredibly angry and embarrassed that the only thing they could say about him was that he's fat.

Thoughts?

What other phrases pop into your head at random, and won't leave until you rewatch a dozen toons?

In season 5, episodes 16/17, Michael goes on his speaking tour. He steals a thumb drive of documents from Holly's computer (along with the sleeve of her sweater). He doesn't read them, but Pam does, to which she tells him that "it isn't over".

Did they ever release the notes on an extended scene?

So, as seems to be tradition with me and these games, I've stumbled into the endgame before I meant to. By some luck I hadn't gotten any spoilers, so it was all terribly fresh and new.

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I loved the swordplay against Ganon. Man oh man! It was super duper dicey near the end, but I kept managing to dodge and smack just enough, though I never did get off a parry or flurry rush (not for lack of trying!).

In the grand total, I fought my first TotK lynel, the end War, and then the big bad fight. And only failed once (which gave me a chance to prepare some gloom food - I hadn't planned very well). Pretty happy with myself and how I did!

BIG SPOILER

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AND MAN OH MAN. I did NOT know that the man himself turns into a dragon! That is insanely cool, though it did seem to contradict what was said about that process earlier in the story (loss of memory and sense of self). Maybe because he's the demon king it's different?

Also, I did not have Mineru, and did not find i was lacking in manpower. I found the construct portion of the fight to be as silly and easy as the one with Khoga. Electric weapon, smash into fence. Boom, done.

The companions were much less emotionally impactful, imo. In BotW, I got genuinely weepy when they powered up and did their thing. This time was... not so evocative. Especially with them knocked out for the critical part of the fight (and not getting to see them after).

Also, maybe it was just my perception of the game, but I really couldn't have been less interested in Zelda's return. I really don't know why. I like Zelda fine. I just... didn't have a connection to her this time around. Maybe because I was spoiled as to what happened in the past (her dragon-ing), so it didn't have the same impact?

Overall, great narrative ending, and a wicked sword fight. I think I'm ready for more lynels, now!

I know at some point I'll have to go finish the quest to advance the main storyline, but ugh. I already feel entirely indifferent to the machinery aspect of ToTK, and loathe the thought of having to use this new machine that makes it feel less and less like Zelda.

Are my fears unfounded, or is this machine now going to be crucial to use throughout the main story going forward? No spoilers, please. Just vibes.

A detail I noticed when watching clips was that most of his "few word" sentences were the same as though he spoke normally. For example:

>"No me fault."

"Not my fault" is correct, and the same syllables. LOL

Anyway, just another layer to the funny.

The game is easy. You can either ask a question regarding something interesting or unusual about Regina, or you can answer the questions other people have!

I'll start with two questions in the comments.