And I picked the least desirable spot to do it, but I set my mind to it, and finally accomplished it! Right after, I started finding the Miner's armor! I destroyed my Luminous Talus shield, too! Well, the Luminous bit. Now, onto Ganon!
It took me like three years to get the half discount at the stables. I haven't felt like staying at them all that often. I'll stay everywhere else, but a stable is for going! I took some time in the middle to play other games, but that's forever! Lol
How long: 32 min - 500 hours
Main story: 50 - 60
32 minutes is the speed run, source: YouTube.
TotK is a Zelda game at its heart, but is much more. It is an action-adventure sandbox where literally any fuse combo is possible! Do you want to always knock back enemies? Fuse a mushroom to your weapon! Do you want to go into bullet time? Fuse a rocket to your shield! Switch it up: a rocket on your arrow and a mushroom on your shield.
You can also build anything that your imagination can create. Are you tired of fighting for the day? Build something that will fight for you! Is that sleeping Hinox bothering you? Send a murder bot after it!
The crafting experience carries further with meals and elixirs. Is it raining, but you need to climb the mountain and keep slipping? How about a Sticky Elixir! Did you just take a punishing hit? Have this Tuff Stuffed Pumpkin to replenish nine hearts and give you 3x def up thanks to special cooking tricks!
The story is that of a missing princess. After you get all of your abilities, you are quickly sent to the neighboring Kingdoms to look into sightings of her. At these stops, you'll complete temples and gain a Sage's Vow, which allows you to summon their avatar and use their power. Powers like directing a lightning strike, enveloping yourself in water (for many reasons), flinging a Goron away from yourself like a bowling ball, and more!
There are other abilities, such as: Ultra Hand (carry and glue anything together), Auto Build, the aforementioned Fuse, Recall (send objects back in time), and Ascend. You can also take pictures of everything in the world and set your sensor to search for that specific thing!
I couldn't tell you how many hours I have put into this (more than 260). With side quests like hold this sign (quite numerous and frustrating, but funny and rewarding), or when you stumble into class and get a plot of land (which I need to go check on), or that time that you help a father spend time with his daughter, and you get a house for your efforts!
There is SO MUCH to do in this game that 500 hours may just be scratching the surface. If you want something that you can keep coming back to and is definitely worth the price, I gladly suggest this at any price. Switch 2 upgrade is free, last I saw.
And I didn't mention the Depths, the Sky Islands, Koroks, puzzles or about a thousand other things!
I know this has been reviewed over and over again, and a long time ago, but I hadn't given my opinion, and I felt like it was necessary. Since I play a lot of video games, I think I will fill some of my downtime with my reviews of some of the best games ever made! Most of which are on Switch and Switch 2.
This is the game I bought when I got my first Switch. I do enjoy it. I've beaten the five temples. The mech one too! I haven't played for like two years. I don't remember a lot of it. Should I hard save and start at Tutorial Island (new game) or do some shrines (which ones?) and wander around to get used to it again?
Thanks!
Ps. Reddit has been giving me trouble responding to my notifications, but ill do what I can!