Dmian 🇪🇺Apr 1
My favourite sport is watching millennials complain that new non-linear open-world #Zelda games (BotW and TotK) have no classic linear dungeons like OoT and MM, and thus are not "real Zelda games". So cute how aggravated they become! 😜
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@dmian from my pov, they spread out the dungeons using the shrines. Which double as mechanics tutorials. I like it. Spending hours in the dungeons wasn't, imo, the best bit - I enjoyed them but I expect it also put some people off. New model seems better to me.
And I say this with full OoT/Majora era millennial-ness
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Show threadDmian 🇪🇺Apr 1
@noodlemaz I started with OG Zelda (I'm Gen X!). Imho, BotW and TotK are the most "Zelda like" games I've played. I honestly don't like linear games, and I'm more drawn to exploration, so that's a factor. And understand that your childhood games form later choices in gaming. That being said, Devs always try new things, and the new games are a couple jewels (even if TotK is a bit derivative). I understand some of the criticism, but them being "not true Zelda games" is going a bit too far... 😝
Show threadDmian 🇪🇺Apr 1
@noodlemaz The other complain is that future games may follow the new games' patterns. And I honestly hope future games encourage exploration as much as BotW and TotK. I'm pretty sure new ideas will be tried. But linearity, as seen in OoT and MM may not return, because new games have a way subtler way of guiding you (we all ended up in Kakariko at the beginning, right?) 😄 That people are not strictly forced doesn't mean you're not being guided... It's so well made!
Show threadMarianneApr 1
@dmian absolutely, this kind of gatekeep-y, nostalgia-ignorant 'fandom' can get in the bin. Let people enjoy new things.
Show threadMarianneApr 1

@dmian and I love how new zelda calls back to those classics for us oldies. Little bits here and there, faces, places, monsters, the music and sfx - it's absolutely, fully zelda all the way through.
Those miserable dweebs can get lost 😁

They're like 'new trek isn't real trek' people ugh shut upppp just rewatch the old one, they still exist!!

Show threadDmian 🇪🇺Apr 1
@noodlemaz Yes, hehehe…
One of the aspects of BotW I love, and don’t know how appreciated it is, is NPCs dialog. There’s an old woman sitting under a tree at Hateno, Uma. If you talk to her, she will tell you many interesting stories about her life and Hyrule’s history. Just fantastic. Also Rozel, Lurelin’s mayor, and his daughter Ralera, that married Rhodes and moved to Hateno. They ask Link for news about the others. These details makes this game feel alive.
Show threadMarianneApr 1
@dmian I will spend more time in BotW. I just got it in Nov and am now in TotK but will go back and finish the DLC + explore more sometime