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Breath of the Wild: My First Several Days’ Thoughts

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I was initially going to title this something along the lines of “first impressions,” but after playing this over a week, and doing half the guardians, I think my impressions are a little beyond initial. But my main impression: this is a great game, that could be made possibly the best game ever made with only a few tweaks.

As for my initial impression, the big take was: this is what Conan: Exiles could be, if that game had some actual structure (and no base building). Both games feel pretty similar, at least at first, before they really get going: you are a weakling in a very dangerous world that doesn’t care about your existence, and won’t even give you weapons that don’t break after a couple of mobs. And you climb things. A lot. But not too high, or you fall down and die. Which death will be marked on the map for no reason.

I have to say, I really like the format of this game. A lot of people put the game down for not really having the traditional dungeon structure, but I quite enjoy not being stuck in a series of puzzles and combat rooms. The shrines are basically individual dungeon rooms spread across the map, which is just fine by me. And I don’t mind there not being monsters or npc’s every ten feet. Maybe they could be more common (especially villages), but it’s fine.

My major complaint is the same as most folk’s: the equipment durability. It really should be twice what it is. And it really sucks to finally get good stuff, only for it to break on some low-tier mob and you have to take their crappy stuff. I really hope that gets addressed in the sequel.

A Time For Self-Improvement

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At the beginning of a new time period, it is common for humans to reflect on the past time period, and make goals for improving performance in the new time period. As such, I would like to join my fellow humans this new time period:

  1. Video games have got to go. Video games are pure wastes of time, and like my fellow humans I have little time to waste these days. So busy with so many things!
  2. Star Trek has got to go. In present optimistic times, the last thing we need is an optimistic hope for a bright future, where all of fellow humans are better humans. Fortunately CBS and the current head of Star Trek, Alex Kurtzman, are doing wonderfully, turning Trek into the bleak modern generic sci-fi we humans love. However, there is all that Star Trek from the past that still exists, readily available in multiple formats. I will just have to quit all that.
  3. Anime and manga have got to go. Anime presents an unrealistic expectation for fellow humans, giving feelings of things like moe and beauty and cuteness and happiness. Instead, the ugly generic Cal-Arts western cartoons are for me.
  4. The Internet has got to go. I have too much interaction with my fellow humans as-is, especially these days; I don’t need to waste time online. And, considering most of my interactions with my fellow humans is about the above three things, I can join my fellow humans in setting and attaining efficiency improvement goals this way.

What I’ve Been Doing All This Time

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Well, it’s been a while since the (time before) last I’ve written. So, have I just been being boring this whole time? Or has stuff actually happened (worth writing about here)?

In a word, yes! Lots of exciting stuff! Well, and other things that are aggravating, too. But they caused excitement of a sort, at least.

First off, I got a Switch. I’ve been putting it off a long time, obviously. I’m not really sure what made me pull the trigger when I did. I’m glad I got it when I did: there’s been a bit of a shortage of all sorts of Chinese-manufactured stuff lately, for some reason…but I was able to get one despite that. My first two games were Hyrule Warriors and Splatoon 2. Haven’t put too much time into the latter, but the former…wow, it really surprised me how much I liked it. Liked it so much, in fact, that I got Fire Emblem Warriors, and I’ve never even really played a FE game (I think I put in an hour or two in one of the GBA games, but didn’t like it, and dropped it). Finally, I got Breath of the Wild (which is my current game). One thing that does disappoint me about the Switch is that, on the face of it, you can only share screens to some social media…and I don’t want to spam my twitter with screenshots (especially before I post them here!).

Star Trek Picard ended. Good riddance. I’ll have more to say on that at some point.

I’ve been playing my mobile games, to some extent or another. Anniversaries and such are a good time to at least log in and see what’s going on.

That’s about it, for now. Didn’t really do the Maybe In March thing. I tried some backlog stuff, but none of it really stuck. Obviously, as I’m playing new games. But at least I’m playing those new games, instead of just adding them to my backlog.