6/12/2023 0 Comments Stronghold kingdoms worlds![]() ![]() Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom enters the world just over a year after Elden Ring redefined our expectations regarding living and breathing open-world spaces, and I suspect Nintendo has paid close attention to FromSoftware's recent meteoric success behind the scenes since.īut it's Tears of the Kingdom's scope for creation that I think will lift it above the rest. I don't doubt there's another breathtaking fantasy epic to be discovered here, and I'm certain its world and bosses will be bigger and bolder than anything found in Breath of the Wild. This, for me, is where Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will shine. And while the devs on-hand to help guide us through the demo section kept their cards very close to their chests during an ultra-brief group Q&A at the end of the session, one representative did tell me they'd spotted players creating things they'd never seen before with the Ultrahand and Fuse abilities, despite having spent literal years building the game and tinkering with its systems. In reality, the choice on offer was almost paralyzing – a physical outcome I inflicted on poor Link in-game several times as a result of poor planning, and my total disregard for the basic principles of gravity. Playing Breath of the Wild in Fortnite is my new favorite way to explore Hyrule So, rest assured, imagination and/or a scientific approach is never required. I Fused just about everything I could think of to my left and right-handed weapon slots (fire-breathing swords, or lightning-blasting shields, anyone?), I cooked up health-replenishing meals on the spot with the new single-use portable stoves, and I used Ultrahand to craft modded modes of transport as and when required.Īt one point, I Fused a wooden spear with another wooden spear to create a really, really long wooden spear. Later again, I found myself skyward, once more moving between airborne land masses by way of floating platforms juggling rockets, and hot air balloon-like contraptions, industrial fans, battery packs, minecarts, and metal gliders steered by floor-standing levers that let me rise and fall and crash-land square into shallow rock pools. Later, when the recently deceased's buddies tried to thwart my siege on their hilltop stronghold by sending a huge metal-spiked boulder rolling my way, I quickly used my Recall ability to send the ball back in time – flattening everything in its uphill path, in a physics-defying move that would've impressed the late graphic artist M.C. Choosing not to mourn my ill-fated opponent, I instead Fused my sword with its dropped Blue Moblin Horn – upping my weapon's attack power +13 points raising it from a pithy 6 to an impressive 19. Upon impact, both barrels exploded, throwing the opportunistic baddie to its doom. As the enemy prepared to hurl an explosive red barrel in my direction, the cheeky git, I quickly Ultrahand-ed one of my own, lifting it over the foe's head and dropping it before the bastard could get me first. During my first combat encounter, for example, I used the new Dishonored-esque Ascend ability to reach higher ground and get the drop on a hulking Blue Moblin. This scope for experimentation underpinned my entire Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom playthrough. "In reality, the choice on offer was almost paralyzing – a physical outcome I inflicted on poor Link in-game several times as a result of poor planning, and my total disregard for the basic principles of gravity." Stranded, I decide to throw myself over the edge and start again. ![]() In a frantic bid to realign the fans that I now realize are facing in opposite directions (idiot), I accidentally knock one over the edge (seriously). Like a cruiseliner veering away from a coastline, I'm shifting off-course, now perilously far from the land I'm attempting to breach. I'm banking left, pulling away from my destination. I'm gliding through the air towards my goal, upon which a block-built boss who resembles the Italia '90 World Cup mascot awaits.īut, hang on. ![]() I strike one of the fans with my weapon – a crude tree branch scavenged from a fallen oak moments earlier – and the metal rotors of both machines spark to life. Once I've climbed onto its surface, I dig out two industrial fans from my inventory, and attach them to the edge of the airborne platform with the same Ultrahand powers. To prevent this, I harness a hulking floating platform with my telekinesis-inspired Ultrahand ability, and pull it just close enough to the land so I can hop on.
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