is there already an emulator for it (like Cemu for BOTW) ?
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release
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#82I slowly grinded my way through BOTW over the last years, every few months a few steps forward, then getting bored. Left the plateau, tamed a horse and have now the full picture of the princess and a long sleep. Nice, but still little curiousity what happens next. I wish I could feel what everyone else seems to enjoy…
I’ve been playing since it came out here and there, probably at least 100-200 hours by now, and haven’t even defeated a single main boss. It probably tells you something positive about the game that one can get so much enjoyment just from running around and exploring! But I do sometimes wish the world felt a bit less empty of characters… and it doesn't sound like the new one improves much in this regard.
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#84BOTW was almost perfect, but the weapon breaking system left me so tired of managing it. What a constant distraction! I get that they wanted to encourage experimentation, but they overtuned it, and it became a chore. If TOTK has the same system, I'm returning it.
The game design analysis was that it ties in to the open-world system. If you're good/lucky enough to pick up a powerful weapon early on, it still won't carry you for the rest of the game.
As it is, I still end up buying ever more sword slots because I always have more than I can really use.
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#85I just played it for an hour. It's like a remix Breath of the Wild, which isn't a bad thing considering BotW might be the best game I've ever played. But because of that there's no initial mind blowing experience of learning the mechanics for the first time, understanding how you can go anywhere, climb anything, etc. Hard to replicate an experience like that I suppose. But it still seems like a ton of fun, and I'm su…
I didn't play BotW, would it be ok for me to jump right into this one?
Any reason not to try it?
It’s actually excellent and if you have a kid it’s great to play with them on a rainy day.
I handle the monsters and Yiga, and heckle during the puzzles.
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#86I was listening to a gaming podcast last week and they were talking about how this release was pirated and available for the last week or so on torrents. That in itself wasn't surprising, but the interesting point they talked about is that the game is much more enjoyable when played on PC with an emulated copy because modern gaming PC hardware is much smoother and higher resolution than the stock Switch. It really ma…
But hasn't this always been the case? Like computers are always more powerful than consoles, but the draw of consoles being a "turns on and just works" system - minus blowing-into-the-cartridge-on-the-original-nes
We are talking playing a current generation console game on emulator with better framerate and resolution than on the original console, at release. So no, it has not always been the case
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#87For those of us who have never played a Zelda game...how does this compare to Pokemon, Fallout or Knights of the Old Republic?
The world feels almost real, every hill, wall or tree is climbable, every crevice has something interesting, if you just swing your sword in a field you'll cut grass and lizards will pop out. It's hard to try to go on a mission and not get lost going after something cool that you find along the way.
Don't forget the weather! A nice surprise for me was when I had several iron weapons and a lightening storm rolled in!
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#88I was listening to a gaming podcast last week and they were talking about how this release was pirated and available for the last week or so on torrents. That in itself wasn't surprising, but the interesting point they talked about is that the game is much more enjoyable when played on PC with an emulated copy because modern gaming PC hardware is much smoother and higher resolution than the stock Switch. It really ma…
Nintendo are way too control-freak for this, not to mention fearful of piracy and emulation. They don't want that money.
What you call 'control freak' is just the culture of a company focussed on creating a curated experience which is a combination of software, hardware and user experience. Anything not fitting in that vision diminishes that experience and they will do anything to prevent that. Of course, they also like to get paid for their work ;)
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#89Has anyone else here taken the day off to play this? I have taken a rare day off to play this all day.
"But why are you here on Hackernews idk1?"
Well let me tell you, according to a text message, Terry from DPD is delivering my game between 9:53am and 10:53am so I'm currently perched in my front window waiting for it.
(I'm not a digital copy person for all the normal reasons, I can't lend it out, I can't re-sell it in a year, I lose it if I lose my Nintendo account, etc.)
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release
#90I was listening to a gaming podcast last week and they were talking about how this release was pirated and available for the last week or so on torrents. That in itself wasn't surprising, but the interesting point they talked about is that the game is much more enjoyable when played on PC with an emulated copy because modern gaming PC hardware is much smoother and higher resolution than the stock Switch. It really ma…
How can they compare with something that hasn’t been released? It might be true, but at the same time it feels disingenuous to compare unreleased games on switch to a pirated PC. “Much more enjoyable” can’t be a thing until you compare, right?
You can compare all the other releases, including Breath of the Wild, why should this release be any different? Especially when the emulator keeps improving and PC hardware keeps getting better