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It's been months since I touched this article, having mentally divorced myself from Breath of the Wild and being unable to wrap up this series. That being said, for whatever reason I've stumbled upon a bout of motivation to complete it - perhaps due to the fact that I inadvertently wore my Breath of the …
Continue reading The Breath of the Wild Critique – The Reflection Phase (part 4/4)
Continuing my rant on Breath of the Wild, here is part 3, finally. In the last installment, we talked about the exhaustion that slowly began to occur from exploring, collectibles, eating and cooking, as well as some more positive words about the durability system. If you haven't read the previous two preceding posts yet, I …
Continue reading The Breath of the Wild Critique: The Burnout Phase (part 3/4)
Welcome back to the Nostalgia Trigger Breath of the Wild Critique! Here's your host Geddy, who is speaking in the third person for some reason. If you missed the first part, the context may get lost here since this is a continuation of the first part. In that event, please click below to check out part 1 …
Continue reading The Breath of the Wild Critique: The Exhaustion Phase (part 2/4)
Note: After writing this over the course of several days, I decided that it was far too long for any mortal to sit still long enough to read. I'll be breaking this up into a four-parter, because rather than overwhelm with 10 opinions on 10 topics, I'd rather inspire some discussion on one or two at a …
Continue reading The Breath of the Wild Critique: The Honeymoon Phase (part 1/4)
It's the beginning of the work week and you probably want to stick your head in a deep-fryer, but have I got something for you - it's time for another Zelda article! But wait wait hold on - this time it's more a fan theory type of thing, or at least, something that I've come …
Continue reading The Two Different Types of Zelda Games: a Theory!
Breath of the Wild has been extremely well received, and naturally we're all looking at Nintendo and wondering, "what's next?" It's pretty hard to top perfect 10 scores practically across the board. We've seen Zelda in side scrolling platformer, 2D, 3D, 2D with 3D capabilities, and now, open-world. What could Nintendo possibly do with the …
Breath of the Wild has brought to conversation the topic of weapon durability. Although present across genres, it's drawn out some harsh criticism in the land of Hyrule, and after playing Breath of the Wild for 15 or so hours, I wanted to give an opinion on it. That's what blogs are for after-all, right? …
