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TalkBack / Re: Why Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a Failure to the Zelda Franchise
« on: March 04, 2020, 06:38:52 AM »
I think the entirety of your opinion can be summed up by the smug criticism of the Korok seed sidequest by not realizing there is a clever and cogent reason why you became the butt of a very large, golden joke:
A side quest like the Korok seeds can only be fully completed if you use an online guide. In other words, you cheat. And you don't get rewarded for cheating.
Instead, you get rewarded for exploring. They pepper the world with twice as many Korok seeds as you need to max out your inventory, because the idea is you will stumble upon these challenges organically. This is a game about exploration. The problem is not in the design, but in your preconceptions about what one should expect, and they served you the unexpected.
A side quest like the Korok seeds can only be fully completed if you use an online guide. In other words, you cheat. And you don't get rewarded for cheating.
Instead, you get rewarded for exploring. They pepper the world with twice as many Korok seeds as you need to max out your inventory, because the idea is you will stumble upon these challenges organically. This is a game about exploration. The problem is not in the design, but in your preconceptions about what one should expect, and they served you the unexpected.
