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I am seriously sick of people defending companies, with cheap word plays.
Hey. chill. I know that the game wasn't really what Nintendo promoted for the trailers about 100 years ago, but it was still a blast to play regardless of the story being completely different.I am seriously sick of people defending companies, with cheap word plays.
Seriously, take a look at these two sources:
Original Reveal Trailer:
Official Website Description:
Seriously, listen to and read the exact words.
How can anyone tell us that Nintendo wasn't marketing Age of Calamity as a prequel?
Which is... completely different from what you originally said.
Well, you could pick up some of the pieces from the new story and somewhat place it in the BOTW memories story. If the Egg Guardian didn't travel back in time, then BOTW would exist due to no interferences with Time for different events to occur.
Well if you read the Spoiler in my post in its entirely, you'd realize I kinda mentioned that, even if I didn't use the exact same words.
Sorry, I honestly didn't think this would've dragged on.
To be fair, it's not the first time KT would take artistic liberties for the sake of gameplay, just from seeing Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors alone (both being loose retellings of historical events). It doesn't surprise me that the same would also happen here.I just finished the story of Age of Calamity.
And I have... feelings about it...
Gameplay-wise it's a massive improvement over the original Hyrule Warriors.
Environments look far more natural and leveling doesn't take nearly as long as in the original Hyrule Warriors.
THANK GOD!
It has a very good cast of characters with their own unique playstyle.
And playing as the Divine Beasts is one of the best power rushes ever. :D
So in that regard, it rocks.
But when it comes to the story... It's just... disappointing...
Let's address the Elephant in the room.
The story in AOC is NOT the BOTW-Prequel that Nintendo said it's going to be.
In the end, it's just a generic Avengers-style "Feel Good" story with a happy ending.
The story by itself isn't bad per se, but, like I said, generic.
I originally thought nothing of the Time Travel that was introduced in the Demo.
Back then, I thought it was just there to justify to usage of the Shiekah Slate Runes by everybody and maybe a few details being different from Breath of the Wild, because of the different gameplay-style.
I was dismissive of people declaring this game non canon and an alternate timeline, thinking they were overthinking the Time Travel point.
I brought up Skyward Sword as an example of a game that had Time Travelling but didn't end up splitting timelines.
And I honestly thought it'd be the same here and that we would truly get to experience the full canon story of the Great Calamity as shown in bits and pieces in Breath of the Wild, without splitting timelines or being non canon or anything like that.
Because I honestly believed the words of Mr. Aonuma and that Koei Tecmo guy from the first reveal trailer, mean an actual canon prequel.
Heck even official Nintendo websites strongly hyped this game up to be a prequel.
But alas, all those people who said this game was non-canon and a split timeline... They were ultimately correct.
The first Red Flag should've been the very first mission in the game, where we get to see Link in Knight's Gear and not having the Master Sword.
He gets the Master Sword over the course of the game.
But in Breath of the Wild it was said that he had the Master Sword when he was only 12 or 13 and that he was made Champion long before the other four.
I didn't think much of it, but in the end, I should've realized the hint...
Most of the story actually meshes well enough with the story of BOTW, other than Link not having the Master Sword and not being Champion... until we get to the part where Calamity Ganon actually awakens.
And from there on, everything just falls apart.
In AOC Calamity Ganon awakens when Zelda is about to embark to the Spring of Wisdom, but while she is still at the castle along with Link and Impa.
Completely contradicting BOTW, where Calamity Ganon awakens when she was returning from the Spring of Wisdom and meeting up with all the Champions at the Lanayru Gate.
And it only gets worse from here.
The Champions actually survive! But that's not all...
We actually see them fighting the Blights and losing against them, but when they're about to get killed by the Blights...
Get this... The Egg Guardian uses its Time Travel ability to summon THE FOUR FUTURE CHAMPIONS!
Yes, Sidon, Riju, Yunobu and Teba are in this game's story and they all appear next to the Champions as they're about to get finished off, to aid their in their fight against the Blights.
And together with Link and party, they kill the Blights and save the Champions.
They fight back against the Guardian Swarms, save Akkala Citadel and Hateno Fort.
Zelda awakens her powers at Hateno Fort without Link's nearly dying and being carried to the Shrine of Resurrection.
Heck, after that EVEN THE YIGA CLAN JOINS THEM!
That's right, the Yiga Clan joins Hyrule in their fight against Ganon.
King Rhoam's death at the castle was a fake-out and he was alive.
And then we get an Avengers: Endgame style cutscene were everyone assembles at Hyrule Field every character, every race (including Yiga Clan) and all the Divine Beasts and they launch an all-out attack at the castle.
We fight Astor (that Ghirahim like dude) and the evil Egg Guardian, Ganon betrays Astor and consumes him...
We fight against Calamity Ganon in a Final Boss battle, who looks completely different in this game, more like Demise...
The Egg Guardian, whose name is revealed to be "Terrakon" dies (but can be revived with an unlockable Extra Ending) we defeat Ganon and seal him away.
All the Future Champions return to their own timeline and everyone lives happily ever after...
Sounds like a good enough story. But again, this was hyped up to be a BOTW-prequel.
But now that it turned out to be an alternate reality entirely, that didn't follow BOTW at all...
I'm sorry, but it's upsetting... Had they advertised this as a BOTW-themed Hyrule Warriors (which it ultimately is) instead of a BOTW-prequel, I wouldn't feel so disappointed.
One last thing: Astor is a very under-utilized character. A generic evil character, who doesn't even have a backstory.
He's just there with no explanation given whatsoever and then he dies by being consumed by Ganon.
Kinda wish they did more with him.
Sorry, I needed to vent.
That would be fine and dandy... if it wasn't advertised as a prequel.
I'm not surprised, honestly. There's so little Shantae news right now that it's becoming another general thread. Even Marble Knights isn't interesting enough to talk about.
2 weeks and 3 days, rather.
Tell us something we don't know...
I'll probably have it on in the background. It gave me one of my favourite announcements of all time (Psychonauts 2! I'd been waiting roughly ten years for it), and it seems like a good way to find out about games that I might not have been aware of, like Disco Elysium.
That's a big "probably", seeing as WF themselves had noted that the milestone countdown wasn't going to factor into anything important.
I’m gonna. Last year may have been a dud overall, but I’m expecting more since it’s post-release for two new consoles so they should have plenty to announce, and hopefully Nintendo has finally adjusted enough to be able to put forward a trailer or two of anything. Even if I can’t get together with people, digital viewing parties can work just the same for events.
Don't worry. I kept the details of the plot that bothered me within a Spoiler Tag.
Well that wasn't my fault.
Huh??? Guess she has been on fire with other games and media recently.
Yeah, I haven't gotten to her part in the game yet, but I was looking on the IMDN page because one of the new characters sounded like they were voiced by Blu Mankuma (I couldn't find who was voicing said character) but among the cast list they had her. Without giving spoilers she is voicing a character who was in the original BotW but who didn't have any voiced dialogue.
Currently preparing to jump into the Great Deku Forest after leveling up heroes and gear. Hope to see who is the character that she voiced soon.
That's where I am at too. I assume her part will happen around there.
Not an NPC. I won't say here, but it's on the IMDB page if you want to know.
