insert obvious metaphor for life here
Nov. 13th, 2017 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
queenluaI've watched other people play it a bit, but I haven't played Breath of the Wild for myself yet, until now.
"Alright, where do I go next?" I ask, as I paraglide out of the tutorial area.
"Wherever you want," he says.
"Okay, sure, but really. Where to?"
"The King told you about Karkariko Village. It's that way."
"Cool, I'll do that—oh, wait, hold on, that looks fun," I say, and immediately veer to the right to bash in some Bokoblin skulls. Night comes, and I collect a bunch of Bokoblin skeletal hands as weapons, despite their impracticality, because the way they wriggle and jump makes me laugh.
But the sun rises and that's enough of that. Karkariko. Okay. I started heading toward the village again.
Except then there's another fort of Bokoblins, and these look tougher, and now I'm kind of chomping at the bit for a challenge.
I get crushed, naturally, but I dig in my heels and give it another couple tries. "Is whatever in that chest worth it?" I ask at some point—worth all the trouble I'm putting in?
He shrugs. "I mean, nothing in this game is really worth it. Which means everything is."
"Alright, where do I go next?" I ask, as I paraglide out of the tutorial area.
"Wherever you want," he says.
"Okay, sure, but really. Where to?"
"The King told you about Karkariko Village. It's that way."
"Cool, I'll do that—oh, wait, hold on, that looks fun," I say, and immediately veer to the right to bash in some Bokoblin skulls. Night comes, and I collect a bunch of Bokoblin skeletal hands as weapons, despite their impracticality, because the way they wriggle and jump makes me laugh.
But the sun rises and that's enough of that. Karkariko. Okay. I started heading toward the village again.
Except then there's another fort of Bokoblins, and these look tougher, and now I'm kind of chomping at the bit for a challenge.
I get crushed, naturally, but I dig in my heels and give it another couple tries. "Is whatever in that chest worth it?" I ask at some point—worth all the trouble I'm putting in?
He shrugs. "I mean, nothing in this game is really worth it. Which means everything is."
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Date: 2017-11-15 06:31 pm (UTC)tbh I'd give it a try if I didn't have to buy a Switch first.
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Date: 2017-11-15 07:23 pm (UTC)i like it so far. a lot of that might be the graphics. i played skyrim for a few hours once and just couldn't get past over how gray and blocky and sad everything looked. this game is bright and beautiful and teems with random birds that i took photos of because of course and. yeah.
it'll still be there when/if you decide to get a switch, though; i wouldn't be playing it if i weren't just mooching off The Boy :P . (probably going to break down and buy a ps4 soon though. can you believe the ps3 is over a decade old now?!?!)
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Date: 2017-11-15 07:51 pm (UTC)I can totally feel all that--my disillusionment with open world y western RPGs was largely "this has turned into me ignoring the world and driving myself to the quest marker on the mini-map while being annoyed at bears and cliffs in the way." And Skyrim always looked really gray to me, like perpetually staring at a world that's overcast like winter. Maybe I would like Breath of the Wild!