It can be said that "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" doesn't force players to play in a certain way.
Like "Minecraft," it gets players thinking and finding ways to solve problems.
This is the most important thing in "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild."
For example, instead of using a shield to bounce attacks back at the start, you can choose to use bombs for over an hour to kill a Guardian.
Isn't that also a way to do it?
Although the experience isn't great.
After calming down and starting the game again, Zack had a new discovery.
"You can give the old man a dish and he'll give you cold-resistant clothes. Otherwise, you'll freeze to death in the snow mountain. A torch isn't good either because there are monsters on the way," Hannah kindly reminded him while sitting on the sofa, watching the game on the TV after connecting the console.
"Cold-resistant clothes? A true hero doesn't need that kind of thing!"
Zack chuckled in front of the snow mountain.
Then he opened his bag.
It was full of all kinds of food.
Roasted apples, fruit skewers, and roasted fish.
He had everything he needed.
Why would he need cold-resistant clothes?
Looking at the snow mountain, Zack controlled Link to rush forward.
Walking in the snow and ice, Link was freezing with a runny nose, hugging himself and shivering.
His health also dropped by one heart container after a while.
At this time, Zack quickly opened his bag and ate two roasted apples.
His health instantly returned, and he continued to control Link to move forward in the snow and ice.
"See! This is my Link! Cold-resistant clothes? I don't need that kind of thing!" Zack said proudly.
Hearing Zack's words, Hannah, sitting next to him, opened the Sheikah Slate on her Switch and teleported to a shrine on the snow mountain, comfortably enjoying the scenery in her cold-resistant clothes.
"My Link can enjoy this magnificent snow scene and see the beautiful scenery of Hyrule," Hannah said unconvinced.
"It's nothing special, like my Link can't do the same," Zack also controlled the freezing, purple-faced, snot-bubbling Link to stand on the edge of a snow mountain cliff, looking at the scenery in the distance.
He ate roasted apples and roasted fish while looking.
"My Link can not only see the scenery, but also eat a feast!" Zack said dismissively.
Don't give me any fancy stuff.
My Link doesn't need any of this.
Too much food is annoying!
As the biggest eater in Hyrule, with enough food, he can cross even Antarctica, let alone a snow mountain.
A shrine in the game is like a simple maze where players need to use Link's various powers to solve the maze.
After solving it, you can get a spirit orb.
Zack basically understood this when exploring the previous shrines.
In this shrine, Zack gained a new power, the ability to turn water into ice pillars.
Like the previous shrines, the levels inside were basically not difficult.
It mainly teaches players how to use this strange energy.
At this time, Zack also felt how huge the content of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is.
Because he found that until now, he seemed to be still playing the beginner's tutorial.
For example, when he just went down the mountain, he met the old man, who taught players how to cook food and related interactions with the environment.
In the jungle, the old man taught players how to hunt.
In the forest, players learned how to cut down trees and use the falling trees to form roadblocks to reach the other side of a cliff.
In the small house before going to the snow mountain, players learned how to combine various ingredients to create better dishes.
In addition, there are many details. The four shrines are also to teach players four different powers.
[Magnesis], which can control metal; [Remote Bomb], which can detonate bombs remotely; [Stasis], which can stop time and apply force to objects, and then release the force to give the object greater power and change its direction; [Cryonis], which turns water into ice pillars that don't melt and uses them as a foothold.
Moreover, Zack felt that there was still a lot of content that he hadn't touched, such as the combat system. He didn't know anything about shield parrying.
If he knew about this skill, would he have needed to throw bombs for an hour to kill the Guardian?
Of course, these are not the key. The real key is that he didn't feel bored at all during these beginner's tutorials on the Great Plateau in the game. Instead, he enjoyed it.
While playing, Zack didn't feel like he was playing a tutorial level at all.
He even felt like he had explored much of the content himself.
It wasn't until he finished exploring these things and looked back that he realized that this was guiding him through the game mechanics.
However, unlike the general boring and simple mechanical guidance, these things were completely integrated into the game's levels.
"This is too extravagant!" Zack couldn't help but exclaim with awareness.
The Great Plateau, a beginner's tutorial area, has so much to offer that it took him three or four hours to complete, and he even found it very interesting.
After passing the four shrines, the old man reappeared and told Zack to go to the intersection of the four shrines, and he would tell him the truth.
Then Ben controlled Link to go to the mission objective location.
Here, having collected four spirit orbs, he could exchange them for either stamina or health.
After thinking about it, Zack decided to exchange for stamina first.
Because he found that stamina was too important in this game. In theory, as long as you have enough stamina, you can climb any mountain.
Although health is also important, after all, the game has a rogue-like eating system, so as long as you don't get one-shotted, Link can be immortal.
But the key is that he had too little stamina and felt that it would be difficult to explore Hyrule with his current stamina level.
Because of this, Zack chose to increase his stamina.
But after exchanging for the stamina, Zack was speechless.
He thought it would add a big circle.
But it only added so little? Zack was speechless.
But there was no way to undo it after adding it.
With a sigh, Zack controlled Link to climb to the roof.
The old man appeared there again.
Through dialogue, the old man told Link the whole truth.
(End of this chapter)
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