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This video is fact, anyone who disagrees just has a skill issue. Especially in totk where you can make weapons with ANYTHING

I like the mechanic, and I agree with you in basically everything, but I so think it could be a little bit better. Like, there is a normal attachment we created with weapons, and this mechanic kinda ruin that feeling, I think they could solve that problem by having a guy somewhere that can recover weapon you broke for a price and materials. Anothe problem is that, by the end of the game, I got some really cool weapons, but I felt like that was a problem, because now I found myself not wanting to fight enemies, bacause I was just going to break my weapons to get weaker ones, so I found myself avoiding fights, and fighting enemies is kinda the fun part, so, it kinda ruins that feeling, because you feel like your wasting the weapons.

I personally hate them. If you do use them the game is too easy because it breaks ai and you can kill the bosses too quickly, if you dont use them the games too hard because the boss's hp and damage are balanced with the assumption that you are using spirit ashes. I dont know why they couldn't just make it so enemies only get stronger if you decide to summon a spirit to make it more balanced for all players instead of forcing it on players who like to play solo.

I liked it, but I hated the menus and it forced me to use the menus.

agree with all of it. i used to hate durabilty before breath of the wild and i actually trash talked botw before i played bc of it lol. but the resources they give you, both to get new weapons and to solve combat situations, is so vast that the durability was never a problem to me

once I found out Octorocks were a thing, I would make a routine between me fighting the monsters and repairing my stuff. I think the durability sistem is ass, like I get it they want me to try other weapons, but my GAWD It can't possibly take me 12 hits to break a sword with fucking Fiodra's scale attached to it

I've not played tears of the kingdom yet, but in my two playthroughs of BotW, the low durability plus with everything taking a thousand hits to kill halfway through... And either I was an idiot or there weren't that many environmental ways to deal with enemies, or the attempts always failed. ..

I might be the only one but I love breaking my weapons in the Zelda games. There is something satisfying about knowing your weapon is about to break and throwing it at your enemy's face, I love that a weapon deals critical damage on break. Since I engage in combat so much in the games I'm never short on resources so I don't attach to my weapons a lot, the only exception are the craftable champion weapons which when they are about to break I just stop using and take home to display them.

I wouldn’t quite say it’s universally disliked. It’s disliked by old heads who want shallow and stale combat with no imagination. I’ve learnt to dismiss people like that because they often have nothing to offer as substance outside of “I dislike this thing it makes me uncomfortable”

While I get the frustration of lots of players, I still think that it completes the picture for both BotW and TotK. 1) You find lots of weapons in both games, often dropping from enemies. This makes all weapons easily replaceable, even the most rare ones 2) It incentivize you to improvise with different weapon types and environment interactions 3) It makes the throw mechanic so satisfying, if your weapons lasted forever you would never throw your strongest weapon at the enemies, but seeing that it's about to break down is a perfect opportunity to deal lots of damage with a final throw (that also gets that sweet sweet breaking sound effect on top) I really think that having weapons be undestractable would make them boring, but maybe they could have implemented some kind of object or smith that restores a weapon's durability for rupees or certain materials

I found the durability system made me massively disinclined to do... almost anything. I didnt want to fight enemies unless they had weapons i wanted, so i almost never fought, which meant i had almost no monster parts and no money so upgrading outfits was a nightmare. I didnt feel inclined to explore because most rewards for exploration was a weapon or shield that would break 5 seconds later. I had absolutely no attachment to any weapon or shield and found myself playing the game exclusively as a checklist, because playing it how it was meant to be played left me feeling constantly punished by my good gear being broken and replaced by vastly inferior gear. I'd have vastly preferred the idea of scrapping gear you didnt want to repair or enhance gear you did want. So that you could develop a connection with that gear. Like what happens in souls games.

Nah, durability shouldnt have ever been a thing, and neither should getting new weapons from enemies. Its a sub par system and it should go if they ever make a return to open world zelda.

It was fine in botw but totk made them way too weak, i know you can get purified weapons that last longer but it's still my least favorite thing about totk

My only big issue with the weapon system is that there is no clear repair option for those who have taken the time to farm the materials (breaking them isn't a good substitute). You can still have weapons break and let the player repair them if taken the care to save them for later. The games have a massive issue of materials being so plentiful, so being able to spend them would be nice. I also am of the opinion that Zelda games going forth should implement the weapon smithing mechanic put into Age of Calamity. Not only does it encourage experimentation, but it gives weapon types new life by being able to customise the stats for different gameplay styles. Certain weapons and armour like shields become completely useless in BotW and TotK once you reach a certain threshold that makes it very easy to sit on a massive arsenal of some of the best combinations in the game. Smithing would solve that. So yeah, breaking weapons aren't a massive issue. Not being able to use materials to repair and upgrade more stuff is.

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totk having the msg not found being glitched into a save ruined my save making it not fun whats so ever... its not fun having weps they can be replaced fkn boring

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I know combat is a big part of the Zelda franchise but people seem to forget at its core it's a puzzle game so thats why combat has never been super advanced and has minimum weapon options, and BotW/TotK being open world with a larger focus on combat they have to completely change the how combat works (no idea how to end this post so this has been todays ted talk)

Hey, nice video. I understand the frustration around this mechanic, but I also think people misjudge it and underestimate how much worst the game would be without it. One of the pillars of Botw's design is experimentation, the game is all about trying new things and having great weapons all of the time wouldn't really fit this pillar. This mechanic motivates players to find better things and to experiment new ways to deal with your problems, as you mentioned.

just curious, why the reupload?

Honestly, I've seen significantly more people defend summons then condemn them. This is kinda a cold take. Of course there are still losers who will mock you for using them but they're not even close to being representative of the majority. That being said, my issue with spirit summons isn't that they make the game easier. Its that they make the game easier in an unsatisfying way. I can see that From attempted to make them work but taking aggro and doing significant damage can trivialize most bosses. I would sooner overlevel my weapon or blessings or RL than use a summon because they still enable me to engage with the moveset of the boss rather then spam and ash of war when my summon takes aggro.

People dodge-rolling naked with fists or a stick aren't fans of FromSoft games as much as they are fans of themselves. :) FromSoft has made some of the best weapon arts and weapon selections and magic and combat mechanics in the industry. Props to those players for enjoying themselves, but they're crossing the line of decency when they have the gall to go out and tell other players that they shouldn't be using them.

Will I gatekeep an entire community, no. Im glad more people will get to experience this kind of game. Will I flame my roomate for beating the game with a sorcery build and summons, absolutely.

A masterpiece. Btw, *modded* skyrim is peak gameplay imo.

I must admit, just like the voice acting, the quests were poorly implemented, and whenever finishing a quest, I rarely felt like I achieved anything of great worth. Still more captivating than most games out there, today.

I noticed in Skyrim if you fast travel in the daytime you get there at night and fast travel at night you get there at day and for me I walk I get there faster but if I have no choice I will fast travel but I lose too much time on that and I also miss new locations so I walk there yes I have got lost but I find my way back if I fast travel to a location I get attacked by dragons there and the guards do you have a attitude problem thanks for the video

To the people that say “this DLC is too hard” you can just do this.

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After beating the dlc i can confidently say that spirit summons wont save you....

The Souls diehards will try to convince you that if you don't play the game with no armor, no spells or incants, SL -69, barefisted, blindfolded, and hands tied behind your back you didnt play the game correctly.

Summons literally make the game easier though, its just a challenge thing and people can choose to play that way. Dunno why you switched to a dofferent topic in the middle of the video.

Play the game the way you want don't let people tell you how to play

i always thought the gatekeeping sentiment was a lil goofy when you consider the realistic version of it, "if you need to get buff and train your martial art in order to become an mma champion, you suck actually" or "when someone shows up out of nowhere to attack you, you shouldn't use whatever weapons you might have on you to help or call for help, even if you have friends nearby and even if the person attacking you has a ton of help on their side" ik its a video game but if video games are meant to make me immersed in the world, then canonically my character is gonna go "oh hell naw, im not letting myself get jumped, I'm going to use whatever I can to protect myself"

If Miyazaki didn't want you to use summons for boss fights, then the concept of coop wouldn't literally be cannon in dark souls 1

Honestly the only spirit summon I use if I’m really stuck is Loretta as she can’t move.

The game was actually designed around coop, and spirit summons are like a "singleplayer" avenue. To the people who think spirit summons are easymode, how would you balance bosses around summons? You would probably have to give them lots of combo, move around a lot, switch directions a lot, have lots of AOE.... Oh. Thats Elden Ring.

Spirit summons are great if you’re goofing around. I’ve got a kratos build and I use the albinauric archer summon as Atreus lol. I also think they are great for beginners and casual gamers who don’t play very many difficult games. Of course once you get better the experience of playing without summons is very satisfying though.

As long as you engage with all the mechanics of the boss and environment, then spirit summons are fine. I think the mimic is overtuned still, but the dlc shows that as long as the damage and health is toned down, its fine

I'll never talk shit and tell someone they're playing wrong for using summons when you're so clearly encouraged to use them, but I personally don't like them and disagree that not using them is "making the experience infinitely worse for yourself". Just because a game mechanic is encouraged doesn't mean engaging with it will always improve your experience. People enjoy different things and game developers don't always know what's best for every player. To me, summons are simply not a fun game mechanic no matter how they're implemented or how integral they're meant to be to the combat system. I enjoy the experience of learning a boss's moveset and conquering the challenge without any help. It doesn't matter if the boss was designed to be fought with a summon, it still cheapens the experience for me if I'm getting free hits without the boss paying attention to me because it doesn't feel like I earned it. People enjoy these games for different reasons so they're free to enjoy it how they want, but this is how I enjoy it most. I personally wish spirit summons were never included in the game. Not because I'm an elitist that wants everyone to git gud and play how I do, but because bosses being designed around summons makes them less fun to fight without them. Many bosses, especially as you get closer to the end and into the DLC, hardly give you any breaks to heal or even attack them back when you don't use summons because they're designed to be attacking multiple targets. This very often makes them feel unrelenting to the point that it's unfair, but using a summon to even the odds just takes all the enjoyment out of it for me so there's no good solution. And I know a ton of other people feel the same as I do. Unfortunately, for many people that feeling turns into a childish dick measuring contest and feeling the need to put others down for playing a different way, but that doesn't change the fact that summons were not a good inclusion for the majority of hardcore soulsborne fans. Imo they were a bad addition to the series despite the wider appeal they may have brought to it, because alienating your core audience in favor of wider appeal is never a good strategy long term.

I use spirit summoning, but not mimic tear, not because it's OP, I just don't think he's as cool as my girl Lhutel

The IDEA is fine..and in the main game they were a good tool.. but what became of them, not so much.. I fully believe they ramped up the DLCs fights because of summons.. They had to balance the fights based on the OP Endgame summons people had, which im sure was fine for those that used them but for those who didn't use them - it made some of the fights a bit more annoying than difficult.

I don't have the right to tell someone how to play a game, but I feel that spirit summons are unbalanced and the game is a better experience without them. I have beaten the game several times on my first playthrough I used summons and they acted as a crutch to make up for my inability to doge certain attacks so I stopped using them because I felt they hindered my ability to improve.

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Miyazaki said that he mades the game while having in mind that you should use any adventage that the game gives you.

35+ hours into elden ring, and gotta say spirit summons are making the game muuuuch easier, but, I am enjoying the environment immensely that I dont mind trivialising the boss fights, the world is just SO DN EXPLORABLE !

I would have said no before but i decided against malenia not to summon took me 3 days and now i think summons make the game less exciting i think elden ring is an rpg souls game that allows you to either play a souls game or an rpg with summons allowing for an easier time but my god is it better without

I would have said no before but i decided against malenia not to summon took me 3 days and now i think summons make the game less exciting i think elden ring is an rpg souls game that allows you to either play a souls game or an rpg with summons allowing for an easier time but my god is it better without

I would have said no before but i decided against malenia not to summon took me 3 days and now i think summons make the game less exciting i think elden ring is an rpg souls game that allows you to either play a souls game or an rpg with summons allowing for an easier time but my god is it better without

Morrowind in my opinion has the most immersive fast travel besides the mages guild because obviously magic teleportation doesn’t exist it’s how people get around in the real world using public transportation so it feels like it belongs

good video, dont understand how this has so little views