Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The mystery of Hyrule Warriors

Seems like a LOT of people bought it and ended up being disappointed because they thought it was going to be a traditional Zelda game. Well, in this era of the internet where nothing's a secret to anybody, why would you expect that? From day one it was marketed as a Dynasty Warriors game with a Zelda-esque presentation, period. How could you know about the game's existence and ignore that?

By the way, I bought it the other day, and I'm enjoying it a LOT, despite having never played a Warriors game before in my life. If you haven't checked it out yet, I strongly recommend that you do.

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  1. Really? I never buy a game without doing some basic research, and it was clear to me from the very start that this was Dynasty Warriors with a Zelda skin.

    I love the game as well. It gets repetitive if you try to go for 100%, but of course it would, it's not a very deep game. I'm just happy I have new content to experience whenever I want to. Plus, the DLC offered is an even better deal than the Mario Kart DLC. I'm about halfway through the post-game story collection (being as spoiler-free as possible) and about 2/3rds of the way done with the first Adventure map.

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  2. Oh, I think it's well worth it, and somewhat easier overall than some of the other entries into the series I've tried (like Warriors Orochi 2, where at the beginning of the game it takes like 30 hits to kill anything). I'm not real far yet, but I've found you have to plan the order you do things in, at least later on. I am looking forward to more characters, knowing what potential the Zelda series has. Can you imagine running around as Tingle or Groose?

    Also, doesn't Silent Guardians ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzi7UobHpAg ) sound like a Metroid fire level with a heavier feel?

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    1. Funny you should mention difficulty, I just got my teeth kicked in by Death Mountain due to having to do a hundred things at once, and failing to do any one of these results in an automatic loss.

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    2. Prioritize the Bombchus. In that stage (and only that stage), they have operators that are much easier to kill and killing them also gives your side control. As soon as the stage starts, make a beeline for the boulder keeps and capture them. Like the Bombchus, this will also simultaneously take the pressure off of your base and put it on the enemies' base. After getting your priority objectives done, focus on killing officers and other big enemies, as they do by far the most damage to your keeps. Darunia will make for your base as soon as he appears as well. If you have the boulder keeps under control, he should become the priority. This map is heavily focused on defense over offense until you take out the Bombchus and open the enemy base. Here's a good tip: Pausing the game and going to Battlefield Info will give you a list of keeps, your allies, and enemy forces, their locations, and the health they have. When you're on the defensive, pay close attention to the health of your allies and be close to them when they're in trouble.

      If your Allied Base health gets low, the only way to recover it is to have absolutely no enemies in the base. Focus on getting the officers out of there ASAP, and then kill enemies until there are none left. Even one enemy inside your base will spawn more if left alone, so you need to be thorough.

      These are all things that come naturally with playing the game. Missions where they throw everything at you at once can be overwhelming, but the important thing is identifying priority objectives and playing defensively when you need to.

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    3. Thanks for the advice, it should come in handy. I eventually pulled it off and got rewarded with FREAKING PLAYABLE DARUNIA. I tried him out for shits and giggles, and he's just SO POWERFUL. Holy crap.

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    4. Playing as Darunia is enough of an insentive to buy the game once I get a Wii U.

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    5. Holy hell, you weren't kidding. And I thought the Skyloft level was hard.

      On the other hand, the Hyrule Field level (TP version) was super easy. Difficulty spikes much?

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    6. And beaten. This game seems super fussy about the order you do things in. Other than different characters being able to get certain power-ups at a time, forcing you to replay the level as somebody else to get everything, you're probably going to have to replay certain levels again anyway to squeeze in anything you'd missed. I'm now missing a Gold Skulltula and a Heart Container because I had to focus solely on other things. I'll get to them eventually, but that level just kinda sucked out my desire to continue with the game for now.

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    7. Prepare yourself for Adventure mode. There are 128 challenges in just the first map, and most of them you'll probably have to replay multiple times. Going for an A-rank often means ignoring skulltulas or other collectables entirely. There's a reason the base game is 250+ hours if you want 100%.

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    8. And the DLC just puts that number in the stratosphere...

      ...hey guys, remember when people complained there would be no content because there were only 13 playable characters (without DLC)?

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  3. Speaking of Hyrule Warriors I helped your Network Link on adventure mode yesterday and this happened: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAABnUYoS_vmHjA
    It really helps that the mission it generated was way easier than the one in the space by default.

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    1. ..helped? Network Link? What does this all do? (I'm just a bit into Legend Mode, haven't touched Adventure Mode yet.)

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    2. Kinda odd that it would show up then. Well apparently you get a bonus if a friend helps you out so it may not be a bad idea to go in adventure mode just for that bonus. (not sure what kind of bonus it would be though)

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    3. Apparently it did jack for me.

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    4. It's kind of unexplained an unclear. Network Links will show up in your Adventure map from your friends on your friends list. The level of that Link will be the highest level character they have. Engaging it will send you into a basic 'capture keeps and kill the commander' mission. Beating this will reward you with 50,000 rupees and a random weapon. I've heard that beating a Network Link stage will give the corresponding friend some sort of bonus for the next stage they tackle (like EXP+), but I've never experienced that myself.

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    5. Oh dear. So I basically got him to play as a Link in the low 10s?

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    6. I once tried a map made from a Lv. 75 Network Link with a level 25 Lana... Terrible mistake. I did eventually win, but Jesus Christ everything was taking forever to kill! (My Link was level 40 and I probably should have went with that...)
      The levels do change something. Also, they did say in the tutorial that helping a NL from your Friend List would give out more bonuses than usual.

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    7. Oh no, I didn't explain that well. The level of Network Links is determined by the highest level character of the friend that sent them to you, and the level determines how hard the map is going to be. You'll generally want to avoid NLs that are more than 10 levels above the character you're using, because they tend to be very difficult and time consuming once you get to that level gap.

      You'll probably want to do any NL you see that is within your ability, though. They're the best source of rupees in the game when they're available.

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    8. When you say "the levels do change something", do you mean anything beyond character power and hearts?

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    9. I meant the level of Network Links do change the map you have to beat when helping them. I wasn't sure if it was the case or not, hence why I tried a map way beyond my level.

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    10. When doing NLs, you use your own characters at the level they're at. The level of the NL only determines the difficulty of the map.

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  4. The character you use is the same as before challenging it (Assuming you don't gain a level while doing it) the only thing that changes is involving the stage and difficulty. (you have no real control over the difficulty level in adventure mode)

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    1. Whoops forgot to hit the reply button well you can probably assume what I was replying to...

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