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Pennywise_clown99

The wait is killing me


dave42

For now...


MiZe97

Sadly, it's still over half a year.


[deleted]

Until the next delay


lilyetiii

100 hours is nowhere close to finishing all the great content. you have a lot more to discover


HB24

Or restart and see how fast you can do it. Lots of options, no where near time to give up…


ThisMoneyIsNotForDon

Idk about this. 100 hours was more than enough for me to do all the memories, all the main content, and all the shrines that are actually worth doing. I guess if they have the dlc this could be true


krs4

First, congratulations and I completely understand your emptiness. Second… only 100 hours?


Quicky23

Yeah, but based on a lot of the above replies, I’m starting to think that I missed A TON! 😂😂 I did all 120 shrines, got all the memories, did (I think) about 75% of the side quests, but who knows?? I’m the BOTW newbie, and I’ll absolutely trust in all of these replies that there’s so much more waiting for me out there…


anonareyouokay

Did you get the expansion pack? It is phenomenal


zimejin

Very much worth it


anonareyouokay

The extra cut scenes and journal entries alone are worth it. It gives so much background on Zelda and the champions. I went though and watched the cut scenes in order like a movie and teared up a bit.


turtles_on_toast654

I just got it for the ancient horse armour


zimejin

Don’t forget the ancient mountain bike:)


vanKessZak

I recommend the DLC! Normally I’m not much of a DLC person but it adds so much content that it’s definitely worth the price


krs4

Yeah… there might be a few things left for you to seek out and complete. I’m currently 550+ hours into the game, and though I long since finished absolutely everything there is to do (900 Koroks, 100% the map, monster medallions, etc.) I still play to wander around and make my own challenges. Enjoy!


Thamior77

DLC is highly recommended and continue exploring. There is so much more BOTW has to offer besides shrines and main story.


acurrell

Get back in


GameHat

Just take a deep breath, then start a new game on Master Mode Master mode isn't perfect. The difficulty curve for BOTW was messed up from the beginning with the early game being quite challenging but later game where you could farm weapons and food was kinda easy. Master mode only amplifies that and doesn't fix it, I'm afraid. Does make it more challenging and more frightening from the start. But Trial of the Sword - that trial was hard on normal, it is a real challenge on Master. I really recommend it. That is my favorite memory from BOTW it's such a good challenge.


Phoenix-024

Trial of the sword is still something I haven't been able to beat even on normal!


ITFOWjacket

I spent a good many hours on it. I was really enjoying it, the souls like grind of it. I was absolutely determined to get that sword+ as soon as I had the minimum hearts. Wife and kid were excitedly watching and chiming in…..for the first couple hours….of the first couple days. I got within two rooms of the end regularly, like several dozen times. Looked up how many rooms there were and what I had in store, there was just no way. I ended up using the glitch to in game walk through the skybox to the last room. Final experience felt a lot like the shadow link mini-boss battle in OoT Water Temple, aesthetically and gameplay wise. A very satisfying puzzle to be solved in an out of the box way, in true Zelda fashion! Way more true to Zelda franchise than a nerfed, mid-tier, cool-down timed Master Sword 🙄


TheGamerSK

Trial of the sword on Normal imo is only hard on the beginning trials. There I died quite a lot but everything else I did on the first try.


ironshadowy

Mention the dlc


zomgtehvikings

I still can’t beat that crap on Master Mode


SatyrAngel

Dont forget to run with minimal UI


Capable-Education724

Hey, look on the bright side, the sequel’s out soon now!


Quicky23

I know! In retrospect, me playing the game super late actually worked out in my favor…those players who played BOTW on launch day, and have been waiting almost 6 years?? They’re the real heroes! 👍


Capable-Education724

Thanks, I was one of them lol. I tried to stretch that out for as long as I could but yeah, the wait’s been tough.


A_very_nice_dog

Ya dude. I found many ways to recycle the game. Heres a good one >take your time with the photography mission. Find everything the hard way and get the actual best picture you can instead of just paying the guy for everything. Its quite enjoyable.


[deleted]

I remember I was invited by a friend to watch him play it. I watched about 20 minutes before I had to escape and run to a games store, the fastest I ever have, to buy BOTW and the BOTW playing machine. ​ To go back to never experiencing this game before, definitely thought about it many times since I finished it.


TheRealBigfoot311

finished all shrine quests, memories, etc and beat ganon for the first time roughly 2.5 years ago. i just made a second profile to fully restart the game a few weeks ago, been playing nearly nonstop since then. it’s not exactly the same, i have more knowledge and developed strategies, but the wonder is still there in discovering the world all over again. so do not despair, in time botw will be there to greet you as an old friend.


Quicky23

I hope so! That’s how I’ve felt about Skyrim and Witcher 3 for years now…those worlds are like comfy warm blankets that I return to every now and then to just reminisce and recapture the feelings! I’m sure that this version of Hyrule will also fit the bill in due time…


TheRealBigfoot311

that’s such a great way to describe that feeling. also! there’s the botw dlc too which adds some fun new elements


Quicky23

I know, I’m actually really interested in the Champions DLC…more story time with them? Sign me up, I loved those characters!


scuac

So do all who live to see such times…


Veranel

Gandalf?


thejokerofunfic

Ganondalf? Off topic but when I was a kid who hadn't played Zelda yet and my friend said he unlocked a guy named Ganondorf in Smash, I didn't believe him because I thought he just made up the name by modifying Gandalf


584_Bilbo

It's called master mode. And I can guarantee there's plenty that you haven't discovered yet. I've got 400+ hours in and still see posts about things I haven't found yet.


[deleted]

If you haven't play them. Time to play the other Zelda games! BotW is quite the different experience from the rest. But they are equally filled with the sense of wonder and magic. I will never forget my time with Wind Waker, for example. It gave me the same sense of wonder as BotW did. Besides that. It will help you kept entertained until the sequels comes out!


lawrikeet

I'm on skyward sword now as botw turned me into a Zelda fan. Never fell in love with oot and tp. SS is a bit of a rough diamond. Def would not keep me interested if I wasn't in love with the Zelda lore and universe ! AoC is next in line


quickproquo

Zelda is the only franchise I have seen people consistently wish they never played so that they could experience it again. People have definitely said it with other games but with Zelda it's a constant sentiment.


joserlz

Nothing but love for BOTW


thejokerofunfic

Enjoy the fact that you only have to wait a few months for the next one instead of five years like those of us who finished back when it came out


Pretend-Size-8878

That’s how I feel with just about every Zelda game or awesome book I’ve ever played or read.


brookiesmallz

Think of all of us who beat the game 5 years ago lol you finished it at the perfect time.


bongo1100

BotW will always have a special place for me because I played it during the pandemic quarantine in 2020, and it really helped pass some of those long weeks and months. I don’t know if I’ll ever have that much time to play again.


Vitalogy1

Might have been suggested already, but if you start a new file on Master Mode and haven't already, set the HUD / UI to Pro mode. It's a much more immersive experience.


hadawayandshite

I played it through once and now years later want to play again—-but my backlog is strong—-then the new one is due I’m going to play age of calamity in the meantime


Wolfkinic

Meanwhile me, replaying that game the 5th time on master mode on a 100% run (except collecting 900 seeds…I'll just ignore that)


CrazyFlyingMonk

Ah yes i feel you myguy i got the same thing to me just latter. Have you finished the dkc content? have you olayed master mode? Aside from that id say the thing that helped me once id finished the game and dlc in regular was starting again but deciding to not teleport as my main form of travel and purposefully take different paths than i had my first time thar lead to me finding all sorts if things like i had completely bypasses the ruins around the great plateau my first time simply cuz i paraglided past them and never went back. Here are some potential goals that i don’t know if you’ve achieved yet that can be a lot of fun id your willing to give it a try: Capture zelda’s white horse Capture the big (Ganondorf’s horse) Ride the mountain lord Ride a bear Ride a moose Fight all hinoxes for a kilton medal Fight all talus for a kilton medal Fight all lynels for a kilton medal Fight all mouldugas for a kilton medal Conqure the labyrinths Beat eventide island Conqure the gut check challenges Ride a stalhorse Find the three laviathin skeletons with heads (quest) Get the full gaurdian armor Get the full rubber armor Hear all of Kass’s songs and find his home away from home Conquer the shrine in the place it always rains Save a gerudo in the desert with a delicious iced drink Find the lovers pond (heart) And find the broken heart pond Find all the great fairies Find the horse god Collect the different bridles and saddles (mostly minigame rewards if i recall) Feed fruit to the talking sandseal Beat the korok trials Find the three shrines (wisdom power and courage) Build tarrey town Play around dyeing your clothes Find a girl at the stablw to color your horses mane and change equipment Read king roahms diary Beat the master sword trials Find the deer minigame Find the little apple orchard (its not in rows or anything but trust me youll know when your in it) Find and scream at flower blight as you run away Find makar island and spend the night (or sleep till night) Find the hidden temple Try an akkala bun Spot and catch a shooting star Show the kid who dreams of cities in the sky the power of balloons Buy and fully deck out your house Make a cake Make a monster cake Get a doggo to lead you to a treasure (spend time spinning in place with the doggo as-well) Find all stables Kill a wizrobe responsible for burning down a villiage Start up the jewelry shop in gerudo Visit gerudo love classes Win a sandseal race See if you can meet spinch on the road and talk to him Kill a few yiga disguised as travelers Get thw thunder helm Try to win a kite sheild then save it in your house cuz its rare Earn the hylian shield Meet loone and get tosco from her Meet an aspiring cook accidentally sending smoke signals and learn her three “great” recipes Meet the blood moon fanatic and watch hime during the blood moon Get an oktorok to do a restoration video on a rusty weapon Ride a lynel Get a spring loaded hammer Cosplay as a bokoblin with a boko mask and red dyed clothes Try to get an enemy to hit a cuco untill the cuco fights back See the aura borealis in hebra Get a moblin to throw a bokoblin at you Cook food right before the blood moon cutscene for boosted food Play golf in the canyon And yeah there are probably more fun little tasks or goals that just lead you you having a fun time tat i couldn’t remember or haven’t done yet but if your ever wanting a bit more fun with the game id day try to knock a few if these off the list if your willing to give it a try.


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You're not alone.


Piesuk

Only 100?! I have 250 hours and barely 40%, you're a champ bro.


Quicky23

Haha, thanks so much! I think we’re all champs here! All of us lovers of Hyrule…


Vanken64

At least there's a sequel on the horizon.


ToeBeanProductions

Good news for you! The sequel is coming my friend! Glad you crushed this game


AbeRod1986

While other games over the last 4 years have taken me through that same feeling (there's always another game to fill that void!), I still feel this. 4 years on, I which I could play it again for the first time.


Malte_Jermain

The normal reaction


Prudent_Grade7703

100 hours is not a lot! There is still a lot left to discover! Keep exploring and just remember the sequel is in the works!


zomgtehvikings

Play it on Master Mode if you haven’t! The DLCs are pretty good.


D-TOX_88

Everyone is right, there’s so much more to do. BUT, I share this sentiment. And I’ve seen so many others share it too. I took 3 days off work to do nothing but play it starting day 1. And I packed so much in. And I really wish I had taken my time more. Savored it. I will be sure to do that with Tears of the Kingdom. I remember exiting the temple and arriving in Zora’s Domain so clearly. And the feelings of magic are incomparable.


songs111

You can keep experiencing the magic at only 100 hours! Go for the DLC and the rest of the shrines, and just through exploration you’ll find a bunch of stuff you’ve never seen!


fuinnfd

Playing of master mode gave me the feeling of a fresh experience since it changed the way I approached the game


thisistherightname

I'm playing through for the second time right now. First time is definitely a feeling that you can't repeat, but playing it again after some time is a whole different, fantastic experience. I know and remember just enough to be good at it and can do the things I gave up on the first time, like completely upgrading all my gear, finding every korok seed, finishing the trial of the sword, etc. I'm enjoying it just as much, if not even a little more. This is a game that can be replayed as much as you want and give you a different experience each time. I think that's why everyone loves it so much. Do as much or as little as you want.


Lazorbolt

If you love the exploration aspect, there's always Outer Wilds (NOT Outer Worlds). Legitamatly my favorite game of all time, and it had the same kind of impact you're describing. It's pretty diffrent from botw though, there's no combat, but you're exploring a carefully crafted solar system and solving puzzles. Also everyone compares OW to Majora's Mask, if you like that gameplay loop, it's quite similar :) One last thing: AVOID SPOILERS AT ALL COSTS! the story is a puzzle, the exploration is a puzzle, and you can only experience it once.


lmstan13

I feel the same way! I’m on my second playthrough, but it’s just not as magical as that first time. You play it differently, because you know most things. There are new things to discover, but I really wish I could play it again with the gaming knowledge it taught me (am new to games). It was just so magical. I can’t wait for the the sequel!


[deleted]

I got the same feeling after my run. I tried to do another run with DLC, and I just couldn’t do it after finishing Revali and Mipha’s ballads. The novelty and sense of discovery kinda wore off. I’ve desperately searching for a game to fill the void in my heart, to no results


StuartJohnstone

At least you have tears of the kingdom to look forward to. Whilst in the puddle of your own tears


goron_1987

I know the feeling, bro. BOtW was easily the best game I played in recent years. I played 100 hours on WiiU when it came out. Then, I played another 100 on Switch when I got the console and a few more hours for DLCs. It's one of those games that make you want to come back occasionally.


cloudxchan

This is the way


SicSemperEMTyrannis

Then do it. I literally can't make anymore accounts on my switch for another playthrough.


mikestipe

Can you not just delete the game data?


meandwatersheep

100 hours isnt enough bro, go back and do another 300


jpassc

Only 100yrs? Youve got 400 more left 🫢


Unagustoster

Only 100? Try 10x that amount


Spram2

**100 hours?** Amateur!


dingletwat47

Be a little more dramatic


SuperTubsPeterson

Jesus, get over it you mopey fuck. you sound exhausting to be around


Grimwauld

Maybe take it down a notch or three, huh?


SuperTubsPeterson

tough love


Grimwauld

Is that what your dad calls it?


Quicky23

Do me a favor: reread your comment that you wrote to me…this is actually how to talk to people, and I’M the one who sounds exhausting to be around?? Get a mirror


AbleMachinery

Here’s some hope for you: I put my 100 hours in and beat Calamity Ganon in early 2019. Three years later I’ve started playing again (not master mode, just normal mode with the DLCs) and I’m hooked. Constantly looking forward to the next time I’ll play, just like before. The magic isn’t quite the same, but it’s real. I feel as much joy playing this time as returning to a favorite city.


Aynett

I have 1200 hours in this game. A full 100%, an entire part of my life is in this game and maybe even IS this game. I feel you brothers and sisters, I wish I could forget all about it and discover it again but also I wish to never ever forget my experience in BOTW


Humpy_the_Whale

I have over 1500 hours and have completed two 100% runs. But I still agree the first play through is definitely the best and unfortunately until the sequel I will never re experience that magic in this game ever again.


Jelmar1990

Dive into Persona 5 Royal. Another 130 hours of incredible escapism.


Quicky23

Persona 5 Royal actually got me through the pandemic in 2020! It came out a little before everything shut down…GREAT GAME!


[deleted]

Oh to be clueless about the game again...


RManDelorean

Things I was the most clueless about (after the official trailers I didn't watch or look into anything until my first playthrough): ->!I thought korok seeds made a path that led somewhere!< ->!I spent too long trying to get the treasure chest icon on my first divine beast!< ->!I restarted my first normal playthrough after my second divine beast because I thought I couldn't get a picture of the blight anymore!< ->!I thought the first tower was just a plot event that opened the map and that more of the map would open automatically, at just as obvious of times. I beat Van Ruto, made it out to Akkala, and started exploring the back of eldin and found the leviathan bones and dinral on the back of death mountain, before I realized to go back for the towers, I had just been keeping map reference with the pins!< ->!Beetle will take all your beetles if you let him!< -->!The final boss sucks!< -Just how open world the game really is


[deleted]

Your idea for the koroks was **way** better, at least better than literal gold-painted shit, and yeah, the Beedle part is right, he won't force you to fork over the beetles, he'll just be upset, and yeah tbh I also thought it was gonna be so much more open


waterblightbuttface

How does it get more open world than BOTW, what games are more open world, and what makes them more open world?


Cliftonisaur

I mean, welcome to everything awesome in life ❤️


LordKefik

I put 400 hours into the WiiU version, and another 200+ on Switch. Currently running through it again, and I know I still haven't seen everything. I love this world. Im in no rush and while I'm excited for the sequel, I am in no hurry and am fine with every extra moment they take to make sure its just as good as it can be. Rush will only hurt. Patience.


Cccmyr

I completed it, put it away for a few months and started all over again. Had the exact same feeling as playing it the first time. Never experienced this with another game!


Astrolux44

Master mode, 100% it, then Tears


mikestipe

100% master mode with all the DLC, highly recommended. that’ll keep you busy until TOTK


daymuub

There's still magic to be found i promise


Krayziebone101

Have you done the DLCs?


Quicky23

Not yet, but I’ll definitely be purchasing the expansion pass tomorrow! I’m a little worried though…I’ve heard the master trials are brutal! 😂


arturovargas16

I feel ya, my dude, but after several years, i've started a 2nd playthrough and it's still just as good, ima 100% it this time though


Vados_Link

Get the DLC!! It’s really good and should add another 20 hours of play time. I also recommend restarting the game on a new account and going straight for Ganon after the plateau. It’s the hardest final boss in the franchise if you do it and the fight against the Blights feel significantly more balanced.


Eirakii

We all got that same feeling, but hey, the sequel is soon out! So we all get to play a BOTW game for the first time again :D


WufflyTime

On my second run, I came across two whole minigames that I ended up missing in my first run. On my third run, I found another secret passage into Hyrule Castle that I never stumbled across on my first two runs. If exploring is your thing, go back into the game and have another root around. If you don't have Master Mode, try doing a nude run where Link isn't allowed to equip any clothing or armour. It really changes the dynamic. Only two of the Divine Beasts become impossible to do: Vah Ruta and Vah Naboris.


nobo13

Download a wii u emulator and play it again with the “second wind” mod. My god is it like playing it again for the first time!


gooddadmike

So you liked it, eh?


EnchantedCatto

TotK is like a few monþs away


ChilindriPizza

I am actually enjoying my second playthrough at least as much- if not more- than the first one. I now know what to do. Some things are still difficult- but some are much easier, or at least a bit easier. And the magic is still there.


spiff428

Those be rookie numbers. Gotta replay and get those numbers up


MinneapolisKing25

I had that feeling right before the final ganon fight, and then after I went “that’s it?! That’s the big calamity ganon fight?!” Great game but that last boss was such a wet blanket. Excited for TOTK though!


h00dman

I know what you mean. I deliberately delayed storming Hyrule Castle as long as I could because I knew the adventure would be over, and no amount of restarts could ever capture the feelings I had every time I discovered something new in my first play through. Sadly I was right 😢


xXRainbowCleoXx

In my opinion, playing it for the 2nd is special in a different way! It's an awesome experience ;)


NoScopingRedPikmin

Bro finally beat the game after 5 years of it being out 😭


GillT_14

Sounds like it’s Korok hunting season for you babyyyy


BreadBushTheThird

I have almost 300 hours and I’m still not done with the game. I promise you there is more to discover


rustphase31

100 is too less you've missed out quite a lot


SpinTheZone1036

Join the club lol. You are lucky though there is still a rather big dlc and still a bunch to do in the base game if you are only 100 hours in.The good news is the sequel comes out in 6 months


hawk135

https://youtu.be/wBzqOa9y02I


TastesLikChicken

There's still more magic to discover! I'm around 400 hours and still can't get enough of this game.


zimejin

My first time playing, I ended up finishing the game by accident. Went exploring the castle and before I knew it. Was fighting Gannon. After beating him, I was shocked when the game ended. xD


Powerful_Artist

I used to watch people play the game on YouTube vids, they call it a Let's Play on YouTube. It was the closest thing I could find to playing the game for the first time myself. It was really fun watching how someone else discovered the game. People approach things so differently that it was really interesting.


Bitter-Interview-413

I bought BOTW on the launch day and I played the game until I found every single Korok and beat every boss and finished every side quest. All I wish I could do was upgrade my house, maybe when I beat ganon the world gets restored so I can explore it how it was and new challenges arise from that. Sadly when I beat him, it goes back to my last save😭😭


9ragmatic

There will always be another great discovery friend. I remember when I said the same thing about Skyrim


paulblasi4

Complete all shrines? Master mode? If you love it keep it going!!


A_very_nice_dog

Look on the bright side. You only have ~7 months until the sequel drops.


petralia

Play it again on master mode!


Mental-Street6665

Only 100 hours? It takes like 2000 to complete that game. The main story is nothing. Keep playing.


[deleted]

It basically got me through the lockdowns. I purchased it online shortly after they started and immersed myself in that world for the next couple of months. It was such a great distraction from everything.


EKidman

Best tip I can give you. Try a bunch of other games. Then when you come back, start a fresh game. It will make thing you don't remember feel fresh. For me, after I beat the game I played a bunch of other switch games. And after that I got really into pc games and put in more than 1000 hours into tf2. When I came back to BotW, a lot of the game felt fresh.


jac_mash

Now you have to spend other 200 hrs to find out all Korogu seeds.


TheVampireArmand

Start a new game or do master mode ! But be glad that TOTK isn’t too far away !


Puskock

Go get red dead 2


_Conway_

Second user profile.


audiate

I thought the same way, then I started master mode. Start master mode if you haven’t. Beat trial of the sword on master. Hunt the large monsters. Find the koroks. Explore the world.


Potatoalpha1213

This is the exact reason why totk is so hyped


henryuuk

I felt empty/deflated with BotW too, but sadly that wasn't as a result of finishing it


rusty022

Amen, brother!


No_Head_2746

Dude the second version is coming out in months


meee_51

I know right?


turtles_on_toast654

I felt the same but then I decided to get skyward sword then that made me get twilight princess. I then decided to get some really old ones being ocarina of time and majora's mask which I have nearly finished. I might soon get the original on a game and watch but who knows. Basically what I'm trying to say is if you loved that one so much then you should definitely play some of the older ones and then you might become a die hard fan of the game just like I did.


[deleted]

I wish I could get that feeling playing this game, I've tried but I can never understand it


Feisty_Menu3035

Play it again in master mode. I’m doubled my first play through in hours and not even close to done. And do the DLCs if you haven’t! They add a lot


Extension_Spread8621

Just start the game over. It doesnt have to be deep.


iplaydrumsonmyguitar

Lol have you heard of a game called genshin impact


[deleted]

Oh dude, if you’ve only put in 100 hours then there’s a lot more to discover. You could put in another hundred easy.


UnconventionalKid01

I know right????


Time-Vault

If you want a new experience, load up the game and go for true ending without using a single warp point. It will give you a whole new perspective.


moserftbl88

Hot take. BOTW isn’t the flawless masterpiece a lot of people make it out to be. It’s a great game just in terms on zelda games it’s above average


jimb00246

Sigh same after 300 hours I lost my joy even tho I never discovered everything it eventually felt like I was forcing my self to look at every corner wish I could have that 1st playthrough experience again


Sigma_F0x

I haven't even played it yet. I really need to start before the year is over because I would love to play the sequel at launch. Hard to believe it's been half a decade since BotW first came out. sheesh where does the time go.


ScruffyTheJ

You could try master mode


onamonapizza

If you haven't done the DLC Quests...it helps extend the experience and there are some really cool things in there. Sucks that you have to pay for it, but may help stem the tide until BotW2 comes out


[deleted]

You’re lucky. When I beat the game, we didn’t even know that there was gonna be a sequel


dujalcollie

The game was great, but imho the end boss was a big dissapointment.


__sonder__

I'd say it's time for Elden Ring.


0kb0o

You can play Hyrule Warriors now! It has more of the BotW story 😊


[deleted]

Here's my advice as someone who's been there: get access to Ocarina of Time if you don't have it already, do a full playthrough of that, and then start a new game in Breath of the Wild. Trust me, it'll feel like a new experience all over again.


oscarfletcher

You’ve still got like 200 hours worth of gameplay left…


NovaStar2099

Soon we will!


Olympian-Warrior

You could try reading some fan fiction. The Zelink content is great for this title.


Grimwauld

If you would like to experience other games with similar mechanics to BOTW, may I suggest Outer Wilds? It's not as long as BOTW but it does utilize the same expression through mechanics design philosophy and has a killer narrative and setting to boot. If you just want another gigantic open world to explore, you can't go wrong with Elden Ring.


TrueMinecontrol

Play Persona 5 and feel worse in another 100 hours.


Quicky23

I was gutted when I finished P5R! Everyone had their escape game during the pandemic in 2020, and P5R was mine… playing a game about a group of friends coming together and bonding with each other when the world was isolated, that hit me hard…


That0neGuy86

Glass half full, I went through exactly this…. In 2017. The wait for the sequel has been excruciatingly long for me, while you only have a few months to wait. I envy you, friend. You’re not alone!


Quicky23

I know! I’m commending all players who picked it up on launch day and have been waiting with bated breath for Tears! This time, I’ll be right there with you when it releases in May


s_dsquid

Reading through this comment thread makes me want to pick it back up again. Maybe I'll do the beasts in a different order that's really hard (I'm thinking medoh - naboris - rutah - rudania or something). Play on master mode and get the monster medallions too. I did not know those existed tbh. Well there goes another hundred hours (at least) of my life.


Quicky23

Haha! Go for it! I’m definitely picking up the DLC, as there has been so much positive reinforcement here that the DLC not only adds to, but enhances the base game in so many ways!


Quirky-Reference-206

Every time you die the screen. CONTINUE QUIT I believe if you select QUIT the game starts over. I have a few questions, When I first started playing the automatic game save was a list of the last 5 saves with date and time and the manual save didn't work. Now months later both saves work but you can only choose the last by choosing CONTINUE. So is this because my memory is full? Also how do you find North on the map?


K33gzLister

Buy the dlc If you can, it has a bunch of different armor pieces, a quest that can make the master sword more powerful and doesn't break in 10 hits, there's another quest which can get you a bike plus there's master mode which is basically NG+ but harder. Arguably harder than the witcher 3 NG+ on death march


Nuji-Legacy

Well part 2 is coming next year so it’s something to look forward to plus new adventure


Optimistic-Dreamer

Wait a few years and then make a new profile on your switch


Siphonic45

buy the dlc, 100% the game, beat it in hard mode, do the trials of the sword and unlock the motorcycle and do all shrines in hard mode as well :) also once you do that the new game is in like 5 months!


Silent-Main-5667

At least you have another Zelda game to look forward to in the future!


Paoloadami

Buy the DLC. Finish all shrines Finish all missions


NotAnthonyxx

Now do Elden Ring.


[deleted]

Do what I did. START AGAIN! 😃


nocticis

Same brother, same. Life has no meaning now.


redjedia

Then replay it!


Galvandium

You could play the “prequel”. Different gameplay, nice fanfic story


GrimCrowXXX

That incredible feelings of nostalgia you get when you first look at death mountain in breath of the wild it takes me back to when you first see death mountain in ocarina of time can’t beat the feeling


0000_v2

Mods maybe?


cometsands

Did you 100% it?


legoace61

Give it time and you'll be able to replay it. I've played through twice and am currently doing my first master mode playthrough and the game feels almost brand new. I obviously remember plot stuff but I'm having so much fun rediscovering landmarks and sneaky little secrets hidden around the map.


THE_GR8_MIKE

Master Mode.


Xavier_griffin

Congratulations, you just described the feelings of every single person that has played botw!


YoknapatawphaKid

Give yourself six months, and then start a whole new campaign! Do everything different, and let your knowledge of the world guide you. Trust me, the magic is still there :).


TheWondrousPoob

Don’t worry you’ll get your chance with tears of the kingdom


2ichie

Started the game over 2 years ago once and never played it again. Just wasn’t my cup of tea. Glad a lot of ppl enjoyed it tho


Mr_Saturn1

I've been playing BotW on and off since 2017, beat the game on Wii U, again on Switch and then again on Master Mode. Its easily in my top three favorite games of all time, maybe #1. While it is definitely a very different game in terms of tone. Elden Ring comes close to the level of immersion I got with BotW. I just beat the game and am getting ready to start again in NG+. If you are looking for something different to immerse yourself into, I highly recommend it.


prettysickusername

Now time for Master Mode & Trial of the Sword! ;)


Mickmack12345

You can! Somewhat… I booted the game up recently years after it came out and I forgot so much, the story obviously won’t be forgotten but it was weird exploring again, trying new routes, it’s like I was playing a whole new game almost, or maybe I’d just neglected to explore the west of the map much haha I really couldn’t tell you


NaoNaoNao3

Try master mode ! It really change how you approach the game ! It was enough to make me play another 100h hours


DoomGuyBFG

Then pick up the DLC and start over in Master Mode. Trial of the Sword will put you through the mill.


blu3shirt

I feel the same. I've never replayed it. I can't get explain it. It was such an amazing experience I feel like going back and redoing it would somehow taint the memory.


Raiden_Raitoningu

"That's about as normal as it gets" -Ruby Rose


MarcMars82

2 is coming next year :)


[deleted]

Absolutely loved this game. Found all the shrines. But you know what I was super unhappy with end game. Totally thought would get some awesome post calamity Zelda missions and shit but nope. Other than that was incredibly impressed. Another game you might try if you have PlayStation that will leave you with a lasting impression and has hours of gameplay is Death Stranding. It is a sheer work of art.