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TwilightPrincess wrote:
I avoided hearing anything about TotK before it came out because I wanted it to be a surprise.
Ditto.
I said in the other thread, after BotW I re/played all of the other Zeldas, so it's been...quite a while.
I was actually playing Hyrule Warriors 2 last, but it's not quite the same. And even that, a lot of it I was thinking "I -kind of- remember some of this..."
I was actually playing BotW a little bit the other day, I forgot how different it was. Even the menus are all different. And I forgot that Central Hyrule used to be pretty scary because Guardians were EVERYWHERE.
I feel like the first game had a better sense of exploration, or maybe that was just me...I would walk everywhere, because I didn't feel like bringing my horse back to a stable, and the loading times took too long to bother with quick travel.
This game, seems like you can just glide, or fly, or drive wherever you want, and skip most of the exploring.
And even when you do explore, a lot of areas that I remember being pretty special in the first game...now they're just empty. You -might- find a Korok?
And I'm sad that most of my favorite characters from the first game are gone...and the ones who are still around, like Paya, they barely give you the time of day.
But otherwise, I like it a lot. I feel like a lot of it is what the first game should have been.
TwilightPrincess wrote:
My son started playing games with me on the Wii U when he was 5, so you're getting there as far as having more opportunities to play.
He does play a little bit. He thinks it's pretty hilarious to make Link jump into the lava over and over and over again.
I should probably find a two player game we can do. Maybe a LEGO game?
I think I did try a racing game before, but he wasn't very interested.
Usually he wants to play the Elmo's Alphabet whatever game for N64, and I think he has outgrown it (it's not a very good game to begin with).
TwilightPrincess wrote:
I was homeschooled and didn't like it, so I never seriously considered it for my kid. I could teach him just as well if not better than the public school system, but I wanted him to be around peers and stuff like that.
Yeah, that's our concern too. We weren't homeschooled, but we know people who were. He could use the social interaction, especially if he's Autistic like me (which he probably is).
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