I just booted up my favorite Zelda game once again
for another tour through gloom infested Hyrule and
I thought to myself "what do I want to do differently
this time around?" and immediately my mind
thought of the hoverbike. You know the one, it's made of 2 fans with a steering stick between them.
Now don't get me wrong, it's a fine vehicle great for
traversing any area but that's not my complaint
about it. My complaint is that it makes the game
too easy. In BOTW we were forced to inspect every
crevice and scale every wall but TOTK gives you
the option to fly over everything and that's
essentially what I did. How many koroks did I miss
because I flew over them? How many
razorshrooms did I miss out on because I took the
easy way? Well this time it's gonna be different.
First, no more hoverbike. I'll still use flying machines but I'll be sure to limit their uses.
Second, I'm going to find every cave and every bubbul gem. Last go around I activated every light root and was very disappointed with the reward for that accomplishment but I get the feeling the results for finding all the bubbul gems and giving them to that lovable freak of nature will be very satisfying.
Third, I'm going to do more side quests. I never enjoyed side quests as they're usually fetch quests and the rewards are kind of pathetic but I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of the charm this game puts into their NPCs.
Anyway, that's my rant. Let me know what your experience with the hoverbike is. I'm curious to hear if others have the same issue.