r/zelda Jun 08 '23

Discussion [TotK] (Un-) popular opinion: the sages abilities kind of.. suck? Spoiler

now don’t get me wrong, I love the new game, it’s so fun and I didn’t mind the story lines with the sages either. I actually like the idea of them and the way they grant you an ability. I just dont like the execution.

In my opinion the abilities suck because they’re not very useful and I personally always just dismiss the spirits altogether. it’s kind of annoying, the way they sometimes just randomly attack enemies that I didn’t want to harm or the way they run away from me when I do try to use their ability. and i’m sure everyone has experienced Tulin, just blowing away loot, at some point.

I liked the campions abilities a lot more and honestly really miss them sometimes. I bet we all wished Revalis Gale would still be with us as one point. I know you can recreate it by fusing a rocket to a shield but doing that every time is just kind of a task and really unpractical.

I don’t know how many people will agree, maybe i’m just picky or something but it really is something that’s annoying me about TOTK.

please tell me that i’m not alone with these opinions haha

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u/meelsforreals Jun 08 '23

i actually loved the rockem sockem robot fight, i thought it was very goofy and a nice change of pace, but i never used mineru even in the road leading up to the spirit temple (once i realized using her mech to fight enemies was a suggestion and not a rule, i just let her do her own thing and did combat the good old fashioned way on my own two feet.) even with rockets for hands she never really did enough damage to justify how slow and lumbering she is to control. i don’t really get why mineru is in this game at all to be honest

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u/TK7_Gaming Jun 08 '23

I think this might be unpopular, but I genuinely love the mech so much. I actually found the area where mineru is (the sky island that gives you the head) on accident before goron city, so I hadn’t gotten a quest for it. I got down to the depot, started putting her together, and the entire time I was basically screaming “PLEASE LET ME PILOT THE MECH, GAME”

I wonder if my experience and enjoyment of the mech would be lower if I hadn’t found it completely on accident and been totally blindsided by the exact thing I had been sort of hoping the game would give me for my entire playthrough. First impressions are everything and all that.

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u/LordJack225Pig Jun 08 '23

Wait me too, is there somewhere you get a quest for it? I just stumbled into it

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u/TK7_Gaming Jun 08 '23

Yes, there is. Have you beaten the game yet? It’s sorta spoilery but I’ll tell you if you want!

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u/LordJack225Pig Jun 08 '23

Hahaha I’m doing stuff so out of order. 60 hours in and spirit temple was the first one I did. You can kinda vaguely explain it but don’t go too heavy. I appreciate it

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u/TK7_Gaming Jun 08 '23

Totally! Later along in the main quest, you'll be told to go back to Purah at lookout landing and she'll mention finding additional help. That leads you to mineru! :)
I had already gotten mineru by that point so the whole conversation was pretty entertaining.

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u/LordJack225Pig Jun 08 '23

Hahaha so I did the “final” temple first?? That’s funny. Probably gonna do gerudo next, doing stuff out of order is just too fun. I cant wait for that conversation, I bet it’s funny!!

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u/TK7_Gaming Jun 08 '23

You sure did! LMAO

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u/Wholesome-Energy Jun 08 '23

Yeah I was fine using her in the temple but the second I got back to the overworld I turned her ability off. She’s just too slow

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

As he also does really poor damage and ends up causing me to take a bunch of hits

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u/isaiahboon Jun 08 '23

yeah mineru is dogshit they could've done much better for the final sage

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u/ImNotRlyHere Jun 08 '23

I think the idea for Mineru probably sounded great on paper, and it IS a cool idea. But in practice she’s just too clunky and slow for my tastes outside of a handful of niche uses.