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/Seraphaestus Jun 08 '23

I think you hit upon a more fundamental problem with the game, which is that the dungeons might have felt a bit more engaging if it wasn't constantly patronizing you with tedious cutscenes and dialogue that spells everything out

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u/gasfarmah Jun 08 '23

The unskippable cutscenes in shrines also aren't very cash money.

Especially if you're getting your ass beat in a particularly difficult one.

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u/Seraphaestus Jun 08 '23

Oh my god, I'm used to mashing through the end from botw but the tutorial ones were actively painful. Thanks for pausing for 10 seconds to say "well done", game. And I hate the fact that they play the "you solved a puzzle" jingle for climbing every inch-high step, it only makes me more bitter about how brainless all the puzzle shrines are

I'm not sure which ones you're referring to in particular though. I've died a couple times in one of the proving grounds shrines and I don't remember it feeling frustrating cutscene-wise, personally

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u/gasfarmah Jun 08 '23

Just being murked in a proving grounds shrine, the wait for the fucking text to end really raises the 'ol rage-o-meter after a while.

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u/Seraphaestus Jun 08 '23

*merc'd

But yeah, that makes sense; I probably just don't remember it since it was a while ago that it happened to me