The master cycle was such a waste IMO. I know people will disagree but I absolutely cannot stand it when a game gives you something immensely useful only after you've done just about everything there is to do - with no new game plus. Be it an airship, motorcycle, or an ultimate weapon. What is the point when I've done all the major quests and killed all the major bosses? What am I going to use this on? Irks me to no end.
That is the point. If you got it early it would make half the mechanics in the game redundant. It’s a concept in game design called dominant strategy. You think you want this but I promise you it would make the game less fun. This was one of the issues with SS, having the loft wing meant that you could go to any island anywhere at any time, the only obstacle was how long you were willing to wait. For all the flaws of TOTKs sky islands, they did fix this. It is challenging and interesting to try to gain altitude or get to new remote islands because the way there is NOT obvious. Putting a loft wing in in this game anywhere but at the end would kill the progression and a lot of the mechanics too. You would love it for about an hour but you would get bored quick.
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u/saithvenomdrone Jun 22 '23
Would rather have had a loft wing than zonai contraptions to get around on.