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For shako being the rarest item in the game, it's so utterly boring.

Only way I can justify it: Mephisto is a prime evil. Lilith a lesser evil. Both clearly already have influence over the entire party. Mephisto manipulating the hero into imprisoning him has to be part of his game plan.

Killing Lilith and imprisoning Mephisto is really the only logical choice. You were really going to side with a Lesser Evil, the daughter of Hatred, and think it was going to be all dandy candy?

I have no reason why they would let a child walk around with a prime evil soulstone though lmao.

Anyone that bothers you based on your hardware is an actual 🤡

Let go of that thought. Reddit is (probably) here to stay. Lemmy will have less users, less communities, and tbh, probably less quality content. That's okay. Grow your seeds.

I always wanted a Tesla. I'm now in a position I could buy one comfortably, but now I have a spine and won't.

I graduated at 27 and got an internship in SF. Life changed.

Sure, but we're talking about Diablo, not fps. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of PC gamers play FPS/moba with m+kb instead of controller lol.

We might have to accept we're on the "losing" side, e.g. Lemmy will never have the numbers our subreddits had. We'll have smaller communities and less content, but hopefully better conversation.

I'm rambling because I love Zelda, but I'm also working rn, but also want Lemmy to have content.

I'm in a mild counter-party. In totk, I went Goron first, but didn't get to the temple. I then deviated back to Rito hoping to unlock the aerial boost from botw. That opening sequence to the wind temple (SPOILERS AHEAD) of Link ascending through the skies was, in my opinion, the greatest moment in Zelda history so far (I haven't yet completed the water temple, desert temple, or the other). The mild puzzle for unlocking the water temple (the eye in the sky) was brilliant. The goron story was slightly dark, akin to older 3d titles like Majora's Mask. I can't wait to see what the other temples bring (diablo 4 hardcore sucking my time up).

Consistently in totk we see the hero doing epic feats we've never really been able to see him do before. The boss fight for the wind temple was absolutely bonkers and really gives credence to Link being worthy of the Triforce and being a hero of time. The way the music overtures slowly ramp up as you progress in the dungeon is phenomenal.

Do you think there is anything lacking in botw1/2 that bringing back items fixes? I think the reliance of fusing as a primary gimmick is terrible (especially for arrows). As a side application, it would be awesome. I'm really hope in the third installment they bring back some core items, but I just don't see how it would work? Right now you can climb everything and be everywhere (which is something else I think is vastly underrated in botw+). In the 3d zeldas, Ice/Fire arrows were huge deals, but in botw you can just fuse berries on for the same effect. Arguing one is better than the other, idk. The openness of totk is superb. If you watched 10 people play the first 10 hours of the game, or even approach the same temple, I sincerely doubt any of them would look remotely close to the same. There's definitely something to be said about that.

I miss the hookshot (more so the grappling hook from Wind Waker).

I mean, clearly it was an evolution on all fronts, but the inheritance is clear across the board. Light world, 3 dungeons, dark world, 7. In each dungeon you find the same compass, boss key, core item (I forget if map was in both).

Undeniably, both games were utter masterclasses. I still maintain OoT holds the GOAT title screen, just scraping by Halo due to the animation.

I would love to read an essay on Zelda games if you write it, I might even change my opinion :)

Also, since you seem to have lived through the times (did you?), what are your thoughts on totk-esque dungeons vs everyone clamouring for an "old school" Zelda game? I'm thinking totk combined with old school items, instead of attaching to weapons and arrows, but keeping totk exploration, would be sublime.

Thinking about a steam deck just for Diablo 4. I'd pick up fallout 4 and borderlands 3 / Tina and possibly elden ring / sekiro too. Any thoughts?

Patriot moment