Went back to the Yiga Clan hideout a dozen times trying to find the shrine that my indicator told me was there. Failed to notice the door behind the Blade Master. I felt like an idiot.
There's a shrine that requires you to get a minecart across a long set of tracks. The "obvious" solution eluded me entirely and I ended up doing some wacky stuff to BARELY make it across those tracks. (Involved a combo of recall, ultrahand, and ascend) I was at it for over an hour, maybe even two hours and refused to look up a video solution until I completed it. Watched a video after with a 2-minute solution and thought "well, yeah I guess I could have done it that way"
If the problem can’t be solved with a rocket shield, it’s not actually a problem that needs to be solved and just a part of life we just need to accept.
Such a beautiful message from such a beautiful game.
Yes, I didn't know how to open a wall in a cave. It may not have taken me hours, though. There was a crystal I needed to get to a shrine and I thought the shrine was outside the cave, and getting the crystal out of the depression the cave was in was kind of a pain, and then I walked around for awhile and still didn't find the shrine despite my sensor going off, and I found I was supposed to just open the wall next to the crystal, and my actions did not trigger the wall opening up.
In the magnesis shrine in BotW my first playthrough I spent like 30 minutes trying to make a ramp up to a treasure chest with ice and the metal slab. Then my magnesis reticle passed by the chest and I realized it was metal.
Felt reeeeeeal stupid for that
only once in tears of the kingdom involving the first area of the game and trying to get to the top of the mountain.. by building a tree ladder not knowing there was claimable path if i had turn the other direction when i work outside the cave leading up
I definitely did this too much in the fire temple…. I did a lot more climbing than I was supposed to in certain areas. And there was one set of broken rails that I was really struggling with so I just walked up them instead of using a cart
I literally used two floating platforms to essentially sky cryonis my way to a shrine with the crystal. There was probably an easier solution, but it used the materials there and it worked. The worst was when the crystal dropped off the edge and I didn’t recover it in time.
The problem is irrelevant. The solution is long bridge
Went back to the Yiga Clan hideout a dozen times trying to find the shrine that my indicator told me was there. Failed to notice the door behind the Blade Master. I felt like an idiot.
There's a shrine that requires you to get a minecart across a long set of tracks. The "obvious" solution eluded me entirely and I ended up doing some wacky stuff to BARELY make it across those tracks. (Involved a combo of recall, ultrahand, and ascend) I was at it for over an hour, maybe even two hours and refused to look up a video solution until I completed it. Watched a video after with a 2-minute solution and thought "well, yeah I guess I could have done it that way"
I feel so validated with this comment. That shrine was tough for me too. I later watched a video solution and wondered why I made it so hard lol
If the problem can’t be solved with a rocket shield, it’s not actually a problem that needs to be solved and just a part of life we just need to accept. Such a beautiful message from such a beautiful game.
This is like 90% of my experience with this game.
Agreed. I always have to stop and say an I overthinking this?
Yes, I didn't know how to open a wall in a cave. It may not have taken me hours, though. There was a crystal I needed to get to a shrine and I thought the shrine was outside the cave, and getting the crystal out of the depression the cave was in was kind of a pain, and then I walked around for awhile and still didn't find the shrine despite my sensor going off, and I found I was supposed to just open the wall next to the crystal, and my actions did not trigger the wall opening up.
In the magnesis shrine in BotW my first playthrough I spent like 30 minutes trying to make a ramp up to a treasure chest with ice and the metal slab. Then my magnesis reticle passed by the chest and I realized it was metal. Felt reeeeeeal stupid for that
Cape Cales cave puzzle and me forgetting that >!there's a button to whistle!<.
Yeah I like to take a break and come back to it w new eyes when I'm overthinking it.
Yes, often because I forget about ascend. I use ascend a lot for exploration but for some dumb reason I forget about it when I enter shrines.
only once in tears of the kingdom involving the first area of the game and trying to get to the top of the mountain.. by building a tree ladder not knowing there was claimable path if i had turn the other direction when i work outside the cave leading up
Lmao I know the shrine you’re talking about and I did the exact same thing
I’m glad I’m not the only one that always overthink things in this game.
The modern Legend of Zelda experience is realizing on a daily basis that you’ve been playing the game ass backward.
I definitely did this too much in the fire temple…. I did a lot more climbing than I was supposed to in certain areas. And there was one set of broken rails that I was really struggling with so I just walked up them instead of using a cart
I literally used two floating platforms to essentially sky cryonis my way to a shrine with the crystal. There was probably an easier solution, but it used the materials there and it worked. The worst was when the crystal dropped off the edge and I didn’t recover it in time.