Which game is more kino in terms of story and gameplay?
>>743302219BotW obviously.
honestly, wind waker oot and majoras mask beat them both in story so bad that its not even a comparisonbut as far as gameplay goes, totk. its just overhauled botw with tons of extra features
>>743302367>new thing badlove this site
>>743302638>new thing good, old thing badreddit spacing, go back, rabbi
>>743302728nta but what lmao
>>743302219botw is better at bothtotk just doubles down on the stupid aspects of botw, and has a significantly worse story which was apparently outsourcedtotk also has ZERO cultural impact compared to botwall of its discussion is forced, to the point the tendie tranny and his janny buttbuddy would constantly spam anti-totk threads larping as one of their boogeymen to force discussion about the dead and forgotten gamethe number of times the tranny janny has banned me for simply pointing this out is hilarious
>>743302219TOTK refines a lot of the concepts and mechanics but tries to fit a more complex story into a BOTW shaped hole which doesn't quite work. especially since you can spoil everything with the memories
>>743302219>but as far as gameplay goes, totk. its just overhauled botw with tons of extra featurestherefore, for gameplay, i would recommend totkdont play totk OR botw for the story (once again, imo)
>>743302219>gameplayBotW>storyToTK
>>743302917the story of BotW is derivative and clichè but competent enough.
Tough choice
>>743302219neither
>>743302219TotK for both. TotK is really neat in how the world will react to things happening on the other side of the map, BotW is, on the other hand, largely insular. The actual Ganon plot in TotK is trash, but it's not like there's anything in BotW to take its place, at least the side stories in TotK are good.
so honestly ust fli-p a coin bc it doesnt seem like theres anything resembling a consensus forming here
>>743302219Story?
>>743302219story, botwgameplay, totkyou can't have both
>>743302219I prefer Totk in both areas. I very much enjoy the cinematic climax of fighting a black dragon at the end.
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>>743302219Stories are equal. Botw is better because in its simplicity. I got sick of Zonai devices.
>>743303012That's a nice picture of OoT and TP you got there, OoTsnoy.
>>743302219Botw in both. Story is obvious and gameplay is more meaningful and less sandboxy so I find it more enjoyable when I replay it
>>743304265>OoTsnoyYou're just saying words now.
>>743302219I like the story of Totk more, it actually made me tear up during THAT part, and the other part.
>>743302219BotW's story is barebones and not really much to write home about, but it gets the job done.TotK's story is more ambitious but ends up being a bit of a mess as a result, lots of things about it irked me.Overall in the story department they're about equal as a result, one's traditional but executed well enough while the other is grander but not executed quite as well.BotW feels like it has tighter mechanics to me, TotK lets you break the game too easily even if that's the appeal to some people. Apples and oranges but I ultimately prefer BotW here. I think it's very much a "to each their own" situation though and I think it's funny how heated people can get over which is "better".
>>743302219BotW obviously. TotK is kinda slop in comparison ngl
>>743302219BOTW has a terrible story, but TOTK somehow was even worseBOTW gameplay left a lot to improve upon, TOTK just forgets to do that, unless you like the nuts and bolts stuffOverall BOTW is just a much better game
>>743302638>Near universal agreement that BotW is the tighter, better, and more innovative of the two titles>waahh old good new bad waaahkys
>>743302219Gameplaywise, TotK has a stronger main quest. The temples, the build up and the bosses are SOOOO much better than BotW. Likewise i think fusing weapons adds SOME depth into the combat making it somewhat interesting in how you tackle encounters. The building is okay, i didn't use that much, but it sort of trivializes itself when you unlock autobuilding. However, BotW has a stronger narrative making use of the setting and it feels more cohesive. You are remembering what was lost by traveling the land. Finding your reason to fight as you visit places you already been but you are not aware. It's simple but strong themewise. >TldrBotw is consistently a 7/10 game while TotK swings between 6 at it's lowest and easily a 9 at it's highest.
>>743306446How the fuck is Botw tighter when it's so much more airy and loose, just lacking more interesting and pivotal mechanics and content? You fags just prefer it because you played it first, you're not interesting.
If botw had caves like totk it'd blow it out of the water. Totk story and writing was fucking atrocious. I don't know if the original Japanese was as poorly done or if it was translators butchering it all again
>>743306612The theme of connections and bonds, returning to a world you are familiar with and finding it having changed and evolved is a much stronger theme than Botw presents.
>>743302219When I get to those games, I will decide.I have to play the Zeldas in order...Both?
>>743302219>storythere is none in either>gameplay totk is way more fleshed out in terms of gameplay and is way more fun, but can be cheesed a lot more with constructsim currently replaying botw and its fun but i do miss a lot of features from totk, the weapon fusions specifically are fucking kino
>>743302219It's kind of obvious that both games were just one extended project, since even BotW concept art is kind of obvious about Link having some kind of fucked up arm.So it's likely that late during development of BotW they ditched everything that wasn't working, rushed out a lot of copypaste filler content (Koroks and shrines) and used the assets they had to deliver a complete product before the Switch launch deadline, in exchange for its success the original project got a stay of execution.TotK continued plodding along the trajectory of the original project, and while it may have succeeded at adding more stuff, almost all of it is drenched design debt and technical debt.>>743306715BotW cuts all of the cruft and they didn't bloat the UI beyond what it was capable of handling. It doesn't have much more content between the plateau and hyrule castle, but that's really all that these games can deliver competently anyway.
>>743306806Yeah, but TotKs narrative pants on its head retarded.There's a reason why Link's memories are a quest through the whole map. TotK repeats it because that's what BotW did. Had Totk had a linear narrative i would be willing to give it more credit. Becuase again, when totk works, it works.
>>743307253First game was Link's memories, sequel is Zelda's memories. They run parallel as a theme as well, a direct sequel, same setting years apart, first game memories are 100 years old, second game thousands of years apart. Totk is a game for intellectuals.
>>743307253>picThat was cool. Made my lizard brain go "of course I would do a suicidal jump into the void to save my oneitis."
Neither game is that good, to be honest. They are designed to be shallow and vapid.
>>743308015>They are designed to be shallow and vapid.Yeah, I'm sure that's what the devs had in mind.
>>743308071Kinda, yeah. Look at korok seeds and shrines. Literal "put ball in cup" tier puzzles.
>Story that takes place during modern times in TotKKino>Story that takes place with Zelda back in the pastSucks assWhat happened here?
>>743302219TOTK
I played both and I have no idea what was going on story wise. I enjoyed botw more though
>>743308674I have a theory that the backstory was basically written by a separate part of the writing team. It feels way clunkier than the stuff happening in the present.
>>743302219>storyLOL>gameplayminecraft or nuts and bolts you decide
>>743308674>BotW didn't get to use any of the "present" storyline they came up with in preproduction, but it used up all of the "past" storyline that they had.>TotK gets to use the "present" storyline, but now they need to come up with a new "past" while dealing with technical debt, covid, etc.They needed to make up a new B-plot and got carried away with anime shit, it's likely that both halves of the game were written by entirely different teams years if not a decade apart. Concept art already showed that they wanted Link to have a weird arm thing, so a fair amount of TotK's present story was likely from early in the development of BotW.
>>743310150Hah, if BOTW was anything like Minecraft, it would be an improvement to the bloated mess that Monolith put out.
Unironically the remote bombs in BotW were more engaging than the building in TotK.I don't mind building at face-value, but they did nothing with it.Ascend is great, at least.
