Everything in Tears of the Kingdom is Temporary, and it’s Annoying

Shaz from GL writes: “Tears of the Kingdom retreads many of the same waters as Breath of the wild, taking away much of its magic and outlining its many frustrating elements”

[closed_account]

Wow, I had no idea creations start disappearing like that. I haven't played yet and the building of machines seemed pretty awesome.. but if they get destroyed after a short period of time, what's the point? I would want to keep my favorite creations across the entirety of my adventure. :\

I sure hope they rework this on the next console after Switch. I'm actually surprised this didn't lower some of the 10/10 scores.

[phoenixwing]

the rabid nintendo fans would probably have sent death threats if it got lowered

[shammgod]

TotK is GOAT

[senorfartcushion]

Always thinking of rabid fanbases means that you’re rabid too.

[GryestOfBluSkies]

You can save your creations to have them automatically rebuilt, as long as you have the resources for it

[Vx_]

one of the most boring games of the year

[Christopher]

I mean, I've always hated weapon deterioration and that's normal for the game, so those creations have a limited lifespan built in. As far as creations in the world, I think it's a bit much to expect those to last. That's a lot for the game to remember and track let alone with how many things can and are created.

[closed_account]

Too much to expect for a Switch, sure. But it would be nice to retain at least 10 creations longterm if they ever remaster this for the next console. Like a gta garage almost. Clear out the ones you don't want anymore. I'd like an airship that I can continuously fly around the world. Be able to take several out at once. (I can imagine leaving them in strategic spots, set like a cross-country rally. People streaming their fastest times.)

I really think I'll just wait for a next gen remaster. I'm still playing Breath of the Wild and enjoying it. I've read that it can be hard to go back to after Tears bc of the re-used world, so I'd like to continue getting the most out of Breath of the Wild.

As for the quickly degrading weapons, I always hated that too. Wish they lasted longer, or you could cast a spell to retain at least 3 or so of your favorites. it is what it is though, and I'm not going to stop playing just bc of that. I really like the atmosphere of the game.

**Edit - For reference, you can retain many, many creations on Lego Worlds even on a Switch, albeit not vehicles. Also the rest of the game isn't nearly as complex as the Zelda games, the draw distance is horrendous and over all a buggy mess. Still, I'm confident that a next gen Tears of the Kingdom remaster could handle a garage worth of creations.

[Concertoine]

Not to mention it wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing. A lot of crafts are used for moments in gameplay, why should they be littering the world and disrupting the scenery? Sometimes the devs place vehicles or parts as a hint or gameplay option, but if those vehicles are coexisting along random vehicles that would be impossible to distinguish. The system the devs chose (build whatever with free local resources or craft anything with materials) makes the most sense and gives the least cluttered experience.

[closed_account]

Sure I agree on that point, but what about end game? I'd like for it open up to full freedom after you've finished everything. Would give incentive to keep playing.

[BrainSyphoned]

Switch doesn't have the option to cut its FPS in half like the excuse Bethesda is pushing for Starfield's 30fps. Vanishing items or 15fps Zelda.

[Zhipp]

Switch just doesn't have the memory to handle that many persistent items in the world. That was actually the reason for the Blood Moons as well. It allows the game world to reset and free up memory before it becomes a problem.

[meganick]

The blood moon is about keeping enemies in the world. Otherwise there would be no threats if you’ve killed all the enemies and they never returned.

[fr0sty]

Framerate would have to do with how fast the GPU could draw everything. This issue has to do with not being able to fit everything in RAM, so even if the game ran at 5fps, it wouldn't free up the RAM needed to fit more items. The same textures, assets, sound, etc have to go into RAM regardless of how fast the GPU is drawing frames.

[TheEnigma313]

But the game got multiple 10s right?

[Ryuken1985]

Nintendo googles.

[Smellsforfree]

Tldr; author is annoyed they can't make a permanent sandwich mountain in ToTK.

[GoodGuy09]

They also replaced many of the great weapons with attachments instead. Creating a very huge inventory full of stuff. But then again that did meant you'd actually be more inclined to use whatever weapon you have. They could've easily fixed this with upgrades and repairs though lol. The master sword should've at least also have been upgradeable like with the trial of the sword...but I'm guessing they'll just do dlc again for that.

[paulust2002]

Easy solution would surely be to have a free rebuild of your last used item... Really liked building a 4x4 and going shrine hunting but so annoying to use a resource that you need for batteries to rebuild and that's a grind enough. Had fun with the game but pretty much gave up the 'inventions' early on because of this.

[Pyrofire95]

Whatever.

[Redgrave]

This is a silly article. It reads like it's one paragraph short of asking for an easy mode. The game provides answers for most of what is presented, which sounds like a skill issue for the author... and I don't think anyone went into it thinking you could spawn GTA tiers of creations. Well, obviously some did hence this article.

[senorfartcushion]

People who don’t want easy modes don’t get laid enough

[gleepot]

That's true, but it's a video game, which is also temporary.

[Good-Smurf]

Yeah I've seen my makeshift car disappear after a leaving alone short while or a bit too far away from me and it was like 100 feet away.
Reminds me a lot of GTA III and Vice City where my favorite car tends to disappear beyond the border of LOD pop in.
Watch Ranton's review he said pretty much everything what I wanted to say about TOTK.

[M0chit0]

The best adventure of all time