Played the Master Mode of Breath of the Wild in parts anticipation for Tears of the Kingdom (the trailer was released during my play and then it was 8 months of wait for that and finished as of writing, look forward to that post in 2024-02-07) and since I wanted to refresh the magic I felt playing it from the beginning. And to do that without reseting my old save is playing on Master Mode (which I started once before when it was new, but didn't get off the plateau). Really dislike the one save they have, should have been at least 2 or three like the old games.
Master Mode then, it's harder alright. First thing I noticed, your starting weapon is useless against the first enemy so avoiding combat was the way to go. Then you have the damn flying platforms everywhere with more enemies you have to avoid. And to top it all off, there is a damn Lynel at the plateau. And all monsters is one grade over there usual one and they regenerate health unless you deal damage to them (to a point at least as far I understood it). It's harder, but I got the hang of it. It forced me to use other tactics so I actually got a use of Urbosa's Fury in order to deal with a lot of enemies and even harder ones. I stamped over Moldugas, and when I got the Master Sword the Lynels and Hinoxes didn't stand a chance when I got stasis working for me. Really, stasis become the best power since it allowed me to reset the monsters attack pattern and save myself some headaches. I thought I had cracked the code on how to get through the Trail of the Sword, but alas, the divine beast power's don't work there which I say boo to. Those are part of you as well.
Then it was just playing the game. I actually got pretty good at it and got around 50 korok seeds more than in my original run (could be due getting the korok mask pretty early since it actually existed at the start of the playthrough this time). Tried getting the DLC costumes early since they are a great help in the early stage of the game until you find the great fairy's and can get the upgrades for the armours. But due to me not remembering where I found them I got them pretty late in the game so I still had better armour. But I was able to upgrade the sheika stealth armour to the max. I found THE Hylian Shield and cooked a lot more different foods and did most of the Champions Ballad DLC, I got as far as the bosses and had to give up since I couldn't get around it. Mostly my weapons broke before I was able to kill it due to the regeneration. So, long before playing over 100 hours, I got to Calamity Ganon and beat him up. Had to use the champions powers a bit more (Daruk for reflecting back his attacks and penetrating the golden armour and Urbosa to insta stun him and get some good damage). The Champion Ballad's upgrades would have been nice for some faster turnaround, but it wasn't impossible. Sad I didn't get the motorbike.
Still a great game, can't wait for the sequel (that have already come out when this get published and I believe already finished, but it will probably be a couple of months before that post gets up). I got so hooked I also looked on some interesting discussions on the Zonai tribe that apparently made most of the ancient monuments. Got so out of hand I got both the special edition of the Behind the scenes book as well as the strategy guide. Which I got the very day I finished it. Worth the money? Probably not, but now I got the bragging rights. It's really interesting reading about how the thought process on the designs and what they began with in some cases. The strategy guide at least have things that are really great, like the korok list, a guide on every cooked meal and helps and tips for the trail of the sword and the Champions Ballad... still won't fix it in Master Mode I feel, but got thru the beginner trail on Normal Mode upgrading the Master Sword one level. It's really detailed on some events, for example there's the shrine where you stasis the orange orbs and hit it across the room to fit a hole. They give you detailed instructions on how many hits you need with which weapons. And it works (although, I fixed it on my own first, but the second time I couldn't bother with it).
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