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Finally, finally! 🤩
After six months, I finally finished Tears of the Kingdom. Yeah, it took me a little while to finish the game because of life. 😆I play about 30 minutes a day, or sometimes, if the quest is hard to beat, my game time is extended, haha.
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Here are some of my favorite quests in the game.
Turning everything mushroom fashion
The Hateno Village got me weirded out to see mushrooms everywhere. 😅 A new Hyrule fashion, eh? This farming town was becoming a mushroom fashion-themed. Cece was the designer of the mushroom stuff and boasted the most fashionable hat- the Cece hat. There is no gameplay benefit at all but Link was so cute wearing it. 😆
Of course, not all the town peeps are fond of modern clothes and changes, and so a mayoral election was supposed to happen. But in the end, they compromised with the same goal for Hateno- being inclusive of the old and the new.
The three Legendary Dragons
Namely, Dinraal, Naydra, Farosh. Each dragon have a special quest in connection to the springs scattered in Hyrule.
Naydra the ice dragon. Its scale shimmers in hues of blue and white.
Farosh is the lightning dragon. Its scale is in colors of neon yellow and green. It rains and cracks thunderstorms whenever it passes.
Dinraal is the fire dragon. Red in color which can breathe streams of fireballs.
From what I can remember, you cannot ride these dragons in BOTW. In TOTK, dragons can be ridden, shed off scale, claw, and horn. What’s cool is that you can attach them to a weapon to make it more powerful, plus added elemental power or perks.
Defeating every Gleeoks
There are 13 Gleeoks scattered in the Hyrule Kingdom, including the depths. These creatures are freaking fierce and scary. I never took these three-headed beasts lightly, haha!😆 First try with four hearts was an instant death.
The Light Dragon
I think this is the most beautiful dragon of them all— of course, it's Zelda. 🥰 She gulped that secret stone to lose herself, like not remembering anything at all, and roamed mindlessly in the skies... Oh, just for the master sword, haha! 😆But I felt like— will Zelda ever recognize Link again? 🥲
Unlike other Dragons, the Light Dragon has nothing to do with elemental powers, but more like the time. This dragon has longer lashes than me!, haha! 😆
This dragon flew higher than the three so I had to wait for it on Sky Island to pass. It wasn’t that difficult as a gust of wind helped in reaching the back. Shards, sky, and claws can be collected, hich has healing properties. Amazeballs.
I had enough hearts to pull out the master sword. The cut scene was beautiful.
My mistake was jumping off to take the sword before going to the Korok Forest where Deku the tree was supposed to have a cut scene of the whereabouts of the master sword. I did not know the sword was on the head of the Light Dragon.
Main Quest
An impostor Zelda changed to its true color- Ganondorf. 😧 But, the first one is not the real one. It’s the Phantom version of himself.
As long as I got the master sword and upgraded sets, I can beat the hell out of this haha. 😜 Plus, at this point, sages will be a little help.
I aimed for the head to make him stagger and quickly hit him with the sword multiple times. With the right timing and patience, I often use the flurry rush to maximize damage. No biggie for the phantoms.
Great. The demon king Ganondorf can now avoid my hits, thus flurry rush in reverse. Hard to get the timing to do the flurry rush on my end.
I had to try twice because I forgot to cook a lot of sundelion to heal the gloom. Once the heart was totally gloomed, the heart will disappear. I stuck a shard from the Light Dragon for healing, but no substantial help. After defeating the Demon King, its true form, it turned into a dragon just like the others.
With the help of Zelda in her dragon form, I had to smash all the malice gloom at the back of the demon dragon. Again, timing is the key. A lot easier than the latter version of Ganondorf. The gloom disappeared in pieces.
After that, a cut scene of the Link finally taking out the Zonai arm and turning Zelda to her true Hylian form.
Link woke up midair falling back to the ground. He grabbed Zelda as they plunged to the water. A cut scene of Link and Zelda talking about being a dragon felt like a dream. Finally, She’s back at home.
Overall, I will give the game 10/10. I was once again emerged to an epic story and adventure. I recommend listening to “Colgera Battle” soundtrack for focus haha! 😁Ever since I heard that sound, I felt powerful, hahah! JK. A lot of new soundtracks, so check it out!
Comparing to BOTW, challenges are easier, like the puzzles. Surprisingly, Lynels are easier to defeat here. Perhaps because of weapon infusion and Zonai crafts. Virtually, you can make anything out of the Zonai devices. I saw some cool crafts using MODs.
My final score is 71/100, previously 30 with BOTW. Not bad! 🥳
Sad new though, we have to wait for another 7 years for the next release, haha!
Best franchise ever!👏🏻🥳
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