Rumor: New Zelda is Open World

[Shoggoth2588]

An Open-World Zelda game? Wow, I've always wonder what Legend of Zelda would be like if it wasn't so damned linear

/sarcasm

 

[Yoshemo]

Soooo... it'll be like Oblivion?

 

[Soxafloppin]

i stil gotta play the (first)one for wii... i dont like being poor..

It's Fantastic, and you can get it for Sub £10.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

I'm not sure how to take this. Because to an extent every Zelda had plugged the open world format for awhile. If they are talking about dungeons being somewhat coterminous to Hyrule then it's it's going to be about having a specific gadget to traverse it .... which is ... you know ... what Zelda does anyways.

But if they mean that it will give you the ability to go wherever the hell you please, anywhere anytime (kinda like Morrowind/Oblivion) ... then the primary use of items has been largely dashed aside because it's a bit of a dick move to have ultimate freedom... but also a boss you run into that you can't kill because you haven't picked up a specific item before trying to kill it.

I have mixed feelings about this.

I wouldn't mind Zelda being a bit more 'open' friendly ... a little less 'railroading' and a little more 'open' in the same way Morrowind was. But I would hate for it to lose that quintessential 'Zelda' formula.

All Zelda's are afflicted with the ageless feeling 'you know, Hyrule should be a bigger place with possibly more people in it'-sensation.

I would like it if they managed to encapsulate the feel of a living, breathing place that does operate regardless if you're there to see it or not. Majora's Mask had a 'schedule' that made it feel a little more 'alive'. You *knew* the clock was ticking, and you *knew* that the world was changing around you ... whether due to your actions or inactions.

I'm not sure the Zelda fanbase wants an Elder-Scrolls-like title. I mean, I don't know, after years of asking "what's the big deal?" I've only started playing Zelda games a few months ago, but I understand how well-designed and thought out the game and the world are.

Unlike Morrowind, they do have a greater emphasis on the story, so railroading is a bit inevitable. Perhaps they could do it like Shadow of the Colossus - open world, scenery-porn galore, "dungeons" which you can enter without loading screens, but some parts aren't accessible until you progress further in the story. So you'd be able to enter a fortress or a palace, look through the window while you're slaughtering monsters and you would see the world outside. I'm not sure if this can be done, since Bethesda has been avoiding it for ages.

I didn't say 'like' <.< If they were to create towns like in morrowind that didn't have one exit-entrance. Which is what you're talking about. But in oblivion they don't have it. The cities are independant of the outside world (which to be fair, is a smart idea). In Anvil city you can jump onto the ramparts (via rooftops) and then jump off them into barely rendered nothingness.

Which is moreso what I'm taking about.

The villages feel lke seperate worlds which is understandable due to TP being a last gen game that was ported. Majora's mask conquered this feeling because of the focus on time and the effects on people due to time.

If they mean 'open world' as in recapturing that feeling of schedule, effective uses of time, and making the people feel like peopl of whom are actually native to the land itself it would be nice ^_^

 

[thiosk]

The girl is a sword.

Also, open world zelda bosses? sign me up. Perhaps we can finally move away from the "get item in dungeon, use to kill boss, then use to open next dungeon" paradigm that has dominated the series for as long as I can remember.

 

[Seneschal]

I'm not sure how to take this. Because to an extent every Zelda had plugged the open world format for awhile. If they are talking about dungeons being somewhat coterminous to Hyrule then it's it's going to be about having a specific gadget to traverse it .... which is ... you know ... what Zelda does anyways.

But if they mean that it will give you the ability to go wherever the hell you please, anywhere anytime (kinda like Morrowind/Oblivion) ... then the primary use of items has been largely dashed aside because it's a bit of a dick move to have ultimate freedom... but also a boss you run into that you can't kill because you haven't picked up a specific item before trying to kill it.

I have mixed feelings about this.

I wouldn't mind Zelda being a bit more 'open' friendly ... a little less 'railroading' and a little more 'open' in the same way Morrowind was. But I would hate for it to lose that quintessential 'Zelda' formula.

All Zelda's are afflicted with the ageless feeling 'you know, Hyrule should be a bigger place with possibly more people in it'-sensation.

I would like it if they managed to encapsulate the feel of a living, breathing place that does operate regardless if you're there to see it or not. Majora's Mask had a 'schedule' that made it feel a little more 'alive'. You *knew* the clock was ticking, and you *knew* that the world was changing around you ... whether due to your actions or inactions.

I'm not sure the Zelda fanbase wants an Elder-Scrolls-like title. I mean, I don't know, after years of asking "what's the big deal?" I've only started playing Zelda games a few months ago, but I understand how well-designed and thought out the game and the world are.

Unlike Morrowind, they do have a greater emphasis on the story, so railroading is a bit inevitable. Perhaps they could do it like Shadow of the Colossus - open world, scenery-porn galore, "dungeons" which you can enter without loading screens, but some parts aren't accessible until you progress further in the story. So you'd be able to enter a fortress or a palace, look through the window while you're slaughtering monsters and you would see the world outside. I'm not sure if this can be done, since Bethesda has been avoiding it for ages.

I didn't say 'like' <.< If they were to create towns like in morrowind that didn't have one exit-entrance. Which is what you're talking about. But in oblivion they don't have it. The cities are independant of the outside world (which to be fair, is a smart idea). In Anvil city you can jump onto the ramparts (via rooftops) and then jump off them into barely rendered nothingness.

Which is moreso what I'm taking about.

The villages feel lke seperate worlds which is understandable due to TP being a last gen game that was ported. Majora's mask conquered this feeling because of the focus on time and the effects on people due to time.

If they mean 'open world' as in recapturing that feeling of schedule, effective uses of time, and making the people feel like peopl of whom are actually native to the land itself it would be nice ^_^

Yep, that would be cool. Day-night cycle, daily routines for every NPC, weather changes, season changes, even time-based story progression (like in the Persona games, but there you can choose when you're ready to go to the next day, the lack of which might feel a little cheap), maybe a touch of that "promised-by-Fable" world that changes with your actions/reputation/infamy, etc.

I guess that would be more open-world than anything we have today. I don't know if it would be very fun, maybe the elements would just be a bother.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Rad Party God]

I'm excited, Nintendo is taking the Okami way... I'm trying not to drool right now...

 

[blalien]

I'm going to bet that there's no truth behind this rumor.

 

[zombie711]

OPEN WORLD! Grand Theft Epona, brutal legend of Zelda, red zeldead redeption. I could go all day people

Do four more.

wing comander tingletier, just cause of the skull kid 2, No More heros of time, red rupee faction: Goron. (heres a bonus- Grand Theft Epona: the balad of gay tingle)

 

[V8 Ninja]

While I don't believe %00.01 of this "%99.99 True" information (You see what I did there?), all will (hopefully) be revealed tomorrow...

 

[antigodoflife]

i already know it's not Open world, for it's on the Wii... it just wouldn't have that processing powers, especially with Zelda's really good quality graphics.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Interesting, I always thought of the Zelda franchise in total as an "open" world... other than having to go into a house/dungeon, I never felt like it was linear at all...

Maybe I'm not understanding the big deal here?

This is what I was thinking.

Either way, they must (if the article is true) be doing something different and more open worldy, so high hopes.

 

[Credge]

I'm glad people have no idea what open world means.

Zelda has always been a fairly open world game.

 

[BlueHighwind]

Isn't every Zelda game essentially open-world already? Yeah, the set-pieces are placed in a linear order (unless you do some clever sequence breaking), but this doesn't sound all that different to what's come before.

The series could use a difficulty setting, since most of us veterans find Zelda games to be incredibly easy. I'd like a "Mad-Crazy Extreme" setting, personally.

 

[skitzo van]

When I read the title I imagined Link jacking carriages and running over peasants.

 

[Hap2]

It is good to hear that they are changing up the formula.

The rumour I am interested in though is that they will be including two difficulty settings, a normal one and a much harder one.

 

[Flying-Emu]

"Set hundreds of years before Ocarina of Time"????

NINTENDO ALREADY SAID THERE WASN'T A TIMELINE! WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE!?!

They did that to try and trick us. They know that the real Zelda fans wouldn't be dissuaded by that poppycock.

 

[PhunkyPhazon]

Interesting, I will definitely be keeping an ear out for more info tomorrow.

 

[zombie711]

OPEN WORLD! Grand Theft Epona, brutal legend of Zelda, red zeldead redeption. I could go all day people

Do four more.

wing comander tingletier, just cause of the skull kid 2, No More heros of time, red rupee faction: Goron. (heres a bonus- Grand Theft Epona: the balad of gay tingle)

Another three.

tingletype, Link's mod, spirit trackdown.