

Personally, that's never been my experience with that game. It makes you feel like most of the time exploring it's not worth the hassle. And the upgrades themselves are always so varied that you never really know what you're going to get (grubs, charms, shortcuts, nail ores, etc.)

The game is hard enough as it is so anything that will upgrade your character is totally worth your time. I personally think Hollow Knight does this the best. While Ocarina of Time isnt nearly as impressive of a game, the things you discover by adventuring out include everything from fairy fountains to grottos to poes to skultullas to heart pieces to songs to characters you can trade masks with. What's more, there are some games that have such a diverse amount of loot that you don't even know what you'll end up with as you explore.īotw is fantastic but when the rewards are basically just korok seeds and shrines you don't get excited to explore as much. you have to defeat a hard boss to get it). And that the quality of the reward is directly correlated to how hidden the item is or how difficult it is to get (i.e. I've played a lot of great metroidvanias and open world games but I always feel the best ones are those that give you something really valuable for exploring and uncovering secrets. The old /r/patientgamers Essential Games List Please use flair to display what games you’re currently playing, not a punch line, username, tag, URL, or signature. New, mobile-friendly spoilers can be posted using the following formatting: Want to play online in a dead gaming community? We expect you to know these rules before making a post. Please click here to see our current rules. We no longer maintain our posting rules in Old Reddit.

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