Ah, so close. I considered pushing to the finish line last night, and I'd have been okay with struggling at work today, but I was too tired to keep playing until 2, 3 in the morning. I'll beat the game tonight.

Hyrule Castle is incredible. What an amazing payoff to an amazing game -- tons of great stuff to find.

"Destroy Ganon" is now the only main quest I have left.

@Super_Conzo I don't mind that it is video gamey but it feels inconsistent enough that it makes basic swimming now feel like... why? WHY?!

Is saying that the Master Sword is in this game really considered a spoiler? It's on the moppin' front cover of the game, hee hee.

@Secret_Tunnel I am. I find that the timing for the flurry rush counter is quite generous for most enemies, to the point where I've gotten it to activate before the enemy actually swings, after they swing, and also when Link wasn't even in range of the attack. Though, I'm typically good at timing-based mechanics, I guess I have good rhythm or something, hee hee. On the other hand, the perfect guard technique is much more tricky since the timing window is pretty narrow, I don't get that one consistently but I can usually do it more often than not.

@DrFinkelstein I didn't have that ability at the time so it took me a bit to figure out the Akkala Tower, but it is indeed possible to climb without any special ability. It's a tricky one, though!

@carlosrox I shoot them with an arrow. Shock works nicely.

@Zero I thought the same thing, seems like it'd be quite a workout!

@Mop it up

I spoiler tagged anything that had to do with where it was, how I found it and what it does, but no, saying that it's in the game and Link can get it is absolutely not a spoiler.

Spoilers are different for everybody. I'd say the fate of the Master Sword and Link's classic tunic are definitly spoiler territory since if they can actually be found and used isn't explicitly said. To be fair, judt because the MS is on the cover it doesn't necessarily mean you can use it. Had I not been spoiled by previews before release (my own fault, as well as spoilerific thumbnails and videos that snuck up on me), I'd still feel in the dark and uncertain about many things. Having someone confirm for you whether or not it makes it in or the context behind it is a spoiler.

I wish I could have gone in knowing a bit less (maybe a lot less) but even so the game nails a great air of mystery and discovery. And a lot of it was my own morbid curiosity getting the better of me.

The green tunic and whether or not it's even in the game is something you're meant to wonder about. Even deep into the game there is no mention of it whatsoever. So I call bull on that not being a full on spoiler.

Thanks to some fuckhead Youtubers I know the green tunic IS in, and that's not my fault at all. They just sneak it in their video like it's nothing. Really dumb in my book.

And I found out about a few unexpected enemies thanks to preview vids as well. The Lynel, Flying Guardians, and Octoroks were all shown in preview vids I couldn't resist skimming through. Same with the Blood Moon existing at all.
And the latter still shook me up when I witnessed it myself.

@carlosrox

The big difference there is, though, the master sword has been featured heavily in Nintendo's promotion of the game whereas, AFAIK, the classic green tunic has not. I would say the former is certainly not a spoiler, while anything pertaining to the latter probably is since Nintendo has given no indication that it's in the game. I mean, I am sympathetic to people who chose to do a media blackout to an extent, but if something is part of the publisher's pre-release hype cycle, it's fair game. I try to err on the safe side as much as I can, but certain things are just inherently not spoilers. That's the risk you take by doing complete media blackouts on something.

Aw, now I've been spoiled. It was bound to happen I guess.

@TheBigG753 I pretty much agree with you. I'm usually careful about spoilers and there's a lot I don't want to know about games (and didn't know about this one), but when it's something that's on the cover (especially the front), simply saying it's in the game isn't a spoiler. Anything else about it certainly could be though.

I didn't even look at the cover, you guys spoiled it for me, lol.

Just beat it! I totally could have done it last night, I was like 5-10 minutes from Ganon when I called it quits.

Now, onto the spoiler thread and going back to pure exploration.

But that's my point. I agree.

But I've seen people here or on Discord casually say "I got the Master Sword" I'd say it's sooort of a spoiler. Like I said, obviously it's in the game in some fashion, but it's not like it's explicitly said that it's something YOU can get and use. That may sound like reaching but how do we know it's not at the very end or featured in a cutscene?

Again, you really can look at spoilers from different perspectives and others will consider some things spoilers while others won't and vice versa.

@ploot
I hope it wasn't anything I said. I spoiler tagged everything of relevance. Just mentioning the green tunic isn't a spoiler nor do I share whether or not it's in it. If some people are really hardcore though the question alone could be a spoiler. We have a few blackout psychos in here so who knows?

@carlosrox

I said that to Koovaps within 30 minutes of starting the game

I had him going for a second too, because the game is so nuts you could almost believe that could happen, haha.

carlosrox said:

Like I said, obviously it's in the game in some fashion, but it's not like it's explicitly said that it's something YOU can get and use. That may sound like reaching but how do we know it's not at the very end or featured in a cutscene?

Oh, it's reaching.

Nah, not when this game has been since the beginning about breaking conventions.

Here's another example: is the Triforce even in the game? Don't tell me, I have no idea. There's been no mention of it either, that doesn't mean I should assume one way or another. It's another mystery.

I just found out right now you can break Stasis lol. Sent a Moblin over the edge near the ocean lol. Slammed a rock into him super hard.

Hot damn.

If that's a spoiler then we pretty much can't talk about anything, ha ha.

I love the spoiler tagging on this site because it so easily hides things. Frankly, we all have our own definition of a spoiler and we read this stuff at our own risk. But with how easy it is to tag something with the spoiler safety net, it's pretty great how much people here take care to be respectful while also not really being hindered by the way spoilers work.

Sigh did I break a Shrine Quest? My idiot friend found it for me when I was in the bathroom so that didn't help matters any. Either way I used and broke that weapon and now I can't find it where it's supposed to be.

Awesome.

@carlosrox

Not sure which one you are referring to (though I have an idea), but BotW has an answer for everything. You're never stuck, even if it feels like you are.

@TheBigG753
No I'm not stuck, at least not in the regular sense. I even looked it up. The problem is I already got something I needed then got rid of it and now it won't reappear. Maybe the Blood Moon will save me.

It's a weapon.