| AngryLittleAlchemist said: ... |
People are fine with the weapon durability because it fits fine with in the game's design that's why, freedom to do what you want doesn't equal freedom of all consequence regardless of your actions much like in RE2 if you go in guns blazing instead of choosing to avoid some battles you'll run out of ammo and this can happen early on and RE2 while being more linear has far more exploration than other RE titles and in parts of the game you're pursued by an unkillable free roaming boss who is programmed to always find you, much like in GTA games you can decide to go on a rampage and the law will turn up with bigger guns and vehicles and in BOTW if you fight higher tier enemies with branches and rusty swords from early on chances are you're going to be shown whose yard it is.
Facing enemies stronger than yourself is a common risk in all open world games it's a part of the design BOTW is even lenient as you can escape easily while in RPGS escape is harder, BOTW makes it easy to acquire weapons an example is someone in this thread simply went to Hyrule Castle area just to pick up some strong gear then steam rolled the same enemies that made you run. The durability is a require balancing mechanic for the game's weapons and a part of the design approach the freedom is about finding your way around and making decisions on the situation based on your resource management and preparation otherwise the second you pick up an Ice Rod the game's balance would be broken, not being guaranteed to get the weapon back is one thing that should make you consider how you tackle things that's resource management it's not for everyone but it's not really anything against durability either as it fits into the intended design. Zelda already has depth in its combat the are several embed and linked videos in this thread showing it I'll even leave two below as an example.
The depth in game is more akin to a game like Smash where you utilize what you've got to manipulate the game's mechanics with in the situation an example not shown in these videos but an another one is where a player is fighting a Hinox with metal shin guards, he uses the electric chu trick to stun it for damage.
