The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

Finally started playing The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild and I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm not huge on open world games, but the freedom here is great and it seems that the game expects you to actually think and use what you've learned. And yes - the cooking is addictive.

Using the power of fire and hot chilli peppers I reached the 3 remaining shrines and I finally got clothes that are somewhat cold resistant (but ineffective in icy waters).

The game finally reveals the backstory of Hyrule and I unlocked the paraglider, which made some great traversing possibilities, especially in the more difficult areas where a quick escape is needed.

Learned the secret of the Blood Moon in Breath of the Wild which seems to be an elaborate respawn mechanic for all the enemies you previously killed. I also learned how to train horses and ride them somewhat effectively.

Spent my time exploring Kakariko Village and learned more backstory from Impa. I also discovered a clothing upgrading fairy in the forest, which I didn't expect to look like it did.

Reached Hateno Village to meet Purah the inventor to help with the upgrades of the Sheikah Slate.

After terribly failing two combat challenges I later managed to unlock one of Link's memories and it was a somewhat of a downer. If nothing else at least I unlocked the Champion's Tunic.

In this part of the playthrough I discovered some interesting puzzle shrines and unlocked a new memory with the help of the travelling artist. It was another depressing one.

Unlocked another one of Link's memories and they do get progressively more depressing. On the bright side of things I also upgraded my inventory and unlocked the full searching capabilities of the Sheikah Slate, which are quite impressive.

Nothing much happened in terms of story, but I revealed quite a bit of the map and learned a cool ability - shield surfing. I also came to the conclusion that banana merchants are evil and want to kill you.

After some serious exploring (and a couple of guardian related deaths) I discovered yet another fountain fairy willing to upgrade my clothes.

My biggest enemy in this game seems to be the weather. I think they went a bit overboard with it. Having to dodge lighting while in combat or throw away half of your metal based inventory was not fun, especially during a boss battle. Same goes for waiting for the rain to stop during a mission where you have to carry a flame - I was unlucky enough that it rained twice before I completed the quest. On the bright side of things I met Robbie - a hyped up scientist who offers anti-Guardian weapons. I'm quite happy for having those since my normal way of tackling them costs a lot of arrows, but then again most of the things in his lab are quite expensive.

After clearing out a couple of shrines including a really nasty guardian-filled labyrinth I met Sidon who needs some help with a Divine Beast.

After unlocking a couple of new memories I discovered Zora's domain, which is the hometown of the fish people.

We learned some of the history between Link and Mipha. Given how much of a downer Zelda is in this game I don't blame Link one bit.

Continued exploring the map in search of the electric Lynel who would supply me with arrows to take down one of the divine beasts. Finally found one, but it turned out to be a fire one. Despite that taking it down was incredibly satisfying.

I had to figure out a tricky double shrine puzzle after which I found a really enthusiastic bird fan atop of a tower.

I finally found the lightning Lynel, who was a pain to take down since we had to fight in the storm. Also Link finally got a happy memory where Zelda was being a bit of a weirdo.

Found yet another fairy specialising in clothes upgrades (and sexual harassment). Zelda is back to her usual bitchy self in the newest memory. I also discovered Rito village in the shadow of a Divine Beast. I'll probably deal with that one at a later point in time.

Spent some time exploring some snowy mountains requiring special equipment.

Spend my time treasure hunting. Some of these items were really well hidden and my favourite so far is Midna's Helmet.

Explored the last remaining dark area of Hyrule - the Gerudo Highlands. It's a snowy mountains place filled with ice golems. After that I discovered a city of desert amazons.

Discovered Korok Forest, which was full of secrets and challenges and an opportunity to upgrade my inventory size. After completing all that I was rewarded with Link's legendary weapon - The Master Sword.

After failing a challenge to upgrade the Master Sword I decided to tackle Divine Beast Ruta. Solving it's puzzle I had to face the first major boss so far - Waterblight Ganon. Upon defeating him Link had a touching reunion with Mipha's spirit.

Decided to clear various quests in the Zora domain including killing the Lynel who guarded all the shock arrows (apparently I got them from a different one while exploring the map). Some of these shrine discovery quests are quite creative.