Thinking back on OoT, Lon Lon Ranch should have had more NPCs. I would assume this ranch was somewhat under control of the royal family and raised horses for the royal army... it's never specified though Ganon does favor Ingo in the future timeline...
So it doesn't really make sense that only 2 men and one small girl (later a young woman) run the ranch. That seems like a lot of work for only two people and you never see any soldiers or visitors to the ranch.
This is of course because of hardware and design time limits of past Zelda games from nearly 25 years ago but still..
We get another ranch in Twilight Princess and a small minigame tutorial segment there.. and it's never returned to in game as far as I can remember... You have no reason to ever go back there once out in the world..
We've had Link on the high seas (Windwaker and Phantom Hourglass), Link on the rails (Spirit Tracks), and Link always on horseback it seems in many games
but I'd really like a cattle drive or ranch themed Zelda game...
One where Link visits many ranches filled with NPCs and quests and things to do...
and out in the open world you drive cattle or goats or some strange Hylian creature across the plains from one ranch or location or grazing field to another...
there's the opportunity here to fend off predators, monsters, bandits, etc. and even large world bosses and unique wild western themed villain enemies
We could finally get some kind of range weapon as the primary weapon in the series (I doubt it would be a gun but maybe a mini crossbow of some kind)
hey, we could even get a whip
Link could run around saloons smashing bottles... to the anger of milk bartenders..
there's a lot of horse things to do in BOTW I guess but the stables seem like boring gas stations in a samey way and the encounters and quests there are so fleeting in my mind that I don't really find any of them memorable to be honest.
It doesn't have to have the ambition or prowess of Red Dead Redemption 2. I don't expect that. Even saying this I doubt we'll ever go back to the smaller scope quirky atmosphere of Skyward Sword or Twilight Princess where a theme like this would be possible. I feel like they feel they need to make AAA open world games now of the highest Nintendo quality which is almost a shame which is strange to think or say... Because I'd be perfectly happy for a Red Dead Revolver (Yes, I mean the original Rockstar wild west concept quite comedic Revolver not the AAA much more serious Redemption series) goofier quality themed Zelda game in a ranch or wild western setting like this that doesn't have to win game of the year awards and might not be every Zelda fans cup of tea.
Just a brainstorm. Feel free to think it's terrible. Thanks.
So it doesn't really make sense that only 2 men and one small girl (later a young woman) run the ranch. That seems like a lot of work for only two people and you never see any soldiers or visitors to the ranch.
This is of course because of hardware and design time limits of past Zelda games from nearly 25 years ago but still..
We get another ranch in Twilight Princess and a small minigame tutorial segment there.. and it's never returned to in game as far as I can remember... You have no reason to ever go back there once out in the world..
We've had Link on the high seas (Windwaker and Phantom Hourglass), Link on the rails (Spirit Tracks), and Link always on horseback it seems in many games
but I'd really like a cattle drive or ranch themed Zelda game...
One where Link visits many ranches filled with NPCs and quests and things to do...
and out in the open world you drive cattle or goats or some strange Hylian creature across the plains from one ranch or location or grazing field to another...
there's the opportunity here to fend off predators, monsters, bandits, etc. and even large world bosses and unique wild western themed villain enemies
We could finally get some kind of range weapon as the primary weapon in the series (I doubt it would be a gun but maybe a mini crossbow of some kind)
hey, we could even get a whip
Link could run around saloons smashing bottles... to the anger of milk bartenders..
there's a lot of horse things to do in BOTW I guess but the stables seem like boring gas stations in a samey way and the encounters and quests there are so fleeting in my mind that I don't really find any of them memorable to be honest.
It doesn't have to have the ambition or prowess of Red Dead Redemption 2. I don't expect that. Even saying this I doubt we'll ever go back to the smaller scope quirky atmosphere of Skyward Sword or Twilight Princess where a theme like this would be possible. I feel like they feel they need to make AAA open world games now of the highest Nintendo quality which is almost a shame which is strange to think or say... Because I'd be perfectly happy for a Red Dead Revolver (Yes, I mean the original Rockstar wild west concept quite comedic Revolver not the AAA much more serious Redemption series) goofier quality themed Zelda game in a ranch or wild western setting like this that doesn't have to win game of the year awards and might not be every Zelda fans cup of tea.
Just a brainstorm. Feel free to think it's terrible. Thanks.
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