This is something I saw a lot of talk about with BotW, so I decided I should make a thread about it. Which do you prefer for the series, a stamina meter or a magic meter?
I'll take stamina any day, honestly. I really liked how ALBW tied item use to stamina. Rather than having you search for consumable items to refill it manually, I much prefer things that fill back up on their own. BotW handled stamina really well, too. Plenty of upgrades and logical usage, as well as quick ways to boost it when needed. I don't know if it's because I'm a dual blades main in MonHun but stamina management has always come easy to me and I rather enjoy the extra level of thought it adds to the gameplay.
With things like the magic meter in, say, OoT, I barely bother to use any kind of magic because I know I'll just have to go find some magic jars later. Tying magic items to stamina usage is more fun because then you can think strategically about using it in battle and not have to worry about running out of it because it'll refill by itself. Plus you can tie it to more things than just magic items, which is nice. I wanna see more systems like that. So, bye bye magic meter. I won't miss you.
I'll take stamina any day, honestly. I really liked how ALBW tied item use to stamina. Rather than having you search for consumable items to refill it manually, I much prefer things that fill back up on their own. BotW handled stamina really well, too. Plenty of upgrades and logical usage, as well as quick ways to boost it when needed. I don't know if it's because I'm a dual blades main in MonHun but stamina management has always come easy to me and I rather enjoy the extra level of thought it adds to the gameplay.
With things like the magic meter in, say, OoT, I barely bother to use any kind of magic because I know I'll just have to go find some magic jars later. Tying magic items to stamina usage is more fun because then you can think strategically about using it in battle and not have to worry about running out of it because it'll refill by itself. Plus you can tie it to more things than just magic items, which is nice. I wanna see more systems like that. So, bye bye magic meter. I won't miss you.