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I feel like there should've been another stage called "The Scaredy-Cat" because when I got off the great plateau I was terrified of EVERYTHING. I met my first yiga clan member and didn't trust anyone else for weeks. 😂😂😂

In Kakariko Village, I always took the apples in front of the statues for free food. At some point later, I decided to put an apple on the plate that didn't have one, and then a Korok appeared in front of me, which caught me off-guard. That was a nice discovery.

There's the "Hiker" stage too, namely after you've done everything there is to do. I just walked around constantly after 100%, taking in the sights, using the game as ASMR, casually starting fights with monsters, wearing my best looking outfits, etc. Even at this stage, the game is a blast

You should have a stage dedicated to just exploring the map and admiring its beauty. I remember seeing the dragons for the first time sitting un awe for a fat minute.

The most shocking part is, that once Totk releases… everyone regardless of stage will return to Stage 1

There's also the secret bonus stage: The Collector. The collector has gotten everything unique that they can in the game and generally avoids combat, to avoid tarnishing their sparkly weapons with max modifiers

There should be a horse enthusiast phase were you just ride around on your horse killing and exploring everything in your path, somehow ending up getting a lot done

My stage 6 was: The purge Once I learned the attack patterns of Lynels, I started killing them on mass. I also quickly discoved the power of riding a horse when fighting a Hinox, and started murdering every guardian I could when I got the master sword. Lol

For me, stage 7 happened before stage 6. I wanted to have everything done before ganon (except for the sidequests and koroks (only bored masochists hunt them)) and in my first playthrough i didn't know that there was a secret ending scene.

These stages are very accurate and I like the fact that botw lets you do most of them in a different order

I bought BOTW this year (since I just got a switch) & I did everything first (unlocking all shrines, giant fairies, divine beasts, DLC etc. except all Koroks) before fighting Ganon. I felt like it prepped me a little better & made the fight easier. I truly loved this game & can’t wait to take on Master Mode!

I myself had the weird experience of fighting the first Lynel on my beginner stage. I started by the Zora domain beast and didn't really know how to really sneak to get the thunder arrows so...i fought it. Took me 1 hour, but i managed to get that freaking beast down. Very satisfying. Strangely harder than the Ganon forms in the beasts.

I just realized how amazing defeating a Lynel is at knight stage, the adrenaline during the fight was unforgettable feels like you met your archnemesis

For me, this happened between stages 2 and 3. I wouldn't go ANYWHERE NEAR Hyrule Castle. The place scared the crap outta me. 😅

I unlocked all the memories my first playthrough and didn't even realize until now that that cutscene was special.

I had prioritized getting the Memories and Divine Beasts (Main Story) before doing much of anything else in the way of exploring, so I did most of my actual exploring late in the game. I didn't even get my first horse until close to the final battle! Amazing how the game experience truly changes based on how story- vs. exploration- vs. grind-oriented you are.

On my first playthrough It took me longer than it should have to learn you can by armor--which made the early game extra scary. I call this stage Naked and Afraid

BONUS STAGES! (Like my comment on one particular video...) 11: The need for immersion. The player at this point wants to have an immersive experience with the world around them, whether that is dressing up and using only a specific culture's weapons. They want to claim land outside of their house. They want to be part of that world that they had a great adventure in. 12: The need for challenge. Although the player has mastered pretty much everything at this point, there is always room for improvement. They may want to find hidden ways to deal with frequent problems in hopes that it could be made fun. They may want to take on the challenge of being a complete sharpshooter, a sniper, if you will. The opportunities are all around you. 13: Burnout. This happens to a lot of people. They suddenly find themselves out of things to do and they want to take some time away from the game. However, they will almost always find themselves crawling back to the game sooner or later. For some people, they seem to never have this stage and I am still wondering to this day how they do it. 14: Starving for Tears of the Kingdom. This stage is the one that most players are in right now. With the game's release on the horizon, players are ready to have a fun time like they did this game. Many assets that they enjoyed will remain the same, but the feeling of new discoveries will be all over the place. I have no doubt in my mind that this may be the the best moment for someone in their entire life-not even exaggerating.

I remember playing botw to death during the 5th grade. I got all the towers and shrines and armor. I also completed the Champion's Ballad( I never completed the mastersword trials becauseitwas too hard for my 5th grade ass). After playing totk for a bit, I decided to go back and see what my progress was back then. With over 150 of playtime, I had only %28.8 progress. Damn.

I always told myself that to "complete" the game fully for me was to complete all 120 shrines and get the Wild armor set. After almost 5 years, I have finally completed my 120th shrine and can finally say "I'm ready for TOTK!!" I don't know any of you guys but I will always be thankful to be part of the Breath of the Wild community.

You forgot the disappointment phase, the ganon boss was way too easy for all the stuffs that we prepared to fight.

For my first experience with a guardian I didn't know it was a enemy. I thought finally something that doesn't try to kill me, all the bear is doing is using his lazier to help me see in this dark shrine. And then I was betrayed.

Walking around, trying to investigate and looking for anything that looks like it may be a korok puzzle is so much fun just in itself. Because the surroundings and scenery of Hyrule is soo pretty

I just started BOTW a couple days ago. I can say based off this I’ve completed phase 1-3 at the same time. I am a huge Genshin Impact player so when I started this game I did all the things I wish I did when I started playing when Genshin first came out. I focused on getting the glider first so I could unlock farther areas, proceeded to travel anywhere I could touch, bought armor on the second day and basically just traveled and collected resources to upgrade everything so I could explore more. I even stumbled upon my first divine beast quest and got Mipha’s grace (which helped a lot with not dying in dangerous places). Registered my first horse and among other things. I just find in funny that because of failed experiences in Genshin, I was able to kind of speed run the first three stages and enjoy the game a lot more. This is not to say that the games are exactly the same but the similarities between the two helped me play BOTW more efficiently.

The completionist. The hardest stage to happen… After realizing there is more to the game, they collect everything.

I’ve been playing this game basically since release. i’m still in the knight phase. I’ve only defeated one divine beast, and have never even approached Hyrule Castle. The reason is because I just play this game by running around on my horse, killing every monster camp in sight, and just having fun. That’s really just how I like to play games in general.

lol, i was at like stage 8 just replaying. absolutely blitzing through master mode with tons of glitches (windbombs are SO useful) and using them wherever applicable, avoiding divine beasts (dont ask idk why) and just going full side quest mode lmao

As soon as I got out of the intro... I explored and activated all the towers with basic gear. I wanted to explore and spent a lot of time stealthing & finding creative way of getting around the map with little to none of the assist items. I will never forget that feeling, but I did not even bother with hearts, only stamina. Super nice to see how others played early on :)

As in my beginner stage, I can say that the first place I got after getting the paraglider was the Zoras domain😃 I still didn’t know how to use the Sheika slate so I just somehow climbed my way there 😭😭😭

I feel like everyone relates to the great plateau stages. 🤣 What a great and entertaining video keep up the good work!

You totally forgot about the stage where the player discovers they can pretty much bully the hell out of every enemy using a combination of: enough weapons to drain their HP pool, Stasis+, and some heals just to be safe

After I got to Zora's Domain I pretty much stopped following the main quests and just did side quests in villages, too scared to do anything else. This makes me want to start playing again but actually learn to fight so that I can accomplish more!

Timestamps for those who want to see a specific part: Stage One: SleepyHead 1:18 Stage Two: The Beginner 2:11 Stage Three: The Knight 2:57 Stage Four: The Grind 3:40 Stage Five: Massive Progress 4:16 Stage Six: The Hero 4:43 Stage Seven: The Guard 5:37 Stage Eight: Power Hungry 6:25 Stage Nine: DLC 7:06 Stage Ten: The Sage 8:03

I started this game 3 weeks ago and im in The Hero stage with 75 hours of gameplay. I already beat Ganon but like the video said, there’s so much more to do. I already unlocked the whole map, but i got a lot more shrines, side quests, koroks, and areas to explore

I remember grinding and finally feeling the joy of getting the whole map and defeating guardians with ease

You should've added the costume stage. A stage where the player tries to max out every set of armour and collect all the weapons that go with the set.

For me stages 3,4 and 5 were mixed together wich was good and bad because in some areas I was completely undergeared, but I also got a lot of gear very fast and was constantly searching for shrines to unlock the master sword.

Accurate. But I do feel like the grind is te one I get stuck in the most as a completionist Stage 11: they realize that zelda Fanfics exist and start writing fanfiction and replaying botw again just to remember all the places and names and get inspired by hyrule all over.

there should be a stage called "curiosity killed the hero" istg i go through all places there is unimaginable, i'd climb through the highest peak for curiosity in what there is above and below, buuuttttt then you'd end up dying from being a little too curious and either die from falling or die from too much health drained by the enemy lolz oh and another stage called "huh....." that's for literally finding ganon so easy to fight against, the devine beast monsters were WAY harder than ganon if im being honest, only did one try and ganon was a piece of cake... until the sudden game ending exit caught me offguard good video btw

I cant stop thinking about how this video is really pointing out every accept of the journey of everyone in botw Even for some ppl some stages we're in a different order Keep the good work L, this video is great

I didn't even know it was a secret ending, I just collected the memories every time I played.

It's fun to watch videos like this to see how different everyones experience was, for me, as soon as I got off the great plateau, I immediately went to the castle and basically lived in the walls of that place, killing everything there and getting some great weapons, mastering the combat. Once I had done everything there other than Ganon, I went and just explored everywhere. I think that unlocking the house was one of the last things I did in the game, after even DLC.

Started 1st playthrough 2 months ago. Took my time getting off the Plateau, started making my way to Kakariko, decided to explore and found Giant Horse, finagled him out of Taobob without realizing there are two Lynel on the way into the dead end (not that I even knew what they were, I just suffered an optical illusion that the area the horses were in was completely closed off 😅), registered him after amassing the whopping 20 rupies, failed the archery and obstacle course minis a bit before prevailing, decided to uncover all areas in search of OP gear, looked up where Hestu was because map too big and I was throwing away pristine weapons that could be useful, found myself doing Rito first, fell in love with abusing Revali's and multi-shot bows (later discovered how well they can cheese Lynels with some strategy), did Zora next, fully committed to ignoring Impa, got the Master Sword, then did Goron, got the DLC for teleporting abilities, farmed Lynel to get nothing but Savage bows, then did Gerudo, stepped into Kakariko village for the first time with the sole matter of business being the last fountain, entered Hyrule Castle for the first time, massacred Ganon as expected. And, spurred by that first choice between heart container or stamina vessel, it was a 3H run. Definitely a unique experience filled with the usual dieing from stamina depletion and basic combat early on, OCD material farming, and some experimenting.

I’m at stage 8 or 9- I’m currently going through a full story run without any armor or hearts whatsoever. This play through has been instrumental for my combat skill development. I even beat the shatter back lynel before my first beast! I believe that I will reach the sage when I finish

I just loved this "4th" person perspective of the videos, where Link's isn't anchored! I'd love if you can make one of this kind showing in real time how bullet time hits would seen from outside! I'm wondering how fast Link can be in the enemies perspective!

I was definitely a Stage 2- At the time I left The Great Plateau- I decided to find more shrines and explore more of Hyrule's mysteries- I talked with NPCs, and one of them told me about Guardian Stalkers- I still had a job to do- and I went to the Dueling Peaks Tower and gotten the Regional map- Then- it was on my way to Kakariko Village to learn more lore. I NEVER forgot how much wonder this game had- and I can't wait for what tears of the Kingdom await!

The second I got off the great plateau, I went to impa, got my camera rune and began my, “solid snake/Tenchu” phase. I had to sneak around a lot and my goal was to activate ALL of the towers before doing anything else. It was nerve racking but I did it and it makes the rest of the game way more enjoyable for me.

The fight against Dark Beast Ganon putting me on a horse was actually the first time I'd been on a horse my whole first playthrough.. Not me trying to learn the horse controls while tackling the final boss 😂

video actually starts at 1:16

I finished BOTW today and at the end I was like huh, a second fight against Ganon? Finished it too, cutscene and then tf. Amazing game ❤

You did it you made me cry guess memorys are the strongest weapon in the world. Thanks you for making me remember everything after 5 years or more of playing this game

I never saw what you considered the "grind phase", I saw a pleasant and tranquil exploration experience that rewarded me the more out-of-the-box I thought and I found I was frequently prepared for most encounters, I can see that being a grind in some eyes but I always found it to be a good way to subvert the idea of a grind

When I first left the Plateau, I was playing with a friend who had already 100%ed the game so what we did was we picked up some swords and went straight to the castle, where we were able to get some top tier weapons. It was very fun bc I kept dying to fall damage and stuff and we had a great time.

Okay so, I got the game around the month ago and I'm extremely close to finishing it (well, the main story) after playing around 50 hours... But I literally have no idea you could parry a guardian beam. Thanks for that. You just made my life so much easier.

Classic! I really do wish that there was some after game ending changes to the game.....even a small one like hyrule castle being repaired or something idk. Just feels sad when NOTHING happens

These stages reflected me so well this game is a big piece in my childhood

BotW holds a special place in my heart. It was my first Zelda game and the one that got me hooked on the series. I feel like I've done more than enough on BotW, and I'm so excited for Tears of the Kingdom.

I went to an alternative stage before bying DLC : the korok seeker. I've finished almost every quest (i just have 1 side quest left in all the game) so i travel through hyrule to seek all korok (i cheat and use à website that tells me where they are) i'm halfway through finding all korok and avoid combat to not destroy my best weapons. I've just played once every now and then after i finished the principal part of the game in 2018 but it is always fun to check on Link once in a while

Great a video! Well thought out, well worded. You have a pleasant voice and speaking mannerisms. Keep at it and you can definitely take your channel to the next level. If you ever need someone to write something for you or to go over stuff you have written (like a script for your video) I would be more than happy to help.

How, this is pretty much the exact way my time on BOTW went... Amazing!

My progress after Stage 2 was -I like this story and want to know more. I will get that memory tucked away in the remnants of Hyrule Castle, and turn this segment of the game into MGS if I have to (accomplished with 6 hearts and no shield) -I should probably free those beasts already. Revali seems easy...whoa! Getting through cliffs is so easy now! -There's so much uncharted territory still...I should beacon those towers and cheese them with Revali's Gale! -...I should probably go back and save the other Beasts. Volcanic territory is a bit taxing on my anxiety, I'll leave it for last and hopefully find a way up there eventually. Oh, look! A random NPC trying to help me traverse Death Mountain! Thanks, random NPC! -Sheikah Shrines! Gotta try them all! (Feats just for me!) I know I'll beat Guardian! (Sheikah Shrines!) Oh, console mode sucks, I can't roll the ball into the hole! Sheikah Shrines! Gotta try them all! (Old man statuuuuue!) Need hearts and more stamina! Old Sheikah Man disintegrates...Sheikah Shrines! Gotta try them all! -Collect all the collectibles: the montage -Those horses look cool. I'm whipping out my inner Stacy and taming them with my unlimited stamina power! No wait, Satori! Come back! 😢 Oh well, at least I still have Ganonhorse and Zelda's pony. Time to put some sweet duds on (almost) all of you! -The Master Sword is finally mine! Wait, batteries not included and they're at the end of a long trial? I want my refund! -Wait, you mean I can slay Ganon on a motorcycle? Where do I sign up? Wait, why is that Old Man so big? -Fine, I'll do the trials. (One eternity later...) I did it. 💀 -You know what? I'm feeling confident! Gonna go bulli the Silver Lynel in the desert! (Played can't catch me with it going around a rock structure til dead) -I guess I'll collect Koroks now. Wait, there's 900 of these little buggers? Screw that! I'll get the ones hidden in and around Hyrule Castle and call it a day. -It's over, Calamity Ganon! I have the high ground!

I hit the first two stages... but then my progress pretty much went "unlock Shieka towers, hit shrines along the way, free any Divine Beast that happens to be in the area I unlocked, get Korok seeds as I feel like it." Now I'm left with the entire map unlocked, every Divine Beast freed, every memory except the one in Zelda's study unlocked, every shrine except the one in Hyrule Castle finished, and now I'm just hunting Korok seeds to expand my inventory fully before I finally defeat Ganon/visit the last shrine/unlock the last memory. And I still HATE lynels. I've managed to kill a grand total of one and I still avoid the bastards.

After beating Ganon like 40 times I completely forgot that cutscene wasn't what you got first time around.

For the stage before you defeat ganon I wanted there to be a collecter who only bought the house and grabbed all the champions weapons (including the ceremonial trident) just to fully max out the house to put the on display and ONLY using them on the ganon fight!

I thought Ganon was gonna be so hard I even started to fight lynels before going 😂

This may be my 1st Zelda game , but not my 1st RPG , so I quickly realized the use of stamina and upgraded it 1st untill I randomly found the Master sword , went through grinding pase and also upgraded master sword to the max just after getting it , but only thing I missed was the 4th great fairy , I had to complete about half of the game with 3star armors

There should be a procrastination stage, doing everything except what you’re “supposed” to do, exploring all the mountain tops, running round in circles, accidentally acquire op gear and avoiding confrontation by going anywhere but the paths 😂

A jojo reference in this kind of video was definitely unexpected, but highly appreciated!

The video quality is insane! Definitely one of the best botw videos I’ve ever watched

This is so accurate 😂❤I'm gonna be at the knight stage forever though I did unlock the entire map early and I have defeated two lynels (from the high ground because I suck)

i literally just got into zelda after buying a used switch and the game came with it. I am OBSESSED! I would say I went from beginner to mapper. i literally got all my towers first so I could have my map.

This is so accurate😂 I'm at the Knight stage, and Botw is my first zelda game, I'm having so much fun, I haven't had this much fun playing a game in a while

This video really takes you too memory lane. From buying the game 4 years ago and being scared off by a black boko to beating a silver Lynel with 3 hearts and no armor. Although i have been playing this game for more than four years I AM STILL NOT CONSIST WITH THE GUARDIAN PARRY

Your channel has improved so well! Keep up the good work! Also: The Speedrunner Stage (where the player tries to speedrun everything)

Dude...I can't believe that I did a bit of exploring, then went to Impa, decided I wasn't ready then went on the Zora Domain quest and defeated the Lynel instead of just running around from it to get the arrows...

during my playthrough, I refused to see Impa first until I got the master sword and all of the beasts. first thing I did was unlock the entire map, and then I went shrine hunting until it became arduous/had enough hearts to get the sword. after I went to Zoras Domain to get the first beast. and then I went to hyrule castle and accidentally started the Ganon fight so I had to kill 3 blights and then Ganon, but I still managed to win? and then I got the rest of the beasts and finally visited impa afterwards so I could go memory hunting and get the sensor

I would say this vid was a little long but it was on point and good! Great job Little_L

I actually felt like my experience was a lot different, I started the game by spending a lot of time on the plateau, just learning the game. After a lot of exploring and stealth missions against boko camps lol I got off the plateau and was overwhelmed. It was just soooooo big. I just ran towards the dueling peaks for most of that first little bit and died a lot, that was terrifying. Then I learned about the quest system a little more and figured out how to get kakiriko, and I eventually stumbled upon the zora domain. I spent HOURS there doing quests and exploring. The mountains and constant rain made it a very challenging thing for me, I have the fondest memories of that place. After that, I explored the map even more, doing LOTS of climbing. I climbed to the top of the Gerudo mountains before I'd even beaten a second Devine beast. My entire journey through BOTW was exploring, up until I had explored everything, so I fought ganon, and was really disappointed at how easy it was. So I got the DLC after i beat every shrine, and I had fun with that. Then I moved on to glitches, then 100%, then I just moved on from the game and was playing new Nintendo games, waiting desperately for TOTK lol. So to sum it up, 1- exploration for HOURS AND HOURS. 2- Finally grasping what the point of the game was and going for Devine beasts 3- Hyrule castle/ganon 4- exploring WAAAAY more than before, upwards of 50 hours 5- going for 100% / getting dlc 6- lots of crying because there wasn't any news on BOTW 2 7- BOTW 2 HYPE AFTER TRAILER 8- no news forever AGAIN, until 9- unbearable TOTK anticipation

Very cool Video! Well done i like the various stage... i'm into the DLC phase now XD

Stage XI: The Mongol. You have eschewed the balance of the sword and shield, and now exclusively use spears and bows (primarily the latter), relying on dodging reflex to avoid death. You typically travel on horseback rather than teleport or fly. Your outfit is no longer practical, but stylistic at this point, and nothing stands a chance regardless. If you have restarted the game, you may have max stamina, but few hearts to further heighten the challenge.

If you are still looking for the best healing dish, here it is 5 carrots you get near fairies (forgot their name)

How much did Nintendo pay you to make this

the level of nostalgia is INSANE. thank you for this video I will NEVER forget the memorys I made (and Link's) thanks to you

There should be a stage after doing everything, the lore phase. I definitely went through this trying to predict tears of the kingdom and learn more about the game.

There is a secret stage that I like to call the "hikkikomori" this stage can happen if the player is scared of everything wich could cause them to not leave the plateau after they get the paraglider and stay there forever wich means that they won't progress anymore after stage 1

I beat the game two weeks after i got my switch back in 2017 when i was 12. Went back to it last week and the nostalgia hit so hard.

This video is very accurate, specially the shock after beating Ganon to find that nothing changed. It makes sense when you think about it but I was shocked and kinda mad when I first realized this

6:10 I had no idea that was a secret cutscene, I got it on my first time killing ganon 😭

I'm still playing it but it took me a while to realize there were several things I hadn't done. I unlocked all the regions before defeating any divine beasts because the blights honestly terrify me. Currently trying me best to get the blights done and do the side quests.

I really wish there was more to do after defeating Ganon. I was so excited to continue exploring and seeing how everyone was doing now that the Calamity is gone. But alas. :')

i will say breath is one of my fav games all times and the feeling of my first open world game was immense

I went from Stage 2 to Stage 7 in about 3 weeks just to prepare for TotK to come out again, at the start of it I forgot how to jump and crap but I ended up with my highest weapon being 87 attack damage, all the divine beasts and defeating silver lynels as a side hobby.

Thanks to my buddy playing it first. I did know about the master sword 13 hearts, so my first thing after the sleepy head, was the world tourist. Just going around, climbing towers, doing shrines. Mostly running from enemies until I was stronger or found gear.

STAGE 10 BABESSS!!! I got botw in 2020 and was obsessed with it. I have played through the game 3 times and it still doesn't disappoint me. I LOVE THIS GAME SMMMM

It took me three or four attempts to get into this game, but once it finally hooked me, it did and now it is one of if not, my favorite games ever made.

you should add: becoming ganon, i know power hungry and everything after that is similar to this but it happens, when the player feels that they have become a god, and have great knowledge and power, because of this, the player may go beserk, plowing through enemies, fighting lynels for FUN, and getting all koroks

For me, I got to knight until I got kinda bored and killed some guardians to get an ancient bladesaw. From there, I duplicated it and killed more until I was OP before my first DB

The moment I was off the great plateau I already discovered my first horse and didn't know I could register them yet, so I was just exploring and sort of not. Anytime I had to get off my horse (because of a tall cliff or something) I would immediately leave because I didn't want to lose them. When I finally went to a stable on my way to the village, I was ecstatic when finding out I could register my horse. I became obsessed with the horses for so long, even in totk with the new horses I became obsessed though it's died down now.

My order: Explored all of Great Plateau including all enemy outposts. Died many times to the guardians near one of the first shrines. Explored all of Dueling Peaks and accidentally stumbled into the great fairy fountain. Thought it was an enemy and turned away. After I was finished in Kakariko village I went straight for my first three divine beasts. Zora Domain > Death Mountain > Gerudo Town. After defeating Vah Naboris, I went on a massive Tower hunt and forged through every territory to chart all of the map. It was after this, as well as beating Vah Medoh in Rito Village during my conquest that I finally began to slow down and take in the world and it's multitude of side quests and side content including the Champions Ballad that I already purchased and the last of the 12 memories. I'm currently clearing up on the last 9 shrines and getting all the necessary materials for upgrading all my armour before I finally storm Hyrule Castle and take on Calamity Ganon. I have zero plans on collecting the remaining 800+ korok seeds and am looking forward to finally experiencing Tears of the Kingdom as my second game on the Nintendo switch.