Poor Image: Awesome.The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild

This is the image used for the Awesome page for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, taken from a game trailer shortly before the game was released. And I say it's a weak representation of what is awesome in Breath of the Wild. The reason is simple.

The moment in question is when Link walks to a particular location and gets a portion of his memory back. It's awesome in the trailer, but in the games, it's relatively mundane compare to everything else. Link has neither won a big victory here nor does he obtain something like the Master Sword. He stands there with light sparkles.

I have a particular replacement in mind, but given that it's from a memory cutscene, I wonder if some may consider this spoiler. Or if they have a better image in mind.

Here's my replacement suggestion: Zelda protecting Link from the Guardians◊

It's a dynamic shot, good quality, and showcases Zelda doing the role reversal by saving Link. And she has her powers at full display. The reason I hesitate to replace it is if may be spoilerish for some. I will say though that this scene was indeed shown in one of the trailers, so I don't really think it's a spoiler.

But if there is something better, then why not showcase it?

edited 9th Apr '17 2:35:32 AM by Shadao

Opened.

Suggestion is a huge improvement.

Suggestion is composed in such a way that it's very difficult to tell what's going on even if you know the context.

Pull current.

I disagree since we clearly see Link on his knees with the rusted Master Sword in the foreground while Zelda is clearly defending him from something. Whether it be the Guardian or even Ganon himself, I think the shot gets the general message across.

But I can offer other suggestions:

Another shot of Zelda saving Link◊

Link saving Zelda◊

Link looking over Hyrule for the first time◊

Another shot of it◊

Zelda facing off Calamity Ganon in a flashback◊

I prefer if the image be related to Princess Zelda saving Link or facing off Ganon. After all, she is the one who dealt the last blow to Dark Beast Ganon.

edited 9th Apr '17 1:48:16 PM by Shadao

The problem with Zelda saving Link is the sheer brightness that makes everything else unseeable, or at least it's very distracting. The problem with Link seeing Hyrule for the first time is that nothing really tells it's his awakening; for anyone who hasn't played the game, it could be an ordinary day of trekking.

The one where Link saves Zelda might work.

edited 9th Apr '17 1:04:10 PM by Gosicrystal

I agree with the with problem of brightness. I particularly like the image Zelda defending against Calamity Ganon.

I would also suggest from what I remember in the preview trailer is that shot of Link dodging and revealing the ancient arrow set for the first time. Something like this:

edited 9th Apr '17 8:03:29 PM by GreeneMachine92

5.3 would be spoiler free and is awesome so I would vote that.

Caption could be 'See all that? you can go to all of that unrestricted."

That does look awesome, but I would rather have something from the actual game rather than a preview that or may not have changed. It's like making Twilight Princess's Awesome Image be the E3 2004 show rather than something from the final game.

I like 5.3 also. That game is often complimented about how good it looks; a pretty, vast landscape is a good choice.

Here's a bigger shot of that same image◊.

I disagree with 8 and 10. The Awesome subpage houses Moments of Awesome, not just any cool feature a videogame has such as Scenery Porn or being a Wide-Open Sandbox.

I'm with 12. 5.3 would make a good Scenery Porn image, not a good illustration for Moments Of Awesome.

edited 10th Apr '17 12:48:40 PM by Karxrida

I second 13

I'd propose a shot from a memory 8, where Link and Zelda talk after battle, and you can see them overlooking a battlefield full of defeated monsters - this one would be good.

As for the quote, I had one that I wanted to use, but it comes from final battle. Without context, I don't think it'd be too spoileriffic, but it's your call:

Courage need not be remembered... for it is never forgotten.

edited 12th Apr '17 1:45:07 PM by OldBen

5.5 is probably the best here. The other "Zelda saving Link" images are too noisy to know what's happening (and no, you cannot tell Link is on his knees since they're not in the shot). I agree that the Scenery Porn stuff isn't all that awesome, though they are pretty good images. The image of Link drawing his bow is really generic.

5.5 has the "Zelda taking on Calamity Ganon" aspect as well as a sense of talking directly to the player.

But even 5.5 isn't all that awesome.

(And I'll vote on the video when there's a still image to vote on.)

edited 14th Apr '17 10:59:20 AM by WaterBlap

Is there going to be a vote soon?

So anyways, here's the image that people requested for the slaughtered monsters...

18 sucks. Uses the caption as a crutch in the worst way.

They wanted an aftermath battle image from that video and so I deliver. However, I never thought it was a good idea. Only upload it here because apparently no one else did.

And I really hope a consensus is made, and I do want that current image be taken down.

I would choose 5.5 if no one has any other suggestions.

edited 25th Apr '17 9:55:31 PM by Shadao