Lookout Landing SUCKS as a fort! (Tears of the Kingdom)

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @TheBreadPirate
    @TheBreadPirate  Год назад +1998

    I love castle defenses, but I also have a lot to learn. Let me know you have and critiques or suggestions!

    • @BowlOSoup6661
      @BowlOSoup6661 Год назад +9

      Edit: Nevermind I'm just stupid

    • @TheFutureJedi
      @TheFutureJedi Год назад +2

      Ello

    • @SoloTurtle
      @SoloTurtle Год назад +12

      Not enough monkeys

    • @riptidedune
      @riptidedune Год назад +41

      Honestly it would be a lot of fun to have a side quest to defend Lookout Landing, kind of like (spoiler place).

    • @Tablecloth479
      @Tablecloth479 Год назад +1

      Hi bread pirate!

  • @Slothology.
    @Slothology. Год назад +3408

    The mental image of Link screaming at Purah and everyone else in Lookout Landing like Gordon Ramsey about how awful every aspect of the fort is is amazing

    • @Isuream6331
      @Isuream6331 Год назад +300

      I’m now imagining Link being Hyrule’s new general. Sounds terrifying for any foreign country

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion Год назад +204

      I'd say most of them get a pass since there hasn't been a Hyrulian army or even a united monster front since Link's time, but Purah was there. She lived through the Calamity and she should know better.

    • @MidnightLugia24
      @MidnightLugia24 Год назад +129

      Especially if you imagine Link only using his various grunts/sounds along with hand gestures, i.e. how Link communicates with Bread Pirate 😂

    • @karenaugustyniak4925
      @karenaugustyniak4925 Год назад +45

      WHERES THE BETTER DEFENSES

    • @ineedzemedic5810
      @ineedzemedic5810 Год назад +60

      Knowing Link is basically a zonai engineer of mass destruction.
      I understand

  • @Windless1
    @Windless1 Год назад +2737

    The yiga has even better defences in any of their bases than the castle

    • @longlivethe9989
      @longlivethe9989 Год назад +483

      the yigas have literal books about fortification principles lol

    • @Jaxagain.
      @Jaxagain. Год назад +389

      ⁠@@longlivethe9989A lot of people view the Yiga as incompetent idiots but compared to the other people in Hyrule they are gods.

    • @Ordinaryhumanbeing-cg5vx
      @Ordinaryhumanbeing-cg5vx Год назад +280

      @@Jaxagain. They’re just understaffed.

    • @Luxembourgish
      @Luxembourgish Год назад +4

      @@Jaxagain. Kohga is not smart since he defeated himself with his own rockets, Sooga did all the hard work.

    • @agent_squidboy0470
      @agent_squidboy0470 Год назад +178

      The Yiga even write notes about how and where to build forts in the depths

  • @DarkDepth2000
    @DarkDepth2000 Год назад +9003

    Don’t worry, once the fort is completely destroyed they’ll use link as the last line of defense.

    • @TheBreadPirate
      @TheBreadPirate  Год назад +2540

      Meanwhile, Link is 300 yards away creating a Korok shish kabob.

    • @longlivethe9989
      @longlivethe9989 Год назад +280

      @Entropy8132 the teleportation sites operate separately from towers and damaging them is definitely not a priority for the monsters. Not to mention a shrine in the castle town ruins that's like 20-30 seconds away from the fort. But yeah Link's existence kind of makes it impenetrable...

    • @Blue2Pran2907
      @Blue2Pran2907 Год назад +40

      @Entropy8132 or a travel medallion

    • @Redmeteor200
      @Redmeteor200 Год назад +18

      Uh oh...

    • @bread1242
      @bread1242 Год назад +11

      @@TheBreadPirate mmm 😋

  • @kiwilemontea4622
    @kiwilemontea4622 Год назад +367

    Cut em a little slack. This place wasn't originally intended to be a fort or a castle- it became one out of necessity. They had to construct this while already surrounded by enemies, and the bulk of the outer walls was probably made over only a week or two. I think it's implied that Hyrule Castle was cleared of monsters between BotW and the Upheaval, so they may have thought they didn't need to defend as much from that angle.

    • @nerdwisdomyo9563
      @nerdwisdomyo9563 Год назад +36

      Some of the design choices actually make it HARDER and less intuitive to build, like planks instead of logs for the walls, and moving all the dirt from the moat off to wherever they got rid of it, and having four gates instead of one
      It is objectively easier to not do those things, they are deliberately making the whole building process more difficult for less gain
      But its a video game so idk its not that big of a deal 🤷‍♂️

    • @meatlemonade3338
      @meatlemonade3338 10 месяцев назад +18

      i also think that since the calamity, a lot of knowledge and skill was lost in various trades including construction. you really only see a very few new homes being built in hyrule and they're all in the same prefab style. it's remarkable they were able to get the skyview towers and lookout landing up at all

    • @silverblade357
      @silverblade357 4 месяца назад +4

      This. Ganon's return brought back the Blood Moon which brought back the monsters. Until the Upheaval, Hyrule had been enjoying a relative peace.

    • @lionescrawl9861
      @lionescrawl9861 5 дней назад

      @@nerdwisdomyo9563 it initially was suposed to be a simple research post.

  • @brandimullins8813
    @brandimullins8813 11 месяцев назад +123

    funnily enough, when attacking Fort Hateno early on in my playthrough, i was unironically killed by the wooden stakes at least a small handful of times, especially from an enemy knocking me back into them

  • @Aurea_Astrae
    @Aurea_Astrae Год назад +3441

    The only reason a Lynel hasn't leveled the place to the ground is because link leveled the lynels before they could do that

    • @legion6211
      @legion6211 Год назад +182

      There are 9 lynels in the overworld I believe, All of them are nowhere near

    • @gavinmcintyre1742
      @gavinmcintyre1742 Год назад +232

      Yeah and you can thank link for that

    • @BisexualPlagueDoctor
      @BisexualPlagueDoctor Год назад +109

      @@legion6211there used to be lynels closer by, still, like, an entire kilometer and a half away but whatever

    • @wesleysylvester6444
      @wesleysylvester6444 Год назад +63

      @@legion6211 the run super fucking fast. would be a 3 minute run

    • @ulrikebeckmann4986
      @ulrikebeckmann4986 Год назад +31

      ​@@wesleysylvester6444and they can teleport if you run away they will maybee teleport to you

  • @FIamestalker
    @FIamestalker Год назад +2102

    To be fair to Lookout Landing, I got the impression at the start of the game that it basically didn't exist when Link and Zelda went to the Castle. I thought it was just the staging ground for Zelda, Purah and the researchers, and was turned into a fort and central command post after the Upheaval to *"Look Out"* for the missing Link and Zelda. It must have been constructed in a hurry with whatever materials they had on hand, which was likely mostly stuff from the Hudson Reconstruction caches, which would explain the heavy use of planks and wooden beams.

    • @sarowie
      @sarowie Год назад +403

      it would also explain why the tower is integrated so badly:
      The unterground section was there first, then the tower, then the walls.
      They would fortify the tower "eventually".

    • @sakurakitsunestar
      @sakurakitsunestar Год назад +191

      I agree I feel it was a research camp that ended up fortified (just badly)

    • @brycebitetti1402
      @brycebitetti1402 Год назад +191

      ​@@sakurakitsunestarTo be fair, I don't think Hyrule has a military at the moment. The only one of them who was actually involved in any actual military outfit is Link, and he wasn't necessarily a master tactician.

    • @vraolet
      @vraolet Год назад +103

      Also the damaged escape tunnel and the vault predate the creation of the fort which would kind of force them to build it here anyway, and I say damaged escape tunnel because it probably was in a much better state before the earthquake that created all the grottos and abyss.

    • @homerman76
      @homerman76 Год назад +72

      There's also the fact that Bokoblins and Moblins aren't especially intelligent, so some basic fortifications would still help enough. That being said, still no excuse for the drawbridge that can't go all the way up because of the lighting 😅

  • @TimesChu
    @TimesChu Год назад +848

    I can actually explain the plank thing: Lookout Landing is built right on the remains of Castle Town. In BotW, the area around Hyrule Castle is littered with the remains of buildings, but in TotK most of them are gone. It's highly likely all the good wood left in the area was scrapped to build Lookout Landing in a hurry, rather than spending time hauling in and sinking 200 logs. Which of course is not a good excuse, but it is an explanation.

    • @Kyonari
      @Kyonari Год назад +66

      would make sense since its also not really required to be that good as the monster problem really only got worse after it was already created

    • @ARCrow007
      @ARCrow007 10 месяцев назад +17

      it was build OUTSIDE of castle town where the phantom chestplate was obtainable (also the 1st memory picture in botw)

    • @appledoo
      @appledoo 8 месяцев назад +20

      @@ARCrow007 fun fact : you can move wooden boards, they aren't sedentary :O

    • @Majora404err01r
      @Majora404err01r 7 месяцев назад +7

      It's actually built on top of the sacred ground ruins 🤓

    • @LazyNVersions
      @LazyNVersions 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@ARCrow007 It’s built at the very least near the area, so this explanation would work pretty well. Again, still doesn’t excuse how bad Lookout Landing is at this stuff

  • @lamronjr8785
    @lamronjr8785 Год назад +37

    I've always believed that the reason for using wooden planks was they had a surplus of them from when the 'hyrule restoration project' began and that they had such a large number of them around that it was the only feasible way to make a large fortification in a very short time in their eyes.

  • @Terlinilia
    @Terlinilia Год назад +52

    I love how Purah is probably the most important figure in Hyrule at the moment but she's also the least protected

    • @BYRONDAMANN
      @BYRONDAMANN Год назад +7

      I also like that fact about link when he's also a really important figure put nobody is protecting him

    • @Terlinilia
      @Terlinilia Год назад +10

      @@BYRONDAMANN He can protect himself, he's link

    • @alwest4472
      @alwest4472 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@BYRONDAMANNhe’s link. He doesn’t need defending lol,

    • @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780
      @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 7 месяцев назад

      @@alwest4472 everyone needs defending from link

  • @eriatarka_
    @eriatarka_ Год назад +1433

    This video makes me imagine Link running around, yelling at random civilians, yelling at Purah, explaining all of this just hand gesturing to the areas he's complaining about

    • @west3Dgaming
      @west3Dgaming Год назад +180

      I can't explain how much I want to see animated shorts from the perspective of villagers of Link dropping out of the sky, buying every piece of produce available, then jumping on a rocket and blasting away.
      Dressed as ridiculously as players tend to dress

    • @thegoldenapplebryanwu6816
      @thegoldenapplebryanwu6816 Год назад +26

      @@west3Dgaming I'll do that right away.

    • @notimportant221
      @notimportant221 Год назад +7

      FEED ME YOUR MIND-DATA, HUMAN. MY DATA-HUNGER GROWS EXPONENTIALLY. MY POWER GROWS EXPONENTIALLY.

    • @ness6714
      @ness6714 Год назад +10

      I like to think that once he got the new arm he had the sudden urge to be a build critic.

    • @celestialdragonlord5004
      @celestialdragonlord5004 Год назад +1

      @@thegoldenapplebryanwu6816 I'm looking at your channel bud......where's it at??

  • @eldibs
    @eldibs Год назад +886

    I just figured Lookout Landing wasn't originally designed as a fort but as a research station, and they hastily had to throw together fortifications from what they had available when monster started cropping up again. Also, they probably don't expect the monsters to lay proper siege, they probably just expect small-to-medium groups of monsters in waves, not an army of 2,000 using actual tactics and strategy.

    • @homerman76
      @homerman76 Год назад +113

      Which is a fair expectation with how the monsters normally behave, if the monsters moved in mass no amount of temporary defense measure would be able to help. Defenses on level with repelling such a force would require a lot more time and resources because of what Lynels, Gleeoks and Talus are capable of

    • @noxic8863
      @noxic8863 Год назад +58

      ​​@@homerman76 in fact I'm pretty sure it was mentioned somewhere that Gleeoks didn't existed before the upheaval (or at least they had no record of them) just like the Gibdos and Horriblins, so it was kind of impossible to be prepared for them before they started finding them around and assessing their powers and weaknesses

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Год назад +48

      @@noxic8863 Given how the researchers describe the changes in biology and behavior for 'Blins and Lizalfos seems to have be really sudden, they probably didn't even get a chance to plan for THAT. It's been a few years at most - some of the kids from BOTW have gotten bigger and some new ones have been born and are old enough to talk. Yet that's still really quick for Stone Age level creatures to suddenly start wearing armor and building fortifications.

    • @davidchao6606
      @davidchao6606 Год назад +10

      I’d assumed it’s more like a forward operating base from which Purah coordinates and spearheads research efforts. The defenses are prob hastily fortifications in response to the blight.

    • @taddad2641
      @taddad2641 Год назад +8

      Monsters don't have the strategty to do so though they have the numbers. But if ganon was ble to direct them again?
      Though it seems as if Ganondorf had other plans. He wanted to seize control with minimal resistance and, possible, casualties to the people. You can't rule a land without a population after all. Every single situation in the four other races of hyrule is ganon acting to weaken them. Forced the gerudo into a siege situation and held them down. Poisoned the zora till they could barely move. Inhibited and distracted the Rito with that blizzard. And most deviously was drugging the gorons and likely had plans of turning them into an army.

  • @MapleRose9
    @MapleRose9 Год назад +2308

    I like the fact that other people besides Link are at least /trying/ to fight the monsters now.
    I'd like to see an analysis of the Monster Fortresses.

    • @GerardMenvussa
      @GerardMenvussa Год назад +195

      One of my favourite part of the game. People found hope after Link's victory at the end of BotW and have become proactive, it's nice :)

    • @jarkiplier
      @jarkiplier Год назад +111

      I really like that people actually know who you are and are taking an active role in rebuilding or protecting hyrule. I really hope that years from now the next Zelda game is a new link and Zelda set after TOTK, and we get to see hyrule properly rebuilt, with actual huge towns like castle town. Obviously to keep the game fresh other stuff would have to change but I think seeing this hyrule fully restored would just be cool.

    • @iyes-ux2dt
      @iyes-ux2dt Год назад +19

      What about a Gerudo town analysis

    • @franconunez925
      @franconunez925 Год назад +37

      Link seeing the villagers: *thumbs up while smiling* "You really suck at this but is a decent first step"

    • @Chris-gx1ei
      @Chris-gx1ei Год назад +6

      Link is on a whole new Level, he is a Bioweapon of the Gods that defeated Grown Ups at the age of 4

  • @landonbaker1218
    @landonbaker1218 Год назад +32

    This is what happens when you hire a residential contractor to build your military base, looking at you Hudson

  • @UnderAverage
    @UnderAverage Год назад +160

    The spikes could even act as cover for the bokos! There’s a perfect spot between the higher and lower level of spikes that they could squeeze into and be unaffected by arrows.

    • @jimmyp4024
      @jimmyp4024 Год назад +6

      What arrows?

    • @BYRONDAMANN
      @BYRONDAMANN Год назад +5

      the one boko who accidently rams himself into the spikes

    • @FantasyFan-p2i
      @FantasyFan-p2i 5 месяцев назад +1

      That's what I was thinking!

    • @conorgalvin4289
      @conorgalvin4289 2 месяца назад

      @@jimmyp4024 no, what bows?

  • @pokkiheart
    @pokkiheart Год назад +991

    this actually got me thinking about how long it took to build and how much time went into it. Because the game almost implies that nearly every change you see happened after "the upheaval" but we don't know if that was weeks, days, or hours before Link wakes up.

    • @giornaguirne
      @giornaguirne Год назад +306

      I believe it's stated by an NPC that it was about 2 weeks. Lookout landing isn't terrible considering they'd been without a government for 100 years. The princess and a lone swordsman returned only a couple years earlier to take over the few settlements scattered across a post-apocalyptic landscape.
      I think people are asking an awful lot of what's essentially the Nick Jr Walking Dead crew.

    • @godzillahomer
      @godzillahomer Год назад +218

      @@giornaguirne heck, if Lookout Landing was built for the purposes of restoring Hyrule Castle Town before the upheaval... It makes sense.
      It's not a military base. It's a worker camp, either designed to keep wild animals out or hastily rebuilt into a military outpost.

    • @jarkiplier
      @jarkiplier Год назад +102

      Yeah I’m pretty sure lookout landing was a base camp before the upheaval to investigate hyrule castle and the gloom. Once link and Zelda disappeared purah took over and refugees/researchers moved there and a small military was built up.

    • @WhitePointerGaming
      @WhitePointerGaming Год назад +19

      There's at least several years between the end of BOTW and when Link wakes up on the sky island in TOTK, given that several characters, such as Tulin and Riju, have noticeably aged, and then there is Mattison, who wasn't even born in BOTW but in TOTK is old enough to go to Gerudo town. Granted, we don't exactly know how much time passed between the end of BOTW and the *very* beginning of TOTK (when Link and Zelda are exploring under the castle), but that's the best guess we have at the moment.

    • @patrickshaw411
      @patrickshaw411 Год назад +16

      After severe damage, I wouldn’t be surprised if Link was asleep for 2 months. His hair looks longer too even if the original was in a ponytail. 2 months is also a good time for everyone to respond to the calamity. We have lookout landing as well as the Zonai Research team, and that sort of organization doesn’t happen overnight.

  • @AdrianHereToHelp
    @AdrianHereToHelp Год назад +466

    I think one thing in favor of the moat is the fact that monsters in BotW/TotK can't swim, and will just die when submerged in water, save lizalfos. I don't know how many lizalfos are in the surrounding area, but that would cut into the monster forces significantly once all the drawbridges are raised and such (obviously the moat can still be bridged and got around other ways, but that fact does help)

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Год назад +55

      The closest Lizalfos are near the Dueling Peaks. They'd have to travel a good distance, and would most likely be coming from a direction that would give ample time for planning.

    • @joshuaneate358
      @joshuaneate358 Год назад +35

      As explained in another comment, Lookout Landing doesn’t stand a chance. Aerocudas can easily soar above, can carry monsters and drop them to breach the fort, or drop bomb barrels and raze the compound to the ground. This is shown in several instances in the game like in the Turin quest and in some parts of the depths. Next, Moblins can throw Bokoblins or rocks or whatever over the walls. Horriblins can go through the Royal Passage and into the emergency shelter if they have the knowledge. Any well commanded monster force (especially with silver enemies who have 700+ health) can certainly breach Lookout Landing. Even with a large Hyrulean combined-arms force, their weapons are not the best, either decayed or low damage and durability. Silver Moblins and Horriblins and Bokoblins will easily tank and do major damage. Hyrule’s only hope is if Link comes to the rescue, and with his swordsmanship and skill he will be able to fight off the attacking forces. But if link isn’t there, Lookout Landing is going to be destroyed.

    • @Sarah_H
      @Sarah_H Год назад +3

      I think the moat is shallow enough in some places for moblins to stand up in. I'd have to check again, but it ISN'T that deep

    • @ggholdengo
      @ggholdengo Год назад +11

      @@joshuaneate358 last time I'm playing as link, I'm trapping koroks in a crudely-made wickerman and setting it on fire with dinraal

    • @bridgetst.julien6902
      @bridgetst.julien6902 Год назад

      To answer your question on how many lizalfos, ALL OF THEM, THEN A BLOOD MOON HAPPENS THEN THE ONES LINK ABSOLUTLEY OBLITERATED RESPAWN AT THE SAMD PLACE AS ALL THE OTHERS

  • @captianblitz
    @captianblitz Год назад +393

    To be fair to the tunnels, if Link wasn't an excavation machine who could easily clear the tunnel at the slightest whiff of shinies, the whole thing would be clogged with rock and debris, and the actual entrance into the Emergancy Shelter is small (so the larger and more dangerous monsters cant get in at all) and thus is easily barricaded and defended when that barricade breaks.

    • @gblackuser
      @gblackuser Год назад +68

      Also, the escape tunnels aren't to go into the castle. The escape tunnels are meant to get the royal family *out* and to their emergency shelter in case of siege.

    • @captianblitz
      @captianblitz Год назад +18

      Yes but in evaluating Lookout Landing the history behind it needs to be ignored in place of strategic value. Is it a cool fact? Yea. Will that fact stop a Moblin from skewering you? Probably not.

    • @EmissaryofWind
      @EmissaryofWind Год назад +35

      From the NPCs dialogue, nobody seemed to have known about the tunnels before we're able to explore them. Which is a little weird because Purah and Impa should have been familiar with the castle's defenses pre-Calamity, but from the way the tunnels look it's very possible they had fallen out of use long before the Calamity.

    • @faithh5546
      @faithh5546 Год назад +9

      ​@EmissaryofWind yeah, and there's a sign at the bottom of the stairwell talking about Rauru and stuff (I don't remeber exactly) which no one knew about him until fairly recently. So I don't think those tunnels have been used in a LONG time

    • @EmissaryofWind
      @EmissaryofWind Год назад +3

      @@faithh5546 Doesn't Zelda recognize his name as the founder of the kingdom?

  • @daceymcnally8728
    @daceymcnally8728 Год назад +50

    It’s hard to talk about the intelligence of Ganondorf’s forces when you’re wearing a stitched hat with button eyes that successfully convinces said forces you’re one of them.

  • @wildmonkeycar
    @wildmonkeycar Год назад +45

    Another reason Lookout Landing was built where it was is because of the safe house beneath it. It was originally a safe house for the Royal Family, and was hidden underneath the fountain that used to be there (visible in BotW). The escape tunnel was originally meant to be used going from Hyrule Castle to the safe house as a means of escape, in case of a siege. Lookout Landing was built around and on top of the safe house, and the tunnels were sealed off, both from the passage of time and for defensive reasons

    • @BYRONDAMANN
      @BYRONDAMANN Год назад

      the bokos could just pour lava down the hole and that's bye bye to the npcs

    • @themonsterunderyourbed.7620
      @themonsterunderyourbed.7620 11 месяцев назад +3

      They don't even HAVE lava.​@@BYRONDAMANN

  • @Myxgrassxisxgreenest
    @Myxgrassxisxgreenest Год назад +495

    I like how after praising the underground area for being hidden he climbs the ladder, and shows how the entrance is in plain sight of Hyrule Castle.

    • @aguyontheinternet8436
      @aguyontheinternet8436 Год назад +23

      but like, they wouldn't think to look there for a secret underground entrance, right?

    • @Walsh-ts1so
      @Walsh-ts1so Год назад

      @@aguyontheinternet8436 scouts or archers from the castle wall can see the secret entrance open as soon as it does

    • @WyGuy2087
      @WyGuy2087 Год назад +55

      when you first enter the lookout landing the area is covered by a stone trapdoor isn't it?

    • @HungryWarden
      @HungryWarden Год назад +6

      Not to mention the fact that the passage is already full of monsters.

    • @LazyNVersions
      @LazyNVersions 6 месяцев назад +7

      Well, it can be closed and in BOTW we had no idea it was there. It’s safe to assume they could fortify the passage, but don’t need to yet because of the rock wall. Unsafe until that cave is blocked off, once the cave is blocked off properly (hopefully they listen to Link) then they can hide in there no problem.

  • @HoneebunnySapphire
    @HoneebunnySapphire Год назад +324

    The best part to me is that all of their worst defenses are facing Hyrule Castle, which, to their knowledge, is where their worst and strongest enemy is residing. That's where they should have the most protection of all!!

    • @spacebras
      @spacebras Год назад +21

      In their defense (haha) lookout landing was built in between game one and two :)

    • @randomnobody660
      @randomnobody660 Год назад +11

      ​@@spacebras eh. I'd say it's built entirely in game 2, some time between prologue and when link wakes up on the sky island.

    • @damiankaleomontero496
      @damiankaleomontero496 Год назад +9

      but Purah and the like all say they don't know if Gannon's in the castle, and for years it has been a very safe area, so assuming the monsters from the south are a bigger threat is not necessarily dumb.

    • @thenitpickchannel9993
      @thenitpickchannel9993 Год назад +7

      @@damiankaleomontero496 i know but then again the same castle that was once safe is no floating and had Gloom spewing from the bottom, so I’m not just gonna assume that Calamity 2 won’t happen. I’m surprised nobody had PTSD from the calamity and started fortifying that side of the fort immediately

    • @OffbrandDTraveler
      @OffbrandDTraveler Год назад +3

      @@damiankaleomontero496 Tbf I’d also wanna be better protected from the floating castle in which resides the highest concentration of evil substances in the whole kingdom /lh

  • @rickhemsfield4104
    @rickhemsfield4104 Год назад +330

    The multiple entrance thing really shows during the battle in gerudo town with the gibdos

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion Год назад +100

      I was looking to see if someone had already mentioned this. We actually see the problem of dividing defenses in action and that's in the town with secure stone walls and probably the most formally trained standing army (maybe rivaled by the Zora).
      And they didn't even address the real defensive problem: There's a gigantic window open to the desert leading directly to the throne room. There are no extra guards on it, and it's right next to one of the entrances to the emergency shelter. I wouldn't doubt this is how the Thunder Helm got stolen in BOTW. It's definitely not a secure location for a political leader, even one trained in combat.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Год назад +50

      @@BonaparteBardithion Riju briefly mentions they should "probably plug up the hole behind the throne." They never do.

    • @darrelsam419
      @darrelsam419 Год назад +26

      ​@@BonaparteBardithionYeah, I always found it hilarious that there's just a massive hole behind the throne. Like if anyone had a good enough aim they could just kill everyone in the throne room with a bow and a few arrows.

    • @gogokowai
      @gogokowai Год назад +23

      The view and the breeze are more important than the defense.

    • @taddad2641
      @taddad2641 Год назад +9

      @@gogokowai well be fair the breeze might be super important.

  • @Spookyguy223
    @Spookyguy223 Год назад +93

    I’d love to see more analyses like this! I love stuff where you apply a real world out look on stuff in video game!

  • @gavros9636
    @gavros9636 Год назад +26

    The spike trap things are interesting as this isn't the first game they show up in, they appear in Skyrim too and are used there as destructible blockades to block entrances that should of had portcutlesses but didn't.

  • @joshmccormack9375
    @joshmccormack9375 Год назад +784

    Don’t forget that the Escape Tunnel is to escape Hyrule Castle itself, not Lookout

    • @dogman15
      @dogman15 Год назад +138

      And 100+ years ago, it was probably much easier to traverse. No need to swim or destroy rocks.

    • @webbowser8834
      @webbowser8834 Год назад +90

      Oh sure, originally I'm sure it served it's purpose admirably.
      At this time though, it's a monster-infested liability. I actually think Pirate was being overly generous in his analysis of the escape tunnel, it really does not serve any beneficial purpose to the Hylians in its current state and would require a *massive* effort to make it anything other than yet another entry point into the landing.

    • @calebjones7868
      @calebjones7868 Год назад +16

      also it hasn't been properly Maintained for over a hundred years due to Ganon shenanigans

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 Год назад +12

      It literally leads to where the monsters are coming from, they're better off with it being sealed

    • @brlin
      @brlin Год назад +13

      The rocks are there possibly because when the royal people flee from the castle, they bombed the escape tunnel to discourage the chasing enemy from approaching.

  • @shiners3328
    @shiners3328 Год назад +895

    Did you know the castle sucks at being easily defensible? Thing got taken over TWICE

    • @strawdeath263
      @strawdeath263 Год назад +341

      To be fair, those invasions both happened from within, rather than being due to an external offensive.

    • @Spygirl812
      @Spygirl812 Год назад +19

      Yeah fair

    • @atlantic85
      @atlantic85 Год назад +142

      @@strawdeath263Exactly, most castles that lose sieges tend to be due to inside jobs. A good case in point is Corfe Castle during the English Civil War. Survived for four years, and then someone showed the Parliamentarians the sally-port.

    • @oliverwatson6634
      @oliverwatson6634 Год назад +67

      ​@@strawdeath263 then don't hide sealed mummies in the basement

    • @chunkyrager
      @chunkyrager Год назад +41

      true, but it got taken over by a demonlike being with almost unimaginable power (twice) , if it was another normal armky (or even a monster army) it wouldn't have been taken over.

  • @Smallbox-v9v
    @Smallbox-v9v Год назад +308

    I feel like although the lookout landing was supposed to give link a sort of starting base to stay in, it could’ve had more special moments that made it more than just an outpost. Some ideas would be like a horde of monsters start invading the lookout landing and you have to help the soldiers fend off the monsters. Things like that would make the lookout landing feel a bit more special or atleast feel more like an important part to your adventure than just a house of men and beginnings of fan art.

    • @jarkiplier
      @jarkiplier Год назад +9

      Beginnings of fan art hahahaha

    • @wetmanux54
      @wetmanux54 Год назад +29

      Like the gibdo attack on gerudo town, but more

    • @quinndaniels1928
      @quinndaniels1928 Год назад +18

      @@wetmanux54 yeah, that's a good point. I did the Gerudo quest line before any of the others (really was hoping to see the Gerudo Vai outfit return and was willing to complete all the quests in case it was unlockable. Not upset about that at all,,,,,,) and it kinda made me think that the other questlines would also include some sort of seige event. That was way before I learned of the monster forces side adventures, though. But it would have been cool to see the different races fight and defend alongside each other, more than just the sages.

    • @seelcudoom1
      @seelcudoom1 10 месяцев назад

      it should have been ganondorfs army instead of them just being in a pit you jump in you actually rally hyrules forces to invade the castle and ganondorf sends his army to put a stop to it, and you get reinforcements from the various side quests you did

  • @JoshuaEisenbart
    @JoshuaEisenbart Год назад +10

    Lookout Landing was probably built in two different phases and mindsets: the first was before the Upheaval, and the second was after. We know that Zelda herself commissioned Hudson Construction to build Lookout Landing, and that the Skyview Towers were designed to work with the Purah Pad, so it must've been started before the Upheaval. However, since the mini-stable and general shop are not finished until after Link makes his way back there, it is safe to say much of it was finished while Link was still on the Great Sky Island. In particular, I believe that the gates, Purah's house, and the Skyview Tower were all built, or at least started, before the Upheaval. This is evidenced by the handrails/minimal crenelations, the sheer importance of those aspects, and, most subtly, the much higher build quality: the boards are much closer together, and the ramparts have a neater edge. This also explains why so many of the flaws in Lookout Landings defenses are at these points: they were built with the mindset of a base of operations(or BoO) for rebuilding and research, not defense. The second phase saw the construction of the walls, and began after the Upheaval. This is evidenced by the larger crenelations and slopier fit of the boards. This also explains why boards were used instead of logs: they were originally cut because Hudson Construction intended to build a BoO, not a fort, and had to be repurposed. Also, something to note about its placement, and the tunnels: the stone bunker was there long before the fort was. Lookout Landing was specifically built around the ruins of the ancient knighting grounds of Hyrule, and the game mentions several times that the tunnel was in fact an emergency escape route FROM Hyrule Castle TO the Emergency Shelter, while implying that it is 100's, if not 1,000's, of years old. That is why it is in such bad shape. However, it is not as if they aren't trying to make up for all these flaws. The northern gate is both the narrowest one, and the only one that stays closed, while Purah herself maintains a constant watch of Hyrule Castle. Also, the placement of the spikes on the north side are particularly clever. The north side of Lookout Landing has the most trees, and placing spikes between them, as they did, will certainly slow down any would-be attackers, simply by creating a enough obstacles. Yes, the monsters at Fort Hateno certainly did install more spikes, but those are extremely flimsy, and can be broken with a single swing of a 2-handed weapon, requiring constant replacement. The spikes around Lookout Landing can't be broken in-game, though the laws of reality mean they aren't invincible.

  • @dameonlarouge4044
    @dameonlarouge4044 11 месяцев назад +8

    This immediately made me think of a version of Link where Zelda lent him the Triforce of Wisdom. Immediately walking around Hyrule-doing quests, being brave-but also questioning every defense strategy out there 😂❤

  • @viperleviathan9021
    @viperleviathan9021 Год назад +466

    Also, presuming Ganon's army have a decent amount of intelligence, the lack of a roof mean's they're SCREWED. One, Moblins are able to chuck Bokos, so if they get close enough to throw them over the ramparts (or that RAILING), the enemy has breached the castle. Two, arrows can be shot upwards to rain down on the unprotected people inside. And third, and this is the one that really poses a problem, AEROCUDAS. These things are intelligent enough to steal weapons and bring in reinforcement Bokos, as seen in Tulin's questline. All it takes are a few of them flying over with Bomb Barrels (which they do carry in the depths) and the whole structure is done for.

    • @sarowie
      @sarowie Год назад +67

      The could be a cool scene where the Yiga act as semi-commanders of the Monsters.
      The Yiga sure have the intel. The only question is if the monsters would listen to the Yiga.

    • @brycebitetti1402
      @brycebitetti1402 Год назад +25

      ​@sarowie I highly doubt it. The Yiga are mostly incompetent anyways, but the monsters don't seem to listen to anyone other than Ganon.

    • @aidanhammans9337
      @aidanhammans9337 Год назад +21

      @Entropy8132A talus is a maybe, but presuming Mineru was there, she could metal slap a Silver Moblin till it dies. What we should really be wary of is Gloom Spawn.

    • @FartSmella99
      @FartSmella99 Год назад +9

      also, can't lizalflos jump like really high? like high enough to jump over the moat, and then the wall?

    • @boggle4763
      @boggle4763 Год назад +24

      Plot twist: the skyview tower turns into a giant guardian and destroys all the bokos

  • @Sheylenna
    @Sheylenna Год назад +182

    I think one of the reasons Lookout Landing is built so strangely is because it was built as a residence first... then they added the tower. When the miasma started, they probably started fortifying it and used the planks they were using to build more buildings to build the wall. Also, the area they built in was already a lake with 4 entrances they had to bring in soil to make the landing as it is in TotK since it's the sacred ground ruins the lake was much larger in BotW.

    • @lunyxappocalypse7071
      @lunyxappocalypse7071 8 месяцев назад +1

      Thats a good point, but if so they technically could of created an outer wall.
      That is what's traditionally done.

  • @brycebitetti1402
    @brycebitetti1402 Год назад +86

    To be fair, I don't think that the place was really designed as a fort at all. It was likely just a research center setup by Purah and Zelda before the Upheaval happened and defenses were hastily grafted onto it. It also makes sense given that Hyrule has no formal military, only a handful of volunteers as a part of the Monster Control Crew, who I'd assume were only formed recently.

  • @samhughes729
    @samhughes729 Год назад +17

    I’m gonna be honest, I love this video and I would love to see more like this. Seeing the contrast between media and realism is so much fun.

  • @cowhale
    @cowhale Год назад +12

    The wooden spikes at 13:55 remind me a lot of the earthworks used in the American Civil War. Pamplin Historical Park has some recreations of them. Not sure if that’s the same thing, but the size of the spikes and the angle they’re at looks similar.

  • @lavenderpants8695
    @lavenderpants8695 Год назад +311

    I thought it was a big miss to nit have a Lookout Landing defense mission like the one in Gerudo Town. I figured it would be one of the final missions and was surprised that didnt happen.

    • @sarowie
      @sarowie Год назад +44

      oh - that sounds like fun! And the more main objectives you have unlocked, the more defenders you have.
      Most people would have support from the major races, but speed runners would have to way less support!
      Heck: We could even tie back the Yigas into it: If you have defeated master Koga, no Master Koga. Koga not defeated? Koga in a Mech Suit!

    • @goshdarnwizard
      @goshdarnwizard Год назад +15

      That was exactly what I was thinking and that whole protect gerudo town segment was honestly one of my favorite things about that quest.

    • @GamePlan692
      @GamePlan692 Год назад +11

      It could have happened when Ganon summons the blood moon at the end of the game

    • @lavenderpants8695
      @lavenderpants8695 Год назад

      @@sarowie exactly!

    • @brycebitetti1402
      @brycebitetti1402 Год назад +13

      ​@GamePlan692 Or maybe we could move that Blood Moon moment from when Purah spots Zelda at Hyrule Castle to after The Sages save Link from Phantom Ganon. You have to race back to Lookout Landing to defend it. Though, I'm unsure if the engine could even handle a scenario like that at all.

  • @thecjgameworld4013
    @thecjgameworld4013 Год назад +156

    So about the tunnel, it was always there but nobody currently knew about it, you can only discover it because the sweeper accidentally broke the small secret entrace open.

    • @lukew8337
      @lukew8337 Год назад +28

      It was also made to be an escape from the castle thousands of years ago.

    • @Dave01Rhodes
      @Dave01Rhodes Год назад +30

      Yeah, and the Upheaval messed around with the ground, opening up a bunch of caves. The escape tunnel probably got trashed by it.

  • @TheQuilavaQueen
    @TheQuilavaQueen Год назад +97

    I like that you did all of this without acknowledging that they used wooden defences against enemies that we know can and will imbue their weapons and arrows WITH THE POWER OF FIRE. And have flying creatures that could just supply drop monsters into the inside of the castle.
    But in all seriousness fantastic video, and I'd love to see something like this for Fort Hateno, Gerudo City or Hyrule Castle itself.

    • @Kyonari
      @Kyonari Год назад +3

      I mean this is something that only started not that long ago for them and I doubt any of them can see into the future

    • @lunyxappocalypse7071
      @lunyxappocalypse7071 8 месяцев назад +2

      True, it really should be at least a combination of stone and wood, like how the a'viking people made them. One huge advantage with wood is that it is (relatively) easily replaceable, but that does not help when your whole base fort is made up of it.

  • @JustaBi182
    @JustaBi182 Год назад +8

    I don't know why this concept makes me so happy, also STORMIN THE CASTLE, ITS PERFECT

  • @Miss_Rydia
    @Miss_Rydia Год назад +17

    This was really interesting! I'd love more videos on the architecture around Hyrule.

  • @FIamestalker
    @FIamestalker Год назад +353

    There should've been a defence mission for Lookout Landing, there even was a good, dramatic moment for it too if it was placed right after the fight with the Phantoms in the Castle

    • @ricardoac0380
      @ricardoac0380 Год назад +24

      I hope they add this mission as part of a DLC.

    • @Isuream6331
      @Isuream6331 Год назад +15

      I think it actually should have occurred during that blood moon cutscene

    • @atlantic85
      @atlantic85 Год назад +4

      That would be sick

    • @atlantic85
      @atlantic85 Год назад +24

      We did get a similar thing in the Gerudo town quest

    • @solarwreathe3789
      @solarwreathe3789 Год назад +41

      I was dead certain that would happen both after the gerudo defense, and seeing how npcs from each regional town moved into lookout after completing their respective quests. you have gerudo soldiers at the entrances and a zora army training there, it seemed obvious.

  • @annamariaupdates
    @annamariaupdates Год назад +451

    i would literally love for you to analyze other settlements like zora’s domain!!! so so cool, great vid man

    • @ciarz_
      @ciarz_ Год назад +15

      This would turn into the greatest hissy fits ever, since most of these are just villages, not forts.

    • @Preston241
      @Preston241 Год назад +7

      Good idea! I think the other races primary settlements are all fairly well defended. Critiques could be made but all of them have a good combination of natural defences, and play well to their respective denizen’s martial abilities.

    • @twinzzlers
      @twinzzlers Год назад +4

      ​@@ciarz_A good settlement, especially if it's important, is well defended

    • @personofpowera.b.c990
      @personofpowera.b.c990 Год назад

      I agree!!

    • @personofpowera.b.c990
      @personofpowera.b.c990 Год назад +7

      I feel like Rito Village would be the best because they could just break the bridge. Same with Zora’s domain, but it would be harder to rebuild afterwards. The gerudo, we saw how that worked. It literally shows that if link wasn’t there, they’d be wiped out!! And goron city doesn’t have anything. It’s just a town, only thing protecting it is that it’s on the side of a volcano and it’s harder to get to.

  • @amythistfire5042
    @amythistfire5042 Год назад +5

    I think the spikes in the ground used to span around the entire fort, but through battles and lack of upkeep, there ended up being only a few left. After the initial upheaval, the enemies stopped directly attacking the fort, so they didn't need to keep maintaining them.

  • @hollysabala
    @hollysabala Год назад +7

    Now I really want a series out of this, for other parts of the game and even other games too

  • @colindowney08
    @colindowney08 Год назад +315

    Theoretically the Aracudas could carry enemy forces from above and drop them in the fort

    • @potato3.732
      @potato3.732 Год назад +48

      Then again the Rito could shoot them down from the air.
      Edit: If they were given bows.

    • @canadianoctopus1479
      @canadianoctopus1479 Год назад +33

      @@potato3.732 The Aracudas could carry bomb barrels so if they got shot down they would still do damage.

    • @potato3.732
      @potato3.732 Год назад +7

      @@canadianoctopus1479 if Link was there he could use recall but if he wasn’t there would be trouble.

    • @canadianoctopus1479
      @canadianoctopus1479 Год назад +28

      @@potato3.732 If link was in any battle his side would win

    • @colindowney08
      @colindowney08 Год назад +2

      @@potato3.732 true that’s actually a good idea

  • @Burrito25
    @Burrito25 Год назад +115

    I mean, most of the defenses were put in place quickly after the upheaval, so to do all of these defenses in at most a few weeks is impressive. At least they don't cower in villages and die as they did in the calamity

    • @JPSIWA_333
      @JPSIWA_333 Год назад +2

      Why does everyone have that pfp?

    • @Burrito25
      @Burrito25 Год назад +2

      @@JPSIWA_333 oh its just some inside joke with another channel

    • @alastryona
      @alastryona Год назад +8

      There's also no building sized death robots anymore, which probably helps. (that + any fighters in this era of hyrule would be used to fighting bokos since they're so common)

    • @cyrilwiddershoven6437
      @cyrilwiddershoven6437 Год назад

      @@JPSIWA_333 cuz of a channel called cdotkom hes a nintendo youtuber and he made this like one of those pngtubers his movement with the koroks.
      Yahaha

    • @jstar3382
      @jstar3382 Год назад +1

      Honestly man I think they had a month or 2. A lot has happened in the time link was out

  • @Joe_334
    @Joe_334 Год назад +33

    I like how Purah made sure her room was on the second floor. Everyone else gets the ground level, or underground, lol.

  • @jaydenwan5760
    @jaydenwan5760 Год назад +4

    12:29 those spikes design are similar to those used by the ancient Chinese ,they are usually placed in front of the gate of a fort to stop battle rams and cavalry

  • @Matthias_Prudholm
    @Matthias_Prudholm 7 дней назад +1

    13:50 those are a kind of large wooden barricade if you played “the forest” it’s a type of giant structure that’s more so used against anti-large or vehicles alongside being much more firm cover, hence the spikes as it was also used against horses in some times of war. This type of defense is also seen around in some parts of “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” and was usually put at the bottom of walls of some fortifications, in the media and even ancient times they were still put at the bottom of walls to deter partners to climb or scale the walls, other times used as an obstacle to stop siege machines. Is it the best thing… no not really as it can be used as resources for the enemy or as cover for them… but it is one way to attempt slowdown of siege towers or charges. Oh and for their name they are called a “Palisade”

  • @PaxtonGillette-ge7pk
    @PaxtonGillette-ge7pk Год назад +100

    The thing is they didnt know about the secret tunnel, so they cant have predicted that it would be that treacherous

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion Год назад +5

      Yeah, but you don't have to go far in to found out it's infested and they don't do much to re-block the entrance once it's uncovered.

    • @PaxtonGillette-ge7pk
      @PaxtonGillette-ge7pk Год назад +9

      @@BonaparteBardithion yes, but link is the only one to go into the tunnel, and I think that the end of the world is more pressing than sealing off a tunnel

    • @YourCrazyDolphin
      @YourCrazyDolphin Год назад

      ​@@PaxtonGillette-ge7pkI mean, sealing off that tunnel is a very important step to not getting attacked by the world-ending monster.

    • @PaxtonGillette-ge7pk
      @PaxtonGillette-ge7pk Год назад

      @@YourCrazyDolphin how would they seal it off? wood? also if im correct theres a stalnox in that tunnel, and theres no way a stalnox cant break through some wood.

    • @YourCrazyDolphin
      @YourCrazyDolphin Год назад

      @@PaxtonGillette-ge7pk The stalnox definitely can't fit into the end part of the cave.
      Wood fortifications are still reasonably effective once reinforced, after all the entire fort being wood isn't seen as a problem on its own. Alternatively literally just roll a big rock in front of it, the top entrance is large enough to lower whatever materials are needed down there on a pulley.

  • @FIamestalker
    @FIamestalker Год назад +104

    The moat was already there in Breath of the Wild, it was a -park- big fountain. They repurposed the already existing water into a moat, they didn't dig it out themselves so there wouldn't have been any excess dirt to use. In fact they did the opposite, partially filled it in to make more room for the other structures they needed

    • @leobankowski7682
      @leobankowski7682 Год назад +6

      it was a fountain

    • @FIamestalker
      @FIamestalker Год назад +16

      True, I remembered it being more than that. It was big fountain though, perfect to hide the secret emergency shelter.

  • @mitwhitgaming7722
    @mitwhitgaming7722 Год назад +420

    As someone who loves history, I always enjoy videos that apply real history to fictional settings. 😁
    Yeah, you would think with Lynels essentially be super cavalry, they would have more of those _cheral de frise_ around the fort. If I were in command, I would probably have them put 2 or 3 layers of them, because screw Lynels! 😅

    • @TheBreadPirate
      @TheBreadPirate  Год назад +43

      Ayy, thanks Mit!

    • @BowlOSoup6661
      @BowlOSoup6661 Год назад +2

      *that

    • @mitwhitgaming7722
      @mitwhitgaming7722 Год назад +19

      ​@@TheBreadPirateYou said you haven't done Gerudo Town yet, but this video applies double for them!

    • @ChrisCalebDaniel
      @ChrisCalebDaniel 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@TheBreadPirateIf you were wondering if hylians have religious services, they do and they pray to someone named hylia. Skyward sword gets a bit more deeper into it. Hopefully this helps! 😅

  • @tamus4655
    @tamus4655 Год назад +4

    I think that the moat had actually already been dug out (and the excess dirt therefore gone) when lookout landing was established-I remember that area of the map was a circle garden in botw

  • @ItatsuMagnatsa
    @ItatsuMagnatsa 5 месяцев назад +2

    The Spike Walls you were talking about are actually supposed to be at the Base of a Wall surrounding it to Deter the Enemy from bringing Ladders, Climbing Ropes, and just charging in at the Wall for Cover from tge Archers who could not shoot Straight Down.
    Which is where Shad's Video on the Subject of Medieval Walls and Castles comes into Play here.

  • @remmistein
    @remmistein Год назад +38

    It would be super interesting if you did a separate video that focuses on the 32 unique Yiga encampments that populate the four distinct regions of the Depths. In contrast to Lookout Landing, these camps do a great job at providing offense and defense!

  • @wbutzke1
    @wbutzke1 Год назад +31

    It would have been cool to have had a quest where you protect Lookout landing from charging enemies. Similar to the part in gerudo town. Could have been part of the Monster Forces quests

    • @shineinstars
      @shineinstars Год назад

      omg yes that would've been so fun

  • @orangeapples
    @orangeapples Год назад +78

    In their defense, when you fight the Demon King’s Army it’s like 40 enemies.

    • @Mysticgamer
      @Mysticgamer Год назад +2

      And then he summons the regional bosses.

    • @xinpingdonohoe3978
      @xinpingdonohoe3978 Год назад +1

      ​@@Mysticgamer Marbled Gohma would simply remove Lookout Landing. Giant flaming explosives and wood don't mix.

  • @falinasilvertail
    @falinasilvertail Год назад +3

    0:20 IRL, the only castles we still have around these days are due to them being the only ones that were made from stone, which last considerably longer than wooden castles. It also helps if the castle was larger, as a larger castle's building materials would need more time to be depleted by scavengers, thus destroying it by means of reusing it's materials for new structures.

  • @MaxWelton
    @MaxWelton 8 месяцев назад +2

    20:03 in an emergency, the shopkeeper would be happy to appropriate her wares to the troops to defend the castle

  • @davidfitzpatrick6535
    @davidfitzpatrick6535 Год назад +9

    21:48 hey never underestimate the importance of having cooks for ur army. If u're army is starving they're going to lose the will to fight FAST.

  • @grookeymon
    @grookeymon Год назад +34

    He just gave us a history lesson about castles in a zelda video.

  • @monkeysgame172
    @monkeysgame172 Год назад +58

    Was really hoping after the phantom ganon fight that you would have to rush back to the fortand defend it, but the result being that the fort gets completely destroyed and they have to move somewhere else and hide

  • @mapdoor1418
    @mapdoor1418 Год назад +6

    If Lookout landing was built before the upheaval then Hyrule Castle wouldn't have been a threat to the fort when it was built. Also the escape tunnel was probably originally used for the royal family 100 years ago with the people in Lookout landing discovering it by accident. Which would explain why the tunnel is in such a bad state

  • @west3Dgaming
    @west3Dgaming Год назад +8

    When the seal opened up to reveal the underground bunker was one of my favorite moments of the game. I kind of wish you could close and open it again

  • @BowlOSoup6661
    @BowlOSoup6661 Год назад +27

    You can see just how different these videos are from some of your older ones, and I love it, the editing is great. Good video even though I haven't even watched the whole thing yet.

  • @harleylopes6057
    @harleylopes6057 Год назад +13

    Really cool video!! Lookout landing is the closest thing Hyrule has to an actual castle rn
    Would love to see you do this to the Zora castle, the Gerudo town and the Yiga base!

  • @inflitor
    @inflitor Год назад +5

    14:00 those Wood Spikes Coupe be a defense against Hinoxes. They Could step in them and then Fall over. But yeah they arent very efrective Like this

  • @FirstNameLastName-my7ct
    @FirstNameLastName-my7ct Год назад +3

    The reason why you can’t find any bows or arrows I because they are trying to prevent Link from stealing all of their equipment.

  • @ultrajesper2
    @ultrajesper2 Год назад +10

    Remember, this Fort is a colab between Hudson construction and the mad scientist Purah. The latter who got the "brillant" idea of having Skyview Towers need to hurl the user into sky leaving no one but Link able to use them. So blame Purah

    • @TheBreadPirate
      @TheBreadPirate  Год назад +4

      Way to go Purah. 😤

    • @Shinntoku
      @Shinntoku Год назад +4

      In fairness, I think other characters *could* use a paraglider, otherwise it would be weird for the Hateno Dye Shop to offer a glider customization service

    • @kit76149
      @kit76149 Год назад +4

      @@Shinntoku Age of Calamity shows other people could use a paraglider. It's just a case that there needs to be an excuse like "only Link is brave enough" for us to have this be a quest and something we need to unlock in gameplay.

  • @riptidedune
    @riptidedune Год назад +12

    This is Hyrule. There are flying redeads, giant spider robots with powerful lasers, a flying version of that, puddles of horror that try to grab you, the sky is freaking falling, there’s massive tri-eyed flying beasts, and a clan who uses literal magic and bs to wipe out the enemies of Ganon. Nowhere is safe 😭

    • @TheBreadPirate
      @TheBreadPirate  Год назад +8

      We are DEAD! 😭
      It was nice knowing your Riptide.

    • @leothebugnerd
      @leothebugnerd Год назад +1

      its ok the spider robots mysteriously vanished after the events of botw, never to be seen again.
      now we only have to worry about literally everything else :)

  • @starblade8719
    @starblade8719 Год назад +15

    I mean I never thought of it as something that even needed defending until now, considering it was built before the return of the monsters. They likely would have built somewhere that wasn’t next to next to the root of all evil otherwise

    • @alexandernelson3703
      @alexandernelson3703 Год назад +4

      Not to mention that before the Upheaval Hyrule Castle was A: on the ground and B: presumably under Hylian control. There's a reason the most lightly defended side is facing TOWARDS the castle, it's literally the last place they would be expecting an attack from. Heck the fact that's it's called 'Lookout Landing' implies that it was originally supposed to be a literal lookout tower to warn the castle town and castle proper, rather than a defensive base in it's own right

  • @personofpowera.b.c990
    @personofpowera.b.c990 Год назад +5

    Honestly, I can imagine you as link criticizing lookout landing and almost loosing his mind over it 😂 your voice is kinda what I imagine when I think about what link would sound like 👍 THIS VIDEO WAS SO GOOD!!! THANK YOU!!!

  • @BrickfistYT
    @BrickfistYT Год назад +11

    You know its a wonderful day when the bread pirate uploads a 25 minute video!

  • @pokadotplot
    @pokadotplot Год назад +19

    Great video. I love your content. Maybe do a comparison video on the other citadels of the other races or groups? Eg: Gerudo hideout and or city, Zora town, Yiga clan, etc.

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion Год назад +2

      Gerudo Town and the Yiga Hideout would make particular interesting case studies since we see both get invaded (the latter by a one-man army).
      Fort Hateno would be an interesting one as well since, as he mentioned, it has enough value as a fortification that the monsters are repurposing it.

  • @joelhemphill8005
    @joelhemphill8005 Год назад +6

    I think the 'anti-calvery' stakes are probably designed for use against Hinox. Sure, they aren't calvery, but I think they serve a similar role to something like a war-elephant (alongside the battle talus)

  • @PhantomsnowAlexa
    @PhantomsnowAlexa Год назад +5

    I like to believe that lookout landing has a few surprises for unwanted monsters. There could be hidden guardian tech stashed away awaiting some foolish monsters to come.

  • @ForDeutschland
    @ForDeutschland Год назад +3

    In loving memory of the warm doublet, may he rest in piece

    • @xinpingdonohoe3978
      @xinpingdonohoe3978 Год назад

      I used to be able to mix a Ruby Circlet, Warm Doublet and Snow Boots. Proper snow traversal, without having an incomplete Snowquill set or erroneous weapons.
      And now the first cold resistance you get clashes with Snow Boots...

  • @ChromeShade
    @ChromeShade 11 месяцев назад +1

    This makes me think it would have been really fun if we had a big battle at lookout landing like this! The bokos trying to take over and you have to defend it. Would have been so fun haha

  • @littlebulldog26
    @littlebulldog26 Год назад +6

    I love this video so much! Maybe you should do videos reviewing the defenses of other major settlements around hyrule, such as rito village, hateno village, Zora’s domain, Gerudo town, and more!

  • @Oldgeezershadow
    @Oldgeezershadow Год назад +9

    16:30 there’s a chapel in Twilight Princess’ Snowpeak ruins. Given it was likely owned by a side branch of the royal family or someone of high importance in Hyrule (the comfortable mansion portion bearing a coat-of-arms along with the fortress portion that’s heavily implied to be for cultivating the Dark Hammers lends credence to this), probably yes.

    • @S.I.L.
      @S.I.L. Год назад +1

      Also churches in ALttP and ALBW. Even in BotW and TotK Kapson the Zora is a priest.

    • @genralgaming5317
      @genralgaming5317 Год назад +1

      In AOC the temple of time appears to be used for religious services

  • @eevee_awsom2631
    @eevee_awsom2631 Год назад +9

    The pseudo-Cheval De Frise things are pretty much just makeshift barriers, like you said though, the monsters have already made those better, therefor they would know how to avoid them

  • @happyaerer
    @happyaerer Год назад +1

    This video was really cool and interesting. I wasn't planning on watching a 25 minutes video, but it was well paced and interesting enough to keep me watching and I think you made a great video.

  • @Ralyx0
    @Ralyx0 8 месяцев назад +1

    17:40 "You could use it to escape from here in case of things going south." That was funny, since the monsters would in fact be going south.

  • @Overdrive-_-
    @Overdrive-_- Год назад +19

    Ganon wouldn't even have to siege the fort, he could just use his army to get inside it easily
    Also Slergo and Offrak(the goron boys) are the best soldiers

    • @arcticfluffyfoxy
      @arcticfluffyfoxy Год назад +2

      They are absolutely the best soldiers they're also really good cannonballs
      edit
      Imagine giving them little iron armour and just bowling them into the enemies it would be so funny
      this is why gorons are so strong
      when they roll nothing can stop them

    • @Overdrive-_-
      @Overdrive-_- Год назад +1

      @@arcticfluffyfoxy An unstoppable force vs movable objects

    • @arcticfluffyfoxy
      @arcticfluffyfoxy Год назад

      @@Overdrive-_- LOL

  • @SiriusGG
    @SiriusGG Год назад +9

    Yo, you may mock the spikey traps around 14:30 all you like, but you got NO idea how often I actually ran into them. So yes, they work against (stupid) infantry, which Bokoblin could arguably counted as.

  • @OmegaChip
    @OmegaChip Год назад +11

    Really like this concept, you should do this for more places in this game

  • @MaxWelton
    @MaxWelton 8 месяцев назад +1

    11:27 I have a feeling the word is “ingenious,” but I see why you went with “ingenuity”

  • @BisexualPlagueDoctor
    @BisexualPlagueDoctor Год назад +3

    The spikes were most likely intended to act as a deterrent, but would realistically have served better as something lining the moat, or something that could be dropped infront of weaker defenses (although not nearly as large for the latter)
    Defending the moat is useful because lizalfos, and hinox

  • @theyoshigang2009
    @theyoshigang2009 Год назад +13

    It would’ve been amazing if there was a mission where you had to defend Lookout Landing.

  • @samal1244
    @samal1244 Год назад +5

    I like how at 21:03 the purrah pad labels that NPC as an agricultural prostitute.

  • @hunterdauer5832
    @hunterdauer5832 Год назад +1

    8:47 “Your underestimating the intelligence of Gannondwarfs army!”
    Meanwhile Bokoblins during a lightning storm.

  • @danielsieker9927
    @danielsieker9927 Год назад +1

    To be fair, I think the escape tunnel was originally constructed millenia ago and were meant as an escape from hyrule castle, and then forgotten; if not early on, at latest during the calamity.

  • @the_dragonlord7689
    @the_dragonlord7689 Год назад +5

    The tunnels were meant to get from the castle (when it was being used by Hylians) to get to the shelter.

  • @FoxDog1080
    @FoxDog1080 Год назад +5

    13:00
    This type of defense is just commonly found in videogames with castle defenses
    Idk where it originates, but it's probably those archer stakes after decades of videogame evolution

  • @BlitzerXYZ
    @BlitzerXYZ Год назад +8

    8:42 Ganondorf's forces can be confused by a crude mask. I think you are overestimating them a bit

    • @NeilAumaster
      @NeilAumaster Год назад

      Except is not the mask that's fooling them, is the smell coming from it, making you smell like boko
      If what I heard is true anyway

    • @BlitzerXYZ
      @BlitzerXYZ Год назад

      @@NeilAumaster if it were just the smell then Link would never anger them because he definitely smells like a Boko with all the horns he carries. Sight plays a role. The smell may help but sight is definitely more important

    • @NeilAumaster
      @NeilAumaster Год назад

      @@BlitzerXYZ Yeah, that makes sense

    • @rsnnramlall9642
      @rsnnramlall9642 Год назад +1

      cough cough majora's mask

  • @SirPanikalot778
    @SirPanikalot778 Год назад +2

    I would also like to point out the usage of the skyview tower as an escape route
    (now I have no idea how useful being launched into the sky might be in warfare)
    but assuming that each person has a paraglider, evacuation would be decently simple.

  • @JGPlunder
    @JGPlunder Год назад +1

    The Hylians have control over the ground level of the castle, so lookout landing is protecting from the south, they retreat to the castle walls. There is even guards at the gates

  • @bkking18
    @bkking18 Год назад +6

    Are you a fan of Shadiveristy? He does videos similar to this and I love them! You should do Gerudo Town too, it blows my mind that the throne rooms is just open to the desert in the back.

  • @mikeavagianos9660
    @mikeavagianos9660 Год назад +5

    You’re a madman. This video is way better researches than it has any right to be. Great content! I like shorter videos in general, but still sunk fully into this one.
    I also love that you’re already making videos but haven’t finished the game yet. I’m also a slow gamer (with a one year old) so it makes me feel like less of a “slacker.”

    • @TheBreadPirate
      @TheBreadPirate  Год назад +4

      Thanks for the compliments Mike! And don't worry about finishing the game quickly. Savor it.