When to go exploring ?

[sad_drone]

Hi, i was wondering when is the time for me to sidetrack and hunt for 100 completion ? is it something i should do all the time, or after some point in game ? Are there any areas i cant come back to ?

[Groen90]

After you finish the game you can't go back... so just avoid finishing if you want 100%.
Usually what I do in these games is I try to keep a mental note of the places I couldn't access the first time, then after I get a new ability I backtrack.
In the Definitive Edition all the areas are accessible after clearing them, not sure about a certain ability cell in Misty Woods though, that one might still be missable...

[LinkSamus3]

Originally posted by Groen90:

After you finish the game you can't go back... so just avoid finishing if you want 100%.

Actually you can in the Definitive Edition. Anyway, just think when you get a new Ancestral Tree ability about any place you've been (or not quite been able to get to yet) where you could use your new ability. It won't be every time, but often. Especially after you finish Thornfelt Swamp.

[Groen90]

Originally posted by vibs:

Originally posted by Groen90:

After you finish the game you can't go back... so just avoid finishing if you want 100%.

Actually you can in the Definitive Edition. Anyway, just think when you get a new Ancestral Tree ability about any place you've been (or not quite been able to get to yet) where you could use your new ability. It won't be every time, but often. Especially after you finish Thornfelt Swamp.

You can reload a completed savegame? I just never tried, lol

[mrozdoba]

Sort of. With DE you can reload the file - you will be placed at the final point of no return entrance. However, the save file won't reflect any of the progress you made in that final section. It's quite bizarre.

For example, I finished the story then reloaded & 100%'d the game. My final time for the 100%'d game was less than the time recorded by my previous saves within the final story section. Same with all aspects of progress, for instance Horu shows as still incomplete in my post 100% save even though I had hours before completed the story.

I understand that as the story changes the game world, in order to avoid needing to redesign areas just for post story game play, they place you back into the world before the end game events. However imho the save file should remember your progress, that's the whole damned point of being able to save the game's state.

[Tiago]

When I first played, I returned to previous areas pretty much any time when I got a new ability. But strictly speaking, you can return any time you want. The definitive edition makes it easier because not you can warp between Spirit Wells.

[sad_drone]

Thanks for all responses, i was mainly worried for the locations i can not return to. Since i dont like meeting obstacles that i cant beat (at least not without later abilities) i will leave exploration to just before end of the game.