What Does Breath of the Wild Look Like Without Cel Shading?

[@Samuraisaac]

This video has been blowing up lately for no reason lol, if you like BotW videos I did 2 others you can check out on my channel (in my opinion they are better than this one)

[@Mewtwo-xi5og]

You watched try not to peee?

[@Mewtwo-xi5og]

That was a good vi tho keep up the work!

[@espzulia]

How about stop threatening my favorite speed runner

[@randomeo1957]

there was a lot of reason, this is a great video!

[@llamaboijules1292]

we want that point crow collab

[@neptunites]

i personally really prefer the cel shading. i think the plasticy look really works for games like link's awakening, but in botw the soft lighting and glowy effects really add to the atmosphere.

[@joelcomer]

Yeah I love it

[@catsinwonderland7473]

Me too. Really makes a good difference.

[@froppii]

Botw without cell shading isnt botw

[@skyriotAndKadeGaming]

Regular shading doesn't result it to look plastic by default though, its that Link's character model and textures weren't made in mind for that in mind

[@surtr8489]

its because they didnt have roughness map. i wonder how its look like if they add roughness maps

[@koalanectar9382]

The cel shading is absolutely essential. Especially because only characters are cel shaded; the environment isn't. That creates a visual dynamic that is constantly stimulating the eye and steering gameplay. It was one of many brilliant decisions that made me sink so many hours into this game.

[@Joe_334]

Perhaps that is why the Tunic of the Skies set looks great on Link in the Vanilla game. I can't say the same about the tunic of the wind set though, because he is so tall.

[@dreadlordhg360]

What

[@lardmanfilp2991]

hi koala nectar

[@koalanectar9382]

@@lardmanfilp2991 hi :)

[@TheGuitarnob]

nope this is not true... the rocks and tress too withouth shading... for me looks better

[@Joe_334]

And when it rains in-game, Link looks like a toy left in the rain, lol.

[@nustunderscore1146]

This is giving me toy story vibes

[@applehazeva2739]

@@nustunderscore1146 isnt smash bros basically nintendo toy story becouse everyone is a amiboo?

[@sealdew5348]

@@applehazeva2739 I now want an amiibo of boo

[@Giggles_iJest]

Definitely has a more "next-gen" feel but I think wouldn't hold up as much 10 years from now

[@Samuraisaac]

Lol, absolutely true

[@PeninatorSS]

It doesn't hold up today

[@HypercatZ]

Yeah! I think the cartoon look will hold the test of time much more well.

[@Giggles_iJest]

@@PeninatorSS liar

[@Lukedub]

This is just wrong. Like wtf does this even mean. Lego star wars 3 still looks amazing and it's 10 years old now!

[@Schrolli97]

2:09: "We're gonna tick [...] Inventory Menu workaround: disabled" 3:15: "I don't know why, but the inventory has a weird bug that makes the background look like this"

[@theBEnjamin32_]

If I remember correctly the fix actually just gets rid of Link in the inventory menu all together. It doesn't show him or the armors on him. So he probably tried it, saw what it did and just left it off. I would rather have the glitch as still see Link then not see him at all.

[@Samuraisaac]

I will never live this down...

[@ThibautMahringer]

There's actually one place in the game where cel-shading is disabled on Wii U / Switch, the cracks on the gate of the bridge above Lake Hylia !

[@Samuraisaac]

I’m gonna check this out as soon as I get back to my switch lol

[@thegameplayer0733]

@@Samuraisaac here is a video on it if you need more info kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJekk5SYm92lapY

[@Pollicina_db]

Yeah I discovered it two weeks ago when I was searching for koroks, it was quite a surprise

[@mangolie21]

There's also a place like that in Hyrule Castle

[@ThibautMahringer]

@@mangolie21 Interesting !

Honestly I feel like removing Cel Shading kills a lot of the vibe and personality, all the humans look really bad too imo. But you can have your opinion. Also, this video is really high quality and I don't know why it doesn't have more views.

[@Samuraisaac]

lol thanks, the views are going up(:

[@geostar1610]

A lot of the humans have always looked bad in breath of the wild. Look at Sayge and his wife for example - look like someone tried to make a mii and it went wrong.

[@prinxen1733]

@@geostar1610 *Sayge looks absolutely stunning for his purposes. His wife, though... *Well, I guess it would be weird if she was just completely normal with a husband like that, but I'm pretty terrified

[@geostar1610]

@@prinxen1733 Sayge looks stunning? I don't even know what I'm look about. To me it just looks like a mess, not even "funny ugly" or "funny weird" but some hastily made design that looks graphically just plain Bad. It's not good when every single character from ocarina of time looks more realistic than Sayge who is from a 2017 switch game. I've always thought the character designs with the brown noses looked completely stupid. Beedle, Bertie and now Sayge. Nonsense design choice and not nonsense in a funny or interesting way.

[@gektoast4968]

@@geostar1610 funny news, they technically are miis lmao

[@LunaSquirtle]

The painting shading makes the game look like it was made with mobile game unity assets

[@Samuraisaac]

I’ve been learning to use unity lately and this is 100% accurate

[@IKR_C]

It also looks like Pokémon Legends and Genshin Impact, I personnally hate these art styles...

[@johnross5098]

I was thinking the same thing

[@htsunmiku]

@@IKR_C genshin was inspired by BotW so makes sense

[@scale_b2884]

@@htsunmiku *Genshin copied many of Breath of the Wild’s assets and added their own things to it

[@quinoah_]

Damn. This video really doesn't feel like it was made by a channel with 132 subscribers and 717 view. I usually associate lazy editing and lack of effort with videos that have less views, but It's certainly not the case here. This was a sick video.

[@Samuraisaac]

Thank you noah spaghetti(:

[@TheAbsol7448]

I had to double check after I read this comment.

[@ask343]

Big mistake, some tiny channels are awesome at editing. Being big in youtube doesn't just rely on your editing skills though

[@ovolmase6724]

I don't know how it happened but this video received over 28k views and over 500 new subs since this comment was made. Hell of a blow up.

[@quinoah_]

Holy shit, how in the hell? Lol... I guess we can say we've been here from the very beginning now

[@crystaltriforce64]

"this is much better looking without cell shading" *procedes to show the ugliest un-rendered models and textures in gaming from 10 years ago*

[@solarflare9078]

Pokemon Sword and Shield:

[@dookie9973]

its his opinion really

[@imselfaware419]

@@dookie9973 We can't have that online

[@dookie9973]

@@imselfaware419 fair point

[@limewater4074]

Without cel shading, the game looks like an amateur rule 34 animation

[@Fluffy-Rose1993]

Ha ha, Link looks like an action figure.

[@CarlosFizzwidget]

Awesome Video! I personally think if they ever remaster this game, they should just add resolution, framerate and better textures and effects, but keeping the visual style. It looks really weird without cel shading 😂

[@Samuraisaac]

I agree but I think it would still be cool to see a game like this. I think the only reason it really looks bad is because it doesn’t fit the world. But if the world were designed to fit this look I think It could provide a really unique experience.

[@CarlosFizzwidget]

@@Samuraisaac yeah! I’ve always thought that Zelda with more realistic style and high ene graphics would be one of the most stunning games ever

[@porkus5278]

@@CarlosFizzwidget That's one of the reasons why I love Twilight Princess and why I consider it my favorite LoZ game

[@WhispyMoon]

All of the cell shading removed just doesn't feel like breath of the wild to me, I definitely think all the monsters look better cell shaded

[@melody3741]

“Disable menu bug fix” “The menu has this weird bug...”

[@Samuraisaac]

... delete this

[@axeandace7728]

@@Samuraisaac so like was it just some smooth brain mistake? xD

[@linkcorriere846]

"I hate Wind Waker! It has Cel Shading!" "I love BOTW! It has Cel Shading!" Fanbase in a nutshell

[@Duck-de9dw]

alright buddy

[@LCOmusic]

Millennials vs Gen Z

[@vengefly8131]

“I like cell shading in general!” “Nobody asked!”

[@beardalaxy]

nobody has said that about wind waker since it came out

[@Samuraisaac]

Lol still a funny comment

[@thebooshy6905]

"...so I'll just show off my BotW combat skills for a second" he says as he's invincible The parries were actually pretty cool though

[@Samuraisaac]

don't expose me bro

[@angiemaestre638]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@moonl1314]

he was using the auto parry shield as well exposed

[@moonl1314]

@sta ko i know that!!!

[@noxturne16]

it does remind me of older Zelda games like Twilight Princess but I much prefer the cel shading and it makes it looks so much more magical

[@alegsb3943]

Idk I like the cell shading more, everything looks like rubber in this, but whatever you prefer

[@repingers9777]

Ruins the games carefully crafted art style "ah this looks better"

[@caesarion4596]

@@repingers9777 "CaReFuLlY cRaFtEd aRt sTyLe"

[@repingers9777]

@@caesarion4596 lmao if you think that looks good I can at least be happy in knowing that I am a more superior life form than you. 😎

[@finadoggie]

In its current state, everything just looks too dark, but I’d be curious to see what this would look like if the original lighting engine was made with this in mind

[@danielmoloney4129]

I always thought the cel shading was a clever way to compensate for low graphical fidelity. Turns out the game is arguably more detailed without it.

[@Samuraisaac]

True but cel shading does make it to where the game doesn’t have to render as many details which helps performance

[@kid_korrith]

i-... really got rick rolled by a green link..

[@bonechiller3429]

Really goes to show how much heavy lifting this game’s art style does, since the graphics are comparable to PS2 .

[@jakescartoons6045]

This game really doesn't look good without the cel shading. The characters look like they're made of plastic. If this were Toy Story or something like that, I would be fine with it, but this is The Legend of Zelda. The art style Nintendo chose for this game is hands down the only way this game looks so good.

[@kellyscorner1319]

Same happens in Project Diva, in special FT, the Toon Shader for Megamix was a good choice.

[@chiborg13]

The game looks better with cell shading, but I feel like if you took the plastic characters, dark environments, and added a little more detail to the models, the game would look amazing. Just look at the cutscene at 9:45. Everything looks great besides the faces.

[@rowbo_7749]

For 3d zelda I agree but the newlinks awaking is part of zelda and works good with a plastic texture

[@Hadiyaaaaaaa]

As someone, who can't stand cel shading, this looks absolutly amazing and improves the game so much for me.

[@theleification]

I like how most of the models of people and creatures look as if they're clay models with that certain texture, as if they've been shaped using tools that most clay modelers use.

[@awakenedcrowl]

On Gamebanana, there was a mod request to remove the cel-shading in TotK. As someone who loves Cel-Shading and would genuinely be happy if EVERY GAME EVER used it, I am quite biased, but I just genuinely can't wrap my head around how anyone could like that plasticy look. Like, not everything in the game looks bad this way, I admit SOME things look genuinely good - but Link in particular, once any light shines on him, looks just like a Barbie/Ken doll to me. By now, I gotta admit, it's grown a LITTLE on me. But I still simp for Cel Shading.

[@S41L0R]

9:28 I've fought him for longer, before I knew to wait for the eye to *fully* open. Like an hour

[@hendrixc6988]

This is exactly what I was looking for stoned af at 3am in the morning don't want to go to sleep because I just have to wake and go to work tomorrow. Thanks brother. Downloading this now wanted to see some of the mods so I could jump straight in modded and ready to go.

[@MythicSuns]

Kinda makes me wonder how Okami would look; I know Okami originally started out as photorealistic and then steered towards cel-shaded but we never got to see all of the maps and enemies without cel shading (possibly because they didn't exist).

[@BenteinBjerke]

I love the look of this...it's like how Ocarina 3D took from the official artwork. Very beautiful.

[@ProfessorXenoblade]

That was such a menacing opening

[@camronreynosa4958]

the guardian looks phenominally different...

[@pulse1679]

I really hope they add an option for cel shading to be either on and off and show up the way it does in that little crack in the lake hylia pillar of the gate closest to the tower, that little spot gave me a glimpse of non-cel shading gameplay, and I honestly want the option to play like that without having to use mods

[@Samuraisaac]

This is the second comment I’ve read about the lake hylia cel-shading, I can’t believe I didn’t know about it until now. I’m gonna try it as soon as I can

[@lakelimbo]

I don't think this will be possible in any game, ever, because they would need to create two totally separate artstyles for the game. As you can see in the video, the game looks pretty weird without cel shading because everything surrounding you was planned with this artistic direction in mind (textures, details, polygons, etc.)

[@TanakaMoon]

God damn it.... This is the first time I've been Rickrolled in 3 years. Take my like, you unholy mackerel.

[@yikes6969]

the game

[@dabmasterars]

@@yikes6969 whyyy i almost beat my record

[@smeeizme2500]

I like the cel shading a lot more, but I also just like linear shading a lot so I guess that affects it a good bit. How do you only have this many subs?

[@nazimelon6653]

I prefer the cellshaded look but, damn this looks a lot better than expected.

[@mrkevinkillercrafterminecr895]

I REALLY hate cel shading… but botw looks better with it

[@Tulip_bip]

i feel like BoTW's style is kinda like a perfected version of skyward sword's style. like a perfect blend of cartoony and realism, taking away things like the cell shading just make it look wrong imo. but it did make me appreciate how detailed the models really are more than before

[@TheTrueHolyDarkness]

Everything looks like melted plastic and wax without the cel shading.

[@cdrool5710]

Groose’s theme is perfect for this

[@Viking2575]

The colored link is fantastic for people with poor contrast sight and need some accessibility settings. Nintendo is notorious for not caring at all about accessibility options so makes sense for it to be in a mod.

[@Naval_Monkey]

How do you only have 125 subscribers!? This video feels so high quality! Just subbed 👌

[@Samuraisaac]

Thank you, hopefully one day I’ll have a lot more(:

[@sheik_link]

Every time he said "It looks better" I thought omg hell no!

[@owenw.1643]

this is absolutely fascinating. it somehow looks way more realistic and way more fake at the same time. the best settings section reminds me of skyrim! i really like it

[@smuglife64gaming21]

"i thought he was just black"lmao

[@squiddler7731]

4:30 _They look worse lol_ Nah but in all seriousness the transparency does look kinda cool. Maybe if it was in the game proper it'd look really good, but here with the chu's still casting opaque shadows they just look too dark. Can barely even tell that they're meant to be blue at that point

[@thomasobrien1841]

Without cel shading they look like rejected Toy Story characters.

[@kingdanett4043]

If anything I think seeing BotW at 60fps is the more impressive thing

[@arturito6344]

Same, haha.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Was the gameplay at 60fps? I didn't notice?

[@Zeke__02]

This was a brilliant way to separate characters from the environment

[@samuraipanda851]

This looks like a game staring real life amiibos.

[@EnderPanReigns]

This guy edits better than a pro! How are they so underrated??

[@denj4s]

3:50 what da dog doin

[@LVL58Designs]

Look it's The Legend of Zelda : The Terrifying Oil Painting.

[@RenoDojima]

9:52 Zelda just looks soulless, dead.

The thing with the cel shading is that they used it to hide a lot of imperfections due to the switchs limitation. It is cranced up too much sometimes, especially if you want to apprechiate things in the distance. But overall, many flaws become much more noticable and disturb the image if the cel shading is turned off.

[@alegsb3943]

“Ganon doesent look any different either” bro his lights are BLUE, they are supposed to be orange, wdym he doesent look different?

[@Samuraisaac]

Lol I totally forgot about that. That is true but the blue lights are a byproduct of another mod I was using that changes the color of the ancient armor and guardians. Good catch tho😂

[@alegsb3943]

@@Samuraisaac ahhh ok sorry lol

[@Samuraisaac]

Don’t worry about it lol, it was funny

[@CH3R.N0BY1]

you can get a short glimpse of it in game if you go to a specific broken piece at one of the gates of the hylia river bridge

[@leo-fi7rw]

cool video dude ty :D i honestly prefer some of the alternate renders, cell shading hides a lot of the detail that got put into it so it makes me appreciate the game even more :)

[@Samuraisaac]

Yeah it’s crazy how many details are on the model that I saw but hidden under cel shading

[@PacWest6]

"C'mon bro, these edibles ain't shi-"

[@AkaiAzul]

While I prefer the game without cel shading, it is also rather dark, like clouds for days.

[@calcv617]

Everyone’s like “I love how it looks” while I does desperately scrolling thru settings trying that crap off

[@ToasterCatOfficial]

Imo, Gannon himself looks by far the best out of the show case. I think a lot of the environments and assets feel fairly made for the shell shading style and having that taken away makes them feel slightly unfinished (granted that may just be some retrospective bias). But On Gannon, the lack of shell shading darkens a lot of the pieces of armor(?) and brings out the darker red glow he gives off. Makes it feel a lot more sinister.

[@miunya]

The glossy look makes him look like he belongs in toy story

[@allenslucher8555]

OMG I'm laughing at your previous search "how not to pee yourself" good times lol just random, not an attack :)

[@cringekiddo]

Without cel shading it looks like a 3D animated clay movie, and it’s pretty darn cool!

[@arturomaldonado1110]

The fact that you only have 207 subs and 3381 views is not okay. This video is so high quality and you deserve more reconition. Good luck with your channel, I'll be glad to see you grow! :)

[@Samuraisaac]

I think the recognition is coming. Only a week ago I had 116 subs and this video had 180 views(: thank you

[@tuo5155]

Light shading makes it look like skyward sword

[@MythicBurger030]

Nah ill keep cell shading on but damn i really didnt realize that this good quality video was editted with someone who has 500 subs this guy is underrated and deserves more subs

[@BigIcedCoffee]

you know you’ve made it when other people steal your content and request a collab

[@Samuraisaac]

Lol is someone doing that?😂

[@Michael-yf6bl]

Is it just me or does the guardians eye texture glitch out a bit when it switches to attack mode? 5:32

[@kirin1230]

I can't believe you have under 500 subs. I can't wait to look back when you have thousands!

[@kirin1230]

@Kingpeko13 Holy- damn. I wonder what he'll be at next week...

[@nikkoa.3639]

It looks so wrong... but I just peer my eyes to it.

[@Samuraisaac]

I feel the same way

[@Experiment1233-d7h]

It looks way better now

[@LightCrib2]

Game: has a cool art style Gamers: No :)

[@Samuraisaac]

this is the way

[@BitchChill]

Everything has to be realistic or it's bad

[@AdvocateMusicOfficial]

Without cel shading it looks like a really good fan game

[@themiddleclass7062]

VASCULAR

[@smallemilia8600]

5:19 "Dark spirit Link has invaded your world"

[@ixcas]

you're so underrated

[@Samuraisaac]

thank you, that means a lot(:

[@lazspencer496]

Removing the cel shading kinda make everything looks like it's made from play-doh

[@thomas779]

So am I the only one who's gonna talk about what this man googled or no? 0:15

[@stayhydrated4757]

No

[@neority6810]

The Thumbnail: I wear a mask with a smile for hours at a time~

[@FelinoJogador]

GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition looking ass

[@greenwoods276]

Link looks like he just jumped out of Disney Infinity.

[@nireshire]

They should’ve just removed the cel shading all together. The dog looks great

[@SeanVito]

There was a setting I remember from the original Far Cry. It was not just cell shading, but it made everything look drawn including black lines. Hard to see enemies in the distance this way, but I remember it looking pretty cool. I'm wondering how this would have looked in this game.

[@SaltedMallows]

5:40 excuse me bruh use the proper term "Gerudo"

[@Samuraisaac]

Wooooowwwww😂

[@glitchster8852]

looks better with cel shading

[@AveryHyena]

You can tell the mods were made by someone with no knowledge of game/3d design. There's a bunch of settings that are randomly called something other than what they actually are. Like "plastic mode" instead of "phong reflection intensity"... Why not label things with what they actually are so you know what they actually do without testing them???

[@Samuraisaac]

lol I never would have known what Phong Reflection Intensity was

[@GlitchyPixExtra]

Because no one outside of people who work in game/3d design knows what phong reflection intensity means and the person who designed these shader choices probably didn't want to completely alienate anyone who wanted to mess around with the textures?

[@arielallen9478]

nothing could have prepared me for that ending

[@jayflamestar1258]

my mom died

[@Samuraisaac]

f

[@jayflamestar1258]

@@Samuraisaac thanks isaac

[@Samuraisaac]

Anytime

[@lady_lexi_]

Wow... that’s actually hella cool. I sorta wish there was BotW non-cell shading version or something lol. Also, I appreciate the fact you used the SS tunic for the majority of the video, I love that game.

[@Samuraisaac]

Lol I think the length of the cap is the best out of all the tunics. I just bought skyward sword HD and am experiencing it for the first time. Hopefully I can appreciate the tunic in BotW a little more now

[@lady_lexi_]

@@Samuraisaac, that’s awesome dude, SS is extraordinary, good luck!

[@johnliztergaas7090]

Looks like a playdoh legend of zelda game

[@Samuraisaac]

I wasnt sure exactly how to describe it until just now lol(:

[@o_Scratch_x]

Red Link : Dark Souls Invasions in BOTW 2 confirmed

[@xeeeeeeeeeen]

how could you kill a foxxo ;w;

[@Samuraisaac]

How could I not

[@xeeeeeeeeeen]

@@Samuraisaac D:

[@veggiet2009]

The "Painting Shading" actually looks kind of neat, if it reminds you of the opening sequence in Disney's Tarzan.

[@lefishe6611]

It looks like a mobile game made in Unity

[@thatanimeweirdo]

It looks so horrible, ngl..

[@Samuraisaac]

It’s definitely a taste. In a way it reminds me of the Links Awakening remake. Just how it makes him look like a toy and all. I think if the world were designed with this art style in mind it would look kinda cool

[@rowbo_7749]

It went from looking like link from botw to looking like an off brand amiibo.

[@cintamaria6999]

8:35 looks like Breath Of the Wild tries to be like Genshin Impact at least from what I've seen of the game

[@nahman3836]

breath of the wild came out first...

[@Lav22]

@@nahman3836 he knows…

[@Bapurinio]

Zelda looks like she needs a glass of water