110 shrines into my massive game of catch-up, I head into Hyrule Castle to take out the shrine that's hidden in the basement. Along the way I got curious and decided to give the full Blight Ganon Gauntlet a try, since I haven't done any of the Divine Beasts at this point.

It was actually remarkably easy. I had kind of a rough time with a few of the Blights my first time in their own dungeons, but all at once inside the castle they were pretty easy. I had the Master Sword in both encounters with them and some decent armor (Ancient set with three upgrades each) and I think I only needed to heal once.

I only restarted because ThunderBlight Ganon knocked my Hylian Shield aside and I ended up beating him before picking it up again. Such anger when I found that it was gone afterward.

I ended up getting the exact same ending as when I didn't get all of the memories but did clear the divine beasts last time. I figured the Champions's spirits wouldn't show up this time but they did. I guess it's all the same if the Blights are taken out in the beasts or in the castle.

I actually don't think I WANT to take out the divine beasts this time around. I like the way Hyrule looks much better without the red lasers in the sky and actually being able to walk around without a Yiga ambush every ten seconds is refreshing.

You can rebuy the Hylian shield from a guy. I believe he's in Terry Town (which is a side quest to get said town up and running). He only sells it once you obtain it.

Intersting they make you fight the beasts if you don't fight them prior. 

I made a second account but I'm kind of waiting until the DLC drops. Currently I have done 8 shrines but I haven't made it to kariko (sorry I can't spell it) Village to talk to Impa. I kind of want to play it in hard mode and be naked.

Yea, I've done that before. I was just saying that during that fight I lost the shield and it didn't come back once the actual fight against Calamity Ganon started.

I wasn't planning to get the DLC since so far nothing seems worth it to me. Another thing you get from the first pack is basically a portable warp point, but there are so many shrines that you pretty much don't need it.

I hear one of the things the second pack is going to have is a new dungeon which has me curious since I found even the divine beast dungeons to be really lacking. Other than that it doesn't seem worth the $20 for the expansion pass.

I have feeling the extra dungeon from part 2 will be a post game thing. When you get all the memories the bonus cut scene hints at it. Which I'm like hell yeah! It's dumb that once you beat the game it's like you have never beaten Ganon.

I had refrained from clearing any of the divine beasts, partly because I wanted the Blight Gauntlet to stay in Hyrule Castle, so when the DLC rolled around I ended up having to cram my way through all four of them in quick succession.

The ancient saddle is a nice little treat. It reminds me of the good old days where you'd play Epona's Song and your horse just comes to you. Anything to cut out the amount of wasted time this game puts you through is appreciated.

The motorcycle is a neat little toy, but it's mostly good for just riding around aimlessly. Also ramming into animals to collect meat. Fighting Guardians while riding it is messy and impractical, no substitute for a good horse.

The game was clearly not meant for the bike, as I've run into multiple situations where the game just can't keep up with it, pausing and lagging for a while. Most baffling though was when I'm riding along and suddenly the bike explodes and I'm thrown off of it for seemingly no reason. Then as I hit the ground, two of those giant wooden boxes just magically appear. They were there, but the game couldn't load them in time.

The bonus dungeon was kind of neat, if a little barren. I liked that (as far as I could tell) you can't just do the rooms in any order, since you need to get one area rotating in order to clear the room in another area. Guardian enemies just randomly appearing after you clear rooms was silly though.

The rest of the DLC was a wash. Too much recycled content. More shrines, and the flashbacks didn't do enough to flesh out the champions. Instead they seem to exist just to heap more praise onto Zelda, which she got enough of in the main memories.

I'm half through the DLC. I like the new flashbacks. At least it's great to read their diary entries. Adds a bit more. Baby Sidon. <3