ok i love this game so much, but seriously the rain is starting to make me genuinely hate it. worse than the water temple, worse than a game over in zelda 2, worse than ocean king temple in phantom hourglass, this fucking rain can just halt your progress. you can be exploring the cliffside on the ocean or about to scale a mountain you just reached, and oop here comes the fucking rain to stop you dead in your tracks. and it would be fine if it happened every once in a while, but the devs set it to occur more frequently than i've seen in most games, and a very limited timer on when it can start back up again.
i was just trying to climb a pretty small cliff right now when i got interrupted by no joke 5 different short storms, each lasting about 10-60 seconds. finally i start the climb, make it just two leaps from the top, when a huge thunderstorm hits. i say fuck it and wait it out because i already waited long enough, and then i wait, and wait, and...TWENTY FUCKING MINUTES GO BY and the shit still hasnt let up. and no, this isnt the zora area, although something similar happened when i was exploring just outside that area. but yeah, twenty fucking minutes of rain. even if it wasn't tied to any game mechanics i'd still be annoyed because who wants to run around an open world game of eternal shit weather? i had to shut the game off and rant. now i'm off to find something less grating to play.