The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20981 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17,830 out of 20981
  2. Mixed: 1,176 out of 20981
  3. Negative: 1,975 out of 20981
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  1. Moacir
    May 13, 2023
    1
    The lack of the Brazilian Portuguese language make me give this note. Our country is such a important market in the video game industry so I think it's unacceptable that a game from a big company as Nintendo didn't came with at least Portuguese subtitles.
  2. endyspo
    May 14, 2023
    0
    Challenging at the start, but once you get a handle of it you won't want to put it down! So immersive, the music is beautiful and the freedom that the game allows you is nothing that's been seen before! 10/10 would recommend, especially if your a fan of puzzles, and enjoy forging your own path!
  3. Yukinosaiko
    May 18, 2023
    0
    The fans of this game are very annoying, and it's hard to say anything bad about the game. They don't have the fun of opening treasure chests or the desire to explore, and there are too few rewards for feedback. The map is particularly spacious, and the modeling is also so rough. The combat system is really garbage
  4. Greenherb
    May 16, 2023
    3
    Very unappealing visuals. It looks rather ugly. And not fun at all. No reason to dismantle a successful series like this. Its like they tried their hardest to avoid any similarities to other Zelda games.
  5. Diabeto
    May 27, 2023
    0
    I rate it bad since totk is way better than botw totk has wayyyyy better dungeons to.
  6. Torralves
    May 23, 2023
    0
    Extensive and lifeless map, leaving the game proposal that is good in a boring and monotonous experience after a few hours of play. Meaningless missions that add absolutely nothing. Weak rewards that don't encourage the player to chase missions. No subtitles in other languages, mainly Portuguese (mainly for the price charged in Brazil).
  7. doti44
    May 24, 2023
    0
    I want the old Zelda type of games back.
    This is not really Zelda.
    And the switch is to slow, you can not play in 1080p.
  8. RefinedInsights
    Aug 2, 2023
    2
    A poor excuse for a Zelda game. No depth, lackluster characters, and not memorable overall. This and Totk are the Disney star wars movies of Zelda games.
  9. Tintler
    Jul 29, 2023
    3
    Silahlar kırılıyor, oyunu oynama isteğini yok ediyor, bir şeyler bulma isteğini, bağlılığı bitiriyor. Sırf bu nedenden dolayı oyunu bıraktım.
  10. Jimmymonn
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    managed to stay awake the first 2 hours of the game, then it was boring AF, had to quit and start playing something else.
  11. Manifold223
    Aug 10, 2023
    1
    Empty world, bad graphics, non-existent story, temples with underwhelming rewards, extremely overrated.
  12. ScottMuggz
    Aug 11, 2023
    1
    Not my type of game. The building feels very gimmicky. Too cartoonish which is a missed opportunity with today's graphic potential.
    Feels very much like Genshin Impact, though does almost every aspect poorly.
  13. McChungus
    Aug 12, 2023
    2
    I like the combat enough, some great music tracks here and there, and the overall atmosphere itself is definitely where the game shines. The exploration is fun but the world feels pretty empty at times, as well as the Switch's limited graphics can make things look a little lacklustre. The story felt pretty barebones, none of the characters were particularly interesting. The dungeons wereI like the combat enough, some great music tracks here and there, and the overall atmosphere itself is definitely where the game shines. The exploration is fun but the world feels pretty empty at times, as well as the Switch's limited graphics can make things look a little lacklustre. The story felt pretty barebones, none of the characters were particularly interesting. The dungeons were very disappointing compared to what the Zelda series has put out in the past with the temples and other dungeon-like locations. As someone who plays mostly RPGs the durability system really didn't work for me, felt very arcadey. I get why people like it, but it didn't do enough for me.… Expand
  14. skyhell10
    Sep 1, 2023
    0
    Gráficos datados, Jogo repetitivo, mundo aberto vazio e extremamente chato. História rasa a cheia de furos.
  15. ponferap78
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    Aburrido como él sólo! Mapas enormes desiertos. Historia muy simplona que no engancha en ningún momento!
  16. ppm1300
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    Buen juego, le pondria calificacion perfecta si las cinematicas del final standard y del final completo te contaran mas...adicionalmente creo que hay mucho que no se exploro en el mapa y que el juego podria obligarte a hacerlo...tendrias una mejor experiencia
  17. Phuz
    Nov 9, 2020
    0
    **** in the Wild.

    There are people on here rating this extra high to make up for troll reviews. They aren't even troll reviews. They're legit. This is not trying to counter balance anything. 0/10 is my honest score. I love Nintendo and Zelda. Been playing both since 1986. If you like running around a vast empty space, very slowly, collecting items and doing some beyond basic, boring    **** in the Wild.

    There are people on here rating this extra high to make up for troll reviews. They aren't even troll reviews. They're legit. This is not trying to counter balance anything. 0/10 is my honest score. I love Nintendo and Zelda. Been playing both since 1986. If you like running around a vast empty space, very slowly, collecting items and doing some beyond basic, boring puzzles with poor graphics and worse music then this is the game for you, that is practically all you do, run around an empty space. If you want the great graphics, music, gameplay, atmosphere, emotion, puzzles, bosses and dungeons synonymous with Zelda then save your money.

    This isn't Zelda branching out and trying new ideas, it is just destroying what was an exceptional gaming franchise. The new ideas were all s**t. ALL. It literally brought nothing good and turned something incredibly engaging and fun that I would skip meals to carry on playing, to something I could have switched off at any time, never played again in my life and not be remotely bothered if I never saw anything BotW related again ever.

    Had this been a bit of a poor game I didn't get much enjoyment out of I would have given a 3/10 but this is a poor game I was annoyed at wasting 6 hours of my life on. Virtually nothing happened other than a few fetch quests and a very annoying stamina gauge. The Skyward Sword stamina got on my nerves sometimes but this was a whole other level of unneccessary annoyance.

    The whole 6 hours I persevered with it was a frustration, the climbing, the empty world that everyone raves on about being so great to explore, the temporary weapons, the lack of music, the fetch quests, the worst voice acting imaginable, the terrible dungeons (if you can call them that). Just utter rubbish. If it wasn't Zelda no-one would have given it a 10, no one would have bought it and certainly not for £50. It is simply no fun to play. Worst Zelda I've played. Do yourself a favour and get a WiiU that you can play about 14 Zelda games on, including all of the best ones made and you can even play this junk on it too should you choose. Yes the loading times and animations on the WiiU will be just as bad as the Switch, so don't worry you'll still get time to make a brew between scenes. If you want to get a Switch for Zelda BotW don't bother. Get the WiiU and proper Zelda's. Switch is great but don't buy it if just for BotW.

    Whilst on the topic of WiiU, Xenoblade Chronicles X on WiiU destroys BotW on anything. The world is so much better designed. If you are going to enjoy running round an open world doing quests then the Xenoblade X world is leagues ahead of this. It is huge and beautiful and alive and has good music too.    … Expand
  18. dark0153
    Jun 1, 2023
    1
    Good game spoiled by horrible and sadistic game design choices and hardware limitations
  19. EevieRoseAmalee
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    Coming from someone who's favorite zelda games are OoT, Majora's Mask, and Twilight Princess this game is absolutely a mockery of them. You get most of the items to start and opening chest doesn't feel special anymore. The open world is a blank canvas with not much really to do except collect seeds and basic dialogue between npcs. They tried copying games like the elder scrolls and allComing from someone who's favorite zelda games are OoT, Majora's Mask, and Twilight Princess this game is absolutely a mockery of them. You get most of the items to start and opening chest doesn't feel special anymore. The open world is a blank canvas with not much really to do except collect seeds and basic dialogue between npcs. They tried copying games like the elder scrolls and all that when what they should have done was settled for the open-field zones that they created long ago with OoT.… Expand
  20. tangerine_dream
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    I don't get the hype this game is still getting.

    Like, it's open world is pretty empty and boring to explore, there's a lot of grind (shrines, seeds), combat is meh, just 1 button attack spam, parry & dodge, not to mention constantly breaking weapons & shields, the same recycled enemies everywhere, boring story with cheap voiceovers and undeveloped characters, music is a let down    I don't get the hype this game is still getting.

    Like, it's open world is pretty empty and boring to explore, there's a lot of grind (shrines, seeds), combat is meh, just 1 button attack spam, parry & dodge, not to mention constantly breaking weapons & shields, the same recycled enemies everywhere, boring story with cheap voiceovers and undeveloped characters, music is a let down compared to old Zeldas with epic OSTs.

    I'm giving it 1 because of good visuals, artstyle. Otherwise I'm deeply dissapointed. There are way better open world games, or RPGs, or "souls like" games than this, even on Switch.    … Expand
  21. Mister-k
    May 14, 2023
    0
    Nintendo ha dejado claro que se puede perfeccionar aún mas un juego con una buena idea, añadiéndole verticalidad y mucha mas libertad al jugar para desarrollar ideas propias y así poder sumergir al jugar en la experiencia mucho mas, bravo!
  22. UrielGurdian
    May 25, 2021
    4
    Me pareció un juego demasiado aburrido, un juego donde literalmente tienes que caminar muchísimo y explorar obligatoriamente si se quiere avanzar en la historia y culminar el juego.
    Lo único que me entretuvo del juego fueron los puzzle en los santuarios, enfrentamientos con jefes finales y los detalles que tiene el juego.
  23. StrangeSlayer
    May 2, 2021
    4
    Juego cutre, una jugabilidad aburrida, mundo muerto,repetitivo,cansador y además lamentable, es recorrer mazmorras a mas no poder, no entiendo como pudo ganar goty,es uno de los peores Zeldas jamás hechos
  24. Lucass18
    Jan 28, 2022
    2
    Personagens superficiais; História fraquíssima; Npcs não falam, apenas fazem barulhos chatos;
    Side quests irrelevantes;
    Inimigos repetitivos;
    Meu pai não consegue entender o que fazer no jogo e este parece não ter objetivo para ele.
  25. SamaelsBook
    Jun 8, 2023
    4
    Kass' Theme 10/10. I now associate this game only with this song, it's beuautiful, just it.
    1/10 AAA graphics
    3/10 voice active characters
    2/10 story
    $59.99? WHAT?!
  26. hhedd
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    **** game. Very overhyped japan arcade with bad visual, lack of dialogs and content
  27. Esotb
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I promise I’ve tried and tried because of the great reviews. But not my kind of game. I don’t find it engaging or interesting. The quests and temples were tedious. I wish I could enjoy it as much as most people.
  28. JuliaBohn
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    This game follows the generic Nintendo game franchise called Zelda. In which the protagonist saves the princess. Want a more Nintendo “story” than this? He may be a plumber, a swordsman, but that's what it's all about.

    The open world is completely empty of content, with repetitive puzzles called Shrine, and a story that makes any child sleepy. The gameplay is 100% limited to Roll and    This game follows the generic Nintendo game franchise called Zelda. In which the protagonist saves the princess. Want a more Nintendo “story” than this? He may be a plumber, a swordsman, but that's what it's all about.

    The open world is completely empty of content, with repetitive puzzles called Shrine, and a story that makes any child sleepy.

    The gameplay is 100% limited to Roll and Hit, typical of generic and industrial Souls Likes games, which are facilitated for players limited to pressing two buttons. The difference here is that we have more colors.

    The game copied several mechanics from other games like Ark Online, among others, but for an outdated platform that is the Switch, this can be innovative.

    I'm amazed how Nintendo manages to sell the same game for 30 years with the same story (Spoiler: no story) every time. Who knows, maybe next time they'll be able to innovate and make Link not lose his memory again.    … Expand
  29. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Metascore
97

Universal acclaim - based on 109 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 106 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 109
  3. Negative: 0 out of 109
  1. GameGrin
    Dec 12, 2017
    100
    Where it takes mechanics from others in the industry, it improves upon them; where it introduces new ones, you slap your forehead in amazement that it hasn’t been done before. Breath of the Wild is development done right, and damn near the best game you’ll play all year.
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  2. Wired UK
    Aug 30, 2017
    100
    Breath of the Wild is a masterpiece.
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  3. Games Master UK
    May 19, 2017
    96
    Up there with the finest Zelda games, Breath of the Wild is bold, liberating, and utterly astonishing. [Apr 2017, p.60]
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