The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20981 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,975 out of 20981
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  1. LiesofP
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Without question the most overrated game in existence. There are far better games out there with considerably lower scores.
  2. phuchaitt3
    Sep 3, 2023
    7
    There are certain elements that made me drop this game: too much empty space and running around aimlessly, weapon breaking after swinging several times make me dislike this game's equipment progression (what is the point of getting the better sword if it breaks eventually and there is no way to fix it)
  3. mitchferal
    Aug 30, 2023
    6
    The game I bought the Switch for.

    Bad stuff: - this game feels like playing World of Warcraft in Legion without a guild. Essentially the same cycle of activities, but with dramatically worse music. - there's no story here at all. I've gotten so used to AAA games being sweeping, emotional narratives, with engaging characters, wading into this quiet sandbox was disorienting. I havent    The game I bought the Switch for.

    Bad stuff:
    - this game feels like playing World of Warcraft in Legion without a guild. Essentially the same cycle of activities, but with dramatically worse music.
    - there's no story here at all. I've gotten so used to AAA games being sweeping, emotional narratives, with engaging characters, wading into this quiet sandbox was disorienting. I havent played a Zelda game since Ocarina of Time, so it might have been a misunderstanding on my part of what I was getting into, but this story is shallow to the point of tedium.
    - Almost everything is extremely easy - and then some random things are so absurdly difficult as to seem like you've started playing a different game. Not my favorite phenomena.
    - Just make the frigging horse magic. Just let me summon the horse wherever. I shouldnt have to buy a DLC to have basic transportation be fun and easy when the game covers such impossible distances. Everything about the horses is cool, except the sheer impossibility of using them with any regularity. In a game that wants me to treat my horse like a trusted companion, I ended up swapping them out like cars in GTA. Dreadful design.
    - Cooking is extremely endearing until it is agonizing. Terrible interface for something you have to do so much of, and while the noise they came up with for it is very good, there are limits - if a method of bulk cooking had been included, I suspect I never would have tired of the cooking music. Dreadful design.
    - No fishing pole. What on earth possessed them to not include a fishing pole?
    - The DLCs are just stuff they left out of the game. Nothing new, it's all stuff that genuinely should have been in the game, that already cost 70 dollars. Nasty business.

    Good stuff:
    - The puzzles, and the tools and interface for those puzzles, are magical. I never, ever wanted the shrines to end. Dazzling, imaginative work, Im only sad they werent more difficult, and more plentiful. Not worth 70 dollars, bc there simply isnt enough of them, but definitely the thing that best recommends the game.
    - the slate abilities, even outside the puzzles, are wonderfully good fun, and feel fresh and engaging long after everything else has faded.
    - It's a very pretty place to spend time.
    - Some really terrific set-pieces; the four big 'dungeons' felt great.
    - A quality of wonder and scale that is hard to overstate.

    I think if I hadnt kept playing WoW after my core group of friends moved on, and thus suffered the resource grind cycle of that game for so many hours, this one wouldnt have bothered me so much. But I did. And some design choices feel, even now, however many hours through, completely inexplicable - made worse when they rectified a number of them, but wanted me to pay to get them. Terrible cost to joy ratio when considered against most big titles.    … Expand
  4. juan873
    Aug 21, 2023
    5
    Estuvo bien pero se nota que la consola necesita un poco mas de potencia para poder disfrutarlo bien
  5. DSalax
    Aug 19, 2023
    7
    (2022) The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild Fue mi primer juego de nintendo Switch lo empece a jugar a inicios de 2022, tenia bastante tiempo sin jugar un zelda ya que mi ultimo zelda fue el twilight princess de nintendo Wii y la verdad mis primeras 70 horas de juego fueron increibles un mundo abierto gigante lleno de cosas por hacer el cual disfrute durante horas para ser exacto le(2022) The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild Fue mi primer juego de nintendo Switch lo empece a jugar a inicios de 2022, tenia bastante tiempo sin jugar un zelda ya que mi ultimo zelda fue el twilight princess de nintendo Wii y la verdad mis primeras 70 horas de juego fueron increibles un mundo abierto gigante lleno de cosas por hacer el cual disfrute durante horas para ser exacto le dedique unas 105 horas a este juego peero apesar de haber disfrutado bastante de este juego como fan de zelda pude sentir la ausencia de cosas que son muy importantes para mi en un zelda que de alguna manera son parte de su escencia como por ejemplo la historia que desde mi punto de vista en este juego pasa a ser algo segundario y deja mucho que desear, las mazmorras llenas de cosas por descubir cada una distinta de la otra cosa que en este juego realmente las mazmorras son bastante Cuadradas la verdad y todas con exactamente la misma mecanica, los jefes y subjefes o diooooos esto es una de las cosas que mas amo de los juegos de zelda los jefes cada uno con su escencia que te llevan a usar a fondo las mecanicas usadas en la mazmorra de dicho jefe pues tengo malas noticias en este juego los jefes son una absoluta basura la verdad creo que los peores jefes de toda la saga. Y por ultimo lo que me hizo practicamente acabar el juego obligado es que el mundo te da muchas cosas por hacer peeeero se termina volviendo repetitivo ya que en cada region haces exactamente lo mismo que en la anterior y la verdad me hace sentir sin ofender como en un juego ubisoft

    Al final lo unico que le viene quedando de escencia a este zelda es zelda , link , hyrule y el contexto en el que se desarrolla, la verdad no me molesta que probaran este nuevo enfoque la verdad esta genial peeeero no para un zelda ya que a los fan los deja con ganas de mas y nunca termina de llenarlos como los juegos anteriores tal vez pudieron haber creado una nueva Ip(Nuevo Juego) con este enfoque de mundo abierto en donde debes descubir todo por tu cuenta y no tendria nada que añadir peeeero lo hicieron con un zelda y verdad esto me dejo bastante incomodo , ahora mismo estoy jugando el The Legend Of Zelda Tears Of the kingdom y bueno eso sera una review para otra oportunidad

    si es tu primer zelda o realmente probaste uno que otro zelda peeero no eres fan de la saga este zelda te va a parecer increible y no vas a hechar nada en falta pero en mi caso bueno la verdad primer zelda que me deja incomodo.

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    ▪️Gráficos 10/10
    ▪️Jugabilidad 10/10
    ▪️Sonido 3/10(la musica de fondo simplemente es un piano desordenado y en momentos claves las verdad nada destacable)
    ▪️Innovación 7/10(Su Formula apesar de ser innovadora en los juegos de nintendo la verdad he jugado muchos mundo abiertos la verdad no parece tan innovador)
    ▪️Historia 5/10
    ▪️Diversión 8/10
    ▪️Total 7.2    … Expand
  6. Armor_the_First
    Aug 13, 2023
    7
    I've always loved Zelda. It took me 6 years to finally play BOTW, because I didn't love the console catalog and was really worried about some criticism I heard about the game. I enjoyed the game, but most of that criticism isn't only right but also pretty bland.

    The four divine beasts are the only places in the game that resemble the classic dungeons, and aren't even good ones. The first    I've always loved Zelda. It took me 6 years to finally play BOTW, because I didn't love the console catalog and was really worried about some criticism I heard about the game. I enjoyed the game, but most of that criticism isn't only right but also pretty bland.

    The four divine beasts are the only places in the game that resemble the classic dungeons, and aren't even good ones. The first two (Zoras' and Ritos') were annoyingly easy. I was kinda surprised because the shrines felt like very little bits of prepararion for the five big dungeons (beasts + the castle) but those also had pretty lazy designs. The two remaining were more interesting but also pretty lacking when compared to any previous 3D Zelda. But the worse part was the castle, which feels like an amusement park with a bunch of completely optional paths to get some cool gear but absolutely zero puzzles or challenges to reach the final boss.

    But what really me off are the shrines. A bunch of them are almost running in a straight line to the goal and the combat ones just put an enemy in front of you and that's it. I'm also enormously surprised about the so spammed guardians. They only stand in front of you and shoot you a laser you can parry with any shield. That's it.

    I'm really tired of "professional" reviews. Those reviewers have no guts. They just read the hype and unless the game is an absolute catastrophe or are strong leaks with bad news about a game, they just give the readers the news they want to hear.

    BotW is a good game. It's fun, it gives a lot of hours of content, and it kind of brings Zelda to the physics era of gaming, which bloomed around 2004, when Half Life 2 really instrumentalized physics into the gameplay, both in combat and puzzles. But it's not the masterpiece the press says. If you haven't played it yet, temper your expectations and enjoy this good mix of the modern sandbox and Zelda.    … Expand
  7. HUNRain
    Aug 12, 2023
    6
    A seriously repetitive game with repetitive dungeons repetitive gameplay boring open world map.
    BUT it has a good story and innovative gameplay features.
  8. Incendio
    Aug 10, 2023
    5
    Good game but not as great as some say it is. The enemies such and the game is kind of childish. Main story isn't good and repetitive shrines get boring
  9. tofuisawesome
    Aug 5, 2023
    5
    05/10
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  10. chl_ca
    Jul 26, 2023
    7
    this game was a disappointment for me. after everyone talked about how "excellent" and "revolutionary" this game was, i decided to pick it up in 2020 for the sweet sweet price of "it's still €60 3 years later", and after leaving the Great Plateau (where you start your adventure), the biggest issue of this game became obvious: the empty open world. as cool as it was to finally get an openthis game was a disappointment for me. after everyone talked about how "excellent" and "revolutionary" this game was, i decided to pick it up in 2020 for the sweet sweet price of "it's still €60 3 years later", and after leaving the Great Plateau (where you start your adventure), the biggest issue of this game became obvious: the empty open world. as cool as it was to finally get an open world in a Zelda game (albeit a throwback to the first game), the magic of it quickly wore off: there's nothing to do there besides beating the 100+ identical shrines in terms of design, attacking identical groups of enemies and finding Korok seeds (which there are over 900...). what's great in an open world like GTA isn't just the vastness of the world, but also the ability to go off the beaten track and create your own fun outside of the main story. Breath of the Wild severely lacks that. heck, even Ocarina of Time, a game from 1998, has more stuff to do outside of the main game, with more interesting fetch quests in my opinion (and OOT isn't even my favorite Zelda game).

    the controls aren't perfect, and they had to kind of grow on me. i absolutely hated them at first, but now i think they're fine. the weapon breaking mechanic, although criticized by many, is really interesting in my opinion, as it forces you to improvise and make the most out of the limited resources you get. same goes for cooking. and i don't mind the soundtrack (or mostly lack thereof), as it perfectly fits in with the atmosphere of the game

    anyway, if the open world was more fleshed out, i think this game would be deserving of its 97 average score, and in my opinion, user reviews of this game severely lack nuance by overlooking the pros or cons of this game to give it a 0 or a 10, the latter being the most common. i'm kind of tired of seeing everyone praise this game like it has no flaws and call it "perfect" (and spoiler alert: making a perfect game is literally impossible)    … Expand
  11. sicksak
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    I think this game is just bland and boring. I enjoyed most of the other zelda games, but this one isn't my thing and the weapons are breakable.
  12. Onyxar
    Jul 19, 2023
    7
    Zelda: BotW from 2023 perspective
    Just got myself a new Switch OLED Zelda TotK edition because of how beautiful it is. The last time I played Nintendo games was in prime of Nintendo DS.
    There were 3 reasons for buying Switch - BotW, Mario Odyssey and TotK. And now the 1st one is completed. I play only major GOTY-type games. No Assassins creeds-like sandboxes and other trash they publish    Zelda: BotW from 2023 perspective
    Just got myself a new Switch OLED Zelda TotK edition because of how beautiful it is. The last time I played Nintendo games was in prime of Nintendo DS.
    There were 3 reasons for buying Switch - BotW, Mario Odyssey and TotK. And now the 1st one is completed.
    I play only major GOTY-type games. No Assassins creeds-like sandboxes and other trash they publish each and every year. Don’t have time for worst.
    I enjoy powerful stories. That’s why I like GoW and The Last of Us diologies. Both parts of Red Dead Redemption, Disco Elysium, Control, Guardians of the Galaxy, It Takes Two and so on. So I had my expectations high, considering this game is the best one on Switch.
    Yes, I’ve heard that story wise BotW is weak. Not that it’s weak - there’s just almost no story. Nothing interesting in both - the main story and side-quests. Graphics - I’ll be quick. It still has style, I’ve enjoyed it in handheld mode - never had an urge to play on TV. Had a glimpse once and never repeated that mistake - low res PS2 level textures and certain “squareness” is what you will get.
    Gameplay. I’ll call Zelda game an open world puzzle game. That’s what it is. Temples - puzzles, main 4 objectives in the whole game - puzzles. Battles are primitive and I’ve tried to avoid them mostly. Bosses are easier than some above the average enemies. Interaction with the world and temples - physics based puzzles. Fire, gravity, magnetism etc. And, listen up, the main and most important game feature is that…you can climb everything. Yeah - that’s satisfying. And lots of travelling. Unfortunately, after RDR2 most of games’ worlds feel dead and empty. The same with BotW. Yeah, there were some animals here and there, I’ve met a few NPCs. Still world felt mostly as a huge dead territory. Beautiful, colourful and dead.
    Conclusion. Do ability to climb everything (except in Temples) and lots of puzzles make Zelda one of the best games ever created? Certainly not. It was my impression that people, who still put this game on the pedestal, play mostly Nintendo games and/or missed all the major titles since 2017. However in 2017, I suppose, it was pretty above average. Right now the 60+ hours experience from BotW haven’t convinced me to play TotK and Mario Odyssey and just to sell the Switch. Maybe I could just check those later on Deck or…^^    … Expand
  13. CouldBeYourName
    Jul 1, 2023
    7
    It´s not the best Zelda but still a good game.
    Story and music is mediocre but gameplay is pretty good.
    Performance is a big nono in this game however.
    Overall pretty good game tho.
  14. PlanteGaming
    Jun 28, 2023
    7
    Jeu qui a révolutionné l'industrie vidéoludique. Cependant, Hyrule est vide à bien des égards.
  15. DrPsycoGamer
    Jun 26, 2023
    5
    Es magistral! Una joya de los videojuegos. Único. Los mundos abiertos, el sinfín de cosas que hacer. Es épico.
  16. hinst
    Jun 13, 2023
    5
    This game has plenty of drawbacks. No voice for most dialogue, poor graphics, locked on Switch console. But the worst drawback of them all is that this game wastes player's time. This game is so good at wasting player's time. It goes out of its way to make you fail trivial tasks for arbitrary reasons. Most quests are rigged to be arbitrarily difficult. You're gonna fail a quest with noThis game has plenty of drawbacks. No voice for most dialogue, poor graphics, locked on Switch console. But the worst drawback of them all is that this game wastes player's time. This game is so good at wasting player's time. It goes out of its way to make you fail trivial tasks for arbitrary reasons. Most quests are rigged to be arbitrarily difficult. You're gonna fail a quest with no chance to guess why in advance. Too bad, now repeat. Search for people and items on a huge map. Missed a hint? Too bad. I would not recommend such a game to anyone in their right mind, unless they have 1000 hours in their life with nothing better to fill it with, and there are plenty of games that do their thing in 10 hours and provide more enjoyment without the endless waste of time

    I liked this game at first but after spending more and more time in it and realizing just how many uselessly repetitive activities there is to complete... now I literally hate this game    … Expand
  17. petriAND
    Jun 12, 2023
    7
    Gameplay - 8/10
    Story - 6/10
    Visuals - 7.5/10 Sound design/OST - 8/10 Acting/cinematics - 5.5/10 Fun - 8.5/10 -------------------------------------- 7.3 As far as open-world games go, this one is pretty unique, it has very innovative gameplay and fun exploration, what I think they didn't really do well is combat, with that awkward dodges and parries, unbalanced hit damage, and    Gameplay - 8/10
    Story - 6/10
    Visuals - 7.5/10
    Sound design/OST - 8/10
    Acting/cinematics - 5.5/10
    Fun - 8.5/10
    --------------------------------------
    7.3

    As far as open-world games go, this one is pretty unique, it has very innovative gameplay and fun exploration, what I think they didn't really do well is combat, with that awkward dodges and parries, unbalanced hit damage, and some boss fights that were pretty lackluster. The story is for kids, that's everything that I'm going to say, I gave it a 6.5/10 just because of the world-building, but without that is a 5/10 story if you have over 12 years old, and think that this is a good story you are a very odd individual, plus every side quest I did in the game was super lame. Cinematics and acting in general is very cringe, lip sync is absent btw. Loved the art style, animations, and everything sound related. Good game overall.    … Expand
  18. Stofi
    Jun 10, 2023
    6
    Well technically made, few good ideas and nice graphical style, but the game is empy without contend and overall boring. There is proclaimed freedom but nothing to do with that freedom. No quests or interesting activities.
  19. SaltyMarky
    Jun 9, 2023
    6
    BOTW is a game you play through gritted teeth.

    The game is incredibly mean-spirited and frustrating. The combat is basic and link has very few avoidance mechanics, leaving him standing there, dumbly unable to get out of the way of an instakill swipe from a early-game bokoblins. You are beset by mobs and then skeletons spawn from the ground to make it worst, you are then backed into a    BOTW is a game you play through gritted teeth.

    The game is incredibly mean-spirited and frustrating. The combat is basic and link has very few avoidance mechanics, leaving him standing there, dumbly unable to get out of the way of an instakill swipe from a early-game bokoblins. You are beset by mobs and then skeletons spawn from the ground to make it worst, you are then backed into a corner as the camera is pushed, dark-souls-like, into the back of link's head as he auto attaches to the wall, leaving you wondering why you can't do anything as an enemy kills you in one strike. The starting stamina is atrocious and is too slow to come back. Link doesn't simply move to where you want him to, but he does a little semi-circle circuitous move that punts you off of cliffs and makes it impossible to get onto ladders. All of this stuff came from skyward sword - the worst Zelda game.

    I used to think that they could improve all of this for the next Zelda game. I now know different. Screw you, Nintendo!    … Expand
  20. Poti
    Jun 4, 2023
    6
    I love Zelda games and I thought that this could be the best, it is not even close for me, fun but I don't see what everyone sees in this game, the story is empty and badly told. The side quests are all something like: give me 10 apples and I'll give you 50 rupees. Link seems like a lifeless being, no matter what happens he doesn't show any facial expression, something that happens inI love Zelda games and I thought that this could be the best, it is not even close for me, fun but I don't see what everyone sees in this game, the story is empty and badly told. The side quests are all something like: give me 10 apples and I'll give you 50 rupees. Link seems like a lifeless being, no matter what happens he doesn't show any facial expression, something that happens in Zeldas from dozens of years ago. and among many other things (The variety of enemies is ridiculous, the "dungeons" are very bad, the menus are clunky and stop the gameplay a lot, and more), people say that the exploration is the best thing about this game, but in My opinion feels very empty, I felt a loop where I said: Look what a beautiful place, let's see what there is, and there was a chest with a weapon worse than all the ones you already have or 1 kolog with the same puzzle that you have done 40 times. Morrowind feels much more alive and came out in 2001.… Expand
  21. LasseRon
    May 25, 2023
    7
    Weapon system is horrible and it feels really unrewarding to explore as the only thing you can really discover is shrines and koroks.
  22. MatBerserker
    May 21, 2023
    5
    Good gameplay and good bossfight, good history, and infinite possibility to finish this game.
  23. ricardely
    May 18, 2023
    7
    Masterpiece...mmmmmm for a child maybe?

    I have been playing for 20 hours in pc (60fps and FHD) and more than enough. Breath of Wild is okey as long as you like childish dialogues, childish story, childish game feeling, childish graphics, childish sound and that's all. I don't really understand why adult people is playind this and talking about a masterpiece, I guess it must be some    Masterpiece...mmmmmm for a child maybe?

    I have been playing for 20 hours in pc (60fps and FHD) and more than enough.
    Breath of Wild is okey as long as you like childish dialogues, childish story, childish game feeling, childish graphics, childish sound and that's all.

    I don't really understand why adult people is playind this and talking about a masterpiece, I guess it must be some kind of nostalgia.    … Expand
  24. daidalus33
    May 18, 2023
    6
    where the world is heading? Rating empty spaces with just puzzles and hidden objects 10/10....
  25. elina_v_ghost
    May 17, 2023
    7
    I like the open world , Its a different experience but I hate shrines and puzzles. Also "I hate broken swords". 7/10
  26. Theodore1986
    May 17, 2023
    7
    You can’t say it’s a bad game. And I know some will disagree. But "fade" is what describes that game. Lacked magic. Lacked a soul. The music play a big part in this. I understand the idea of light musical environnement to suit the concept of the "breath of the wild". But it just lacks personality. Music can make or break a game. Very few catchy themes. The only themes that gave me theYou can’t say it’s a bad game. And I know some will disagree. But "fade" is what describes that game. Lacked magic. Lacked a soul. The music play a big part in this. I understand the idea of light musical environnement to suit the concept of the "breath of the wild". But it just lacks personality. Music can make or break a game. Very few catchy themes. The only themes that gave me the original "Zelda vibe" were the Korok forest, Zoras royaume, Sidon theme. Were are all the classic Zelda themes ? I grew up with the SNES and N64. I rarely play video games anymore because I’m an adult and I don’t have so much time. But I do believe video game developers should quit trying making Hollywood soundtracks and go back to the good old melodies. It feels very bland and impersonal. There is something frustrating in this. Like "give me that vibe". But it’s not coming, except a few short instants.

    More enemy variety would have been better.
    Weapons breaking like glass, too fast.
    Climbing in the rain.
    Hyrule castle, so fade. As a conclusion, it was interesting. I respect the work. But just overall bland. Without relief and magic. Sorry.    … Expand
  27. QuasarKnight
    May 16, 2023
    5
    Em minha opinião este game não é essa maravilha como dizem, porém ele consegue ser melhor que sua sequência... Os puzzles são melhores, gráficos são menos capados e parece rodar melhor no Nintendo Swich. Não é um game que eu jogo com frequência pois não gosto das mecânicas de armas, puzzles, ambiente vazio e desenvolvimento lento. Acredito se o jogo possuísse um sistema RPG de lvl eEm minha opinião este game não é essa maravilha como dizem, porém ele consegue ser melhor que sua sequência... Os puzzles são melhores, gráficos são menos capados e parece rodar melhor no Nintendo Swich. Não é um game que eu jogo com frequência pois não gosto das mecânicas de armas, puzzles, ambiente vazio e desenvolvimento lento. Acredito se o jogo possuísse um sistema RPG de lvl e aprimoramento e árvore de habilidades descente seria bem melhor e menos enjoativo.… Expand
  28. Nico_C
    May 14, 2023
    6
    Muy sobrevalorado. Inflaron algo que supone es revolucionario y ya estaba en wi u.
  29. zeldaboy2023
    May 14, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mostly good way to spend idle hours. Annoying how some enemies could take you down to one heart, no matter how many hearts you have. Wished that reclaiming the towers meant that that territory was now free of enemies. It would make Link's role as hero have more meaning. Wished Link built up an army as he moved through territories, so he wasn't always fighting alone. Too many shrines. Guardians and Lynels too hard to kill. Rain was super annoying and lasted too long. Really enjoyed Beedle, most of the castle, and the five animal challenges. Link's hearts should automatically refill when he swims in a fairy's waters or visits a goddess statue (regardless if he has the spirit orbs). Why only monks? Why not nuns, too? And why don't these spirits teach Link more? And that ending? Why doesn't Link get to see Hyrule free? He should get to visit the villages and celebrate his world, along with Zelda.… Expand
  30. Renatopd
    May 12, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. E um jogo bem divertido...mas está com péssimo desempenho no switch, chegado há rodar abaixo de 20fps (e chega ha atrapalhar em algumas partes do game), até onde eu joguei grande parte do mapa do game é o mesmo do zelda anterior, é os gráficos estão praticamente o mesmo do jogo anterior, evoluiu muito pouco neste aspecto!

    A Nintendo precisa com urgência de um console com um hardware atual, e o zelda mostra isso claramente!    … Expand
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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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