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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  1. Meeleepit
    Oct 10, 2019
    10
    So, i have never played a Zelda game before.

    Bought the Switch and Zelda and what happened after that was magical.

    i couldn't stop playing , i even phoned in sick to work and stayed home for 2 days playing Zelda.

    This was the best game i have ever played and i would suggest that every switch owner needs to play this!
  2. patinete92
    Oct 9, 2019
    10
    The best Zelda ever. Amazing, I play +100 hours and I will play more.

    El mejor Zelda que he jugado jamás. Llevo más de 100 horas y quiero seguir jugando.
  3. Orthodoxist
    Oct 9, 2019
    8
    This game is good, better said, really good. It is probably a must have if you own a Switch. However, the environmental storytelling, together with some limitations in gameplay, didn't make me love it. I just enjoyed the world, but it didn't stuck. Must have played about 50 hours and then moved on, never bothered to complete all the side quests as I never thought the rewards were importantThis game is good, better said, really good. It is probably a must have if you own a Switch. However, the environmental storytelling, together with some limitations in gameplay, didn't make me love it. I just enjoyed the world, but it didn't stuck. Must have played about 50 hours and then moved on, never bothered to complete all the side quests as I never thought the rewards were important enough

    Pros:
    + Freedom of movement: if you see a place, you can get there, one way or another
    + Physics! It feels good!
    + No performance issues
    + I honestly don't mind the lack of dungeons, I think that the puzzles are OK and some of the sanctuaries require brains

    Cons:
    - The story is a bit too simple. I understand the allegoric character of the story, but still, it was not enough
    - Weapon durability. The day my favorite weapon broke was very sad.
    - I think the variety of combat options, which is in principle good, makes the combat cumbersome, as you spend half of the time changing powers/weapons/arrows
    - I found some side characters annoying
    - Can't believe Link doesn't have voice yet.
    - I would have appreciated a less modular approach in the game (defeat these 4 bosses and then go to the Castle). Bosses themselves. Likewise, random appearance of monsters at night is quite annoying while you're trying to explore.    … Expand
  4. Andresfrq
    Oct 9, 2019
    10
    Es un juego hermoso. Nintendo demuestra una vez más la capacidad que tiene de recontar sus historias. ¡Más de 2 años y todavía jugando!
  5. GenaBukin1
    Oct 8, 2019
    0
    Ужасная игра! Скучная и не интересная. Игра очень простая
  6. RaisePx
    Oct 8, 2019
    10
    Este juego es una tremenda joya. Apesar de que no soy fanatico de los juegos de Zelda adquirí este juego y sin duda de lo unico que me arrepiento es de no comprarlo antes, sin duda 100% recomendado
  7. gusman
    Oct 7, 2019
    4
    Castaña infumable. Si no conoces Zelda puede gustarte, pero como seas un seguidor de la saga te decepcionará por completo, es cualquier cosa menos un Zelda. Mundo abierto vacío, enemigos genéricos en todas partes, no hay mazmorras como tal, solo los templos que son aburridos, la mecánica de las armas de mantequilla (se rompen solas) es lo peor de lo peor... Si te gusta Zelda de verdadCastaña infumable. Si no conoces Zelda puede gustarte, pero como seas un seguidor de la saga te decepcionará por completo, es cualquier cosa menos un Zelda. Mundo abierto vacío, enemigos genéricos en todas partes, no hay mazmorras como tal, solo los templos que son aburridos, la mecánica de las armas de mantequilla (se rompen solas) es lo peor de lo peor... Si te gusta Zelda de verdad olvida esta castañña y juega al Link's Awakening.… Expand
  8. OlexeyHmelove
    Oct 7, 2019
    10
    that game are cool,that dungeon are beautifuls,I have nothing to say except to10 from 10
  9. senblade
    Oct 7, 2019
    10
    Восхитительное и завораживающее приключение, окупившее для меня покупку Nintendo Switch. Игра великолепна буквально во всем, и даже небольшие технические проблемы консолей не помешали получить искреннее удовольствие от игрового процесса.Восхитительное и завораживающее приключение, окупившее для меня покупку Nintendo Switch. Игра великолепна буквально во всем, и даже небольшие технические проблемы консолей не помешали получить искреннее удовольствие от игрового процесса.
  10. Dayvix
    Oct 6, 2019
    8
    While an amazing experience, I don't think it's a 10/10. The soundtrack is fairly short on tracks but when it picks up speed it's really enjoyable. The final boss isn't that great either. But the open world and 120 shrines (i've done all of them) make this game great to play until you run out of things to do.
  11. ElMonforte26
    Oct 6, 2019
    10
    No es un juego perfecto, pero por todo lo que consigue, se merece sobradamente el 10
  12. Chelo2733
    Oct 6, 2019
    9
    the game is brilliant, the mechanics very good, an exquisite open world, the soundtrack did not impress me and a little more difficulty would have been good.
  13. memus
    Oct 6, 2019
    9
    Yesterday I finally killed Ganon. It took me only 2 years and 115 hours of gameplay to do it :)
    It's a marvellous game. Switch isn't a perfect hardware to render huge open-worlds. But this is totally fixed by a perfect art direction. This is a very beautiful game and a mesmerising world.
    + This is the first open-world game where I enjoyed exploring it and finding secrets by myself. +    Yesterday I finally killed Ganon. It took me only 2 years and 115 hours of gameplay to do it :)
    It's a marvellous game. Switch isn't a perfect hardware to render huge open-worlds. But this is totally fixed by a perfect art direction. This is a very beautiful game and a mesmerising world.

    + This is the first open-world game where I enjoyed exploring it and finding secrets by myself.
    + OCD Korok seeds quests are amazing
    + Monks in shrines are such an awesome and unexpected reference to Buddhism
    + You know where the Ganon is straight away
    + The first walk up to Zora domain in rain
    + Air battle with Naydra
    + Fairies that are too sexy for a kid friendly game :)
    + Labyrinths!

    - Loading times are not the best
    - Frame rate drops in Korok forest
    - Final battle with Ganon was beautiful, but meh
    - In general, after the early game the horse became more a nuisance than fun    … Expand
  14. Marr08
    Oct 1, 2019
    10
    Simply amazing! 200h and every time I come back I play 10h more. Likely to return to this game for a long time.
  15. Rich40
    Sep 30, 2019
    10
    Excelente mundo abierto, excelente cinemática. Altamente adictivo. Un juego altamente extenso pero muy divertido.
  16. Spsteveo
    Oct 1, 2019
    10
    Love love love this game.
    Kept me glued to the switch for couple hundred hours.
    There's so much to do whether it's following the story, the side missions or just simply exploring the gorgeous open world. Never played a Zelda game before this as was always a set a player in my younger days. This game really is one of my favourites of all time, can't think of too many that got me so    Love love love this game.
    Kept me glued to the switch for couple hundred hours.
    There's so much to do whether it's following the story, the side missions or just simply exploring the gorgeous open world.
    Never played a Zelda game before this as was always a set a player in my younger days. This game really is one of my favourites of all time, can't think of too many that got me so engrossed into the whole game.
    A must for open world game players, Zelda fans and I think any gamer should give this a blast and sit and give it some time.    … Expand
  17. MrMcHarg
    Sep 30, 2019
    10
    This game is an absolute must-buy for switch owners. I have enjoyed countless hours of fun while playing this game. Albeit the story is not the most-amazing, well-written narrative that you have ever seen, the rest of the game makes up for this as there is a huge amount of content and stuff to do.
  18. Jessu
    Sep 30, 2019
    10
    Cuando te dicen mejor juego de la historia no te exageran para nada. Compra obligatoria
  19. TR3M0RE
    Sep 29, 2019
    10
    This game is massive and has a lot of things to do graphics and art style are great voice acting is okay not bad though barely a story but that's Zelda for you. Shrines are fun and make you think
  20. Reds1496
    Oct 29, 2018
    10
    Uno de los mejores juegos que he jugado. La ambientación, jugabilidad, música y el mundo abierto en general son de los mejores que he visto. Además, el aspecto visual parece sacado de una pintura, es increíble, aunque entiendo que esto es cuestión de gustos y si usted es una persona que prefiere títulos con aspectos realistas, este no es el juego indicado para usted.

    La historia por otro    Uno de los mejores juegos que he jugado. La ambientación, jugabilidad, música y el mundo abierto en general son de los mejores que he visto. Además, el aspecto visual parece sacado de una pintura, es increíble, aunque entiendo que esto es cuestión de gustos y si usted es una persona que prefiere títulos con aspectos realistas, este no es el juego indicado para usted.

    La historia por otro lado, es cierto que quizás es su punto mas flojo, pero no tanto como algunas personas dicen ya que de manera similar a títulos como los de la saga "Dark Souls" esta se debe ir descubriendo poco a poco y he de decir que con el dlc de los campeones esta se vuelve mucho mas rica y apreciable.

    Sin mas que decir, un titulo imprescindible.    … Expand
  21. Lilmeeb
    Sep 25, 2019
    10
    This game is absolutely phenomenal! Everything is so good! From the exploration to the characters to the puzzles, it's the evolutionary next step for the Legend of Zelda series. The Gameplay: The gameplay of Breath of the Wild is near perfection, it's simple from the outside as you can run, jump, climb, fight and glide but when all these mechanics are combined the right way you are a forceThis game is absolutely phenomenal! Everything is so good! From the exploration to the characters to the puzzles, it's the evolutionary next step for the Legend of Zelda series. The Gameplay: The gameplay of Breath of the Wild is near perfection, it's simple from the outside as you can run, jump, climb, fight and glide but when all these mechanics are combined the right way you are a force to be reckoned with. Look out Lynels! The exploration: The exploration of Breath of the wild is one of the main selling points and is what you will be doing most of the game from looking for shrines to stumbling across 1 of the 900 hidden Korok seeds, there is a lot of exploration in this game that simply getting from point A to point B takes a long time but not because it's far away but because you WILL get sidetracked many times on your journey just by simply seeing something interesting in the distance and saying to yourself "What is that?" and you just go to see what "that" is. And that is what this game is about, you don't get crazy awesome rewards for everything you do, you get the experience of playing the game and having fun while doing it with the feeling of what will I do after this or how do I even do this popping up quite often. This game is a must have and you don't really understand what's so good about Breath of the Wild until you actually play it. If you haven't already, buy the game it's honestly the best bang for your buck deal you will find.… Expand
  22. vipek
    Sep 24, 2019
    10
    It's perfect! I don't even have words for that. It's the best game I've ever played.

    And the sequel is coming... :D
  23. Nixxx2000
    Sep 24, 2019
    10
    One of the best games I have ever played. It is something between exploring from TES IV Oblivion and fairy tale atmosphere in Fable with well-know puzzle and platform elements you could experience in Nintendo titles such as Banjo-Kazooie or Mario 64. Graphics and art style are superior with huge open world ready to explore from the very beginning. I played NES in the early 90s, then N64One of the best games I have ever played. It is something between exploring from TES IV Oblivion and fairy tale atmosphere in Fable with well-know puzzle and platform elements you could experience in Nintendo titles such as Banjo-Kazooie or Mario 64. Graphics and art style are superior with huge open world ready to explore from the very beginning. I played NES in the early 90s, then N64 now I'm 37 and I love Switch and new Zelda. Nintendo remains to me the very best gaming company out there and I am honored that i could play in such master peace. Thank you Nintendo for all these years… Expand
  24. beakmantopace
    Sep 24, 2019
    10
    Excelente Video Juego uno de los mejores para la Nintendo Switch sin duda! todo esta muy bien realizado, su ambientación, su gameplay
  25. Eduardorj975
    Sep 23, 2019
    0
    Um jogo simplesmente horrível.um lixo completo.não vale.simplesmente a metade do valor cobrado por ele. não há dublagem para o personagem principal.gráficos cartoonizados horríveis.o Link simplesmente,não tem expressão facial.
  26. Lobuttomize
    Sep 23, 2019
    5
    $15-20/$60 It is fun but it's very shallow and empty. Story is generic Zelda stuff, won't go into it a ton but it's pretty empty. The side quests are generally 1 part and don't add much to the game. The world is very open but there's not much of a reason to explore it besides completion purposes. I feel the armor system was done very poorly because-- unless you have to for weather--$15-20/$60 It is fun but it's very shallow and empty. Story is generic Zelda stuff, won't go into it a ton but it's pretty empty. The side quests are generally 1 part and don't add much to the game. The world is very open but there's not much of a reason to explore it besides completion purposes. I feel the armor system was done very poorly because-- unless you have to for weather-- there's no reason to wear anything but the Weapon Damage set (unless you think you're bad and need the high armor value set.) The last boss fight is extremely simple and easy if you can master deflecting lasers and can be done without doing the rest of the main story. Enemy variation is probably my biggest letdown because I expected much more from such a large world but the vast majority of enemies you meet will be the lizard guys or skeletons. There's also no post-game which is par-for-the-course for Zelda but I think should be included in open-world games, especially ones with not much true content. In summary: the game is almost entirely about exploring and you won't find much, but there's still some fun in that itself.… Expand
  27. KevWen
    Sep 23, 2019
    10
    What do I need to say about this game
    It's Zelda
    It's 3D Zelda
    It's open world Zelda
    It's dream come true!
  28. Tarambana
    Sep 23, 2019
    7
    Juego gráfica y técnicamente excelente. Lastima que su interfaz, ritmo y algunas mecánicas lo denoten.
    Es mi primera vez en esta franquicia, me ha gustado. Pero tras empezar el juego con excelentes expectativas, todo ha quedado en una experiencia notable.
  29. Pardoow
    Sep 22, 2019
    10
    This game is probably the reason I got a switch, this was so well done and absolutely destroyed my expectations of it. Must have game for any zelda fans
  30. Leopow440
    Sep 22, 2019
    10
    Bit late on the review but this is my favourite zelda game incredible game and well worthy of its game of the year prize.
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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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