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. DanDonato
    Sep 1, 2019
    10
    The best game i’ve played in my life. Simply a must for everyone that considers yourself a videogame fan.
  2. Tomas_
    Sep 1, 2019
    10
    Melhor jogo de sempre...Sem dúvidas o melhor jogo desta geração...Mundo aberto incrível e sem igual
  3. Draver
    Sep 1, 2019
    10
    Sin lugar a dudas, uno de los menores juegos que se han hecho en la historia de los videojuegos. Magia pura de principio a fin.
  4. Gooshbacca
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    I have been playing Zelda games since the gold cartridge on the NES and this entry to the series is nearly perfect in everyway possible. Everything that I would expect from a Zelda game was included. If I had one complaint, I wish the dungeons containing Spirit ords would have been more elaborate and fewer in numbers. Honestly that would be my only gripe. Not worth taking a point off theI have been playing Zelda games since the gold cartridge on the NES and this entry to the series is nearly perfect in everyway possible. Everything that I would expect from a Zelda game was included. If I had one complaint, I wish the dungeons containing Spirit ords would have been more elaborate and fewer in numbers. Honestly that would be my only gripe. Not worth taking a point off the score of a perfect game. Also, I wasn't expecting so much heart(lol, no pun intended) in a Zelda game. It can really tug at the heart strings at times. 10 out of 10.… Expand
  5. MasterYuco
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, es uno de los juegos más brutales que he jugado! Mundo abrieron con toda propiedad y además con el sistema de dinámicas y físicas más interesantes y desarrollado que he visto. Una rejugabilidad muy buena pero haberle agregado unos mino juegos lo habría convertido en algo básicamente perfecto en el género....
  6. Ness128
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Excelente, épico y su mundo abierto wooow cautivante en cada segundo, uno de los mejores zeldas de todos los tiempos
  7. Sebasvalsan
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    La gente que va poniendo ceros a esta joya, todo bien en casa? porque parece que no
  8. Benavivhorn
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    The best game I have ever played without a doubt. The open world is awsome and the story is cool and very interesting. Good job Nintendo
  9. Kilder004
    Aug 31, 2019
    9
    Todo lo que cualquier fan de la saga podria haber soñado pero, no se porque pero decidieron no hacer calabozos ni templos retadores como en las demas entregas
  10. SuperSamas
    Jul 26, 2019
    10
    El mejor videojuego de la historia. Este juego es un antes y un después en la industria del videojuego, es una clase magistral de cómo hacer un videojuego de mundo abierto, la libertad de este juego no tiene límites, te permite explorar cada rincón de Hyrule, las físicas del juego son de otro planeta, justamente es muy hueno
  11. keibyakko
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Es una obra maestra a la altura de Ocarina of Time. Todo jugador que ame los videojuegos debería jugarlo alguna vez. Un antes y un despues en los videojuegos.
  12. Anvylin
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    I’m 100+ hrs into this game and still fascinated. So much to do and to enjoy. Definitely my favorite game so far.
  13. caronte69
    Aug 30, 2019
    8
    todos los zeldas sin excepción nunca me han decepcionado y este zelda tampoco lo ha hecho
  14. rcams
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    Breath of the Wild was hands down the best game I have ever played. The story, the quests, the open world, the graphics, the score, everything was stunning. The level of difficulty was also very well balanced. I didn't pick it up and play it until spring 2019, and I am very glad that I did. The Ocarina of Time has finally been surpassed.
  15. posthuman
    Aug 30, 2019
    7
    Good looking game with some interesting mechanics, but for someone like me who likes to explore and experiment a lot, the loading screen time just killed the joy from the game.
  16. JamesHndry
    Aug 29, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Holy Moly.
    If i had ever played a perfect game, it would've been Zelda Breath Of The Wild. The world is a vast, sprawling open world, teeming with life and enemies to kill. You have your usual Zelda towns: Gerudo, Kakariko, Hateno and More. There are 4 dungeound, or Divine Beasts. Most are fairly easy, with an exception for Vah Naboris, whhich kade me come back kager on in my playthrough. The game also includes Ganon, the Master Sword and Memories, whoch are my favourite things to collect, and each provide an insight into the world 100 years ago. As for the story, it can mostly be found in the memories and is very minimal anyway. However, Zelda BOTW is almost perfect in every way.    … Expand
  17. leche_paterna
    Aug 29, 2019
    10
    Nintendo vuelve a demostrar su maestría desarrollando el goty de 2017. Absolutamente imprescindible.
  18. tkmtch
    Aug 29, 2019
    7
    I guess the score on this game really depends on 2 things; whether you like completing simple puzzles or not, and whether you enjoy exploring rather empty map or not. I didn't enjoy the shrine puzzles or Korok seed puzzles all over the map, if you don't then there's nothing to look for out in the map, so while I love exploring the world in most open world games, exploring post apocalypticI guess the score on this game really depends on 2 things; whether you like completing simple puzzles or not, and whether you enjoy exploring rather empty map or not. I didn't enjoy the shrine puzzles or Korok seed puzzles all over the map, if you don't then there's nothing to look for out in the map, so while I love exploring the world in most open world games, exploring post apocalyptic Hyrule really felt empty and almost meaningless.
    Also, fighting enemies was really fun at first but it became meaningless as well in the last half of the game. This game has no exp or level system, so you make Link stronger by collecting better weapons and armors/clothes. Since the weapon breaks constantly and there's no way to repair it, constantly updating your weapon through combat is really fun, it takes part in making the player feel that they are progressing. However about half way past the game I've collected good weapons, and I've already learned what kind of weapons the enemies have, and at this point I realized there's nothing I can gain from beating the enemies, so I just run past them. There's a lot of ways you can use environments to fight enemies and that's one of the things people love about this game, but what's the point if you aren't earning anything from them?
    So for me, most of the shrines and Korok puzzles were boring(and I started to wish the Korok won't be there when I lift the damn rocks, and they are always there), the combat was meaningless, and it meant there's nothing out there in this world that's interesting except for some rare occasions and encounters. Most of the side quests were boring too, I tend to not mind about having to do fetch quests in most games, but in this game I never really enjoyed it.

    The map and the world build on it is really great, some people will find it worth walking around even if it is empty. But if that's the case the Korok puzzles will get rather annoying. It becomes a distraction rather than an interesting interaction.
    In addition to the great world map, being able to climb almost anything and glide from heights is really epic and gives a whole lot of freedom to exploration.

    Overall Nintendo has made a great playground but failed to provide enough content worth paying attention in that play ground, at least for me.    … Expand
  19. MichaelJS
    Aug 29, 2019
    10
    This game is one of, if not the best game i have ever played. There is so much to do. From the second you leave the Great Plateau, this huge open world is ready for you to explore. Discovering new things was highly enjoyable and i loved ever twist and turn. This game is truly a masterpiece and i can not explain how much fun this experience was.
  20. Vituh
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esse game é ótimo, trilha sonora, gameplay, história, tudo! Praticamente um prato cheio para amantes de Zelda!… Expand
  21. kitch
    Aug 27, 2019
    8
    Breath of the Wild is a fantastic experience, the world is beautiful and full of things to do even small little things like killing off a group of enemies in a creative way, finding the Korok seeds or finding a shrine. The only thing I can do is nitpick at minor things. For me personally the shrines lack their previous character as does gannon just feeling like a monster rather than a mainBreath of the Wild is a fantastic experience, the world is beautiful and full of things to do even small little things like killing off a group of enemies in a creative way, finding the Korok seeds or finding a shrine. The only thing I can do is nitpick at minor things. For me personally the shrines lack their previous character as does gannon just feeling like a monster rather than a main antagonist. Overall the core gameplay of Breath of the Wild is perfect it just lacks a little bit of extra character and style on top.… Expand
  22. Sijun
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Zelda games always have a special place in my heart. Since I was a little boy I played Zelda games on NES, Gameboy and the SNES. Then I stepped away from playing video games entirerly until the Switch got released. The first game I bought was BotW and man it is a blast. Now, two years later I have played nearly 500h and still cant get enough of it.
    My biggest pros:
    - its Zelda - its    Zelda games always have a special place in my heart. Since I was a little boy I played Zelda games on NES, Gameboy and the SNES. Then I stepped away from playing video games entirerly until the Switch got released. The first game I bought was BotW and man it is a blast. Now, two years later I have played nearly 500h and still cant get enough of it.
    My biggest pros:
    - its Zelda
    - its open world
    - its absolutely beautiful and lovley
    - its atmospheric like no other Zelda game
    - it has great music
    - it has great survival aspects

    biggest cons
    - close to no voice acting (but that is just a minor con really)
    - it has an end    … Expand
  23. Zionn
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    This is the best game in my entire life that I have ever played. This is the new paradime of open world game.You can do almost everything you want in this game. Also, I reccomand you to buy dlc before you play:)
  24. Axxypie
    Aug 26, 2019
    10
    An absolute masterpiece. One with flaws, but a masterpiece regardless. I haven't enjoyed a game so much in quite a long time. Nintendo has still got it, and then some, all of it topped off with a cherry.
  25. JesterTRT
    Aug 26, 2019
    6
    I really tried getting into this game, as I loved Zelda games. But When I played it, I just couldn't really get huge into it. There was fun parts, but I never got incredibly absorbed into it like the older games.
    When I got to the point where I was deciding what game to play, I often found myself pushing this to the side for another game. Thus the average middle score. Not a bad game, but    I really tried getting into this game, as I loved Zelda games. But When I played it, I just couldn't really get huge into it. There was fun parts, but I never got incredibly absorbed into it like the older games.
    When I got to the point where I was deciding what game to play, I often found myself pushing this to the side for another game. Thus the average middle score. Not a bad game, but I feel it was far to over hyped for me, that it fell short.
    I'd love to see another game in the ways of OOT.    … Expand
  26. Natikfire
    Mar 19, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What can be said about this game, that has not already been said? It does not matter what preferences you have on games, this is a must own. Nintendo, has not tried to craft an open world game in 30 years, and when they do, the rest of the industry got schooled on how to do it properly. The only way to describe this game, is pure excellence. No, it's more than that....this game ruined a lot of other games for me, because it does what video games are meant to do, it was fun. Beyond fun, I got lost, engrossed in this world that Nintendo crafted. If the durability system was better, this game would ha r perfect.… Expand
  27. Crisvelas1
    Aug 24, 2019
    10
    Es el mejor juego de la historia su ambientacion sus personajes sus historia sus jefes es obvio que este es el juego de la historia
  28. Gelis07
    Aug 23, 2019
    10
    This game is very cool!!! If you buy a Nintendo switch or WiiU buy this game too!!
  29. Wcollins270
    Aug 23, 2019
    10
    Here’s my review of every element that makes the game Exploration: it’s exploration is top notch, you could get lost in the world for hours. The NPC’s are interesting, and charismatic, and the side quests are also nice Bosses: the game gives you so many ways to defeat bosses, once your weapon breaks, you find a new way, and another one. There’s so many options to choose from.

    Combat: I    Here’s my review of every element that makes the game Exploration: it’s exploration is top notch, you could get lost in the world for hours. The NPC’s are interesting, and charismatic, and the side quests are also nice Bosses: the game gives you so many ways to defeat bosses, once your weapon breaks, you find a new way, and another one. There’s so many options to choose from.

    Combat: I really enjoy the combat since there’s so many ways to improve, every time you fight a new boss you just get better, and better. Music: the music is very nice and calming, it really fits with the whole atmosphere of the game Story: it gives you a sense of progression, and freedom. You could do whatever you want, however you wanna do it. Overall: I could see myself enjoying this game for years, with so many side quests, interesting characters, new swords, and armor to find. I could never see myself getting bored of this game . I’ll give it a 11/10    … Expand
  30. Gunners91
    Aug 22, 2019
    10
    It’s breath taking and it’s a lesson to all developers to learn how to build an open world game live interesting and enjoyable .
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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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