The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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  1. quickusername
    Mar 27, 2018
    10
    The game obviously has flaws, not enough story, too strict weapon durability, lack of long dungeons, but I enjoyed the game so much that I really can't rate it anything other then a 10. It's just a lot of fun, I'm at 240 hours and counting. 10/10 for me doesn't mean I think the game is perfect. It just means that I think the game is an amazing game that everyone should try to play. So tryThe game obviously has flaws, not enough story, too strict weapon durability, lack of long dungeons, but I enjoyed the game so much that I really can't rate it anything other then a 10. It's just a lot of fun, I'm at 240 hours and counting. 10/10 for me doesn't mean I think the game is perfect. It just means that I think the game is an amazing game that everyone should try to play. So try to pick this one up if you can.… Expand
  2. SappyNoypi
    Mar 26, 2018
    9
    The world was a pleasure to explore. As an action adventure noob, I was delighted that some parts of the game are not that difficult. The freedom the game provides you is also an amazing plus. Another must play for Switch!
  3. GollyJeeWizz
    Mar 26, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In a nutshell, this game is for adventurers and those who love to explore. The game rewards those who explores every nook and cranny of the world, and if you're not a skilled player, punishes you for not doing so. I say those who do so are rewarded, and those who do not are punished because the way you find your stamina vessels and heart containers are by exploring and completing Shrines that are littered throughout the massive game world. From obvious locations, such as at ground level in random places, to the top of the Twin Peaks. Some are easy to complete, and others will have you scrambling the internet to figure out how to complete them. There are still Shrines in earlier parts of the game I doubt I will ever complete, either because they are incredibly annoying, or simply because I don't have the patience to search every nook and cranny of the world.

    There are over 900 Korok seeds around the world you can use to expand your inventory. These are incredibly precious, as inventory space is hard to come by due to the new breakable equipment mechanic. There are 120 possible Shrines to explore as you make your way around the game world. There are a ton of side quests that will yield extra rupees, gems, and other items. There are treasure chests placed all throughout the world in those places you don't think to look at while playing a video game, such as at the bottom of a pond, or in a cave behind a destructible wall. Needless to say there is enough to do in this world to keep you busy. There are those who have put in 100+ hours into the game who have yet to make it to their first Divine Beast. I've even read about individuals with 500 hours into the game who has yet to finish off and destroy Calamity Ganon. We'll return to that later.

    However, with that being said, the story is just as bad as the exploration is good. There's not much that is fleshed out, and what little story we do get in BOTW becomes predictable. You start out waking up from a 100 year nap and found out Calamity Ganon is on the loose and terrorizing the world. You meet up with the last King of Hyrule, and while you are finding all this out the only thing comes into mind is how amazing this adventure is going to be. Unfortunately, all that type is short lived. You learn how to glide after doing the tutorial island, and from there you are told you need to find the four Divine Beasts, as they are the secret to weakening Calamity Ganon so he can be defeated. In fact, skilled players can completely ignore this and go straight to Calamity Ganon, and the main story is over as quickly as it begins.

    Without question, BOTW is the best exploration and adventure simulator that has ever been made, but lacks the character of previous Zelda games.    … Expand
  4. Aus_CriticX
    Mar 26, 2018
    10
    Not perfect, doesn’t have the feel of other zelda games, You get wrecked by enemies randomly , Frame rate can be bad, but my god this game is STILL ABSOULTELY FANTASTICAL, STORY, GRAPHICS ETC ARE BRILLIANT 10/10 AND THIS IS IN MY TOP 10 VIDEOGAME EVER , but still there are better zelda games , but my gosh this is a beautiful as heaven game!
  5. Yhatha
    Mar 25, 2018
    10
    Zelda botw is the best switch game I've played by a long shot and may even be one of the best games I've ever played in the first place. The worlds are so open and expansive, and discovering a new place is so satisfying or getting a really good item. This game truly feels like a completely open world and the replay value is splendid. There's 120 mini dungeons called shrines, all giving youZelda botw is the best switch game I've played by a long shot and may even be one of the best games I've ever played in the first place. The worlds are so open and expansive, and discovering a new place is so satisfying or getting a really good item. This game truly feels like a completely open world and the replay value is splendid. There's 120 mini dungeons called shrines, all giving you a challenge to complete weather that's fighting an enemy, doing a puzzle, or just plain getting to the shrine itself is sometimes the challenge.

    The combat is also really intriguing and being so complex but simple at the same time. Unlike other Zelda games, you don't just target and enemy and spam attack. You have certain moves you can do like flips and parry's which are super satisfying to pull off. Also weapons break, so this makes you more destined to not be constrained to one weapon all the time and explore to get more.

    The tutorial in this game doesn't even feel like a tutorial. It's very good at teaching you what the game has ahead of you but somehow not feeling watered down and boring. It's like the first super Mario, it does it in a way by making you learn yourself.

    I could talk about this game for hours, but the rest i'll say is this is a must have for switch owners, and Nintendo fans alike.    … Expand
  6. PandaBros
    Mar 24, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the WIld is one of the greatest games I've ever played. The open world adventure mixed with the not rare but not super common shrines, enemy camps, or locations makes a great game that will surely give you hours of entertainment. While being a mystery a lot of the time, I don't recommend using a guide as the game is never too tricky or confusing. Many features of the game such as shrines and horses extend gameplay while side quests and/or shrine quests will require one of the most interesting features in the game.
    On the Nintendo Switch, the controls feel perfect. I haven't played the Wii U version, though.
    SPOILER ALERT! SPOILERS AHEAD!
    Think about if you care about spoilers or not!

    The story of the game is one of the most creative video game stories I've ever known. Basically, Calamity Ganon has devastated Hyrule and nearly killed Link, the appointed knight of Princess Zelda. He is given a century of recovery before receiving the Sheikah Slate. He travels around the world, finding interesting characters like Prince Sidon of the Zora and the Old Man, who turns out to be the deceased King Rhoam of Hyrule. Through various sources you figure out that you must appease four Divine Beasts that were on the side of the Hyrulians until Calamity Ganon turned them against Hyrule. Along with the Divine Beasts, there are also the Guardians in the same situation. Originally, the Divine Beasts and Guardians were created by the Sheikah 10,000 years ago but were uncovered by Hyrule a century ago.

    This game gets a perfect 10/10 for its action-packed story and gameplay, quests, and overall experience. This game makes it hard to express the enjoyment and things that players will enjoy in an infinite amount of characters, so I won't even try with 5000.    … Expand
  7. SlightedHand
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild is legitimately refreshing. I know refreshing is such an overused word in the video game reviewing industry, but this game truly is. When I first started playing games 11 years ago, I first played Super Mario Galaxy, a game filled with creative dense environments. However after years of Nintendo Wii, I got an Xbox 360 and just like that I was sucked intoLegend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild is legitimately refreshing. I know refreshing is such an overused word in the video game reviewing industry, but this game truly is. When I first started playing games 11 years ago, I first played Super Mario Galaxy, a game filled with creative dense environments. However after years of Nintendo Wii, I got an Xbox 360 and just like that I was sucked into the anti-consumer world of Triple A video games. COD, Assassins Creed, Fifa were all my top games and I was just waiting for each one to come out. And it wasn't until about two years ago when AC: Syndicate came out that I started drifting away. All of these games lacked the creativity, inventiveness and freedom that I really wanted to play with, and it wasn't until I bought the switch just to play this game that I felt that the video game market might actually still be fun. It is exactly like having a cold wet flannel rubbed on your face and then taken away. It is the game definition of refreshing. This game has almost no moments of repetition, every battle, every puzzle, and every bit of exploration is diverse and amazing. The shrines can be a bit of a grind but are still interesting enough individually to stay exciting. It's only if you try to tackle them all in one big rush like I did that they start to blur together. The divine beasts all are amazing, I honestly can't think of a criticism for them. The only point of this entire game that I felt should be changed or just removed completely was on of the Korok Trials which was a trailing mission that was just unpredictable and so monotonous. However that is a ten minute job in a game that was 100 hours for me. This game is revolutionary as an open world rpg as it condenses such a huge amount of mechanics, fights and puzzles into a big, beautiful map. Even the graphics are stunning with what you would imagine a 3D video game version of a Studio Ghibli would look like. This game deserves all the praise its getting and has hopefully redefined all of our opinions of what a Triple-A open world rpg looks like.… Expand
  8. MacAsk
    Mar 22, 2018
    10
    Best game I ever played, over 200 hours in and I'm still finding ways to entertain myself before finishing off the DLC. Just never want it to end! Deserves the praise it gets.
  9. neehawgamer
    Mar 22, 2018
    10
    Great game! i have been playing it for a year or two now, and I still don't have a 100% completion!
    By the way, that's a good thing. i like games that actually keep me busy, which is why I don't play apps very much.
  10. gamenaturegeek
    Mar 22, 2018
    9
    I loved this game all the way from the start to the end. The whole time I was immersed in the biggest and personally the best version of Hyrule that Nintendo has created so far my only complaint is that some parts of the game didn't need to be there like areas with no purpose or some of the Korok seeds but other than that this game is perfect.
  11. Nareba
    Mar 21, 2018
    2
    Zelda é sempre mais do mesmo: mesma história, mesmo plot, mesmo gráfico, repetição ao extremo. Repetir coisas é a especialidade da Nintendo...
  12. ninedistrict
    Mar 21, 2018
    10
    O jogo beira a perfeição de tão bem feito que é. Tudo feito no capricho. História, trilha sonora, personagens e o que mais tiver lá.
    O único porém são os inimigos que poderiam ser mais diversificados e o mundo as vezes parece um pouco vazio. Mas isso não tira o brilho do jogo.
  13. LoganMic
    Mar 20, 2018
    6
    From what I have played, it decent. Is it a masterpiece? No, not even close. But it still can be a fun game to play from time to time. So why would I consider this game to be decent? Well the story isn't that interesting, the controls feel a bit too weird, and Link isn't really that of a interesting character at all.
  14. Adubis27
    Mar 19, 2018
    10
    This game is so unbelievably good! I just made a Metacritic account and I decided that this was the first game I had to praise, it's nearly flawless. Well deserved GOTY award. 100/100
  15. whitesneaka
    Mar 18, 2018
    9
    Generally speaking, this game is an absolute must own. Great graphics (when the frame rate doesn't slow down on you), deep story and expansive worlds to explore. Time consuming at its finest! If your a fan of the series this is the pinnacle. As for why I did not give it a 10, the frame rate gets annoying. Also, the button layout is a little too cumbersome. Small complaints but perfectionGenerally speaking, this game is an absolute must own. Great graphics (when the frame rate doesn't slow down on you), deep story and expansive worlds to explore. Time consuming at its finest! If your a fan of the series this is the pinnacle. As for why I did not give it a 10, the frame rate gets annoying. Also, the button layout is a little too cumbersome. Small complaints but perfection means perfect.… Expand
  16. metadubrev2
    Mar 18, 2018
    5
    there's as much to hate about this game as there is to love. yeah there's some great aspects but far too many irritating things ruin the game. a save mechanism that takes you back far before when you saved, button mashing combat, fatal lightning storms you can't escape that fill seemingly 1/3 of the time you're in some areas, tedious item management, farming and selling, hours of justthere's as much to hate about this game as there is to love. yeah there's some great aspects but far too many irritating things ruin the game. a save mechanism that takes you back far before when you saved, button mashing combat, fatal lightning storms you can't escape that fill seemingly 1/3 of the time you're in some areas, tedious item management, farming and selling, hours of just wandering and traveling. when it's fun it's really fun but it's really not fun very often.… Expand
  17. HorusVenus1210
    Mar 18, 2018
    10
    Es un juego que no tiene peros... Todo es majestuoso uno nunca se aburre de explorar y dan ganas de ir hasta el último rincón.
  18. Darius991
    Mar 17, 2018
    0
    i played the game 10 h and i must say very overrated game
    1.The Story not satisfactory and boring.
    2.Stupid puzzle dungeons.
    3. Weapon durability 0 don´t need to say more.
    4. Open World farming i don´t give a **** in a offline game
    5. Clumsy gameplay
  19. Meta1234
    Mar 17, 2018
    4
    From an until recently lifelong Nintendo fan:

    This is a Zelda game but it has got its flaws. They should be mentioned and the eternal Nintendo nostalgia should be put aside because it has metaphorically become a source of sickness. [Frame drop part of my review applies to Wii U, cannot talk about the Nintendo Switch with certainty] Continuing with the gameplay, the one-shot game    From an until recently lifelong Nintendo fan:

    This is a Zelda game but it has got its flaws. They should be mentioned and the eternal Nintendo nostalgia should be put aside because it has metaphorically become a source of sickness.

    [Frame drop part of my review applies to Wii U, cannot talk about the Nintendo Switch with certainty]

    Continuing with the gameplay, the one-shot game overs and the constant breaking of the weapons is another source of frustration. It even goes beyond frustration and generates anger in the player. Travelling long distances for exploring and suddenly getting one-shot is not nice. This is a first open world for Zelda and the flaws are more than visible. The balance in the open-world playing experience is not there.

    Moving on to cinematics and voice-acting. Once again the experience lacks completeness. There is voice acting in some scenes but once the cinematic is over it goes back to the text boxes. Compared to a game like AC where there is voice acting even during gameplay e.g. when following an ally, Nintendo is lagging far behind in this sector.

    Lastly, there is a robotic style of developing a game from the side of Nintendo. What models have we got in our inventory? this and that ok how to combine them together? ok then now use them. First make the models, then robotically dress it up with some reused storyline. Does it fit? Who cares? After creating a story timeline in Hyrule Historia probably for selling a few copies of a book, now it is scrapped just like that. The story is meshed up again.

    And my final thoughts: It does not mean that a pioneer in the pixel-era of gaming should continue getting praise even for underperforming open-world modern games, just because they pioneered back in the 80s. If a game like Far Cry gets 8 points on average, when it is much more advanced in gameplay balance and cinematics and overall feeling, then Breath of the Wild is half that and can only get a 4 from my side.    … Expand
  20. SamGoesHart
    Mar 16, 2018
    1
    Getting rid of the A-Items, Bosses, classic Dungeons, Soundtrack and linear but packed overworld is not creating a good Zelda-Game, nor a good game in general.
  21. Cefezsig
    Mar 16, 2018
    8
    As a game, it's a masterpiece.
    But it does lack a lot of things that make Zelda games, well, Zelda games.
    If you are a Zelda fan, I think you are going to be a little disappointed with the lack of such iconic Zelda things.
    If you are a newcomer, you're going to love it.
  22. Maz_Koshia
    Mar 15, 2018
    10
    Its a good game with minor flaws that do not make the game deserve a 9. I would give it a 9.9 if possible. Don't let the trolls mislead you. Buy this game
  23. Drope
    Mar 10, 2018
    10
    Inovador...nem tudo é Grafico...dentro do esperado...como sempre a franquia zelda abrindo a mentes...com softwer basico o switch fez essa blz...quando chegar aos 8gb de RAM do PS4 possivelmente teremos um outro conceito de games.
  24. mikeisright3
    Mar 9, 2018
    10
    Dear God. This game is simply one pf the best ever. I have no idea how to explain how good this game is. But it's good.
  25. EgErVali
    Mar 9, 2018
    10
    This game is nothing but amazing, I've never played a Zelda game before because I always thought they looked boring but this game made me a into a Zelda fan and made want to play more of the games.
    I have now put in 145 hours into the game and am currently trying to 100% it.
    And even thought I've put in 145 hours I'm sure I will put in many more. This is a game that everyone should    This game is nothing but amazing, I've never played a Zelda game before because I always thought they looked boring but this game made me a into a Zelda fan and made want to play more of the games.
    I have now put in 145 hours into the game and am currently trying to 100% it.
    And even thought I've put in 145 hours I'm sure I will put in many more.

    This is a game that everyone should play, I highly recommend it and hope you have fun.    … Expand
  26. arjunfast
    Mar 8, 2018
    10
    This game is the best Music, game play, world, and details are all just amazing and this game is my favorite
  27. loic01
    Mar 7, 2018
    10
    Très bon jeu qu'on remarque sur plusieurs points. En premier, j'aimerai parler du graphique qui n'est certes pas merveilleux mais pour un monde autant ouvert, Nintendo ne pouvait pas faire mieux selon moi. Ensuite, justement, le monde ouvert de ce Zelda montre une certaine liberté qu'on à de jouée à ce magnifique jeu. De même, l'histoire et le fait de pouvoir rechercher nos souvenirs font,Très bon jeu qu'on remarque sur plusieurs points. En premier, j'aimerai parler du graphique qui n'est certes pas merveilleux mais pour un monde autant ouvert, Nintendo ne pouvait pas faire mieux selon moi. Ensuite, justement, le monde ouvert de ce Zelda montre une certaine liberté qu'on à de jouée à ce magnifique jeu. De même, l'histoire et le fait de pouvoir rechercher nos souvenirs font, selon moi, de la curiosité de retrouver les souvenirs et de faire du 100%. Jeu, pour finir, à un niveau adapté (pas trop facile ni difficile) vu qu'on peut battre le boss au début où à la fin ce qui définira si le combat est facile où non. Pour un créateur qui n'a pas l'habitude de faire des Zelda comme celui-là, ce zelda breath of the Wild mérite un 10/10… Expand
  28. MikeyMikerson
    Mar 6, 2018
    10
    Do you remember the very first time you walked out into Hyrule field in Ocarina of Time? Do you remember that wonderful feeling? I was able to relive that feeling playing this game. This game is nothing short of perfect. Whether you're playing the story or simply exploring and completing side quests, there is no shortage of tasks to complete. This game truly does reward you forDo you remember the very first time you walked out into Hyrule field in Ocarina of Time? Do you remember that wonderful feeling? I was able to relive that feeling playing this game. This game is nothing short of perfect. Whether you're playing the story or simply exploring and completing side quests, there is no shortage of tasks to complete. This game truly does reward you for exploring as you will get lost for hours falling into to side quests and fun areas to explore. Each mission can be completed in many different ways thanks to the new Zelda physics engine. Aside from playability, this game visually is a work of art. I will go as far as to say this is the best video game ever made.… Expand
  29. arousse
    Mar 6, 2018
    9
    el único problema de zelda es ganon que como jefe final es un chiste, pero esto puede ser mi opinión por supuesto, pero después de sufrir con jefes como el fantasma de ganondorf o el pescado gigante en majora mask y que juegos como dark souls 3 donde los jefes te agarran los pelos de la verga, de la tensión, ganon es aburrido y soso
  30. bradward
    Mar 6, 2018
    9
    Simply amazing. This game balances exploration, puzzle solving, and combat expertly, and has a decent story to boot. An achievement in gaming, and a must-play for anybody who is looking for an adventure game to sink hundreds of hours into.
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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
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  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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