The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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8.7

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  1. Supafly_
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    The standard by which all games are measured. That says it all. Gaming crack.
  2. Bradlane
    Feb 23, 2022
    7
    I have played many Zelda games and consider myself a fan so when I heard how it's now the standard of gaming from all the major gaming sites, I expected a masterpiece but found a fun game with truly annoying elements and a lack of dungeons. I get that the climbing mechanic is amazing but that's about it. It's basically the same story you see from every Zelda game but with 4 dungeons and aI have played many Zelda games and consider myself a fan so when I heard how it's now the standard of gaming from all the major gaming sites, I expected a masterpiece but found a fun game with truly annoying elements and a lack of dungeons. I get that the climbing mechanic is amazing but that's about it. It's basically the same story you see from every Zelda game but with 4 dungeons and a few dozen mini dungeons which get repetitive and feel like time wasters. Those 4 dungeons are fantastic but that's all their is. If that's not bad enough the weapons break after a few hits causing you to find another branch or club. The only thing in this game that's truly great is the traversal but with so few actual dungeons you basically doing the usual Nintendo trope of finding little collectibles in this case nuts. I dont think it's a bad game but absolutely don't think it's the best game ever made either. It's another game where Nintendo gets a free pass and stuff that gets points taken off from others games gets ignored in their games. My first console was Nintendo too but eventually they have to be told the truth which is that if you keep using the same story over and over that it gets boring and repetitive. I am sorry. I love Nintendo but it's true.… Expand
  3. DarkwingSchmuck
    Mar 4, 2022
    8
    Breath of the Wild is a necessary and mostly successful reinvention of The Legend of Zelda. Everything about this game was taken back to the drawing board -- so much so that it takes a bit to rewire your brain from all the things video games have taught you in the past.

    As far as open-world exploration goes, Breath of the Wild is second to none. Its vast, gorgeous wide open map is    Breath of the Wild is a necessary and mostly successful reinvention of The Legend of Zelda. Everything about this game was taken back to the drawing board -- so much so that it takes a bit to rewire your brain from all the things video games have taught you in the past.

    As far as open-world exploration goes, Breath of the Wild is second to none. Its vast, gorgeous wide open map is like one big Zelda dungeon that you can explore at your own leisure. Go anywhere, do anything, and experiment with anything and everything. You can't walk 10 feet without tripping over things to do in this game.

    If the inevitable sequel can ditch the awful weapon degradation mechanic, add some full dungeons to explore, and allow you to climb when it's raining instead of waiting around for five minutes until the skies clear, then it will have the potential to be something truly special.    … Expand
  4. lucasnascimento
    Mar 3, 2023
    1
    É um dos melhores jogos de todos os tempos, se não for o melhor! Mas não possui tradução em português.

    It's one of the best games of all time, if not the best! But there is no translation in Portuguese.

    Es uno de los mejores juegos de todos los tiempos, ¡si no el mejor! Pero no hay traducción al portugués.
  5. Renesaurio
    Mar 4, 2022
    10
    The legend of zelda breath of the wild es el mejor juego de la saga, muy recomendado para perderte explorando Hyrule
  6. Dafreekofficial
    Jun 19, 2022
    9
    In the opening hour i have to admit i found it pretty boring so i just sort of left it there . Now I have started up again and played about 25-30 hours and it is by far the best Zelda game! An absolute peach of a game
  7. Morriio
    Jun 16, 2022
    10
    This game being my first touch into the Zelda series opened my interests to Nintendo games as whole. Definitely the best experience I have ever had with a video game.
  8. Felix4446
    Jun 4, 2022
    10
    It is a amazing game. Words cannot describe this game. It surprises me every time I play it. The story, the music and the gameplay are perfectly coordinated. Thanks to all developers for this masterpiece. Ten out of ten. The best Game I‘ve ever played
  9. Nakarukatoshi
    Jun 9, 2022
    10
    I'm not that kind of a fan of Zelda (I mean, I don't know that much about the series), but seriously, it's awesome, the graphics, story, gameplay... And also the DLCs, everything is enjoyable in this game. The only thing I didn't really like is the FPS drops on one of the scenarios. Not specifying which to avoid spoilers.
  10. klambert
    Jun 14, 2022
    6
    This game could be much better. They did a good number of things right, combat is entertaining, exploring the world is great, there are numerous ways to travel at various speeds both intended and otherwise, the abilities and weapons have a lot of variety. The shrines have a number of unique puzzles.

    Unfortunately, they did a hell of a lot wrong too. They put weather that makes climbing    This game could be much better. They did a good number of things right, combat is entertaining, exploring the world is great, there are numerous ways to travel at various speeds both intended and otherwise, the abilities and weapons have a lot of variety. The shrines have a number of unique puzzles.

    Unfortunately, they did a hell of a lot wrong too.

    They put weather that makes climbing impossible, that occasionally lasts for multiple straight days in game (two hours + real time where you're locked out of multiple game mechanics for literally no reason), in a game where 80% of your time early game is spent trying to climb things. Resting doesn't even always clear it, even if there was somewhere to reast nearby. Late game, you don't have to worry about it at all. This entire concept serves no legitimate purpose, it's an annoyance and a needless waste of time early game, and entirely pointless late game. Utter waste of time continuously fast traveling back and forth to rest repeatedly 2-10 times to clear rain so you can travel upward five feet.

    Durability. Makes. No. Sense.
    Seriously. The implementation is absolute garbage. "This weapon has low durability". So why is it in the game? To waste inventory space? Nobody is ever going to use it, partly because there's no indication of how much durability is left a la literally any game that's ever had a durability system, and partly because nobody is ever going to use anything with durability after they get the master sword because there's no durability indicators. "But muh weapon diversity". Congratulations. You made me use five different sticks to kill one enemy. "Diversity".

    Motion control shrines are a horrible idea horribly implemented that are mostly just cheesed because the intended implementation was a complete failure.

    It's a decent game. But it's not a good *Zelda* game.    … Expand
  11. ShadyMaster
    Jun 12, 2022
    10
    Un antes y después en el género de exploración de mundo abierto. La experiencia vivida mientras descubres cosas nuevas es inexplicable.
  12. danomix08
    Jun 16, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story is very good and and the shrines are a good idea, the titans are a bit boring and small… but the graphic style is very nice, the big open world, the music, the big eyecatcher, riding on a horse, the amiibo support, everything fits great in the game!… Expand
  13. teniax
    Jun 18, 2022
    10
    En mi caso Zelda breath of the wild es una obra maestra, aparte de los gráficos que tiene es el primer juego de Zelda con mundo libre y eso me hace sentir una experiencia nueva que no sentía en otros Zelda
  14. PEEPAW
    Jun 18, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beautiful, amazing, and fun. My only real gripes with the game are with the fact that there is no post game that let's you, say, run around the castle after killing Ganon, but even the worst thing about the game is not even a big deal to me. I absolutely cannot wait to see how they expand upon this in a sequel.… Expand
  15. RuSSophobeSSucK
    Jun 29, 2022
    10
    What open world should be.
    Perfect game.

    Soundtrack ✔️
    Gameplay Mechanics ✔️
    Beautiful Artstyle✔️
    Story ✔️

    Absolute masterpiece. A must buy for everyone.
  16. lynchblue
    Jul 10, 2022
    10
    The best game on nintendo switch and one of the best games ever.

    The story is just amazing and everything is perfect.
  17. qv3wfedrav
    Jul 21, 2022
    10
    This game constantly makes you feel like you are discovering something new. Just walking around the map feels exciting, because even though the world is very big, there is stuff to do everywhere.
  18. supdude80
    Jul 26, 2022
    9
    absolutely amazing although slightly overrated due to the lack of engaging story, but oh my god this was a blast to play through, I can't lie. 10/10 world design too
  19. trinovatic
    Apr 5, 2023
    10
    Después de esta marvailla de mundo abierto y del elden ring no quiero que se me acerquen juegos de ubi xd, lo peor es que se viene spiderman 2 y me va a dar mucha hueva jugarlo.
  20. Fatmandu
    May 14, 2023
    0
    This game is finna mid. Breakable weapons who wants to see that? Also looks too cartoonish.
  21. lucinhagamer
    Aug 26, 2022
    10
    this game is good, i love it everyhting that you can do, i love it so much all things
  22. liminaai
    Mar 6, 2023
    8
    Link literally woke up with no memory, saw a creepy castle and an old man explained everything in such an oversimplified way and Zelda only told him to help her and save Hyrule yet Link STILL listened and helped. No **** questions he just knew what was right and what was wrong. I'm writing this at 12 AM so I probably worded this horribly- JUST BUT THE GAME
  23. Grass_watcher
    Feb 27, 2023
    10
    It’s the best open world game, I got hundreds of hours out of it! I completed 100%
  24. chglab
    Oct 4, 2022
    10
    Everything is said in the title, a wind of freedom is blowing over the zelda franchise
  25. Gindosh
    Oct 7, 2022
    10
    Geilomat 30000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
  26. Playmaker01
    Mar 5, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Zelda Breath of the Wild é a experiência definitiva do que é jogar um jogo de mundo aberto. Após a revolução do Ocarina of Time, o qual criou o target e inspirou tantos outros games 3D que vieram depois, Breath of the Wild levou ao extremo o que significa liberdade na gameplay. Neste game você pode fazer absolutamente o que quiser, a hora que quiser e quando quiser. Se seu intuito ao começar o game é enfrentar diretamente o last boss, o jogo te permite, mesmo se tornando um imenso desafio, sendo que também é possível passar pelas shrines e dungeons na ordem que preferir. A liberdade é tão grande, que nos praticamente 75 km de mapa você pode ir literalmente até onde a sua vista alcança, não existem paredes invisíveis no game, se avistar uma montanha distante ao horizonte e se atrever a ir lá, o jogo vai permitir a aventura, e se prepare pois ele irá te surpreender e te recompensar pela sua ousadia em se aventurar no seu vasto universo. Tenho 32 anos, nasci em 1990 e jogo desde então, passando por super nintendo, ps1, dreamcast, xbox, xbox 360 e playstation 04, até os dias atuais nenhum jogo fez o que Zelda Breath of the Wild alcançou, você é o heroi, você molda o mundo seguindo a sua história. O jogo não te direciona, não identifica no mapa aonde deve ir, apenas siga seus instintos. O fator replay é infinito, existem modos mais difíceis com as dlcs para aqueles que gostam de mais desafios. A história é contada por meio de flashes de 100 anos atrás, onde o herói foi desacordado por um longo período de tempo e apenas fragmentos da sua memória são revelados até o desfecho final contra o Ganon da calamidade que foi selado junto com a princesa Zelda no castelo, se sacricando para que, após 100 anos, você finalmente consiga trazer luz para o mundo como o herói do tempo em Ocarina of Time fez CERCA DE 10 mil anos atrás. Nada mais a falar, jogo nota 10 de 10 em todos os quesitos, reconhecido como o melhor de todos os tempos numa lista de 100 pela IGN, revolucionou um gênero que já estava definido, ganhou game of the year de 2017 enfrentando jogos como Mario Odyssey, Persona 05 Horizon Zero Dawn. O incomparável, ícone de um legado antigo que soube novamente se reinventar, o extraordinário Zelda Breath of the Wild, o game que me fez ter vontade de comprar um Nintendo Switch apenas para jogá-lo, o melhor jogo de todos os tempos, não perca essa aventura pois como o jogo diz, you Born to be Wild.… Expand
  27. lBorisl
    Apr 4, 2023
    10
    Amazing Game, introduced me into the Zelda Franchise. Nice Story, never gets boring even if you finished the game, you can discover so many things in the beautiful designed open world. There are still people who discover new things even though the game is from 2017. One of my favourite Zelda games together with Skyward Sword. I love this game and I am so excited for Tears of the Kingdom.
  28. Krazerack
    Jan 17, 2023
    2
    I have to say. I really wanted to like this game.
    But I don't like it.
    the gameplay. difficult. everything breaks immediately. 999999 times you open the menu there is no gameplay flow at all. then there are no real dungeons.... the stamina meter sucks. it is really zero hard but what is good about the game is this. the cooking the many ways to solve puzzles. I give that to the    I have to say. I really wanted to like this game.
    But I don't like it.
    the gameplay. difficult.
    everything breaks immediately. 999999 times you open the menu
    there is no gameplay flow at all.
    then there are no real dungeons....
    the stamina meter sucks.
    it is really zero hard

    but what is good about the game is this.
    the cooking
    the many ways to solve puzzles.
    I give that to the game.

    but it's just not zelda anymore....
    and if someone says i should look at it detached from zelda, then i wouldn't have even played through it. but because of zelda i bit my way through it. but it just wasn't good.    … Expand
  29. Magneto2534
    Apr 12, 2023
    10
    no joke the whole game is perfect in every aspect.

    But one thing I feel like I need to write somewhere is that I find the story insanely underrated, sure it's mostly in the background but when you actually pay attention to everything in order it can be some pretty heavy and powerful stuff especially when it comes to this iteration of Zelda.

    perfect game.
  30. BlueGuyTalks
    Apr 11, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild flips what everybody knows about video games on its head, with its immersive world and high-quality characters combined with the game’s narrative creating one of the greatest video games ever.

    FULL REVIEW: The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo’s biggest and most successful franchises, second behind Mario. Shigeru Miyamoto may have been behind    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild flips what everybody knows about video games on its head, with its immersive world and high-quality characters combined with the game’s narrative creating one of the greatest video games ever.

    FULL REVIEW:
    The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo’s biggest and most successful franchises, second behind Mario. Shigeru Miyamoto may have been behind the beginning stages of both franchises. However, he helped to make sure they were different from each other before handing the Zelda franchise over to Eiji Aonuma. Where 1986’s Super Mario Bros. was a side-scrolling platformer, 1986’s The Legend of Zelda included an action-adventure overworld. Zelda II may have included side-scrolling while battling enemies, but the overworld became a mainstay, even to this day. The Zelda franchise has tried many other gameplay and narrative styles across multiple consoles and handhelds. However, everyone, including Nintendo, knew there was something special about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild upon its announcement in 2013.

    Upon entering the game’s world, players discover the grim reality Link lives in: they’ve lost. Link, Zelda, and the four Divine Beast Champions fell to the all-powerful Calamity Ganon, causing Link to fall asleep for one hundred years. As Link discovers throughout the game’s captured memories, players learn more about the Champions and the dynamic between the heroic group before Hyrule fell to Ganon. Zelda fails to unlock her sealing abilities in time despite her father, King Rhoam’s, best efforts to help her. The Champions fail to overpower Calamity Ganon with their Divine Beasts. Hyrule fails to understand the uncontrollable power of Sheikah technology. Everyone fails and loses before the game’s narrative begins, making Link’s destined quest to defeat Ganon all the more urgent and emotional.

    Luckily for Link and players, Hyrule retains many tribes and villages after the fall of King Rhoam and Hyrule Castle. Hyrule also offers dozens of shrines awakened by Sheikah technology for Link and players to explore. The amount of quests, puzzles, and locations to discover makes players feel small amidst a living world. Curiosity often overpowers people, making exploration in an open world like Breath of the Wild a true adventure, regardless of the hundreds of quests offered to players. Players can even move straight onto fighting Ganon, bolstering the game’s freedom of choice. Nothing is required of the player to complete the game other than beating Calamity Ganon, making Breath of the Wild the game it is today.

    As the world ventures away from the game, many of today’s games, like Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Genshin Impact, and Immortals Fenyx Rising, try their hardest to replicate its success. However, the combination of Breath of the Wild’s exploratory adventure and the world Link and players reside in creates a once-in-a-generation experience no other game achieves. It is the quintessential open-world title–a near-perfect video game worth the four-year wait between 2013 and 2017. From 1986 to now, the Zelda franchise has been the yin to the Mario franchise’s yang. The ladder offers a more casual and status-quo adventure, and the former offers genre-bending experiences for those willing to take risks.    … 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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