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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  2. Mixed: 1,176 out of 20981
  3. Negative: 1,975 out of 20981
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  1. amicus20
    Aug 13, 2023
    10
    Undoubtedly the best game on the Nintendo Switch (haven't played Tears of the Kingdom yet). The level of exploration, puzzles, and story telling is fantastic. I think this is a game both life long Zelda fans and newcomers to the series will love.
  2. fflatburger
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    Simply Amazing. Nuff said. This is the best game I've played in this entire generation of hardware. The game is beautiful, combat is fun.
  3. benst
    Aug 16, 2023
    8
    Absolutely amazing game, one of the best I have ever played. The story, exploration, mechanics and most of the game is perfect. The reason I have not gave it a 9 or 10/10 however, is because the game can drag on and be somewhat repetitive during the mid section for players that like to take there time. Other than that, superb game.
  4. Emilio200
    Aug 17, 2023
    10
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  5. Achilles997
    Aug 17, 2023
    9
    FANTASTIC. A must play by everyone, a statement to what open world games should and can be.
  6. bloodbreath32
    Aug 17, 2023
    9
    Excellent game regarding to exploration, the physics in this game are great, inmersive gameplay though it has some flaws they are very insignificant to the general gameplay as some shrines that are very simple, I hadn´t beaten a game of the series before and it says a lot about the quality of breath of the wild
  7. Quez33
    Aug 19, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es el mejor mundo abierto que e jugado jamás todo te llama la atención y el apartado gráfico es simplemente sublime a pesar de las limitaciones de la switch. los enemigos son sensacionales y la historia no deja a nadie con mal sabor de boca… Expand
  8. MasterTiger4
    Aug 21, 2023
    10
    Need I say more?
    This is a must own game for the Switch and the launch title that propelled the Switch to a must buy system with over 100 million sold consoles.
  9. juan873
    Aug 21, 2023
    5
    Estuvo bien pero se nota que la consola necesita un poco mas de potencia para poder disfrutarlo bien
  10. Alarchou
    Sep 3, 2023
    9
    Un incroyable classique et une putain de surprise à sa sortie, la switch aurait pas pu rêver mieux pour sa sortie. 18/20
  11. feis_
    Sep 2, 2023
    8
    ⬜️⬜️
  12. turbo_dweeb
    Aug 24, 2023
    9
    this game is my isht and in my opinion it is the most rad cool awesome game of all time
  13. JuliaBohn
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    This game follows the generic Nintendo game franchise called Zelda. In which the protagonist saves the princess. Want a more Nintendo “story” than this? He may be a plumber, a swordsman, but that's what it's all about.

    The open world is completely empty of content, with repetitive puzzles called Shrine, and a story that makes any child sleepy. The gameplay is 100% limited to Roll and    This game follows the generic Nintendo game franchise called Zelda. In which the protagonist saves the princess. Want a more Nintendo “story” than this? He may be a plumber, a swordsman, but that's what it's all about.

    The open world is completely empty of content, with repetitive puzzles called Shrine, and a story that makes any child sleepy.

    The gameplay is 100% limited to Roll and Hit, typical of generic and industrial Souls Likes games, which are facilitated for players limited to pressing two buttons. The difference here is that we have more colors.

    The game copied several mechanics from other games like Ark Online, among others, but for an outdated platform that is the Switch, this can be innovative.

    I'm amazed how Nintendo manages to sell the same game for 30 years with the same story (Spoiler: no story) every time. Who knows, maybe next time they'll be able to innovate and make Link not lose his memory again.    … Expand
  14. Ludle
    Aug 24, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing game! You should definetly play.
    The champions abilities are mid and there aren't really traditional zelda dungeons.
    The devine beasts are all realy the same other than the missions to get to them and the bosses are a bit different. Over all, the best game I ever played!    … Expand
  15. Megataco2017
    Aug 28, 2023
    9
    Good game..................................................................
  16. Lukart59
    Aug 30, 2023
    10
    The best game I have ever played, I love it so much. It will never get old and deserved its game of the year. The mechanics, the combat, the puzzles, this game is simply perfection.
  17. 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
  18. Julian3692
    Sep 2, 2023
    8
    Juego revolucionario para el momento. Sin embargo no considero que sea perfecto como muchos indican. El mundo en ocasiones se siente vacío. No rejugable
  19. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    9
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!! tlzbofw
  20. LiesofP
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Without question the most overrated game in existence. There are far better games out there with considerably lower scores.
  21. Vagrantglass
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Switch

    Gameplay: 10
    Story: 5
    Sound: 8
    Music: 7
    Graphics: 6

    Overall: 10/10 ✨✨

    That's not a typo, the sense of exploration, the rewarding nature of the game and how fun the systems are it's extremely hard not to recommend the game. Play it!
  22. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  23. Tadlad
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    This game has so much to it and you can tell a lot of work was put into it. The exploration is insane due to the massive world and detailed areas which are drastically different from each other. The combat is fairly simplistic yet fun due to the intriguing gameplay mechanics. I'm in love with the art style of the game, it's just fun to play and is very relaxing. It's a new step into theThis game has so much to it and you can tell a lot of work was put into it. The exploration is insane due to the massive world and detailed areas which are drastically different from each other. The combat is fairly simplistic yet fun due to the intriguing gameplay mechanics. I'm in love with the art style of the game, it's just fun to play and is very relaxing. It's a new step into the Zelda franchise and I'm excited for what they continue to do with it.… Expand
  24. DoomQuakeDuke
    Sep 11, 2023
    10
    All the chapters of The Legend of Zelda have stories and music worthy of Oscar awards, but this first open-world of its kind was truly revolutionary. Only those who love video games can admire the magnificence of this undisputed masterpiece. You could spend days and days exploring the fantastic world of Hyrule. ITALIAN USER
    All the chapters of The Legend of Zelda feature stories and music    All the chapters of The Legend of Zelda have stories and music worthy of Oscar awards, but this first open-world of its kind was truly revolutionary. Only those who love video games can admire the magnificence of this undisputed masterpiece. You could spend days and days exploring the fantastic world of Hyrule. ITALIAN USER
    All the chapters of The Legend of Zelda feature stories and music deserving of Oscar awards, but this first open-world of its kind was something groundbreaking. Only those who love video games can appreciate the magnificence of this undisputed masterpiece. You could spend days and days exploring the fantastic world of Hyrule.    … 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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