The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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  1. lucxsdisouza
    Jun 20, 2023
    10
    It's amazing how this game manages to surprise and improve the formula of its predecessor in a wonderful way. Nintendo proves to us that there's nothing good that can't get even better.
  2. jacquelinth
    Jun 20, 2023
    2
    Totalement surestimé après ce tapage médiatique « poudre aux yeux ». Autant breath était très (trop) long mais inventif autant celui-ci est bien trop long et bien trop pauvre.
    C’est simple, tout ce qui faisait l’âle du 1er opus a été enlevé: Hyrule est vide ( quasi plus d’ingrédients), les ennemis sont ridicules ( et sur armés). Donc quelle est la nouveauté ? Des lego en veux tu en voilà,    Totalement surestimé après ce tapage médiatique « poudre aux yeux ». Autant breath était très (trop) long mais inventif autant celui-ci est bien trop long et bien trop pauvre.
    C’est simple, tout ce qui faisait l’âle du 1er opus a été enlevé: Hyrule est vide ( quasi plus d’ingrédients), les ennemis sont ridicules ( et sur armés). Donc quelle est la nouveauté ? Des lego en veux tu en voilà, des sanctuaires redécorés, on a ajouté la vave et le grenier et y a plus d’armes. Même les korogus se sont quasi barrés du jeu. C’est vraiment très peu inventif et assez lourdeau en game play. Tu parles d’un leurre !    … Expand
  3. Linkgamer
    Jun 20, 2023
    7
    I think it an amazing game. but i does have some flaws. i don't like the dungeons is too similar to the divine besets from BOTW. and i don't like that the debility system has not been fixed and i know we have fuse. but the weapons still break and you to find a new one. but overall a amazing game. and Utra hand i amazing i love playing with it. and also love the depth it really fun to explore.
  4. Chase10
    Jun 20, 2023
    5
    Legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom is truly the sequel to breath of the wild. It allows creativity in every puzzle and battle. I ended up clearing a tower by running past a whole bunch of monsters. And before I had good gear. I gathered a whole bunch of stuff and headed all the way to the south of the map to fight a whole bunch of monsters I had no chance of winning against. I got closeLegend of Zelda tears of the kingdom is truly the sequel to breath of the wild. It allows creativity in every puzzle and battle. I ended up clearing a tower by running past a whole bunch of monsters. And before I had good gear. I gathered a whole bunch of stuff and headed all the way to the south of the map to fight a whole bunch of monsters I had no chance of winning against. I got close but never in the times that I failed did it feel like the game’s fault. It was my fault for not thinking strategically enough or just needing a few more arrows. I am far from beating this game, but I spent almost 20 hours playing and I got it three days ago. I stayed up playing longer than I’d like to admit. Get the game you won’t regret it.… Expand
  5. Ceratking
    Jun 20, 2023
    0
    it's damn ripoff of Minecraft and same game as Zelda : Breath of the wild! I just hate it when I play 600 pixel and get below 30 fps
  6. Blaze8
    Jun 20, 2023
    10
    Ce jeu est pour moi l'un des meilleurs jeux qui existent. L'histoire est très bonne et amusante à jouer. L'exploration en surface est vraiment bien dans certains endroits. Mais l'exploration souterraine et dans les cieux est encore meilleure. Très bon jeu!
  7. Dogstomp
    Jun 19, 2023
    9
    You wouldn't think they could really top Breath of the Wild at its own game, but they blew it out of the water. Although it's (mostly) the same Hyrule as in Breath of the Wild, it feels entirely new to explore.
    Though I would confidently bet my life's savings on Tears of the Kingdom winning game of the year, I did rate it only 9/10, because one very large and important area of the game    You wouldn't think they could really top Breath of the Wild at its own game, but they blew it out of the water. Although it's (mostly) the same Hyrule as in Breath of the Wild, it feels entirely new to explore.
    Though I would confidently bet my life's savings on Tears of the Kingdom winning game of the year, I did rate it only 9/10, because one very large and important area of the game (If you've played it, you can probably guess) clearly doesn't live up to its full potential, often feeling repetitive and empty. But despite that, I still thoroughly enjoy every aspect of this game.    … Expand
  8. sidevohfs
    Jun 19, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es el mejor juego de este año, tiene una dinámica muy adictiva, es un excelente juego de mundo abierto con contenido nuevo.… Expand
  9. PulseBlue
    Jun 19, 2023
    9
    Practically a masterpiece in every way, the creativity allowed in this game is literally endless, and the exploration is way more varied than Breath of the Wild. My only criticism is some of the voice acting (some un-synced English dubs, Matt Mercer was PERFECT, but I don’t want to ever hear Yunobo utter another word), and the temples were a little short. Other than that, I greatly enjoyedPractically a masterpiece in every way, the creativity allowed in this game is literally endless, and the exploration is way more varied than Breath of the Wild. My only criticism is some of the voice acting (some un-synced English dubs, Matt Mercer was PERFECT, but I don’t want to ever hear Yunobo utter another word), and the temples were a little short. Other than that, I greatly enjoyed my 180-hour journey :)… Expand
  10. Equadon
    Jun 19, 2023
    1
    The game started very boring, but then I started to get into a bit, then I realized it’s a very empty and unrewarding game that gets boring very quickly. The story is practically non existent, the world is empty, the shrines all seem the same, and the fuse mechanic isn’t very interesting. If this wasn’t a Zelda game, it would be ok at best, but for a Zelda game it’s not good at all. ItThe game started very boring, but then I started to get into a bit, then I realized it’s a very empty and unrewarding game that gets boring very quickly. The story is practically non existent, the world is empty, the shrines all seem the same, and the fuse mechanic isn’t very interesting. If this wasn’t a Zelda game, it would be ok at best, but for a Zelda game it’s not good at all. It really just feels like BoTW dlc and the game gets very boring very quickly. I wish this wasn’t the case, but sadly Nintendo seems to be loosing that creative spark that once made magical… Expand
  11. rafagv
    Jun 19, 2023
    10
    It had been a long time since I played a truly good game. Truly a master piece
  12. diegobage
    Jun 19, 2023
    10
    Amazing! There isn't any game that can compare with (just Breath of the Wild)
  13. NorwayGamer
    Jun 19, 2023
    7
    I count Breath of the wild among my favorite games of all time, and have actually finished it 3 times! That being said, I was very sceptical when I saw the trailers for this, as it looked too similiar to the previous game, and unfortunately I was right.

    From the start of the tutorial area, to the overworld, story and gameplay, you really do feel like you're playing the exact same game,    I count Breath of the wild among my favorite games of all time, and have actually finished it 3 times! That being said, I was very sceptical when I saw the trailers for this, as it looked too similiar to the previous game, and unfortunately I was right.

    From the start of the tutorial area, to the overworld, story and gameplay, you really do feel like you're playing the exact same game, with a few tweaks and new gimmicks.

    It took Nintendo 6(!) years to develop this game, which you should really count as DLC, and not a new game in it's own.

    I lost interest about 2/3 into it, because the magic I felt playing Botw in 2017, just isn't present here anymore. I genuinely hope others can find more enjoyment with it than I, but for me it feels like a chore unfortunately..    … Expand
  14. Completionist
    Jun 19, 2023
    7
    This game just doesn't feel like a new entry in the series at all, just very large DLC. the concept and gameplay is virtually identical to Botw.

    You do really feel like you're playing the exact same game with a few twists and gimmicks: - you find korok seeds to enhance weapon slots - you start out at a tutorial area just like Botw - you complete 4 shrines at a time to either expand    This game just doesn't feel like a new entry in the series at all, just very large DLC. the concept and gameplay is virtually identical to Botw.

    You do really feel like you're playing the exact same game with a few twists and gimmicks:

    - you find korok seeds to enhance weapon slots
    - you start out at a tutorial area just like Botw
    - you complete 4 shrines at a time to either expand stamina wheel or heart containers
    - the overworld is identical, apart from a few tweaks
    - the fighting mechanics are identical, weapon breakage is still present
    - the graphics are identcal
    - the story progression is almost identcal
    - the dialogue and some of the voice work is horrendous, and sounds like they've been out acted by a toddler sometimes
    - still no traditional dungeons, they almost feel exactly like the Botw ones.

    I can't comprehend how it took Nintendo 6 years to develop sometimes like this.. this is not a completely new game, it's just very large DLC.    … Expand
  15. MrCiujh
    Jun 19, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ...............................................
    The game of the Year , easy    … Expand
  16. Chancleto
    Jun 19, 2023
    10
    The Zelga game ever! I've been playing during 100 hours and I can say that is my favorite zelda.
  17. Sky_RuAn
    Jun 19, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is W u must play this game
    It has so much things to do and it’s a actual open world game. I beg u to play this game    … Expand
  18. Renars1
    Jun 19, 2023
    6
    It's the same game as Breath of The Wild.

    If you take out the new building and forging mechanics out of it - it is the same Zelda you played 6 years ago. Sure, it's not a bad game, it's still very decent - but it's the SAME. You can't add 3 game mechanics, new mediocre story with similar elements, use the same map, and call that a brand-new game. It's like if GTA 4: Ballad of Gay    It's the same game as Breath of The Wild.

    If you take out the new building and forging mechanics out of it - it is the same Zelda you played 6 years ago. Sure, it's not a bad game, it's still very decent - but it's the SAME.

    You can't add 3 game mechanics, new mediocre story with similar elements, use the same map, and call that a brand-new game. It's like if GTA 4: Ballad of Gay Tony called itself GTA 5.

    I'm sorry, but such a low effort product does not deserve the score it currently has.    … Expand
  19. khanhlinh123
    Jun 19, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a great game, definitely worth playing it! The game contains everything I like and fixes things from Breath of the Wild! Love it.… Expand
  20. foajdsl
    Jun 19, 2023
    10
    As I am about to finish experiencing the epic plot and mind-blowing free play, please allow me to pay my respects to the game industry leader and industry pioneer with 10/10. The behemoth of the game industry is looking forward to your tireless efforts to provide the most advanced ideas and practices for the next decade and a hundred years of the industry as Apple does.
  21. limamura
    Jun 19, 2023
    9
    I was pleasantly surprised with this game. I had no intention of playing this after watching the first gameplay trailer, the new core mechanics just looked like boring gimmicks on a clone of the first game's map.
    However, seeing people around me playing it and having a blast made me give it a try and I'm glad I did. -most- of the shrines are fun and challenging, dungeons are short but    I was pleasantly surprised with this game. I had no intention of playing this after watching the first gameplay trailer, the new core mechanics just looked like boring gimmicks on a clone of the first game's map.
    However, seeing people around me playing it and having a blast made me give it a try and I'm glad I did. -most- of the shrines are fun and challenging, dungeons are short but creative, building contraptions is an open gate for player creativity, without mention the excellent physics mechanic. I don't care very much for the story as it is just a remix of the same legend of Zelda formula (that can be good or bad depending one one's perspective) and the characters can be vastly generic.    … Expand
  22. The133
    Jun 18, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Legend of Zelda Tears Of the Kingdom is one of the greatest games to ever release. Many games give open world freedom so you can do whatever you please, but this game goes beyond that in so many ways. You can fuse whatever you want to you weapons. Meat sword? You got it! Spear spear? I guess if you want. You can go on with so many combinations whether you want them to be hilarious or seriously powerful. Another this g you can do in this game is using ultrahand to connect objects together. You can make insane vehicles, go to the sky barrier (I tried it), make homing laser robots. The possibilities are infinite! I personally like connecting tons of rockets to vehicles so that they go super fast. The story itself isn't extraordinary, but decent, but the model for ganondorf is beautiful, the cutscenes can be very impressive for a switch game, and the final dragon battle is a super climactic ending (although the battle isn't very fun). I do think that Zelda getting undraconified at the end is kind of weak and makes the plot less meaningful, but it's a minor issue. Another detail is the amiibos. The new link amiibo does not have impressive drops at all, but the other amiibos give paraglider fabrics which are very nice additions which add lots of fun to your gameplay I personally like the windwaker one and the demon king one. Another thing I like is that you don't need to rely on amiibos and RNG to get the armor from other games. They are located in the depths underneath hyrule. The depths are actually really fun to explore. Even though they're stressful at first, you eventually find your way around. I currently have 102/120 lightroots. Anyways I think that the legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom is an excellent game and is up to par with ocarina of time and link to the past.… Expand
  23. Luciano_
    Jun 18, 2023
    10
    An amazing sequel to an amazing game. Everything a sequel should be, very familiar with a lot of twists.
  24. Littlegizmo
    May 14, 2023
    10
    so some people are review bombing this game for no reason lol this game is epic and deserves a 10... perfection... cant stop playing it
  25. IgorOcon
    Jun 18, 2023
    5
    An amazing game that, once again, revolutionizes the way to play open world style games. Besides the story being impeccable.
  26. TheSlayerOfGame
    Jun 18, 2023
    10
    An absolute masterpiece, the history is incredible the ost's give you chills , nostalgia and memories from old games and even motivation . You will find yourself acting like you're really inside the game . The Characters are perfect from the antagonist to the protagonist, a vaste open world with a huge amount of missions so you will never feel bored , by walking to a mission you will findAn absolute masterpiece, the history is incredible the ost's give you chills , nostalgia and memories from old games and even motivation . You will find yourself acting like you're really inside the game . The Characters are perfect from the antagonist to the protagonist, a vaste open world with a huge amount of missions so you will never feel bored , by walking to a mission you will find 40 things in the way to do. Also new maps are good and original . As a sequel to botw it's just perfect . I recommend it 100%… Expand
  27. Tozmo
    Jun 18, 2023
    10
    As soon as you start the game, you are placed into an extremely well designed tutorial section. In my opinion it tops the tutorial from breath of the wild (which is quite the challenge). As you progress through the game you are constantly shown things to do, whether it’s finding a new chasm, or a fallen boulder to recall and many more. It seems that all the imperfections of breath of theAs soon as you start the game, you are placed into an extremely well designed tutorial section. In my opinion it tops the tutorial from breath of the wild (which is quite the challenge). As you progress through the game you are constantly shown things to do, whether it’s finding a new chasm, or a fallen boulder to recall and many more. It seems that all the imperfections of breath of the wild are the fixed and improved in tears of the kingdom creating a better gameplay experience. However if you didn’t enjoy breath of the wild (as it is a sequel) you most likely wouldn’t enjoy tears of the kingdom either.

    In my opinion it is money well spent on tears of the kingdom, and if you loved breath of the wild than you would love tears of the kingdom too.    … Expand
  28. prowlergod
    Jun 18, 2023
    5
    More of a 6 year old game whilst reusing assets from the same 6 year old game.
  29. Titifarci
    Jun 18, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have so much to say that the number of characters is too limited :)

    I'd sum it up as "game of the year and years to come".    … Expand
  30. Gake_The_Cake
    Jun 18, 2023
    8
    My initial review of this game was based on the starting content of Tears of the Kingdom which is a definite improvement on the previous title. However, since then I've become aware of the game's many faults of which a couple are pretty severe. This isn't to say TotK is a bad game, it's absolutely one of the best games to come out, but it's far from perfect. That said, my score is 8My initial review of this game was based on the starting content of Tears of the Kingdom which is a definite improvement on the previous title. However, since then I've become aware of the game's many faults of which a couple are pretty severe. This isn't to say TotK is a bad game, it's absolutely one of the best games to come out, but it's far from perfect. That said, my score is 8 because the gameplay mechanics are phenomenal; this is best gameplay I've experienced, but I need to talk about the game's faults because they're really bad.

    1) The worst offense this game makes is that which all media and culture should strive to avoid: numbness of emotions.

    In a story about the impending end of the world because the Demon King had be reborn, his minions mustering their might, and all the peoples of the world fighting for their lives the story chooses revolve around archeology into an ancient people who were so hedonistic that they didn't even create art. The Zonai are not master warriors, nor mystical wizards, they were lazy people who had their every need looked after by robots... In a game when the main villain is not famine, overwork, or disease, but a war. The Zonai were undone because they were lazy and didn't heed the warnings of people far more knowledgeable of the current threat that they needed to prepare for war. It turns out the people of the current time were far more suited to combating the threat than the Zonai were because all the current time people are warriors.

    I stepped into this game thinking the Zonai were mystical god-warriors, but what I found was that the Zonai were boring. Nobody in the current time of the story could use anything to fix their current ailments from the Zonai; because their problems aren't automation related. They don't need to relax; they need to stand and fight, but they're already capable. So why do the game's people take such interest in this lazy forgettable culture? Everything is a dull lime green or white with the Zonai and everything is either a robot or a gadet; they had no culture. Their history was frolicking in the gardens... How are a people staring down the very reincarnation of death supposed to be so enthralled about that they forgo fighting for their lives?

    2) You get followers in this game that have unique abilities, but for some ungodly reason activating it is the same button you use to interact with objects in the world. Yes, I rank this as almost as high as total tone deafness, because in this game items you get from slaying enemies is EVERYTHING. You cannot fight in this game unless you pick up enemy drops. How does this matter, well not to spoil anything, but a few of the followers you get have extremely useful abilities... That so happen to destroy or remove the very items that are the only way to progress in the game. Additionally, these followers decide that they just NEED to walk straight into you every single second of the day. You cannot interact with the world if these followers are following you. You literally have to desummon your followers, which is locked behind a massive menu, in order to be able to pick things up without destroying them. You wouldn't think this would be the most fun destroying thing ever, but in this game, when enemy items are literally your only method of survival, it gets really old really quick.

    Alright, so I've talked about the game's downsides, let me talk about what this game does well:
    -If you see something interesting, go to it. You'll get a reward. Not a unique reward, but a guaranteed reward of some sort.
    -This game is so good at basic exploration, I say basic because oh my god does it fall flat on environmental story telling- the last game was excellent at it by the way, that you can mark an objective and not reach it for several real-world days. Saying this game is full of things to discover doesn't do it justice. There is only discovery in this game, but it's going to be of the same bland things: re-spawning resource nodes, golden poop, and golden orbs. That's it.
    -Combat. Surprisingly, this game's combat is actually really good if you try to exploit it. The whole game's premise is that you should try to cheat... And cheating the combat is REALLY fun. Actual cheats are being patched out, so technically, if you find a nifty work around that makes the game more fun, and the combat more exciting, it's technically intended, but it feels like cheating and it's a great feeling.
    -Puzzles. Again, the whole game is built around cheating around the game's challenges, so feel free to try to cheat through the game. That's what it's made for, and holy cow does it deliver. These puzzles are the best puzzles in gaming... And that's WITH "cheating," because nothing's truly cheating unless it's patched out. They've understood their own systems VERY well, and have balanced things so that you have to learn a new "cheat" to get through the game when it's time to learn.    … Expand
  31. Wablu
    Jun 18, 2023
    10
    Un muy buen juego con muchísimas horas que dedicar si quieres conseguir todo lo que ofrece, sinceramente opino que es el mejor juego de Nintendo switch
  32. Poggo
    Jun 18, 2023
    9
    Tears of the kingdom are another level! I really enjoy it.
    The graphic, the music, the gameplay, the map and also the story! I give it a 9/10. Really well done.
  33. TedAllfinch
    Jun 18, 2023
    0
    Same problem as BotW. Boring open world game. Please bring back the Zelda franchise, because this isn't it.
  34. MrSupremacy
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    After 200 Hours into this game i can FINALLY SAY Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom is by far the greatest Zelda game ive ever played. If your one that is into Zelda Lore and want to know more about its history of how hyrule became to be what it is now, then you are in for a treat. 10/10
  35. tutel2929
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Such a fun game with the best graphics out of any game on the switch. 10/10 I’ve spent almost 100 hours on the game already, can’t recommend this game more.
  36. Dyedra
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Una obra maestra: un mapa inmenso, con infinitas posibilidades de interactuar con él debido a las habilidades del personaje que permiten construir todo tipo de vehículos para desplazarse por tierra, mar o aire: de crear armas devastadoras, de combinar escudos, armas y objetos creando otros más complejos cuya utilidad y formas desafían a la imaginacion. Incontables Templos, santuarios,Una obra maestra: un mapa inmenso, con infinitas posibilidades de interactuar con él debido a las habilidades del personaje que permiten construir todo tipo de vehículos para desplazarse por tierra, mar o aire: de crear armas devastadoras, de combinar escudos, armas y objetos creando otros más complejos cuya utilidad y formas desafían a la imaginacion. Incontables Templos, santuarios, cuevas, mazmorras, con puzzles que ni los mejores diseñadores han logrado igualar. Un diseño artístico que, aunque continuista, amplia y mejora el anterior esta vez con paisajes en el firmamento y en el subsuelo. Una historia que es de las mejores que se han visto en un videojuego, narrada de forma sublime y acompañada por un doblaje y banda sonora de diez.
    Tears of the kingdom es el Zelda perfecto    … Expand
  37. iamSephiroth
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) redefines the genre Breath of the Wild created. Action-Adventure in a stunning open world that re-invents what anyone thought possible. Shifting the gameplay through the sky, land and depths while maintains a cohesive and immersive experience is something no other game has perfected. To tie each of these planes into rich gameplay is aThe Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) redefines the genre Breath of the Wild created. Action-Adventure in a stunning open world that re-invents what anyone thought possible. Shifting the gameplay through the sky, land and depths while maintains a cohesive and immersive experience is something no other game has perfected. To tie each of these planes into rich gameplay is a feat that an indie developer (such as myself) dreams to accomplish but often gets lost on the staggering amounts of possibilities to account for. Couple this with intuitive abilities like UltraHand and Ascend, players can truly write their own narrative for their own personal journey of Links. We can all tell different stories for how we happened upon this treasure, or approached this puzzle. There is no wrong anymore, TotK saw to that.

    Nintendo and company have taken a world, that’s largely been explored down to its rocks - and shaped it into an epic new quest that begs to be explored… and they waste no time in giving Link the arsenal of abilities that absolutely tower over the previous title. So while you can craft a flying mine cart to carry you over a large distance - using a rocket to give you the necessary take off speed, players will still drop down at the site of a new well or cave that beggars exploration.

    The storyline follows the same memory-style approach experienced in the titles predecessor, but it is truly brought to life throughout Hyrules many different cultures and occupants. You can engage with everyone, discovering new quests or a better way to make a rupee. The story advances at your will, allowing you to pace yourself in an effort to soak up every bit of fun.

    UltraHand as an ability is a historical achievement in itself. Nintendo panders to the crafters of the world with an arsenal of possibilities that I’m still trying to grasp on how they did this on the senior year Switch console. There is nothing you can’t create from imagination - and no better world to do it in.

    I tip my hat to Nintendo for always putting gameplay quality as a priority since the days of me selecting a title as a kid - looming for that golden seal of quality. We are the Nintendo generation, and TotK is a reminder that gaming represents our dream, and that anything is possible.    … Expand
  38. AyZix6
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Fantastic game. Finished it after about 60 hours of playtime, and none of that felt tiresome or tedious. Every flaw that breath of the wild had has been reduced to a minimum and the only negatives about this game are minor nitpicks. It deserves to be considered one of the best open world game of all times, alongside the Witcher 3, Skyrim and elden ring.
  39. jamiewest1
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Very fun blah blah blah blah blah I need the word count higher blah black blah blah this game is very very fun I could play it forever blah blah blah
  40. VictorHD12345
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Es un juego hermoso con muchas cosas que hacer ay muchos personajes con historia interesantes el mundo tan vivo, muchos desafíos y retos difíciles las nuevas mecánicas son tan buenas y la historia supero a la del juego anterior simple el juego del año
  41. Warkox
    Jun 17, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hasta que no desaparezcan todos los viejos melancólicos de metacritic, no desaparecerá la nostalgia de sobrevalorar los juegos de su infancia. Juego que no innova nada , que repite la misma historia una y otra vez .
    Nadie niega que Zelda en sus inicios es una joya , pero ya ese tiempo del cual muchos juegos actuales se inspiraron en la saga the legend of zelda, y ahora zelda se inspira en la mecánica de los juegos actuales. Basta ya ! De sobrevalorar semajante estafa que debe de terminar ya !
    Y ni hablar del apartado visual...    … Expand
  42. adrogamer22
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Breath of the Wild was a very good game but with a side of flaws. Tears of the Kingdom fixes most of these flaws and turns them into some of the most amazing experiences.

    Story The story had a huge improvement since BoTW. The story is much more engaging with all the characters. Not just the main characters but alot of the NPCs and the environment is engaged with whats happening in each    Breath of the Wild was a very good game but with a side of flaws. Tears of the Kingdom fixes most of these flaws and turns them into some of the most amazing experiences.

    Story
    The story had a huge improvement since BoTW. The story is much more engaging with all the characters. Not just the main characters but alot of the NPCs and the environment is engaged with whats happening in each area and how our hero Link will solve it. The story is not mind boggling and still needs improvement because it is very predictable, it can be better in alot of ways but this is miles better than what we had in BoTW.

    NPCs are alot more aware of their surroundings and everything that Link does. Enemies now work together instead of fighting Link one after another. BoTW had very well scripted enemy behaviour outside and inside combat but ToTK reuses all of it and magnifies everything. Even after hours of playing enemies shows unique behaviour that still amazes me.

    Weapons, Durability and Fuse ability
    I wish it had more variety with weapon types such as dual wield, katanas, daggers, etc. You can technically turn a sword into a scythe or a claymore into a sledgehammer with the new fuse ability but at the end of the day its still a "sword" or a "claymore". The weapon durability is still here but im all for it. I believe weapon durability is an essential part for a vast open world game like ToTK. Having weapons break means you have strategise and use different types of weapons with different properties. This was a problem in BoTW though because weapons broke often and it was simply just not worth killing monsters knowing it will take off durability and offering close to nothing in return. In ToTK, ALL enemies drop something that is useful, yes all of them in my experience. All of them have a scenario where it can be used for something such as fusing, using them while making Zonai devices, quests, combat and much more. This creates an incentive to fight monsters unlike BoTW where ignoring them were a better option.

    Shrines
    They are mostly the same with the same formula but this time the puzzles are much more open ended where there are unlimited solutions to one puzzle in most of the shrines. They basically give you infinite tools to work your way out and however YOU want to complete it. This makes shrines much more enjoyable and not just a chore to complete.

    Side quests are a HUGE improvement. I never bothered to finish or do most of the side quests in BoTW unless it was a shrine quest. They gave little rewards with uninteresting stories and were hardly worth it, ToTK changes it by making the rewards very useful and very dependable by strategically placing them in areas where you need those rewards the most along with the addition of new materials and improvement to the stories in the side quests they have become very fun and you will never get tired of doing them and it wont feel like a chore.

    Exploration
    BoTW had remarkable exploration which was praised by many but ToTK compressed alot more things in its world and makes it much more dense. Every corner or direction you look, there is going to be something you can do or something that will catch your eye whether it be caves, shrines, NPCs, monsters and much much more. I was never in a situation where I didn't know what to do or felt like i had nothing to do. This couples with the creativity and the infinite amount of solutions available to you to do these things which makes this game incredible by exploration alone.

    Issues with ToTK
    Frame rate drops in certain areas but this is entirely Nintendos fault for not innovating. The switch does not need to change, its hybrid feature is good enough that can stay alive forever, we just need better hardware that can at the very least guarantee us 60 FPS. The game is still beautiful but this is kind of an insult to the devs who put such great care and work into the game.
    The story was thrilling and better than BoTW its still very predictable and the way you have to watch memories is too similar to BoTW, I wish link was actually in the story while it happened or make a story be like so. Nonetheless I still liked Ganondorf as a villain but I wish we had more screentime or more involvement with other important characters seen in the memories.

    TL-DR, ToTK just better in every way. Go play.    … Expand
  43. placebocat
    Jun 17, 2023
    8
    I agree that this is a high quality open field game filled with literally loads of enjoyable contents. But somehow I felt no urge after reached the ending even though enjoyed playing over 80 hours.
    This is perhaps because I liked the main storyline and I didn't enjoy combat mechanics which need too much improvisation.
  44. QUIICKCLAW
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Tears of the Kingdom took what Breath of the Wild established and absolutely blew it out of the water. The world is brimming with fun and exciting things to discover, every single side quest feels as though it had been hand crafted, characters acknowledging small things that you do, such as wearing specific sets of armour, make the world feel alive and the journey from leaving the GreatTears of the Kingdom took what Breath of the Wild established and absolutely blew it out of the water. The world is brimming with fun and exciting things to discover, every single side quest feels as though it had been hand crafted, characters acknowledging small things that you do, such as wearing specific sets of armour, make the world feel alive and the journey from leaving the Great Sky Island up to the final battle is one of the most engaging, exhilarating experiences I've had in a game. It took me 100 hours to complete every shrine, do all the side quests I felt I wanted to and take down the final boss and honestly, it felt like every minute spent in this iteration of Hyrule was time well spent.
    Bosses and Dungeons this time around, when compared to what was seen in Breath of the Wild, are also a significant improvement. While still not necessarily on par with the likes of what is seen in Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess, the amount of creativity these new Dungeons allow for when traversing and the ways you have to engage with each boss differently still makes them a joy to overcome.

    I would recommend this game to anyone who wants to experience an epic adventure on a legendary scale.    … Expand
  45. suzukky
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    It was the best game ever. I had a very exciting time with plenty of boss battles.
  46. KJIJ
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    Just when you think breath of the wild couldn't be beat. Tears of the Kingdom knocks it out of the park!
  47. BreadMan0
    Jun 16, 2023
    10
    IGNORE BAD REVIEWS. Seriously, people who are saying its just the same as breath of the wild have hardly even touched the game or maybe even haven’t played it at all. There is SO much to do. I am 180 hours into the game and I havent even came close to seeing all there is to see. Ultrahand, and fuse change everything. Ultrahand allows you to build virtually anything that you can think of.IGNORE BAD REVIEWS. Seriously, people who are saying its just the same as breath of the wild have hardly even touched the game or maybe even haven’t played it at all. There is SO much to do. I am 180 hours into the game and I havent even came close to seeing all there is to see. Ultrahand, and fuse change everything. Ultrahand allows you to build virtually anything that you can think of. Fuse completely changes the combat system and fixes the flaw from breath of the wild where killing enemies doesn’t feel rewarding and actually just hurts you because you wasted your weapons on them without getting much out of it. But now you get TONS of materials from killing enemies and more weapons because you can fuse the monster parts they dropped to make a new great weapon! Or, you dont even have to use your weapons on them and you can just build a death machine with ultrahand. This game is truly amazing. It is worth the 70$.… Expand
  48. DandyCrow
    May 14, 2023
    10
    THE BEST "THE LEGEND OF ZELDA" GAME EVER!!! AND IS ALWAYS ABSOLUTELY SWEET AND BEAUTIFUL AND GANON/GANONDORF IS ALWAYS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!
  49. Rp05
    Jun 16, 2023
    10
    So Big!! So Good!!!!! Basically I wanted BotW but more and I got this and so much more
  50. ana_mtls
    Jun 16, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfect. The best continuation for botw! Love it!!
    it’s a wonderful game. Of course it has the FPS problems, but it doesn’t matter the game is awesome    … Expand
  51. Tharso
    Jun 16, 2023
    10
    Um dos melhores jogos que joguei em muito tempo, é muito foda você se dar conta que gastou horas e horas de jogo sem nem se dar conta de tão imerso que o mundo é, infelizmente ainda não tem localização em português, mas minha experiência não foi muito afetada por isso por já saber inglês, ainda sim é um adendo.
    Tenho certeza que se tornará um pilar na industria de games em relação ao    Um dos melhores jogos que joguei em muito tempo, é muito foda você se dar conta que gastou horas e horas de jogo sem nem se dar conta de tão imerso que o mundo é, infelizmente ainda não tem localização em português, mas minha experiência não foi muito afetada por isso por já saber inglês, ainda sim é um adendo.
    Tenho certeza que se tornará um pilar na industria de games em relação ao level desing e físicas absurdamente polidas para o que se propõe a fazer.
    Tenho mais de 120 horas de jogo e vou buscar tentar o 100% alcançando mais de 300 horas como fiz e amei fazer no Breath of the Wild.    … Expand
  52. Malec67
    Jun 16, 2023
    10
    Es un juego muy bueno apesar de que mucha gente decia que iba a ser un DLC del BOTW, Tiene muchas cosas nuevas y es un mundo diferente apesar de usar el mismo mapa, el único punto negativo que le veo es rendimiento en la switch, pero eso ya no es culpa de los desarrolladores sino de la switch que está desfasada
  53. Andrerj
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Que jogo senhores, conseguiram melhorar o que já era bom, sucesso demais, aproveitem
  54. Optimus_Rouge
    Jun 16, 2023
    10
    Most exciting open-world game for me after Legend Arceus and God of War Ragnarok .
  55. Lumber_Jones
    Jun 16, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a great entry in the Zelda franchise and is absolutely worth a playthrough. I'd go so far as to say if you are going to play one game from the franchise in your life this is the one. That being said the game is full of issues that I think are indicative of Nintendo's lack of interest in pushing boundaries of any kind while also competing with its own characters lack of development and Zelda's own personal development being one of the coolest we have ever seen not just in this series but in many Video Game stories.

    I like that they brought back the concept of the sages, having that portion of Zelda lore back in such a big game for the franchise was great. And seeing the first rulers of the land of Hyrule was equally mystifying and interesting as a long time fan of the series. But the sages themselves had zero character development. Even if we include what happened with them in the first game. e.g. Tulin the sage of Wind and a Rito is just a generic teenage kid. they do not appear to have any other defining traits aside from this. Riju is still *just* a Gerudo leader and Sidon is your run of the mill himbo. All of this culminates in their powers which are at best clunky to use, but most of the time they are just useless side mechanics that the game could easily have left out. While it is clear that the building was meant to be the star of this game one of, at least in this gamers opinions, best parts of Breath of the Wild was that the guardian abilities were supplemental to the runes that you collected at the beginning of the game. whether they were defensive or offensive, or hell just let you traverse the wind better, they all had a purpose and were easily used as you played the game unlike the sage powers in Tears of the Kingdom.

    The boss fights were immaculate, and each one felt so unique. Finding them again in the depths and getting to play through them a second time with the slightly added difficulty of the gloom was a lot of fun. The Ganondorf fight while not initially at the epic scale I would have hoped for proved to be my favorite in the series. I felt like for the first time I had become strong enough to stand toe to toe with the demon king himself and the final form when it all took to the skies was breathtakingly epic.

    Overall I did really enjoy this game, but unfortunately it just left me wanting in so many ways. Characters who didn't even begin to get a beefier backstory or even a whisper of growth throughout this ordeal were forced upon you, while the clunky mechanics and seeming lack of forethought made it strange to move through the world or even use the new abilities that were given to you. I see why this game is going to be the GOTY, but truly it does not deserve it and it's a shame that other titles that have more fleshed out stories and mechanics will be overlooked because this game lets you build a hover bike. I think the ending of this game is a perfect allegory to how I felt when I beat it. Like link sitting on the grass with nothing left to defeat in the world, all I wanted was a hug and instead I just saw some credits roll.    … Expand
  56. Ribev91
    Jun 16, 2023
    6
    El juego está muy conseguido Gracias a sus nuevas mecánicas de verdad me parece que han conseguido innovar pero ni de lejos es el mejor de la franquicia, la historia es bastante floja y los diálogos son para un público pre adolescente. Lo juegas por fan de la saga pero no es para tanto
  57. Wolfpoveda
    Jun 16, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El mejor juego de mundo abierto jamás creado, muchas habilidades nuevas, y sorpresas el juego es una obra maestra… Expand
  58. kLaus18
    Jun 16, 2023
    6
    It's pretty much the same like Breath of the Wild.
    70% of the creatures, the Animations, weapons etc..
    The missions are boring and the Story also.
    But i enjoyed the sky world and the shrines.
  59. Lutuzel
    Jun 16, 2023
    9
    This game is for me one of the best The Legend of Zelda games existing. The story is very good and fun to play. But its better if you weren‘t 100% Breath of the Wild befor, because the overworld exploring isn‘t that good in some places. But the underground and the sky exploration is good. Very good game!
  60. Oburzona
    Jun 16, 2023
    10
    The best game I've ever played, even it uses some mechanics of Breath of the Wild and base map for the world, it has been completely built from the ground up as completely different, but also awesome game. If you want to go for a great adventure this is your best choice in 2023!
  61. vickykoi
    Jun 15, 2023
    7
    I have 30 hours into this game as of this review. I have a similar love hate relationship with this one as i did breath of the wild. I didn't think they could make the story worse, but somehow, they did. All 4 characters say the same thing when you help them. "Oh, it's my destiny to fight with you Link!?" If you don't know the interactions of the characters between the last game (i.eI have 30 hours into this game as of this review. I have a similar love hate relationship with this one as i did breath of the wild. I didn't think they could make the story worse, but somehow, they did. All 4 characters say the same thing when you help them. "Oh, it's my destiny to fight with you Link!?" If you don't know the interactions of the characters between the last game (i.e Prince Sidon), you won't really feel connected to the sequel story. Speaking of that, why was there no mention of anyone from the last game or the divine beasts? Urbosa, mipha?:(

    So in this sequel, you actually don't get the freeze or bomb skills anymore. Now you have... ultrahand where you can attach things to everything. Thus this game became a build 2 win game. The other power Ascend, i thought it would be amazing. The power to go through anything vertically above you whether it be, mountains, monster hideouts, or caves under the towers. Yet it feels hardly utilized in the game other than shrines. And some terrain ascend doesn't even work on.

    I have done all 4 temples. They were ok. The wind temple was pretty easy since you could use wind even from rooms that were locked behind gates.

    I think i am not the target audience for the building nature of this game.

    THE MOST ANNOYING THING of my 30hr playthrough- Pulling out your bow, scrolling through 100 of items you can attach to the arrow. This is not good UI design. It's like scrolling simulator in the middle of combat? Who said that was ok?

    Nintendo needs to make a linear zelda game which plays like red dead redemption 2 did. As much as a developmental feat the physics of this game are, I think more of the annoyances outweigh the better areas.
    You can still make an open world game with deeper exploration into the story and the ability to mess around with the environment as seen in RDR2..    … Expand
  62. yuewenpan
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    Tears of the kingdom is definitely a great sequel to botw, it has three times the world size of botw, and providing more exploring spaces to the game, It's a very successful game and containing way more fun and creativity. The shrines now have many different ways of solving it, also you can use rocket shield to skip shrines very easily. The mobs in this. game is way more than the lastTears of the kingdom is definitely a great sequel to botw, it has three times the world size of botw, and providing more exploring spaces to the game, It's a very successful game and containing way more fun and creativity. The shrines now have many different ways of solving it, also you can use rocket shield to skip shrines very easily. The mobs in this. game is way more than the last game, making the game feel more interesting than only some mobs in botw. The thing is, even though enemies are fun to battle with, but I think the game made battling too easy, with a YB duplication glitch and you can just defeat gleeoks like paper. the open world of this game is fun, but sometimes I just find myself just wandering around, and couldn't find a thing to do. Overall, I think this game deserves a 98 points in my opinion, and I'm giving a 10 because I really do like this sequel and I'm looking forward to this game series.… Expand
  63. tillenium
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    How can they even pull this off. This game is fingerlicking good. You can have so much fun with it for hours without making any real progress. The new game mechanics are fantastic.
  64. JoshZaWarudo
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Breath of the Wild a sauvé ma vie il y a 6 ans je souffrais d'une grave dépression. Que je suis content d'être là pour jouer à ce qui sera pour moi un des meilleurs jeux de ma vie. Il améliore tout ce que Botw faisait déjà de bien dans son level design et corrige ce qui déplaisait aux fans de la license( armes, déplacements etc), mais il ajoute tellement en contenu, je pensais avoir fini le jeu en ayant le même nombre de sanctuaires que dans Botw mais non le jeu est bien plus riche, bien plus vaste, le scénario bien mieux écrit tout en restant du Zelda, les npc sont plus interactifs qu'avant. Le combat final corrige le manque de difficulté et de sensation épique qu'on pouvait reprocher à Botw.
    Pour ce qui est du reste, le gameplay offre tellement au joueur à lui par sa propre imagination de s'approprier son Hyrule. Ce jeu sera mon jardin, un lieu où je me promenerai pour sûr à l'avenir.    … Expand
  65. Kosudai
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    I just think it’s a really good game, with excellent artistic direction, awesome osts, and creative game design. It made me feel a lot of emotions, and that’s all I need from a game.
  66. Nords
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    I have played and loved so much breath of the wild, but tears of the kingdom are another level !
    The musics, the gameplay, the map, the story ! Botw looks like a beta version, the only thing I can criticize it’s like it’s not really user beginner friendly . But the game is incredible, I will absolutely not be surprised if totk is the game of the year.
  67. Op17
    Jun 15, 2023
    5
    Veo muchos problemas con el juego, he visto muchos fallos, una calidad gráfica que me parece ciertamente vergonzosa para una producción de está índole en un año como es 2023, pero esto no quita que el juego me ha gustado mucho, es un juego muy divertido con muchas posibilidades y una jugabilidad que lo hace muy bueno y entretenido pero no sé si esto compensa ciertas cosas como los gráficosVeo muchos problemas con el juego, he visto muchos fallos, una calidad gráfica que me parece ciertamente vergonzosa para una producción de está índole en un año como es 2023, pero esto no quita que el juego me ha gustado mucho, es un juego muy divertido con muchas posibilidades y una jugabilidad que lo hace muy bueno y entretenido pero no sé si esto compensa ciertas cosas como los gráficos anteriormente mencionados, el serio problema de continuidad que tiene este en la saga, al cambiar una gran cantidad de factores respecto a Breath of the wild, siendo algunos de estos justificados en el juego en elementos ocultos del mismo que debes encontrar, pero para otros no hay ninguna explicación y esto me crea cierta discontinuidad y me hace pensar en el por qué falta "esto" o "aquello", después a nivel de "historia/Lore" veo problemas gordos por qué Breath of the wild respetaba el Lore y historia de los juegos de Zelda pero Tears of the kingdoms lo rompe por completo y eso no me ha gustado ciertamente, yo he encontrado fallos muy gordos a nivel de bug, bug en texturas, cuando peleé el combate final con Ganon (gane no hit (falta mucha dificultad a mi gusto))después del combate y ver los créditos no me dejaba continuar partida, tuve que desinstalar el juego y volver a instalarlo, no se arregló, tuve que esperar 2 actualizaciones para que se me fuera el bug lo que no me gusto nada, hablando de la dificultad ciertamente no es la gran cosa al menos a mí gusto que me gustan los juegos del estilo dark souls, pero para ser un juego de Zelda creo que está muy bien en comparación a otros Zelda, aunque si es cierto que se pueden hacer ciertas "cosas" para matar a Ganon con prácticamente 3-4 golpes sin Bugs ni glitchs lo que es un poco absurdo por qué no le hace parecer un jefe final bueno ni a ningún otro jefe una amenaza en general, aunque me haya quejado de todo esto, si es cierto que he disfrutado del juego como un crío, pero me hubiera gustado un mejor rendimiento y calidad gráfica que la verdad esa parte deja mucho que desear, por todos los fallos mencionados este juego a mi opinión merece un 5 de puntuación, por qué si es muy divertido,buenas dinámicas, jugabilidad etcétera, pero no compensa todos los fallos que hay por lo que se queda en un 5.
    (A tears of the kingdoms le di un 10 en su momento por qué si me pareció adecuado pero su secuela deja mucho que desear ciertamente)    … Expand
  68. DasCarnifex
    Jun 15, 2023
    9
    Masterpiece no doubt. They literally put open world games to the next level
  69. Venol
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    A true masterpiece like the whole series. I finished the main story and yet I still have a lot of things to do. Really loving it!
  70. Fanzelda
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    Valio la pena esperar tanto porque este juego es lo mejor de mi catalogo perfecto simplemente increíble
  71. wuw
    Jun 15, 2023
    9
    Ok, now I have finished this game and I can write a review.
    The game was really good but I have to take some points off.
    There was no postgame after ganondorf! -This time I was definitely waiting for there to be postgame: some new side quests would have opened up and I could have explored the rest of the world and help rebuild whole Hyrule. MAP -Sky islands were fun and the    Ok, now I have finished this game and I can write a review.
    The game was really good but I have to take some points off.

    There was no postgame after ganondorf!
    -This time I was definitely waiting for there to be postgame: some new side quests would have opened up and I could have explored the rest of the world and help rebuild whole Hyrule.

    MAP
    -Sky islands were fun and the underground world is huge!
    -But I expected to find slightly different biomes there, tough I won't take any points off from this.
    -Still.. With this game alone I wasn't quite able to fully achieve that same adventuring feeling than in Botw. Mostly because I already knew every major location on the ground, even tough there were a lot of caves and new enemies.
    -I would have liked that they expanded the hyrule ground map even little and add new cities (even one) and would have made the old cities bigger!

    RUNES
    -All the runes were good/great and somewhat surprisingly I liked the Ascend
    the most!

    WEAPONS
    -Weapons still break but fuse was ok/fun so no points off. Tough I still would prefer that you would be able to build/upgrade your own weapons with blacksmith/anvil and they wouldn't break

    SHRINES & DUNGEONS
    -the shrines were generally more fun than in Botw.
    -I liked these dungeons better than Divine beasts

    Summary
    -I would say it is as good as botw but for new players it's even better.
    But for those who already completed Botw and are really familiar with the old the map,
    you might not be able to get the same level of adventure feeling when exploring on ground, witch is a HUGE part of the game.

    But since this is direct sequel.. If you think Botw and Totk as one experience, then totk is pretty much a perfect postgame for Botw! ...well it's kinda overly large to be just postgame but if I think it this way then its 100/100!

    Next game should be on whole new world! third time would be way too much..    … Expand
  72. LarrCort
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    Es literalmente hermoso jugabilidad, historia y mecánica etc, tiene a parecerse a Tloz Breath of the wild pero déjame decirte que lo que tiene de parecido lo mejora por mucho ya sea la exploracion o como obtienes las cosas ah! Y tiene sus detalles que lo hacen un juego completamente diferente El subsuelo es un mapa completo si contar que podrías pasar del cielo a la superficie y de ahí alEs literalmente hermoso jugabilidad, historia y mecánica etc, tiene a parecerse a Tloz Breath of the wild pero déjame decirte que lo que tiene de parecido lo mejora por mucho ya sea la exploracion o como obtienes las cosas ah! Y tiene sus detalles que lo hacen un juego completamente diferente El subsuelo es un mapa completo si contar que podrías pasar del cielo a la superficie y de ahí al subsuelo sin pantallas de carga, en lo personal ya terminé el juego Y te digo Si eres Fan te sentirás emocionado con el final es hermoso, y si no yo sé que te enganchará ahh y lo digo Este es EL GAME OF THE YEAR… Expand
  73. Dpalacios777
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    Excelente juego, no puedo crear todo lo logrado. Pero los gráficos pueden mejorar
  74. Junz
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    젤다 야숨보다 훨씬 재밌다 존나 재밌어서 145시간을 넘기고 있다 ㅋㅋ
  75. JustMadeThis
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    Simply a masterpiece if you rate this game anything other than a 10/10 you’re delusional
  76. KaoriTachibana
    Jun 15, 2023
    3
    This game is the disappointment of the year. I got it for free to test it and following all the hype I expected something great but what I ultimately got was nothing more than bad.

    There are some positives; the game looks nice and the environments have a nice vibe to them. Furthermore, exploration is fun and the combination mechanisms are innovative and have a lot of potential. The    This game is the disappointment of the year. I got it for free to test it and following all the hype I expected something great but what I ultimately got was nothing more than bad.

    There are some positives; the game looks nice and the environments have a nice vibe to them. Furthermore, exploration is fun and the combination mechanisms are innovative and have a lot of potential. The allow for some really creative approach but are restricted by the clunky controls quite a bit (see next part for more on this). Too often a valuable building part falls down into the void and is gone until the game is restarted. That's not too bad though because it gives a sense of caution.

    The music is decent and sound effects fit the ambiance well but neither are something special. Voice acting is well done for the few spoken lines there are, but again, Link doesn't respond verbally to anyone.

    If that was everything about this game, it'd probably get a 7 or 8 score but the combat and the controls is what's the real catastrophe. They're just bad, really bad.
    First and foremost, who'd though putting the "run button" on th topmost button was a good idea. Not only does it hurt my hands but it also blocks access of the other face buttons. It's also so unintuitive, as other similar games have the run command on the downmost button, a shoulder button or the right analog stick.

    Even worse is the combat itself. While it doesn't help that everything breaks on you in the almost worst possible moment, switching weapons and gear is a chore in how the buttons are configured. That's as unintuitive as running. I'd rather open a menu and scroll through it then pressing two buttons while trying to choose the right weapon with a third one.

    Finally, the biggest no-go for an action-orientated game the complete absence of an "evade button". You can block attacks with a shield, but if you don't have one you're screwed. Because there is no dedicated evade method you have to run to not get hit, using that stupid button layout, while also trying to get closer to attack. That results in getting hit by enemy attacks a lot, because they have a god-like precision and many hit like a truck, even with a literal pebble causing you to have to deal with even more unintuitive menus to access healing items.

    Conclusion:
    I can't recommend anyone to play this game at all because combat and controls are abysmal. Even the most difficult Souls-likes have much better gameplay and are more enjoyable despite their difficulty.    … Expand
  77. bmcarbaugh
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    Having now completed it after about 120 hours: it's my favorite Zelda game ever, and easily in my top 5 games ever made. It's a masterpiece. A breathtaking achievement. The final boss and finale is maybe the single coolest setpiece I have ever experienced in a videogame. It brings such a sense of catharsis and closure, in a way that very few AAA open-world games seem to feel is necessaryHaving now completed it after about 120 hours: it's my favorite Zelda game ever, and easily in my top 5 games ever made. It's a masterpiece. A breathtaking achievement. The final boss and finale is maybe the single coolest setpiece I have ever experienced in a videogame. It brings such a sense of catharsis and closure, in a way that very few AAA open-world games seem to feel is necessary anymore.

    If this was the last Zelda game ever made, I would say they went out swinging for the moon and stuck the landing.

    Do not miss it. And if you do play it, for god's sake actually finish it.

    Forget game of the year. "Tears of the Kingdom" is game of the decade.    … Expand
  78. Caestus
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    Nach 240 Stunden habe ich Tears of the Kingdom durchgespielt und bin einfach hin und weg.
    BotW war bereits ein Meisterwerk, Totk legt nochmal überall einen drauf während es die Schwächen des Vorgängers ausmerzt.
    G.O.A.T Material
  79. seojoon98
    Jun 14, 2023
    10
    It's a perfect game. There's even a sense of wonder. Soundtrack is fantastic. Is it worth buying a $400 game console for this one? The answer is YES.
  80. Gxladina
    Jun 14, 2023
    8
    It is BOTW but better in every way. But sadly it still suffers some of the same shortcomings of BOTW. The exploration is often unrewarding, weapon degradation is back, the combat is very basic.
    However the fusion mechanics, crafting, side quests and deeper story make are very welcome additions to make up for those things. Put 120 hours into it and really enjoyed my time. Just not the    It is BOTW but better in every way. But sadly it still suffers some of the same shortcomings of BOTW. The exploration is often unrewarding, weapon degradation is back, the combat is very basic.
    However the fusion mechanics, crafting, side quests and deeper story make are very welcome additions to make up for those things. Put 120 hours into it and really enjoyed my time. Just not the "10/10 Masterpiece" to me it seems to be to others.    … Expand
  81. RPG_Fanatic
    Jun 14, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda:Tears of the Kingdom is a masterpiece of games,for me it is the best game i played this year,simply the best and continuing the legacy of the Breath of the Wild.
  82. Joseluisardo
    Jun 14, 2023
    10
    130 horas de juego y sin dudas satisfecho con este gran videojuego, sin duda alguna una saga legendaria!!!
  83. Darenh
    Jun 14, 2023
    5
    Sorry, can’t get excited about this. It just feels like BOTW again. Loved that game big time but I didn’t need to buy it again. Too much walking back and forth in the early stages. I landed, saw a tower in the distance so thought great, I’ll get a map. Half an hour later I’m informed I need to talk to someone before I can use any of these towers and so walk half a hour in the oppositeSorry, can’t get excited about this. It just feels like BOTW again. Loved that game big time but I didn’t need to buy it again. Too much walking back and forth in the early stages. I landed, saw a tower in the distance so thought great, I’ll get a map. Half an hour later I’m informed I need to talk to someone before I can use any of these towers and so walk half a hour in the opposite direction to talk to someone, who then sends me on another half hour trip to a castle to see an event I have no control over before they will tell me how the towers work. And I haven’t got the energy to keep sticking things together to improve a weapon that will still break in four hits. The early fighting is also unnecessarily unforgiving as a lot of enemies can one shot you - its Zelda - not Dark Souls!… Expand
  84. i2d2
    Jun 14, 2023
    10
    No doubt in my mind completely superior to The Legend of Zelda The Ocarina Of Time and Nintendo's finest game to date! The level of innovation in Tears Of The Kingdom is staggering, and gameplay variety is neverending with the ability to combine weapons and abilities into endless combinations and intricate senarios. The open world is simply teeming with life and endless rich droves ofNo doubt in my mind completely superior to The Legend of Zelda The Ocarina Of Time and Nintendo's finest game to date! The level of innovation in Tears Of The Kingdom is staggering, and gameplay variety is neverending with the ability to combine weapons and abilities into endless combinations and intricate senarios. The open world is simply teeming with life and endless rich droves of content! LOZOOT had one fatal weakness, constant walking without anything to do. Sure the content when you reached your destination per half hour walk is brilliant, but the filler sucked much joy out of the experience. Tears of The Kingdom is Zelda without the excess fat , trimmed and buffed to a mirror shine, housed in the finest of gold. The art style is impeccable and frankly I am unsure Nintendo can outdo their input in the next Zelda installment or the next Nintendo Switch as they have set their own bar, impossibly and impeccably high. Tied with Elden Ring, Doom Eternal, Half Life 2, Halo 3, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and God Of War Ragnarök as the finest video game ever made!… Expand
  85. giannis2001
    Jun 14, 2023
    10
    A true masterpiece like the whole series. I finished the main story on 120 hours and I still have a lot of things to do. I love the exploration in this game - as I did on Breath of the Wild - and I also live it's story. I mean, Ganondorf returns after all. However, there is one I didn't like that much compared to the other games in the series. The puzzles, dungeons and shrines, whileA true masterpiece like the whole series. I finished the main story on 120 hours and I still have a lot of things to do. I love the exploration in this game - as I did on Breath of the Wild - and I also live it's story. I mean, Ganondorf returns after all. However, there is one I didn't like that much compared to the other games in the series. The puzzles, dungeons and shrines, while creative due to the new abilities and freedom of Link's actions, where very easy to solve. But this is a personal thing, they are still incredibly well designed. It is a must play.… Expand
  86. Stuey
    Jun 14, 2023
    6
    I loved BOTW and I spent literally hundreds of hours playing it, but I'm finding TOTK boring and tedious. It's essentially the same game - it's the same Hyrule with the addition of some uninteresting floating islands and a very large cave area, which is pretty much empty. Exploring was great fun in BOTW, but now the landscape seems plain with large expanses of emptiness with nothing to do.I loved BOTW and I spent literally hundreds of hours playing it, but I'm finding TOTK boring and tedious. It's essentially the same game - it's the same Hyrule with the addition of some uninteresting floating islands and a very large cave area, which is pretty much empty. Exploring was great fun in BOTW, but now the landscape seems plain with large expanses of emptiness with nothing to do. My horse really gets on my nerves as it is difficult to steer and has a mind of its own. The dialogue with the characters is also tedious - too much reading, and there are so many cut scenes. The graphics are blurry and it really looks like an old game. TOTK hasn't evolved, it's just a rehashed BOTW with some additional powers, some of which I really can't be bothered to use. The building power just becomes repetitive very early on. Recent games like Elden Ring just make TOTK look outdated.… Expand
  87. JSalthouse
    Jun 14, 2023
    10
    More interesting story and characters than breath of the wild with lots of QOL changes very much appreciated. Loved it
  88. S_C_L
    Jun 14, 2023
    10
    One of the best games available, so much more content than its predecessor and a large variety of landscapes
  89. Maraud30
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    It's ugly, empty and boring. Your weapon breaks after 3 hit even if you have a metal sword meaning it is pointless to look for good equipment. The puzzle thing with construction is closer to Minecraft or to the Sims that Zelda imo and it is the absolute opposite of fun for me. Shrines are just puzzle that a 5 year old could figure out within 3 minutes. Graphics looks so aweful and it isIt's ugly, empty and boring. Your weapon breaks after 3 hit even if you have a metal sword meaning it is pointless to look for good equipment. The puzzle thing with construction is closer to Minecraft or to the Sims that Zelda imo and it is the absolute opposite of fun for me. Shrines are just puzzle that a 5 year old could figure out within 3 minutes. Graphics looks so aweful and it is running at 30fps, I can't get immersed in the universe. Princess Zelda, free yourself from Ganon because I ain't coming for you!… Expand
  90. blaf
    Jun 14, 2023
    10
    Why are you reading the reviews and and not playing the game right now buy the game or a switch and the game and play it right now
  91. Gompanchiro
    Jun 14, 2023
    10
    Esto no es un juego es una experiencia, que si apesar de que no eres fan de Zelda la disfrutarias al máximo, también para los fans los hará sentir como en los clásicos de Nintendo 64, al igual que su gameplay es muy divertido, y su historia enganchados, por su puesto las referencias están por dónde quiera, y si no solo es un DLC de breth of de wild, con islas, es más que esto. Y claraEsto no es un juego es una experiencia, que si apesar de que no eres fan de Zelda la disfrutarias al máximo, también para los fans los hará sentir como en los clásicos de Nintendo 64, al igual que su gameplay es muy divertido, y su historia enganchados, por su puesto las referencias están por dónde quiera, y si no solo es un DLC de breth of de wild, con islas, es más que esto. Y clara mente estamos ante uno de los mejores juegos no solo de Zelda si no de la historia… Expand
  92. Renzokuken
    Jun 14, 2023
    6
    This is the most infuriating good game I've ever played, but it's going to get straight 9/10's because it's a LoZ game.

    The world is expansive, and absolutely jam packed full of stuff to do, the crafting system is easy to use, but so nuanced the physics involved can only be described as some kind of black magic, how Nintendo pulled off such complexity in their engine is beyond my    This is the most infuriating good game I've ever played, but it's going to get straight 9/10's because it's a LoZ game.

    The world is expansive, and absolutely jam packed full of stuff to do, the crafting system is easy to use, but so nuanced the physics involved can only be described as some kind of black magic, how Nintendo pulled off such complexity in their engine is beyond my comprehension as a mere mortal. The plot is fairly simple but works as a motivator for exploring their world.

    But this game isn't perfect, in fact, in many regards it's actually terrible. The game is locked to 30 FPS with dips into the 20's due to the switch's awful hardware. The controls are awful, as Nintendo are trying to do too much with too few buttons and have crammed the game full of items that you'll need to scroll through mid combat. Basic combat is sluggish and hasn't really been touched since the N64 days, except for the addition of parrying which isn't very useful, and flurry rush, which is super broken. The control system is so bloated, they didn't even bother to put your companion abilities on it, you need to find and speak to them mid combat to use them, and for bosses, they're often required, having multiple companions summoned makes this almost impossible, and you'll constantly be triggering them by accident when trying to perform other tasks.

    Weapon durability makes its return from Breath of the Wild, and personally I still don't like it. Yes, it forces constant switching and some people may dislike that, but for me personally, I dislike it because it's ruined chest rewards. Finding new equipment isn't exciting any more, it's just another stick for me to mess around fusing and using for 5 minutes before it breaks, and speaking of fusion, whoever designed the menuing behind it needs to be fired. You acquire your weapon, equip it, open the menu, find the fusion material, hold it, close the window, drop it, open the power wheel, select fusion, target the material on the ground, press Y and it'll fuse to your current weapon. You have to repeat this for every. single. weapon, otherwise it's weak AF and will break in a handful of hits.

    And it's not just weapon management that's a pain in the ass, armour upgrades are basically mandatory or everything will two shot you, from around the second temple onwards, or earlier if you kill a lot of stuff. The issue, is armour upgrading is locked behind an entirely optional and poorly signposted series of side quests and requires specific monster materials, some of which are very rare. So your options are to drop what you're doing and go farm, or never get hit. And if you thought you could just take them down before they hit you, think again, because anything in the black or silver tier is super spongey. You'll break multiple good weapons trying to take down your first silver moblin.

    In conclusion, the world is amazing, the crafting is a miracle of modern video game design and the plot is serviceable, but everything in terms of performance, combat and controls really sucks. It feels like I've been given the most amazing meal to eat, but I'm struggling because they replaced the cutlery with a jackhammer.    … Expand
  93. megaD
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    I bought Zelda Tears of the Kingdom in hopes that I would have great gameplay. But as it turns out, it's anything but great. At first, I was intrigued by the story, but then the tables started to turn and I had to spend an hour getting from one place to another! I thought it would only be like this in the beginning, but to my surprise, it didn't change during the game. You often only haveI bought Zelda Tears of the Kingdom in hopes that I would have great gameplay. But as it turns out, it's anything but great. At first, I was intrigued by the story, but then the tables started to turn and I had to spend an hour getting from one place to another! I thought it would only be like this in the beginning, but to my surprise, it didn't change during the game. You often only have a rusty sword or a club to fight with, which gets broken way too fast, making fighting in the game a hard thing to do. The dialogs, tasks, and story are exciting, but I don't get to see that much of it because I mainly spend my time riding/walking through the world!… Expand
  94. Sensou
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    Huge improvement over BOTW!

    With open world game, "usually" there are a lot to offer and with that many feature and content it's extremely hard to find a perfect harmony for all of them which is why TOTK still has some flaws based on my experience after finishing the game for around 115+ hours. 1. The sage ability is comparable to the warriors but their AI that help you in battle is    Huge improvement over BOTW!

    With open world game, "usually" there are a lot to offer and with that many feature and content it's extremely hard to find a perfect harmony for all of them which is why TOTK still has some flaws based on my experience after finishing the game for around 115+ hours.

    1. The sage ability is comparable to the warriors but their AI that help you in battle is truly bad. They rarely attack, hindering your view and just get in your way in battle. The implementation of sage support is just way too rough or sluggish for now.

    2. The fuse material with arrow is a "wow" factor for me but could you please create a special load-out like we can customize just certain material for fusing with arrow or just for throwing with our hand. Yes, there's a sort function but come on, that should be an easy fix by just creating a load-out feature so we don't have to scroll for too long.

    3. I'm impress that Korok Forest is running at a stable frame rate but now the Ultrahand ability is the new virus for FPS drop in TOTK. Seriously, everytime Ultrahand got activated, the FPS just drop significantly.

    4. The focus or lock on function still sucks in my opinion and the range also way too short. The battle with Demon King feels rough because of this because you can switch target in lock-on mode.

    That's it, seems many but all of that point can't compare to how outstanding the game is. The story also far superior that BOTW, kind of confuse with some reviewer that rate the story as OK or bad but well, narrative is a subjective matter. The story makes me understand why it called "Tears of the Kingdom"

    GOTY of 2023 for sure    … Expand
  95. Pontacos
    Jun 13, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ・Reuse of the same map from the previous installment(Only a few empty areas and pitch-black underground maps have been added)
    ・Overwhelming lack of tutorials and terrible controls
    Characters who have forgotten about the protagonist
    ・Cid, who didn't bother to mention the existence of the betrothed despite our deepening friendship
    ・Zelda takes over Link’s home

    While there are various dissatisfactions, the worst aspects are the story and the excessive focus on Princess Zelda.

    Zelda's motives for her actions continue to lack any genuine love for the people. She has become even more self-centered and self-absorbed. I can't find even a trace of willingness to help her. It all feels like a contrived and convenient happy ending.　
    I have loved all the previous Zeldas, but this one is just unbearable.

    I’m not a English speaker, so sorry for my poor English.    … Expand
  96. tzarizm
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    TOTK is surprisingly a huge improvement from the experience I had in BOTW. It is a whole new game still using the same world we knew in the last game- but with welcoming changes and challenges that didn't exist before. The story narrative feels important, not just an expansion feeling sequel for the content. 100 hours and more hasn't felt more exciting to play a game- let alone a ZeldaTOTK is surprisingly a huge improvement from the experience I had in BOTW. It is a whole new game still using the same world we knew in the last game- but with welcoming changes and challenges that didn't exist before. The story narrative feels important, not just an expansion feeling sequel for the content. 100 hours and more hasn't felt more exciting to play a game- let alone a Zelda game. This instant classic should be appreciated for implementing new craft build mechanics never matched before in gameplay. It's a definite play for any Switch owner and worth buying a Switch to play if you don't have one.… Expand
  97. MartyMcHigh
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    Its just INSANE. You know this moment while playing games, where time flyes by and you are just enjoying the game? Thats 1 to 1 what will happen to you if you play this masterpiece

    If not, i dont understand whats wrong with you : )
  98. SpinoMedia
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    EASILY my new favorite game of all time. That does say a lot, because I play strategy games. I loved Breath of the Wild, and this game improves so much i fear if I go back to that game I won't love it nearly as much. Get this if you are curious, or loved Breath of the Wild, you will not be disappointed. The story is also great.
  99. Rocketman7
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    Pretty disappointed with this. The ultra hand build mechanic is extremely tedious.
  100. Lesyn
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    This game is everything Breath of the wild did, but 3x better! I didn't enjoy breath of the wild as much as this game, i already have more hours on tears of the kingdom!
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  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Mar 18, 2024
    100
    I wasn't sure how Nintendo would find a way to top their work in Breath of the Wild back when it came out, but I feel they have here – with years of more polish applied and refined exploration. [Issue #66 – July/August 2023, p. 71]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 22, 2024
    100
    The good thing is that, thanks to the limited possibilities, the creators couldn't go crazy and swing for hundreds of game miles. Instead, they created what could be called Elden Ring in a travel pack. [Issue#328]
  3. Shacknews
    Dec 28, 2023
    100
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has lived up to the high expectations created by the success of Breath of the Wild with its exquisitely intertwined gameplay systems, outstanding music, and a legendary story culminating in a magnificent denouement. It's not every day that such a special video game like this comes around. Truly the stuff of legend.
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