The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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  1. Ripper36
    Jun 3, 2023
    2
    Please bring the old Zelda feel back. Not the top down versions (although they are better then this and breath of the wild) but i want Twlight Princess and Majorias mask style and yes OOT along with WW. This is just an empty open world game with little story and nothing new. Love Zelda Games and I love Nintendo to death but plz stop with emptyness.
  2. Brototaku
    May 30, 2023
    10
    Altough some of the Bosses could be better all the new abilities make this game a completly new Zelda game. Many people say that Totk is just an DLC and i understand that but with the addition of the dephts and the sky it's a new and fresh experience. The best thing in the game in my opinion is... YOU CAN ROAST KOROKS NOW
  3. Adrgm
    Jun 3, 2023
    6
    As a Zelda fan who has played and beaten every single Zelda game out there from Zelda 1 to totk, I wanted to give my opinion. The game is awesome, very entertaining. At the same time, it is lacking in a lot of points as a Zelda game AND as a game in general and few official reviews are talking about these. You may find similar points on forums liked reddit.

    As a Zelda game: -Story and    As a Zelda fan who has played and beaten every single Zelda game out there from Zelda 1 to totk, I wanted to give my opinion. The game is awesome, very entertaining. At the same time, it is lacking in a lot of points as a Zelda game AND as a game in general and few official reviews are talking about these. You may find similar points on forums liked reddit.

    As a Zelda game:
    -Story and especially how it's told is one of the best parts of older Zelda games. In totk it is told AGAIN like in botw with short memory clips. This leads to small character development and low emotional investment. I never felt once in totk what I e.g. felt for Midna in tp when she was dying and you had to carry her with the sad piano music.
    -Totk ignores continuity on a next level. It's obvious the devs made a giant effort of welcoming new players and pretty much ignored players that beat botw. So many characters you already interacted with greet you as if you were a stranger. Some of them even going out of their way to say things like "this is the first time you are here, right?". No one EVER in the entire game says anything about the divine beasts or the sheikah slate. They even showed Zelda surprised by the ability of taking pictures with a camera, even though she already could do that with the sheikah slate before.... This all would have been so easily fixed with small lines like "Link, you may not remember me, but I'm xyz" or for the lore of botw put some hidden note in some cave saying: "This is person x. I just did xzy to the divines beasts and sheikah slates because person y put me in charge to". Instead, it almost feels like botw never happened and a lot of fans even theorise this to put their minds at rest, lol.
    -Dungeons are extremely underwhelming. They are small, very easy to solve and the boss poses no challenge. The completion time can be compared with dungeons from the Oracle series for the gameboy (20-40 min).
    -The botw formula for dungeons is back and it probably will stay forever. In their quest for non-linearity the devs broke the one concept that every Zelda game did right: dungeons. There are 5 terminals you need to activate and that's it. Some of them require you climbing a rock, opening a door and there it is. You won't get stuck as you used to in oot or in tp or in alttp or albw. A game of this caliber should have massive temples where you would spend days figuring this out. Not here.

    As a game in general:
    -The sky islands were the biggest selling point of the marketing. They are at the same time the least important piece in the game. There are only a handful (maybe 3-8?) of very small islands per region with a very repetitive pattern. The only "big" sky island is the one you start the game in BY FAR. Very underwhelming.
    -The biggest new point in the game which was never marketed were the depths, which are as big as the overworld. They are really fun at first, but after having explored everything, I can say that it is very repetitive. There is nothing much to explore nor visual incentives to enjoy being there. The same textures get used again and again all over the place. In botw you would stop on top of a mountain and enjoy the view. In totk you do the same in the depths but there is nothing to enjoy. You only see the same gray, dull texture everywhere, regardless of where in the depths you are. Nothing visually pleasing.
    -The rewards are overly underwhelming. Instead of introducing lots of new clothing, they added the old amiibo clothes as actual rewards for completing challenges. There are five variations of the classical green tunic, namely the green tunic of Wind Waker, TP, OOT, Skyward Sword, and ALTTP I think. They all look green and have really small differences, adding up to 15 different rewards. You may defeat a very hard boss or solve a difficult puzzle or just explore and get as a reward the hat from OOT. I love every Zelda game but I could not care less about looking like Link from TP or in OOT or WW, especially when those items are taking up space of actual good new rewards the game could introduce.

    Great game but still lacking on very specific details that sadly affect the experience strongly.    … Expand
  4. Dilloid
    Jun 3, 2023
    10
    Easiest review I've ever submitted, the game is almost perfect. The world is different enough from Breath of the Wild that it feels fresh and exciting, like I'm experiencing Breath of the Wild for the first time again, something that I never expected to get. Easy recommendation for anyone, fans or otherwise.
  5. Hydodyn
    Jun 3, 2023
    10
    Yes, the map is recognisable from its predecessor. Yes, the graphics aren't as realistic as whatever grinding live service BS is put out on other platforms. But it's a significant upgrade over BotW, and looks amazing in the same way The Windwaker did. Mechanics are straight up fun, I loved the story, and all around I'll be playing it for months to come.
  6. z5gxr
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    So far around 30hrs into TOTK and i cant put the game down. Major improvements to breath of the wild both in gameplay and its design, and this is a very fun new trip into hyrule.
  7. ClayLamm
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    I feel like very, very specific people don't like this game. We are talking about someone who felt Skyward Sword was the direction the series was always meant to go in and is actively angry it didn't. They are so mad they come here and down vote game of the year and maybe even game of the century.

    If you are not one of those people and haven't exploded in anger trying to figure out my    I feel like very, very specific people don't like this game. We are talking about someone who felt Skyward Sword was the direction the series was always meant to go in and is actively angry it didn't. They are so mad they come here and down vote game of the year and maybe even game of the century.

    If you are not one of those people and haven't exploded in anger trying to figure out my I.P. address to SWAT me, you're probably going to enjoy this game. I am willing to bet if you are a gamer at all, there is a genuine chance that 97% of the people reading this will love this game, why?

    The first open world since Witcher 3 that feels this content deep, begging you just to explore and have fun knowing the whole while you are going around genuinely interested in what you're doing that you will 100% run into things you didn't know you would be finding, that add to the overall experience as you go. Remember, Fromsoftware cited Breath of the Wild which feels like the tech demo leading up to Tears of the Kingdom, as the core inspiration for last year's GOTY Elden Ring.

    I could go on, but it's everything we wanted Breath of the Wild to be, and more, a lot more.

    If you are on the fence, don't be, one of the finest video game experiences of all time.    … Expand
  8. SomberMitsuki
    Jun 2, 2023
    5
    It's...ok. The story ok, the combat ok, well, cept they kept the terrible weapon degradation system and somehow made it worse.
    Unfortunately, like breath of the wild I found myself bored by the the constant need to replace my weapon, the grind for supplies to cook and keep myself buffed and deal with weather effects,
    It's further marred by performance issues being what finally killed my    It's...ok. The story ok, the combat ok, well, cept they kept the terrible weapon degradation system and somehow made it worse.
    Unfortunately, like breath of the wild I found myself bored by the the constant need to replace my weapon, the grind for supplies to cook and keep myself buffed and deal with weather effects,
    It's further marred by performance issues being what finally killed my want to paly the game.

    If you like BOTW, you'll enjoy it, it's basically more of the same, if you found it meh you'll find this meh as well.    … Expand
  9. JOnasx
    Jun 2, 2023
    6
    I really, really wanted to love this game. I absolutely adored BOTW and waited so long for this.

    I have 85 hours in it, and i think i'm done. I approached the game as a giant new adventure and took my time exploring, no googling when i got stuck on something, doing side quests, just generally roaming around and enjoying things. Around the 60 hour mark I started to feel that the    I really, really wanted to love this game. I absolutely adored BOTW and waited so long for this.

    I have 85 hours in it, and i think i'm done. I approached the game as a giant new adventure and took my time exploring, no googling when i got stuck on something, doing side quests, just generally roaming around and enjoying things.

    Around the 60 hour mark I started to feel that the game was a little more empty than BOTW. The shrine puzzles were for the most part super trivial, the story was kind of meh and seemed like a bit of a rehash.

    The new abilities are kinda cool, especially the zonia stuff, but with the battery factor just get rather annoying after some time.

    Speaking of annoying, the under world is just a giant load of frustration. Can't see without stopping every 20 seconds to throw a bulb, cant get to objective due to giant invisible mountains that really has no path around it, but since it's pitch black and you dont know that you spend 3 hours trying to make a huge circle back to a dot before you finally give up.

    I really don't know how to put it, the magic that was in BOTW just isn't there. It seems like a 70 dollar DLC, which would have been ok i guess if the game play was actually engaging. It really just feels like an add on to botw, and not a good one at that.

    I will say it does have the BOTW charm, the characters are fun, the music is wonderful. But after 80+ hours I just didn't care about playing anymore, much less finishing.

    I was really disappointed because I had anticipated this for so long.    … Expand
  10. Andre_2023
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    The game is amazing, I am really enjoying the game.
    Graphically speaking, there are some aliasing problems in some areas.
    Talking about gameplay and story, the game is much better than zelda breath of the wild in everything.
  11. Luigifan32
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Very good game fill word count fill word count fill word count fill word count
  12. OliverGaming
    Jun 2, 2023
    6
    The Legend of Zelda Tears of The Kingdom is a very underwhelming AND overwhelming experience. What do I mean by this? Well, for starters. The game is underwhelming due to the fact that nothing much has changed since the last game gameplay wise other than the crafting mechanic. Which, to me personally. Is fun for a few hours, until you have to build something that can fly to get to the skyThe Legend of Zelda Tears of The Kingdom is a very underwhelming AND overwhelming experience. What do I mean by this? Well, for starters. The game is underwhelming due to the fact that nothing much has changed since the last game gameplay wise other than the crafting mechanic. Which, to me personally. Is fun for a few hours, until you have to build something that can fly to get to the sky islands. This involves grinding for materials and hoping that you just so happen to stumble across the right gumball machine that spawns just the right items to build such a thing. A lot of the drops you will need is based off of chance and from my personal experience. The items that I needed from these dumb gumball machines to get to the sky islands. Such as rockets, balloons, flame dragon things, etc. Seem to have a rarer chance of dropping in large quantities. Which makes trying to get to these islands a chore more than it is fun. Some people enjoy the new mechanics of this game. I, however, was pretty much over it within the first thirty hours of playing and only used these new mechanics when I needed to.

    Despite how I feel about these new mechanics. There are still annoying, quality of life issues that I wished the Zelda team put more time into. For starters, the menu. This menu SUCKS! I hate that I can't organize anything. It's such a chore to attach the right item to an arrow in a timely manner. On a bad day, it will take me thirty seconds to find a bomb arrow in my inventory before I can attack. There's no way to favorite an item. There isn't a way to create a separate menu with just the items you want to use. Honestly, I can talk about how horribly put together this menu is for hours! It takes forever to do anything in them! I hate it. I hate it with a passion. On top of that, your partners, oh! Excuse me, your clone partners, have some of the worse attacks and AI issues I have seen in a very long time. Sometimes, your partners will just stand there and do nothing and the powers that they give you is honestly pretty worthless, but most of all. I hate that these partners are not the real thing. Why? I don't get it. There are models already programmed into the game. Why do they have to stay at their respective towns instead of going on the journey with Link? In fact, that could add character development which is sorely needed for many of them. Plus, I want them to spout out battle quotes. These quotes when the real partners are with you are fun to listen to. It just feels like the VA's were completely wasted for this game. Plus, the clones are just so unnecessary and lifeless. I want to feel like their actually there and it's unfortunate that it had to be this way.

    Also, horses are back, and they are just as useless as ever. I rode mine for an hour. Hopped off. Forgot about him, and he stayed in that one spot for around sixty hours until I remembered I left him there. Then, I put him back in the stall where he belonged. Never to see the light of day again.

    Now for the overwhelming section. This game is cruel. Actually, it's too cruel a lot of the time. To summarize, I got to a point in this game where I had about ten hearts, which I felt pretty good about. Despite that, I went into a small squirmish. Thinking that I was well prepared, and got one shotted by a bobkin with a stick. I mean, come on. Why have hearts at all? I would be more forgiving if he had a sword, or some kind of over leveled weapon, but no. Stick dudes, as I like to call them, will be your worst enemy. Especially the long stick dudes that have perfect aim and will one shot you. Sometimes regardless of how many hearts you have, and after having this happen. Even in the late game. I stopped bothering to level up my hearts and maxed out my stamina as much as I could. The point is this game needed to be balanced more fairly. I know that BOTW was like this too, but I felt like I wasn't getting killed in such ridiculous ways as much as this game does, and that's something that really bothers me.

    Other than that, the shrines are still fun. If a little under explained for some of them. The story is fantastic. Raruu and Sonia are awesome. I love them so much that they are now two of my favorite characters in the series. The music is still fantastic as always, and after all is said and done. I actually liked Zelda as a character at the end of it all. TOTK really did her justice. I just wish there were more scenes with Zelda, Sonia and Raruu together, at least a couple more anyway so that I can feel satisfied with it.

    Overall, if you like BOTW, you will enjoy this game, but if you are expecting something completely different and don't want more of the same. I would wait on this one or skip it depending on how interested you are to basically replay the same game again. This should not cost seventy dollars, and anyone who says it's worth that price is lying to themselves.    … Expand
  13. danielmmy
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    All i can say is that somehow tears of the kingdom manager to surpass my previously favorite game botw.
  14. Dubeau
    Jun 2, 2023
    7
    TOTK is certainly good but it has some flaws in it. The story is interesting from the Zelda side but the ending was just ok. I would have loved an aftermath. The story is dulled by a series of repeating events, which kinds of give away the suspense. There is a lot of fetch quests, way too much. Those who contained real stories, where just too few. There are 3 levels of maps: the sky,TOTK is certainly good but it has some flaws in it. The story is interesting from the Zelda side but the ending was just ok. I would have loved an aftermath. The story is dulled by a series of repeating events, which kinds of give away the suspense. There is a lot of fetch quests, way too much. Those who contained real stories, where just too few. There are 3 levels of maps: the sky, ground and underworld. I must say the sky part was fun to fly into, but there was barely anything interesting in it. The fighting was frustrating, I don't know how many times I was cheap killed from the back. The camera is to blame in most cases. This time around, the horse riding was horrible. I like the vehicule creation, but getting the auto create around 3/4 of the game isn't very good. Graphicly the game is the same as the last one. If anything there is way too much fog in this one. Weather effects are superb tho. Getting enough arrows is a pain. I wish the recipe could be obtained but there is a lot of variations in them. Weapons and shields still breaks. The item management (to attach or throw) is quite annoying when you hit 30 items and more. The special power were fun, like ascend and grab. Music was excellent. I give it 75%. If you want a RPG that has an enormous map with a lot of things to pickup and find, that's for you. For the story, it was kind of a generic one with some good parts.… Expand
  15. Kiern12
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Story: 9.5/10
    Design: 10/10
    Gameplay: 10/10
    Content: 10/10

    Total: 10/10
  16. MTC001
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    After playing this game for more than 275 hours and finishing all shrines and most side quests as well as exploring all of the depths I have to say that this is by far the best game I have ever played and I am playing games since 1989. Writing a long essay about it is not really necessary, just play it yourself and enjoy the ride, you won't regret it. -Unless you're some cinematic BS gameAfter playing this game for more than 275 hours and finishing all shrines and most side quests as well as exploring all of the depths I have to say that this is by far the best game I have ever played and I am playing games since 1989. Writing a long essay about it is not really necessary, just play it yourself and enjoy the ride, you won't regret it. -Unless you're some cinematic BS game fanboy that is. This game even 1-ups Breath of the Wild and is Nintendo's Magnum Opus.… Expand
  17. NicWir
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    GOTY 2023 Must Have for sure!
    BOTW was amazing and this game really improved many things. 10/10
  18. SE7VIIEN
    May 31, 2023
    6
    Honestly I really appreciated Zelda BotW for what it was band had a ton of fun but for some reason TotK just seemed to be a boring experience for me, I was even able to visit every sky tower to open the entire map in a few hours thanks to the time reversal mechanic riding fallen rocks and taking off from the sky. I just found it too easy with little challenge. I felt the underground andHonestly I really appreciated Zelda BotW for what it was band had a ton of fun but for some reason TotK just seemed to be a boring experience for me, I was even able to visit every sky tower to open the entire map in a few hours thanks to the time reversal mechanic riding fallen rocks and taking off from the sky. I just found it too easy with little challenge. I felt the underground and chasms to be underwhelming and not very much fun as well the sky and constructs to be as well equally boring…I visited each region and just felt like a chore instead of a surprise. Maybe it feels too much like BotW all over again and I’m just not interested in playing the same game again with the same map. I still think OoT and ALttP are the best Zelda experiences but that’s me. Oh and the shrines are really boring this time around. I wanted to love this game but it just didn’t happen. The opening though was a really great hook so I gotta give them that.… Expand
  19. Crisedi
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Este es un juego perfecto, no tiene ningun mal aspecto y te deja hacer lo que tu creatividad desea.
  20. coolpro__
    Jun 2, 2023
    6
    I think Tears of the Kingdom in itself may be a 9/10 (if you haven't played BotW) but because I have played BotW, there was nothing to do (if you don't like long gaming sessions/grinding) because there are very few sky islands and the caves are way too hard to explore. Everything you had in BotW got taken away, which was a VERY VERY BIG minus, and wich made me kinda angry. Because of that,I think Tears of the Kingdom in itself may be a 9/10 (if you haven't played BotW) but because I have played BotW, there was nothing to do (if you don't like long gaming sessions/grinding) because there are very few sky islands and the caves are way too hard to explore. Everything you had in BotW got taken away, which was a VERY VERY BIG minus, and wich made me kinda angry. Because of that, the only fun I had playing was the Intro, the intro, the bossfights and watching the few good cutscenes I saw. Except that, it was almost the same as BotW, just without the item I had collected in BotW.… Expand
  21. latiasmipha
    Jun 2, 2023
    7
    "The Tears of the Kingdom" has adopted the production methods of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" in many areas where changes should have been made.And there is a significant amount of repetitive content
  22. ruben-isma
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Breath of wild was already a masterpice. This game improves it in every departmen (story, world exploration, secrets to discover,...)
  23. ZXSth
    Jun 2, 2023
    9
    A fantastic follow-up to Breath of the Wild that builds on every aspect that game set a precedent for. Tears of the Kingdom is, arguably, a highly derivative sequel - however, it is willing to encourage players to use unorthodox means of solving puzzles, instead of locking players into linear solutions to its various puzzles. It also has an enthralling and spacious open world with plentyA fantastic follow-up to Breath of the Wild that builds on every aspect that game set a precedent for. Tears of the Kingdom is, arguably, a highly derivative sequel - however, it is willing to encourage players to use unorthodox means of solving puzzles, instead of locking players into linear solutions to its various puzzles. It also has an enthralling and spacious open world with plenty of opportunity to explore and discover. It makes its predecessor feel like a stepping stone to this game's majesty.

    As far as criticisms go: I found the game's plot and cutscenes to be mostly vapid and serviceable, barring a few well-delivered lines and powerful moments. However, skipping through them bore no consequences, thankfully. Additionally, the game unapologetically clings to even its more controversial aspects (such as weapon durability), which may alienate anyone who did not enjoy those things in the first game. Having said that, with the widespread appeal Breath of the Wild received, it feels trifling to legitimately critique Tears of the Kingdom for sticking to its guns.

    To put it very succinctly, Tears of the Kingdom is more of Breath of the Wild, but with enough new bells and whistles to help it transcend the simplicity of that game. It possesses many of the same pitfalls and quirks, and while many will likely find that appealing, others may not. However, I believe the widespread appeal of Breath of the Wild likely means that most people will find playing through Tears of the Kingdom to be a thoroughly enjoyable experience.    … Expand
  24. Notgonnaputuser
    Jun 2, 2023
    2
    Legit has same map, while the chasms are copy paste of the above without buildings

    Missions are the same, find 4 heros and beat ganan
    Building is fun, but it gets boring overtime
  25. 2Fat4Elevators
    Jun 2, 2023
    5
    If you're looking for an old school Zelda game then you've come to the wrong place. If you're looking for some kind of Minecraft/Elder Scrolls hybrid with a Zelda skin then this game is perfect for you.

    Whether you want to admit it or not, there is a recipe for old school Zelda games, and this is not it. Imagine asking for a classic Mario game and someone giving you Mario's Time    If you're looking for an old school Zelda game then you've come to the wrong place. If you're looking for some kind of Minecraft/Elder Scrolls hybrid with a Zelda skin then this game is perfect for you.

    Whether you want to admit it or not, there is a recipe for old school Zelda games, and this is not it. Imagine asking for a classic Mario game and someone giving you Mario's Time Machine.

    I heard someone describe it as "Tears of the Menu System". If that ain't the sad truth of it. But like I said earlier, if you love Minecraft and Elder Scrolls then by all means get this game.    … Expand
  26. ezo9a2
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    i just finished it. There are no word on how to review it just perfect 10/10
  27. Vbiggi
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Dieses Spiel ist super und ich kann nicht genug davon bekommen das lange Warten hat sich gelohnt
  28. spacepup84
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Absolutely perfect. I don't know how they managed to make a game set in the same Hyrule seem so familiar, yet so utterly unfamiliar at the same time. There is so so much to do in this game, and for anyone complaining about traversing the same map, they've also added both the Sky Islands, AND the Depths (the latter of which is just as big as the main Hyrule map itself - insane!). The newAbsolutely perfect. I don't know how they managed to make a game set in the same Hyrule seem so familiar, yet so utterly unfamiliar at the same time. There is so so much to do in this game, and for anyone complaining about traversing the same map, they've also added both the Sky Islands, AND the Depths (the latter of which is just as big as the main Hyrule map itself - insane!). The new mechanics are insanely fun to use. While BotW was all about solitude and lonely exploration, this game's focus is firmly on working with others - a really beautiful contrast. I'm about 80 hours in and still have so MUCH more to do. An utterly perfect game.… Expand
  29. Runwin
    Jun 2, 2023
    6
    Ocarina of Time was released on 1998, 25 years later we have Tears of The Kingdom. I can't believe in what Nintendo has transformed this saga. N changed the excellent design of the temples in Ocarina, to those little sandbox puzzles. Also, N changed the deep culture of every town and city, for those empty towns whiches are just hubs to give side quests. They changed the items what madeOcarina of Time was released on 1998, 25 years later we have Tears of The Kingdom. I can't believe in what Nintendo has transformed this saga. N changed the excellent design of the temples in Ocarina, to those little sandbox puzzles. Also, N changed the deep culture of every town and city, for those empty towns whiches are just hubs to give side quests. They changed the items what made Zelda like a metroidvania, for powers to make Zelda like Minecraft.

    And the worst for me, they changed a deep and complex space-time story, for something more similar to an anime. I'm very disappointing Nintendo lost the soul, to be more mainstream and sell more. If this is the new direction of Zelda games, I'm afraid to say, Zelda died.    … Expand
  30. OmegaAP
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Honest to god. I thought nothing can top BOTW or Chrono for me. But this. This is another beast. Best game I’ve played. Clocked in 80 hours. And I’m in owe man. Wow
  31. FlarePz8
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Even though people say it's the same as botw it's not it is a whole new game it may have some of the stuff in it but a lot of games that have a squeal have that. I have played over 100 hours on it and I can't stop exploring everything finding new costumes and doing side quests and killing a lot of mini bosses. To wrap this all up is just buy it
  32. Xplocion
    Jun 2, 2023
    7
    The Good: Direct sequel to Breath of the Wild. Much to explore. Different layers (Air/sky, Earth and underworld). Crazy crafting abilities (mechas, tanks, speeders, cars, floating platforms, creatures... . Lots of temples

    The bad: It looks like a Zelda game stuck to two other games (one very similar to Skyward Sword and the other very similar to Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts). Very    The Good: Direct sequel to Breath of the Wild. Much to explore. Different layers (Air/sky, Earth and underworld). Crazy crafting abilities (mechas, tanks, speeders, cars, floating platforms, creatures... . Lots of temples

    The bad: It looks like a Zelda game stuck to two other games (one very similar to Skyward Sword and the other very similar to Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts). Very continuous at the graphics level, at the air level it makes it look horrible (compared to other Zeldas in the air like Skyward Sword). The music only has a couple of new songs. The legendary beasts return. There are many temples but you can't randomly face them or skip it like in the previous game. The world is open to explore but by force you must follow the story and if they give you freedom already passing a certain combination of temples and missions. Crazy crafting breaks progress, difficulty and makes enemies just spectators

    The meh!: we had already seen the crazy crafting of vehicles in Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts from 2008-2009 and I didn't see such a stir, what's more, everyone was against this mechanic. We have seen the sky theme in Skyward Sword as an area to explore, it is here but poorly implemented, it is not the core of the game and visiting it is even boring. If the game is called The Legend of Zelda but it's more of a "I want to be Mario Bross" or "I want to be Nuts and Bolt" or "I want to be Henshin Impact" insert things and mechanics just to insert even if they don't make sense and break the lore    … Expand
  33. Ninjask23
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El mejor juego de la historia. Las mecanicas son increibles con miles de posibilidades, desde hacer aviones con misiles y bombas, hasta un barco que lanza fuego, el sistema de fusion es increible con muchas posibilidades, y guardarte las construcciones, subir con habilidades, o ir atras el tiempo tambien. La nueva historia, templos y jefes de mazmorra y de mundo son apasionantes y mejores que los de botw. El poder ir a donde quieras es que sea una obra de arte… Expand
  34. moviesandgames
    Jun 2, 2023
    0
    6 years for an updated map with bad gimmic areas like the sky islands and underneath and an extremely mediocre weapon system. how nice that after 1 blue lynel my sword that i got from a silver lynel with a silver lynels horn and it breaks. eh story with being such a disappointment and explains literally nothing about the shika from the first game
  35. Albixton
    Jun 2, 2023
    5
    Es ist das beste Spiel, das ich jemals gespielt habe! Mehr lässt sich nicht sagen, denn jeder sollte es selbst ausprobieren und sich seine eigene Meinung bilden.
  36. guizaum
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Eu não sei pq o review bomb em cima de zelda. Zelda é o clássico dos clássicos, o meu jogo favorito desde meus 12 anos. Junto a metroid construíram os generos mais divertidos dos jogos.
    Assim como hades, ori e celeste, um grande jogo não precisa de gráficos. Jogos medíocres precisam de gráficos.
    Vida longa a princesa Zelda!!! Joguei algumas horas, é muito bom quando você começa a    Eu não sei pq o review bomb em cima de zelda. Zelda é o clássico dos clássicos, o meu jogo favorito desde meus 12 anos. Junto a metroid construíram os generos mais divertidos dos jogos.
    Assim como hades, ori e celeste, um grande jogo não precisa de gráficos. Jogos medíocres precisam de gráficos.
    Vida longa a princesa Zelda!!!

    Joguei algumas horas, é muito bom quando você começa a conhecer as novas habilidade, horas se passam e vc nem percebe, é muito bom o game    … Expand
  37. Volvago
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    O jogo é tão grandioso, com a melhor história da franquia, criatividade a milhão, ima Hyrule renovada, o reino dos céus(o primeiro salto é inesquecível), as temidas profundezas, a volta de Ganondorf, MUUUUITA EMOÇÃO, as batalhas grandiosas contra os chefes, puzzles geniais e o melhor: finalmente o protagonismo da Zelda.
  38. lemonomel34
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game is the best game I've ever played in my entire life everything about it is perfect from the combat to the main story dungeons the bosses are easy but it proves that hard bosses are not needed for a memorable game i am currently on the thunder temple and i will almost be finished this game has so much heart from the developers and after the recent dog **** that has been games this year besides atomic heart i am so happy to see a game that is actually playable… Expand
  39. altlime
    Jun 1, 2023
    5
    This game is fun but suffers from some core problems that suck the fun out of it.

    - the classic Zelda experience of gradually unlocking new tools that give you access to new areas is replaced with getting everything in the first hour of playtime and then being shoved out into an open world. there is no sense of being on an epic quest, it's just a sandbox. - wherever you go in this vast    This game is fun but suffers from some core problems that suck the fun out of it.

    - the classic Zelda experience of gradually unlocking new tools that give you access to new areas is replaced with getting everything in the first hour of playtime and then being shoved out into an open world. there is no sense of being on an epic quest, it's just a sandbox.

    - wherever you go in this vast landscape, whether it's a tropical beach, dense jungle, or snowy mountain top, you'll find the same enemies. it's always a goblin, a bat, a big goblin, etc. there is no sense of place.

    - the grind is annoying - everything breaks and resources are relatively scarce, so in in some ways it is an exercise in barely breaking even. need zonaite for your contraption? you'll break weapons and lose health and ingredients to the point where you're going to have to grind for those things.

    - Nintendo games in general just make you wait 5 seconds over and over and over.

    - the story is interesting and the characters are shallow.

    - my biggest gripe: it just feels empty. there are MASSIVE areas all over the map with just about nothing in them. there are plenty of little scavenger hunt things like korok seeds, but between the slog of collecting resources, cooking, etc, I start to ask myself why. Why am I doing this.

    - in some ways it resembles elden ring in art and themes which just reminds me how much more depth, atmosphere, and spark elden ring has compared to this.

    I love Zelda games but this just feels empty.


    pros - building stuff is kinda cool, although it feels limited
    - good art
    - some fun puzzles
    - flying is fun    … Expand
  40. doktor_m
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    I loved Breath of the Wild but this game makes it feel small and crude. Tears of the Kingdom is absolutely monumental and if you liked Breath of the Wild you are going to love it.
    For me this is the perfect video game.
  41. Rhex98
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    Este videojuego es una obra maestra, de esos videojuegos que se crean 1 cada 10 años.
    Increíble como hace ver a un juego como breath of the wild como un juego inferior siendo este un juego de 10 en mi opinión. El zelda tears of the kingdom mejora en todos los apartados.
  42. Cruzinxman
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    This game is an amazing time and fun app to play 100 out of 100 worth the wait.

    Graphics - 7/10 - Good Cell Shaded Art Style , Sub 1080p Variable Resolutions, 30fps cap, Blurry Textures, Pop ins present, Decent Draw Distance... you get it Switch Limitations. Gameplay - 13/10 - So much FUN. Nintendo has done so well i cannot imagine to list in this small space all the things they did    This game is an amazing time and fun app to play 100 out of 100 worth the wait.

    Graphics - 7/10 - Good Cell Shaded Art Style , Sub 1080p Variable Resolutions, 30fps cap, Blurry Textures, Pop ins present, Decent Draw Distance... you get it Switch Limitations.

    Gameplay - 13/10 - So much FUN. Nintendo has done so well i cannot imagine to list in this small space all the things they did right. It more then makes up for the lack of the graphics being displayed from the dated Switch hardware. I spent days trying and experimenting all the new thing and have yet to see it all it is truly a massive amount of content.

    Story - 10/10 - Better paced and more interesting stories then those told in BotW.

    Audio - 10/10 - Great Audio all around everything left me excited, scared, nervous, angry and more.

    Value - 10/10 - 70$ for 100s or more hrs of game play is very simple math to me game is massive.    … Expand
  43. Lother
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    I loved Breath of the Wild, it was the perfect Zelda game for me. This surpasses it.
  44. roy_the_boi
    Jun 1, 2023
    9
    A worthy sequel to Breath of the Wild. I admit, I was sceptical that this game was truly a sequel and not just a glorified DLC. Boy was I wrong, and I'm glad I was. The surface map has been updated with plenty of new areas to explore, and older areas have new features that make them feel distinctly different than their Breath of the Wild counterpart. There's also a sprawling undergroundA worthy sequel to Breath of the Wild. I admit, I was sceptical that this game was truly a sequel and not just a glorified DLC. Boy was I wrong, and I'm glad I was. The surface map has been updated with plenty of new areas to explore, and older areas have new features that make them feel distinctly different than their Breath of the Wild counterpart. There's also a sprawling underground cave and numerous sky islands that the play will be exploring for hours.

    The story is good enough, if not slightly predictable. Overall if you liked Breath of the Wild you need to buy this game. It's not quite the 10/10 that several reviewers are giving it, but it's a shining example of how to do a sequel right at a time when all other major game developers are dropping the ball.    … Expand
  45. Lucas_Mlc
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    Esse jogo e magnifico tudo nele e perfeito, a lore os personagens, os graficos, a vibe e principalmente a trilha sonora, eu nunca fiquei tao feliz por ter jogado um jogo. 11/10
  46. catawesome
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Regardless of all the negative reviews, this games amazing. Most of the negatives I've seen basically say "I'm someone who only plays CoD on my $5K PC" or "If the games not mainly focused on being a book it's bad" or funnily enough "I hated BotW and I hate this too!". So it's just people who wouldn't be playing Nintendo games, or this style of game anyways. I have 80 hours, all story, e.t.c. and in the whole time I recall ;) that it dropped frames 3 times when I obviously went crazy with explosives. It's like people care more about the game leading up to be exactly what they expected a Zelda game to be and just don't care if it's fun. The game does some minor changes to the overworld, but the sky and depths together make it effectively double the map with even more exploration. If you cared about weapons breaking, use the weapon, get its durability low and fuse a rock to it and it'll be full the 1st time. Hate slipping? actually explore the caves and get sticky lizards and make a potion or get the frog armor. does the story not please you like a 500 page novel? It's a freaking open world game the story can't let the game truly be at your pace without being very minor. Like seriously reading comments makes me think if these are your standards that everything needs to be changed, how in the world do we have the same CoD, Fifa e.t.c. games every year, and not just that how do ANY games get direct sequels, like Horizon, Dark Souls, or Halo, those games do what this game did, change a few mechanics, build off the previous and have typically similar story beats while still being familiar enough you don't feel isolated to having 1 favorite. Long winded way of saying I genuinely believe that people either stopped giving games true chances or this is being review bombed.… Expand
  47. R0M
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom delivers unrivalled freedom, gameplay focus, exhilarating discovery, ingenious puzzles, unforgettable characters, and a magical soundtrack, making it a flawless 10 out of 10 experience.
  48. miguellopez99
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    97/100 .
  49. ZackH25
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    So this game generally improves on breath of the wild in every way. The combat is much better especially due to the Fuse system, the dungeons feel a lot more like dungeons in TOTK compared to BOTW divine beasts and the story is a lot more interesting. The open world was somewhat recycled but the additions of the sky islands and depths were very fun to explore (some areas were also verySo this game generally improves on breath of the wild in every way. The combat is much better especially due to the Fuse system, the dungeons feel a lot more like dungeons in TOTK compared to BOTW divine beasts and the story is a lot more interesting. The open world was somewhat recycled but the additions of the sky islands and depths were very fun to explore (some areas were also very challenging). The bosses in the game were amazing especially since they weren't all the same variant of each other like in BOTW. The physics, building and cooking system are amazing in this game especially since it gives you so many ways to solve a problem. Abilities are also very fun in this game especially the ascend, which is so OP at times. Generally there are not many flaws in this game besides that it reuses some assets from BOTW and although the dungeons are solid, they are not as great as some other 3d Zelda. There are also so many exciting side quests in this game as well such as the mazes and the Yiga Clan- most importantly there is so much to do in this open world and so many different environments to explore. Overall an excellent game that is pretty much a masterpiece especially if you enjoyed BOTW.… Expand
  50. EJ1
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    Best game ever I love it so much I could play it a million times best ending ever no game even comes close to how amazing this one is
  51. Juananz
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    When you thought Nintendo couldn't improve over Breath of the Wild, it shows that it's capable of making it look like a beta test of Tears of the Kingdom.
  52. Arrekousou
    Jun 1, 2023
    9
    J’étais très curieux concernant la suite de BOTW. Comment faire pour faire oublier cette révolution ? La réponse est simple : reprendre les mêmes et faire tout en plus gros, en plus audacieux et en plus épique ! Zelda TOTK parvient à faire passer son grand frère pour un brouillon
  53. alphajpm
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tears of the Kingdom was an amazing game, I originally had my doubts about it being a rehash, but with the new Storytelling through Dragontears and modern story arcs. Especially Zelda becoming (and then unbecoming) a damn dragon just to restore the Master Sword is awe inspiring. The Story had me in tears (haha) multiple times for multiple reasons, that's basis for a GOTY in itself.

    But the gameplay, oh good God the gameplay was amazing. I could create a freaking tank if I wanted to. One time I couldn't get past the monsters at Fort Hateno, and so I created my "Oh **** Wagon" which was a wagon with walls a roof, and fans. I charged the camp, lit on fire, and escaped on low health laughing the whole time. Yes my design failed, but it also succeeded at the same time, and gave me a good laugh. That's what the gameplay of Tears of the Kingdom does, it makes you laugh, it makes you feel clever, it makes you entertained and wonder "what can I do next?" That's beautiful game design.

    All in all, with Gameplay as good as this, Story as good as this, and Graphics as good as the Switch allows. Tears of the Kingdom runs well, and is such a blast to play. I look forward to November, when I watch this game take it's Game of the Year crown, just like it's predecessor.    … Expand
  54. Clay10n
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    The absolute ridiculous ambition from Nintendo to surpass their previous iteration of The Legend of Zelda and to smash it out of the park like they did is a testament to the hard-work and dedication of each and every member of the team that worked on this masterpiece.

    One of, if not the greatest games I have ever played!
  55. HKolomar
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    BOtW but 10 times better, never been this hooked to an open world game like this one. i thought playing BOtW means i already saw it all but nahhhhh highly recommended!
  56. PuffyKat
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    I was one of the doubters but I was very very wrong.

    Now I would first like to say no I don’t think this game is perfect, as some of you may view a 10/10 but I do think it is consistently a fantastic experience! It’s nothing but improvements on Breath of the wild, which is one of the highest rated games of all time. Though kind of silly, I feel like anything that made me rate it a 10    I was one of the doubters but I was very very wrong.

    Now I would first like to say no I don’t think this game is perfect, as some of you may view a 10/10 but I do think it is consistently a fantastic experience! It’s nothing but improvements on Breath of the wild, which is one of the highest rated games of all time.

    Though kind of silly, I feel like anything that made me rate it a 10 might spoil those things for someone who doesn’t have the game or just hasn’t gotten to them yet.
    If you haven’t played Botw I bet you’d like this game anyway but part of why I found it so fun was I had the experiences of the same world but with years gone by and seeing all the changes, big or small. Was like the seasoning on a good meal.

    I haven’t played it as much as some other games but that’s only because I want my first play through to reflect the masterpiece i am enjoying.    … Expand
  57. tom2923
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    Outstanding gameplay
    Large maps including sky, underground
    Bigger volume
    Not only classic but also touching storyline

    10/10
  58. Bcoleman4923
    Jun 1, 2023
    2
    These games aren’t Zelda. Such a big map forces meaningless rewards. There is no timeless music. No dungeons. There are hardly puzzles, everything is easy to solve because you don’t need to do the intended solution. Why struggle to cross the gap? Just drink a potion and climb it. Or ascend through it. Or paraglide to it. You don’t need to switch it up each time, do what’s quickest. TheThese games aren’t Zelda. Such a big map forces meaningless rewards. There is no timeless music. No dungeons. There are hardly puzzles, everything is easy to solve because you don’t need to do the intended solution. Why struggle to cross the gap? Just drink a potion and climb it. Or ascend through it. Or paraglide to it. You don’t need to switch it up each time, do what’s quickest. The only struggles in this game are self imposed. You would have to consciously decide to spend 10 minutes building a car when you could just walk over there in 2 minutes. My favorite franchise turned its mainline games into an open world gimmick and instead of the fans rejecting it like they should’ve, it was pandered too. I can only hope that Nintendo paid for and manipulated social media influencers to act like the game was an evolution for the franchise and the sheep did the rest. If not, then you got what you deserved with this game. Waste.… Expand
  59. Talesbrenoan
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    The legend of Zelda tears of the Kingdom é um jogo praticamente perfeito. O jogo sempre te proporciona uma atividade divertida e recompensadora para você fazer
  60. Junanelle
    Jun 1, 2023
    8
    Mostly a fun game. Although the gluie-stick-arm feels really stupid as Links "superpower". In Addition 6 years waiting for this game is simply too long. The graphics are worse and more unstable then in the first game. The weapon break system is still annoying. But all in all still an enjoyable experience.
  61. Chezidek
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    Usually the morning begins with a series of identical actions, everyday habits, memorized actions.
    Wash up, pour coffee, check the mail, read the news, pick up the daily reward in the game, perform daily, feed tamagotchi ...
    Now the morning begins like this - Zelda! I was skeptical about the sequel, it looks exactly the same as the last part and the mechanics of vehicle construction    Usually the morning begins with a series of identical actions, everyday habits, memorized actions.
    Wash up, pour coffee, check the mail, read the news, pick up the daily reward in the game, perform daily, feed tamagotchi ...
    Now the morning begins like this - Zelda!

    I was skeptical about the sequel, it looks exactly the same as the last part and the mechanics of vehicle construction were not impressed, because I played a lot in Scrap Mechanic, Trailmakers, Besiege, Main Assembly, Space Engineers and other similar designers.

    But, it was worth trying on your own and it's already impossible to break away, again I stayed up late at night and forget about the rest of the business. I was surprised again, impressed to the depths of my soul and very pleasant impressions in the process of exploring the world, solving riddles!

    This is a benchmark like breath of the wild, 10 out of 10!    … Expand
  62. GutsLink
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    Not only the best Zelda game I’ve played, but the best video game I have ever played. 10/10.
  63. DeepCanion
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    at first i was a little bit skeptical about reusing the same map but after playing i ask myself how did they add so much stuff in only 6 years and how did they optimize it to make it run on a 6 year old console with a chip from 2015,
    the gameplay is reminiscent of botw but a lot better
    the story is great and way better than botw the only thing that was a little bit underwelming were the    at first i was a little bit skeptical about reusing the same map but after playing i ask myself how did they add so much stuff in only 6 years and how did they optimize it to make it run on a 6 year old console with a chip from 2015,
    the gameplay is reminiscent of botw but a lot better
    the story is great and way better than botw
    the only thing that was a little bit underwelming were the sky islands since as the main selling point of the game i hoped there was a little bit more variety    … Expand
  64. PapuLapras
    May 31, 2023
    10
    It is a very excellent game that gave me hours of fun and helped me improve my way of thinking with its puzzles.
  65. Tacomac
    May 31, 2023
    7
    I bought the game release day after all the praise it garnished from the press. Being in my 40s and you know who you are who helped keep Ninty alive through many of their mistakes I was hoping for something really worthy as BOTW was good but not really amazing. This game though has worse graphics.....better shrines so far and the fuse mechanic feels like they are selling out towards theI bought the game release day after all the praise it garnished from the press. Being in my 40s and you know who you are who helped keep Ninty alive through many of their mistakes I was hoping for something really worthy as BOTW was good but not really amazing. This game though has worse graphics.....better shrines so far and the fuse mechanic feels like they are selling out towards the mindless crowd who have too much time to game and not live in the present moment. We really all need a good dose of modern day Ocarina of in all seriousness make a 3d Zelda 2… Expand
  66. Ghoonem
    May 31, 2023
    7
    I've played the game for 180 hours and really enjoyed it, but I have some gripes with it. I know this review is going to sound overly negative, but it's only because I can't really elaborate much on the positive parts.

    Overall gameplay 9/10 Really well-designed overall package. Combat 9/10 Objective improvement over botw. You can get really creative with it. Very satisfying. Only    I've played the game for 180 hours and really enjoyed it, but I have some gripes with it. I know this review is going to sound overly negative, but it's only because I can't really elaborate much on the positive parts.

    Overall gameplay 9/10
    Really well-designed overall package.

    Combat 9/10
    Objective improvement over botw. You can get really creative with it. Very satisfying. Only things holding it back are the durability system which the devs have done nothing to fix from the botw system, and the performance. I understand that the durability system is there to encourage the player to explore and find new equipment, but they could've made the equipment last at least 4x as long and it would've still been effective. They should have also made it so you need way less koroks to upgrade your inventory, as it is right now, it takes way too many. The performance issues makes the combat and controls feel very sluggish and unresponsive. Trying to time parries/dodges when the game is dropping frames can be inconsistent. The game often eats your inputs as it drops frames. Trying to use the quick menus can be difficult sometimes too due to those issues.

    Zonaite Devices/Building 9/10
    Really impressive and surprisingly has fewer limitations than you'd expect.
    Although it does has some limitations due to performance:
    -You can't attach more than 21 devices at once.
    -Devices stop working when you're a certain distance away from them, and that distance is very small.
    -Devices despawn when you're a certain distance away from them too.
    -Some devices cause really bad frame drops.

    Exploration 10/10
    Objective improvement over botw. So much more to do and see in this game.

    Story 0/10
    Terrible. Embarrassing.

    Cutscenes 2/10
    Terrible. There are only 2 cutscenes that I liked, and neither of them had a single word spoken. The less dialogue they put in, the better.

    Dialogue 0/10
    Terrible.

    Voice acting (English) 0/10
    Terrible.

    Main Story Characters 1/10
    Annoying. Unbearable.

    Side Characters 7/10
    A lot of them are pretty good. Their dialogue is somewhat repetitive though, as most of them talk about the same 2 things on repeat.

    Main Quests 3/10
    Tedious for the most part. Very boring with little substance.

    Side Quests 8/10
    Much better than the main quests and a lot of them were very enjoyable

    Dungeons 3/10
    Mild improvement over botw's dungeons. Still bad.

    Shrines 7/10
    Decent. Nothing memorable.

    Ending 0/10
    I'm not gonna spoil any of the details but they did the same thing as in botw. After beating the final boss and watching the final cutscene the game kicks you back to your last save before the fight as if nothing happened. All the NPC's act like you still haven't fought him and still have the same dialogue as before. Deeply unsatisfying and a waste of time. Performance 0/10 The game is supposed to run at 30fps which in of itself is unacceptable for a game released in 2023, but what's worse is that it almost never runs at 30fps. It's usually in the 20's. On top of that, the game has a lot of input lag. Can't wait to play it on an emulator on actual modern hardware. Sages 0/10 They don't listen. Hard to work with. Annoying. Worthless. Never used them outside the main quests. And especially that 5th sage, that sage has to be the worst designed mechanic I've ever seen. It would've been a cool concept if the execution wasn't so bad. Soundtrack 10/10 Major improvement over botw, which was already really good. Not much more to say, it's just really good.    … Expand
  67. SFproductions
    May 31, 2023
    10
    she breath on my wild til I tear on her kingdom (i would die for this game)
  68. WagnerM20
    May 31, 2023
    10
    The Best game after The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Really the increase New powers and maps, the game this is perfect! Congratulations Nintendo and Eiji Aonuma.
  69. m2bandit
    May 31, 2023
    10
    Absolute masterpiece. People complaining about it being a DLC probably haven't played it.
    It's a sequel so obviously it takes place in the same Hyrule however they added the depths which is massive and the sky which isn't very big but a new place none the less. The surface is loaded with content far more than BOTW. The mechanics are great I liked BOTWs but I'm glad they did something new    Absolute masterpiece. People complaining about it being a DLC probably haven't played it.
    It's a sequel so obviously it takes place in the same Hyrule however they added the depths which is massive and the sky which isn't very big but a new place none the less. The surface is loaded with content far more than BOTW. The mechanics are great I liked BOTWs but I'm glad they did something new and innovative. The only thing that sucks about this game is the limitations of switch hardware.    … Expand
  70. master3243
    May 31, 2023
    10
    Combine everything that made Breath of the Wild amazing with the pure amazingness of Little Big Planet physical contraptions and you get a fraction of what makes Tears of the Kingdom a masterpiece.
    One of the extremely rare times where I'm in pure awe of how amazing a game is and I can comfortably call it a masterpiece.
  71. Bulletstorm
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Absolutely fantastic, an incredible masterpiece. This game is so original in many ways and it gives you endless possibilities to play it. I thought it would be hard to beat botw, but tears of the kingdom is the new greatest game of all time!
  72. Dnewell23
    May 31, 2023
    10
    One of the best games of all time so many options to do puzzles and anything else that involves in game mechanics and can be distracted for hours and still not get bored.
  73. Natcatnatcat
    May 31, 2023
    8
    A good sequel to BotW, but I wish more was different. If you liked BotW you will most likely will like TotK. And if you didn't like it, you probably won't like this game. The new abilities add a huge new element of gameplay. You can construct all kinds of things, from vehicles, to traps, to piston engines. The construction ability could have been an entire game of its own. To all theA good sequel to BotW, but I wish more was different. If you liked BotW you will most likely will like TotK. And if you didn't like it, you probably won't like this game. The new abilities add a huge new element of gameplay. You can construct all kinds of things, from vehicles, to traps, to piston engines. The construction ability could have been an entire game of its own. To all the reviews saying "what were they doing for 6 years", it was this. Perfecting the physics and construction system. if constructing things doesn't appeal to you, then you might now see as much value in the game. The fuse ability is cool too. Now all those monster parts you collect have a purpose and you can use them as enhancements to your weapons. I enjoyed seeing what the affect would be of things I fused to my arrows, swords, and shields. The story was good, with some unexpected twists and turns and a unique timeline structure.

    Now for the cons. Although I've seen lots of people building all kinds of crazy things, I'm not particularly interested in construction. That leaves the exploration, side quests, and dungeons. Unfortunately not much is different or improved here. The map is mostly the same. The sky islands, although being a main marketing point, are a let down. There's just not that many of them. The surface is the same map as BotW. Yes, many things are different, but it's still the same map and all major landmarks/towns are in the same places. There is an underground area that stretches across the entire map. However, there's not a whole lot here and exploring it is difficult because it's completely dark until you light it. I wish they would have skipped the underground and invested all of their work into the sky islands. The side quests are fine, but I have not played any that were much more memorable than the ones in BotW. There do appear to be more of them, however. For the dungeons, they are also fine. They are more unique in appearance than in BotW, so that is an improvement. But the puzzle solving aspect is the same for them, "activate these 4 things so you can reach the boss" etc.

    Overall a good sequel. But the fact that the main map is the same means I can't justify giving it higher than an 8. I really would have enjoyed exploring a whole new Hyrule, but the changes to the map and the new gameplay elements mostly make up for that.    … Expand
  74. gonzalo_arg
    May 31, 2023
    10
    Nintendo delivers again in yet another magnificent Legend of Zelda adventure. I feel it's far superior to its predecessor in multiple ways; For instance, shrines and temple are more fun to complete thanks to the new powers Link's gotten at the beginnin of the game.
    Unlike Breath of the Wild at release in 2017, the game runs perfectly smooth in dock mode, stable with no noticeable drops in fps.
  75. Sanctify
    May 31, 2023
    10
    It takes one of the best games ever and cranks it up a notch, making it the best game ever as far as I'm concerned.
  76. FlameHaze10
    May 31, 2023
    8
    Pros:
    - Music
    - Art style/Graphics
    - Gameplay
    - Scale
    - World

    Cons:
    - Underground
    - Switch Hardware
    - Weapon durability (still)

    Neutral:
    - Story
    - Voices

    Verdict:
    Pretty much BoTW, but with improvements and changes, worthy of a sequel.
  77. Emmakate313
    May 31, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It took me a while to get into Breath of the Wild the way I had gotten into previous Legend of Zelda titles. However, Tears of the Kingdom really gripped me. I loved way it brought back some classic monsters and added new ones. I loved the return of Ganondorf. The little connections to classic Zelda lore sprinkled into this new formula. I loved the little Easter eggs for shippers, the way it eschews the timeline while honoring the series, the new abilities, the ways it encourages the cheesing rampant in BotW, the new puzzles, pretty much everything. Seeing this fandom more alive than ever is a great joy. The story made me so emotional, and the ending was triumphant, but I'm still coming back for hours long sessions. I adore this game, and I'm so excited to see how Zelda will continue to evolve.… Expand
  78. jippe
    May 31, 2023
    1
    The review of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" expresses a general feeling of disappointment and frustration with the game. While it is visually appealing, as it is beautiful, most of the time is spent running and climbing mountains, which can get boring. Also, the rapid breaking of weapons forces the player to avoid fights, which themselves are useless since they drop noThe review of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" expresses a general feeling of disappointment and frustration with the game. While it is visually appealing, as it is beautiful, most of the time is spent running and climbing mountains, which can get boring. Also, the rapid breaking of weapons forces the player to avoid fights, which themselves are useless since they drop no interesting loot. The map is huge, but empty, both in the air, in the dungeons and the base, which means a large amount of time spent waiting to start a mission. Fighting enemies can be frustrating, taking time to figure out what's actually going on, without there being a way to switch objectives between enemies. Also, enemies can kill the player with one shot and there is no level gauge, increasing the difficulty level. In summary, the 10/10 rating is excessive compared to the boredom that characterizes the game.… Expand
  79. Solaire77
    May 31, 2023
    0
    This game is essentially Breath of the Wild again with a few sky islands and a monotonous underground. Nothing in the past game carries over (except horses), but you get the same main world and as a reward for your "exploration", you get all the same armor pieces from BOTW.

    The story is very bland, and while the few dungeon areas and bosses are much better than BOTW, they are a tiny    This game is essentially Breath of the Wild again with a few sky islands and a monotonous underground. Nothing in the past game carries over (except horses), but you get the same main world and as a reward for your "exploration", you get all the same armor pieces from BOTW.

    The story is very bland, and while the few dungeon areas and bosses are much better than BOTW, they are a tiny part of the game, and trivial to solve//beat.

    Building things is fun for a few minutes, then you realize you have to remake them whenever you go anywhere like inside of a shrine, and it is way faster to run or glide. The battery power makes any machines essentially useless for anything other than novelty, if you want to actually use a contraption you need to spend a LOT of time grinding to upgrade your batteries, you will not get a reasonable amount of power just by playing or progressing through the story.

    Overall this game is like a BOTW + mod, it adds some things, and some of them are interesting, the gameplay is still the same and pretty solid, but it feels like the same game all over again. The rewards are things you already had in the last game, only a few people remember you, and nothing is nearly as exciting to explore as you have already been there in BOTW.

    This game is not bad, it is fun and enjoyable to play, however it is extraordinarily disappointing if you have played through Breath of the Wild.    … Expand
  80. Frogalog
    May 31, 2023
    5
    Blunt should you buy TOTK questionnaire (130 hours experience):

    Do you like a sandbox style game? Good. But bear in mind that it also introduces very linear puzzles. I tried to pace myself to mix things up, but that wasn’t really possible. It’s all too clear that the game put most of its effort into exploration, Ultrahand, and Fuse. Used to how epic Zelda is? TOTK stands out as    Blunt should you buy TOTK questionnaire (130 hours experience):

    Do you like a sandbox style game?

    Good. But bear in mind that it also introduces very linear puzzles. I tried to pace myself to mix things up, but that wasn’t really possible. It’s all too clear that the game put most of its effort into exploration, Ultrahand, and Fuse.

    Used to how epic Zelda is? TOTK stands out as the most *unepic* Zelda. TOTK has a great start and it has flashes within the memories, but that makes up less than an hour of your playtime. Cutscenes repeat themselves. There’s no plot twists. What’s weird about this game is how many characters are reused, but most of them don’t recognize Link.

    Do you like games that reuse assets but increase their in-game grind?

    Get less with more! It’s harder to earn rupees AND buying/upgrading armor costs more. It has identical mechanics to making money as BOTW. This grind is what makes TOTK feel less like an RPG. I guess it’s the whole blood moon concept. You farm the same enemies for drops. TOTK focuses on the “finding” and “collecting” aspect more than the “action” and the “puzzles” of old school Zelda. It’s critical that you are excited about a slow and steady game. I’ll repeat, it’s clear that most of the effort of the game went into 1. Exploration. 2. Ultrahand. And 3. Fuse. The combat in this game is easier than BOTW, especially if you stick to the main story.

    Fans of Ultrahand build some machines you can look up that look cool. If you like that kind of thing, then this game is worth considering.

    Does long=good?

    You could realistically beat BOTW in 19 hours. 30 hours if you’re brand new to the game. Notice the reviews, regardless of rating, “30 game hours in and I’ve beaten one dungeon.” That *could* mean people are enjoying the MMORPG aspect of the game or it *could* mean this game takes longer than it should. I think it’s both.

    The quest tracker is limited. The puzzles are designed with one solution in mind and can take well over 30 minutes. There are ways to get around how linear Ultrahand is, but those ways make you feel like you’re cheating, which isn’t fun either.

    Do you like the rain hazard?

    It rains every day AND night unless the area is weather locked otherwise. An honorable mention goes to all the weather patterns of the surface world, rain included, that now severely obscure your vision in an exploration game. Gloom doesn’t scare me, the weather does.

    Do you not mind when weapons look weird?

    Do you like limited runes?

    There are less runes to use during combat. If you want a varied experience with combat, you need to use Fuse. If you’re like me though, I just found one or two items that I liked and stuck with those. Notice how I haven’t brought up the dungeons: they were weak because of a lack of runes, story, and difficulty.

    Do you like finding the exact spot to be in a large game?

    The environment at times discourages climbing. Too often, the player tells Link to Ascend, and should be able to, but the game has not programmed it. If you fail, you have to wait a bit before you can do anything else. It is after you realize you’ve wasted your time that you realize that there was actually the third option; flying. There is very little to listen to—all the hours you spend climbing, exploring, and floating are done with music not worth listening to.

    Do you like waiting six years between games?

    TOTK took long enough to where it is in a position to do what BOTW did: cash in twice on next gen pricing. A lot of hard work went into TOTK. A lot of Zelda fans had strong opinions about what *didn’t* work in BOTW and it’s like the developers ignored them and pushed those areas even further. Of course it took a long time to create a polished sandbox game with vehicles and MMORPG quests. It’s a finished product that works, and will work even better after you buy the game a second time on new hardware.

    My opinion?

    Everything about this game felt inflated to me. It’s not a game you return to after beating it. I’m not big on the physics engine, and other than vehicles and light, TOTK’s design the SAME as BOTW! TOTK is a step down in just about every regard when compared to BOTW (don’t ask me how a game can improve its formula yet be a worse game).

    If you can look past the issues I mentioned, you’ll love the open world. TOTK didn’t pass the fun test for me. Several critics I’ve seen that deliver glowing reviews say they felt finished with the game at the 80 hour mark, when there’s clearly more than 200 hours of content. It’s shocking to me how critics have minimized some gaping flaws. Unepic? Unsatisfying puzzles? Long? Limited progression? An almost nonexistent story? Less rewarding? Less difficult enemies? Those are some glaring issues.    … Expand
  81. IceWaltz
    May 31, 2023
    7
    One of the greats. The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is an excellent sequel to Breath of the Wild, Improving upon almost everything in the game. The shrines are much more diverse. The map has been expanded on massively providing beautiful scenery up in the sky islands while providing a sense of mystery and exploration in the hostile world of the depths.
    While this game is a    One of the greats. The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is an excellent sequel to Breath of the Wild, Improving upon almost everything in the game. The shrines are much more diverse. The map has been expanded on massively providing beautiful scenery up in the sky islands while providing a sense of mystery and exploration in the hostile world of the depths.
    While this game is a masterpiece in its own right, I feel it struggles with its place in the Legend of Zelda franchise. I say this because (due to a specific storyline) there is so much retconning in the game that it becomes almost jarring. Not only that but I felt that the Ganon fight was poorly set up with the teasing of a showdown only to make you run around solving dull puzzles before you can reach him again.

    One of ToTK's biggest flaws in my opinion is that, while sharing almost the same surface map with BoTW, ToTK had a lot less boots in the ground moments. There were no real challenges in terrain or combat, any issue could just be solved with a rocket or hoverbike and that personally removed any of the moment-to-moment fun for me.

    While I understand that many players enjoyed ToTK, I found many sections of the game far too tedious and dull. The dungeons were far too formulaic and drawn out. I found myself so frustrated with the mundanity of so many of these dungeons that I just cheesed the game with rockets and recall just so I could get it over with.    … Expand
  82. Caedon
    May 31, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you played and enjoyed BotW, you will definitely enjoy Tears of the Kingdom. The puzzles that you can complete can be solved in many ways and if you solve it your way, it feels way more satisfying. The abilities such as Ultrahand, Fuse, Ascend ect. are super fun to play with. Wether you make a unique vehicle with Ultrahand, Fuse some powerful and cool looking weapons and shields or Acsend to new heights, I know even newcomers to the Legend of Zelda games will enjoy this game and get immediately hooked. I’ve got pretty much no problems with this game because of how much time Nintendo put into this game. It seems so weird that Nintendo only announced this game in 2019 and 4 years to make a sequel to game that changed the world of Open World games forever and make it such a banger. The story is really amazing as well! You start at the beginning only with a few things to work with, Ganondorf is set free to Hyrule to destroy it and cast it to eternal night and Zelda is transported to the past where she sees the founders and first King and Queen of Hyrule, King Rauru and Queen Sonia. As you traverse through the story you find geoglyphs that give you memories to make the plot of ToTK and more clear and more information about the past in King Rauru and Queen Sonia’s time. Did I even mention the final trailer they gave us?! It felt so amazing to watch. I was at the premiere on YouTube waiting desperately to see the final trailer and the wait was so worth it. The final trailer was pretty much the chef’s kiss to the game before it was out for purchase. So I continue playing this game giving it a solid 10/10 and hope for it to win so many rewards and hopefully Game Of The Year.… Expand
  83. IDKwhy156
    May 31, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is an AMAZING combo of botw, skyward sword, twilight princess, majora's mask and ocarina of time. The Gloom Hands scared the Sh1t outta me. My only gripes are that there ain't more and harder dungeons and that the weapons variety SUCKS. Maybe the DLC will make up for it … Expand
  84. KombatSausage
    May 31, 2023
    10
    Quite simply the best video game ever made. The people giving this a 5/6 just either really hate Zelda, or have absolutely no idea what the word sequel means.

    This game is objectively a masterpiece.
  85. denispiaia
    May 31, 2023
    10
    When I first started playing, I thought it would be more of the same and I could stop playing at any time to play another game. However, 2 weeks later, I can't play anything but Tears of the Kingdom. I am extremely addicted and have no desire to finish. I want to know and enjoy this whole world.
    Also, I heard a lot about it being the same map, but it is totally different, don't believe    When I first started playing, I thought it would be more of the same and I could stop playing at any time to play another game. However, 2 weeks later, I can't play anything but Tears of the Kingdom. I am extremely addicted and have no desire to finish. I want to know and enjoy this whole world.
    Also, I heard a lot about it being the same map, but it is totally different, don't believe it, the map is bigger and many things have changed.
    For me this is the game of the year.

    Cuando empecé a jugar, pensé que sería más de lo mismo y que podría dejar de jugar en cualquier momento para jugar a otro juego. Sin embargo, 2 semanas después, no puedo jugar a otra cosa que no sea Tears of the Kingdom. Soy extremadamente dependiente y no tengo ganas de jugar. Quiero conocer y disfrutar todo este mundo.
    Además, he oído mucho acerca de ser el mismo mapa, pero es totalmente diferente, no creas esto, el mapa es más grande y muchas cosas han cambiado.
    Para mi este es el juego del año.

    Quando eu comecei a jogar, eu pensei que seria mais do mesmo e conseguiria parar de jogar a qualquer momento para jogar outro jogo. Porem, com 2 semanas depois, eu não consigo jogar nada alem de Tears of the Kingdom. Estou extremamente dependente e sem vontade de zerar. Quero conhecer e aproveitar todo esse mundo.
    Além disso, ouvi muito sobre ser o mesmo mapa, mas ele esta totalmente diferente, não acredite nisso, o mapa esta maior e muitas coisas mudaram.
    Pra mim esse é o jogo do ano.    … Expand
  86. SamInACan
    May 31, 2023
    10
    A perfect sequel to BOTW

    Didnt think Nintendo could make a better game than BOTW but they did. They kept all the great mechanics of BOTW and expanded upon it and its world to make an even better Zelda game 10/10.
  87. Manzor
    May 31, 2023
    10
    Un juego de los que marca una generación. Hay tantos momentos memorables que recordaré siempre, y la mayoría ni siquiera son cinemáticas, como suelen ser hoy en día en estos juegos... son momentos de mí, jugando, descubriendo algo alucinante o teniendo una idea brillante que funcionaba.

    Mejora todo con respecto al anterior, propone desafíos nuevos y enfatiza los más laureados del    Un juego de los que marca una generación. Hay tantos momentos memorables que recordaré siempre, y la mayoría ni siquiera son cinemáticas, como suelen ser hoy en día en estos juegos... son momentos de mí, jugando, descubriendo algo alucinante o teniendo una idea brillante que funcionaba.

    Mejora todo con respecto al anterior, propone desafíos nuevos y enfatiza los más laureados del anterior. Una experiencia MÁGICA.    … Expand
  88. therealAtom
    May 31, 2023
    5
    Not much good can be said about Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. Nintendo created an excessive open world and wanted players to go everywhere, but in order to archive that they had to introduce mechanics that solely exist for the purpose of creating unnecessary grinding. That's why breakable weapons were introduced, and you can not find any rupees, you have to go in the caves to mine rocks, butNot much good can be said about Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. Nintendo created an excessive open world and wanted players to go everywhere, but in order to archive that they had to introduce mechanics that solely exist for the purpose of creating unnecessary grinding. That's why breakable weapons were introduced, and you can not find any rupees, you have to go in the caves to mine rocks, but all caves are nearly the same.
    When you can go everywhere from the beginning, all sense of progression is lost and the game becomes meaningless.

    The negatives: The open world is too large, it wastes players time. Nintendo should have concentrated on content instead of an excessive open world.
    The game has not much content, when we take away the open world and the minigames (shrines), the only 4 very small dungeons main quest is pretty lackluster and leaves much to be desired.
    When playing Tears of the Kingdom you get the impression that creating clever dungeons that are based on a rewarding progression system and a good combat system were to hard for the japanese developers, therefore they had to replace it with shallow repetitive content which can be seen by the shrines, many of which the developers not even cared enough about to include any minigame, and the 900 korok seeds, which only add to the repetitive uninspiring gameplay.
    The game has it's moments like the gleeok design which looks awesome, but at the same time the developers went out of their way to add fog and bad weather to the game so the players can not enjoy the little bit of good graphics the game would otherwise have to offer on the already weak switch hardware.

    Overall Tears of the Kingdom is not a good Zelda game, it's not even a good game as with only 4 mini dungeons it lacks unique story content, which was compensated in the worst possible way by going with endless repetitive minigame shrines, korok collections and an too big map with nothing unique to do, according to the motto: quantity over quality.    … Expand
  89. Rayo555
    May 31, 2023
    10
    I love this game. I think is a very good game, better than The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It has a longer and bigger world, with a very godd construction. I really love when I don't see any guides or things like that and I find some treasures or thinks like that. It is so satisfying! I really love this game!!!!
  90. JSLEND
    May 30, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda: totk is my best game next to botw. Thanks to Nintendo.
  91. bound4earth
    May 30, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Quest text that is unskippable, and quests that force 4 time repetition is plentiful. They leaned into Navi type quest text that you cannot just speed through, everytime you turn in one of so many objectives a voice pops up unckippable that say 3 more. Who designed this. What happened to the guy that did BoTW, why did they fire him to force this game to a stop constantly. They took what made BoTW great and tore it out to replace it with a gimmicky physics model or tack on boulders to weapons. Instead of just adding it, they made it the core of game-play. It is fun for the first 10 hours, but puzzles are just repetition after that and even with auto build becomes boring and wastes time.

    The physics and weapon additions could have been cool if they were not made to be core gameplay elements because everything great in BoTW had to be gutted to make way for these systems. It is also overused to such a degree that you see nothing but repeated puzzles constantly and it gets tiring to use auto build even half way through the game.

    Lack of bombs and freeze powers is puzzling and having useless minions that get in the way constantly only to accidently use abilities because the UI is just trash tier design. AT least make companions optional because they offer nothing except a few useless attacks for people that want them. The arrow menu is a great example how bad the UI is, you have 5-6 useful addons, and a few can use here and there, but they add all items to the arrow addon list (scrolling through a hundred or more items when most are garbage is trash design) and you have to add them everytime you shoot an arrow. Weapons went from usable in BoTW to absolute garbage in this game because they tacked on a gimmick, so they had to make almost all weapons trash to force you to use the gimmick tack on boulder. Because you can tack on boulders rocks that used to take one bomb or bomb arrow now take 10 or 6 minion roll uses. Weapons still break because bad design to include the master sword.

    BoTW didn't have enough story, no problem they said. They will tell you the same story 6 times over. When you do the sage quests, they repeat for every four after that, 3 videos back to back identical in most ways that you have to skip separately. They repeat telling the exact same plot lines over and over and over to DEATH! They story is better than BoTW overall, but ruined by repetition and the way it was told. You also have the writer ruining an overall great story at the very end with an M Night tier twist which just shows trash writing.

    MINOR SPOILER The writer doesn't understand what a sacrifice means so they just undo it all in the end. Just trash tier writing that brings the entire story down. MINOR SPOILER

    The game has a better story than BoTW, but told so horrifically and forced stops constantly that it becomes an annoying experience just to try to play through it. The gimmicks added only forced the developers to trash all of the old useful abilities only really keeping the grab, gutting ice platforms, stop time and bombs for no reason. They also repeat a lot of content for the physics based stuff and it got old fast.

    The game is good, but to call it a masterpiece ignores that it improves nothing in any meaningful way over BoTW and in most respects delivers a worse experience (Story repetition, UI, companions that should have been optionally auto use like BoTW, buggy physics got old fast). I think a lot of this had more to do with how amazing BoTW was and the team being stuck between a rock and a hard place, hence the weird shift to physics instead of adding it, making it a core mechanic.

    Tears Of The Kingdom is a great story, minus the terrible M Night Twist and is filled with flawed gameplay. Worth a play if you play all Zelda games, but I don't think it is required for all Zelda fans. I don't really know who to recommend it to because if you are into physics based game-play it gets old long before the game ends and doesn't even innovate in physics based puzzles, if anything it just repeats a lot of BoTW ones with new tools.

    A good but flawed game that a lot of people are giving undeservingly high marks on.    … Expand
  92. CarboNugget
    May 30, 2023
    10
    Extremely fun and creative! I have been playing waaay too much, and I have almost lost my social life because of it...
  93. Dauvas
    May 30, 2023
    10
    I was first confused during the first few mins of the game. But once I gained my first habilita, everything changed exponentially. Then I fell into a chasm and I found true love.
  94. Alexssanderse
    May 30, 2023
    10
    Sensacional só isso , o mundo aberto com as possibilidades de se aventurar e com o protagonista
  95. cabroni
    May 30, 2023
    10
    goat. .
  96. Sercho
    May 30, 2023
    10
    MASTERPIECE
    It's everything a sequel should be.
    Breath of the was 2017's game of the year and I'm sure Tears of the kingdom will be 2023's. It feels incredible complex, fun and full of amazing details, the freedom and flexibility the player has is just one of a kind.
    This is the game of the generation and an evolution to the open world games.
  97. triadne
    May 30, 2023
    1
    It's just full of terrible design choices.
    you collect seeds to give to the plant people to make them do a magical dance to make your bag bigger.... so utterly arbitrary and convoluted. why couldn't there be something tangible? like finding pouches or like finding a bigger bag? Nope, magic dance and finding seed, in very repetitive ways.
    then there's the NPC's that transform into mega    It's just full of terrible design choices.
    you collect seeds to give to the plant people to make them do a magical dance to make your bag bigger.... so utterly arbitrary and convoluted. why couldn't there be something tangible? like finding pouches or like finding a bigger bag? Nope, magic dance and finding seed, in very repetitive ways.
    then there's the NPC's that transform into mega annoying enemies that don't give you much useful stuff. what does that teach me nintendo? it teaches me that I get punished for talking to NPC's, so naturally, I don't feel safe to talk to NPC's any more. genius move.
    Oh yes, then there is the GODDAMN GATHCA MACHINE, which has me wasting the resources I collected, just to try and get one of each item, I don't play games for gambling mechanics, this is reprehensible.
    The amazing stuff you can make, disappears if you walk too far from it, some of them even disappear midway through using them.
    If you want to ride a horse to travel faster, you can't use fast travel because the horse can't fast travel, except that is, if you go to a stable, where it can then be teleported from one stable to another... there is no logic to this.
    I go to trouble of exploring, to see if I find something interesting, and what's my reward? another bloody shrine, where i can solve a puzzle to get a light orb, to go to a statue, to choose either heart or stamina.... another convulted bit of BUSYWORK, rather than actually finding tangible things in the world like heart pieces.
    zelda used to be fun exploration that had a sense of discovery, but I don't feel much DISCOVERY from finding another damn shrine, or whatever collectable or currency is flavour of the moment.    … Expand
  98. Arielmiranda
    May 30, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mejorando e innovando lo que es un mundo abierto, el mejor juego de las últimas generaciones. Es un juego de 10 de 10.… Expand
  99. assailor
    May 30, 2023
    7
    Nice experience, as good as the BOTW, but with certain drawbacks:
    Nice map, but I have seen it in BOTW; sky islands are great, but they are too small; dungeon map is large, but only filled with monsters and not very fun to explore.
    Too much material collections are needed for the battery upgrade, and again, most parts of the dungeon are boring to explore; the new mechanism drives higher    Nice experience, as good as the BOTW, but with certain drawbacks:
    Nice map, but I have seen it in BOTW; sky islands are great, but they are too small; dungeon map is large, but only filled with monsters and not very fun to explore.
    Too much material collections are needed for the battery upgrade, and again, most parts of the dungeon are boring to explore; the new mechanism drives higher need for all types of resources which makes me feels bad worrying about spending resources, which is less fun than if I do not need to worry about those.
    The Y+B bug solved the problem, but the version update is forced without prior notice, which ruined this trick for me.    … Expand
  100. lesiuML
    May 30, 2023
    9
    Definitely must play for everyone who love exploration games! Stunning achievement to run such gorgeous game on switch.

    - At first, I thought that this game would be just a DLC for BOTW, but I was so wrong. A lot of things have been changed and added. Yes, it is very similar to BOTW, but as a sequel, it's much more polished and way better. In my opinion, anyone playing Zelda on PC, on    Definitely must play for everyone who love exploration games! Stunning achievement to run such gorgeous game on switch.

    - At first, I thought that this game would be just a DLC for BOTW, but I was so wrong. A lot of things have been changed and added. Yes, it is very similar to BOTW, but as a sequel, it's much more polished and way better. In my opinion, anyone playing Zelda on PC, on an emulator, will never understand how amazing this game is and How hard could it be for developers to make such a game on Switch run as well as it is running! Alright, there are some drops, but we must remember that this is a really incredible achievement to make such a big and detailed open world game for that weak console.

    - In times when every game is treating players like idiots, Zelda is showing everyone how to treat players with respect and how to give them amazing tools to just do whatever they want in a created environment without fear that someone will be lost. By creating so many amazing places, items, and combinations of crafting, it's easy to never see it all and it's an amazing feeling to find something new online!    … Expand
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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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