The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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  1. Vladamir8
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    this is the best game on switch anyone who puts this below 8 is a lair. It is way better than botw a 10000% worth the 90$
  2. supernite
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is fantastic. it's essentially just Breath Of The Wild, except better in every single way. the sense of scale that the new sky islands and depths add is just the cherry on top of this big beautiful cake of a game.… Expand
  3. rafaaguilera
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    I find open worlds game sometimes quite exhausting, but this Zelda is so creative and have some crazy and out of the box ideas, that convinced me to donate 90 hours of my life playing it, but It's not perfect. I think that the dungeons and narrative, even if superior to Breath of the Wind, there's still room for improvements. Also, I find that the depths and the skies aren't as fantasticI find open worlds game sometimes quite exhausting, but this Zelda is so creative and have some crazy and out of the box ideas, that convinced me to donate 90 hours of my life playing it, but It's not perfect. I think that the dungeons and narrative, even if superior to Breath of the Wind, there's still room for improvements. Also, I find that the depths and the skies aren't as fantastic as the surface (but they are fun to explore though).
    Even so, what we have here, is so superior compared to similar games in scope, exploration, mechanics and design, that its faults becomes something minor. Tears of the Kingdom is truly special and even better than Breath of the Wild. Probably the best 2023 game so far and the best last battle I've played.    … Expand
  4. taosho
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    Given the way most AAA franchises are treated by studios, with routine and uninspired follow-ons or remakes (looking at you Assassin's Creed), this is a triumph from Nintendo. If you think this is a $70 DLC, or just two DLCs put together due to the sheer size of the world, then I just don't know what you expect out of a video game.

    If you didn't like BotW, you won't like this. It has a    Given the way most AAA franchises are treated by studios, with routine and uninspired follow-ons or remakes (looking at you Assassin's Creed), this is a triumph from Nintendo. If you think this is a $70 DLC, or just two DLCs put together due to the sheer size of the world, then I just don't know what you expect out of a video game.

    If you didn't like BotW, you won't like this. It has a much bolder storyline with some added creativity that feels like a (close) return to form of the narrative-driven Zelda that I missed in BotW. The world is still an open world, which means most of the side quests are still scattered in pockets – stables, villages, etc. But that was also the remarkable thing about BotW: you really could just go anywhere and they've retained that. But they've added some linearity to how you should progress, which I quite liked.

    The main mechanical difference is the relationship between monster parts, materials, weapon breakability, and rupees with the new Fuse ability. Feels a lot more balanced vs. the hundreds of Bokoblin fangs you could gather in BotW only to be able to use them in...elixirs? A much needed upgrade.

    Main complaints which I overlook for the sheer imagination and scale of this game:
    - Performance is extremely laggy in some areas. And that's with the internal witchcraft Nintendo already has to make this game seamless as possible.
    - The added collectibles. I felt like the orbs and Koroks were enough in BotW. Here, they've added even more and it's what most AAA franchises do to make the game "interesting" after you've beaten the main storyline.
    - The scattered armor sets. I felt like BotW rewarded you for exploring the world, whereas TotK requires you to. Good armor you could purchase, special armor was findable. The sheer size of the world requires many more hours to really find the good armor than probably should be required.

    Many other aspects of BotW were improved: more linear main dungeons, a harder final boss fight, the ability to revisit main dungeon areas, and again, can we talk about that story?

    TL;DR – it makes BotW look uninspired and simple, which is just saying this should be Game of the Year.    … Expand
  5. MrM21
    Jul 4, 2023
    4
    If you like the old Zelda games you will be disappointed. Combat is fun but there is so, so much walking and doing nothing. The Death Stranding of the Zelda franchise. And the world is pretty empty. Bring back the old Zelda style, cause this one isn't it.
  6. challenguate
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    It may not surpass Breath of the Wild, but it certainly matches it! The game is brilliant and lots of fun.
  7. emeraldos
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    my number one on nintendo switch, i recommend this game to everyone, work of art.
  8. Lucasraiol
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    Acredito que estamos diante de uma obra prima de game design, um jogo onde você simplesmente tem a liberdade de aproveitar da sua maneira, a jornada tem início, meio e fim, porém ninguém além do jogador, decide como que essa jornada será trilhada. Brilhante no quesito diversão, história tocante e apesar dos apesare, muito bonito visualmente, e pela escolha artística, dificilmenteAcredito que estamos diante de uma obra prima de game design, um jogo onde você simplesmente tem a liberdade de aproveitar da sua maneira, a jornada tem início, meio e fim, porém ninguém além do jogador, decide como que essa jornada será trilhada. Brilhante no quesito diversão, história tocante e apesar dos apesare, muito bonito visualmente, e pela escolha artística, dificilmente envelhecerá mal, ou seja, um jogo que se tornou um clássico instantâneo. Longe de ser perfeito, tem problemas de performance, algumas missões secundárias que não lhe recompensam de maneira satisfatória e a terrível mecânica de quebrar armas, não tiram o brilho dessa carta de amor aos jogadores de videogame. Nota 10… Expand
  9. Daeesaurus
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    Tears of the Kingdom is the type game where you feel sad knowing that you will never get to play it again for the 1st time again. If you never “beat” the main storyline of this game, you would still have hundreds of hours of play time. The creativity that it allows in solving puzzles is incredible. So many scenarios where I said “I know I didn’t solve it the way they intended”. It’s aTears of the Kingdom is the type game where you feel sad knowing that you will never get to play it again for the 1st time again. If you never “beat” the main storyline of this game, you would still have hundreds of hours of play time. The creativity that it allows in solving puzzles is incredible. So many scenarios where I said “I know I didn’t solve it the way they intended”. It’s a perfect game and it is one that I look forward to replaying years down the road.… Expand
  10. GuilhermeGGS
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    Simplesmente o melhor jogo AAA da geração, história impecável, (diferente do BOTW) mecânicas novas surpreendentes, personagens cativantes, e um mundo rico de detalhes e missões, com certeza um dos melhores jogos que já joguei.

    Críticas negativas: As missões para pegar os sábios são bem repetitivas. Uma vergonha a Nintendo não traduzir para português, As quedas de FPS me decepcionou    Simplesmente o melhor jogo AAA da geração, história impecável, (diferente do BOTW) mecânicas novas surpreendentes, personagens cativantes, e um mundo rico de detalhes e missões, com certeza um dos melhores jogos que já joguei.

    Críticas negativas:

    As missões para pegar os sábios são bem repetitivas.
    Uma vergonha a Nintendo não traduzir para português,
    As quedas de FPS me decepcionou bastante, porém é um milagre para um Nintendo Switch, do mais o jogo é ótimo, e merece um 10 (com um pouquinho de puxação de saco).    … Expand
  11. NINTELDRITCH
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    Just about the perfect sequel. Whereas Breath of the Wild was a game about the joys of exploration and discovery, this is a game about the joys of creation and ingenuity. Whereas Breath of the Wild was about finding and climbing the mountain, this game is about flying up the mountain in a space shuttle, blowing up the mountain, and using it as parts for an unheard-of death machine.Just about the perfect sequel. Whereas Breath of the Wild was a game about the joys of exploration and discovery, this is a game about the joys of creation and ingenuity. Whereas Breath of the Wild was about finding and climbing the mountain, this game is about flying up the mountain in a space shuttle, blowing up the mountain, and using it as parts for an unheard-of death machine. (metaphorically, of course.) Where Breath of the Wild let you choose where to go and when to do it, this game lets you choose how to go and what to do. It manages to add amazing new areas, along with somehow making the old ones feel new again. It manages to be both an outstanding vessel for your creativity and a fantastic open-world RPG. Every new mechanic works beautifully. Everything is well thought out. While the moment-to-moment writing and dialogue isn't as on point as in Breath of the Wild, this is a small blemish in an otherwise nearly perfect game. The overarching story writing makes up for it as well. The physics and creativity the game allows are breathtaking. The score/soundtrack is fantastic. The game feels very different to Breath of the Wild, but not in a way that is better or worse. Just... different. Some parts bring joy. Some fear. Some amazement. And almost always, they are absolutely incredible. They managed to make a sequel that is equal to Breath of the Wild. A truly *ahem* breathtaking experience.
    10/10    … Expand
  12. Mortar97
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    Phenomenal Game.
    This game is pure fun. No frustration. Everything works. Multiple solutions to the puzzles.
    And the ending... It made my heart of stone crumble a little and reminded me that I have tears.
  13. mrwho995
    Jul 4, 2023
    7
    A fun enough experience, but not worth the 6 year wait.

    The game uses the same gameplay mechanics, physics and chemistry engines, assets, and overworld as its predecessor, which makes things feel stale. The re-use of the overworld especially, after the longest wait for a new Zelda ever, makes this game impossible to rate too highly. However, it does also add a lot of new stuff. The    A fun enough experience, but not worth the 6 year wait.

    The game uses the same gameplay mechanics, physics and chemistry engines, assets, and overworld as its predecessor, which makes things feel stale. The re-use of the overworld especially, after the longest wait for a new Zelda ever, makes this game impossible to rate too highly. However, it does also add a lot of new stuff.

    The best thing about this game are the Side Adventures. There's a huge amount of them and they have good variety. From a nice little contained story in Tarry Town, to the extensive adventures you get up to with the Lucky Clover Gazette; from a war between a fashionista and a traditional mayor, to infiltrating the Yiga Clan; from fighting with regular townspeople against monsters, to soloing an entire priate camp that has taken over Lurelin Village, and then rebuilding it. The Side Adventures are truly exceptional.

    The biggest weakness of the game is exploration rewards. They are almost always not worth the bother. The game is massively bloated with useless costumes, and if not that, rewards are one specific item you don't need, a bad sword/bow/shield. a map to something useless, or at best a Sage's Will. This heavily disincentivises exploration and makes the game feel empty and unrewarding.

    The Depths are a welcome addition, and can be good fun to explore. However, after a while they start to get slightly tedius and repetitive, with very little content in them beyond combat encounters and yiga camps.

    The dungeons are a vast improvement on Breath of the Wild's divine beasts, and were genuinely enjoyable to play, one of the highlights of the game. But unfortunately they are still quite far the standard set by Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. However, the Water Temple is very underwhelming and worse than the divine beasts, and the Spirit Temple simply isn't a dungeon at all, although the leadup to it was great. The highlight of the temples has to go to the Lightning Temple, which comes closest to feeling like a traditional dungeon. The Fire Temple and Wind temple are also good.

    The memories are far better implemented and far more interesting than in Breath of the Wild, but ultimately I still find them to be a bad way of telling a story in an adventure game; I'm not engaged if the story isn't contemporaneous and related to the actions of the player. The main questline is shockingly repetitive between the different regions, with an extremely fomulaic and repetitive story structure, and using almost the exact same cutscene four times; it's unbelievably lazy at points. The final few hours of the game are good fun however, with a great final boss followed by an epic and cinematic setpiece.

    Despite the Sky Islands being the main marketing draw of the game, they are really quite underwhelming and there's not that many of them. The exact same islands are copy-pasted countless times, which is honestly shockingly lazy for something that is supposed to be the main marketing draw of the game. They're a decent addition but could have been much, much better.

    The Fuse and Ultrahand abilities are fun to play around with, and very impressive from a technical, design, and art perspective. They can transform how you play the game and allow for a lot of fun gameplay experiences. They both must have taken a significant amount of work. Ascend and Recall are also technically impressive, and fit well in to the game; they make you quite fundamentally rethink how you approach exploration and combat respectively.

    Unfortunately, although the home building feature is an amazing idea, is executed utterly abysmally. They honestly shouldn't have allowed this feature to be released in such an underdeveloped, awkward, and restrictive state.

    Graphically, the game is certainly showing the Switch's age, and the successor can't come soon enough. Despite the ancient hardware the game can still manage to look really nice in parts, and although performance issues are more common than in BoTW, they're still relatively rare. The draw distance can sometimes be very poor. But usually, the experience is a good one. This game definitely shows the Switch's age but it *just about* gets away with it.

    There is a lot to like about the game, but ultimately it's an underwhelming experience for me. It feels too similar to Breath of the Wild to justify waiting so incredibly long for it. The new abilities are very impressive from a technical perspective, and must have taken a lot of time, effort, and trial and error to work so well. The dungeons are a huge improvement to the Divine Beasts. And the side quests are by far the best in Zelda history. But this doesn't make up the lazy, repetitive, and underwhelming story, the terrible rewards for exploration, the dry soundtrack, and the extremely extensive re-use of content, especially in the context of the longest ever wait between 3D Zeldas and with no 2D entry to plug the ga    … Expand
  14. SaschaAM
    Jul 4, 2023
    7
    Can't put a finger on it, but I got bored fast. The visual quality is good. The story felt boring compared with breath of the wild. If I should describe what this full price game feels like, like a collection of mods, including cheating mods.
    It does not feel balanced and I have to limit myself on which tools I am allowed to use, without robbing me myself of any challenge/fun. The sky    Can't put a finger on it, but I got bored fast. The visual quality is good. The story felt boring compared with breath of the wild. If I should describe what this full price game feels like, like a collection of mods, including cheating mods.
    It does not feel balanced and I have to limit myself on which tools I am allowed to use, without robbing me myself of any challenge/fun. The sky islands feel like simple puzzles, while the underworld feels like unbalanced copy pasta. First Zelda game I probably will never finish.    … Expand
  15. Awkylold
    Jul 4, 2023
    8
    Game is great, but If I hadn't played Breath of The Wild, I would have enjoyed it much more.
  16. Roxas11
    Jul 3, 2023
    9
    A very good game but i would of prefer getting a new map for tears of the kingdom
  17. 26thgamer
    Jul 3, 2023
    10
    It is good. I mean there is really no arguing with it. If Breath of the Wild is a 10 out of 10 then this must be like a 15 out of 10. That is just how good this is.
  18. jorjao12
    Jul 3, 2023
    10
    o jogo é incrivel os graficos deixam a desejar mas é o que o switch comporta então estou surpreso por ser o jogo que é no console que é acho que talvez supere o ocarina of time
  19. BiggieZeke
    Jul 3, 2023
    10
    One of the best sequels of a video game ever. Just built on everything BOTW did and then added mechanics and systems that mesh well with the originals. Must play for all Switch owners.
  20. Yihsus
    Jul 3, 2023
    10
    10/10 imo most fun I had playing any game. The I am 125 hours in and I spent most tome exploring instead of following the main story.
  21. RdeRuben
    Jul 3, 2023
    6
    Muy aburrido
    No te obliga a usar las nuevas mecánicas, por lo tanto, mal diseño de niveles.
    Buen Zelda stranding.
    Mal Zelda Minecraft
  22. Dman91
    Jul 3, 2023
    10
    30 Hours in, I’ve only scratched the surface. Tears of the Kingdom improves upon Breath of the Wild's formula and changes it in unique ways. If you liked Breath of the Wild, and/or previous Zelda games, this is an absolute must play.
  23. YoMammy
    Jul 3, 2023
    7
    all this game is is a copy and paste of the last zelda and that game was not very good either. i've been a die hard fan of zelda since super nintendo and those games leading up to this game were much better and more interesting. these new zeldas don't even have dungeons anymore it's just a bunch of shrines that are made for elementary school kids to solve
  24. bang0800
    Jul 3, 2023
    7
    The story line is a bit dull, doesn't make you feel like wanting to know what happens next. Art style is a bit let-down too. Others than that, its good if you want a chilling and farming-focus game. 7/10.
  25. HellDiamond
    Jul 3, 2023
    9
    Best game i played in 2023 so far.
    The game ist verry fun and there ist a lot to do. and i mean a lot.
    Some of the aspects are rebooted from BOTW. And BOTW was all new so thats why its a 9/10.
    Overall ist a great expirience for player who like sandbox / Builing / collecting games.
    Not a game for everyone but for me its the game of the year!
  26. Flyzerd
    Jul 2, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pour ma part, j'ai joué a BOTW avec des étoiles dans les yeux, je découvrais plein de chose, j'adorais explorer et l'histoire était géniale. En 70h de jeu, j'étais comblé.

    Dans TOTK, avec 130h de jeu a mon actif, malheureusement, on a l'aspect découverte au début avec les nouveaux pouvoirs. Ensuite, c'est tout comme BOTW, donc on se retrouve très vite sur sa faim. Je me suis mis a découvrir les nouvelles zones des que j'ai pu, les cieux, les profondeurs.. mais sur terre c'est BOTW... Je ne prends pas les grottes en compte car elles sont souvent peu utiles...

    Un bon Zelda pour moi, c'est une bonne histoire et un bon gameplay.
    Mais là trop de chose ne vont pas...
    Sans prendre en compte le prix et les lacunes niveau performance et graphique de la Switch...
    Le jeu vaut le coup d'oeil étant donné que c'est une suite de BOTW, mais il y a trop de chose qui ne mène à rien. Le joueur n'est pas assez récompensé. On a 16 cinématiques "Souvenirs" et pour moi il en manque vraiment beaucoup. J'aurais aimé que cet aspect soit améliorer, peut être en ayant toutes les cinématiques Accessibles et pas seulement des souvenirs.
    Mais il y a un manque cruelle de cinématiques, de récompenses, d'équilibre entre explorer et trouver des quêtes qui sont SUPER importantes.

    Par exemple, dans les profondeurs, c'est vide, même après avoir afficher la carte a 100%, on a une récompense équivalente à "Bravo" : "Wow merci je me suis embêté a faire tout ça pour ça ? J'ai même pas de cinématique ? D'explication ? De ah merci ça a servi à quelque chose ?" Non rien. Tu peux juste enfin regarder toute la carte c'est génial.
    Plein de quête dans des villes qui "ne servent à rien", exemple a elimith où on assiste à une meuf qui veut monter au pouvoir, au final on règle la situation, et wow, on peut baisser notre capuche, MERCI !

    Le meilleur des temples qui apportaient des choses "Nouvelles" c'est le temple Gerudo qui pour moi est de loin le meilleur des temples BOTW inclut, et je ne comprends pas pourquoi ils n'ont pas gardés les même directives sur les autres, ou pas exactement pareil mais histoire que ça change un peu quoi..

    Maintenant, au niveau de l'histoire...
    Ils ont voulus jouer avec le temps... Chose qu'ils avaient bien réussi à faire a l'époque avec les Ocarina of time etc... Mais là c'est un échec absolu, ou bien nous n'avons pas encore toutes les réponses mais c'est vraiment inexplicable, on ne peut être que dans des théories et ça c'est chiant ! Quand je finis un jeu, je veux que tout soit expliqué au moins ! Mais là il n'y a aucune cohérence.
    Par exemple, Zelda revient dans le temps et se transforme en dragon. Pourquoi on ne l'a pas vu dans BOTW ? Étant donné que cela fait 10 000 ans qu'elle est sous cette forme, on aurait pu le voir dans l'ancien jeu.
    Autre exemple avec la master sword, cela veut dire qu'il y en a deux dans une même époque dans BOTW, une sur Zelda dragon, et une a l'arbre mojo... Et pire encore comme exemple, elles sont où les technologies Sheikah? A l'école d'elimith, on apprend que les créatures divines ont bien existé, on a même des références à celle-ci, mais on apprend rien de plus ? Elles sont où ? On a que des questionnements sans déconner ? On peut pas nous donner une cinématiques au début du jeu qui nous montre les 7 ans qui se sont écoulés ? Peut être qu'ils ont supprimés les Tours, les sanctuaires, les gardiens, et les créatures divines, MAIS RIEN N'EST EXPLIQUÉ ?
    BAH NON, ça sera sûrement fait dans des DLC qui nous viendront 40€ l'unités, qui sait??

    Si je résume sans spoil :
    - Scénario avec trop de flou et d'incohérences - Trop peu de cinématiques
    - Gameplay ok mais qui rajoute des tonnes d'heures inutiles et répétitives - Des quêtes parfois trop longues qui n'apporte pas grand chose voir rien
    - On peut vite rater des quêtes importantes sans même sans rendre compte
    - Les korogu, il faut arrêter ça rajoute 70h de jeu juste a courir dans tous les sens
    - Les armes se cassent toujours, on aurait pu avoir un système de réparation de nos armes mais non on peut en fusionner...
    - Améliorer son niveau de batterie, c'est un enfer
    - Trop de farm a faire pour récupérer des choses importantes
    - Les sanctuaires on en peux plus, c'est long et pourtant super important, les anciens Zelda me manque car il n'y avait pas ce concept bidon de courir partout et résoudre 4 énigmes pour gagner un coeur/endurance... - Trop peu de vrai discussion avec des vrais voix et pas juste des onomatopées - Temps de jeu beaucoup trop long, a 120h de jeu je suis a 60%...
    - Graphisme peu important car égale à BOTW
    - Performance compliqué a cause de la Switch

    Pour terminer les aspects positifs pour moi :
    - Le peu de cinématiques qu'on a sont sympa voire incroyable pour certaines
    - L'histoire malgré ces lacunes est sympa a découvrir
    - Le gameplay malgré le temps qu'il prend est bien et amène a joué avec son esprit créatif    … Expand
  27. NoGameshahaha
    Jul 2, 2023
    5
    For sure, it is really impressive what an amazing job Nintendo did with the totally obsolete Switch Hardware. However, that is exactly the problem. The ambitions were too big and the possibilities too limited. What's left is a huge game with interesting mechanics, but much of it is just empty and boring
  28. Osman5678
    Jul 2, 2023
    5
    Entretenido, pero aburridisimo, su mundo abierto es aburrido a morir, en lo personal, un juego que esta sobrevalorado.
  29. Sleckers
    Jul 2, 2023
    0
    I understand some people love this game which is great for them, but to me I don’t understand how a major franchise can bring out something as dull and boring as this in 2023. The game is just a bland walking and climbing experience with little guidance and a dull story, I could barely finish the tutorial as I kept falling asleep with the switch in my hand, took me 3 attempts before II understand some people love this game which is great for them, but to me I don’t understand how a major franchise can bring out something as dull and boring as this in 2023. The game is just a bland walking and climbing experience with little guidance and a dull story, I could barely finish the tutorial as I kept falling asleep with the switch in my hand, took me 3 attempts before I managed to stay awake long enough just to be dumped into the main game which is no different, no guidance and all I do is walk around and climb stuff.… Expand
  30. LordBarco
    Jul 2, 2023
    8
    THE LEGEND OF ZELDA – TEARS OF THE KINGDOM REVIEW

    As a long time, Zelda lover, for this new iteration to the franchise I was expecting Nintendo to polish some of the things I did not like from Breath of the Wild, and indeed they did polish them, but many other aspects were not touched and to me, personally that is something I did not like. Don’t get me wrong, this game is amazing, but    THE LEGEND OF ZELDA – TEARS OF THE KINGDOM REVIEW

    As a long time, Zelda lover, for this new iteration to the franchise I was expecting Nintendo to polish some of the things I did not like from Breath of the Wild, and indeed they did polish them, but many other aspects were not touched and to me, personally that is something I did not like. Don’t get me wrong, this game is amazing, but if you disliked some of the things you played during the previous switch game, you will feel a little disappointed here.

    SETTING
    Sometimes Nintendo reuses their iteration of Zelda and Link, and this one was no exception. The spectacular intro of Tears of the Kingdom will leave you breathless, it is simply the darkest and most gorgeous intro in a Zelda game. From the start you know that this game will be complex and that the journey ahead will be full of adventure. Exploring not only the overworld of Hyrule but gliding and soaring through the skies of Hyrule is incredible. But hey, not only that, but you also explore the depths of Hyrule, so it is like three worlds seamlessly connected. It can be a bit overwhelming at times, but jumping off a ruin in the sky to land in the depths of Hyrule is amazing!

    MECHANICS
    • Exploration:
    The core of the game, and the best aspect from Breath of the Wild. Now exploration is upskilled with the introduction of two new worlds for you to engage: The sky, the land, and the depths. Finding shrines of light is your main objective, you need to increase your stamina gauge and your hearts if you mean to survive. Yes, the land of Hyrule may seem the “same” as BotW, but many changes have been introduced. There are a plethora of caves, shrines, and places of interest in this game, that after 50+ hours of gameplay, I thought for sure I had done at least 70% completion… a meager 40%, this game is BIG! And yes, there are once again Temples to be visited, but not in the regular Zelda fashion that you know. Still, those temples made me feel happy as I really did not love the big machine like temples we got from BotW.

    • Combat:
    Sorry but this is the main flaw of this game. I simply do not like to engage in combat. The combat is too simplistic, and it is a copy-paste from BotW… weapons break, but with the addition of a new ability to “glue whatever you find to a weapon” (which sometimes feels ludicrous to me) you can extend the duration of a weapon, but in the end they will break. Yes, even the Master Sword when you get it will “break” and you need to wait 10 minutes for it to recover. This system does not make sense to me!
    Additionally, Link is pathetic in combat, if you get swarmed by enemies, you will die, a lot! So, the best tactic is to run away and find a sweet spot to try to smash enemies one by one. I did not like the combat in BotW, and I do not like the combat in TotK either! Instead of giving us the ability to “create” stuff to solve puzzles, I would have preferred a more robust combat system.

    • Abilities
    As an engineer, I love to see how things can be built, and how to create new things. This game will provide you with that. The thousands of ways you can solve a puzzle are amazing, and the developers really did a good job here. I personally don’t like games where you need to build stuff, and in TotK I find myself many more times being frustrated because I’m locked down on a specific puzzle, than amazed for the way in which I cleverly managed to solve the dratted puzzle.

    VISUALS
    When will we get a Zelda game with graphics like God of War, Horizon Series, Dark Souls, or Final Fantasy? I’m unsure why Nintendo keeps giving Zelda a cartoonish look when this series is so amazing. Visuals are ok, if you liked BotW you won’t have a problem here. There is a revamp and an upskill in terms of graphics in here, but the amazement comes not from the graphics per se but for the grandeur of the setting, the world, the bosses, the temples, and Ganon… oh my, Ganon and the dragons!

    Is this the best Zelda game? Not for me, Twilight Princess will still be the best Zelda game, but this game has an amazing exploration system, which is undermined by the simplicity of its combat, a core and a foundation for the Zelda franchise. Still, you will have a blast with this game.    … Expand
  31. Thundereus
    Jul 2, 2023
    10
    I hate it when people start creating bots to downvote something good because they are fanboys for something else. And I also can't stand the fact that people rate something as 0/10 because of one big problem they have with it.
    Because of this I won't give 9/10 but 10/10. I hate the terrible performance and graphical problems in Totk, too, but 0/10 on the other hand is absolutely unfair.    I hate it when people start creating bots to downvote something good because they are fanboys for something else. And I also can't stand the fact that people rate something as 0/10 because of one big problem they have with it.
    Because of this I won't give 9/10 but 10/10. I hate the terrible performance and graphical problems in Totk, too, but 0/10 on the other hand is absolutely unfair.

    And those who rate this game as 0/10 because the story is "bad" or the characters "poorly" written, then they should stop buying Nintendo games because I can't remember any Nintendo game to be focused on a more than basic story with complex characters. Nintendo said already more than a decade ago that their focus is gameplay. The story is just a "pretence" to explain the world and not the main point of the game itself. GODDAMIT

    TloZ: Tears of the Kingdom is a masterpiece. And of course nothing is perfect but it can get as close as possible. It makes Breath of the Wild (1) look like a demo because of the size of the world, the mechanics, the quests and YES even the story has a little more. Breath of the wild (1) didn't have as much story context/focus spread in the world and the quests as Totk has. There are story missions that give you context to what happened. But don't forget, the story still does not fill 99% of the time in the game.

    Not to forget the musical improvement and the fascinating atmosphere because of the dynamic playback of single music notes depending on your interaction and position within the world.

    But the biggest and most important plus here is the gameplay and the quests: Tears of the Kingdom is filled with quests and things to do which can suddenly create context to another quest, the main mission or a new area.
    Botw(1) was way more basic when it came to quest and mission which were VERY often poorly rewarded so you stopped caring about sidequests after a while. But in Totk you get multiple rewards/items from certain quests. Some of them even give you great advantages, open new paths and improve your equipment.

    The world is full of stuff and things to do. I don't get why people say things like:
    "The entire world+story feels forced, and carried by a gimmick which distracts you from how empty and lifeless TOTK really is"
    WTF MAN? did you even bother to enjoy the atmosphere? If you can't stand your own thoughts for one second you didn't get the Title "breath of the WILD". It's NOT "Breath of Duty: Modern wild II"
    It's an open world game which give you atmosphere and time to breath the wild in.
    Get it?

    Of course I consider that these type of critics are subjective and we all just say what we think about a game or movie. But when I give my opinion I also try to consider what it's made for and if I personally only can't stand some aspects of an art piece.

    It's just that I absolutely don't agree people saying it's the same as Botw (1), nothing changed or that you don't know what to do.
    This just shows you guys are NOT "made" for this type of games. You need something right in the face and don't like to think even a single second about the world and its possiblities.

    As I said above: It's subjective, but statements like these are ignorant and just false.

    EDIT:
    It seems haters have been caught mid-suavemente:

    Ganondorf's BACK from TerminalMontage
    https://youtu.be/aOB2mSALBiA?t=5    … Expand
  32. Teiila
    Jul 2, 2023
    9
    Couldn't wait playing this game and it did not let me down. There is so much interesting stuff to explore in this world. The new mechanics mean that nearly every single thing on the map is interactive and can be used to make a useful weapon. Really awesome. It has also a really great story, especially if you get all of the memories.
  33. ob1knob
    Jul 2, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom flawlessly continues the greatness of Breath of the Wild. Plus upgrades to add new things such as building systems or vehicles It also fixes the shortcomings of the previous sector, adding a navigation system that makes it easier for us to make the story. Anyone who likes Breath of the Wild should not miss continuing. 10/10 Masterpiece… Expand
  34. OlekWie
    Jul 2, 2023
    7
    I know, for some of you it's a ten out of ten but for me it's only seven. So let me explain, why i think Zelda tears of the kingdom isn't a masterpiece.
    First: I like this kind of games where doing side activities, but why the hell there are so many shrines!? I would more like a 70 shrines, and dont miss a piece of stamina because there is less shrines than i need!
    Second: Yeah, it is a    I know, for some of you it's a ten out of ten but for me it's only seven. So let me explain, why i think Zelda tears of the kingdom isn't a masterpiece.
    First: I like this kind of games where doing side activities, but why the hell there are so many shrines!? I would more like a 70 shrines, and dont miss a piece of stamina because there is less shrines than i need!
    Second: Yeah, it is a good game but it has too many things that are just frustrating like the fighting system.
    Third: All the abilities like Ultrahand or recall aren't as good as other things. BOTW did it better with fighting abilities.
    Fourth: I hate zonai devices. Thats it.
    Fifth: Bosses are too hard in the beginning. I did whole dungeon in depths under death mountain and only thing that was stopping me from kicking his ass, was my sword dealing only ten damage. After getting the 35 sword it was easy as defeating normal enemy.
    Overall, looking what i wrote it sounds like i hate this game. No, i like it, but for 70$ starting getting bored doing sidequests and trying few mainquests, it's your decision is it worth it. If you played BOTW you could give it 10/10 but for me it's solid seven. But if you are a Assasins Creed fan you could say it's 6/10. So it's your choice.    … Expand
  35. dodolasaumure
    Jul 1, 2023
    10
    Il y a bien longtemps que je n'ai pas senti la sensation d'impossibilité de lâcher la manette
  36. Sw130201
    Jul 1, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A defination of masterpiece, great design.
    A real openworld game. I hope they will make some DLC to enhance the experience    … Expand
  37. likhalidx
    Jul 1, 2023
    8
    Great game but the switch sucks plus this game run at 720 in 2023 i don’t even think 1080p tv even exists
  38. Dromee
    Jul 1, 2023
    10
    Simple y sencillamente el mejor juego para la Switch jamás creado, superior en todo a BOTW
  39. Phoenix4335
    Jul 1, 2023
    10
    It's good It's good It's good It's good It's good It's good It's good It's good It's good
  40. papa_zebra
    Jul 1, 2023
    0
    I can't recommend this game. The combat is some of the worse I've played in a long time, especially compared to other Zelda games. The companions constantly get in the way and activating their powers is an absolute chore. The controls feel clunky and good luck having a smooth experience at all when throwing stuff or using your powers. Sure, the Zonai tech is cool, but there is so muchI can't recommend this game. The combat is some of the worse I've played in a long time, especially compared to other Zelda games. The companions constantly get in the way and activating their powers is an absolute chore. The controls feel clunky and good luck having a smooth experience at all when throwing stuff or using your powers. Sure, the Zonai tech is cool, but there is so much combat in this game that it's a slog to get anything done without feeling incredibly frustrated.

    Getting really tired of people giving games with a mainstream title a great review just because it's called Zelda.    … Expand
  41. anfil18
    Jul 1, 2023
    8
    No le doy un 10 porque usa el mismo mapa que el 1, pero las fisicas que han hecho con los artefactos son brutales, puedes crear infinidad de cosas y pasartelo de mil maneras. La historia esta bien por cada region que descubres, como te haces con el poder de cada descendiente y solucionas su problema. La trama de Zelda y sus apariciones y videos que vas desbloqueando es entretenida, nadaNo le doy un 10 porque usa el mismo mapa que el 1, pero las fisicas que han hecho con los artefactos son brutales, puedes crear infinidad de cosas y pasartelo de mil maneras. La historia esta bien por cada region que descubres, como te haces con el poder de cada descendiente y solucionas su problema. La trama de Zelda y sus apariciones y videos que vas desbloqueando es entretenida, nada del otro mundo pero te da ganas de descubrir mas. Graficamente… si! la Switch ya esta desfasada y esta pidiendo a gritos una nueva consola, bastante hace con el zelda con un hardware ya de hace 6 años, pero si vienes de jugar a otras consolas de hoy en dia te pega al ojo esos dientes de sierra al empieze del juego, y una resolucion muy baja. aun asi cuando llevas unas horas de juego ya te olvidas de los graficos y descubres el mundo que han creado, es GIGANTE!! Me lo he pasado en grande jugandolo, es un MUST HAVE en toda regla… Expand
  42. Aidanraru25
    Jul 1, 2023
    10
    This game is more than perfect. I loved BOTW and i think that is perfect, i was nervous thinking about how they would make something better than BOTW, and they did it. The world of Totk is bigger and more awesome than botw, i love to explore every part of the map (even i love find koroks now). New mechanics like creation make this game so fun, and if you aren't a builder it's ok, you don'tThis game is more than perfect. I loved BOTW and i think that is perfect, i was nervous thinking about how they would make something better than BOTW, and they did it. The world of Totk is bigger and more awesome than botw, i love to explore every part of the map (even i love find koroks now). New mechanics like creation make this game so fun, and if you aren't a builder it's ok, you don't have to use it and enjoy the game at your form, only it's necessary in shrines. Talking about the shrines, i consider them enjoyable but not as much as they were in botw, that is the only low point that i see, but it's ok.
    I'm in doubt about the bosses and the temples. The temples are great, easiers than botw, but great. It's just that they turns repetitive as you progress. The bosses now feel more variated, but they are easy. Also, the final boss is better than Calamity Ganon and i LOVE IT, it's "easy" but i love it. In conclusion, i think that this game is perfect, cause they took botw and they perfected it, covering all the low points of this and making them more entertaining. To no one's surprise, this game is the definition of what open world games have to be. 10/10    … Expand
  43. Petrokolos
    Jul 1, 2023
    6
    This is a DLC priced as a new triple A game. If any other publisher did this they would be rightfully crucified.
  44. superjj3
    Jul 1, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is much better than Breath of the Wild simply due to the fact that you can make a flying machine and get around the climbing that you had to do in the BoTW. It is also much bigger and direct continuation from that game which is nice if you really liked BoTW. I did not even get the climbing gear this time around because the flying machine that you can make really makes exploration so much easier, I recommend to do the Fire Temple ASAP so you can unlock the rest of your abilities and get the companion that blows up the giant explodable rocks that you encounter alot in the multitude of caves and mines you explore.… Expand
  45. BLHSSSG
    Jul 1, 2023
    10
    One of the best game I have played. But Nintendo must update their game console as soon as possible.
  46. DerSchleifer
    Jul 1, 2023
    7
    For sure, it is really impressive what an amazing job Nintendo did with the totally obsolete Switch Hardware. However, that is exactly the problem. The ambitions were too big and the possibilities too limited. What's left is a huge game with interesting mechanics, but much of it is just empty and boring. The world seems almost dead. Quests are repetitive and what you get for real effortFor sure, it is really impressive what an amazing job Nintendo did with the totally obsolete Switch Hardware. However, that is exactly the problem. The ambitions were too big and the possibilities too limited. What's left is a huge game with interesting mechanics, but much of it is just empty and boring. The world seems almost dead. Quests are repetitive and what you get for real effort isn't worth the effort in the end. A similar game from another manufacturer would have landed somewhere in the middle of the ratings. Nintendo gets perfect ratings.… Expand
  47. NEO-JPN
    Jun 25, 2023
    8
    約150時間プレイでクリア。
    53％の達成率を考えるとこのゲームのボリュームややり込み要素は凄まじい。
    大勢の人達には満足のいく傑作である事には間違いがないと思う。 これ以上の作品は今のところ見当たらないとも思う。 しかし自分は前作BotWを2周しコログ以外は遊び尽くしたが今作はやり込もうとはとても思えなかった。 前作の新鮮さと前評判で大きく期待値を上げてしまった。 序盤のチュートリアルの数時間は掴みが弱く基本的にはBotWだということに気づく。 説明不足にも感じられた。 前作より難しいという意見が多いが敵は硬い。謎解きは簡単になったと思うが前作で慣れたのかも。 攻略サイト的なものは一切みてない。    約150時間プレイでクリア。
    53％の達成率を考えるとこのゲームのボリュームややり込み要素は凄まじい。
    大勢の人達には満足のいく傑作である事には間違いがないと思う。
    これ以上の作品は今のところ見当たらないとも思う。
    しかし自分は前作BotWを2周しコログ以外は遊び尽くしたが今作はやり込もうとはとても思えなかった。
    前作の新鮮さと前評判で大きく期待値を上げてしまった。
    序盤のチュートリアルの数時間は掴みが弱く基本的にはBotWだということに気づく。
    説明不足にも感じられた。
    前作より難しいという意見が多いが敵は硬い。謎解きは簡単になったと思うが前作で慣れたのかも。
    攻略サイト的なものは一切みてない。
    前作の傑作BotWの続編とは分かっていても遊び部分はクラフト要素やモドレコやトーレルーフ、空島や地底などパワーアップしたものも多いが全体的なデザインは変わっておらず祠での謎解きやコログ集めなど既視感が強く驚きはない。
    コログ1つとっても前作と似たパズルなどで前作でボツになったのを再利用したんじゃないかと思う程同じような仕掛けばかりだった。
    オープンワールド特有のマップに似たような遊びを散りばめる（祠、コログ、洞窟→マヨイ、カバンダなど）と進め方遊び方によっては作業感に感じる問題は解決できていないしそれがカバンダや洞窟などの新要素でより作業的に感じるようになりまるでUBIのゲームのようだった。
    神殿攻略は前作の神獣の謎解きの方が凝っていたかなと思う。
    カットシーンを使いまわしてる部分がありそこは萎えるしそれも複数回ある。
    空島は期待していた分その規模と似たような遊びで肩透かしを食らった。
    地底は当然視界が悪く広い分イベントとやれる事が少ないが根を開放していくうちに地上の祠やロケーションとの繋がりに気づいたときは感心をした。
    ウルトラハンドは慣れるまでは非常に操作性が悪くこの間fpsが低下しストレスになった。
    一部のロケーションでのfps低下なども含め全体的にハードの限界を感じた。　
    アートワークは前作同様個性的で素晴らしい。
    グラフィックは性能的に仕方ないのだが全体的に白っぽく特に雨上がりなどの時に靄がかかる演出は好き嫌い別れるところだがグラフィックの粗を誤魔化してるように思うし非常に視認性が悪い場面がある。
    サブクエスト(ミッション)類は基本的に前作同様で面白くはない。
    例えば防具強化のために大妖精を開放するクエストが何個かあり初見では必須に近いがそれを何度も同じような展開で同じようなパターンで先の読める冗長過ぎるテキストと何処何処へ連れて行けみたいなのを何度もやらされてもっと捻りの効いたクエストを考えてほしいなと思った。
    ただの作業にならずストーリーにうまく組み込むようなものが欲しかった。
    だから会話やテキストが冗長で先が読めるせいでギャグも稚拙に感じられた。
    クドい。
    賢者を連れて歩くと誤爆が頻発するのは任天堂らしくないし視界の邪魔になるのはどうなのかなと…。その度にオンオフするのが面倒。
    UIはほぼ変わっておらず相変わらず使いにくい。
    アイテムを選ぶのも手間がかかるしアクションアドベンチャーながら回復するのにメニューを開くのは没入間をそがれる。
    エンディングのゼルダがもとの姿に戻るシーンはご都合主義過で少し気になった。
    ハマれば時間が溶けるほど遊べるがとても粗の多くBotWのワクワクする冒険感はやや薄れやれる事や自由度が増した良作。
    他のゲームと比べればそりゃ10点満点だがメディアが100点連発してるのは少々疑問…。
    勝手に期待値を上げ過ぎてしまったかなと思ったがTGA2017でこれからも驚きに満ちたゼルダを作り続けると仰っていましたので6年間かなり期待していたので少なくとも自分にとってはTotKは驚きに満ちたゼルダではなかった。
    TotKよりゲームプレイが劣るがワクワクするゲームとTotKが結局最後までそれ程ワクワク出来なかったのは前作と同じマップと同じ遊びが多かったからだと思う。
    ここが違ったら自分の中の不満点も帳消しになる程だったかもしれなくて残念。
    次回作は全く新たなゼルダを期待してます。    … Expand
  48. bruhhgamesinc
    Jun 30, 2023
    10
    This game is REVOLTINARY! me, a game designer cannot fathom how this was built on a switch, compared to the last game Botw it is clear that they were designed by the same people with the same people in mind, Zelda players who like exploration, creativity and a little bit of trolling.And the story is AMAZING!
  49. carollain
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Best game of zelda : Ocarina of time, Breath of wild and this!

    Sound, Visual, action, music, everything is still perfect!
  50. EnmaANL
    Jun 30, 2023
    10
    Efectivamente señores esto es gaming en su máximo esplendor. Magnífico, sublime, epico.
  51. Zfong4
    Jun 30, 2023
    9
    Amazing game that defines open world exploration.

    The only drawback is the repetitiveness of the sky islands and depths.
  52. RAMBITS
    Jun 30, 2023
    9
    It could be a 10 but having the last two Main Quests perpetually uncompleted is annoying.
    Masterpiece of a videogame in any other aspect tho.
  53. Lavaspine21
    Jun 30, 2023
    10
    First of all if you rate this game a 0 you rather need help or your a Ocarina of Time fanboy, I'm not saying that is a bad game but this is so much better. I'm also going to call out someone who said this is a bad game. TedAllfinch said "Same problem as BotW. Boring open world game. Please bring back the Zelda franchise, because this isn't it." How is it boring, what do you die all theFirst of all if you rate this game a 0 you rather need help or your a Ocarina of Time fanboy, I'm not saying that is a bad game but this is so much better. I'm also going to call out someone who said this is a bad game. TedAllfinch said "Same problem as BotW. Boring open world game. Please bring back the Zelda franchise, because this isn't it." How is it boring, what do you die all the time, you used to easy Mario games.

    Anyways this game is one of, if not the best Zelda games of all time. How would they ever top this. my only problem is that rewind is very op in shrines. but if you really care about then don't use it in shrines unless you need to.    … Expand
  54. yooples54
    Jun 30, 2023
    10
    A true masterpiece. This game honestly is perfection. From the open world to explore, to the dungeons to conquer and the enemies to slay, I have enjoyed every aspect of this game and could simply not recommend it more. This game is a absolute must have for switch users and Zelda fans. I could genuinely sit down and play this game for hours.
  55. wxyboshy
    Jun 30, 2023
    6
    It's like transitioning from a vhs to a dvd. You get some nice extra features, improved controls and somewhat of a new coloring and rendering scheme, but in the end is the same film.

    It's pretty much the same game as Breath Of The Wild, now with side quests that involve some basic sandbox mechanics. - Main quest is super short, and super easy if you play the first one. - Same map,    It's like transitioning from a vhs to a dvd. You get some nice extra features, improved controls and somewhat of a new coloring and rendering scheme, but in the end is the same film.

    It's pretty much the same game as Breath Of The Wild, now with side quests that involve some basic sandbox mechanics.

    - Main quest is super short, and super easy if you play the first one.
    - Same map, with more NPCs, and the same design flaws. One giant map that's still mostly empty. Narrow it down to the main shrine quests, and you'll get 5/15 regions worth of content. All the rest (including the new "maps") is just "exploring" and side quests.
    - The new physics engine doesn't really add anything new to the main quest, it just let's you move faster or build weapons with the same feature set as the previous game.
    - All shrines can be done in any order from the beginning, therefore, all shrines can be completed with relative ease without any experience level.
    - You get to explore new areas, only to collect items that make you explore more areas faster...
    - The "sequel" part only applies to the story, that in my opinion, are leftovers or uncompleted content from the first game that were not released due to time or development constraints. It's like the saying, SSDD.
    - Most new features are improved or patched versions of the previous game
    - After 50 hours of playtime, I'm officially done with any more Zelda games. Makes me feel like all my investment in the previous game (200 hours+) was for nothing.

    In summary, it's Botw with a green tint instead of a blue one.    … Expand
  56. DomR
    Jun 30, 2023
    10
    I had been looking forward to this game since it was announced, and it did not let me down. You can barely go 2 minutes without finding something interesting to explore, meaning I constantly get sidetracked. How the developers got this game to work on the switch is incredible. The new mechanics mean that nearly every single thing on the map is interactive and can be used to make aI had been looking forward to this game since it was announced, and it did not let me down. You can barely go 2 minutes without finding something interesting to explore, meaning I constantly get sidetracked. How the developers got this game to work on the switch is incredible. The new mechanics mean that nearly every single thing on the map is interactive and can be used to make a useful/powerful weapon or make a vehicle. Dungeons in this game have stepped up from botw with even just getting into them being immensely enjoyable. They are a lot more puzzle based than in botw which I like. A really great story especially if you get all of the memories (which are by the way incredible). The new abilities bring on whole new ways to solve puzzles and different options. Then there is the map. People are complaining that the map is the same as botw and want something different. While the overworld map is similar (and what do you expect from a direct sequel) there are many differences making each little place worth visiting. There is also the addition of the sky islands and the depths. The sky islands are brilliant to look around in. You are trying to get somewhere but then you see an interesting island and you have to go and investigate it. The depths are the same size as the over world map with so many things to do like boss battles from dungeons or completely new bosses found nowhere else. The idea of exploring a huge area where you do not know anything about it and steadily lighting it up bit by bit appeals very much to me and I would say at least 30% of my play through so far has been spent in the depths.… Expand
  57. papay
    May 15, 2023
    10
    They somehow managed to recreate the same feeling of exploration and discovery as in Breath of the Wild. It really is a perfect sequel to one of the best games of all time. It’s best to dive in without checking gameplays, reviews, guides, etc. I can’t recommend this game enough, especially now when most AAA games are either unfinished at launch or are unoriginal and repetitive.
  58. umi0908
    Jun 30, 2023
    10
    This game is fun because there are many elements to play with.I love this game!
  59. DRAGYAR
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    The game is wonderful from every point of view: the game mechanics, the much improved map, new weapons is different powers from the previous game the only problem is the frame lag but that is a problem of the console
  60. EducatedWhim
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    So I’ve played literally every 3D Zelda game and a-lot of Zelda games in general, plus all of Miyazakis fromsoft games and ima tell you what this game is the best Zelda game right behind Ocarina of Time.
  61. banshee528
    Jun 29, 2023
    2
    First, let me start by giving some credentials, I have a bachelors in game design and a crap ton of experience too. Now let me state why this game only deserves 2 stars and why anyone who has ever played a better game should stay away.
    This game is only fun, for people who have not had the joy of trying something better. This game is bread, sure it is decent, but not compared to ice    First, let me start by giving some credentials, I have a bachelors in game design and a crap ton of experience too. Now let me state why this game only deserves 2 stars and why anyone who has ever played a better game should stay away.
    This game is only fun, for people who have not had the joy of trying something better. This game is bread, sure it is decent, but not compared to ice cream.

    The dungeons in this game are great, the shrines (or at least most of them) are great. Every other element in this game is designed to only cause you suffering. The number 1 rule of video games is that they should be fun, it is literally in the definition of game. Yet for some reason Nintendo decided that you can't have fun until you earn it.
    What does earn it entail, well you must walk in a straight line for 2 hours to get to the fun. Don't bother fighting enemies, they only use up your resources, making you have to stop on your long boring walk to the content to go gather more resources.
    Is that a tough enemy blocking your way, run past it, can't? Then go make food, where is the nearest cooking pot? 2 hours in the other direction. Honestly Nintendo could have saved so much time and money by just making the dungeons and shrines and having a loading screen in between each one that just says "SCREW YOU" because that is what the rest of the game is.
    Breakable items were probably added to encourage experimentation, unfortunately there is just a best weapon combo because all weapons are the same, just with different damage numbers, so no need to experiment. All breakable items do is encourage players to not engage with the combat in the game, because even when you win, you lose (your items).
    Stamina might as well not exist, until you upgrade it you can (slowly) run for 2 seconds then wait 3 for it to refill. And, just in case you want to try and run a little longer than 2 seconds, Nintendo yet again says screw you by making you walk so slow that it would have been faster to just not sprint at all.
    What about horses, well, if you go out of your way to get one (or bring one over from botw) it can save you some boring walking time, but not much as the game map is so vertical and the horses are not able to follow you, meaning you can only really use them around the plains, so you can't use them to get to a single freaking dungeon.
    Surely gliding is better, no, stamina means you can only glide short distances and you don't recover stamina while falling so, once it is empty you are done gliding, Nintendo doesn't care that you think gliding is fun, you must play the game in the way they want, this isn't your game, and you can't do anything about it except not play.
    Zonai devices fix this right? Absolutely not, did you make a really cool flying machine, vehicle, etc. do you like using it, well screw you it's gone. All Zonai devices have a short time limit that they can be used, for instance, do you not want to fast travel to a cooking pot, then slowly walk back to the "content" of the game, well you can use a Zonai instant pot (assuming you have one in your inventory which requires gathering items, going to a specific pot shaped location, and gambling to see how many pots you get out of the literal gaptcha machine, o yeah, you might as well just fast travel to a cooking pot and skip the middle man). Then finally, you have your instant pot and are ready to cook your meals without leaving the content, nope, screw you again, it can cook 1 meal, then it is gone. 1 meal in this game is basically nothing, imagine 1 healing potion in any other rpg and that is what 1 meal is.

    So yes there is some fun to be had, but only if you are willing to slog through the most boring, tedious, monotonous bull crap that video games have to offer. Literally every other entertainment medium (books, movies, etc.) have learned to skip the slowly walking parts of the adventure, but for some reason video games have still not learned how to make getting from content to content fun (with a few exceptions, most famously Infamous).    … Expand
  62. Aritzpin
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    The best Game i played, and the best Zelda.A Big sabdbox with thousand things to do.And Epic history , great characters and music..
  63. chesseballz
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    i cant even describe how good this game is you really just have to play it to understand how good it is 10/10
  64. Red5827
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    Uno de los mejores juegos de la saga de The Legend of Zelda, se tomo la forma del anterior titulo y se mejoro de manera abismal, el juego resulta abrumador de lo grande que es, la historia a mejorado con respecto al anterior juego siendo ahora mas compleja e inmersiva, las mecánicas son únicas y muy divertidas con muchas posibilidades.
    En resumen un juego inmenso.
  65. Bestx
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    Best game ever made, an evolution of one of the best game ever made. The openworld feels fresh and massive, you will be blown away by its beauty. Masterpiece
  66. LHTX23
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Easily the best LoZ experience there is. The return to traditional dungeons was welcome, and posed a much better and more intriguing challenge than the divine beasts. The gannondorf fight at the end was just the cherry on top with many challenging and unique phases, with a climax between clashing dragons in the sky. Easily the best game I've played in years.… Expand
  67. Yazanyousef
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    Best game ever made zelda it's not gust a game it's a school for all developers
  68. Cloud2310
    Jun 29, 2023
    5
    (Only rating a 5 out of necessity for the post, I cannot decide what to rate it)

    As a long time fan of this franchise and lover of all the games, it makes me feel ill to say that I am deeply and wholly disappointed with Tears of the Kingdom. The additions here don’t justify the six year development period considering that all of the map, assets, and animations have effectively been    (Only rating a 5 out of necessity for the post, I cannot decide what to rate it)

    As a long time fan of this franchise and lover of all the games, it makes me feel ill to say that I am deeply and wholly disappointed with Tears of the Kingdom.

    The additions here don’t justify the six year development period considering that all of the map, assets, and animations have effectively been reused from BotW. The game plays the same and is visually indistinguishable from its predecessor. The combat mechanics are untouched, they have made steps to optimise it by adding weapon fusion which is a great addition. But largely the fighting is identical which is a massive let down. The enemy variety is a scarce improvement, barely worth mentioning. It’s the structure of the game that really falls flat for me. It’s the same formula done almost exactly the same as it was in BotW. Visit 4 main locations, complete an arbitrary story episode with the sage, do the temple and watch the same cutscene 4 times. It is horribly disjointed and makes it impossible to become invested in any of it. The sages don’t interact with each other at all and only with Link who has the personality of a boulder. The memories are an even less welcome recurrence. They give us glimpses of a cool looking story - but one that is so far removed from proceedings, told out of order, only highlighting key events and above all completely nothing to do with Link outside of mention from Zelda. I cannot get invested in a story that I’m not involved in and one told in such a scattershot and incoherent manner. Ganondorf is a total waste and takes no active role as a villain outside of the beginning and end of the game. Not counting the memories because they are not active and are optional. The supposed compensation for this sub-optimal story is the vehicle building, sky and depths. I’m not 7 years old, so the vehicle building did nothing for me and was very jarring to watch them focus on such a random mechanic that no one asked for instead of addressing the glaring fundamental issues that plagued BotW. Very odd. As for the sky and depths, they’re a sight to behold at first and harbour some really cool main story content… but it becomes all too apparent that all of the optional stuff is horribly shallow, copy and pasted non-content. The breadth of an ocean with the depth of a puddle. The temples? I like the temples. They’re not on par with the series’ best, but they’re a drastic improvement over BotW’s measly offerings, that goes double for the bosses too. The other abilities are also fun to muck around with. I just feel that after 6 long years, we were going to be getting something a lot more refined that this. This simply is not Zelda, I appreciate them trying something new… but they already did that with BotW, it just all feels too experimental and sandbox-y for me to engage with. This is obviously very far from a bad game, but I would be willing to call it the worst 3D Zelda title which pains me to say.

    Each and every Zelda game that has come out before this one has its own unique story, structure, gameplay mechanics, combat, temples, characters and overall feel. They each have an IDENTITY. Something that TotK sorely lacks as the vast majority of what comprises this game, is owed in its entirety to BotW. It's little more than a repurposed version of that game with a boatload of gimmicks to distract us from that fact. That's not to say that every addition here is superfluous, that is obviously not the case, but that is all they are - additions to a game that already exists. True innovation is simply not here, or at least nothing like the originality and freshness that every other game in the series exhibits.

    Tears of the Kingdom is an expansive reimagining of Breath of the Wild, not a new Zelda game and while I had a lot of fun for a while, once I removed the rose-tinted glasses I can't help but feel incredibly let down.    … Expand
  69. xPeeJay
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    This game does exactly what a sequel should do, take the first title and expand on it even further and create an even better experience. The new additions and abilities add so much more depth as well as the new areas. The addition of dungeons were great, albeit very similar and sometimes repetitive, and the story was good, but could have been expanded on more and made less confusingThis game does exactly what a sequel should do, take the first title and expand on it even further and create an even better experience. The new additions and abilities add so much more depth as well as the new areas. The addition of dungeons were great, albeit very similar and sometimes repetitive, and the story was good, but could have been expanded on more and made less confusing regarding the timeline.… Expand
  70. Riggs_Jafar
    May 20, 2023
    10
    Never bored. Overwhelmed with stuff to do. Has a better story than BoTW. This game will be in the conversation for one of the greatest ever made.
    Gotta add, all the children giving this a zero need to have their thumbs removed. Even if you don't like this type of game, in no reality does this deserve a 0/10. Yall are dumb.
  71. Macrophage
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    Game of the decade. Everything about this game is absolutely amazing except the Nintendo Switch weakness.
  72. Ethvam
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    The open world is wonderful and full of life, where you have something going on, unlike its predecessor BOTW, but as BOTW was a more melancholic game since the kingdom had been destroyed thanks to the calamity, without the calamity the world came back to life .
    There are so many places to explore, so many different enemies, new costumes, side missions, that you get lost not knowing what to    The open world is wonderful and full of life, where you have something going on, unlike its predecessor BOTW, but as BOTW was a more melancholic game since the kingdom had been destroyed thanks to the calamity, without the calamity the world came back to life .
    There are so many places to explore, so many different enemies, new costumes, side missions, that you get lost not knowing what to do.
    The story is beautiful, simply beautiful and something I was looking for a long time, a game where I really felt like a hero, because all the battles are epic and not difficult at all.
    I didn't know about The Legend of Zelda until recently, now I regret having spoken so badly about this series

    Looking forward to the DLCS and of course the sequel    … Expand
  73. HBmilkar
    Jun 29, 2023
    8
    great game love roasting koroks alive but I have come to realize that if a game is to hard it results in a ridiculous amount of bad reviews in fact if things are given to the player without much of a challenge for the player your game just might get a better review. If you know what game I am talking about then you must have heard of elden ring a 10/10 game that deserves better. I wouldn'tgreat game love roasting koroks alive but I have come to realize that if a game is to hard it results in a ridiculous amount of bad reviews in fact if things are given to the player without much of a challenge for the player your game just might get a better review. If you know what game I am talking about then you must have heard of elden ring a 10/10 game that deserves better. I wouldn't be surprised that if elden ring had an easy mode and didn't win game of the year in 2022 I believe the user reviews would be the same as the critics. it's pathetic to think that if a game is too hard or YOUR game didn't win GOTY then you'll give it a bad review. In fact lots people will give a game a bad review if they had to work for that dopamine hit we all get.… Expand
  74. alrivs
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    This was easily one of the best games of the last 5 years, I would say it's the greatest Zelda game ever created. Not only is the story pretty good, the gameplay is just out of this world. Nintendo took the best things of Breath of the wild, and made them 10 times better. It's an easy Game Of The Year and a 10/10 for me.
  75. theolife_goeson
    Jun 28, 2023
    9
    Great music, great story. The story makes me feel peace.
    But I want to 1 point off for Map data reused. Except for this, I think is the great game:)
  76. RikVa
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    All the Nintendo haters here crying because they only wish in their dreams that a game this good could come to their platforms and while they're stuck with their broken and uncompleted **** games us Nintendo fans are rejoicing because this is the sequel to one of the best games of all time and it only improves on what its predecessor did, world full of things to do and fun to explore andAll the Nintendo haters here crying because they only wish in their dreams that a game this good could come to their platforms and while they're stuck with their broken and uncompleted **** games us Nintendo fans are rejoicing because this is the sequel to one of the best games of all time and it only improves on what its predecessor did, world full of things to do and fun to explore and the map is more than twice the size of botw, new and exciting enemies, dungeons, boss fights, powers and armours the only complain someone could have about the game is the weapons break fairly easily but it's also easy to find new and better weapons so it's not a problem!… Expand
  77. scorpioprpr
    May 16, 2023
    10
    The game is perfect. It’s much more interesting than breath of the wild! However, it is dragged down by the performance of NS. The frame number is not stable enough.
  78. PlanteGaming
    Jun 28, 2023
    8
    Ce jeu relève du génie inépuisable de Nintendo. L'histoire est suffisamment convaincante bien que dans le passé, encore. Les donjons sont là, quoique peu nombreux et peu novateurs. La qualité d'image laisse à désirer. Le jeu est complet, il y a des détails à la pelle. Le ciel et les profondeurs sont partiellement ''vides''. Nintendo aurait pu faire beaucoup mieux sur 5 ans (et plus).Ce jeu relève du génie inépuisable de Nintendo. L'histoire est suffisamment convaincante bien que dans le passé, encore. Les donjons sont là, quoique peu nombreux et peu novateurs. La qualité d'image laisse à désirer. Le jeu est complet, il y a des détails à la pelle. Le ciel et les profondeurs sont partiellement ''vides''. Nintendo aurait pu faire beaucoup mieux sur 5 ans (et plus). Cependant, c'est le mélange de tous les éléments de gameplay qui en font un succès. Une liberté incomparable, des options à la tonne et un narratif qui marque. Finalement, le but d'un jeu vidéo, c'est de divertir. Alors mission accomplie. 250 heures de plaisir pour 70$ , c'est pas cher.… Expand
  79. R0ckguy
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was a trully fantastic game. Graphics were very good compared to other switch games and the story was amazing… Expand
  80. SuperDuck23
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tears of the Kingdom is deeply inventive, rewarding and somehow a step-up in every way from the previous game in the series. Exploring the rich world of Hyrule from the air, land and depths never got old for me. I had a blast and will be happy to return to the game over the months to come.… Expand
  81. maidentoolfloyd
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    Um jogo que consegue melhorar todos os aspectos do perfeito Breath of The Wild merecia uma nota maior que 10. Tears of The Kingdom é o exemplo máximo da diversão/imersão/desafio!!!
  82. gorrooo
    Jun 28, 2023
    8
    This game had so much potential after 6 years of development.
    Not saying its bad, but feels like a big BOTW DLC, they recycled most enemies, half the map, even the story at most points.
    The flying islands are amazing, flying in general is really good, the underground feels boring and repetitive. The skills are way more innovative compared to BOTW and since you can create your vehicles,    This game had so much potential after 6 years of development.
    Not saying its bad, but feels like a big BOTW DLC, they recycled most enemies, half the map, even the story at most points.
    The flying islands are amazing, flying in general is really good, the underground feels boring and repetitive.
    The skills are way more innovative compared to BOTW and since you can create your vehicles, your way to cross the map easily. The major problem is how you can cheese almost every puzzle with those creations, no joke, if you are outside a shrine challenge you can create an huge bridge and cross a map section skipping like 20 minutes of gameplay. Specially on temples. Like seriously, did someone tested this? you can pass the fire temple without doing almost no puzzles

    Dont get me wrong, the game still really good, but if you dont mind the zelda lore (its not exactly the most complex one) you can skip BOTW and just play this one.    … Expand
  83. Bwnez0
    Jun 28, 2023
    7
    While the new concepts added are good, they aren’t fully capitalised on, as too much content in this game is recycled from its predecessor. They really should have made a new surface map from scratch because the wonder of exploration I got from the first game was completely erased here. Combat still sucks, temples are still simplistic and the new world is largely uninteresting, though theWhile the new concepts added are good, they aren’t fully capitalised on, as too much content in this game is recycled from its predecessor. They really should have made a new surface map from scratch because the wonder of exploration I got from the first game was completely erased here. Combat still sucks, temples are still simplistic and the new world is largely uninteresting, though the shrines have improved here.… Expand
  84. Kevinklj
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    Fantastic game. Breath of the wild was one of the best games ever made, and I honestly didn't expect Tears of the Kingdom to be better, bus it was! 10/10
  85. SamGolden1
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    The game is amazing in almost every regard, as someone who has played almost every game in this legendary series. The world has a greater amount of depth than any previous Zelda game, it's almost impossible to do everything and the story is delightfully engaging. So yeah buy it.

    I'll list my gripes with the game before continuing. Due to the open-ended nature of the game, some puzzles and    The game is amazing in almost every regard, as someone who has played almost every game in this legendary series. The world has a greater amount of depth than any previous Zelda game, it's almost impossible to do everything and the story is delightfully engaging. So yeah buy it.

    I'll list my gripes with the game before continuing. Due to the open-ended nature of the game, some puzzles and aspects such as combat can feel almost challengless because any wacky or stupid solution you come up with will generally work; of course, this is also one of, if not the best aspect of the game but sometimes you might wish the puzzles were a bit "tighter". Also, and if you've played the game you know what I mean, they did NOT change the four main quests to account for how many of them the player has done (you can do them in any order) which leads to the cool yet almost identical cutscenes that play in every region's quest to become comically repetitive. Lastly there's too many blessing shrines that require no effort to get.

    Okay now for good stuff :) 1. Ultrahand literally let's you do anything, in a game that would be perfectly fine without it
    2. The temples are... Well half of them are excellent, 1 is awful and another is obviously the tutorial one so it gets a pass for its theming alone.
    3. Sky islands are a joy to explore for the first time, some of my best memories in games were in them!
    4. While it's frankly not too different to Breath of the Wild's, the world is such a joy to take in.
    5. The largest new area I won't say much about is super fun to explore for me
    6. And ultimately, it's a fantastic game that has minor flaws in certain segments yet nevertheless is an absolute must play best played at a slow and patient pace. PS: I haven't beaten the game yet I'm on the last of the temples    … Expand
  86. ZeldaIsBest
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    Breath of the Wild but even better. The abilities were better and so were the puzzles. Would be a 10 but sky islands felt a little bland and depths weren't very enjoyable. Fire Temple sucked ass.
  87. Skep_Bert
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    Fun game would recommend it for everybody who likes open world and liked breath of the wild.
  88. Dirac
    Jun 28, 2023
    9
    Not a fan of weapon fusing but the story is amazing.
    Think the Blight bosses of BotW are better design and theming but these bosses are fill their role rather well. Glad to see one boss back and he is perfectly designed.

    Same map as BotW but with the below and the sky, really changes travel and site seeing (one of my big draws).
  89. TikiIsMyWaifu
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is so good it could impress Shania Twain
  90. FFisTrash2
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    This is what Open World should always be.
    Not much handholding, lots to do and a System that is just insane to play with, I never got hooked this much on a game like this one
  91. Reniru
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    This is what Open World should always be.
    Not much handholding, lots to do and a System that is just insane to play with, I never got hooked this much on a game like this one
  92. Artnoryk
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    TOTK is BOTW version 100.0. Game is far beyond my own lofty expectations! Metacritic rating is currently at 96 and I dnt think that's high enough.
  93. Dan_2707
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego es hermoso tiene unos gráficos buenos una historia espectacular una trama que e deja enganchado y hermoso el apartado visual buenos enemigos una gran pelea contra jefes y espectacular la animación de verdad es grandioso además de eser perfecto para todas las edades… Expand
  94. Mousseur
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    Un délice comme on en a peu au cours d'une vie.

    Go y jouer et profitez bien :)
  95. Zatoo0
    Jun 28, 2023
    5
    Story & Plot : 6
    Art Direction: 7
    Gameplay Experience: 7
    Level Design & Enviroment: 6
    Progression & System: 5
    Graphics (shadows, textures, light, etc) - 2
    Performance (framerate, bugs, resolution ) - 2
  96. Robospy1
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    I mean, come on. I couldn't give it anything else. What are you doing reading reviews? Just get it already!
  97. joaltome
    Jun 27, 2023
    10
    this game is a piece of art itself, PLAY IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  98. Crocodilelover
    Jun 27, 2023
    10
    This game is one of my favorite games ever. The entire world is absolutely packed with things to do, and I never felt restricted by the game mechanics. if I wanted to build a mech, I just got the materials and built. I would rate this game a 11 but it gets taken down to a 10.5 by the fact that sometimes its hard to know where to go. I usually aren't interested in most single player gamesThis game is one of my favorite games ever. The entire world is absolutely packed with things to do, and I never felt restricted by the game mechanics. if I wanted to build a mech, I just got the materials and built. I would rate this game a 11 but it gets taken down to a 10.5 by the fact that sometimes its hard to know where to go. I usually aren't interested in most single player games but I dumped 60 hours in the game just playing handheld and I only stop when my battery runs out. I highly, highly recomend if you like building, fun gameplay, interesting bosses, open worlds, and good game design.… Expand
  99. Filixi
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Absolutely nice and in my opinion better than BOTW, the crafting system, the story and the quests are much interesting than in other Zelda games!
    And well the hours of contents and the post game stuff is so awesome.
  100. feathercave
    Jun 27, 2023
    9
    A game packed with unimaginable commitment and effort.

    good point - A well-crafted story and a superb play experience. -Great music. -The storyline is perfect. I can recommend it to many people. -There are many things you can do. 70% of what you can think of is doable. - Characters are full of charm. - Game difficulty is just right. -The progress of the play is entrusted to the    A game packed with unimaginable commitment and effort.

    good point
    - A well-crafted story and a superb play experience.
    -Great music.
    -The storyline is perfect. I can recommend it to many people.
    -There are many things you can do. 70% of what you can think of is doable.
    - Characters are full of charm.
    - Game difficulty is just right.
    -The progress of the play is entrusted to the user and is your freedom.
    -Princess Zelda is so cute.
    Cons
    - A graphic is a switch level.
    - Occasionally freezes.
    -It can't be helped with the system, but sometimes it's stressful when the weapon breaks.    … Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 150 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 145 out of 150
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 150
  3. Negative: 0 out of 150
  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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