The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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8.1

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  1. i_love_zelda
    May 30, 2023
    10
    game of the year possibly decade thought it would be too much like breath of the wild but it is NOT dlc there is way too much new things
  2. LOP7878
    May 29, 2023
    10
    If you didn't like breath of the wild, you wont love this game, but I LOVED botw. Truly a beautiful game. It is insane that they are able to run such a massive game on switch. the performance is pretty good for a switch game, solid 30 fps. I am just in love with this game, it is so massive and the new ability's really help keep it fresh and never get boring. it is simply botw but with aIf you didn't like breath of the wild, you wont love this game, but I LOVED botw. Truly a beautiful game. It is insane that they are able to run such a massive game on switch. the performance is pretty good for a switch game, solid 30 fps. I am just in love with this game, it is so massive and the new ability's really help keep it fresh and never get boring. it is simply botw but with a much better world, much better ability's, a much better story, and even a little bit better performance. it is a must play.… Expand
  3. TormentaRei
    May 29, 2023
    10
    Being able to feel the love I have for TP in ToTK (all other games as well.) I am amazed how they have able to one-up BoTW is incredible to me. Both story and just exploring the world once again and noticing the small details that have changed from BoTW and ToTK is beautifully done.
  4. xxxxxxxxxxxx194
    May 29, 2023
    10
    grate game cant wait to buy ....
  5. Landon11
    May 29, 2023
    10
    it's really fun the bosses are a bit easy, but I loved it plus it's really a chin scratcher on the lore.
  6. tonglam14
    May 29, 2023
    10
    Tears of the kingdom will be my pick of game of the decade. From every perspectives, it it at the top above all others games in this decade,
  7. TheSilentQuote
    May 30, 2023
    10
    Game is amazing! Takes everything that worked well from botw and updated it with new twists and features that makes it a sprawling experience! Story is exciting, bosses are fun, puzzles are challenging and fun, and the world is bigger and better than ever! A must play 100%!
  8. MistaRodrigo
    May 30, 2023
    10
    Never have i ever played a single player game for so long and felt so rewarded in the end, as i say to my friends, Zelda TOTK is not just a game, it is an experience.

    The game builds itself in an fantastic away, and make a lot of other world exploration games looks kinda boring.
  9. Stier11
    May 30, 2023
    10
    The more you play the better it gets its genius with the abilitys and the new dungeosns but i wish they were a bit more classic zelda dungeons i love breath of the wild it changed my life and this is better the story is perfect and your so free i love it it could write for this reviev for hours but i wanna play the game more
  10. kittiekitkat
    May 30, 2023
    10
    Over 100 hours in and yet I still have so much to do. It’s the game that just keeps giving. The size and scope of the game is second to none and I’ve never felt so free to explore every bit of it. It reminds me of how I felt playing Elden Ring, but I think that Tears of the Kingdom does exploration even better. It's so much easier to see something off in the distance and say, “I want to goOver 100 hours in and yet I still have so much to do. It’s the game that just keeps giving. The size and scope of the game is second to none and I’ve never felt so free to explore every bit of it. It reminds me of how I felt playing Elden Ring, but I think that Tears of the Kingdom does exploration even better. It's so much easier to see something off in the distance and say, “I want to go do that”, and it’s so easy to get there by building any vehicle you can imagine to transport you. The game just feels so advanced from any other game and is amazing in every category. Elden Ring and Breath of the Wild are both 10/10 games, but Tears of the Kingdom just breaks the scale. It would be a shame for any gamer to miss out on this experience. I’ve never done a metacritic review and created an account for this to be my first one. If you read this, I hope you enjoyed my very first review :)… Expand
  11. IvanTask
    May 30, 2023
    10
    Amazing game Nintendo did it again. I didn't really find any problem with the frame rate and the graphics are good too. Games aren't about graphics that Nintendo has tested over and over again.
  12. Alexssanderse
    May 30, 2023
    10
    Sensacional só isso , o mundo aberto com as possibilidades de se aventurar e com o protagonista
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. hrweb3
    Jun 5, 2023
    8
    As expected they have done it again! Some of the better games this year that's for sure.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. P-Daniele
    Jul 7, 2023
    10
    vedere annunciato il seguito diretto di botw ambientato nella stessa mappa era una scelta doppiamente rischiosa, che avrebbe potuto facilmente portare ad un senso di già visto, e di poca voglia di esplorare nuovamente quel mondo, ma totk non è un semplice dlc che aggiunge due isolette volanti e qualche potere nuovo.
    anche in questo capitolo il senso di libertà è pressoché infinito e anzi    vedere annunciato il seguito diretto di botw ambientato nella stessa mappa era una scelta doppiamente rischiosa, che avrebbe potuto facilmente portare ad un senso di già visto, e di poca voglia di esplorare nuovamente quel mondo, ma totk non è un semplice dlc che aggiunge due isolette volanti e qualche potere nuovo.
    anche in questo capitolo il senso di libertà è pressoché infinito e anzi amplificato da tutte le nuove potenzialità.
    cancellare completamente i vecchi poteri per metterne di nuovi, è stata una scelta tanto azzardata quanto riuscita.se prima i poteri risultavano quasi limitati alla precisa situazione, ora ci daranno ancora più libertà per interagire con il mondo di gioco e permetterci di fare quello che vogliamo.
    se prima potevamo prendere gli oggetti di metallo, ora possiamo prendere ogni singolo oggetto, e collegarlo con altri oggetti per creare veicoli e tante altre cose.
    se prima ci si rompeva un'arma ora la possiamo collegare con un'altra per farle durare di più e creare tante variabili diverse potendole collegare anche con tutti i vari consumabili, se prima i bastoni o le alabarde erano un po inutili, ora potendole trasformare in quello che vogliamo risultano le armi più interessanti di tutte.
    parlando di scoperta dei nuovi poteri, quello che mi ha fatto più volte dire: ah ma io posso fare questo. è il potere di poter attraversare i soffitti, tanto difficile da implementare nel game design tanto bello riuscire a risolvere enigmi passando sotto essi.
    ma quello che è davvero più incredibile di tutti è quello che manda indietro nel tempo gli oggetti.
    si switch ha in memoria la posizione di tutti gli oggetti che si spostano nel gioco, e manda indietro solo quello che selezioniamo.
    a tutti questi nuovi poteri si aggiunge anche una piacevole cosa introdotta con il dlc di botw, dove il gioco terrà traccia di tutte le strade che percorreremo durante il gioco, aiutando molto a capire quali parti delle mappa dobbiamo ancora visitare.
    se è vero che totk continua a non raggiungere la qualità dei vecchi dungeon, quanto visto in questo capitolo però eclissa completamente quelli di botw.
    caratterizzandoli meglio come stile, mettendo delle meccaniche uniche che sbloccheremo grazie alle abilità del compagno che ci aiuterà nel dungeon di turno. e infine mettendo dei boss unici, che non puntano sulla difficoltà della sfida ma che continuano a farci scoprire come usare il nuovo potere imparato.
    i sacrari invece in parte serviranno a farci imparare i nuovi poteri, essendo a tutti gli effetti dei tutorial, e alcuni potranno essere completati ancor prima di entrarci, dato che la vera sfida sarà riuscire ad entrare.
    in generale comunque li ho trovati più divertenti da trovare e completare, permettendoci appunto di sperimentare al massimo tutti i nuovi poteri, è vero che risultano un po più semplici, ma preferendo quello che posso fare con i nuovi poteri era inevitabile preferire questi nuovi sacrari.
    anche le missioni secondarie le ho trovate meno inutili da fare rispetto a quelle che avevo fatto in botw, e anche qui il merito è tutto dato alla sperimentazione dei poteri nuovi.
    dato che si baseranno in parte sulla costruzione di mezzi, o magari sulla costruzione di strutture per sostenere dei cartelli messi sempre di più in luoghi improbabili, e da delle forme sempre meno semplici da sostenere.
    e anche per quanto riguarda la trama del passato mi trovo a preferire quanto visto in questo capitolo, sia perchè è meno complessa da trovare. sia perchè non racconta una storia tanto lontana, o perlomeno la storia è ambientata lontana, ma è molto più interessante per quello che sta accadendo nel presente. senza entrare nel dettaglio è complesso da spiegare.
    senza contare le diverse parti sotterranee, creando a tutti gli effetti una seconda hyrule sotterranea tutta da scoprire.
    ma non è finita qui, non si sono limitati a creare tre zone diverse, ognuna di queste tre zone è tematizzata da un tipo di gameplay/esplorazione differente, obbligandoci ad agire in maniera differente in base a dove ci troviamo.
    se la parte a terra è quella più simile a botw, una volta andati in cielo dovremo imparare a spostarci tra un'isola e l'altra, e risolvere le tipologie di enigmi che ci verranno proposti, che sono differenti da quelli visti a terra.
    mentre una volta andati sotto terra, ci sposteremo in un ambiente completamente buio, pieno di miasma dove non potremo camminarci sopra, e se le prime zone non saranno difficilissime essendo pianeggianti, in altre zone avremo ben altri problemi per capire come arrivare in determinati punti.
    questa alternanza di situazioni, oltre a rendere il titolo vastissimo e pieno di cose da fare, porterà ad avere un titolo basato su tre dimensioni differenti.
    totk prende botw e lo migliora pressoché ogni singolo aspetto, elevandolo a tal punto da diventare uno dei migliori giochi mai fatti.
    voto 100    … Expand
  20. Vulpine
    Jun 5, 2023
    10
    Probably one of the best games I've ever played I was never bored in fact I found it hard to stay on task because I kept thinking about all the other things to do I've had the game since launch about two weeks and already have 90 hours on the game
  21. juliusSpaulding
    Jun 5, 2023
    10
    An absolute masterpiece of a game. If you’re a Zelda fan and enjoyed the mechanics of Botw, but sadly missed the heavy story. This game surely picks up the slack by combining that wonderful Zelda lore we all love with Botw’s new exciting gameplay features and mechanics! Over all an outstanding work of art from Nintendo.
  22. zw3rgie
    Jun 5, 2023
    10
    TotK will be in the same position as Majoras Mask: It is a very good game, but on the same console is a Zelda game, that revolutionized everything.
  23. Sebastopxs
    Jun 5, 2023
    10
    Mi recomendación para este juego es un 10/10, una dificultad equilibrada, apto para todo jugador o publico, las mecánicas son excelentes, las misiones secundarias bien curradas, buenas trama en lo principal, la aventura en este juego es deleite con el mundo de este videojuego, puedes perderte en las diferentes zonas, mazmorras, etc. Hay demasiado por explorar, te asegura una calidad yMi recomendación para este juego es un 10/10, una dificultad equilibrada, apto para todo jugador o publico, las mecánicas son excelentes, las misiones secundarias bien curradas, buenas trama en lo principal, la aventura en este juego es deleite con el mundo de este videojuego, puedes perderte en las diferentes zonas, mazmorras, etc. Hay demasiado por explorar, te asegura una calidad y muchas horas de juego. Nintendo ha hecho una obra de arte.… Expand
  24. Dan14
    Jun 6, 2023
    10
    Es algo espléndido las hora que paso jugando son en verdad divertidas las misiones no las siento como tareas o trabajo enverda es un juego que siempre podré jugarlo si aburrirme
  25. kusuha9300571
    Jun 7, 2023
    10
    It is the best game I have ever played in my life, so I give it a solid 10 out of 10. It is the best game I have ever played in my life, so I give it a solid 10 out of 10. This episode goes even further than BOTW in terms of storytelling, map sizing, building experiences, etc. It is only a shortcoming that this game is being released on an aging gaming platform...
  26. Stonkskar
    Jun 26, 2023
    10
    I've almost completed the main quest line and I really can't get enough of playing this game. You walk to somewhere you see something else you go to there and before your halfway your sidetracked again. It's just amazing how they improved an already amazing game so much. Better story, better enemies, better mechanics, better world and so much more.
  27. girjo10
    Jun 21, 2023
    10
    Simplemente una obra maestra, todo el mundo deberia jugar a este juego una vez en la vida
  28. sideshownate
    Aug 13, 2023
    10
    People will use the excuse that this is the same game as BOTW but its not that at all. The brand new features and the addition of the depths and sky makes this one of nintendos best games ever released.
  29. Gablez
    Jun 22, 2023
    10
    Un juego increíble con un mundo gigantesco y un montón de cosas por hacer no le reprocharia nada a este juego es simplemente una obra maestra
  30. Th3pr0_V
    Aug 13, 2023
    10
    This game is goated for me added many more mechanics to the game and it is just soo fun that I cant get bored of it
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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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