The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9840 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7,514 out of 9840
  2. Mixed: 734 out of 9840
  3. Negative: 1,592 out of 9840
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  1. Evilavenger
    May 13, 2023
    10
    As i had expected it to be. Awesome, lots of new features, new physics, new shrines, better gameplay
  2. drakedaduck
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played a bunch of Zelda games over the years, and going in blind to BOTW was truly the pinnacle of it all. For those first few moments, and throughout the rest of the game, it was an absolute gem of an experience, a Diamond being the gem. It’s the standard games SHOULD value, take time to make a game to its absolute best potential. Granted, I see pros AND cons. Dungeons were lackluster, bosses exactly the same, and the world did feel a bit more empty. But it was one of the cases where, hype aside, the good outweighed the bad in such a tremendous and spectacular way. Climbing up that hill to see all of Hyrule still hits me even to this day.

    Tears of the Kingdom is, to me, an INCREDIBLE successor!! Taking the criticisms of BOTW, and following up on that exponentially. Dungeons, while small, ARE present, and the Allies mechanic is a treat! New abilities to help world traversal, the vehicles being so expansive on what you can and can’t do. It’s truly imagination beyond itself, and the way they somehow made hyrule feel fresh (while still being familiar), is astounding. Granted, a LOT of people here complain about the graphics, YES we get it the hardware is not next Gen. But the $70 was NOT for a graphical upgrade, but rather an expanded experience. I’ve only just began and I’m already at like 18 hours, and I’ve yet to scratch a tiny bit of the surface. Beat a dungeon and boss, all that good stuff.

    Point is, BOTW was Nintendo running an experiment, and Tears of the Kingdom was Nintendo being fully confident in what they could produce!    … Expand
  3. FranciscoRicard
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This game is the perfect sequel you can got from one of the best games ever, a lot of new mechanics you can use and the game let you be creative. Tears of the kingdom is one of the bests is history like his prequel
  4. MarkMarkdonuts
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There never was a ball that slid down this clean. It was so good. Really clean, barely an inconvenience.… Expand
  5. Ketc
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Peak gaming peak gaming peak gaming peak gaming peak gaming peak gaming peak gaming
  6. JuroCR
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Definitivamente para decir que es un DLC el unico requisito es no haber jugado semejante obra maestra del mundo gaming, de verdad sientes que estas jugando, con todo, fusionando armas con el entorno u objetos o creando medios de transporte con nuestro inventario y un simple par de troncos. Simplemente hermoso
  7. batalhao
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Imersive scenarios and soundtrack. Amazing characters, great cinematic vision, exciting history and perfect powers and controls.
  8. nichan200
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Un juego perfecto, me encanto el tema de combinación y que con cada articulo que fusiones con tus armas le da mas dinamismo y estrategias a tus ataque, que hablar del mundo abierto hay zonas en la superficie sobre el cielo y subterraneo el mejor juego de este año de lejos.
  9. Flocandou
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Es el mejor juego que he jugado, no le hagan caso a los review bombings, es el goty
  10. Tailsboom3
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Honestly such a magical game and one thag will exist for generations and a love letter to the series and a perfect game to end the behemoth that was the switch
  11. armoury987
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This is the best game that has released in recent times, it is not just BOTW renamed, they took BOTW and somehow added a ton more content and made it better in my opinion. I don’t know why people have to hate on this absolute gem of a game.
  12. yeer
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es el mejor juego del siglo, tiene muchisima vida el juego, un mapa increible y mecanicas increible, sin duda alguna GOTY 2023… Expand
  13. Go1den
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Didn't finish the game yet but this review is early impression, the game take open world games to a new level to exploration and creativity they took everything that's great about BOTW and make it better, the only issue is the fps drops not the end of the world but it need a fix sooner than later.
  14. Killernet828
    May 13, 2023
    10
    20/10 los que dicen que esta caro dejen de llorar y emulenlo que nintendo no se va a morir de hambre
  15. miferguson1215
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Builds and expands on an already terrific Breath of the Wild. A truly fantastic game and experience.
  16. LemillionKam
    May 13, 2023
    10
    El juego es excelente , es mágico como algo como Zelda te puede salvar de tus estados de ánimo y ver un mundo amplio , la mayoría que está poniendo 0 seguramente no tienen Switch o son Piperos
  17. Knechtamraten
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Its just perfect the best Zelda game.Good story,perfect mechanics just good
  18. ChavaZeus
    May 13, 2023
    10
    La verdad es una buena secuela del anterior las nuevas mecánicas están magníficas y el soundtrack no se diga joya.
  19. Someguy7
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Once, I dreamed of a game. A fantasy game where you explore an open world, do side quests and fight various enemies. For some time, I thought that that game doesn't exist. And then, I bought a switch to play mainly Mario games. When I looked up what other good games are there, I saw everyone saying BotW. I played it. It was that game, it was incredible, the best game I've ever played. AndOnce, I dreamed of a game. A fantasy game where you explore an open world, do side quests and fight various enemies. For some time, I thought that that game doesn't exist. And then, I bought a switch to play mainly Mario games. When I looked up what other good games are there, I saw everyone saying BotW. I played it. It was that game, it was incredible, the best game I've ever played. And then, this game comes out. I said: as long as it doesn't make BotW worse, it will be my favourite game. This game has our favourite hyrule with two more maps added, new dungeons, new allies, new story, new enemies, new items, new side quests, new skills, and more possibilities. This game does have the same map, (even though there are two more new maps) but everything else is different. This game shows all the reasons why - even with joycon drift - we are nintendo fans.… Expand
  20. ExtensionLaugh
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Absolutely have a blast with this games! Amazing how Nintendo expand this gameplay from Botw, I'm skeptic at first but after I playing 30 hours literally great games. For people who wonder about the map, yes it's the same map from Botw but, literally everything changes, is not the same hyrule you know from the Botw it's totally different 90%, and you can explore Sky, Surface, and TheAbsolutely have a blast with this games! Amazing how Nintendo expand this gameplay from Botw, I'm skeptic at first but after I playing 30 hours literally great games. For people who wonder about the map, yes it's the same map from Botw but, literally everything changes, is not the same hyrule you know from the Botw it's totally different 90%, and you can explore Sky, Surface, and The depth..which is The depth is literally a whole map like the surface is insane, a great new all ability, and all dungeon from 4 region is really unique, so many new monster and add more variant monster from Botw, great puzzle, variety quest including help NPC fight agains bokoblin, and this games force you to thinking what's you gonna do coz you have a freedom to use your own way to solved the problems. I recommended this games if you loved Botw. After 30 hours playing TOTK I feel like Botw is a prototype of TOTK, coz this games it's have so much inovation in term of gameplay features!!… Expand
  21. Daikro
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Zelda lo hizo otra vez la sensación de libertad, que se logra es incluso superior a la de breath of The wild eso del subsuelo y los cielos fue increíble además de las posibilidades casi infinitas que da la combinación la historia es buenas y en general es como Breath of The wild pero llevado a su punto máximo, además la dificultad aumento bastante algo que de verdad agradezco
  22. Lopezzflp
    May 13, 2023
    10
    People don't understand that the graphics don't make the experience, for example Hogwarts Legacy has excellent graphics but the gameplay is so boring. I'm not a Nintendo fan at all, but saying that this game is a BotW DLC shows that you have no idea about videogames or haven't played the game enough. Just the tutorial area of TotK is much better than the tutorial area of BotW, and thePeople don't understand that the graphics don't make the experience, for example Hogwarts Legacy has excellent graphics but the gameplay is so boring. I'm not a Nintendo fan at all, but saying that this game is a BotW DLC shows that you have no idea about videogames or haven't played the game enough. Just the tutorial area of TotK is much better than the tutorial area of BotW, and the possibilities with the new mechanics are endless. The fact that all players have passed the tutorial in a different and creative way speaks a lot about the game. In general terms, it's more of the same as BotW but greatly improved. It's simply the Game of the Year.… Expand
  23. inb4LoKi
    May 13, 2023
    10
    when you've been with Nintendo as long as i have (the beginning) you learn to trust them to pull the rabbit out of the hat. EVERY. TIME. i don't know how they do it but i promise they always do.

    and this is no exception. incredibly well crafted and almost endlessly replayable, this game will be talked about long after the trolls take their (tiny) balls and go home lol. mark my words.    when you've been with Nintendo as long as i have (the beginning) you learn to trust them to pull the rabbit out of the hat. EVERY. TIME. i don't know how they do it but i promise they always do.

    and this is no exception. incredibly well crafted and almost endlessly replayable, this game will be talked about long after the trolls take their (tiny) balls and go home lol. mark my words.

    thanks for another hit, big N!    … Expand
  24. taaa
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. コラ！ゴキちゃん！君たちのだーい好きなFF16がゼルダにぼろ負けしてるからってサブ垢作りまくって頑張って評価下げようとしたらダメよ！あまりにもチンケ過ぎて笑いが出るよゴキちゃん… Expand
  25. Li-fe
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really good game. It Takes a lot from botw which isnt Bad at all and hast a lot of new ideas. I really Love the caves in the Game they Always feel Special Like the one where you jump down the spring. Of course thats Not Something super Special but If you have played botw for some time you expect nithing to bei in the spring.… Expand
  26. mathiascocoxd
    May 13, 2023
    10
    O melhor jogo que eu já joguei, depois de BOTW é claro, mas com certeza a história supera
  27. DamiZen
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Muy buen juego la verdad, muy buena secuela, totalmente de acuerdo de lo que debe de ser una segunda parte de un juegue y mejorarlo aún más con nuevas mecánicas, físicas aún impresionantes y las nuevas habilidades que hacen que las mecánicas se sientan frescas y libres para tu creatividad.
  28. Hamla-Jr
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Breath of the Wild was in my opinion the greatest game of all time, with an emphasis on "was"
    It was surpassed on May 12th this year.
  29. LuisDB
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego es increíblemente bueno y adictivo, es sorprendente que una switch pueda mover un mapa tan inmenso como este sin tiempos de carga de las islas celestes a hyrule y el subsuelo, el juego es muy similar gráficamente a breath of the wild pero a la hora de jugarlo se nota que es un juego totalmente nuevo, a nivel mecánico es sorprendente como su predecesor y la historia aunque no sea la mejor para un videojuego mejora muchísimo frente al ya mencionado breath of the wild, definitivamente es un juegazo que todos deberían probar independiente de lo que diga la crítica.… Expand
  30. EuCrazed1
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My favourite game of all time. Best dungeons, overworld, bosses and more of any game I have ever played! About 20 hours in right now and I have barely scratched the surface of the amount of content there is.… Expand
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Metascore
96

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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