The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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  1. Wladimir83
    May 14, 2023
    10
    the best game, the best emotions and impressions. Nintendo has done it again. no dream game of the year
  2. Retro_Jack
    May 16, 2023
    10
    Easily the best Zelda game Nintendo has ever mad. Nintendo has taken a proven formula and made it even better.
  3. Pablo0164
    May 16, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s good just a bunch of random words next djjrbrirbrirhirgrugrurhrugrurbr… Expand
  4. galacticbanana
    May 16, 2023
    10
    This game is amazing. They have added so much to the original game, and despite being in the same general areas, it all still feels very new.

    There are a few things that aren't explained (how much time has passed from the original and spoiler kinda ****where did all the sheikah stuff go??****), despite that this is still a stunning second game. Like most, I was shocked at the price,    This game is amazing. They have added so much to the original game, and despite being in the same general areas, it all still feels very new.

    There are a few things that aren't explained (how much time has passed from the original and spoiler kinda ****where did all the sheikah stuff go??****), despite that this is still a stunning second game.

    Like most, I was shocked at the price, however after having about 10 hours of gameplay in, I would happily pay $70 for it again.

    BOTW was my favorite video game of all time, and now this may take the cake. The game is much more challenging right off the bat, and the way you approach certain enemies requires more thought than before. TOTK feels like an OG Zelda game, thanks to the added challenge which gives an ongoing puzzle feel, plus everything we all loved about BOTW.    … Expand
  5. baconomaly
    May 16, 2023
    10
    Simply incredible. Improves upon everything BOTW introduced. Somehow. Remarkable.
  6. mjb105
    May 16, 2023
    10
    Besides for a few frame rate problem in specific sections, this game has no flaws
  7. Jlandrieu
    May 16, 2023
    10
    L’univers de Zelda est bien respecté. Le Gameplay est rapide à prendre en main
  8. samuelsoria
    May 17, 2023
    10
    Like others Zelda games this game is a perfection, I’m playing hours and I cannot boring because you have a lot to do and explore and create, a great game Thank you Nintendo another master piece
  9. Master_kibu
    May 17, 2023
    10
    Es el juego del año, sus mecanicas, sus graficas y la historia, uno de los mejores Zelda de la historia.
  10. 5heikoner
    May 17, 2023
    10
    El mejor juego de todos los tiempos sin lugar a dudas. Muchos dicen que es un DLC, en tal caso, BOTW es un prototipo de tears of the kingdom. Un juego que exprime todo el potencial de Nintendo switch con unas texturas increíbles, una iluminación excepcional y unas mecánicas infinitas que explotan la creatividad del jugador como ningún juego consigue. Seas o no fan de la saga Zelda, debesEl mejor juego de todos los tiempos sin lugar a dudas. Muchos dicen que es un DLC, en tal caso, BOTW es un prototipo de tears of the kingdom. Un juego que exprime todo el potencial de Nintendo switch con unas texturas increíbles, una iluminación excepcional y unas mecánicas infinitas que explotan la creatividad del jugador como ningún juego consigue. Seas o no fan de la saga Zelda, debes jugar este título que ya se ha convertido en un clásico y será referente para todos y cada uno de los videojuegos que vengan en el futuro. Nintendo o ha vuelto a hacer y mejor que nunca.… Expand
  11. Niklav4
    May 18, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game ! Amazing mechanics! There are easy and hard enemies! Two whole new maps! Strong story! Memorable characters! It's a must have !… Expand
  12. Sidus56743
    May 29, 2023
    7
    I think totk as its own is a good game, because it plays with a lot of interesting concepts. But its not really fun to explore new things, because i have seen 99 % of the overworld map and characters before. In the story you have to go to the same regions and prevent some sort of danger, which i have already done in botw. Most of the time you just fly everywhere, which breaks the fun ofI think totk as its own is a good game, because it plays with a lot of interesting concepts. But its not really fun to explore new things, because i have seen 99 % of the overworld map and characters before. In the story you have to go to the same regions and prevent some sort of danger, which i have already done in botw. Most of the time you just fly everywhere, which breaks the fun of adventuring. After 10 hours of playtime i just got bored. The underground and the sky cant replace a new world. It feels like they throw a bunch of little new things at you and connect them somehow into a storyline.… Expand
  13. ReMarioPerez
    May 22, 2023
    10
    GOTY the best game i ever play, the sensation that brings about the new world the sky its awesome
  14. Giovanni1
    May 25, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gioco MAGNIFICO, EMOZIONANTE , GIGANTESCO, e con una trama pazzesca, un MUST-PLAY che ti permetterà di capire cosa rende un videogioco un capolavoro moderno.
    Meccaniche innovative e da certi punti di vista veramente fatte bene.
    Il bello di questo gioco è il fatto che stimola la creatività e da un senso di pace e avventura allo stesso tempo.
    Bravo Aonuma & company!    … Expand
  15. SlimSea
    May 27, 2023
    7
    Great game, but boring and aimless at times. If you don't like examining every square inch of the map and reading way too much npc text, the core gameplay can be boring.
  16. TiredSoulz
    May 28, 2023
    6
    A pretty solid game compared to what the industry standard has become but is let down mostly by the switch itself and a few design issues.

    I was honestly getting lost in the world as I jumped from tower to tower and island to island before I plunged into the terrifying depths, immersing myself in this world as I tried to explore areas I was unprepared for. It's honestly a rush to poke    A pretty solid game compared to what the industry standard has become but is let down mostly by the switch itself and a few design issues.

    I was honestly getting lost in the world as I jumped from tower to tower and island to island before I plunged into the terrifying depths, immersing myself in this world as I tried to explore areas I was unprepared for. It's honestly a rush to poke your head over the horizon and see what's around the corner, that is until you have to start engaging yourself with the other systems and mechanics of the game.

    The controls are clunky and annoying to navigate with nintendo's insistence that it does it's own thing while the rest of the industry has tried to make things more universal for everyone. The weapon mechanic while novel and fun at the beginning becomes more and more tedious as you try to juggle the variety of different enemies in the world without wasting rare resources on low leveled enemies or finding you don't have enough high leveled weapons to fight an unexpectedly high leveled enemy.

    The world is boring to explore once you've seen it all, for the most part the world looks no better than pokemon scarlet and violet apart from the few assets where the designers put all their time into like the floating islands, towns and ruins. Everywhere else looks as dated as the old ghost recon game from the early 2000's.

    My main gripe with the game is the annoying amount of back tracking, fast travel, loading screens, and horse riding. It wouldn't be so bad if the world was interesting and fun to look at and explore but the PS2 graphics often leave me wanting to put my switch down as I try to motivate myself to go collect enough, arrows, weapons and monster parts so I can take on a high leveled enemies. The fact weapons break and you can make new ones isn't a bad idea, but it's poorly executed in Zelda as your limited by what you can make at any one time.

    I wonder if the irony is lost of the developers that they encourage you to collect as many consumable items as possible in your bottomless inventory, but your weapons slots are limited even though the game treats them like a consumable item. It's not fun stopping half way through a fight and having to craft up new weapons because I'm running out of them. Either increase the weapon durability, or give us unlimited weapon slots so we can actually treat our weapons like consumable items.

    Combat is serviceable, the enemy variety is low so you'll end up versing the same enemies again and again like some cheap MMO, the dodge backflip feels inconsistent to use it'll work one moment and in the next exact same scenario it turns into a side step. Also tough enemies are annoying to verse because of the numerous sub menus you have to navigate during the battle, controls and weapon durability will distract you from the fight.    … Expand
  17. HuntPG
    Jul 16, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game ruined every other game for me. The Open world, story, visuals, and limitless crafts with ultrahand. I will never be able to enjoy breath of the wild like I was once able to. This is the best game of all time in my book, beats BOTW, Elden Ring, Minecraft, and all the other contenders.… Expand
  18. Soupymittenz
    Aug 29, 2023
    2
    Tears of the kingdom is quite literally just breath of the wild, with a few clunky gimicks that barely improve the experience. If you never played BOTW, then this is a great game for you, but if you're like me and have 400+ hours in BOTW, this is NOT the game for you. The map is hardly any different, the depths and sky islands are boring and empty, the new enemies rarely appear and whenTears of the kingdom is quite literally just breath of the wild, with a few clunky gimicks that barely improve the experience. If you never played BOTW, then this is a great game for you, but if you're like me and have 400+ hours in BOTW, this is NOT the game for you. The map is hardly any different, the depths and sky islands are boring and empty, the new enemies rarely appear and when they do are nothing but annoying, the fuse system is alright but kinda uneccesary and makes the issues of clinging on to certain weapons and never using them even worse, ultrahand is both overpowered but annoying, and the shrines can easily be cheesed. Zonai technology isn't available enough, so i end up walking around for hours trying to find a control stick so i can actually build something. There are a heap of other problems, including the story. The story is already not the best, but the entire plot twist got ruined for me because I watched the memory from lurelin village which quite literally directly showed me that zelda was a puppet. All the memories about immortal dragons and then finding a dragon with zeldas hair and the master sword sticking out of it spoiled that. Anyways im sick of writing this review, i have even more issues with the game but overall it was a very unenjoyable experience, especially coming from BOTW.… Expand
  19. MPK92
    Aug 29, 2023
    4
    And thus Zelda continues as the most overrated franchise in gaming. Glorified DLC for Breath of the Wild, which was already a game lacking in meaningful content and good gameplay. I do not understand the hype. Makes me wonder how this would be received if it didn't have 'Zelda' in the title or 'Nintendo' on the box.
  20. SaveGalar-Hisui
    May 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The weakest and most insubstantial main Zelda by far, there's no clear objective to go to while playing, and the map is littered with repetitive activities like completing shrines and collecting hundreds of kolog seeds
    It was hard not to get bored during the ride with almost nothing interesting happening    … Expand
  21. I_Trust_In_GF
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Lots of filler to mask that the Hyrule map lacks life and organic NPC's.
    Both the story and the recycled places feel very forced.
  22. JesusFistus
    May 21, 2023
    1
    For me it is the worst zelda game of the series so far and it looks like a big addon for breath of the wild. Same krok **** Same shrine **** No real dungeons and annoying battle system. Too much interactions with the inventory during fights. Construction bull**** is also annoying.
  23. Carlitoxic
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Grandísimo juego. El mejor de switch y uno de los más grandes de la historia
  24. enterfusion
    May 13, 2023
    10
    What an banger! Nintendo did it once again, a game that truely supprise on every corner. Tears of the Kingdom is Breath of the Wild on steroides, more like that. It makes many points better than the predecessor. More Story-Driven-Gameplay, Dungeons, more Quality of Live features. And the exploration part is even more heavier than it was on Breath of the Wild. You now have the Sky aboveWhat an banger! Nintendo did it once again, a game that truely supprise on every corner. Tears of the Kingdom is Breath of the Wild on steroides, more like that. It makes many points better than the predecessor. More Story-Driven-Gameplay, Dungeons, more Quality of Live features. And the exploration part is even more heavier than it was on Breath of the Wild. You now have the Sky above Hyrule, the Ground and the Underground to explore, with tons of new things, that will attract your attention. The "ground" overworld itself is even changed enough not to bore experienced players of the predecessor.

    The build mechanic is very fresh and is very much used for puzzles and for exploration. The Fuze mechanic make the weapon break system no longer bad.

    Conclusion: If you even loved the predecessor, this game is a must have! If you missed story and dungeons in the predecessor its very likely that you maybe like this game. If you absolutely hate Open World games or the way that Zelda went with BotW you maybe shouldnt buy it.
    For me a 10/10, one of the best videogames Ive ever played.    … Expand
  25. ryudoshi
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Absolutely incredible, game of the year material, again! This is BOTW on steroids, everything about it has been dialed up to 11. If you have a creative mind ultrahand and fuse feel limitless. I've played over 40 hours now and am still having a blast. 10/10 Definite recommend.
  26. JoeMoney333
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Quite simply the best game I’ve ever played. It’s BotW but more story, more content, more refined.
  27. eb7882
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Nintendo somehow did it! They took everything that made BOTW special but expanded on it in new and interesting ways like ultrahand, while also just making the content better quality and quantity. Side quests are great, puzzles are everywhere, more enemies, a bigger and more varied map, incredibly unique and fun abilities, story is better, dungeons are back and really fun, etc etc etc

    If    Nintendo somehow did it! They took everything that made BOTW special but expanded on it in new and interesting ways like ultrahand, while also just making the content better quality and quantity. Side quests are great, puzzles are everywhere, more enemies, a bigger and more varied map, incredibly unique and fun abilities, story is better, dungeons are back and really fun, etc etc etc


    If you like botw you will love this as it’s better in literally every way, personally I am having the time of life playing it.    … Expand
  28. ZeroSimp
    May 13, 2023
    10
    I can confirm that this game has beat the dlc allegations. To say that this game is just a dlc with the same map would be extremely disingenuous and disrespectful. This game has the sky islands which brings loads of content and an underground that’s about the same size as Hyrule. So it’s essentially more than twice the size of the last game which was massive. The new additions such as theI can confirm that this game has beat the dlc allegations. To say that this game is just a dlc with the same map would be extremely disingenuous and disrespectful. This game has the sky islands which brings loads of content and an underground that’s about the same size as Hyrule. So it’s essentially more than twice the size of the last game which was massive. The new additions such as the ultra hand and fuse are such wonderful mechanics. This game runs at a pretty consistent 30 with barely any drops. I honestly don’t want to spoil anything and think everyone should go in blind. 10/10 from me lol.… Expand
  29. 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
  30. 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
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 145 out of 150
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 150
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  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Mar 18, 2024
    100
    I wasn't sure how Nintendo would find a way to top their work in Breath of the Wild back when it came out, but I feel they have here – with years of more polish applied and refined exploration. [Issue #66 – July/August 2023, p. 71]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 22, 2024
    100
    The good thing is that, thanks to the limited possibilities, the creators couldn't go crazy and swing for hundreds of game miles. Instead, they created what could be called Elden Ring in a travel pack. [Issue#328]
  3. Shacknews
    Dec 28, 2023
    100
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has lived up to the high expectations created by the success of Breath of the Wild with its exquisitely intertwined gameplay systems, outstanding music, and a legendary story culminating in a magnificent denouement. It's not every day that such a special video game like this comes around. Truly the stuff of legend.
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