The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9840 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,592 out of 9840
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  1. bunearycupcake
    May 16, 2023
    10
    This game had a lot to live up to for me, since BOTW is my favourite video game ever. And it sure did.
    I could probably write an entire thesis on why this game is a masterpiece, but honestly it wouldn't do it justice so I will just say that you have to play it.
  2. therobotmaker
    May 29, 2023
    10
    Easily one of my top 10 games of all time. Everyone assumed it would be the same map as BOTW with a new story, but it's so, so much more than that. Everything that was great about BOTW was tuned expertly and (almost) everything annoying was fixed. The ending is much more satisfying than BOTW also. Highly recommended.
  3. UncleWillard
    May 16, 2023
    10
    You know it's good when hours just disappear off the clock for you. I started at 3pm the other day and looked up for the first time expecting 30min to have gone by. WRONG! Two hours had gone by. I'm loving it thus far, but I've only scratched the surface. Don't believe the naysayer red reviews. Not sure what childhood trauma they went through, but it wasn't BOTW's or TOTK's fault. Grow down!
  4. Mashley22
    Aug 11, 2023
    10
    This is the kind of games that i love, i just had the opportunity to finish it days ago, perfect for me, love BOTW now this is a masterpiece, it had some frame drop in some parts but the rest is pretty good, i had a great experience, recommended.
  5. xgatto
    Jun 24, 2023
    10
    What a journey. Makes BOTW feel like a tech demo. Beautifully made game, gigantic adventure that you're not going to forget anytime soon. As someone that thought BOTW was lacking something, this game is a 10/10
  6. seba2212
    Jun 26, 2023
    10
    Ufff nada que decir espere hasta hoy para poder puntuar luego de 100 horas de juegos y sigo aún más enganchado el mejor zelda de todos los tiempos, misma sensación que sentí al jugar ocarin of time
  7. wallisjo
    Aug 15, 2023
    10
    Game is amazing would highly recommend to anyone. Sky island is slow and feels clunky but after that the game is a great open experience.
  8. johnthunders
    Jun 8, 2023
    10
    HISTORY: 10/10
    GAMEPLAY: 10/10
    GRAPHICS: WHO CARES BUT 10/10
    CONTROLS: 10/10
  9. pedrolopes317
    Jul 25, 2023
    10
    Not much to add. Bought a Switch just for this and it was an experience I hadn’t had in a long time of gaming. Loved it. Easy 10.
  10. LEEPH
    Jun 7, 2023
    10
    If I don't give this game a perfect score, I think the good games I've been playing so far should be a good 7 point game.
  11. manugd22
    Jun 21, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom ha sido la mejor experiencia que he tenido en toda mi vida.
  12. User_alex
    Aug 15, 2023
    10
    After a view month of adventures or simply strolling through this wonderful world I can for sure say: Simply the best. I’m still so addicted after 150+ hours.
  13. Dzac98
    Aug 24, 2023
    9
    The advantages have already been explained by anyone, and I understand the various 10s. However, I can't give a 10 especially because of its extreme length. The variety of situations and gameplay it offers is enormous and easily justifies over 100 hours of play. But to thoroughly explore every corner of the map, it requires many many more. I've played over 100 hours, but I've only coveredThe advantages have already been explained by anyone, and I understand the various 10s. However, I can't give a 10 especially because of its extreme length. The variety of situations and gameplay it offers is enormous and easily justifies over 100 hours of play. But to thoroughly explore every corner of the map, it requires many many more. I've played over 100 hours, but I've only covered 3/5 of the map, and the incentives to keep playing are there, but certainly not to go on for another 60-70 hours. I would have preferred it to be more concise… Expand
  14. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    9
    Really loved this one! The main reason I don't give a 10 is for the fact that the game don't even hold a steady 30 fps on the Switch. I was basically forced to put the Switch away and play the game on PC.
    Also, I don't think Nintendo should do a Zelda game with mumblings instead of voiceovers in 2023, and the lack of a Portuguese translation is just dumb! I can play it in English no    Really loved this one! The main reason I don't give a 10 is for the fact that the game don't even hold a steady 30 fps on the Switch. I was basically forced to put the Switch away and play the game on PC.
    Also, I don't think Nintendo should do a Zelda game with mumblings instead of voiceovers in 2023, and the lack of a Portuguese translation is just dumb! I can play it in English no problem, but most of my countrymen cannot.    … Expand
  15. Billy368
    May 16, 2023
    10
    I was concerned this game would just be more BOTW, but it’s fresh and fun! Then opening cut scenes are exciting. Some say the first few hours are slow, but I needed that because I haven’t played BOTW in five years, so I had to relearn the controls again.
  16. RaulTLu
    Jul 8, 2023
    10
    Uno de los mejores juegos de la historia..!! Más de 200 horas y seguimos...
  17. MagnusBelmont
    Jul 24, 2023
    7
    As much as the world, the gameplay and everything is outstanding, the main narrative is simply boring and repetitive. It really took all my motivation to do all dungeons. You are force to follow characters that are locked into scripted sequence and interact 4-5 locks every time.

    But the pain is worth, the ending is satisfying.
  18. LukeLx
    Aug 15, 2023
    6
    While the graphics partially improved (when the resolution is not tanked and you just see a blurry mess due to switch limitations), how the world and puzzles has been designed lead to a world that is always a different alternative to a cohesive one, so you will rarely be able to explore in a pragmatic way.
    You ends up bouncing around 3 or more different levels, and to be honest the lowest    While the graphics partially improved (when the resolution is not tanked and you just see a blurry mess due to switch limitations), how the world and puzzles has been designed lead to a world that is always a different alternative to a cohesive one, so you will rarely be able to explore in a pragmatic way.
    You ends up bouncing around 3 or more different levels, and to be honest the lowest one is just ugly - yea the phasma comes from underground but when you play it seems they just added it because Elden Ring got one, no other reason up to the end.
    What happens is that the world is so uninteresting and the exploration so interrupted that I would continue playing again the first game for the 2nd time - as I was doing - then going on with this.
    Everything is an alternative of what was great, powers included. The only exception is "ascension", but I really would like bombs, glacius and the other set.
    The attempt of copyrighting physics and basic actions should deserve a 0 but it would not respect the game quality.
    Not Diablo 4 delusion level, but to me it is still a delusion    … Expand
  19. ghxhjgxj
    Aug 8, 2023
    10
    Tears of the Kingdom massively increases the standard open world games should be held to. It takes all of the ideals of its predecessor and runs with them to the absolute limit, all while maintaining a small file size on an underpowered console.
  20. LemurLH
    Jul 31, 2023
    10
    Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is one of the best videogames of all time. It's a Masterpiece. 300 hours of fun and joy.
  21. Ringsofpowerbad
    Aug 13, 2023
    7
    It's a great game, but its standing on the shoulders of a giant. Its fun and great its just... too similar to breath of the wild, minus the new mechanics. I am talking specifically about the music, world, storytelling, art style ect, and especially the story, characters, and dungeons,and the foundation elements of gameplay like shrines koroks points of interest monsters, they differIt's a great game, but its standing on the shoulders of a giant. Its fun and great its just... too similar to breath of the wild, minus the new mechanics. I am talking specifically about the music, world, storytelling, art style ect, and especially the story, characters, and dungeons,and the foundation elements of gameplay like shrines koroks points of interest monsters, they differ remarkably little from the first game, REMARKABLY little. As in, they are exactly the same as the first game. When I was growing up new zelda games were extremely different from one another, they were avenues for creativity. The new gameplay features are extremely clever and awesome and based on those alone you cannot say this is anything less than a 10/10 experience... but why have they used the same music, exact same worldmap, same storyline, same method of story delivery, and same crappy dungeons. Why have they kept the same gameplay loop and the same empty feel of the world, the same mechanic for everything in the game. It just seems incredibly lazy or shortsighted for a team that is so obviously immensly talanted at game design. They remembered to design the game, but they forgot that games are art and need to be unique. This is Breath of the wild 2, but most of the game is just Breath of the wild still, I would say that a large part of what you will be doing in the game is the same old gameplay loop, which for an open world game that is as large as this, gets old pretty fast the second time around... on the same map... with the same music... and the same boiler plate story with cheesy voice acting and terrible story delivery. If the game hadnt settled on the same music, art, gameplay and story by simply adding new things on top of another game that has already existed for years it would have had a far greater impact, it would be a 10 without question, but this is not a new game, it is new stuff addition for Breath of the wild, so for that it is getting a slightly dissapointing 7. Its lazy, really it is. They have an immense wealth of incredible games to draw on for inspiration, they are standing on the shoulders of giants, but from a creative standpoint they have just chosen to put a new hat and trousers on breath of the wild. For first timers it must be incredible, but I am not a first timer so: 7
    - good game, great new mechanics, fun, original
    - unoriginal, minimal changes, simplistic for anyone who isnt new    … Expand
  22. McP1x3l
    Aug 15, 2023
    10
    Tears of the Kingdom definitely not only surpasses, but also continues the events of BotW, changing and adding many world layers and interesting mechanics to Hyrule. The story, visuals, music and gameplay are in perfect harmony with each other, embodied in a beautiful living open world that immerses you completely. Worth mentioning great attention to detail. The soundtrack of Tears of theTears of the Kingdom definitely not only surpasses, but also continues the events of BotW, changing and adding many world layers and interesting mechanics to Hyrule. The story, visuals, music and gameplay are in perfect harmony with each other, embodied in a beautiful living open world that immerses you completely. Worth mentioning great attention to detail. The soundtrack of Tears of the Kingdom really overwhelmed me, saxophone, piano, violin, everything is beautiful. I decided to get myself a midi-keyboard and take piano lessons because of it :) Want to extract the same beautiful sound on my own. Thank you for this masterpiece, it gave me a lot of inspiration and positive impressions. Will forever remain in the heart as a story.… Expand
  23. Yunalesca
    Jul 8, 2023
    10
    Adored this game! Adapts upon the flaws of BOTW innovatively, and not by simply removing them. The new areas are fun and bring a new context in which to interact with Hyrule and it's environments with your powers. I audibly gasped at so many points as the game continued to surprise me time and time again with the features and additions they wisely elected to remove from the gamesAdored this game! Adapts upon the flaws of BOTW innovatively, and not by simply removing them. The new areas are fun and bring a new context in which to interact with Hyrule and it's environments with your powers. I audibly gasped at so many points as the game continued to surprise me time and time again with the features and additions they wisely elected to remove from the games promotional media.

    If I had a gripe- it would simply be that I wish there was more in the sky, and that the story was less meaty and comprehensive (though still very well written) than that of Age of Calamity, though that admittedly feels like an unfair comparison.    … Expand
  24. hemnnamiq23
    Jun 21, 2023
    10
    Better than starfield ...
  25. Fragcula
    Aug 15, 2023
    7
    An incremental game compared to BotW, Nintendo listened to no feedback here and did their own thing.

    That's good and bad, but when it's bad it's really bad. Main plot is boring and poorly conveyed, quests are contrived and convoluted so often you think... But I already know what to do just let me do it... Weapons constantly break, everything is a grind. Occasional bugs nothing game    An incremental game compared to BotW, Nintendo listened to no feedback here and did their own thing.

    That's good and bad, but when it's bad it's really bad.

    Main plot is boring and poorly conveyed, quests are contrived and convoluted so often you think... But I already know what to do just let me do it...

    Weapons constantly break, everything is a grind.

    Occasional bugs nothing game breaking and that is impressive.    … Expand
  26. Jeeznya
    Jun 25, 2023
    10
    Going back and experience Breath of the wild, let see that this game is more polish in every aspect compare to its predecessor, gameplay is deeper if we talk about mechanics, you can use them without restriction in exploration or in fighting and yet you can still defeat monsters the old way, and now the story is more complex, giving a lot of beautiful moments and even some plot twists,Going back and experience Breath of the wild, let see that this game is more polish in every aspect compare to its predecessor, gameplay is deeper if we talk about mechanics, you can use them without restriction in exploration or in fighting and yet you can still defeat monsters the old way, and now the story is more complex, giving a lot of beautiful moments and even some plot twists, that even when you already figured them out you still want them to not be true, in conclusion this game is almost perfection, even when it’s not the best it still enters the must play for every gamer… Expand
  27. jfray81
    Jul 22, 2023
    5
    Zelda Tears of the kingdom or

    Zelda breath of the wild Dlc It’s set on the same world map as BotW with very similar physics. They are still gonna find buttloads of shrines and Koroks, have durability, the physics engine, the same general areas of the surface, the mat farming. Basically you just buy Botw again but with few different fonction. Zelda's get high 90's because    Zelda Tears of the kingdom or

    Zelda breath of the wild Dlc

    It’s set on the same world map as BotW with very similar physics.
    They are still gonna find buttloads of shrines and Koroks, have durability, the physics engine, the same general areas of the surface, the mat farming.

    Basically you just buy Botw again but with few different fonction.

    Zelda's get high 90's because they're Zeldas. Something about the game critics feel they cannot give a low score for some reason.

    Zelda games are NOT the greatest games ever made.    … Expand
  28. L1nkcr1tic
    Aug 23, 2023
    10
    Es el mejor videojuego de la historia, merece obtener una calificación 10 de 10 por su libertad a la hora de realizar una construcción o vehículo, su legendario modo historia y misiones secundarias, las mecánicas nuevas como la combinación o la infiltración, también de juegos pasados como la ultramano que en Breath of the Wild era más tosca de manejar, casi no hay mecánicas malas queEs el mejor videojuego de la historia, merece obtener una calificación 10 de 10 por su libertad a la hora de realizar una construcción o vehículo, su legendario modo historia y misiones secundarias, las mecánicas nuevas como la combinación o la infiltración, también de juegos pasados como la ultramano que en Breath of the Wild era más tosca de manejar, casi no hay mecánicas malas que destacar y opino que su banda sonora es muchísimo mejor que la de su predecesor.… Expand
  29. Nevbear1206
    Jun 7, 2023
    10
    The greatest video game of all time has received a sequel, one that somehow improves on all aspects to provide one of the most fun and rewarding gaming experiences ever. Exploration is at an all-time high with a more meaningful story this time around. Each mechanic has been fully fleshed out and can be used in a variety of clever puzzles with a large degree of freedom. The sheer size ofThe greatest video game of all time has received a sequel, one that somehow improves on all aspects to provide one of the most fun and rewarding gaming experiences ever. Exploration is at an all-time high with a more meaningful story this time around. Each mechanic has been fully fleshed out and can be used in a variety of clever puzzles with a large degree of freedom. The sheer size of Hyrule with the sky islands as well as the depths makes for enough content to last well over 100 hours for any completionists out there. The polish added to every aspect of this game, especially the insane physics and building mechanics, is satisfying to see in an era where game developers seem to either rush their titles out for release or focus on what will generate immediate profits such as microtransactions. Nintendo once again delivers a title of sheer gaming brilliance.… Expand
  30. olek321olek
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    botw is a 60$ demo for this masterpeace the gameplay is amazing and exploration is even bether. Combat is not borring becose you can make vehicles that are war crimes very fun. this game my favorite for gameplay but it has ok story.
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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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