The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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  1. tiemxi
    Aug 26, 2023
    10
    The game was very great I really enjoy while playing it. It's must be the next GOTY
  2. Jairson
    Aug 25, 2023
    10
    Genialidad en todo punto de vista, desde sus mecánicas, mundo abierto y narrativa.
  3. Dayon
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This is the best Zelda game I played in awhile. If you love or played the legend of Zelda games then you meant like this.
  4. SlimeShaaady
    Aug 25, 2023
    10
    Just wow, everything from the gameplay to the new abilities, the boss's and their soundtracks is amazing. I have already put in way too many hours in this masterpiece yet I still haven’t touched a tenth of what you can do. This game is a must.
  5. jinstocazzo
    Aug 25, 2023
    10
    this game is just so good, the creativity cant stop and the world is so big
  6. Geabitbol
    Aug 25, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a truly remarkable sequel to Breath of the Wild. Rather than sticking to the same old formula, this game takes the series to new heights by blending creativity, innovation, and the strengths of its predecessor. With fresh gameplay mechanics, an expanded world, a good storyline, and improved technical performance, Tears of the Kingdom stands as aThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a truly remarkable sequel to Breath of the Wild. Rather than sticking to the same old formula, this game takes the series to new heights by blending creativity, innovation, and the strengths of its predecessor. With fresh gameplay mechanics, an expanded world, a good storyline, and improved technical performance, Tears of the Kingdom stands as a monumental achievement. This title has the potential to contend for Game of the Year, and despite minor imperfections, it surpasses the already high standards set by its predecessor. The level of hype is justified, and anyone with the opportunity to play it should do so without delay. Beyond its numerous accomplishments, including a rich open world and expert level design, the true beauty of Tears of the Kingdom lies in its ability to reflect the player's intuition and creativity. The game's brilliance isn't just a solitary experience; it shines brightly alongside the player, creating a Legend that will undoubtedly be remembered as a pinnacle in gaming. In essence, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a remarkable achievement, deftly building upon the strengths and weaknesses of its predecessor to deliver an immersive and inventive open-world adventure that's not to be missed.… Expand
  7. TearsOfHalo
    Aug 25, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think this game is a master piece and has amazing graphics with an enormous map it also comes with a beautiful landscape and features a whole underground area called the depths along with a sky area and a natural ground landscape.
    personally this was a game of beauty and detail to me and I loved every second of it.
    Opinion: should play, play it, best game I`ve ever played, get it I loved every second of it.    … Expand
  8. mannygamereview
    Aug 25, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tears of the kingdom is a beautiful game. Its sandbox like creativity makes the game extremely fun, and allows puzzle solving to be less restricted and gives the player a sense of freedom. The cutscenes, side quests and boss battles are perfected. Not only that but the brand new addition of the depths and sky islands add for a lot more content, and pushes the shrine counter from 120 in its predecessor Breath of the Wild to a whopping 155. Its stunning views and unique environments offer a great experience for the user.… Expand
  9. ryan49
    Aug 25, 2023
    10
    젤다 야생의 숨결의 감동 전울은 적음 하지만 이 게임은 구조적으로 잘 만들어 졌고 제작진 들이 의도한 길로 플리이 하는 나를 발견.....
  10. Velus
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    Excellent game! there’s so many things to do compared to the prequel, and Link’s new skill set is fun, refreshing and very interesting; you can do almost everything you want to!

    Only downside is i wish you could build larger things, and that the house you custom build allowed you to use more than 15 blocks, but other than that, everything is great!
  11. VictorFerreira7
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    I've played Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild and The Wind Waker. I didn't like Wind Waker, but Tears of the Kingdom made me like Wind Waker. This game is just... off. The fuse mechanic is ridiculous in some cases. Fuse a stick with a boulder? Just silly. What the Zelda team was thinking? Instead of doing dungeons, they made those largeI've played Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild and The Wind Waker. I didn't like Wind Waker, but Tears of the Kingdom made me like Wind Waker. This game is just... off. The fuse mechanic is ridiculous in some cases. Fuse a stick with a boulder? Just silly. What the Zelda team was thinking? Instead of doing dungeons, they made those large shrines with "dungeons" in the name. I absolute hated the shrines in Breath of the Wild, hence I hate the shrines in Tears of the Kingdom. They are all the same puzzles that you can figure it out in minutes. The shrines are all the same. The underground segments are extremely boring, the sky island are all the same. The list to choose the material to fuse during battle freeze the screen and take it out the immersion of the game just rolling till you find the material you are looking for, just terrible. And the frames... Oh my, the frame rate of this game is AWFUL. The story is not so good, all the flashbacks of the past again and you need to find the boring geoglyphs' puddles. Where's the magic? The items, the dungeons, the good story? I cannot take Ganondorf anymore. Unfortunately this game sold a lot, and Nintendo will acknowledge this game as a base for future Zeldas. This game is no Zelda, this game is Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts with the word ZELDA on the cover. I'm so frustrated that one of my favourite franchises was reduced to this.… Expand
  12. Tkierescayar
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    Me ha sorprendido y para bien y aún sabiendo lo difícil que podría ser superar a Botw y así lo hicieron. Sonido ...ambientación...exploración...mecánicas...de 10
  13. Landoor
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    Probably the greatest game of all time. It’s on the same level as Elden ring Rdr2, and Baldurs gate 3. Would recommend if you enjoy happiness.
  14. 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
  15. rodrigodonini
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    Is a new adventure, full of quests, an open world and new features. History flows to Hyrule kingdom!
  16. Pablorum
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    Zelda Tears of the Kingdom es una obra maestra. Un imprescindible de Switch.
  17. abcdszn
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    Unbelievable adventure. You can't give a bad note on this one if you're honest. One of the best games I ever played. This is a masterpiece.
  18. turbo_dweeb
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    if you asked me to think of a better game i couldnt. this game is insane, and link is a sexy hot little twink monkey man
  19. speedyy
    Aug 23, 2023
    10
    I love totk best game.
    should win goty
    amazing music characters storys everything
    this game is a straight 10/10
  20. 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
  21. KaiLOokoshi
    Aug 19, 2023
    10
    The game is cool tho, definitely recommend it to play if u like open world with a sandbox mechanics
  22. Tailer_light
    Aug 23, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo é incrível, cheio de coisas para fazer, ótimas cutscenes, simplismente incrível mecanicamente, claro, que como qualquer jogo tem glitchs, uns até que ajudam, como multiplicar itens, tbm tem a história, que complementou muito depois da BOTW, e meu deus, que cena linda foi o Link segurando a Zelda enquanto caia, só dei 9/10 pq né, Nintendo.… Expand
  23. Kraid96
    Aug 23, 2023
    6
    Why did I give 6?
    well, because Tears of the Kingodm is an 8 video game, however in the context of a the legend of zelda it is already a lot if it takes a 3, for this doing an average it comes out a six.
    the video game is fun, has immediate gameplay that does not tire and is capable of making you spend hundreds of hours of fun, since facing enemies and completing the various mini-games    Why did I give 6?
    well, because Tears of the Kingodm is an 8 video game, however in the context of a the legend of zelda it is already a lot if it takes a 3, for this doing an average it comes out a six.
    the video game is fun, has immediate gameplay that does not tire and is capable of making you spend hundreds of hours of fun, since facing enemies and completing the various mini-games on the map is extremely fun due to the dynamism of the gameplay. thanks to the ultrahand it is possible to build incredible things and thanks to the compositor the crafting of weapons is fast and immediate. so what's wrong? well since building vehicles and completing minigames isn't the reason a person buys a Zelda game this game for me was a complete bust. Zelda as always is all about exploration and a sense of discovery, and when you fail this point you have failed the entire game. Let's start with recycling. The asset recycling in this game is disgraceful, and I honestly don't understand why people defend this, despite the fact that the game still cost 70 bucks. And stop comparing it to majora's mask which only recycled npc assets. Finding again enemies, weapons, fauna, flora and clothes from the previous game was a huge disappointment. especially when most of the enemies are bokobli, grublin, lizalfos, octorot and lynel again. also the Yigas appear in the exact same way. The map of the sky, so advertised by Nintendo, is nothing more than a group of tiny islands and copy pasted with the same puzzle. the exploration of the sky was disappointing because I find it extremely boring to explore to always find the same things. the underground may look cool at first but then it turns out to be nothing more than a wasteland with only one biome and with ridiculously repeated enemies. it has only 2 structures and it repeats them all over the map giving the feeling of exploring a procedural environment. Hyrule has remained the same, and no, I don't consider moving shrines and korooks to be a different map. I honestly found it extremely boring to explore a map on which I had already spent hundreds of hours botw. the only satisfaction was given by the caves, even if many of them are similar and a bit boring. Since Nintendo has decided that all the same rooms with a puzzle inside can very well replace the Dungeons, also in this game we have only 4 small dungeons (the castle of Hyrule has remained the same as that of botw). The temples in this game are none other than the divine beasts but dressed differently. Honestly I'm sick of this game being compared to the first zelda for NES, since the only thing they have in common is that they have an open map. in Zelda 1 dungeons were essential, just as it was essential to explore to get items without which you could not complete the game. in totk everything is made to be Optional, the really useful things are only given to you at the beginning, everything else is just finding useless things just for completion. if you don't care about Zelda or what it has been to date this game will be perfect for you, otherwise it was a complete disappointment.    … Expand
  24. AFUZZYPANDA
    Aug 22, 2023
    6
    Gameplay is great at first, but becomes somewhat repetitive closer to the end. The plot is probably the worst I've ever seen in a Zelda game and I probably would've enjoyed the game more if I skipped all the cutscenes.
  25. zap2195
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    Nintendo, as always, doing God's work with these games! One of the best sandbox experiences all around.
  26. quidpro
    Aug 22, 2023
    8
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom pays homage to its legacy while introducing fresh elements, earning it a solid 8 out of 10. Enchanting visuals and deep storytelling create a nostalgic yet innovative experience. Though minor technical hitches arise, the game's puzzles, combat, and characters still shine brightly, making it a must-play for fans and newcomers alike.
  27. aniball92
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    La saga más legendaria de los videojuegos vuelve a hacer historia una vez más con una aventura colosal revolucionaria única y prácticamente perfecta que eleva la diversión y la libertad del jugador a un nivel sin precedentes.Lo nuevo en Tears of the Kingdom son los dispositivos Zonai,que el jugador puede usar para combate,propulsión, exploración y más.Las runas del juego anterior seLa saga más legendaria de los videojuegos vuelve a hacer historia una vez más con una aventura colosal revolucionaria única y prácticamente perfecta que eleva la diversión y la libertad del jugador a un nivel sin precedentes.Lo nuevo en Tears of the Kingdom son los dispositivos Zonai,que el jugador puede usar para combate,propulsión, exploración y más.Las runas del juego anterior se reemplazan con cinco nuevos poderes:Ultramano Fusión,Ascender,Retroceso y el Autoconstruir.La Ultramano le permite al jugador recoger y mover diferentes objetos y unir diferentes objetos.Esto se puede usar con los dispositivos Zonai para crear diferentes vehículos u otras construcciones.Fusión le permite a Link combinar materiales, equipos o ciertos objetos del mundo en un escudo o arma para aumentar sus atributos y durabilidad.Por ejemplo fusionar un objeto explosivo con una flecha hará que la flecha explote al impactar. Autoconstruir recrea instantáneamente un dispositivo creado con Ultramano a costa de zonaite. Ascender permite al jugador moverse hacia arriba a través de superficies sólidas.El retroceso se puede utilizar en un objeto para "rebobinar" su movimiento.Regresan los Santuarios y las semillas korok.Cuando se completan los Santuarios otorgan a los jugadores una Luz de Bendición; cuando se obtienen cuatro,Link puede usarlos para aumentar la cantidad de corazones que tiene en uno o expandir el tamaño de su rueda de resistencia.Las semillas korok se puede usar para aumentar la capacidad de inventario de Link,lo que le permite tener más armas cuerpo a cuerpo, escudos o arcos.Las Profundidades a las que se accede a través de abismos en la superficie, albergan una nueva amenaza una sustancia pegajosa llamada Gloom.Cuando Link entra en contacto o es atacado por enemigos cubiertos de Gloom, su número máximo de corazones se reduce temporalmente.Esta aflicción se elimina solo cuando Link regresa a la superficie o encuentra una Raíz que Disipa Las Tinieblas en castellano,una gran planta emisora ​​​​de luz que se encuentra en las profundidades para recuperar su salud máxima.Ahora hay muchísimas más cosas para hacer, más sitios que investigar, más aventuras que vivir y, sobre todo,la calidad de todas y cada una de las actividades con las que daremos se ha incrementado exponencialmente, consiguiendo que algo tan simple como adentrarnos en una cueva resulte en algo apasionante, muy divertido y siempre diferente.Explorar el subsuelo es una experiencia muy diferente y mucho más dura.La música en las mazmorras gana intensidad a medida que activamos los dispositivos para abrir la puerta del jefe.El el juego también nos deleita con unas misiones secundarias en las que hay espacio para todo, pero que de un modo u otro se las acaban apañando para captar nuestra curiosidad y resultar interesantes con sus pequeñas historias cotidianas y sus intrigantes misterios.Como decimos, las hay de todo tipo y tan pronto nos pedirán que entreguemos un par de pescados que nos tendrán durante horas siguiendo una elaboradísima trama en la que viviremos mil y una aventuras con sus propios jefes.Ultramano es una nueva habilidad que Link puede usar en The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom para recoger objetos y moverlos.Los objetos que se pueden mover brillarán al entrar al modo Ultramano.Puede usar el botón A para recoger elementos, el D-Pad para empujar elementos hacia adelante o hacia atrás y el botón R para rotar elementos.También puedes unir diferentes objetos moviéndolos juntos y pulsando el botón A.En total, he llegado a contar más de 200 entre aventuras secundarias, pruebas heroicas y misiones secundarias, una cifra que a poco que le añadamos la búsqueda de los más de 150 santuarios, la exploración del subsuelo y el cielo la caza de los kolog,la consecución de todas las armaduras, las expediciones a las cuevas y otras muchas actividades que será mejor que descubráis por vosotros mismos, nos deja un juego abrumador y prácticamente inabarcable. Como podréis suponer, muchas misiones no os marcarán nada en el mapa y para resolverlas tendréis que atender a lo que os digan, recabar pistas y usar el cerebro.Hay puzles que te hacen sentir como Indiana Jones buscando ruinas en un desierto, fases de plataformeo que funcionan sorprendentemente bien, o hasta desafíos que parecen sacados de un juego de terror con escenarios tan oscuros que si no llevas una antorcha o usas semillas de luz, te resultará imposible ver siquiera lo que tienes a dos metros de tus ojos. Nintendo se las ingenia una y otra vez para cambiar las reglas de juego obligándote a sacar provecho de todas las nuevas habilidades de Link; y cuando llegas al santuario, te explota la cabeza con las pruebas que ahí te esperan. Olvida eso de encontrar mil y una variaciones de un mismo desafío.GOTB= GAME OF THE BILLON.BILLON= 1 000 000 000 000 años.Ningún juego podrá superar o ser mejor que THE LEGEND OF ZELDA TEARS OF THE KINGDOM… Expand
  28. NanGamer
    May 16, 2023
    10
    I never imagined that a game would be able to surpass Breath of the Wild which is the best game of all time in my opinion of over 27 years of playing video games. The new mechanics make the other developers look amateurish, and here are some moments that will surprise even a longtime The Legend of Zelda fan like myself. An epic that will be remembered in the future just as Ocarina of TimeI never imagined that a game would be able to surpass Breath of the Wild which is the best game of all time in my opinion of over 27 years of playing video games. The new mechanics make the other developers look amateurish, and here are some moments that will surprise even a longtime The Legend of Zelda fan like myself. An epic that will be remembered in the future just as Ocarina of Time is remembered today. Graphically beautiful, performance is great with rare frame drops that don't compromise even 0.5% of the experience. It is definitely an unmissable and unforgettable game. Thank you Nintendo.… Expand
  29. Lume
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    My favorite game of all time. I will admit the new version of the champions aren't my favorite but you can turn them off. The story is amazing and the new mechanism allow for a more puzzle involved play through. The region quests are a bit retentive but I think that's because I did them all at once. The open world is great and the new formula for monster camps is really nice. The new partsMy favorite game of all time. I will admit the new version of the champions aren't my favorite but you can turn them off. The story is amazing and the new mechanism allow for a more puzzle involved play through. The region quests are a bit retentive but I think that's because I did them all at once. The open world is great and the new formula for monster camps is really nice. The new parts of the maps really set in good moods, and the new enemies are great, especially the hands. I was really invested with Zelda's story and loved to chase the new memory collections. The graphics are great and I love how they still sticked to the cartoony style, but just polished it instead. And the sound track is beautiful, the main theme is my number one on my playlist and just running around in all parts of the map, the music caters perfectly. They still keep lots of things from breath of the wild which makes it feel like a visit back to a familiar place.
    The game itself runs great, with myself finding no glitches while playing nor bugs. This is really impressive as I share a switch with 3 of my siblings and the fact that the switch is a tiny hand held console.
    As the story progresses more things from botw and totk just make more sense, giving the feeling of great discovery.
    But apart from the everything, the pure joy I got when I saw the game arrive was like nothing I have ever felt before. Doing the Tutorial Island reminded me of my first time playing Botw on the Wii U and it just felt so comforting. The feelings the game gives you set a new open world standard that will ever be hard to beat. I hope this version of the games keeps continuing because it's been the happiest while of my life while playing this Masterpiece.    … Expand
  30. WM64
    Aug 22, 2023
    5
    Let’s list what I liked about Breath if the wild first:
    1. I really enjoyed the unique story, it felt like it all fell into place and it having great effect on the world.
    2. The realistic nature. 3. The few “big” side quests were amazing and felt like it had impact (often small) on the world. 4. The living breathing realistic world. Now let’s see what I didn’t like about Tears of the    Let’s list what I liked about Breath if the wild first:
    1. I really enjoyed the unique story, it felt like it all fell into place and it having great effect on the world.
    2. The realistic nature.
    3. The few “big” side quests were amazing and felt like it had impact (often small) on the world.
    4. The living breathing realistic world.

    Now let’s see what I didn’t like about Tears of the kingdom:
    1. The story felt like it tried to imitate that of Breath of the wild. And it failed miserably with the memory system feeling forced and it just isn’t interesting in general.
    2. The nature is now littered with ugly dark grey rocks in unnatural square shapes and ugly bright green pictures on the land which make no sense story wise when you think about it even a little bit.
    3. All side quests were meaningless with no impact on the world at all.
    4. The world feels very artificial, with people not talking about the freaking apocalypse that was the upheaval but instead they worry more about things like fashion and traveling across the world… to a scorching hot desert with a constant sandstorm. Nah, they don’t care. Almost as if it doesn’t exist and doesn’t mater. 5. All the regional phenomena stories suck except for maybe the Zora one, that just feels tedious at times.    … 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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