The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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8.1

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  1. 1000negative
    Jul 17, 2023
    10
    Espero que possamos gastar ainda mais horas nesse jogo incrível e massivo com a adição de algumas DLCs, pois esse realmente é um jogo que vale a apena ser jogado.
  2. DnA_19
    Aug 11, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The fact that this game is the follow up to an game that is already considered one of the best if not the best games of all time is amazing. I played this game for more than enough and i can confidentially say that tears of the kingdom has surpassed that already „best game‘‘.… Expand
  3. wchildmc
    Aug 15, 2023
    6
    The new system makes the game more like a building game, not a RPG game. The balance between stories, battles and puzzles was better in the past. I cannot really understand why would they do that in the new title.
  4. EmanuelVictor
    May 19, 2023
    4
    Pra mim o grande ponto positivo desse novo Zelda é a história, ela é bem contada e bem desenvolvida em relação ao jogo anterior, mas isso não é o suficiente pra dizer que o jogo incrível, apesar de ter tido mudanças no mapa, não muda o fato de ser o mesmo mapa do jogo anterior.
    Este Zelda está tendo sérios problemas em relação a performance, gráficos e quedas na taxa de quadros por    Pra mim o grande ponto positivo desse novo Zelda é a história, ela é bem contada e bem desenvolvida em relação ao jogo anterior, mas isso não é o suficiente pra dizer que o jogo incrível, apesar de ter tido mudanças no mapa, não muda o fato de ser o mesmo mapa do jogo anterior.
    Este Zelda está tendo sérios problemas em relação a performance, gráficos e quedas na taxa de quadros por segundo.
    É um jogo muito grande e ambicioso, tão ambicioso que o próprio console da Nintendo não está suportando o seu tamanho.
    A Nintendo e sua falta de RESPEITO com o consumidor, simplesmente lançou um jogo enorme, sem tradução para o português para um console fraco e por um preço altíssimo.
    Talvez eu tenha exagerado no meu comentário anterior, o novo Zelda é sim muito bom, porém não é um jogo 10/10, ele possui muitos problemas que devem ser apontados.    … Expand
  5. Petrokolos
    Jul 1, 2023
    6
    This is a DLC priced as a new triple A game. If any other publisher did this they would be rightfully crucified.
  6. 777Faron
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    The best open world game ever. At first it feels overwhelming, the second it feels too familiar... before you realize the potential. Also, the caves, depths and sky islands guarantee almost 3 times the landmass of BotW. 2/3 of it is completely new terrain.
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. Aiden969
    May 18, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Legend of Zelda Tears of The Kingdom es un Juegazo , su Aspecto Grafico es esencial en este juego , a pesar de no ser el más Realista ni mucho menos la combinación con lo que es el juego en sí es perfecta , al igual que su Jugabilidad , los enemigos a pesar de que son iguales (algunos) al de su entrega anterior son completamente diferentes , los Bokoblins con armadura y etc fueron una gran novedad o los Golems con una Base de enemigos encima ,me atrevería a decir que su Historia es incluso mejor que a la de su entrega anterior pero para gustos los colores… Expand
  10. Zoraslayer
    May 28, 2023
    9
    a beautiful story with an expansive world over double the size of botw and with the new abilities to fuse materials to weapons and to build a nearly endless amount of contraptions it's a truly wonderful sequel to an already awesome zelda game. the one tiny problem that i have with the game is that i keep noticing framedrops by around 5 fps when i'm in fights
  11. Khalil1
    May 20, 2023
    10
    This is a Masterpiece. Its the best game i have ever played.
    The story, the mechanics, the music everything. i just cant stop playing it.
    Thank you Nintendo.
  12. Kostas_Spirou
    May 26, 2023
    10
    This game is genuinely phenomenal, a big improvement over the gameplay and the open world, the puzzles are great and I love exploring the world and everything it has to offer, incredibly satisfied so far, what a special and absolutely remarkable videogame (Review in Progress).
  13. RichardAmell
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Tears of the Kingdom compared to Breath of the Wild is like the original Shrek compared to Shrek 2. TotK is magnificent, playing BOTW feels like watching the first Shrek, which is good, but there's just an outstanding second part.

    My rating is 10 Shreks out of 10, and I think they will improve performance.
  14. FuriousGeorge
    May 20, 2023
    10
    Tears of the Kingdom 10/10, Metacritic 1/10. I can't believe this game is being review bombed!
  15. drlowdon
    Jul 15, 2023
    10
    A direct sequel to Breath of the Wild (something Nintendo don’t do very often), Tears of the Kingdom opens with Link and Zelda exploring a series of caverns beneath Hyrule Castle. What they discover will change the world forever…

    It’s possible to nit-pick at certain aspects of this game if you really want to, but this is simply an incredible game. It not only retains the fantastic sense    A direct sequel to Breath of the Wild (something Nintendo don’t do very often), Tears of the Kingdom opens with Link and Zelda exploring a series of caverns beneath Hyrule Castle. What they discover will change the world forever…

    It’s possible to nit-pick at certain aspects of this game if you really want to, but this is simply an incredible game. It not only retains the fantastic sense of exploration, but all of the new powers and gadgets allow freedom and the opportunity to experiment that goes far beyond any other open World title. The biggest question now is how can Nintendo ever top this!?    … Expand
  16. Renzokuken
    Jun 14, 2023
    6
    This is the most infuriating good game I've ever played, but it's going to get straight 9/10's because it's a LoZ game.

    The world is expansive, and absolutely jam packed full of stuff to do, the crafting system is easy to use, but so nuanced the physics involved can only be described as some kind of black magic, how Nintendo pulled off such complexity in their engine is beyond my    This is the most infuriating good game I've ever played, but it's going to get straight 9/10's because it's a LoZ game.

    The world is expansive, and absolutely jam packed full of stuff to do, the crafting system is easy to use, but so nuanced the physics involved can only be described as some kind of black magic, how Nintendo pulled off such complexity in their engine is beyond my comprehension as a mere mortal. The plot is fairly simple but works as a motivator for exploring their world.

    But this game isn't perfect, in fact, in many regards it's actually terrible. The game is locked to 30 FPS with dips into the 20's due to the switch's awful hardware. The controls are awful, as Nintendo are trying to do too much with too few buttons and have crammed the game full of items that you'll need to scroll through mid combat. Basic combat is sluggish and hasn't really been touched since the N64 days, except for the addition of parrying which isn't very useful, and flurry rush, which is super broken. The control system is so bloated, they didn't even bother to put your companion abilities on it, you need to find and speak to them mid combat to use them, and for bosses, they're often required, having multiple companions summoned makes this almost impossible, and you'll constantly be triggering them by accident when trying to perform other tasks.

    Weapon durability makes its return from Breath of the Wild, and personally I still don't like it. Yes, it forces constant switching and some people may dislike that, but for me personally, I dislike it because it's ruined chest rewards. Finding new equipment isn't exciting any more, it's just another stick for me to mess around fusing and using for 5 minutes before it breaks, and speaking of fusion, whoever designed the menuing behind it needs to be fired. You acquire your weapon, equip it, open the menu, find the fusion material, hold it, close the window, drop it, open the power wheel, select fusion, target the material on the ground, press Y and it'll fuse to your current weapon. You have to repeat this for every. single. weapon, otherwise it's weak AF and will break in a handful of hits.

    And it's not just weapon management that's a pain in the ass, armour upgrades are basically mandatory or everything will two shot you, from around the second temple onwards, or earlier if you kill a lot of stuff. The issue, is armour upgrading is locked behind an entirely optional and poorly signposted series of side quests and requires specific monster materials, some of which are very rare. So your options are to drop what you're doing and go farm, or never get hit. And if you thought you could just take them down before they hit you, think again, because anything in the black or silver tier is super spongey. You'll break multiple good weapons trying to take down your first silver moblin.

    In conclusion, the world is amazing, the crafting is a miracle of modern video game design and the plot is serviceable, but everything in terms of performance, combat and controls really sucks. It feels like I've been given the most amazing meal to eat, but I'm struggling because they replaced the cutlery with a jackhammer.    … Expand
  17. Raidenk
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Remember when you explored the Great Plateau, thinking "this game has so much potential"? Well, after a couple of hours Tears of the Kingdom absolutely DESTROYS its predecessor with new crazy abilites, a new level design even better than in the past, a refined sound system, the greatest opening to a videogame I've ever seen, infinite creative possibilities, a much improved immersivenessRemember when you explored the Great Plateau, thinking "this game has so much potential"? Well, after a couple of hours Tears of the Kingdom absolutely DESTROYS its predecessor with new crazy abilites, a new level design even better than in the past, a refined sound system, the greatest opening to a videogame I've ever seen, infinite creative possibilities, a much improved immersiveness with the environment and npcs, and much more. Wow.
    Yes, there are many technical problems. They are much more present than in Breath of the Wild, but they rarely ruin the experience and the feeling is always that they are worth resisting with the amazing game you are playing.
    This is without any sort of doubt the best game I've ever played and you should play it    … Expand
  18. Moctezumaq
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Mucho mejor que la anterior entrega en todo de lo mejor del año muy completo
  19. morci1903
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Increíble El mejor juego de aventuras que jugué jamas Es una sorpresa constante, completa, gran historia
  20. HH101
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Day 2 review.
    Amazing game, just when you think Botw was good TOTK blows it out of the water with new abilities that far exceed the ones seen in Botw. And while the world is reused this seems so far to be of no issue because of the whole new underground map underneath the surface,a lot of caves and last but not least the sky islands. All in all an amazing sequel of Botw that is more than    Day 2 review.
    Amazing game, just when you think Botw was good TOTK blows it out of the water with new abilities that far exceed the ones seen in Botw. And while the world is reused this seems so far to be of no issue because of the whole new underground map underneath the surface,a lot of caves and last but not least the sky islands. All in all an amazing sequel of Botw that is more than worth the price    … Expand
  21. TheMostBased
    May 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game, It fixes most of the problems ive had with botw and so much more, it feels great to explore and fighting has a porpuse now, also they made Purah hot.… Expand
  22. JOOMM
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Nobody does open worlds like this except the Zelda team. A must play for anyone!
  23. Batface101
    May 14, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not crazy far in, but between the opening with the master sword shattering and losing all of your health, and how much fun it is to experiment with the new abilities, it’s just incredible.… Expand
  24. Miche1986
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Ich habe mit Zelda totk soviel spass wie seit langem mit keinem andern Spiel.
  25. Phoenixdusk
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Just superb. The game retains all the good stuff from Breath of the Wild, whilst also adding multiple layers (no pun intended) with brand new mechanics that can be used in so many different ways. On top of this, there’s a more present storyline with far more challenging boss encounters. Just superb
  26. alphasnipe
    May 17, 2023
    10
    This game is incredible, it doesn't make sense how well used its mechanics are, and I hope that soon it will get more grades as it deserves, and that it will surpass games like HOWARS LEGACY
  27. TabbedScamper
    May 17, 2023
    10
    BOTW looks like a beta test compared to how much this game holds. I personally jailbroke my switch to get it early and paid the $70 3 times for friends just because it deserves it. Games are not made like this anymore and it honestly deserves every bit of money you can throw at it.
  28. Cubicpath1
    May 17, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's amazing how this type of Nintendo game doesn't need very good graphics to be one of the best in history.… Expand
  29. Behindthebandit
    May 27, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game a big mix of good and bad. First off, the combat is absolutely wrecked especially in the early game. The weakest enemies in the game will casually one-shot you while the big temple bosses can't do more than 2 hearts of damage at a time. This is a huge problem and it should be the other way around. I didn't have to redo a single temple boss yet struggle in areas with normal enemies until atleast halfway through the game. Then there's the plot... There are some emotional twists and turns near the end of the dragon tear cutscenes and when you get the master sword back, but aside from that the plot is the same as breath of the wild- the princess is gone the entire game and you have to save Hyrule castle by beating Ganon. The reused assets from Botw aren't as big of an issue as some people make them out to be but there are times when it does become very obvious, however it was nice that your horses carry over from Botw. I also thought the sheer amount of outfits and the quests for them was pretty cool, and the building system is fun as hell the screw around with once you get past the learning curve as well as the new weapon making system. All in all, not bad but not the best it could have been… Expand
  30. chitarick
    Aug 31, 2023
    0
    Nada de novo, eu esperava mais. Apenas uma continuação do jogo anterior. Me decepcionou. :/
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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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