The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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  1. Deiwolf
    May 15, 2023
    10
    I was waiting so much for this game! I'm so happy. Im a big fan of the esthetics for this game, love the music, the voices, the world and the peace that I feel with the atmosphere of the game.
  2. Carroto
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Es un juego simplemente fantástico, lograron lo que muy poca gente creía posible, superar a BOTW. Añadieron nuevas mecánicas que parecen muy complejas a simple vista, pero que con un poco de practica eres capaz de manejarlas perfectamente. Se creía que al tener el mismo mapa se iba a sentir aburrido, pero todo lo contrari, podemos ver cambios en la distintas aldeas, como Kakariko yEs un juego simplemente fantástico, lograron lo que muy poca gente creía posible, superar a BOTW. Añadieron nuevas mecánicas que parecen muy complejas a simple vista, pero que con un poco de practica eres capaz de manejarlas perfectamente. Se creía que al tener el mismo mapa se iba a sentir aburrido, pero todo lo contrari, podemos ver cambios en la distintas aldeas, como Kakariko y Hatelia, además de algunos pequeños pueblos al rededor del mapa, además que cambiaron con que rellenar el mapa, donde antes no había nada, ahora te puedes encontrar cofres, y donde antes habían cosas, las cambiaron por otras cosas aún mejores. Los nuevos santuarios si se sienten como mazmorras, arreglando uno de los pocos problemas que tenía BOTW. La integración del subsuelo y del cielo es algo simplemente increíble, pudiendo ver la potencia real de la switch y como se ve un juego 100% desarrollado para está consola… Expand
  3. Bandaid
    May 15, 2023
    10
    It's a sequel, set in the same area. I like that they used Breath of the Wild as a template here. It allowed them to spend time focusing on changing the map, gameplay, and addressing the main concerns of the first game. It feels like the same botw, sure, but how you play it and what you discover are new. The level of creativity given to the player has drastically increased. The difficultyIt's a sequel, set in the same area. I like that they used Breath of the Wild as a template here. It allowed them to spend time focusing on changing the map, gameplay, and addressing the main concerns of the first game. It feels like the same botw, sure, but how you play it and what you discover are new. The level of creativity given to the player has drastically increased. The difficulty feels more balanced. This is what I personally want in a sequel. More of the first, but better. My only grips are my inability to pet animals, fed them, and make my own village. Posting as a 10 vs a 9 due to the amount of people giving this a zero. Zero is unplayable, a failure in every aspect. This, whether or not this type of game is your thing, is clearly not a failure in many of the areas it sets out to compete in.… Expand
  4. Ozymandias30
    May 15, 2023
    10
    The great thing about Tears Of the Kingdom, they take what's working from Breath Of The Wild and improve it. You have story, (finally !) , grown up characters, more places to discover and explore, the difficulty settings has increase a tad, the shrines makes sense, more new enemies, more side quest.
    yes you may not have your usual arsenal in BOTW, but thats what makes it a challenge.    The great thing about Tears Of the Kingdom, they take what's working from Breath Of The Wild and improve it. You have story, (finally !) , grown up characters, more places to discover and explore, the difficulty settings has increase a tad, the shrines makes sense, more new enemies, more side quest.
    yes you may not have your usual arsenal in BOTW, but thats what makes it a challenge.

    Its a game ! Its suppose to challenge the players !

    Anyone reviewed bomb this game, either they never played it, or they just have too much time on their hands    … Expand
  5. Mrc_d
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Good game, you have many things to do and good game mechanics, they improved the gaming experience and you can experience even more than botw
  6. EmixRC
    May 15, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom a great videogame, I personally recommend play it game so much.
  7. Minghj
    May 15, 2023
    10
    The game is better than I dared to ever hope for, and easily takes the crown as best game in the series for me. Visual and sound design are superb, the gameplay, puzzles and creativity are amazing, and the story and characters are a significant improvement on BOTW. Most importantly, I get a feeling of childlike wonder and awe playing this, which is exceptionally rare to find in a videoThe game is better than I dared to ever hope for, and easily takes the crown as best game in the series for me. Visual and sound design are superb, the gameplay, puzzles and creativity are amazing, and the story and characters are a significant improvement on BOTW. Most importantly, I get a feeling of childlike wonder and awe playing this, which is exceptionally rare to find in a video game these days. TOTK is an easy 10/10!… Expand
  8. FelpsUU
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Pegou tudo que havia sido considerado no maravilhoso e revolucionário "The Legends Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild"
    E melhorou na mais nova jornada de Link.
    O que ainda mais encantanta é a narrativa bem melhor que de seu antecessor, colocando um Link ainda mais imerso numa Hyrule traumatizada por Calamity Ganon, a melhoria na narrativa até chega a se comparar com o outro titula da série "The    Pegou tudo que havia sido considerado no maravilhoso e revolucionário "The Legends Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild"
    E melhorou na mais nova jornada de Link.

    O que ainda mais encantanta é a narrativa bem melhor que de seu antecessor, colocando um Link ainda mais imerso numa Hyrule traumatizada por Calamity Ganon, a melhoria na narrativa até chega a se comparar com o outro titula da série "The Legends Of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Outra melhoria considerável é os gráficos, visto de que seu antecessor era um game originalmente de Nintendo Wii U e portado para Nintendo Swicht, esse título não, ele é 100% exclusivo do Swicht , justificando sua melhoria gráfica. As novas mecânicas conseguem ser ainda mais criativas e legais do que as do jogo passado, o encaixe do enfraquecimento do Link e a perda se sua habilidades é justo, as Shrines continuam muito boas, inclusive, ainda me arrisco a dizer que estão até melhores! Em resumo, este jogo tem potencial para ser considerado o game da geração e/ou da década!    … Expand
  9. Roguemaster
    May 15, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing upgrade to breath of the wild especially with the addition of the sky areas… Expand
  10. Treono
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Its crazy. You play 1 hour and you are like "yeah its great, improves what BotW did. Then u go to the first main point and realise you are playing something historic. Only Elden Ring made me feel this great, and Zelda is even better. Best game of the decade?
  11. Simular_Sound
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Play the game, enough said. You don't enjoy it, which sounds crazy, but you might be playing it wrong, try to find aspects that is the reason others love it and then you'll see what I mean. Coming from someone who was too focused on the main quests and then had to look at the game in a different way to enjoy it, once I did that now this is one of my favorite games.
  12. Starlightvio
    May 15, 2023
    10
    This game lives up to every expectation I've had and more. The amount of detail in the story and environment is stunning. It runs great and the loading times are very short.
  13. Kelsz
    May 15, 2023
    10
    It is absolutely worth to play, sequel to botw same map but with totally different playthrough and huge sky island ,new abilities ,new enemy ,new mechanic . You can build yourself a transportation and so much more to explore .
  14. Royalsalute
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Zelda never disappoints. It is incredible how Nintendo delivered another masterpiece even after the bar so high bc of BoTW.
  15. lobo_omega
    May 15, 2023
    10
    An Open World Adventure with open combat options, but also now you have an open creativity gameplay.
  16. LHAF178
    May 15, 2023
    0
    First of all, this still doesn't feel like a Zelda game. Not anymore. The vibe, the feeling. Not the same. That being said, it has almost the same graphics, animations and mechanic as Breath of the Wild. I thought it would be a completely new game, but it looks like a reskin with some slight changes. It could've been released one or two years after BOTW as a DLC or something like that. IFirst of all, this still doesn't feel like a Zelda game. Not anymore. The vibe, the feeling. Not the same. That being said, it has almost the same graphics, animations and mechanic as Breath of the Wild. I thought it would be a completely new game, but it looks like a reskin with some slight changes. It could've been released one or two years after BOTW as a DLC or something like that. I really think Nintendo could've done much better on Switch or even go beyond the console for this game. They still do not translate the game for many languages and that is a shame. Classic Nintendo. Really don't think it deserves all the hype I was having with it mostly because it took 6 years for a new game and the way it came was the same game as before with some minor tweaks. If they get the GOTY award, this has to be because there is no competition from other games that deserves it better (that is if you don't consider Resident Evil 4 Remake, Dead Space or any other to be good just because they are remakes LOL)… Expand
  17. Kyle_Salamander
    May 15, 2023
    10
    The game is simply amazing! A great sequel that fulfills its role and exceeds expectations. My only criticism is that it is not localized in Brazilian Portuguese, for me that is a lack of respect. However Evaluating the game by itself, it aggregates everything we've seen before expands everything, with new mechanics, maps and enemies. Really fun, gorgeous, and the best game of the year asThe game is simply amazing! A great sequel that fulfills its role and exceeds expectations. My only criticism is that it is not localized in Brazilian Portuguese, for me that is a lack of respect. However Evaluating the game by itself, it aggregates everything we've seen before expands everything, with new mechanics, maps and enemies. Really fun, gorgeous, and the best game of the year as of this writing.… Expand
  18. dansula
    May 15, 2023
    10
    amazing an a lot of fun in my opinion is a great game it docent rely get repetitive there always something tho do
  19. Rj-Rahul
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Awesome game. Nintendo did it again. I really didn't find any challenges with framerate and Graphics is also good. Games are not about graphics which Nintendo has proved again an again. People crying about third party AAA games and Graphics, do they have answers on why the sales of those games can't beat sales of Nintendo games, which clearly says that other gaming studios has compromisedAwesome game. Nintendo did it again. I really didn't find any challenges with framerate and Graphics is also good. Games are not about graphics which Nintendo has proved again an again. People crying about third party AAA games and Graphics, do they have answers on why the sales of those games can't beat sales of Nintendo games, which clearly says that other gaming studios has compromised on the fun side of the gaming and is running behind the rat race of 4K graphics.

    I would love to have Nintendo continue developing such fun, enjoyable games.    … Expand
  20. MeltedClam
    May 15, 2023
    10
    One of those games that you can just pick up and do whatever you want, any way you want.
  21. adudebeingadude
    May 15, 2023
    1
    Having just played the tutorial I can safely say I probably won't replay it. the whole thing felt long and drawn out, with a nice sprinkle of meh. One of my least favorite things in gaming is being forced to restart a game or redo a part of a game, because my progress was lost, and tears of the kingdom felt like paying 70 dollars for having that feeling permanently.

    overall I think it's    Having just played the tutorial I can safely say I probably won't replay it. the whole thing felt long and drawn out, with a nice sprinkle of meh. One of my least favorite things in gaming is being forced to restart a game or redo a part of a game, because my progress was lost, and tears of the kingdom felt like paying 70 dollars for having that feeling permanently.

    overall I think it's mid, definitely not the worst game I've played lately, but not the greatest either.

    everytime I turn this game on it manages to piss me off more, its a DLC priced at 70 bucks.    … Expand
  22. Goro02
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Excelente juego, no me canso de jugarlo.
    El mapa es muy grande, la jugabilidad cambió mucho del anterior a este.
  23. Nabukozor
    May 15, 2023
    9
    Es un buen juego, digna continuación de Zelda breath of the wild. Si te gusta Skyrim es buen juego. No se si merezca goty, a no ser que nadie haga algo mejor este año. La vaya no es tan alta ya que si bien es buen juego no tiene algo súper innovador de breath of the wild, asi que en cierta forma sigue siendo un dlc. Le pongo 9/10 porque es lo mismo casi que le pondría a breath of the wild,Es un buen juego, digna continuación de Zelda breath of the wild. Si te gusta Skyrim es buen juego. No se si merezca goty, a no ser que nadie haga algo mejor este año. La vaya no es tan alta ya que si bien es buen juego no tiene algo súper innovador de breath of the wild, asi que en cierta forma sigue siendo un dlc. Le pongo 9/10 porque es lo mismo casi que le pondría a breath of the wild, el cual es un juegaso; esta es la continuación tal cual, y mejorada. Pero si quieres un goty quizá haya que ver en otros juegos. De todas formas, es bastante divertido, me gusta más que botw por sus nuevas habilidades y manera de recorrer el mapa. Ha devuelto mis ganas de jugar con el switch. Cómpralo, es divertido, merece ser comprado.… Expand
  24. MECOCOSMIC0
    May 15, 2023
    10
    No entiendo la razón de un Review bombing? Les arde el no poder jugarlo en su consola de preferencia o talvez es el hecho de no poder soportar que el juego sea más famoso que su juego favorito. Solo las personas que esperaron y jugaron el juego tienen derecho de calificarlo. Se que mis palabras no harán ningún cambio en su mentalidad de niño de 10 años. Pero talvez les haga reflexionar delNo entiendo la razón de un Review bombing? Les arde el no poder jugarlo en su consola de preferencia o talvez es el hecho de no poder soportar que el juego sea más famoso que su juego favorito. Solo las personas que esperaron y jugaron el juego tienen derecho de calificarlo. Se que mis palabras no harán ningún cambio en su mentalidad de niño de 10 años. Pero talvez les haga reflexionar del porque le dan mala nota a un juego que ni siquiera han probado y tan solo lo hacen por defender una empresa multimillonaria. Que no ven que si a este tipo de juegos les va mal las desarrolladoras dejarán de meterle esfuerzo a los juegos que se vienen????… Expand
  25. Zeluda
    May 15, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 퍼즐은 더 쉬워지고 스토리는 더 좋아졌으며 기대도 안한 그래픽은 조금이나마 발전했고 하늘섬만 생겨 조금만 바뀔거같았던 하이랄 대지도 엄청난 변화와 새로운 재미를 주었다… Expand
  26. Krazyguy569
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Absolute masterpiece. The greatest game I have ever played.
    The maps and things to be discovered are incredible.
    Combat is fun and engaging. Building mechanics are very fun and make you feel stupid a LOT. You will get confused by this game. The controls are very complex and frustrating, but with time you'll master them. Expect to enjoy this game leisurely. Between constantly getting    Absolute masterpiece. The greatest game I have ever played.
    The maps and things to be discovered are incredible.
    Combat is fun and engaging.
    Building mechanics are very fun and make you feel stupid a LOT. You will get confused by this game.
    The controls are very complex and frustrating, but with time you'll master them.
    Expect to enjoy this game leisurely. Between constantly getting murdered, and the story, it's serene and chill, almost boring at times. But it's nice to catch your breath and just wander aimlessly sometimes.
    Loads of NPCs and text, which I love personally This game is extremely complicated and sometimes it expects you just "F around and find out", play and try things.
    It's also beautiful and I'm used to the sort of slow frame rate stuff, it doesn't bother me at all. I consider it deliberate for the most part but I recognize it frustrates some people.
    I have never had the game crash yet or severely glitch out but I may just be lucky, we'll see.    … Expand
  27. ZeldaCritical
    May 15, 2023
    9
    Nintendo's Tears of the Kingdom is a true testament to their ability to create and design innovative and downright fun gameplay mechanics and world design elements that culminate into a product that is an absolute joy to play. What initially seemed as a mere "DLC" to some people has been completely abolished by the overwhelming amount of new content and features that, somehow, create anNintendo's Tears of the Kingdom is a true testament to their ability to create and design innovative and downright fun gameplay mechanics and world design elements that culminate into a product that is an absolute joy to play. What initially seemed as a mere "DLC" to some people has been completely abolished by the overwhelming amount of new content and features that, somehow, create an even bigger sense of freedom and choice that the previous entry Breath of the Wild established.

    Speaking of freedom and choice, each mechanic that Link can utilise such as Ascend and Ultrahand are crafted in such a way that it truly allows complete and total freedom to tackle objectives and secrets (that, by the way, the world is absolutely FLOODED with!), and gracefully enables this mouldable gameplay that is entirely unique to the player. You do things how you want, when you want, and that is where Tears of the Kingdom truly shines.    … Expand
  28. Sebaxtian
    May 15, 2023
    10
    De lo poco que he visto del juego, me parece increíble la calidad de juego y como se ve es increíble y esyoy seguro que a los fanáticos de zelda les va a encantar
  29. youmind
    May 15, 2023
    5
    Me estaba gustando bastante, hasta que llegas de nuevo a Hyrule y solo te encuentras bokoblins azules no puedes conseguir armas decentes… y si intentas desbloquear atalayas a lo mejor te lo impide una misión tonta pero que esta hecha para fastidiar… mejorando lo pasado? Mas bien empeorándolo
  30. ddnprovip
    May 15, 2023
    10
    If you don't like botw, this one isn't for you but I like botw so 10/10 for me
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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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