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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  1. Babiel
    May 17, 2023
    8
    The game is great (as you can read on other reviews) so I'll talk about what i didn't like: the map. Don't get me wrong, the map has been expanded with the sky islands and caves and different activities for the player but to explore the map but to just wonder around to explore a then unknown terrain was a major part of the experience in early and mid game in bote that is, unsurprisinglyThe game is great (as you can read on other reviews) so I'll talk about what i didn't like: the map. Don't get me wrong, the map has been expanded with the sky islands and caves and different activities for the player but to explore the map but to just wonder around to explore a then unknown terrain was a major part of the experience in early and mid game in bote that is, unsurprisingly not present for returning players. Of course it's not easy to just make a new map considering it's a direct sequel, it would probably not make sense and some fans would get mad for it. But still i wouldn't mind if they had replaced the map for a new one and the NPC not acknowledge it. The game has been in production for 6 years after all and to reuse so many assets is rather disappointing… Expand
  2. SharlieRois
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Definitivamente una mejora absoluta si contamos lo que fue breath of the wild, un salto adelante el que dio nintendo, siempre hay algo que hacer, con solo caminar por todo hyrule encontraras algo, enemigos, santuario o algun npc que te podria dar una sorpresa
  3. Wilgame
    May 22, 2023
    10
    Incredible!.. One of the best games ever! Breath of the Wild was great but Tears just improves on it and then some. Highly recommend.
  4. KreyGame
    May 15, 2023
    10
    Después de 40h al juego y no llevar ni un 10% de la aventura sin duda le puedo poner un 10 al juego, ya que pensándolo mucho no le veo ningún error típico o como los de muchos otros juegos que notas que no han sacado todo el provecho que se podía. En 2023 parece que sea el mejor videojuego que se pueda crear con las tecnologías actuales.
  5. teetoh
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Building upon something great and making it greater. What a blast, creative and innovative. And runs great on this dated hardware. Going to continue playing this until I reach 100% completion.
  6. Felipe_030
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Brutal, goty!!! Es un juego con identidad, nada de copia y pega del anterior.
  7. Cystsus
    May 14, 2023
    10
    No game will come close to how complex and big TotK is, Nintendo stepped up BotW by a thousand.
    The reuse of the map with changes is great, there are caves now to explore, new locations with people living in them, new shrines, and more. There’s too the sky with the islands that contain puzzles to obtain rewards and tests to unlock shrines. And the underground, which was something many fans    No game will come close to how complex and big TotK is, Nintendo stepped up BotW by a thousand.
    The reuse of the map with changes is great, there are caves now to explore, new locations with people living in them, new shrines, and more. There’s too the sky with the islands that contain puzzles to obtain rewards and tests to unlock shrines. And the underground, which was something many fans were asking for, it is spooky and has dangerous enemies, and many ways to traverse it. They gave us traditional Zelda dungeons, a proper hooking story, new characters, new abilities, new materials, new ways to do whatever you want to accomplish.
    It’s clear that Nintendo listened to the fan’s critics about BotW and demands for the sequel.
    There’s one thing many can dislike, which is the graphics and performance. It’s running on a Switch, you can’t ask them to magically make it more capable of better graphics. There are some fps drops using the abilities, when you are fighting enemies or making big fires, but it not that it is unplayable. Personally to me it looks great, the art style helps the game to not look that bad considering the resolution it runs at. Most realistic-looking old games age really bad compared to the current ones with similar style, that won’t happen to TotK, just like it didn’t happen to Wind Waker and Skyward Sword. With a file size of only 16 gigabytes, they managed to make a better game than the ones that are a hundred gigabytes. For those points that I mentioned, and more (being a Zelda fan makes it more special to me), The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom deserve a perfect score of 10/10.    … Expand
  8. Shussbse
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Best game ever. Amazing. Great follow up to the second best game ever - BOTW. Must buy.
  9. Herbzilla77
    May 17, 2023
    10
    Amazing game, takes everything that made BOTW awesome and builds on it. You can sink hours into the game technically accomplishing nothing and still have a blast. Only negative is some frame rate issues when using ultra hand( mostly in sky from what I’ve noticed) but not enough to deter from the awesome gameplay or the immense interactive open world
  10. Badamboom
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Only giving it a 10 Bec I read so many reviewers here giving a 0 who clearly did not play it at all
  11. catawesome
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Regardless of all the negative reviews, this games amazing. Most of the negatives I've seen basically say "I'm someone who only plays CoD on my $5K PC" or "If the games not mainly focused on being a book it's bad" or funnily enough "I hated BotW and I hate this too!". So it's just people who wouldn't be playing Nintendo games, or this style of game anyways. I have 80 hours, all story, e.t.c. and in the whole time I recall ;) that it dropped frames 3 times when I obviously went crazy with explosives. It's like people care more about the game leading up to be exactly what they expected a Zelda game to be and just don't care if it's fun. The game does some minor changes to the overworld, but the sky and depths together make it effectively double the map with even more exploration. If you cared about weapons breaking, use the weapon, get its durability low and fuse a rock to it and it'll be full the 1st time. Hate slipping? actually explore the caves and get sticky lizards and make a potion or get the frog armor. does the story not please you like a 500 page novel? It's a freaking open world game the story can't let the game truly be at your pace without being very minor. Like seriously reading comments makes me think if these are your standards that everything needs to be changed, how in the world do we have the same CoD, Fifa e.t.c. games every year, and not just that how do ANY games get direct sequels, like Horizon, Dark Souls, or Halo, those games do what this game did, change a few mechanics, build off the previous and have typically similar story beats while still being familiar enough you don't feel isolated to having 1 favorite. Long winded way of saying I genuinely believe that people either stopped giving games true chances or this is being review bombed.… Expand
  12. filk
    May 14, 2023
    10
    good. this game may not be for you, but if it is, it is amazing. the sandbox is one of a kind.
  13. JHONJ27
    May 13, 2023
    10
    the game has some mechanics that surpass its prequel the story is very moving the artistic design is 10 the world is entertaining and makes you want to continue exploring, a work of art.
  14. miZu_gamebigboy
    May 23, 2023
    10
    Jenda z najlepszych gier w moim życiu. Nie sądziłem, że sequel może być tak dobry. Udoskonalono już idealny tytuł i wyniesiono go na inny poziom
  15. FunkyFish
    May 23, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game IS the definition of a good game. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom takes everything its predecessor did right, and made it better. Fantastic dungeons, fun bosses and an insane finale are all things this game did right. It felt longer than Breath of The Wild but never dragged on. The Demon King Ganondorf boss fight really had me on the edge of my seat and before the final battle, when you had to fight all of those enemies had me smiling all the way. However the best thing about this Game of The Year is easily, Sidon returns.… Expand
  16. IlUri
    May 13, 2023
    8
    Juegardo totalmente recomendado, aunque personalmente el mal rendimiento si me molesta por eso este 8
  17. BenSkywalker3
    Jun 3, 2023
    10
    Best game of all time, Botw was good but this topped everything in my opinion
  18. Luink80
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Nintendo lo ha vuelto a hacer... Sólo con la zona del tutorial el juego rompió completamente con mis expectativas, y me hizo sentir como cuando recorría por primera vez las afueras del castillo en Mario 64... Posibilidades infinitas, tu imaginación es el límite. Una historia mucho más presente y mejor contada que BOTW, la música ídem, los templos temáticos vuelven... Y por si fuera poco,Nintendo lo ha vuelto a hacer... Sólo con la zona del tutorial el juego rompió completamente con mis expectativas, y me hizo sentir como cuando recorría por primera vez las afueras del castillo en Mario 64... Posibilidades infinitas, tu imaginación es el límite. Una historia mucho más presente y mejor contada que BOTW, la música ídem, los templos temáticos vuelven... Y por si fuera poco, el juego es DIFÍCIL, agregándole un componente extra de reto. Gráficamente que este juego corra en Switch es brujería, cualquiera que tenga dudas por la gente que dice que corre a 20 fps (mienten), les recomiendo ver el video de Digital Foundry. 100% recomendado a cualquier persona que disfrute de una gran aventura.… Expand
  19. HadiUsman1111
    May 13, 2023
    10
    What an amazing masterpiece this is! Seriously it is one of the greatest game I have ever played. Those
    new abilities that link got are just so **** cool. The dungeons, skies, caves and underground are so cool to have in a world that was already expanded in the previous game. This game is just so good that I can not even explain you in my words. Just go and try this game by yourself.
  20. mam100
    May 13, 2023
    10
    One of the best games i have ever played so fun so much to do zelda never disappoints
  21. Underdonerice
    May 13, 2023
    10
    All of the people saying this game is "dlc" and "overpriced" clearly haven't played the game.
  22. Popu
    May 14, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sets a new standard for what open-world games and even games, in general, should be like. in addition to the newly improved Hyrule, there is also a layer in the sky, and an underground one, effectively tripling the size of the overall map. The dungeons in this game are an absolute treat, both to returning players, and new ones. Everything aboutThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sets a new standard for what open-world games and even games, in general, should be like. in addition to the newly improved Hyrule, there is also a layer in the sky, and an underground one, effectively tripling the size of the overall map. The dungeons in this game are an absolute treat, both to returning players, and new ones. Everything about this game feels fresh, and i seriously do not have a single complaint. 10/10 game, no questions asked.… Expand
  23. LdmgDany
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Sin duda una de las mejores experiencias de mundo abierto, sobreexplorando un mundo que parecía inmejorable, demostrando así que nunca podremos llegar a la perfección, ya que siempre habrá algo que mejorar y hoy estamos ante una mejora total de algo que pareció perfecto desde el primer momento. Simplemente una experiencia inolvidable
  24. OldSchoolGamer2
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Tears of the Kingdom is phenomenal! It did not miss a beat from the excellence of Breath of the Wild. Already on it's first day, people have discovered so many cool things about it, like Link can craft a skateboard and do tricks and also roast Korok's on a rotisserie - LOL!!! Can't wait to see what else people can come up with!!! So far I'm having a blast running and roaming around the kingdom.
  25. Uriandro1996
    May 13, 2023
    10
    El juego es hermoso, no es un dlc como dicen algunos. Es simplemente el GOTY
  26. elcebollitas
    May 13, 2023
    10
    es un muy buen juego, se dedicó a meter muchas nuevas y mejores mecánicas, esto a sido perfeccionar la perfección
  27. dscott019
    May 13, 2023
    10
    The puzzles and creativity that can be had in the game are fantastic. I love that it took everything that was good in the first game and built on it!
  28. pbkatsuki
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Every human being need to play this. Is simply fantastic. Can't believe Nintendo is making history with a sequel.
  29. Linker_
    May 13, 2023
    10
    The things that we get from Breath of the wild but powered with more verticality makes this game the perfect open world. The epic bosses, hatching history and indispensable powers for explore the world of hyrule makes thid game a truly Legend.
  30. tsukipon
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Excellent game as always. The Zelda team know how to make a game fun. There is no much to do! So much to explore! SO MUCH TO BUILD
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96

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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