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. GamingDex
    May 14, 2023
    0
    More of the same. The graphics in this new game are the same, the world map is the same just adding some floating islands, the game's puzzles were overly simplistic and lacked any real challenge, leaving me feeling bored and unengaged. Maybe the music.
  2. HarioHD
    May 14, 2023
    10
    This game is the product of what happens when you take an already amazing game as a base, and somehow improve on it even more. TOTK is the perfect sequel to BOTW, giving an even better experience and even more content to do, while still maintaining the freedom to play your way.
  3. ericfer4
    May 14, 2023
    10
    The BEST Game in the history of videogames. If I were you I would stop reading this and I would play this Game right now!
  4. LordVoldemort92
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Everything I was expecting as a sequel for one of my all time favorite games!
  5. Maxcube78
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Just the perfect game, i play this game for 10 hours and i am absolutly excited with it
  6. mam100
    May 13, 2023
    10
    One of the best games i have ever played so fun so much to do zelda never disappoints
  7. Luis__lima31
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Esse game simplesmente é fantástico, faz o anterior parecer um rascunho e uma obra incompleta. Eu confesso que tinha medo pelas limitações do switch e pelo fato de ser uma sequência, mas cá entre nós não deixou nada a desejar!
  8. Proplayersystem
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Espectacular en cada cada apartado , sorprendente. Tuve mis dudas previo al lanzamiento final pero estoy sin palabras. Cada vez que armo algún objeto es memorable y lleno de diversión.

    Lástima que gente de PS que no comprende realmente lo que significa gameplay venga a hacer reviewbombing. Si no tienen nada a que jugar no vengan a molestar. He visto muchas tears ultimamente =(!!!!
  9. Retroplayer1987
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Un juego fascinante que tiene muchas formas de terminar sus desafios. Una continuación única no solo en lo jugable sino también en lo narrativo y artístico( sonoro y visual)

    Me encanta como los Cloniers lloran por las notas de Tears of The kingdom, ellos no comprenden lo que es un video juego que ''se juega'' solo entienden las ''películas'' que se ven( con escaso gameplay) a disfrutar    Un juego fascinante que tiene muchas formas de terminar sus desafios. Una continuación única no solo en lo jugable sino también en lo narrativo y artístico( sonoro y visual)

    Me encanta como los Cloniers lloran por las notas de Tears of The kingdom, ellos no comprenden lo que es un video juego que ''se juega'' solo entienden las ''películas'' que se ven( con escaso gameplay) a disfrutar mis pequeños cloniers pues vuestra compañia nunca sacará una obra maestra de este calibre.    … Expand
  10. Leggend12
    May 14, 2023
    10
    The best game I have ever played.
    As Zelda fan I don’t understand tue critics moved by others.
    This isn’t a mobile game. It is an art masterpiece.
  11. Toastedturtles
    May 14, 2023
    6
    If you liked Breath of the Wild, then you'll like this, as it's more of the same. If you didn't, like me, then you'll probably dislike this even more.

    The days of old Zelda game design philosophy are gone. I have to accept that, but I don't have to like it. Rather than creating interesting puzzles for players to solve, we just create our own solutions. Sounds great on paper until you    If you liked Breath of the Wild, then you'll like this, as it's more of the same. If you didn't, like me, then you'll probably dislike this even more.

    The days of old Zelda game design philosophy are gone. I have to accept that, but I don't have to like it. Rather than creating interesting puzzles for players to solve, we just create our own solutions. Sounds great on paper until you realize how shallow the system really is. Materials right next to a bottomless pit. Gee, I wonder what I'm supposed to do. It's so brain-dead simple, I'm genuinely amazed at how many people consider this the "next level" of adventure games.

    Rather than address the complaints of weapon durability (one of the stupidest mechanics of any video game), Nintendo double down and force you to use its "fuse" system to "fix" the problem yourself. Now only it's worse since fusing requires you to pause the action to do it. Bomb arrows? Going to need to pause every single time you craft one, taking you out of the experience each time. Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone solved this problem by having a radial wheel that only slowed down the action to craft, rather than stopping it, but Nintendo think they know what's best.

    Cooking in BOTW was easily broken by using hearty ingredients, and if you knew where they spawned, then great, because you now have a steady supply of meals that remove the entire point of experimentation, rendering the entire system moot. Instead of making this more interesting by adding in a sort of tolerance system where meals become less effective over time until you make something else, they left it the exact same. You also need to pause the game to heal again, which is just... lovely.

    General combat has been completely unchanged from BOTW. Flurry rush, an easily abused mechanic, is no different, even the animations are the same as well!

    Perhaps the worst thing about all of this is how people give Nintendo a pass with a 30 FPS target, but expect other triple A developers to have a stable 60 FPS, showing how two faced a lot of the gaming industry really is.

    Honestly, Nintendo should be held to a higher standard going forward, and despite this game obviously selling millions of copies, I think it just shows how little a developer can change and people will simply accept it because of name alone. But when Ubisoft does it, people drag them through the mud for not changing enough.    … Expand
  12. Xebir
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Mi loco, todavía ni me ha llegado el juego (bombardeen Amazon), pero qué buena pinta tiene
    PD: De que te tamaño es el diámetro del árbol genealógico de los que le ponen un 0, les llamaría Downs, pero sería una falta de respeto hacia estos
  13. oranguta
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Great game. Biggest open world I’ve played: sky, surface, and underground. And all the transitions are seamless, other than shrines. Story is amazing.
  14. Kilerinside
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Vaya obra de arte, es la definición de la palabra, me quito el sombrero ante semejante belleza.
  15. Dreyne
    May 14, 2023
    9
    This game is great. The reason I won't give it a full 10 is because of minor issues with framerate but other than that it's a great game imo. The ultrahand and fuse ability are top notch.
  16. krakoukasse1
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Tears of The Kingdom is the perfect sequel that all BOTW fans could dream:

    - The game is really beautiful, yes technical can limit but for a switch, the graphics is really insane
    - All default of the previous game is corrected: better dungeon, more mob variety, more tools to create weapon and custom expérience.

    The only default for me is you can't stock more than 64 photo in the tablet xD
  17. RafaCarpin
    May 14, 2023
    10
    You only need the first hour of play to literally sweep away everything published in the last two years in any studio. Wonderful creation.
  18. Tarzan6769
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Visuellement l'évolution est mineure mais en gameplay ,histoire et quête le pas en avant est incroyable
  19. rosson
    May 14, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Goty 2023 Increíble cómo Nintendo lo volvió a hacer, te lo venden con lo nuevo del cielo pero y además hay un subsuelo por describir wtfff … Expand
  20. geromite
    May 14, 2023
    3
    Its basically the same game (same skins, same gameplay, same musics and same map with islands with not much interest and an empty underworld). Story running flat and the major disappointment is there is not real Dungeon!!!
    6 years for that! Nintendo lost me!
  21. PpeDRoGiL77
    May 14, 2023
    10
    I don't know how but they upgraded the first one, its true that its similar in a lot of ways but its a sequel so it works. it doesnt get repetitive if u played the previous one but if u didnt play botw go directly to this one because u gonna enjoy it even more. A lot of ppl is talking about fps or resolution issues but thats switch's fault, the game works the best he can do so i dont thinkI don't know how but they upgraded the first one, its true that its similar in a lot of ways but its a sequel so it works. it doesnt get repetitive if u played the previous one but if u didnt play botw go directly to this one because u gonna enjoy it even more. A lot of ppl is talking about fps or resolution issues but thats switch's fault, the game works the best he can do so i dont think thats a negative point, 30 fps and 720p its all the console supports. History is better told in this game and gets u into it since the start, even thought isnt as iconic as old zelda histories are its good. Gameplay, exploration, ost and visuals its when the game gets a 10/10… Expand
  22. Xmaster444
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Eines der besten Spiele, alles was nicht so gut in botw war ist hier besser einfach geil
  23. DeynGamer
    May 14, 2023
    10
    I just played less than an hour and I can say this have to be the next GOTY.
  24. Nimmgreen
    May 14, 2023
    5
    Simply brilliant. A fantastic sequel to BotW. This will have unbelievable replayability and keep engagement high.
  25. Eoin123
    May 14, 2023
    8
    Great game but big performance issues and frame drops to the low 20s in any scene with minor action
  26. Nnorvv
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Improved on all criticisms of BOTW, it is wider, deeper, and more creative in many ways. Mechanics are very smartly designed to give near endless possibilities for puzzle solvement, combat and creative traversal. I love how the game encourages exploration and cheking every corner, but without necesitating it, it caters to any playstyle: detailed, relaxed and even i-wanna-beat-final-boss-now style.
  27. ast000
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Other then the Unwelcomed FPS drops its probably the greatest game ever made. Breath of the Wild walked so Tears of the Kingdom could run.
  28. porcodiooo
    May 14, 2023
    10
    its just that good, you know? it takes everything from breath of the wild and makes it better
  29. Linkas1
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Must play games are getting super rare, and you just found one of them so grab your broken ass master sword and go save Hyrule! (oh and ignore all the 0-2 scores unless you find it funny to read like me)
  30. Antonoidaa
    May 14, 2023
    10
    This is one of the best games ive ever played. Really is even better than Breath of the Wild.
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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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