The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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  1. leoboorat
    Jul 13, 2023
    10
    It’s just the absolute best game of the year and will be the world champion of the year. I love the game.
  2. Rafael-mpa
    Jul 13, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo é incrível, Vaz tudo que seu antecessor fez, e sinceramente a maioria das coisas melhor, indico esse jogo pra 2 tipos de jogadores, fãs da franquia, e quem não jogou Zelda BOTW, já que mesmo melhorando tudo, é visível que a estrutura é a mesma, mesmo sistema de 4 masmorras, ir lá e livrar tribo x de um problema causado pela volta de ganon, existe problemas de performance e as texturas ficam borradas em alguns momentos do jogo, uma reclamação pra fazer são os sábios, já que a mecânica deles é bem quebrada, você constantemente ativa-os sem querer, colocar o mesmo botão pra ativar todos, não foi uma escolha tão inteligente e deveria ser melhorado futuramente, porem oque há de bom no jogo ? É totalmente livre, deixa você explorar do jeito que quiser, apesar das masmorras terem repetido o anterior, foram melhoradas, tendo visuais completamente diferentes, chefões totalmente diferentes, porem a resolução dos problemas são extremamente simples, já as side Quest, são muito divertidas e te dão boas recompensas, não terminei o jogo ainda, tenho 250 horas, e fiz aproximadamente 50%, amei cada segundo, os problemas nesse jogo são visíveis, e devem sim ser coitados, porem existe diversos pontos positivos, como por exemplo, a falta de loading ao descer do céu, ou descer para as profundezas, tocando no assunto, os céus e as profundezas foram adicionados, e fazem a exploração ser muito mais interessante, tem adições na superfície, além de diversos novos inimigos, como o horroblim, gleock, grande bokoblim, entre outros, as mecânicas desse jogo, são incríveis, o fuse, a ultrahand e o acend, fazem com que sua imaginação flua, e te dá diversas maneiras de resolver problemas, falando em resolução de problemas, os santuários, apesar de serem parecidos com o anterior, me pareceu uma maneira de incentivar o jogador a ser criativo, já que há diversas maneiras de resolvê-los graças as novas habilidades, você pode pensar que fez errado, mas não existe certo ou errado nesse jogo, sua criatividade diz oque fazer, e você faz, simplesmente maravilhoso, a história ficou muito mais interessante, e o final é emocionante a ponto de fazer qualquer casca grossa chorar que nem um bebê, esse jogo, faz o seu antecessor parecer uma versão beta, ou só um gostinho do que viria pela frente, já que esse jogo, faz com que você seja mais livre do que nunca, porem, mesmo com diversas melhorias, não poderia dar 10, ao menos, não com os problemas que citei, os gráficos não são tão importantes pra mim, mas a queda de FPS pode quebrar a imersão em alguns momentos, além de ser bem perceptível ao usar o ultrahand ou entrar em algum lugar muito pesado, mas mesmo sendo um problema grave, devo dar os parabéns a Nintendo por conseguir rodar esse jogo em um console tão ultrapassado. Minha conclusão é que, jogue, se você gostou do anterior este vai te deixar abismado, o jeito que tudo aqui é expandido, e simplesmente maravilhoso, o final é lindo o começo é lindo tudo aqui é lindo, pra quem realmente gosta de explorar, este jogo é um prato cheio, personagens incríveis, história melhorada, chefões visualmente impecáveis, e o jeito que esse jogo faz com que a experiência seja única pra cada pessoa, é simplesmente um jogo que facilmente entra na lista de melhores jogos já feitos, pelo menos essa é minha opinião!… Expand
  3. ZYMROD
    Jul 13, 2023
    8
    Una gran juego de mundo abierto y con gran personalidad. Pero una pésima secuela que no aclara la historia de Breath of the Wild y añade un popurri de ideas incongruentes que no aportan nada al universo de Hyrule, por el motivo de que la trama es superficial y sin alma.

    LO MALO - Una historia fragmentada que carece de profundidad y desarrollo de personajes. - La dificultad es    Una gran juego de mundo abierto y con gran personalidad. Pero una pésima secuela que no aclara la historia de Breath of the Wild y añade un popurri de ideas incongruentes que no aportan nada al universo de Hyrule, por el motivo de que la trama es superficial y sin alma.

    LO MALO

    - Una historia fragmentada que carece de profundidad y desarrollo de personajes.

    - La dificultad es casi inexistente, siendo su único desafío los enfrentamientos con los Gleoks o los primeros momentos por el subsuelo.

    - El cielo que era su principal punto fuerte, es solo una anécdota por su escases de retos, desafíos y lugares interesantes para visitar.

    - Agujeros de guion que descolocan si vienes de Breath of the Wild, donde se reescriben y se olvidan eventos anteriores.

    - El rol de los sabios junto a su jugabilidad que no aportan nada a la trama y suelen bugearse o hay que perseguirlos por el mapa para poder activar su habilidad, convirtiéndolos en una molestia que es recomendable deshabilitar (Salvo Tureli).

    - Determinadas mecánicas como el farmeo de dragones por piezas y cada 10 minutos aprox, solo para obtener un objeto por aparición.

    - A ratos la pantalla se queda colgada o se ralentiza inesperadamente debido al exceso de partículas o efectos ambientales.

    - Misiones secundarias anecdóticas y carentes de desarrollo personajes. Salvo pequeñas excepciones que utilizan las mecánicas y al menos divierten..

    - El cringe que da la sobredosis de gemidos que suelen emitir los NPCs.

    - Combate final sencillo y el cierre de la trama bastante cliché con el "poder del amor" que arruina el momento del sacrificio, estropeando con ello el desarrollo de cierto personaje.

    A pesar de todo lo malo, el juego es bastante solido y entretenido como experimento de mundo abierto. La mecánica de subsuelo aporta bastante la experiencia, junto a la inclusión de trajes amiibos ,como contenido gratuito, en misiones secundarias. Así mismo, el personaje de Kabalit que opera como tutorial de mecánicas, dando un aire fresco tras cada encuentro y por ultimo el uso de habilidades de Link que son mas intuitivas e inmersivas en la experiencia, permitiendo acomodar el juego al gusto del jugador.    … Expand
  4. LinkFE
    Jul 13, 2023
    10
    Literalmente el mejor juego de la historia, Simplemente agarra lo mejor de Zelda BoTW, y lo perfecciona todo, hasta llegue a pensar que supero a Ocarina of time❤❤
  5. ManiPlays
    Jul 13, 2023
    10
    Tears of the Kingdom is a fantastic game for us who love to revel in worlds, to let the wind guide us and show us the world rather than tell us about it. It makes breath of the wild look basic and unfinished. Nintendo once again raise the bar for themselves and the industry as a whole. I love this game and you will too.
  6. Augury69
    Jul 13, 2023
    10
    I enjoyed the every aspect of this game. The only observation that I would like to mention and it is not a bad thing, is that the game has so many things to do and explore that overachievers might feel overwhelmed with so much content.
    However if you relax and take it slow, the game becomes extremely pleasant and ejoyable.
  7. chair1113
    Jul 13, 2023
    4
    overall okay game, mechanics are cool but get stale after like the 1st or the 2nd divine beast, the story is really bad but thats like fine, but holy the durabillity mechanic feels way worse, this makes you feel like when you collect a cool weapon/make a cool weapon it just breaks in 3 hits which is very not fun, now let me tell you about the graphics, it is 2023, it has the same graphicsoverall okay game, mechanics are cool but get stale after like the 1st or the 2nd divine beast, the story is really bad but thats like fine, but holy the durabillity mechanic feels way worse, this makes you feel like when you collect a cool weapon/make a cool weapon it just breaks in 3 hits which is very not fun, now let me tell you about the graphics, it is 2023, it has the same graphics as a 2017 game, not to mention it has even WORSE performance, if this game does not get a new console port where the performance and graphics get an update, this could never be considered game of the year, ff16 is game of the year.… Expand
  8. RateFRR
    Jul 12, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best Game EVER! The Legend of Zelda:Tears of the Kingdom, is a epic adventure across a huge open world, it has an amazing story and its interactive and innovative gameplay makes it amazing.… Expand
  9. coffeeNcake
    Jul 12, 2023
    9
    Funny enough, my biggest gripe is that the stable owners and Great Fairies need to quit repeating themselves. They are so long winded XD bhaha. Yes, I am aware I can’t turn my horse well at full speed, thanks. Yes, I am aware upgrading an outfit twice may unlock an enhancement, thanks. Noted. For the 1,000th time. It’d be great if maybe they repeated their tips two or three times tops,Funny enough, my biggest gripe is that the stable owners and Great Fairies need to quit repeating themselves. They are so long winded XD bhaha. Yes, I am aware I can’t turn my horse well at full speed, thanks. Yes, I am aware upgrading an outfit twice may unlock an enhancement, thanks. Noted. For the 1,000th time. It’d be great if maybe they repeated their tips two or three times tops, then quit after that point.

    The game is nearly a masterpiece to me.

    We’re a sandbox generation, so building contraptions was fun to encounter in a Zelda game, but soon enough there are plenty of portals and towers unlocked for fast traveling between the three layers of the world that the feature isn’t used as much in mid to late game. (Fine with me, tbh, it got too time consuming to build all the time).

    So those Koroks that need to be reunited with their friends? I think maybe 3 or 4 got reunited the first couple days. After that, they’ve been completely ignored. Poor neglected Koroks. LOL. Just too many of them.

    The sky islands and the underground are incredible experiences at first, but they are big and basically empty. I play about 8 hours a week now, and find myself visiting them for quick sessions of grinding as nothing entices me to stick around long. I replayed BOTW many times over the years, but with how ToTK is such a huge game, I don’t see how I’ll care to restart it from the beginning. Maybe that’s why I’m taking my time with all the side quests, knowing this might be my only time through LOL.

    The storyline is more complex, layered, and interactive than BOTW. Rather than the townspeople hunkering in the towns afraid and needing saving from pockets of monsters, they are a bigger part of the story, trying to “help” solve what is going on. There are all sorts of researchers about, and monster fighting teams, etc. You even get to fight alongside the Gerudo army. The personalization of NPC’s really helped TotK excel over BOTW.

    I might be rare that I like the breakable weapons lol. Upgradeable outfits compensate for having weaker weapons (maybe even over-compensate). Just plan to take the time to make a couple outfits really strong before you progress too far, then you can take on toughter monsters and use their parts to fuse better weapons.

    The only thing I find strange is that I have no desire actually beat the game. I’ve watched videos and it seems like a frustrating, arduous task anyways. In BOTW, Zelda (and others) constantly urge Link to rush and help, but the story in TotK is more about the unraveling of mysteries, and is less urgent feeling.

    Although I liked building Link’s house, it also looks like an IKEA project. LOL    … Expand
  10. darklight501x
    Jul 12, 2023
    10
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom es un juego muy esperado y ha recibido críticas muy positivas. Es una secuela directa de Breath of the Wild y se basa en lo que hizo Breath of the Wild anteriormente, refinando los sistemas del primer juego. El juego es tan amplio como profundo y algo que justifica cómodamente la espera de seis años. Es el juego de Zelda más narrativo1. El juegoThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom es un juego muy esperado y ha recibido críticas muy positivas. Es una secuela directa de Breath of the Wild y se basa en lo que hizo Breath of the Wild anteriormente, refinando los sistemas del primer juego. El juego es tan amplio como profundo y algo que justifica cómodamente la espera de seis años. Es el juego de Zelda más narrativo1. El juego sigue siendo un caótico patio de recreo físico, pero es uno que es de alguna manera más amigable y en otros aspectos incluso más castigador que su predecesor.

    IGN lo describe como una secuela notable que de alguna manera eleva aún más el listón hacia las nubes2. Este sandbox es más grande, más rico y de alguna manera aún más ambicioso, con nuevos sistemas creativos como la construcción de vehículos, la elaboración ridícula de armas y un mapa renovado de Hyrule con una cantidad vertiginosa de profundidad que profundiza aún más la exploración intoxicante que hizo que el original fuera tan cautivador. Breath of the Wild se sintió lejos de estar inacabado pero, inconcebiblemente, Tears of the Kingdom ha logrado hacerlo sentir como un primer borrador

    En Metacritic, el juego tiene una puntuación Metascore de 96, lo que indica aclamación universal basada en 140 críticas. TheGamer lo llama una obra maestra que no solo iguala lo que vino antes, sino que hace todo lo posible para superarlo1.

    En resumen, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ha sido muy bien recibido por la crítica y parece ser una adición emocionante a la franquicia.    … Expand
  11. kinsang
    Jul 12, 2023
    9
    เป็นเกมภาคต่อที่ยกเกมเพลย์มาจากภาคก่อนแทบจะทั้งหมด แต่ไปเพิ่มระบบต่างๆให้มากขึ้น โดยรวมแล้วมาตรฐานไม่ได้ตกไปจากภาคก่อนเลย แถมระบบฟิวชั่นยังทำให้เกมสนุกขึ้น สร้างสรรค์ขึ้นอีกต่างหาก แต่ก็มีข้อเสียตรงที่มันอาจจะทำให้เกมง่ายเกินไปด้วย ด้านเนื้อเรื่องก็ถือว่าไม่ได้หวือหวา แต่ก็ไม่ได้แย่ลง ทำให้อยากรู้ว่าภาคต่อไปจะเป็นเรื่องราวแบบไหนเป็นเกมภาคต่อที่ยกเกมเพลย์มาจากภาคก่อนแทบจะทั้งหมด แต่ไปเพิ่มระบบต่างๆให้มากขึ้น โดยรวมแล้วมาตรฐานไม่ได้ตกไปจากภาคก่อนเลย แถมระบบฟิวชั่นยังทำให้เกมสนุกขึ้น สร้างสรรค์ขึ้นอีกต่างหาก แต่ก็มีข้อเสียตรงที่มันอาจจะทำให้เกมง่ายเกินไปด้วย ด้านเนื้อเรื่องก็ถือว่าไม่ได้หวือหวา แต่ก็ไม่ได้แย่ลง ทำให้อยากรู้ว่าภาคต่อไปจะเป็นเรื่องราวแบบไหน
  12. Andrererer
    Jul 12, 2023
    9
    Слёзы королевства во всем топ только там слишком много контента на год или 2
  13. krackatoa
    Jul 12, 2023
    10
    people seem obsessed with such titles of game of the year and all that. Can we just call this Game! move on to just enjoying a masterpiece that is a full coherent game out of the box, allows for endless fun, daft designs and korok torment without even needing to add in mods
  14. Grizz_
    Jul 12, 2023
    10
    This game was amazing! Not only from a gaming experience but, also the artstyle. I can't believe it runs good on the old nintendo switch hardware. If you haven't already play breath of the wild like me don't worry since this is a total difference game. My only problems with this game is the performance of the game and the difficulty. For the performance is that this game holds on to 30fpsThis game was amazing! Not only from a gaming experience but, also the artstyle. I can't believe it runs good on the old nintendo switch hardware. If you haven't already play breath of the wild like me don't worry since this is a total difference game. My only problems with this game is the performance of the game and the difficulty. For the performance is that this game holds on to 30fps all the time if there is something big like a lot of enemies than it will freeze but, thank goodness for just 1-2 seconds. The difficulty is also my complaint because it gets so hard even in the depths but, it's a good thing to show how, when you beat the enemy or boss you finally found happiness and stop raging like me. These two complaint s can be brushed aside for how good this game is. So that's why I give this game a 10/10.… Expand
  15. GokorSama
    Jul 12, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll be honest, at first I didn't understand it in the slightest, I was disoriented in the mechanics of destroying weapons, in the "simplified but still intense" combat, but above all by the higher difficulty of the game compared to my standards (my standards: assassin creed)
    .
    Only after the first essay did I realize the masterpiece in front of me, exploring Hyrule is quite fun, even if I prefer to be guided by 7 different indicators, the secondary quests are there, the sanctuaries make me freak out, but if you put your ingenuity into it they also become satisfying to solve thanks to Link's new powers, and then the variety of armor and customization (things that I find fundamental in open worlds) are not bad    … Expand
  16. Usida_Pakora
    Jul 7, 2023
    5
    BotWと同じゲームデザインで安心感があり新鮮さがなく従来のオープンワールドよりもパターン化されてるので遊びやすいが使い回されたマップとギミックが作業的で飽きてくる
    空島地上地底の縦の遊び方で自由度が増えたのはいい点
    悪い点はその空島地底の遊びは地上と大してかわららない トーレルーフはほかのゲームにもあったらいいなと思うほど便利 ブレスオブザワイルドのような意欲作ではなく前作を踏襲し拡張し保守的な方向へ走ったなと思う このゲームをメディアやファンが挙ってさも革新的というのは甚だ理解できないがハマりだすとやめ時が分からないそんな従来のパターン化されたオープンワールドと任天堂的な手触りのいいアクションと心地よさのあるゲーム    BotWと同じゲームデザインで安心感があり新鮮さがなく従来のオープンワールドよりもパターン化されてるので遊びやすいが使い回されたマップとギミックが作業的で飽きてくる
    空島地上地底の縦の遊び方で自由度が増えたのはいい点
    悪い点はその空島地底の遊びは地上と大してかわららない
    トーレルーフはほかのゲームにもあったらいいなと思うほど便利
    ブレスオブザワイルドのような意欲作ではなく前作を踏襲し拡張し保守的な方向へ走ったなと思う
    このゲームをメディアやファンが挙ってさも革新的というのは甚だ理解できないがハマりだすとやめ時が分からないそんな従来のパターン化されたオープンワールドと任天堂的な手触りのいいアクションと心地よさのあるゲーム
  17. bibiandrelus
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    One of the bests games ever, the history, the gameplay and the music are a work of art.
  18. CocoDog_123
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    A fcking Masterpiece, the mechanics are amazing and seem imposible to make but work perfectly, the story is Beautiful the gameplay is so fun, the graphics are not the best but pretty, if you're thinking on buying it do it it's worth every penny
  19. mulkster77
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    Fun fun fun. This game is fun. I loved Ocarina, and I loved this. I spent too long just plaing with the sandbox toys.
  20. Go_Bruins_Go
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    This game is the essence of a beautiful, day Words cannot describe how perfect is the game feels. the story, the art style, even the FPS rate!
    If you have a switch and played breath of the wild or not it’s still a beautiful game in deserves an easy 10/10
  21. GlingGlop95
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    I have finally finished The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and after gaining 25 hearts, a full stamina wheel, and 135 hours of gameplay I can conclude that this game is nothing short of a masterpiece and has landed its place among my personal favorite games of all time and I encourage anyone who has beaten Breath of the Wild to play this game, I love this game and there is still soI have finally finished The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and after gaining 25 hearts, a full stamina wheel, and 135 hours of gameplay I can conclude that this game is nothing short of a masterpiece and has landed its place among my personal favorite games of all time and I encourage anyone who has beaten Breath of the Wild to play this game, I love this game and there is still so much for me to do but for now I will take a break as I frankly have played the hell out of it and have other games I’ve purchased thanks to the steam summer sale that I wish to play now. I can’t wait for the DLC… Expand
  22. Inkyboi
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    Just like that, Nintendo did it again. Leading up to release I never thought TOTK was going to be better than botw, but after 140 hours I can confidently say that TOTK is better than botw in every single way possible. Thank you Nintendo.
  23. DenimJeans
    Jul 11, 2023
    7
    For a game that lays it on heavy that Hyrule is in even more danger with the impending return of the *Demon King* and ruins falling from the sky, it sure does feel very undercut by the silly Zonai building gameplay and complete absence of any sort of pressure.

    And the big spoiler– TotK repeats one of BotW's biggest problems by not having a single crumb of post-game, instead leaving you    For a game that lays it on heavy that Hyrule is in even more danger with the impending return of the *Demon King* and ruins falling from the sky, it sure does feel very undercut by the silly Zonai building gameplay and complete absence of any sort of pressure.

    And the big spoiler– TotK repeats one of BotW's biggest problems by not having a single crumb of post-game, instead leaving you with the same **** star on your save file as the previous game. Sure. It's still good and fun and there's new stuff to discover that is very interesting. But this time I'm not gonna come back to this **** game to 100% it.    … Expand
  24. Link06
    Jul 10, 2023
    10
    Esta entre los 3 mejores zelda que he jugado y creo que merece el goty de este año sin duda no hay juego que le pueda arrebatar ese premio
  25. RockyAntonio
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    De los mejores videojuegos de la historia. Su complejidad y libertad lo hacen una de las mayores experiencias que se puede tener.
  26. personthatexist
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is by far the best game of all time. Its really fun, the story was great, the map had so much stuff in it, and it inproved all the things wrong about Breath of the Wild. My favorite part in the game was the depths which is basically a second hyrule and the caves on the surface had so much to discover. They really filled the map up with quests, dungeons, shrines, koroks, and enemy camps. They made breath of the wild, which was previously my favorite game of all time, look like a tech demo. I loved all of the new abilitys ecspecially ultrahand, I loved building tanks and mechs to fight and travel hyrule. They made really good dungeons that are much better than botw dungeons and the sage abilitys that you use in the dungeon are fun. Best game of all time 10/10.    … Expand
  27. strikerhawk
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    Greatest game of all time. I said this previously about breath of the Wild, but this game took that as a foundation and dialed it up to 100. Crazy world building that had me constantly coming back to it. Took me 120 hours to beat the first time and I loved every moment.
  28. kyoko_murakami
    Jul 11, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TotK is a bit of a let down all things considered. As a complete package I find the game to be alright the pros and cons tend to even out for me. If you enjoyed BotW you'll likely enjoy TotK as its no secret the games are very similar.

    To get the biggest negative out of the way I feel that the combat is a real let down. I wasn't expecting a dramatic change from BotW but it feels like there was no adjustment to how quickly weapons break. The fusion mechanic is alright it just feels to me like an added step in getting weapons that can actually manage to hurt monsters. Both of these factors made me almost always avoid combat whenever possible. To finish off the subject of combat, by the end of the game having more HP felt like more of a problem than anything else. I'm unsure if this is how the game actually works so maybe I'm wrong but the more HP I had the stronger variants monsters were around Hyrule. I spent more than half the game at 5 hearts and it wasn't until I upgraded my HP that I started to encounter more powerful enemies. I always felt like I could die in 3-5 hits no matter how much HP I had.

    Another major problem I have is the story. Not so much as to what happens in the games story but that again all the good parts of the games story happen before the events the player gets to personally experience. While this happens a lot in the Zelda series I feel like almost every game has moments outside of the final battle where a pivotal event takes place. There really is no such event in this game. Outside of the final battle I would argue there is no story development that takes place in this game. You again find memories of the past and help the four races solve an issue with their home which awakens them as a sage to help you in the final battle. Those moments aren't bad and the problems the four races face in this game were interesting its just everything felt disjointed.

    The dungeons overall were better than BotW but in the end they were a bit of a letdown. The airship was the first I went to and I had a very good time with it I found it to be a great experience from getting to the dungeon until defeating the boss. The other three dungeons I cant say the same for once I found out they were all the same thing I tended to not enjoy them. That being said the pyramid was interesting to navigate in my opinion and the worst one by far is the Zora dungeon. You can basically skip doing anything in that dungeon if you try.

    So what would I say is positive about this game? The exploration obviously. Overall the world is fun to explore. It is fun to find shrines, while the shrines aren't amazing they're still fun to do. Overall the best shrines I would say are the ones that have an overworld puzzle to get into the shrine rather than a puzzle inside the shrine. Doing side quests, exploring the world, riding horses or building cards no matter how you choose to go through the overworld its fun. The sky islands are lacking in my opinion but still interesting. The underground unfortunately is a letdown. I did find all the light roots but there's really not much of anything else to do down there aside from the Master Koga questline and the fifth dungeon. There are no shrines in the depths and that's a little sad. You can go the whole game without ever going into the depths aside from the story dungeons. That realistically leaves 90% of the depths empty at least the sky is physically 90% empty and every bit of land you can go to in the sky has something to do. Regardless of that though exploration makes this game fun. Traveling through Hyrule finding shrines, quests, caves, and even the occasional Korok (I cant emphasize occasional enough as looking for more than that is insane.)

    To quickly address the new abilities replacing the old slate mechanics. I thought they were okay overall. Ultrahand is most used and I'm not gonna talk about performance its the switch if your not happy with the performance I don't know what to say we've known the switch is underpowered since 2017. Building things to solve puzzles or vehicles is neat. It wasn't for me though and I actively tried to solve puzzles without it or travel without it. Ascend is the best ability hands down. I already mentioned fusion and I never used blueprints really.

    Overall I'd say I enjoyed the game but it still deserves a six to me. Exploration alone can't save this game. I'm glad people enjoy it and say it's their favorite game but its just not mine. I hope that future Zelda games build from here as it feels like they didn't build from BotW. Adding more world and then not utilizing it. Adding another story you only get to watch rather than experience. It's a letdown. All that being said I enjoyed it and many others will hopefully more than I do.    … Expand
  29. christianchown
    Jul 11, 2023
    4
    BOTW is the greatest game ever made. Every village, every side quest, every unexpected twist and turn was a delight: an incredible voyage of discovery, and those discoveries were thrilling. TOTK has none of that. I'm 40 hours in and haven't experienced a single moment that was unexpected or new. All the enemies, all the insects, even all the sound effects are the same as BOTW, except theBOTW is the greatest game ever made. Every village, every side quest, every unexpected twist and turn was a delight: an incredible voyage of discovery, and those discoveries were thrilling. TOTK has none of that. I'm 40 hours in and haven't experienced a single moment that was unexpected or new. All the enemies, all the insects, even all the sound effects are the same as BOTW, except the maps are emptier and the quests are sparser.

    Oh look, it's Hestu. Oh look, it's Kilton. Oh look, Tarry Town. Again.

    This is not a new game. This is not a sequel. This is an expansion pack. Five years for this? I feel cheated.    … Expand
  30. garoslayer
    Jul 11, 2023
    0
    I can't believe I am giving a Zelda game such a low rating but this game has cemented the fact that Zelda as we know it is dead.

    This game is a complete chore, grinding for material to create stuff to grind for more materials just to repeat the same thing over and over. Want to upgrade your inventory then grind, want to get new weapons then grind just bear in mind that you will break your    I can't believe I am giving a Zelda game such a low rating but this game has cemented the fact that Zelda as we know it is dead.

    This game is a complete chore, grinding for material to create stuff to grind for more materials just to repeat the same thing over and over. Want to upgrade your inventory then grind, want to get new weapons then grind just bear in mind that you will break your useless weapons to get equally useless ones, of course you also have the Ubisoft towers, a staple in chore-like open world titles such as this and the Assassin's Creed franchise.

    There are no dungeons, exploration is not rewarding, not only are you exploring the same map but you are doing it for pointless loot too. God I miss key items and dungeons, remember how cool it was to open that chest not knowing what you'll find inside. Remember how cool it was to go into the overworld now with the key item to open new avenues for exploring. Back then the overworld was a big puzzle itself, in this title the puzzle are contained in another grinding mechanic known as shrines.

    There is no story, no epic, no lore, no side quests, no memorable characters. It's just a bunch of mechanics and gimmicks, Zelda is dead and we killed it. This game whatever you want to call, but it is not a Zelda title.

    I gave away this Zelda and don't plan to buy another BoTW like title, I'm not interested in Open World Zelda, if you like grinding and gimmicky mechanics this game is for you. If you like Zelda then it isn't.

    Zelda was the only game that got me into buying a Nintendo console, but I guess not anymore. You lost a fan Nintendo, it's sad to see what Zelda has become. I hope 2D titles survive and don't get destroyed too.    … 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
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  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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