The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

1. dzbnkx

   Aug 3, 2023

   10

   Absolutely amazing game. When Breath of the Wild was released, many of us couldn't imagine bigger and better sandbox game. I thought that BotWAbsolutely amazing game. When Breath of the Wild was released, many of us couldn't imagine bigger and better sandbox game. I thought that BotW was THE ULTIMATE sandbox, but now I know I was wrong.
   
   Breath of the Wild was kind of messiah of sandboxes. No one, ever before, made bigger and better sandbox. Tears of the Kingdom however, is not a messiah, but it's an innovator - it improves the mechanics and adds more.
   
   They say that surface map of Hyrule is the same as it was in Breath of the Wild, but when I'm traversing it, I don't know what to expect behind the corner, even when I spent almost 200hrs in the predecessor. You start in another place of the world, and some places which was relatively safe in BotW are dangerous in TotK and vice versa. On top of that, TotK adds sky islands and underground with their own resources. Underground seems pretty dangerous at first, but if you know how to traverse it, it can be pretty soothing experience with almost no background music and with particles in the air. If you are bored with the gameplay loop on the surface, or in the underground, you can seamlessly go somewhere else.
   
   Breath of the Wild was a game about loneliness. Our protagonist was asleep for 100 years and no one knew who he was. But Tears of the Kingdom is a game about relationships. Relationships you made in BotW. The story take place few years after the ending of BotW and you can see kids grew up, changes in the open world, etc.
   
   Nintendo made the game to be friendly to new players, so you can learn about the story from BotW in different places in Hyrule from different people. I still recommend playing BotW first, because of meeting new friends who are present in TotK, and some side quests changing the open world, in a way which we see now in TotK.
   However, there are some plot holes, like, where are the Divine Beasts? Why the sun and the moon are going backwards now?
   
   The soundtrack is very good and in my opinion is better than it was in BotW. Themes of the towns are pretty much the same, but themes in shrines, battle themes are new and feel fresh. And let's not forget about references to older Zelda titles in boss battle themes, and in other places too.
   
   Tears of the Kingdom is a great puzzle sandbox with the vast, open world. Basically all abilities you have are used to solving puzzles. There is no one proper way to solve the puzzles, you can solve it however you want and that's the most important part of this game. It gives the players a lot of satisfaction when they solve the puzzles in their own way, that's why the playthrough would be different for each of us. That was the case in BotW too, but with the abilities such as Ultrahand, or Fuse, the possibilities are endless.
   
   Physics engine is as good as it was in BotW - it's absolutely phenomenal. In TotK it spread its wings to the maximum with the new abilities.
   
   Ultrahand modifies how the player looks at things in Hyrule. Now, a tree is not just another tree, but you can connect trunks and make a raft, or a roof to make a fire when it rains, or you can climb high places, and there are a lot of things like that you can use to achieve your own goals.
   Fuse is the developers' answer to durability complains in BotW. Not only fusing something durable to a weapon increases its durability, or something powerful increases its attack power, but it also gives it its properties. For example, when you attach ice fruit to a weapon, it gives freezing attack to it. Again, you can try combining different things in your own, creative way.
   On top of that, there is Ascend which gives you the ability to float through ceilings, and which indeed sometimes feels like cheating (as the developers said in an interview), and Recall which rewinds time.
   
   The story was, like it was in BotW, written after they had got gameplay mechanics done. Nintendo had a tough task optimizing it that you can discover it in any order, so it's again in form of memories. However, I recommend discovering it in a "proper" order, as in shown in the Forgotten Temple (from left to right, it's not a spoiler as it's one of the first main quests). The story doesn't have a lot of time relatively to playthrough time, and it's clearly visible that the main point of this game is gameplay. However, you can dive into lore deeper if you want, youtubers make hours-long videos about lore in this game.
   
   The game works in 30 fps, sometimes more stable, sometimes less, sometimes framerate drops to 20-25 fps. But it wasn't a problem for me, for me hardware limitations were visible when something you built vanishes after you wander too far away from that, and it's usually not that far...
   
   But even with that said, Tears of the Kingdom is one of the best games of all time, and it's my top 1 favorite games at the moment.
   I give it a solid 10/10.
   
   + gameplay
   + music
   + mechanics / abilities
   + the ultimate sandbox
   + lore
   
   - plot holes
   - hardware limitations
   - controlling sages… Expand

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2. Leviack

   May 13, 2023

   10

   The perfect game, loads of mechanics and incredible creativity Definitely the game of the year

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4. Zeinn

   Jun 25, 2023

   10

   Es increíble lo que el team Zelda ha logrado con este juego y sobre todo en esta plataforma que es Nintendo Switc y todo lo que eso conlleva,Es increíble lo que el team Zelda ha logrado con este juego y sobre todo en esta plataforma que es Nintendo Switc y todo lo que eso conlleva, incluyendo obviamente todas las limitaciones técnicas con las que cuenta la consola y su hardware que salió estando desfasadísimo en 2017. El juego es simplemente impresionante y digno del GOTY.… Expand

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5. Eyas

   May 13, 2023

   10

   So far I’m 20 hours in and I can’t let my controller go seriously not till god of war and Elden ring did I play this much, any one reviewSo far I’m 20 hours in and I can’t let my controller go seriously not till god of war and Elden ring did I play this much, any one review bombing is probably sad because this isn’t call of duty 5683 running at 60 billion fps lol, anyways this is easily game of the year and I can’t wait to dive back in… Expand

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6. xxAcesHighxx

   Jul 14, 2023

   10

   After very much enjoying – but not exactly falling in love with – Breath of the Wild, I was admittedly pretty sceptical in the run up to TearsAfter very much enjoying – but not exactly falling in love with – Breath of the Wild, I was admittedly pretty sceptical in the run up to Tears of the Kingdom. Sure, that third trailer was awesome, but to me at least, it still appeared too similar to its 2017 predecessor and I didn’t think it would grab me like more traditional Zelda’s titles such as The Wind Waker and A Link Between Worlds did in the past. However, after more than 200 hours of exhilarating gameplay, I can comfortably state that this game is the easiest 10/10 I’ll ever give.
   
   From the opening few hours in Sky Isles tutorial area, I was utterly hooked and didn’t once stop to dip into a single other game across Switch, PS5 and Series X until I’d finished what is, for me, an unadulterated masterpiece and the very peak of Nintendo’s creative vision. On and off, it took me six whole years to put 125 hours into Breath of the Wild, but it took me less than six weeks to reach the same milestone in Tears of the Kingdom. The Switch is definitely showing its age these days, but somehow, TOTK manages to look absolutely stunning on both a 65” 4K living room TV and the systems own OLED screen in handheld mode. Yes, the frame rate does occasionally dip below 30 frames-per-second, but after a couple hours I stopped even noticing it. Seriously, if you’re still on the fence, do yourself a favour and jump off right now and pick this game up. I highly doubt you’ll regret it for even the merest moment.
   
   Tears of the Kingdom is without question my game of the year so far and, as far as I’m concerned, the greatest video game ever made. Yes, it really is ‘that’ good. Seriously, just give the game a chance, and you’ll probably feel just as strongly about it as I do.… Expand

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7. Raizsthorm

   Aug 15, 2023

   9

   The game was really fantastic and I found the story entertaining. I quite liked that this felt like a game, and a fun one that is.
   
   BuildingThe game was really fantastic and I found the story entertaining. I quite liked that this felt like a game, and a fun one that is.
   
   Building constructs is very fun even though it can be awkward/clumsy at times. And I'm glad I had a glitch that allowed duplication, it made the game more fun and less grindy !
   
   The best parts for me are the exploration and story.
   The parts I disliked the most are a too big open world in my opinion, it can be repetitive at times and the story can be done out of order so you can spoil yourself if you're not attentive.… Expand

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8. Jonnyrosa

   Aug 15, 2023

   0

   Infelizmente não vejo uma evolução significativa do seu predecessor. Zelda BOF foi incrível por que inovou a franquia em muitas formas que nósInfelizmente não vejo uma evolução significativa do seu predecessor. Zelda BOF foi incrível por que inovou a franquia em muitas formas que nós não podíamos imaginar, mas TOTK apenas aumentou o mapa e incluiu a mecânica de montagem que PRA MIM é extremante cansativa e desestimulante. Poderia ter feito uma DLC que fosse um pouco mais cara e que incluísse esse tipo de coisa, pois a história como sabemos sempre foi algo bem simples.… Expand

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