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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Review Thread
darth.shrimp
Member
... which might be my favourite Zelda game, so I'm totally okay with that.
feynoob
Member
It is. It will be a crime not to give it to this game.Almost every other review I've seen mentions how TotK takes the criticisms of BOTW and just improves on them in every aspect. It's safe to say this game is top GOTY contender
Jsisto
Member
Forgot where I heard that from until I googled it. Now I'm reliving my trauma.
feynoob
Member
Captain Toad
Banned
They clearly succeeded in what they were blatantly attempting to do - get people talking about their no-name site.
feynoob
Member
It pisses me off that people like them can affect the actual score.
We could have had a 98 metacritic game.
HazukiSensei
Banned
When I see BOTW or a this game that reviews so well. Im honestly looking for something to get me excited, but Im just not seeing anything...spectacular
Can someone please sell me on this? What is the experience?
I would normally get excited if I saw:
1. Badass combat
2. Great storytelling and quests
3. Great and ambitious presentation
Im not really seeing any of that with these recent open world zelda titles.
To me, it seems like its about just findibg items, wondering about. And ultimately most "adventures" conclude in combat. But the combat is okay looking.
Am I wrong? Sell me please I wanna play a good game but i dunno, reviewers and gaming trends these days seem to he more about "hey look no quest markers im choosing my own focus!" Than it is actual focus, pacing, storytelling, creative and varied quests etc.
Like im more of a witcher 3 guy for reference sake.
Can someone please sell me on this? What is the experience?
I would normally get excited if I saw:
1. Badass combat
2. Great storytelling and quests
3. Great and ambitious presentation
Im not really seeing any of that with these recent open world zelda titles.
To me, it seems like its about just findibg items, wondering about. And ultimately most "adventures" conclude in combat. But the combat is okay looking.
Am I wrong? Sell me please I wanna play a good game but i dunno, reviewers and gaming trends these days seem to he more about "hey look no quest markers im choosing my own focus!" Than it is actual focus, pacing, storytelling, creative and varied quests etc.
Like im more of a witcher 3 guy for reference sake.
feynoob
Member
Update your preference.
I didnt like certain games until I tried them and enjoyed the way they were designed for.
Thirty7ven
Banned
I wish this game appealed to me, Botw was totally not for me. But seems like Nintendo delivers yet again.
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They probably just want old 3d Zelda quality game design.
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Hero_Select
Member
And now youre salty because this game is better than any game Sonys made.
Marvel14
Banned
The forward thrust was a pain...but otherwise it worked well.....
Marvel14
Banned
So is pointing to a superbly crafted game's minor flaws just to score points/ get noticed or getting worked up about the praise it gets which might be 5% due to hype but 95% clearly due to substance.
Skyward Sword was the last Zelda game with a truly inflated score. BoTW not so much.
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Dr.brain64
Member
How similar is it to nuts and bolts? Asking for a friend.
Sakura
Member
In regards to the badass combat, it is true that the base combat itself isn't great. Or maybe I should say, not that deep.
However you have a lot of flexibility in how you approach combat. For example you could glue a flamethrower to your shield, or grab objects thrown by enemies and chuck them back (basic examples). Some people might consider this badass, others might feel it is pretty janky and doesn't feel as good as a game focused on combat would. I would say that the combat in most Zelda games (if not all) is actually pretty simplistic.
For story telling and quests, I haven't played through the game, so I can't say whether the story telling is good or not, but I imagine it is like BoTW. It is more about the world and the people that inhabit it than a linear story driven game. That's not to say there isn't a story and there isn't quests though. I did like the story that was present in BoTW, I just wished there was more of it. Some of the quests in the game were pretty fun too. Lots of great characters.
I should say though, there is quest markers and stuff. The pacing is really just determined by the player. Do you choose to follow the main quest, or go off and do other things?
The game most certainly has a great and ambitious presentation. I don't think there are any AAA games these days that give you the kind of freedom that ToTK gives you. When I say freedom, I don't mean it's just a big open world and you can go where you want. I more mean the tools the game gives you in this open world. For example, imagine there is a tower you are trying to get to on the other side of a chasm, with a bridge guarded by enemies. The tower is high up on a hill with a path leading up with more obstacles and enemies. In a traditional open world, you would have the "freedom" to go there, but it is typically involving you taking the determined route to get there. At most they will give you a few other paths to choose from to reach that. In ToTK though, you could take that more traditional approach, or you could cobble together a number of different contraptions to try to completely circumvent all that, as a basic example, throwing some rockets on a plank of wood and shooting yourself up there. I think this sort of thing is very ambitious.
If you are looking for a story driven RPG like the Witcher 3 which is more focused on giving you quests and allowing you to determine outcomes, then that isn't really what this game is. This is a gameplay driven game. Not to say it doesn't have a story or characters, but yeah.
Fools idol
Banned
they ran out of stock. I called at 9 AM on the day and no more copies until next week. If you didnt get shipped today you are fucked.
Lucifers Beard
Member
I preordered mine last month and already paid. My order just says preparing for dispatch. It also says shipped, really confusing.
FunkMiller
Member
So, an expertly crafted, densely populated open world game wins GOTY two years in a row.
kunonabi
Member
Still there but fusing weapons helps make them last longer. Supposedly anyway. At the very least the fuse mechanic actually adds more some variety and strategy to your weapon choices like BotW's defense force claimed existed in the previous game.
Neff
Member
Sometimes it's great to be wrong.
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
It's downloaded, when does it unlock?
Should unlock at midnight in NYC. Advance Wars worked like that. It has to be midnight somewhere in your country and then calculate the time difference. I played AW at 11 PM, but I’m an hour behind NYC time.
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Should unlock at midnight in NYC. Advance Wars worked like that. It has to be midnight somewhere in your country and then calculate the time difference. I played AW at 11 PM, but I’m an hour behind NYC time.
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PlayedStation
Member
I can't tell if you're talking about TOTK, Starfield or Spider-Man 2.
Alebrije
Member
Ogbert
Member
Still there.
But the fuse ability really encourages you to try random stuff all the time, so the gameplay loop is to try different stuff.
DeathGuise
Member
I guess they hate Nintendo. 6/10. Lmao
FunkMiller
Member
This, obviously. Seems like quite an incredible achievement that equals Elden Ring’s massive, unexpected size.
Pasta la Vista
Member
Well looks like I had 300 points from a previous purchase, so ended up being 66.99 digitally. Not bad. Would have payed the 69.99 +10% sales tax a retail store for the physical.
Does the standard edition physical come with anything though? Just the cart and case? No manual or poster or something?
Does the standard edition physical come with anything though? Just the cart and case? No manual or poster or something?
HazukiSensei
Banned
Well I mean, there used to be a time in gaming where I could tell from looking at it, its a 9 or a 10. Like "damn that looks good" next level shit. But im not getting those vibes.
Like I know what I'm looking at for the mist part, the game henre and design isnt THAT foreign to me ha
But even Elden Ring, I could fuck with to a degree and see where it would grab me, even though its a combat/exploration focused type of deal. With its cool enemy designs, and horrific moments and animations. Its tough with zelda because man....its giving me none of that on sight alone haha
-Zelda-
Banned
Do we have to hunt down memories like in BoTW? Whenever I find the memories, I get happy because now I have some story content which the meat of the fun for me, even though it's a videoGAME. I get easily stressed when having to search for a needle in a haystack. Same goes for Korok Seeds being tied to inventory expansion.
Majukun
Member
if those three points are all that matters, the game is not for you.
Agent_Nobody
Member
The people who voted under 90:
Ogbert
Member
That’s not what he’s saying.
Rather, that a critic should be able to apply objective criteria that override personal taste. I don’t like Elden Ring but I know it’s an absolutely incredible game.
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
I puts on nearly 20 pounds since I started playing this binging on fast food.
I need an intervention for addiction to the greatest games of all time.
Nintendo finally delivers
I accurately predicted this
I need an intervention for addiction to the greatest games of all time.
Nintendo finally delivers
I accurately predicted this
feynoob
Member
Because your interest is somewhere else.
I dont watch movies, because I cant stand the acting. But I watch documentaries and short videos too much, even though its still acting.
Your way of digesting medium is different than before. Maybe you got tired of these type of games, and they dont interest you that much anymore like it used to.
Majukun
Member
from what i saw you are not gonna be blown away, as in a complete different experience, it's a more guided but also more content dense botw, that goes for the same hyrule but a different approach to the main mechanics and gameplay loops of the first game
R6Rider
Gold Member
The review explains why it got a 6. It's actually a thought out review with explanations of things.
Reviews are wholly subjective pieces. That's the entire point.
If the review was the worst written thing in the world, yet still gave the game a perfect score do you think people would be whining about having it removed form Metacritic?
This also shows how fucked up the review scale is for games.
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In other news: Amazon has shipped my copy.
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GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
The first five hours
After 5 hours
After 20 hours
After 40 to 80's hours
After you finish the main quest
After 5 hours
After 20 hours
After 40 to 80's hours
After you finish the main quest
Majukun
Member
not that similiar
Majukun
Member
basically a non-issue.
you get a constant stream of fusion materials (but not enough that you can just use them without thinking), so after the first part, you will always have some weapons of good level just by mixing rusty weapons and monster parts.
takes a bit away from the resource management of botw, but I guess they went for a different feel
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