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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Review Thread
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Deckard Chapel
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Absolutely staggering scores. The next Zelda game will have massive shoes to fill. Maybe they'll do a Majora's Mask and use the same engine/assets to make a new alternate world and story.
Too excited to sleep right now. My Switch could be here as early as 8 hours from now but Zelda probably won't arrive for at least 12 hours :/.
Too excited to sleep right now. My Switch could be here as early as 8 hours from now but Zelda probably won't arrive for at least 12 hours :/.
kunonabi
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I could see that in terms of pure puzzle quality but there is much more to the appeal of Zelda dungeons than just the puzzles inside that I find that impossible to believe.
Crazyorloco
Member
Yeah I agree. it makes perfect sense actually.
Deckard Chapel
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It does seem like with this and Mario Odyssey Nintendo is embracing Open World, but then again, the industry as a whole has been as well.
I do wonder if they will ever put this much effort into a single title, though. I mean, the amount of hours spent creating BOTW has to be enormous.
Ocarina_117
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Before we embark on the journey that is Breath of the wild, let us all appreciate....
....What a great fucking game Skyward Sword is.
Ancient cistern
The dessert area
Time switch stones
Girahim
Demise
ANCIENT CISTERN
Pheeeeew
DAT ending, tear jerker.
DAT soundtrack, amazing.
Let the Zelda cycle come into effect. Let us join hands and love skyward sword.
....What a great fucking game Skyward Sword is.
Ancient cistern
The dessert area
Time switch stones
Girahim
Demise
ANCIENT CISTERN
Pheeeeew
DAT ending, tear jerker.
DAT soundtrack, amazing.
Let the Zelda cycle come into effect. Let us join hands and love skyward sword.
Giftofgab24
Member
Goddamn amazing. Is this the best reviewed game ever?
Edit: I now see that it is. Incredible job Nintendo. Looks like I'll be picking up a switch sooner than I had anticipated.
Edit: I now see that it is. Incredible job Nintendo. Looks like I'll be picking up a switch sooner than I had anticipated.
"Ranked in the top 0.0% of games scored on OpenCritic"
Holy fucking shit
It's insane. It's an historical moment for the medium. It should influence the game industry to use systemic gameplay more.
Nah, I don't think the Zelda cycle is really a thing.
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Milly Osworth
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This is the work of 300 incredibly talented people working their asses off for 5 years though. It will be tough to mimic.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
I'm so hyped for the Nintendo Switch midnight launch tonight that I'm watching this movie to continue the hype:
I haven't been this excited for a Nintendo system launch since the original NES in 1985!
I haven't been this excited for a Nintendo system launch since the original NES in 1985!
In terms of the superlative positivity in the text of the reviews? Maybe. In terms of a metacritic score, It's 4th below Ocarina, GTAIV and Tony Hawk.
JimJamJones
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Made me think of this.Horizon is great, though.
I'm sorry, I'm really enjoying Horizon so far, but this is just perfect.
kunonabi
Member
I'd love to be wrong. I had my hopes on the major dungeons but those apparently aren't all that much better. Hopefully, these rumblings of more traditional side dungeons pan out.
^Let's not. Skyward Sword is the worst 3D Zelda game and a mediocre game (by AAA standards) in general.
As for BOTW, I'm getting an MGSV-feel here, except that they've kept the Zelda feel to it, whilst MGSV lacked that MGS quirkiness. I'm looking forward to playing this game whenever I get my hands on it, which will unfortunately be in a year or so. As long as the story is decent enough to at least compliment the stunning gameplay, I'll be most pleased.
As for BOTW, I'm getting an MGSV-feel here, except that they've kept the Zelda feel to it, whilst MGSV lacked that MGS quirkiness. I'm looking forward to playing this game whenever I get my hands on it, which will unfortunately be in a year or so. As long as the story is decent enough to at least compliment the stunning gameplay, I'll be most pleased.
Nah, how about we just play Breath of the Wild.
I'll find that hard to believe.
No game with 'dungeons', as we've come to understand them, quite rivals Twilight Princess' dungeons. If the SHRINES are better, and there are like 100+ of them, that's quite an achievement.
Chill Penguin
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I'm giggling like a school girl today. 31 years later and Nintendo is still peerless when it comes to video game design. That Nintendo magic is a real phenomenon. Can't wait to bury myself into this game tomorrow.
Giftofgab24
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I've never played Ocarina, but both GTAIV and Tony Hawk were amazing in their day. If this matches those in quality I think I'm willing to drop $400 or whatever to play this soon.
Version 3.0
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Only because of the duplication. It's silly to have a single game with nearly identical versions in 3 of the top 10 (or top whatever) spots.
I was away on a work trip. I just came back and I find all of these perfect fucking scores.
Holy guacamole... I need to have this game. I was planning to pick it up alongside a Switch in September. Nope, can't wait. Gonna pick it up for the WiiU. I reckon it must be just as solid.
Holy guacamole... I need to have this game. I was planning to pick it up alongside a Switch in September. Nope, can't wait. Gonna pick it up for the WiiU. I reckon it must be just as solid.
Sure, but you can use the same design principles on a smaller scale.
Moreover EA, Ubisoft and Sony studios have the workforce to replicate some of it.
J
JeremyEtcetera
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This doesn't apply to everyone and also doesn't apply all Zelda games. Proof: Wind Waker/Wind Waker Remastered.
What you're stating mainly happened with Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword, which were both divisive games because of what they did annoyingly(unskippable massively long tutorial segments and intro, game pausing every time an item was picked up, world feeling more restricted even if it looks nice art-wise, characters and storylines that lead to nowhere). I personally disliked Skyward Sword from first playing it(and still do) and thought it was one of the worst Zelda games, taking the worst lessons/aspects from Twilight Princess and cranking them to 11.
Breath of The Wild is Zelda 1/Zelda 2/Link to the Past/Wind Waker with even more sandbox elements, finally brought into 3d because the current technology made it possible.
GregLombardi
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I hadn't seen Atomix, Yahoo, or Cheat Code Central all at 100s as listed in the meta before now, even though it looks like not a lot of new reviews were added. Still kind of crazy.
Deckard Chapel
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Crazyorloco
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I think I'm going to love this game. I love that shrines are mini dungeons. I sometimes would dread dungeons in the prior zeldas because they were long, these smaller dungeons are more my style. Especially on the go.
I also like that there's less hand holding in this game...
Nintendo's basically saying
" do you boo boo"
I also like that there's less hand holding in this game...
Nintendo's basically saying
" do you boo boo"
Askherserenity
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Cross posting from the OT.
Everyone should listen to the new bonus episode of the Waypoint Podcast Austin Walker put up today. You can also just read the write up here
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/breath-of-the-wild-is-the-zelda-adventure-ive-always-wanted
Great read/listen. He effortlessly conveys EXACTLY what I've been feeling since I started playing Breath of the Wild.
Everyone should listen to the new bonus episode of the Waypoint Podcast Austin Walker put up today. You can also just read the write up here
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/breath-of-the-wild-is-the-zelda-adventure-ive-always-wanted
Great read/listen. He effortlessly conveys EXACTLY what I've been feeling since I started playing Breath of the Wild.
victreeb3l
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Skyward Sword is the best Zelda (besides BoTW as it seems) and my favorite game in the world. Would love to replay this sometime.
I believe both of these games were directed by the same guy right?
Are there spoilers in this?
SciencePilot
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They're not saying an individual shrine is better than an individual dungeon. They're saying shrines as a whole are better than dungeons as a whole.
CharminUltra
Member
I can fap to this.
Milly Osworth
Member
Mario Odyssey isnt going to come close to this I think.
Askherserenity
Member
None at all.
Don't bet against top tier Nintendo. Odyssey has a good chance of being a 97 MC.
DecoReturns
Member
3D world got a 93, I think the longing for a sandbox Mario game could push it over the edge
I mean we've seen 3 minutes of Mario Odyssey, it's a bit premature to say anything about it (also they're not really in comparable genres).
Also both Galaxy games got 97.
Never say never. Mario Galaxy exists.
J
JeremyEtcetera
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This would be too good of a timeline to exist in.
TheDinoman
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I mean, almost nobody was expecting this game to receive a 98 score. Mario Odyssey will blow our socks off, book it.
Deckard Chapel
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As if anyone's hype levels couldn't be intensified any further...that is an amazingly good read!
This really is the game of all time!
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