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[Unaha-Closp]

I really need to read one of these reviews because so far all I'm hearing about is how open-world it is, yet I've heard nothing about the core story yet, which, whilst the free-roaming is great, Zelda always had a solid storyline going on too.

Far as I know the very first quest you get is

Spoiler

'Defeat Ganon'

so I assume that is the story???

 

[Kouriozan]

History in the making.

 

[vaderise]

What are you talking about? This franchise is one of the most famous ever, it's appreciated and discussed a lot, even when it's not that much of a seller.

It's not what it was before for the general community. It's not hard to see that.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Does Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 hold up nowadays?

Yes.

 

[unrealist]

I wonder which game in 2017 will have the chance (or not) of dethroning BoTW as the highest scoring game of the year?

 

[Fat4all]

Missed this. I don't think so? BOTW doesn't have voice options, the game just uses the Voice over and subs of whatever region you have the system set to.

boo

I want Japanese Zelda

 

[Peltz]

I kind of feel bad for guerilla. They are given the go ahead to make a new style of game. They deliver fantastically for a first try an amazing open world game and it's got a stunning story, amazing gameplay and stellar visuals.

And it gets drowned out by a GotG 3 days later.


The truly worst part is........should I finish horizon.......or start Zelda, a game that I've waited a long long time for.


Shit

It's still a great game that I will pick up.

Spoiler

After Zelda.

I wonder which game in 2017 will have the chance (or not) of dethroning BoTW as the highest scoring game of the year?

Nothing. Not even Mario.

 

[ckaneo]

Does Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 hold up nowadays?

Yes, but that depends on what you think about skating games.

 

[The Giant]

It's only 1 more day. Just 1 more day....

Out now in New Zealand. 85 mins to go for us aussies.

 

[Realeza]

It has to be taking into consideration that these reviews, in today's world, are absolutely ridiculous. Reviewers have become fucking harsher since the end of last gen, and seeing such unanimous praise is really, really impressive.

 

[Trago]

So........Killer app confirmed???

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Venturebeat - 100/100

http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/02/t...of-the-wild-will-make-you-11-years-old-again/

 

[Chaos17]

I kind of feel bad for guerilla. They are given the go ahead to make a new style of game. They deliver fantastically for a first try an amazing open world game and it's got a stunning story, amazing gameplay and stellar visuals.

And it gets drowned out by a GotG 3 days later.


The truly worst part is........should I finish horizon.......or start Zelda, a game that I've waited a long long time for.


Shit

Hoizon is a good game, you know it, we know it
You should finish it.

 

[Unison]

Lol, they didn't even give it a perfect score.

The hyperbole is real.

 

[othersteve]

Review thread

Relinking my articles for OP in case they were lost in the sea of replies :-D

http://digitalchumps.com/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review
http://digitalchumps.com/legend-zelda-breath-wild-review-addendum-companion-article/

 

[Nickle]

I'm glad that technical issues are the biggest drawback, I'm not too bothered by that sort of thing.

 

[Justinian]

I enjoy Easy Allies reviews but their scoring is shit.

The Last Guardian got 5/5 but Breath of the Wild gets 4.5/5?

 

[Kuro]

I wonder which game in 2017 will have the chance (or not) of dethroning BoTW as the highest scoring game of the year?

There won't be. Only contender maybe would have been rdr2 but no way that comes out this year.

 

[psychotron]

The scores aren't surprising me, but the content of the reviews is genuinely shocking. They're saying it's the best game Nintendo has ever made? That's crazy! I was seriously going to not pick up my Switch on Friday. Now, I might reconsider.

 

[UrbanRats]

Lmao.

 

[Outrun]

Wow.

Those reviews.

Remember when everyone used to talk about a system having a killer app?

Well, it looks like the Switch has one already.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Lol, they didn't even give it a perfect score.

The hyperbole is real.

That quote is misleading. Lucas Thomas from Nintendo Force is the one who said it. He was a guest on their preview video. Andre (the reviewer) didn't gush nearly as much during the preview.

 

[Shredderi]

That GTA IV score is deplorable.

Yes it is. It's also one of the reasons I have a hard time buying into the 95+ hype. I mean it could be one of the best games of all time, and I'll be elated if that ends up being true, but after some disappointments with games that were EXTREMELY well reviewed I always take a cautious stance until the dust has settled, so to speak. If even after that hype period the game seems like what it was hyped up to be, I'll take a closer look at my finances and plan accordingly to maybe purchase the newest nintendo console so I too can experience the wonder of the aforementioned game.

 

[Fat4all]

I enjoy Easy Allies reviews but their scoring is shit.

The Last Guardian got 5/5 but Breath of the Wild gets 4.5/5?

opinions

 

[Sutton Dagger]

Even though I've played some incredible games since OoT (including many from Nintendo) I don't think I've ever had that same 'magic' experience that I had when I first played Ocarina. That people are even putting BotW higher than OoT.... I just don't know how.... I was going to wait until Christmas to get a switch.... how can I wait now?

 

[PancakeBurglar]

And they gave it their equivalent of 4/5 lol but seriously this game is going be something special.

 

[jmaine_ph]

I kind of feel bad for guerilla. They are given the go ahead to make a new style of game. They deliver fantastically for a first try an amazing open world game and it's got a stunning story, amazing gameplay and stellar visuals.

And it gets drowned out by a GotG 3 days later.


The truly worst part is........should I finish horizon.......or start Zelda, a game that I've waited a long long time for.


Shit

While they made a great game this will only motivate them to make their own GoTG with the next installment. This competition is what you want. I'm excited.

 

[Milennia]

Does Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 hold up nowadays?

Still the best skateboarding game nothing even holds a candle, no sports game even

 

[ViciousDS]

Hoizon is a good game, you know it, we know it
You should finish it.

Ggggaaaahhhhhhh


I want to play Zelda so bad.


What major releases outside nier do we have until the fall?

 

[BitStyle]

So........Killer app confirmed???

Easily THE game (and my reason) for getting a Switch if you're copping one at launch.

 

[plasmawave]

God damn... Nintendo has done it again.

 

[Dark Cloud]

If any game can come close this year, it's this one.

Yep. I expected it to get 95+ reviews.

 

[toastyToast]

I kind of feel bad for guerilla. They are given the go ahead to make a new style of game. They deliver fantastically for a first try an amazing open world game and it's got a stunning story, amazing gameplay and stellar visuals.

And it gets drowned out by a GotG 3 days later.


The truly worst part is........should I finish horizon.......or start Zelda, a game that I've waited a long long time for.


Shit

They seem to scratch a very, very similar similar itch. I'm gonna finish Horizon first, cool off for about a week then start Zelda

 

[SgtCobra]

I enjoy Easy Allies reviews but their scoring is shit.

The Last Guardian got 5/5 but Breath of the Wild gets 4.5/5?

Yeah you know why?... Because they liked one game more than another, yep, it is that shocking

 

[Primethius]

I kind of feel bad for guerilla. They are given the go ahead to make a new style of game. They deliver fantastically for a first try an amazing open world game and it's got a stunning story, amazing gameplay and stellar visuals.

And it gets drowned out by a GotG 3 days later.


The truly worst part is........should I finish horizon.......or start Zelda, a game that I've waited a long long time for.


Shit

Why feel bad? Zelda fans and PS4 owners don't intersect so much.

 

[Stereogatari]

Yes it is. It's also one of the reasons I have a hard time buying into the 95+ hype. I mean it could be one of the best games of all time, and I'll be elated if that ends up being true, but after some disappointments with games that were EXTREMELY well reviewed I always take a cautious stance until the dust has settled, so to speak. If even after that hype period the game seems like what it was hyped up to be, I'll take a closer look at my finances and plan accordingly to maybe purchase the newest nintendo console so I too can experience the wonder of the aforementioned game.

The big difference here is that this is being called the greatest game of all time multiple times. Not sure if that is usual even with 95+ reviews.

 

[mentallyinept]

I enjoy Easy Allies reviews but their scoring is shit.

The Last Guardian got 5/5 but Breath of the Wild gets 4.5/5?

Different reviewers.

Bloodworth got TLG and Damiani got Zelda.

 

[MHWilliams]

Is posting my own in here to be added OK? If so, mine for Zam:

http://www.zam.com/article/1365/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review

Great to see a variety in opinion and review!

So basically going by the cons I've read if the game was on a more powerful hardware it would have been a perfect 10, only complaints are about the visuals and fps, so the game itself is basically perfect, insane.

Technical art issues due to the limitations of the Switch, poor voice over, some rough difficulty spikes that'll hit casual players, and I wish it had a cookbook.

But most of the issues I had are small stuff. I waffled on giving it a 4.5/5 because I had doing a perfect score, but ultimately, my overall experience with the game justified it.

 

[Milennia]

I'm glad that technical issues are the biggest drawback, I'm not too bothered by that sort of thing.

Same here so the game is essentially just OOT 2.0 for me

 

[Fat4all]

Yeah you know why?... Because they liked one game more than another, yep, it is that shocking

by half a point

may they burn eternal

 

[Principate]

The big difference here is that this is being called the greatest game of all time multiple times. Not sure if that is usual even with 95+ reviews.

GTAIV had that hyperbole.

 

[Skux]

It must be a damn good game for reviewers to overlook the technical issues.

 

[OfTheOverflow]

Literally the Second Coming of Jesus Christ

 

[Sn4ke_911]

nintendolife - 10/10

http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/the_legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild

Shocking i know.

 

[Perona]

Somebody please help de-hype me. I can't buy a switch for one game.

 

[RoadHazard]

That GTA IV score is deplorable.

Stands out like a sore thumb in that list for sure. I don't know what the hell all those reviewers were on.

 

[LotusHD]

Zelda fans be like, "So.... do we go after the 9s now?"

 

[Majukun]

I'm dying to know what's up with Gamexplain. They seemed to be the biggest fans of this damn game.

they made some critical decisions when making this game (much like with skyward sword), i expect that in the end of the day it will be arather divisive game for users,some people will love it with the intensity of a housand suns...other will probably ask "where is my zelda"

gamexplain probably fall in the latter,they probably think that the game is really good,but they miss some of the elements that got gutted or of the mechhanics that have been added

 

[Primethius]

I enjoy Easy Allies reviews but their scoring is shit.

The Last Guardian got 5/5 but Breath of the Wild gets 4.5/5?

Did you play BotW yet?

 

[TheMagician]

"Breath of the Wild takes Ocarina of Time to the final rounds until the old king can no longer stand under the might of this new masterpiece.

The king is dead, long live the king."