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[Skittzo0413]

I'm curious what the user MC score will look like after 2-3 months. A lot of the impressions from the impressions thread seem to be a bit muted on the game at first, but after putting in 10-20 hours they mainly seem to be a lot more positive.

 

[batman2million]

I totally forgot about the review coming in today.

Ho-leee sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit!


OoT has been my GOAT since 1998. Lets see if this could dethrone it.

 

[Glendemonium]

Nintendo killing it with the new Zelda, bravo.

 

[con-ca-te-nate]

If anything this game will probably be a 97 at the lowest lol

As it should be. My left nut is on the line here.... :3

 

[Gotdatmoney]

I actually well up thinking about this and reading these reviews.. that it would seem we have a game... yes, a game... not an adventure experience (such as TLOU, Uncharted, Horizon, Halo, Assassins Creed, etc) that not only takes what is truly amazing from those titles/series, but stays planted firmly within not only its gaming roots, but also its storied history.. that it would seem the inspiration from the ORIGINAL is so clearly obvious..

Anouma-san has been a rockstar at NCL for over a decade now.. but hopefully he finally gets to join Miyamoto-san now in recognition as a legend in the industry who truly helped shape a fair chunk of the last 20ish years in the industry.

I vomited a little reading this.

 

[foxbeldin]

YES

i've been rooting for you buddy

I couldn't have done it without you

From where?

It's available everywhere in France

Welcome aboard

Thanks!

 

[fantomena]

Im so sad I can't pre-order and pre-load the game on my Wii U. Well at least it has a store page, heard some other countries doesn't even have a Wii U eShop store page for it.

 

[aravuus]

Yeah, I really want to know if BotW is worth it on Wii U in general. I really have no idea when I'll be getting a Switch.

Yeah, for someone who is pretty sensitive to bad performance, it's hard to say. On one hand, the Wii U version doesn't perform particularly well from what I've seen, and the low res really hurts it.

On the other, if the docked Switch version runs just as bad, just in higher resolution, I guess I should stick to Wii U. It's also possible CEMU can run Zelda perfectly in the near future.

 

[Torokil]

Fuuuuuck its so close to matching OoT on metacritic. I don't think any game is reaching a 99 ever again though.

 

[Orayn]

I'm curious what the user MC score will look like after 2-3 months. A lot of the impressions from the impressions thread seem to be a bit muted on the game at first, but after putting in 10-20 hours they mainly seem to be a lot more positive.

User MC has never been indicative of anything. Any game that's even remotely popular or contentious will have a flood of 0s and 10s from diehards.

 

[Conrad Link]

How can so much adventure be in such a small thing!

And yes, I tried licking it because NeoGAF.

 

[tauroxd]

5/5

10/10

 

[casey_contra]

How can so much adventure be in such a small thing!

And yes, I tried licking it because NeoGAF.

How did it taste?

 

[Always-honest]

How on earth are those not a game? There is no reason to put down other games while praising Zelda. What's wrong with you?

I agree. Dumbass nonsense. Just be glad there are so many great games people.

 

[Aaron D.]

It's available everywhere in France

Got it.

Trying to secure an online order in The States, but it seems to be sold out everywhere.

Congrats though!

 

[reKon]

Ha my prediction was 96.

 

[mhayes86]

Nintendo confirms it tastes bad so it discourages children from putting it in mouth, which prompts adults putting it in mouth.

Yep, I just read that it was confirmed by Nintendo that a non-toxic bitterness agent, denatonium benzoate, is coated on the carts to dissuade children from ingesting them.

Curious, though, does it leave a residue on your hands or smell?

 

[Kalentan]

Nice. Might have to get a Switch in a few years when it drops in price.

 

[The Hermit]

Nice of PlayStation UK.





Thanks bro

This is what we need.
Rejoice gamers

 

[TheSkullPrince]

I just woke up to this. Switch pre-order justified!

Look at all those 10s! I better hurry up and finish Horizon Zero Dawn lol, can't wait to play BOTW!

 

[Chaos17]

All I'll say is that I sat down to play it at 5pm after work yesterday and didn't stop until 5am. Leaving 2 hours of sleep before work today. Didn't even cook dinner.

The last time I did that was honestly with, I dunno, Metroid Prime? Ocarina of Time?

The game is crack cocaine. I wish I could forget ever having played it and start all over again.

I fear third DLC or new hard mode will make us go all over it again months later, lol

 

[reKon]

I actually well up thinking about this and reading these reviews.. that it would seem we have a game... yes, a game... not an adventure experience (such as TLOU, Uncharted, Horizon, Halo, Assassins Creed, etc) that not only takes what is truly amazing from those titles/series, but stays planted firmly within not only its gaming roots, but also its storied history.. that it would seem the inspiration from the ORIGINAL is so clearly obvious..

Anouma-san has been a rockstar at NCL for over a decade now.. but hopefully he finally gets to join Miyamoto-san now in recognition as a legend in the industry who truly helped shape a fair chunk of the last 20ish years in the industry.

Lmao at this fanboy shit, Jesus. I knew people would start going crazy at these scores.

 

[Griss]

Not only am I happy that I got to play an incredible GotY Zelda, I'm also happy that the series can finally move on.

For years we were slaves to the Link to the Past framework. 'Find three things in dungeons, something happens, find three / six things in more dungeons, fight Ganondorf.' It had become so rote in so many of these games.

This game throws not some of that out, but all of it. The only Zelda game it resembles in framework is the original. And that's glorious, because the original is one of my favourite games of all time, as well as my first. And from now on, the LttP framework can stay retired. It served well, but it's over.

Zelda has assumed its original identity again. It has come home.

 

[Cloukyo]

What a class act, nice one Sony Twitter Person

 

[afternoon delight]

Happy for Zelda fans that this turned out to be so great. Enjoy

Every once in a while, it turns out OK!

Such praise! Can't wait to see what this game has to offer. For reference I haven't bought a Zelda game day one since Wind Waker back on that glorious 'Cube.

 

[Realeza]

Going to bed now. Hopefully no reviewer shits the bed while I'm asleep.

 

[paragonpro]

Well then...i should probably play this st some point huh?

 

[Fess]

i thought one of the things going around was that BOTW literally beats every other game in size.

that it's like 6.5 times bigger than skyrim

Oh I didn't pay attention to that, well then it's simply bigger AND better

 

[jmaine_ph]

Fuuuuuck its so close to matching OoT on metacritic. I don't think any game is reaching a 99 ever again though.

98 is the new 99.

 

[t hicks]

Holy shit at the reviews
I mean I'm not too surprised but DAMN!
I'm so fucking excited for the midnight launch tonight with the switch!!!!

 

[Ultra Numb]

A game reviewing like this in 2017 is incredible.

 

[Conrad Link]

How did it taste?

It tasted weird. Whether or not I had already convinced my brain it was going to taste weird before hand because of NeoGAF I don't know.

 

[silva1991]

I actually well up thinking about this and reading these reviews.. that it would seem we have a game... yes, a game... not an adventure experience (such as TLOU, Uncharted, Horizon, Halo, Assassins Creed, etc) that not only takes what is truly amazing from those titles/series, but stays planted firmly within not only its gaming roots, but also its storied history.. that it would seem the inspiration from the ORIGINAL is so clearly obvious..

Anouma-san has been a rockstar at NCL for over a decade now.. but hopefully he finally gets to join Miyamoto-san now in recognition as a legend in the industry who truly helped shape a fair chunk of the last 20ish years in the industry.

What am I reading here lol.

 

[Kirye]

God this game is looking to be an amazing experience! I'M SO FUCKING HYPED!

 

[jacobeid]

Guys can we stop being fanboys and just acknowledge that all of the consoles have great games to play on them? Please?

 

[borghe]

How on earth are those not a game? There is no reason to put down other games while praising Zelda. What's wrong with you?

I LOVED Uncharted 4 and TLOU. and am enthralled by Horizon currently.. but for me, the draw and perfection of those games are the stories and adventures... gameplay wise... there wasn't really anything amazing in Uncharted 4. Horizon so far hasn't been much like "wow these game mechanics are incredible". It was never meant to be a knock... I just feel (opinions and all of that) that the modern day AAA adventure game experience has veered away from top notch or innovative game mechanics to a slightly more diluted gameplay experience used to drive forward and incredible narrative.

From the sound of it, BotW still works to deliver an absolutely vital gameplay experience.. I wouldn't rate Uncharted 4 any lower than the media did... but if you have me Uncharted 4 with better and more involved gameplay mechanics, I would definitely rate it higher (even if going from 9 to 10)

Guys can we stop being fanboys and just acknowledge that all of the consoles have great games to play on them? Please?

Who said they didn't? None of the games I mentioned are anything less than amazing.. but that doesn't mean a game can't come out that is better.. I touched on the very small area in those games I felt lacking (a fairly homogenized and inconsequential gameplay experience propelling forward an amazing narrative).. it doesn't mean they aren't incredible games, which they are.. people need to not be so sensitive..

 

[King of Cups]

What a great time for video games, man.

 

[Chaos17]

Holy shit at the reviews
I mean I'm not too surprised but DAMN!
I'm so fucking excited for the midnight launch tonight with the switch!!!!

Bring us back some photos

 

[DooMAGE]

Open-world perfection

 

[dkeane]

After going mostly dark I watched the first half of the Giant Bomb quick look. This game looks so amazing.

 

[hughesta]

98 after 56 reviews is unprecedented in this day and age. I can't wait for tomorrow.

 

[Ganondorfo]

Final Fantasy XV also did for Final Fantasy what Breath of the Wild did for Zelda. Both games will probably be masterpieces.

 

[Conrad Link]

Also when you shake Switch carts they rattle.

Or maybe that's just mine lol.

 

[Poor GRIMES]

You know what they say about talent...it always wins.

 

[DonShula]

What a class act, nice one Sony Twitter Person

Total class. Was wondering to myself earlier today whether we'd see Sony and MS send congratulatory tweets to Nintendo for the Switch launch tomorrow. I didn't expect Sony to congratulate Nintendo on a game.

 

[Loci]

some of these salty bitch ass niggas giving 90/100
dafuq

 

[ffdgh]

Huh...wow. The hype is indeed real.

Guys can we stop being fanboys and just acknowledge that all of the consoles have great games to play on them? Please?

No because that'd be too reasonable.

 

[The Hermit]

Not only am I happy that I got to play an incredible GotY Zelda, I'm also happy that the series can finally move on.

For years we were slaves to the Link to the Past framework. 'Find three things in dungeons, something happens, find three / six things in more dungeons, fight Ganondorf.' It had become so rote in so many of these games.

This game throws not some of that out, but all of it. The only Zelda game it resembles in framework is the original. And that's glorious, because the original is one of my favourite games of all time, as well as my first. And from now on, the LttP framework can stay retired. It served well, but it's over.

Zelda has assumed its original identity again. It has come home.

Griss, I respect a lot of your taste in gaming since you posted your view about Tropical Freeze.

And this is very nice coming from you, when you were very skeptical at first.

I can't wait to play this. Jesus Christ

 

[Arttemis]

All signs point to Handheld > docked in terms of performance.

Is this intentional? This sounds completely backward. Will this get addressed?

 

[Cloukyo]

98 is the new 99.

Honestly a 98 in 2017, on a console everyone is unsure about, is something precious.