The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

1. JT0718

   Jul 12, 2019

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I want to make this clear to whoever is reading this review right now. This game is not perfect, but that’s ok because no game will ever be. What this game has accomplished is simply amazing. Nintendo finally took a shot at an open world game, with the genre being as popular as it is, and blew us away with their first go. (Spoilers from here on out)
   
   PROS- Traveling throughout the world in Breath of the Wild (BOTW) is the most fantastic part of the game. You have so many options as you are traveling. You can surf down massive cliffs and snow mountains for a blistering way to get to places. Climb up mountains anywhere to get a good view on the landscape, plan where to go next and paraglide over their. If you want to get to an area quickly you can take a horse, or if you completed the DLC a motorcycle. If your in the desert you can use a seal to take you across it quickly. This game provides options when traveling throughout the world witch plays in part why it’s so fun to explore. The other reason this game is so enticing is their is something around every corner. Their are 4 divine beast, 120 shrines, 900 korok seeds, and many side quest and mini games. So while the world is massive their is always something to see or do. The world is most enjoyed when you take your time with the game. Both me and one of my friend got the game around the same time as each other my friend tried to collect everything in the game before beating Calamity Ganon, including all 900 korok seeds. By the end of the game he had put just about 300 hours in to it. He was completely burned out and hated the game for it. This is not the game where completing it 100% completion will be fun in a short period of time. I have had the game for about 1.5 years now and still play it because I don’t do the little at at once. I beat the game a couple months after I got it and completed all the main stuff along with it like, freed all dive beast, got the master sword, found all the memories, and beat the DLC. After I defeated Ganon I still wanted to explore the world and see what I could find. I still only have about 250 korok seeds and finally finished all the shrines but I’m till even to this day having fun exploring the world. I constantly come back and find new things. I stumbled upon a beautiful dragon for the first time and was blown away. Found full towns after beating Ganon and still have fun finding korok’s around every corner. Some of the best moments I have ever had in gaming are from stumbling into stuff naturally from this game. BOTW does this better than any game I have played yet.
   
   Cons- It’s interesting because what this game achieves so well make the shortcomings seem like more of a misstep than it normally would be. The voice acting in many ways is just average, which really surprised me since this is the first time there are voice actors in a Zelda game that both Nintendo and the voice actors didn’t go for perfection. In many of the cutscene it seemed like they were took only a couple times. The Divine Beast are very interesting and unique concept the first couple you do but later on I realized they were extremely short and boring compared to past Zelda dungeons. They also have exactly the same boring interior look for each dungeon and shrine. Again, previous Zelda dungeons where much more creative and interesting than these and if one thing gets changed in the sequel I hope it would be this. Most of the other problem I had were small. The music in this game is perfect for what the game is supposed to be, but for a more personal problem I miss the bombastic Hyrule Field music or the optimistic Great Sea theme. Again this is not a problem for the game but a personal one. The durability system is almost great for the ability to keep you on your toes at all times but I would like if you got a couple more hits out of each weapon, so instead that would make players be more aggressive instead of being cautious about breaking weapons. The menu system works ok but I still often find myself stumbling around in it. Also I didn’t like how you can only hold 5 items at a time; I would like to be able to hold more.
   
   In conclusion, this game is fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone who has any interest in it. This is probably my favorite game of all time, mainly because I have had so many memorable moments from it and I can call my adventures in the game my own. This game got me back into video games and I really appreciate it for that. Yes, the game does have flaws just like every other game ever will, but here hoping the recently announced direct sequel can fix some of those problem, retain what’s great about this game, and come up with creative ideas and story to make it unique from its predecessor.… Expand

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2. EpicLadySponge

   Mar 3, 2017

   10

   Breath of the Wild broke a lot of records in the history of gaming. By that, I mean it is most likely impossible to find one thing wrong withBreath of the Wild broke a lot of records in the history of gaming. By that, I mean it is most likely impossible to find one thing wrong with this game. It's like Nintendo took the base of Ocarina of Time and modernize it to make it look like this game over here. This is why Nintendo will forever remain in my heart no matter where it all goes. I'm telling you this, Breath of the Wild has everything... yes, every... single... thing that made Ocarina of Time look like a masterpiece. This is the lost brother of Ocarina of Time and the true brother Ocarina of Time will ever need. Just go buy this game, it wants your money so bad, it wants you to play it so bad, it wants to be your local friend literally bad. I'll be waiting until you get this game.… Expand

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4. MrTheMan

   Feb 20, 2021

   10

   Extremely good. Nintendo has crafted a world that I can get lost in for hours no matter how long I've had the game.

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5. NatsuEND

   Mar 13, 2017

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game is just amazing i don't see why people are hating zelda BOTW and they come here to dislike it
   i'm not a sony fun but i don't go and dislike their games because poeple loved it… Expand

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6. Panzidane

   Mar 5, 2017

   10

   Basicamente é um dos melhores jogos que eu tive a oportunidade de jogar na vida. Achei o jogo fantástico, parece uma pintura feita a mão.Basicamente é um dos melhores jogos que eu tive a oportunidade de jogar na vida. Achei o jogo fantástico, parece uma pintura feita a mão. Simplesmente sensacional. Somente Zelda é Zelda e manter essa magia por tantos anos inovando a franquia mostra que outras empresas tem muito o que aprender com a Nintendo.… Expand

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7. ANAKISS

   Apr 6, 2023

   9

   Beautyful locations, interesting character with their own story and a lot of variety about weapons, monsters and animals. Cutscenes and musicBeautyful locations, interesting character with their own story and a lot of variety about weapons, monsters and animals. Cutscenes and music maybe are to much absents and sometimes the game lag in locations with a lot of obstacles, like tropical forests.… Expand

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8. Mogmog000

   Jan 24, 2023

   0

   Weapons break badly.
   The map is too big for nothing.
   Solving dungeon riddles is boring. Link's clothes are light blue for some reason, andWeapons break badly.
   The map is too big for nothing.
   Solving dungeon riddles is boring.
   Link's clothes are light blue for some reason, and Princess Zelda's design is terrible.… Expand

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