Never thought I would be able to dive from an Island in the sky to a cave on a mountain, then swim through the mountain to its peak. Then build a rocket powered airplane and took off towards my quest marker but here we are. This game is insane.
Yes, this, recapturing that "first experience/impression" but with a new flavor. Who knew that was possible? Maybe it's because it's been over 4 years since I've touched Breath of the Wild 🤷
It's stunning honestly. I didn't imagine I would be able to get that same sense of discovery and exploration that I got when first playing BOTW, and yet here it is. Every turn, I see something new and weird and cool, and I love it.
Just looking back on BotW is... I hate to say it, but almost painful! Like I can't imagine going back to exploring the open landscape just to find another Korok stone circle... another Hinox... another ore deposit... another Korok puzzle... another Hinox, with a Talus nearby... Without any sort of underground or sky, the ground-only BotW was _just so limited,_ and I didn't even know it. It's kinda like when Assassin's Creed games finally started letting you go into buildings. It was like "Oh wow, the entire game is different now!!!" (except it was Ubisoft instead of Nintendo, so the whole idea was barely fleshed out and all the magic died on impact). Traveling through TotK compared to BotW is like getting your driver's license and changing from a bike to a car. Like getting your first debit card after getting an actual job. The streets and buildings of your town are all still the same.. and yet everything, _everything,_ is different.
Sorry but this is a game for babies. Link and Mario are the new Bert and Ernie. The vehicle building stuff is fisher price. Sorry I don’t play easy games. Our ancestors lived tough and terrible lives and today we live easy comfortable lives the least we can do to honor what they endured is to challenge ourselves like they were challenged and thus playing challenging games. to play an easy games is an insult to them.. ever heard of the dark souls games , those games are proper challenging and none of u would last two seconds playing them because you gone so soft playing baby Nintendo games. Get your acts together and challenge yourselves??
I was on the fence until I found myself exploring hyrule castle and hidden passage a few hours into the game. I knew I wasn't supposed to be there, but it was fkin amazing. I really love the fuse mechanic for weapons and arrows, so many crazy combos. Really gives you an incentive to kill harder enemies as you can fuse their parts onto your weapons to make some really strong stuff.
Same, I was getting kind of tired playing it (had been playing for hours). And I was like, "ok one last cave" before bed, I was stuck for another 3-4 hours exploring the ones beneath Hyrule castle. It was pure magic. The game is easily one of the greatest ever made.
@The Rebel ye it was crazy how big it ended up being. I went in basically naked with a club and emerged 3h later battle hardened with a sick armorset and loads of custom weapons I'd made. They've absolutely nailed the gameplay loop.
Hyrule Castle is one of the many places on my goto list before i actually start the main quest. Checked out the Forgotten Temple and Lost Woods already. Now I'm on the Great Plateau. Going to check out Faron and Lurelin next. Or maybe Lake Hylia. .... if I'm not distracted a hundred times first.
The sensation I got jumping down into the depths for the first time was up there with the feeling I had when I first experienced the seamless transition from planet to planet in No Man's Sky. Unreal.
Yes! 100%. I'm exploring the Depths for the first time right now and the feeling I got when first going down there and beginning to explore was so crazy. It was awe, happiness, tension, anxiety, thrill, all mixed together. Huge smile on my face. This game truly captures something special.
An overall improvement over BOTW in every way. What amazes me is what they were able to get the Switch hardware to do. The view distance is insane for this system.
It just goes to show you.. a great game will take a win over a powerful piece of hardware any day. I’ve played games that look amazing running at 120fps 4k and to be honest boring as sh*t. Your console can have all the bells and whistles but if your games aren’t fun then what’s the point? This is where nintendo excels. Their first party titles are always an experience and super fun.
So accurate . Since it came out, I can’t stop thinking about playing this game. I’ve had a busy weekend so I’ve only played maybe 6 hours . But damn, what an amazing game
Sorry but this is a game for babies. Link and Mario are the new Bert and Ernie. The vehicle building stuff is fisher price. Sorry I don’t play easy games. Our ancestors lived tough and terrible lives and today we live easy comfortable lives the least we can do to honor what they endured is to challenge ourselves like they were challenged and thus playing challenging games. to play an easy games is an insult to them.. ever heard of the dark souls games , those games are proper challenging and none of u would last two seconds playing them because you gone so soft playing baby Nintendo games. Get your acts together and challenge yourselves??
@@mingyuhuang8944 Best game I've played since Skyrim was reveal to this World, simple as that. Likely my 2nd Best Zelda game, or even joint 1st! Right now, just enjoying the ride!
The coolest thing about this game so far is the different conversations I've had with my friends that went just like this one. Makes me feel like I'm in middle school again talking about games.
Something that speaks for how good it is, is that they made me feel like I didnt play BotW before. 😂 The map is truly full of mysteries once again and I dont feel like I am playing on the same map I have played on before
I'm so glad to see that others feel the same way! I was wondering whether my memory is just worse than I thought, but I actually got a bit lost a few times despite playing BOTW just last year!😂
Not to spoil anything plot related but it really speaks to its the same hyrule but different. When I got to Zora’s domain, that was a HUGE example of it. I knew where to go because of BOT, and It’s the same but also very different. I think they really put an effort into showing that familiar places can drastically change over time
I remember back in 1998 having discovered Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and going to work feeling smug as if I've discovered this divine being no one else has been privy to. Feeling chosen and I had this rejuvenation aiding my ability trudge through the daily grind. Nice to hear another generation experience a similar vibe.
@@EduFirenze The problem is, that's, word for word, what everyone said about SS, and BotW. And now, everyone has thrown those games away. People used to say BotW is perfect, never change anything, but now, it's worthless. The same is going to happen to TotK, but it's not going to need to wait for the next Zelda game, because it's just more of BotW.
@@TheDapperDragonI love BotW, but ofc it's not perfect. But it's a very focused, cohesive experience. I think history will look much more fondly on BotW than TotK.
I feel like you don’t have to forget breath of the wild or anything like that, but to look at them as just a continuation of the first game like god of war ragnarok. Not necessarily two separate games, they’re just an experience in their own respective ways with and each first installment is still as special as the sequel/next chapter.
Fun fact for anyone who has played Ocarina of Time: The Great Plateau is approximately the size of what Hyrule was in Ocarina of Time. It really gives you some perspective on just how giant they've made BotW/TotK.
I was really surprised with how different this game feels simply because the Zonai abilities are different than the Sheikah Slate abilities. It really changes how you explore the world.
I put about 65 hours into Breath of The Wild and liked it, but definitely missed a lot of stuff. I thought the world was very empty for the most part, so I didn't have much motivation to keep going after the main story. However... With Tears of The Kingdom, I am savoring every little piece and taking it slow and having a blast. I have still barely touched the depths because I am wanting to save that for a bit. This game in my opinion, is so much better. The world is filled with much more to do, and the world is incredibly bigger. I love it.
While playing last night I thought to myself: I might get a horse for some faster travelling. So I caught one and went to a stable to register it only to find out the game actually transfers your horses from BOTW so I already had four on file. Stuff like that is just pure brilliance
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong 34:50 years he sticky lizard elixirs aren’t being sticky, I was climbing, it started raining, and I kept slipping to the point my stamina ran out. It wasn’t even a very long climb, but it wouldn’t have mattered, kept slippin
Honestly I was sceptical within the first few hours and thought I preferred botw, but now about 10-15 hours in I can say I was wrong. This game is amazing
The answer is yes I know because I didn’t like Botw. This is way better to me because there’s just more to do in the world, more secret areas, things to find, ways to get places. I mean yesterday I was going to a destination I knew where I was heading and was dedicated to getting there. Then boom a rock fell out of the sky and I couldn’t not recall it back up to the sky. This was right after I came from a shrine. I ride the rock back up to the sky boom another shrine I was super surprised. Then I got launched across the sky to another sky island finding an secret item. It was just great because the ground, underground, and sky all look and act entirely differently and the gameplay changes and you can be from one of those locations to another in seconds and in different regions as well. WHICH IS INSANE TO ME. I’ve never imagined this for an open world game
Also it’s like the world is so big you never want to leave an area because you feel like if you leave you’ll never be back and see that same area again lol and I love that
One minor disappointment I have with TOTK is that it's impossible to have a 'no fast travel' run because of the underground chasms. EDIT: I just found out that there are places in the depths where you can use ascend. So technically you can get out of it without fast travel.
They really should have not been so strict with balloon and wing use times. I was really looking forward to riding a balloon out of the Depths. The Survey Team can ride balloons into and out of the Depths, why can't I?
Yeah. With the knowledge of the mechanics of BOTW mixed with 2 layers of new areas and I consider a 80% map revamp. It does bring the feeling of exploration back.
It truly is. It just is. I lost my passion for gaming and even my favorite franchise, The Legend of Zelda, about 5 years ago. Just enjoy playing Minecraft with my boys. I preordered this knowing I may or may not play it. I adore this game. It’s just a fantastic game so far. Thanks to Nintendo, Aonuma, and Miyamoto!
One of my favorite tiny little changes is that when you open up a chest and it's a weapon or Shield or whatever, and your inventory is full, it gives you the option to drop something instead of having to go back out and then manually drop something and then open the chest again
I love the graphical dichotomy between photo realism backgrounds and lighting with anime main characters. It makes the illusion of being in a dream world.
@@hododod246 they have so many awesome puzzles and shrines in a lot of the sky islands, hell the water temple is up there. I don't understand the gripe.
I'm on my 2nd attempt on the underground area after following a Dragon go down there. Not sure where I'm going but i found "notes" that talk about a Huge Door somewhere in the South where loud "monster" like noises are coming out off.
I’m really enjoying the game. I’ve played for about 10 hours so far. My biggest concern is the Fuse mechanic. It’s fun at first but I’m afraid it could start feeling tedious later on in the game. Also the puzzle’s are more difficult this time around it seems like. I’ll reserve judgement for now but so far it seems to be at least as good as breath of the wild.
I disagree that the game feels alive and full of people, I definitely feel a lot of the time very alone especially for like the first 10 hours at least, and like if I compare this game to other Zelda games, not including breath of the wild, you rarely actually feel you are progressing because like for example, you might receive a new ability and feel you have unlocked part of the map in the past which gives a sense of achievement and progress. However, since you craft a lot, and are exposed to the whole map, you never really feel that what you are doing is useful, and you can waste a ton of hours, It doesn't really talk about receiving more hearts to actually face against stronger enemies or where you may find it, or how you can go back up to the sky and why, and I feel like I need to look up things here and there on youtube just to confirm things I think the game should have told me very clearly. Great game, but I really miss the atmosphere, the music themes, and the vibrant character of games like majora's mask or ocarina of time, even link to the past. Too much ambience and gloom for hours at times, I wish there was a better balance.
Fun fact about the depths: it's the exact same map as the surface, same level geometry and everything. What they did, was invert the height map, so mountains become craters and vice versa. Really creative way to re-use the same level geometry to save space, but still have it look really different and alien. It's sort of this game's version of the Dark World.
From my current time spent in totk I feel its a solid 9/10 *at the moment.* The things I have tiny hiccups with are admittedly just cosmetic things or are otherwise just not important (the ultra hand can be a tad clumsy I find). But everything else is just brilliant! The new enemies are refreshing and seeing old yet new areas is weird in a good way.
The thing is that nintnedo used botw as their starting point. Since they didnt need to build a new engine, graphic style or even design a whole new map, towns or characters, they coyld focus these 6 years on just adding on the base game, which makes this game like botw but much denser and creative. Thats why it dwarves botw.
@@logicalfundyThe sky islands are pretty sparse, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Depths were essentially auto-generated from some sort of algorithm based on the surface map. One biome, only two new Frox enemy types...kind of monotonous.
@@quibquiberton4184 my post was 5 months ago, I'm not even sure if it was after release or not. Turns out the game is great regardless and is one of the games I think has a good shot at GOTY.
I still have yet to finish the BOTW DLC which I spent money on a few months back when it was discounted, but when I play that fully, I will definitely consider buying TOTK. This review helped get me more excited and look forward to eventually buying the game in a few months time - thank you guys!
Nintendo is at the edge of its seat waiting for u to decide to buy totk. Without your purchase it’s potential for success has a low ceiling. Please finish the dlc as fast as possible , we need u!!!
Its a good game that tries so hard for you to hate it every step of the way, and its an uphill battle. Clunky and confusing controlls with no way to remapp them, poor balancing (mogoblins do the same dmg as bosses 6-10 hearts) , Link takes forever to get back from the floor after been hit which is just annoying. Weapons break again, random rain make you lose time in real life so you can climb again. Performance is quite bad.Rewards for exploring is mostly not worth the supplies you lose, unless you find some armor which is not often. The music is the same ss botw, the world ,the enemies ,many bosses the same..insane asset reuse. Like a big dlc.Story is convoluted and contradicts Botw. All those including its a good game. Without those, it would be great
I think it feels smoother too until you run into a bunch of enemies. Frame rate kinda sucks. Excellent game though. Only a few hours in and it might be in my top 3 games of all time. Been gaming since the 90s. It will be a couple hundred hour game for me until I get sick of it. Worth the price. I wish playstation and Xbox still made good games. Can't get into anything on them lately.
Breath of the Wild was developed for the Wii U which, despite what some people may say, is a wildly inferior console to the switch. Tears of the Kingdom is just a great game where the developer has bothered to squeeze everything out of the system it's on. It's a stunning game regardless of what the hardware it's on
The best part is going from playing original NES mario and LOZ to this. The starting ages and landmarks of home video games only happened once. Experiencing them all as they happened is priceless and unrepeatable.
As an older guy in his late 30’s and a seasoned gamer since the age of 4. I’ve basically seen it all when it comes to video games. The sad part about living longer on the planet is that nothing really surprises you anymore. Yet both BotW and TotK has managed to capture me every time I sit down and play it. Something I don’t often feel in a video game anymore. If you’re new to the Zelda lore or are on the fence to picking this up. Do yourself a favour and play it for a few hours. You will be hooked.
The Depths are slightly disappointing to me. I get that it's literally the "Dark World" to the surface, but I wish the layout of that layer didn't so closely match that of the surface. I really wanted some unique topography.
My only complaint is I have to go into the menu to unfuse things so that I can fuse a weapon with something cooler I just found in the moment. Drives me crazy already. I hate having to go into the menu so much for that.
I'm a pretty jaded, cynical gamer, and I went into this game thinking the Ultrahand & Fuse mechanic would make the game feel too much like Minecraft and be unrecognizable as a Zelda game. I couldn't happier to be so wrong. It actually feels like the original 1986 Zelda has been finally, fully realized. It's just amazing.
Hey guys, thanks so much for the spoiler warning. This is the only game I'm trying to go in mostly blind with. I appreciate the concern for viewers like myself 😊
Yeah, I'm still one of those people who has been unsure. The hype got quite downplayed for me after the second trailer and I haven't felt pumped since, however I'm now watching a lot of reviews and gameplay since the game has released without trying to spoil myself and my hype is gradualy increasing. Thank you for this video you guys, it has been super helpful. What is the music in the background here, from the game I assume - it is absolutely beautiful!
I've already had a ton of fun exploring, getting wrecked, and messing around with koroks. Every time i see one of the korok quests i sigh, grumble, and then smirk as i devise some new contraption to strap it to.
I was a bit of a naysayer having loved BotW for its exploration, but felt TotK looked a bit too familiar. So far however, I am loving it. The first tutorial area (the equivalent of the Great Plateau) is a bit rubbish. It feels too much like a training area rather than a complete ecosystem, is one of the less pretty areas, and has too many chasms that act as invisible walls - but once you leave this area it really picks up. Retreading Hyrule has felt like a new experience. More like a new world with some familiar callbacks than a reused world with some new parts. Most of the new runes I have basically been able to ignore, not having any desire to craft. My biggest criticism would be Fuse. It's a pain whenever you pick up a new weapon or shield of having to augment it; fused weapons and shields often look stupid when Link is carrying them; and the way it replaces elemental arrows is a right pain in the bum. Nintendo, let me pre-fuse arrows in batches please.
It's nice to see someone with a similar mindset! The new runes seem neat in thought but come off as tedious in execution for me. I agree Crafting was never my main draw to this game, and I'm glad it's not super enforced. And same goes for Fuze. While fun to mess around with occasionally, especially on shields, I find it a bit ridiculous running around Hyrule with broadsword attached to a giant Boulder. (Also the elemental arrows having to be manually input every shot feels like such a blunder)
Speaking of your adventures in BotW feeling like they carry over... horses. Not only are they less useless, but you can get your horses from BotW in TotK. It registers "hey, there's a BotW save on this account that had horses boarded, you can use those same horses in TotK." This includes special horses like the Giant Horse, or the Royal White Stallion. Speaking of special horses, there's new ones in this game. Also, you can register I believe up to ten horses at once if you save up enough Pony Points for that reward level. In order to access your old horses, you do have to first catch a wild horse, then go to register it. When you do, the stablehand will be like "oh, looks like you've boarded horses with us before. I'll let you access those horses too." and then you can either keep the new horse or ditch it to get your old ones back. There are a few new special horses. Spot, Princess Zelda's Golden Horse, and the Giant White Stallion. The Giant White Stallion is another giant horse with a different color pallet, Princess Zelda's Golden Horse is basically solid gold, and Spot is a quest-based horse at Lookout Landing.
One thing the guys don't mention here about why play BotW before TotK is that the Horses you found in BotW get transferred over to TotK. Which i would guess that maybe Zelda's White Stallion and Ganondorf's Giant Horse might not be in TotK normally, plus it makes traversal easier if you start the game with a 5 Star Speed horse. One i wish i had found in my normal playthrough of BotW, if only I'd known.
*SPOILERS* I got utterly astounded by the sheer size of Elden Ring's map last year and just how expansive it really felt, and the reveal of the depths scratched exactly the same itch, just so exciting and terrifying in equal measure
its a crazy good game but after hundreds of hours of playing breath of the wild, Im bored of collecting map data and kooks and saving regions and Zelda, its just too repetitive.
Another thing that I noticed is that when you die the game reloads a previous point, you don't lose your materials (I can't remember if this is the case in BOTW but I don't think so).
No it wasn't the case with botw I recently played it and got so frustrated with losing my resources when I died. It was so annoying and I noticed this change right away, it was a welcomed surprise for sure
It's kind of insane to me that the exploration, Shrines, and quest is better than Breath of the Wild, and on top of that, they made the sandbox mechanics even more limitless. Truly feels like the greatest game ever made (for real this time) so far.
Honestly, i loved the sacred beasts and the feel of constantly approaching the final battle that BOTW gave, in comparison to a carefree adventure that TOTK gives. The only time i've felt something like that was in TOTK prologue, when music and enviroment gets more darker as you advance, that was FIRE.
I think exploration is much better in BotW. TotK litters the map with a lot of copy-paste BS, it's less beautiful to look at because of all the junk from the sky, and many points of interest like Gut Check Rock, or the Forgotten Temple, or the Thunder Shrine, or Akkali Citadel have fuck all to do. Idk how exploration could even compare to the first time through BotW with a largely recycled map.
I’ve played a little bit and it just hoping so bad that Paya turns out to be the sage that Mineru was in the past 🙏🙏 stopping with 4 sages when there were 7 in the past doesn’t make any sense so pls make Paya a sage 😭😭
This game is no where near as good as BOTW. It still feels like BOTW but now it has a crafting toll booth that is extremely annoying. The Crafting takes so much time and many times it doesn't work. It feels tedious at times. I miss the game play from BOTW. I wish the crafting and fusing wasn't such a major part... or worse all the combo of Fuse, crafting and time changing... .ugh... I keep waiting for the game play to get going, but it just keeps making me craft. Hope the tediousness ends soon.
Yes !! It’s amazing but the puzzles are a little bit too much . I got to the desert area and boy was those puzzles hard to figure out . Had to look on TH-cam for a few of them
A few of them I had to smack myself over the head once I figured out a much easier way when I was making it much harder than it needed to be. They can be very involved haha. I do love that you can solve puzzles in many ways.
@@Drstrange3000 lol very involved ! I was going absolutely crazy on the light puzzle and figured it out like an hour later lol . Very rewarding when you figure them out tho
I've been playing for a while and i feel its just too similar to BOTW. I mean everything is like reused, all the effects, sounds, animations, systems, the map, most of the enemies, sometimes i just forget that im playing a new game. Yet they couldnt be bothered to fix weapon durability which is so annoying, combat is exactly the same, having to craft single recipes at a time , no big villages, no swimming. This feels like a BOTW 1.2 or something, does not in any way compare to the feeling when playing BOTW for the first time.
My first time down in the depths I got myself attacked by gloom covered bokoblins, freaked out when I couldn’t restore my broken hearts with food I had and noped myself out of there so quick. I was afraid to go back for several days of play!
I played botw for the first time in 2019. I freed all the divine beasts, beat Ganon and even solved all 120 shrines. But unfortunately I didn’t own the game myself, and was playing it on a friend’s console. Christmas of 2022 I went out and bought a switch and a copy of botw in preparation for totk. I thought I’d be tired of the game, and although I didn’t solve every shrine on this play through I had a lot of fun re-exploring Hyrule. But totk really knocked it out of the park, I was debating buying the game at all, but I thought oh well, may as well give it a shot. Now I don’t even want to go back to botw because the world in totk is so much more expansive. It kept the same story beats but turned up exploration to 11. I was worried I’d hate the fuse and crafting mechanic but I actually love it and it allows so much more fun and mind-bending puzzle solving. Totk also rewards you if you played botw, I made my way to Korok forest because it was where you found the master sword in botw but when I got there the forest was infested with gloom like everywhere else in Hyrule. The game directed me to the part of the main story I wanted (about the master sword) and introduced me to a new mini boss. The developers really knew what I was thinking and nodded their head to it. Also the Yiga clan story in the Depths was 10/10. I love the fact we banish Master Kohga to the depths in botw and in totk he takes on a much more involved role as he has made a home down there. Running into him for the first time was amazing, and so was seeing Hudson construction alive and flourishing. I love the fact totk encourages combat too. In botw I didn’t want to fight enemies because my cool weapons would break but in totk if you want cool weapons you HAVE to fight bigger and badder enemies so you can fuse their parts to your weapons.
Yeah. It really is that good. I can’t even stop thinking about it. I randomly stumbled into a cave and found Fierce Diety boots! What the hell?! That’s so awesome!
non story spoiler cool thing I found while in the depths is that you can RIDE THE UNDEAD HORSES!!! I hopped on one of these things by accident after killing an enemy, and also they can traverse over gloom without getting harmed.
Its not hype. The game is amazing. My only issue is the frame rate can be kinda crappy sometimes. Definitely pushes the switch hard. Ill be surprised if its not GOTY. The switch needs a real upgrade though i wish the oled would of been upgraded on performance a little bit. Its pretty rough playing switch after ps5 or series x. Great system though and Nintendo knows how to make good games and actually release them finished.
Honestly never touching the PS5 or series X it feels buttery smooth despite being at 30 fps, and lower a lot of the time. I only really notice lag when im fighting a talus with bokoblins on it, and something random.
There’s enough familiarity, comfort, and nostalgia from breath of the wild but an amazing amount of newness to it but only adds to the breath of the wild experience. We all knew coming in that we wouldn’t be struck the same way that we were by BOTW because it was just a game-changing experience, but this is as good as a direct sequel can get. And if this was a standalone with no prequel? This would be the breath of the wild!
One word, yes! I got bored of botw pretty fast after rushing the boss and beating it before all the divine beasts. This one with the fuzing just feels so d*** fun!!!
Honestly, I feel like I love BotW more. The mood and atmosphere of this big open Hyrule was way more fitting for the story they told there, the powers were simple but more fun (imo of course) and shrines and korok seeds were still fun. TotK just feels like a complete new Zelda story that should have gotten its own Hyrule, not the one we already know from BotW.
Have 10h in it. It really is BoTW 2 but it's a perfect sequel. It adresses every negative point I had with the prequel. It expands it so much. THE VERTICALITY between the skies and the depths. The powers are more fun. The sandbox part is endgame. The story is actually there without needing to look for a random forest. It might be the best game of all times.
I’m still struggling to understand how this game is on switch.. it’s the biggest game I’ve ever played, it’s gorgeous and full of detail. So excited to here the saxophone at the game awards 😁
I finally explored the 3rd layer and im scared 😅. It is scary, weird and atmospheric horror and i only explore a bit. 😂 Im too weak at the moment..had to give up and come back when i have more hearts.
I used an amiibo to get Epona as my first horse. I am trying to figure out how to be able to get more horses boarded since I can only have one horse in the stable right now. Is it through Pony Points? How many do you need?
One of my favorite memories so far in this game is finding a stone talus in a cave defeating it, and fusing its luminous stone heart to my shield which makes not only a badass shield but it glows in caves.
I was starting to get un-excited for this game because I saw the vehicles and the crafting, and I didn't want Zelda to turn into Minecraft or Fortnite or something. Then I listened to your review of the game and decided to pre-order it through Amazon. When I saw the Depths and everything it sold me on getting the game. I realized my pre-order wasn't going to get here until 11pm on release day, and I couldn't wait. So I pre-ordered it digitally on the eShop and booted it up at midnight. I played for twelve hours straight, and then another four hours when I woke up. Beat the Rito dungeon, and now am exploring the underground. I love everything about this game so much! I feel about this game the way the world felt about Breath of the Wild 5 years ago. Also, I tried to cancel my Amazon pre-order, but the cancel didn't go through. So I also have a physical copy that I am considering just holding onto because I like this game THAT MUCH. I'm only 16 hours in and it's an instant top 5 game for me. Now if only I wasn't also hooked on the Diablo IV beta right now!
I find it crazy that Nintendo made this game with the weather, draw distance, and everything we can build and the physics plus how beautiful the game is then there is the sky island and underground which is as big as the main map and all the enemies and npcs and the game is only 16.5GBs. That is just insane to me that all of this game is only that big especially with how most ps5, Xbox, and pc games file size is.
I'm taking a food break from playing Tears which is why I put this video on. I was one of the few who wasn't enamored with Breath of the Wild, but Tears of the Kingdom has addressed practically every issue I had with it, by basically taking what were previously annoying mechanics and for a lot of them tweaking their context ever so slightly to make them so wildly incredible-cooking, side quests, exploring, weapon durability, shrines, "dungeons", story, difficulty, combat, enemy variety, etc. Tears of the Kingdom feels like everything Breath of the Wild should have been. Nothing in this game feels contradictory; everything coheres and makes sense together and reinforces each other. A 10/10 feels too low for this game. My only gripe is that I wish inventory management was a bit better. But seriously, this game is blowing me away. The Legend of Zelda: Nuts & Bolts was so hyped, and yet it somehow met the hype and exceeded it. And Hyrule looks so beautiful that it can still compete with how beautiful Link looks. This is one of the best games I've ever played, and might even be the best Zelda I've ever played, but it has some really stiff competition. I'd say that Tears of the Kingdom is an immersive sim, (I mean, come on, we can stack boxes in this game), which is really refreshing after Arkane's Redfall catastrophe. And the tutorial area is one of the best I've ever seen, and might even be better than Deus Ex's Liberty Island, which I feel a bit shocked to say.
It's an excellent game but what I feel is it's not as good as "breath of the wild"..I just feel like it's a massive chore going on the sky islands and it gets tedious building things. But they utilised the horse riding better to make you use a horse earlier on in the game.
@@davidpopoca9409 I was busy walking around trying to get to get the towers to work. But then I realised I had to talk to purah first. Btw maybe it's just me but that location where purah is at looks strikingly similar to the location in ocarina of time. I don't remember seeing that in breath of the wild.
Never thought I would be able to dive from an Island in the sky to a cave on a mountain, then swim through the mountain to its peak. Then build a rocket powered airplane and took off towards my quest marker but here we are. This game is insane.
I constantly go from "There's no way this will work, right?" to "How the f*&! did that work?!" and I love it.
See im not that smart or creative. I just put a steak on my shield.
Legend of zelda caves and cliffa
calm down bro
@@blastofo Try putting one on your arrow 👀
It feels like that breath of the Wild all over experience that we've been craving, I've been going insane and I've been loving every minute of it
It makes breath of the wild look more like a fart in the wind
Yes, this, recapturing that "first experience/impression" but with a new flavor. Who knew that was possible?
Maybe it's because it's been over 4 years since I've touched Breath of the Wild 🤷
I’ve been chasing that BoTW high since 2017 and I just got ToTK in the mail 🎉
How fortunate we are to experience a Botw like experience all over again
@@number-kg3ul fart in the wind is the name of the next game, Hyrule will be flooded and you have to travel the ocean farting on your sails
It's stunning honestly. I didn't imagine I would be able to get that same sense of discovery and exploration that I got when first playing BOTW, and yet here it is. Every turn, I see something new and weird and cool, and I love it.
Just looking back on BotW is... I hate to say it, but almost painful! Like I can't imagine going back to exploring the open landscape just to find another Korok stone circle... another Hinox... another ore deposit... another Korok puzzle... another Hinox, with a Talus nearby... Without any sort of underground or sky, the ground-only BotW was _just so limited,_ and I didn't even know it.
It's kinda like when Assassin's Creed games finally started letting you go into buildings. It was like "Oh wow, the entire game is different now!!!" (except it was Ubisoft instead of Nintendo, so the whole idea was barely fleshed out and all the magic died on impact).
Traveling through TotK compared to BotW is like getting your driver's license and changing from a bike to a car. Like getting your first debit card after getting an actual job. The streets and buildings of your town are all still the same.. and yet everything, _everything,_ is different.
Sorry but this is a game for babies. Link and Mario are the new Bert and Ernie. The vehicle building stuff is fisher price. Sorry I don’t play easy games. Our ancestors lived tough and terrible lives and today we live easy comfortable lives the least we can do to honor what they endured is to challenge ourselves like they were challenged and thus playing challenging games. to play an easy games is an insult to them.. ever heard of the dark souls games , those games are proper challenging and none of u would last two seconds playing them because you gone so soft playing baby Nintendo games. Get your acts together and challenge yourselves??
I was on the fence until I found myself exploring hyrule castle and hidden passage a few hours into the game. I knew I wasn't supposed to be there, but it was fkin amazing. I really love the fuse mechanic for weapons and arrows, so many crazy combos. Really gives you an incentive to kill harder enemies as you can fuse their parts onto your weapons to make some really strong stuff.
Same, I was getting kind of tired playing it (had been playing for hours). And I was like, "ok one last cave" before bed, I was stuck for another 3-4 hours exploring the ones beneath Hyrule castle. It was pure magic. The game is easily one of the greatest ever made.
@The Rebel ye it was crazy how big it ended up being. I went in basically naked with a club and emerged 3h later battle hardened with a sick armorset and loads of custom weapons I'd made. They've absolutely nailed the gameplay loop.
@Obi-Wan duuuude that cave was a great surprise, it's like the "real tutorial" that hardens you into a more effective totk player
Hyrule Castle is one of the many places on my goto list before i actually start the main quest. Checked out the Forgotten Temple and Lost Woods already. Now I'm on the Great Plateau. Going to check out Faron and Lurelin next. Or maybe Lake Hylia. .... if I'm not distracted a hundred times first.
Will going to Hyrule Castle this early ruin anything story wise? Is it meant for the end of the game? Are you talking in Hyrule Castle, or beneath it?
It’s better in every way. I feel overwhelmed by it. I think it definitely deserves the high scores it gotten.
The sensation I got jumping down into the depths for the first time was up there with the feeling I had when I first experienced the seamless transition from planet to planet in No Man's Sky. Unreal.
It’s quite literally unmatched
Yes! 100%. I'm exploring the Depths for the first time right now and the feeling I got when first going down there and beginning to explore was so crazy. It was awe, happiness, tension, anxiety, thrill, all mixed together. Huge smile on my face. This game truly captures something special.
Tears quite literally has stormed to being my # 2 Zelda. But when you're in the top 3, it's all moot anyway - any could be my Best lol.
Love the comparison, both such surreal experiences from childhood fantasies
I decided to go down a well thinking “It can’t be that deep.” Then I kept falling and falling.
I spent two days playing and it felt like 2 hours. Time moves very different when playing TotK. Very appropriate for a Zelda game.
dude i know games amazing. i remember sitting down and 3 hours zoomed by
I remember playing Ocarina Of Time 24 hours straight on 1st release. Time really flew by
An overall improvement over BOTW in every way. What amazes me is what they were able to get the Switch hardware to do. The view distance is insane for this system.
Wish they expanded on the combat though, and I don't mean sticking stuff on weapons.
@@incognito326 most people don't have an issue with it
what do you not like about it?
@@incognito326you can actually build mech like things and you can deal greater damage to many enemies...
It just goes to show you.. a great game will take a win over a powerful piece of hardware any day. I’ve played games that look amazing running at 120fps 4k and to be honest boring as sh*t.
Your console can have all the bells and whistles but if your games aren’t fun then what’s the point? This is where nintendo excels. Their first party titles are always an experience and super fun.
@@incognito326 i think is fair if some people wants more to the combat.
but in my opinion, i am satisfied with how it is rn
So accurate . Since it came out, I can’t stop thinking about playing this game. I’ve had a busy weekend so I’ve only played maybe 6 hours . But damn, what an amazing game
Indeed!
Sorry but this is a game for babies. Link and Mario are the new Bert and Ernie. The vehicle building stuff is fisher price. Sorry I don’t play easy games. Our ancestors lived tough and terrible lives and today we live easy comfortable lives the least we can do to honor what they endured is to challenge ourselves like they were challenged and thus playing challenging games. to play an easy games is an insult to them.. ever heard of the dark souls games , those games are proper challenging and none of u would last two seconds playing them because you gone so soft playing baby Nintendo games. Get your acts together and challenge yourselves??
@@netweed09 Is it good? Well lets just say that it's the new benchmark for open world games and games in general.❤❤
@@mingyuhuang8944 Best game I've played since Skyrim was reveal to this World, simple as that. Likely my 2nd Best Zelda game, or even joint 1st! Right now, just enjoying the ride!
The coolest thing about this game so far is the different conversations I've had with my friends that went just like this one. Makes me feel like I'm in middle school again talking about games.
Something that speaks for how good it is, is that they made me feel like I didnt play BotW before. 😂 The map is truly full of mysteries once again and I dont feel like I am playing on the same map I have played on before
I'm so glad to see that others feel the same way! I was wondering whether my memory is just worse than I thought, but I actually got a bit lost a few times despite playing BOTW just last year!😂
@@Anni_ka As someone that just finished BOTW for the second time, this game feels like real slog.
@@Anni_ka same. So much new stuff and I feel like I’m exploring it for the first time.
@@lowki07 that’s kinda on you
@@dappunk1 How is it on me that Nintendo made a boring and repetitive game?
Remember when many of us were saying "I wish I can play BOTW for the first time again"? Well this might be the closest we can get to that.
I really like the caves and the wells. The sky is much bigger than I thought and there has been some surprise enimies
You've done something right when the same map feels new
Not to spoil anything plot related but it really speaks to its the same hyrule but different. When I got to Zora’s domain, that was a HUGE example of it. I knew where to go because of BOT, and It’s the same but also very different. I think they really put an effort into showing that familiar places can drastically change over time
I remember back in 1998 having discovered Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and going to work feeling smug as if I've discovered this divine being no one else has been privy to. Feeling chosen and I had this rejuvenation aiding my ability trudge through the daily grind. Nice to hear another generation experience a similar vibe.
I was playing Totk last night and I had a moment where I was thinking, this feels like what people talk about when they remember ocarina of time
@@EduFirenze That's monumental if that's the case! That was like time traveling to the future as I recall.
@@EduFirenze The problem is, that's, word for word, what everyone said about SS, and BotW. And now, everyone has thrown those games away. People used to say BotW is perfect, never change anything, but now, it's worthless.
The same is going to happen to TotK, but it's not going to need to wait for the next Zelda game, because it's just more of BotW.
@@TheDapperDragonI love BotW, but ofc it's not perfect. But it's a very focused, cohesive experience. I think history will look much more fondly on BotW than TotK.
I feel like you don’t have to forget breath of the wild or anything like that, but to look at them as just a continuation of the first game like god of war ragnarok. Not necessarily two separate games, they’re just an experience in their own respective ways with and each first installment is still as special as the sequel/next chapter.
Except all of the massive plot holes and inconsistences that come up when you do that.
@@TheDapperDragonDespite being a direct sequel, TotK straight up retcons BotW in many ways.
Fun fact for anyone who has played Ocarina of Time: The Great Plateau is approximately the size of what Hyrule was in Ocarina of Time. It really gives you some perspective on just how giant they've made BotW/TotK.
No way can’t be. Hyrule isn’t that small cmon in oot
I was really surprised with how different this game feels simply because the Zonai abilities are different than the Sheikah Slate abilities. It really changes how you explore the world.
It really is that good. Everytime I am in they sky I want to cry, its so beautiful and freeing
I put about 65 hours into Breath of The Wild and liked it, but definitely missed a lot of stuff. I thought the world was very empty for the most part, so I didn't have much motivation to keep going after the main story. However... With Tears of The Kingdom, I am savoring every little piece and taking it slow and having a blast. I have still barely touched the depths because I am wanting to save that for a bit. This game in my opinion, is so much better. The world is filled with much more to do, and the world is incredibly bigger. I love it.
While playing last night I thought to myself: I might get a horse for some faster travelling. So I caught one and went to a stable to register it only to find out the game actually transfers your horses from BOTW so I already had four on file.
Stuff like that is just pure brilliance
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong 34:50 years he sticky lizard elixirs aren’t being sticky, I was climbing, it started raining, and I kept slipping to the point my stamina ran out. It wasn’t even a very long climb, but it wouldn’t have mattered, kept slippin
Honestly I was sceptical within the first few hours and thought I preferred botw, but now about 10-15 hours in I can say I was wrong. This game is amazing
The answer is yes I know because I didn’t like Botw. This is way better to me because there’s just more to do in the world, more secret areas, things to find, ways to get places. I mean yesterday I was going to a destination I knew where I was heading and was dedicated to getting there. Then boom a rock fell out of the sky and I couldn’t not recall it back up to the sky. This was right after I came from a shrine. I ride the rock back up to the sky boom another shrine I was super surprised. Then I got launched across the sky to another sky island finding an secret item. It was just great because the ground, underground, and sky all look and act entirely differently and the gameplay changes and you can be from one of those locations to another in seconds and in different regions as well. WHICH IS INSANE TO ME. I’ve never imagined this for an open world game
Also it’s like the world is so big you never want to leave an area because you feel like if you leave you’ll never be back and see that same area again lol and I love that
One minor disappointment I have with TOTK is that it's impossible to have a 'no fast travel' run because of the underground chasms.
EDIT: I just found out that there are places in the depths where you can use ascend. So technically you can get out of it without fast travel.
They really should have not been so strict with balloon and wing use times. I was really looking forward to riding a balloon out of the Depths. The Survey Team can ride balloons into and out of the Depths, why can't I?
Imo yes. Im getting the same kinda feelings I got from playing BotW for the first time, which I honestly didnt expect at all.
Yeah. With the knowledge of the mechanics of BOTW mixed with 2 layers of new areas and I consider a 80% map revamp. It does bring the feeling of exploration back.
It truly is. It just is. I lost my passion for gaming and even my favorite franchise, The Legend of Zelda, about 5 years ago. Just enjoy playing Minecraft with my boys.
I preordered this knowing I may or may not play it.
I adore this game. It’s just a fantastic game so far. Thanks to Nintendo, Aonuma, and Miyamoto!
I'm so upset at the video cut at 26:19, I really wanted to know whether or not that was gonna work!
One of my favorite tiny little changes is that when you open up a chest and it's a weapon or Shield or whatever, and your inventory is full, it gives you the option to drop something instead of having to go back out and then manually drop something and then open the chest again
I love the graphical dichotomy between photo realism backgrounds and lighting with anime main characters. It makes the illusion of being in a dream world.
I'm having so much fun in TotK. Love how the towers are used! Love launching myself from them. 👍
Agree
Best part of the game 😂
It's surprisingly zen
It's really epic every time.
I wish they added more to the sky rather than "that area". The Great Sky island is ridiculously good. I think they could put few of them more.
Yeah, the area below is a bit of a pain to explore.
wdym there are lots of sky islands
@@recepticle8197 I didn't say that it is bad or anything. I just said that rest of the sky islands are not as good as great sky island.
@@hododod246 they have so many awesome puzzles and shrines in a lot of the sky islands, hell the water temple is up there. I don't understand the gripe.
@@TimeforceletsgoThe puzzles are fine, but they reuse many of them, several times.
I'm on my 2nd attempt on the underground area after following a Dragon go down there. Not sure where I'm going but i found "notes" that talk about a Huge Door somewhere in the South where loud "monster" like noises are coming out off.
Better than Botw already easily
I’m really enjoying the game. I’ve played for about 10 hours so far. My biggest concern is the Fuse mechanic. It’s fun at first but I’m afraid it could start feeling tedious later on in the game. Also the puzzle’s are more difficult this time around it seems like. I’ll reserve judgement for now but so far it seems to be at least as good as breath of the wild.
I was worried too but now I understand the durability system better, want me to share/spoil? It saved it for me
Yeah some puzzles I have absolutely no idea what i need to do and I refuse to look anything up.
If you are tired of making the same machine over and over again do the Josha quest
I disagree that the game feels alive and full of people, I definitely feel a lot of the time very alone especially for like the first 10 hours at least, and like if I compare this game to other Zelda games, not including breath of the wild, you rarely actually feel you are progressing because like for example, you might receive a new ability and feel you have unlocked part of the map in the past which gives a sense of achievement and progress. However, since you craft a lot, and are exposed to the whole map, you never really feel that what you are doing is useful, and you can waste a ton of hours, It doesn't really talk about receiving more hearts to actually face against stronger enemies or where you may find it, or how you can go back up to the sky and why, and I feel like I need to look up things here and there on youtube just to confirm things I think the game should have told me very clearly. Great game, but I really miss the atmosphere, the music themes, and the vibrant character of games like majora's mask or ocarina of time, even link to the past. Too much ambience and gloom for hours at times, I wish there was a better balance.
they somehow captured that same lightning and made it four times the size
More like 2.2 times. The Depth about the same size as Hyrule while the Sky Islands not so much
It's the exact same game that's how they did it
@@SENATORPAIN1 I honestly don't understand how someone can say this, even trolling.
@@SENATORPAIN1 trolls gonna troll.
💡Lighting
⚡Lightning
👍 You're welcome.
Fun fact about the depths: it's the exact same map as the surface, same level geometry and everything. What they did, was invert the height map, so mountains become craters and vice versa. Really creative way to re-use the same level geometry to save space, but still have it look really different and alien. It's sort of this game's version of the Dark World.
From my current time spent in totk I feel its a solid 9/10 *at the moment.* The things I have tiny hiccups with are admittedly just cosmetic things or are otherwise just not important (the ultra hand can be a tad clumsy I find). But everything else is just brilliant! The new enemies are refreshing and seeing old yet new areas is weird in a good way.
The thing is that nintnedo used botw as their starting point. Since they didnt need to build a new engine, graphic style or even design a whole new map, towns or characters, they coyld focus these 6 years on just adding on the base game, which makes this game like botw but much denser and creative. Thats why it dwarves botw.
Should of taken those 6 years to actually make a different game that didn't just feel like the same retreaded slog...
They did design a new map - actually they essentially designed two new maps. The sky islands and the depths.
@@logicalfundyThe sky islands are pretty sparse, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Depths were essentially auto-generated from some sort of algorithm based on the surface map. One biome, only two new Frox enemy types...kind of monotonous.
@@quibquiberton4184 my post was 5 months ago, I'm not even sure if it was after release or not. Turns out the game is great regardless and is one of the games I think has a good shot at GOTY.
I still have yet to finish the BOTW DLC which I spent money on a few months back when it was discounted, but when I play that fully, I will definitely consider buying TOTK. This review helped get me more excited and look forward to eventually buying the game in a few months time - thank you guys!
Nintendo is at the edge of its seat waiting for u to decide to buy totk. Without your purchase it’s potential for success has a low ceiling. Please finish the dlc as fast as possible , we need u!!!
@@Mynipplesmychoice the savagery
Its a good game that tries so hard for you to hate it every step of the way, and its an uphill battle. Clunky and confusing controlls with no way to remapp them, poor balancing (mogoblins do the same dmg as bosses 6-10 hearts) , Link takes forever to get back from the floor after been hit which is just annoying. Weapons break again, random rain make you lose time in real life so you can climb again. Performance is quite bad.Rewards for exploring is mostly not worth the supplies you lose, unless you find some armor which is not often. The music is the same ss botw, the world ,the enemies ,many bosses the same..insane asset reuse. Like a big dlc.Story is convoluted and contradicts Botw. All those including its a good game. Without those, it would be great
I’m impressed with how far you can see in this game, impressive! And it feels like the controls are tighter than Botw. Idk. Maybe not
I think it feels smoother too until you run into a bunch of enemies. Frame rate kinda sucks. Excellent game though. Only a few hours in and it might be in my top 3 games of all time. Been gaming since the 90s. It will be a couple hundred hour game for me until I get sick of it. Worth the price. I wish playstation and Xbox still made good games. Can't get into anything on them lately.
Its exactly the same controls
I’m just saying Link feels a little more responsive moving is all
Breath of the Wild was developed for the Wii U which, despite what some people may say, is a wildly inferior console to the switch. Tears of the Kingdom is just a great game where the developer has bothered to squeeze everything out of the system it's on. It's a stunning game regardless of what the hardware it's on
@@stephenschwartz7402 double buffer vsync is a blessing and a curse
I have to admit i do prefer the traditional linear zelda style. I don't really want every zelda game going forward to be strictly openworld.
I do
The best part is going from playing original NES mario and LOZ to this. The starting ages and landmarks of home video games only happened once. Experiencing them all as they happened is priceless and unrepeatable.
I love totk, i cant stop playing, i wish i had a whole week days off just to play the game😭
As an older guy in his late 30’s and a seasoned gamer since the age of 4. I’ve basically seen it all when it comes to video games. The sad part about living longer on the planet is that nothing really surprises you anymore.
Yet both BotW and TotK has managed to capture me every time I sit down and play it. Something I don’t often feel in a video game anymore.
If you’re new to the Zelda lore or are on the fence to picking this up. Do yourself a favour and play it for a few hours. You will be hooked.
The Depths are slightly disappointing to me. I get that it's literally the "Dark World" to the surface, but I wish the layout of that layer didn't so closely match that of the surface. I really wanted some unique topography.
The only bad part is that all the weapons are decayed, but ig that’s nintendos way of inciting people to use fuse
My only complaint is I have to go into the menu to unfuse things so that I can fuse a weapon with something cooler I just found in the moment. Drives me crazy already. I hate having to go into the menu so much for that.
That's possible? Lol 😅
@@leonidasvonspartayou can Destroy anything you have fused to a weapon or shield, yeah. You don’t get the fuse part back tho
I'm a pretty jaded, cynical gamer, and I went into this game thinking the Ultrahand & Fuse mechanic would make the game feel too much like Minecraft and be unrecognizable as a Zelda game. I couldn't happier to be so wrong. It actually feels like the original 1986 Zelda has been finally, fully realized. It's just amazing.
The main thing I can think of that I don’t like is how there’s only one manual save slot. There should be two or three
it is. the first two hours i was like eh it’s not that amazing but now i think it’s wayyy better then botw
@@ts7844 its rather lame 15 minutes force fed dialogue and then another mandatory tutorial island for an hour.
Hey guys, thanks so much for the spoiler warning. This is the only game I'm trying to go in mostly blind with. I appreciate the concern for viewers like myself 😊
Yeah, I'm still one of those people who has been unsure. The hype got quite downplayed for me after the second trailer and I haven't felt pumped since, however I'm now watching a lot of reviews and gameplay since the game has released without trying to spoil myself and my hype is gradualy increasing. Thank you for this video you guys, it has been super helpful. What is the music in the background here, from the game I assume - it is absolutely beautiful!
If you get the game use headphones and turn up the volume the music and sounds are amazing
@@Silva0101.... Yep, it's probably 50% of the enjoyment.
First time i jumped down to the depths was at Huyrule castle, didnt realize i had no paraglider, game over :D
I've already had a ton of fun exploring, getting wrecked, and messing around with koroks. Every time i see one of the korok quests i sigh, grumble, and then smirk as i devise some new contraption to strap it to.
I was a bit of a naysayer having loved BotW for its exploration, but felt TotK looked a bit too familiar. So far however, I am loving it. The first tutorial area (the equivalent of the Great Plateau) is a bit rubbish. It feels too much like a training area rather than a complete ecosystem, is one of the less pretty areas, and has too many chasms that act as invisible walls - but once you leave this area it really picks up. Retreading Hyrule has felt like a new experience. More like a new world with some familiar callbacks than a reused world with some new parts. Most of the new runes I have basically been able to ignore, not having any desire to craft. My biggest criticism would be Fuse. It's a pain whenever you pick up a new weapon or shield of having to augment it; fused weapons and shields often look stupid when Link is carrying them; and the way it replaces elemental arrows is a right pain in the bum. Nintendo, let me pre-fuse arrows in batches please.
It's nice to see someone with a similar mindset! The new runes seem neat in thought but come off as tedious in execution for me. I agree Crafting was never my main draw to this game, and I'm glad it's not super enforced. And same goes for Fuze. While fun to mess around with occasionally, especially on shields, I find it a bit ridiculous running around Hyrule with broadsword attached to a giant Boulder. (Also the elemental arrows having to be manually input every shot feels like such a blunder)
Speaking of your adventures in BotW feeling like they carry over... horses. Not only are they less useless, but you can get your horses from BotW in TotK. It registers "hey, there's a BotW save on this account that had horses boarded, you can use those same horses in TotK." This includes special horses like the Giant Horse, or the Royal White Stallion. Speaking of special horses, there's new ones in this game. Also, you can register I believe up to ten horses at once if you save up enough Pony Points for that reward level.
In order to access your old horses, you do have to first catch a wild horse, then go to register it. When you do, the stablehand will be like "oh, looks like you've boarded horses with us before. I'll let you access those horses too." and then you can either keep the new horse or ditch it to get your old ones back.
There are a few new special horses. Spot, Princess Zelda's Golden Horse, and the Giant White Stallion. The Giant White Stallion is another giant horse with a different color pallet, Princess Zelda's Golden Horse is basically solid gold, and Spot is a quest-based horse at Lookout Landing.
One thing the guys don't mention here about why play BotW before TotK is that the Horses you found in BotW get transferred over to TotK. Which i would guess that maybe Zelda's White Stallion and Ganondorf's Giant Horse might not be in TotK normally, plus it makes traversal easier if you start the game with a 5 Star Speed horse. One i wish i had found in my normal playthrough of BotW, if only I'd known.
*SPOILERS*
I got utterly astounded by the sheer size of Elden Ring's map last year and just how expansive it really felt, and the reveal of the depths scratched exactly the same itch, just so exciting and terrifying in equal measure
its a crazy good game but after hundreds of hours of playing breath of the wild, Im bored of collecting map data and kooks and saving regions and Zelda, its just too repetitive.
Another thing that I noticed is that when you die the game reloads a previous point, you don't lose your materials (I can't remember if this is the case in BOTW but I don't think so).
No it wasn't the case with botw I recently played it and got so frustrated with losing my resources when I died. It was so annoying and I noticed this change right away, it was a welcomed surprise for sure
It's kind of insane to me that the exploration, Shrines, and quest is better than Breath of the Wild, and on top of that, they made the sandbox mechanics even more limitless. Truly feels like the greatest game ever made (for real this time) so far.
Honestly, i loved the sacred beasts and the feel of constantly approaching the final battle that BOTW gave, in comparison to a carefree adventure that TOTK gives.
The only time i've felt something like that was in TOTK prologue, when music and enviroment gets more darker as you advance, that was FIRE.
I think exploration is much better in BotW. TotK litters the map with a lot of copy-paste BS, it's less beautiful to look at because of all the junk from the sky, and many points of interest like Gut Check Rock, or the Forgotten Temple, or the Thunder Shrine, or Akkali Citadel have fuck all to do. Idk how exploration could even compare to the first time through BotW with a largely recycled map.
The baby birds in Rito village were fun. Seeing them grown up. It was a great storyline. 👍🏻
I’ve played a little bit and it just hoping so bad that Paya turns out to be the sage that Mineru was in the past 🙏🙏 stopping with 4 sages when there were 7 in the past doesn’t make any sense so pls make Paya a sage 😭😭
This game is no where near as good as BOTW. It still feels like BOTW but now it has a crafting toll booth that is extremely annoying. The Crafting takes so much time and many times it doesn't work. It feels tedious at times. I miss the game play from BOTW. I wish the crafting and fusing wasn't such a major part... or worse all the combo of Fuse, crafting and time changing... .ugh... I keep waiting for the game play to get going, but it just keeps making me craft. Hope the tediousness ends soon.
My god is this game as amazing as people say it is do yourself a favor and give it a try
Yes !! It’s amazing but the puzzles are a little bit too much . I got to the desert area and boy was those puzzles hard to figure out . Had to look on TH-cam for a few of them
A few of them I had to smack myself over the head once I figured out a much easier way when I was making it much harder than it needed to be. They can be very involved haha. I do love that you can solve puzzles in many ways.
@@Drstrange3000 lol very involved ! I was going absolutely crazy on the light puzzle and figured it out like an hour later lol . Very rewarding when you figure them out tho
@@BrooklynBornn Yep! I kind of feel productive doing some of these since I'm engaging my brain.
stick a rocket to your shield and that should cover 80% of the shrines
@@recepticle8197 where do I get rockets ?
Everything is good but the weapon fusing, it’s so stupid it kills it for me
I’ve put almost 35 hours into it since Friday morning it’s blowing all of my expectations out of the water BOTW is my all time favorite game
I've been playing for a while and i feel its just too similar to BOTW. I mean everything is like reused, all the effects, sounds, animations, systems, the map, most of the enemies, sometimes i just forget that im playing a new game. Yet they couldnt be bothered to fix weapon durability which is so annoying, combat is exactly the same, having to craft single recipes at a time , no big villages, no swimming. This feels like a BOTW 1.2 or something, does not in any way compare to the feeling when playing BOTW for the first time.
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If you had horses on BOTW, they transfer over to TOTK. Assuming your using the same switch of course.
This game is so insane. The Depths are truly terrifying.
My first time down in the depths I got myself attacked by gloom covered bokoblins, freaked out when I couldn’t restore my broken hearts with food I had and noped myself out of there so quick. I was afraid to go back for several days of play!
I played botw for the first time in 2019. I freed all the divine beasts, beat Ganon and even solved all 120 shrines. But unfortunately I didn’t own the game myself, and was playing it on a friend’s console. Christmas of 2022 I went out and bought a switch and a copy of botw in preparation for totk. I thought I’d be tired of the game, and although I didn’t solve every shrine on this play through I had a lot of fun re-exploring Hyrule. But totk really knocked it out of the park, I was debating buying the game at all, but I thought oh well, may as well give it a shot. Now I don’t even want to go back to botw because the world in totk is so much more expansive. It kept the same story beats but turned up exploration to 11. I was worried I’d hate the fuse and crafting mechanic but I actually love it and it allows so much more fun and mind-bending puzzle solving. Totk also rewards you if you played botw, I made my way to Korok forest because it was where you found the master sword in botw but when I got there the forest was infested with gloom like everywhere else in Hyrule. The game directed me to the part of the main story I wanted (about the master sword) and introduced me to a new mini boss. The developers really knew what I was thinking and nodded their head to it. Also the Yiga clan story in the Depths was 10/10. I love the fact we banish Master Kohga to the depths in botw and in totk he takes on a much more involved role as he has made a home down there. Running into him for the first time was amazing, and so was seeing Hudson construction alive and flourishing. I love the fact totk encourages combat too. In botw I didn’t want to fight enemies because my cool weapons would break but in totk if you want cool weapons you HAVE to fight bigger and badder enemies so you can fuse their parts to your weapons.
Yeah. It really is that good. I can’t even stop thinking about it. I randomly stumbled into a cave and found Fierce Diety boots! What the hell?! That’s so awesome!
non story spoiler cool thing I found while in the depths is that you can RIDE THE UNDEAD HORSES!!! I hopped on one of these things by accident after killing an enemy, and also they can traverse over gloom without getting harmed.
Yeah u can do that too in botw
My only disappointments are. 1. the underworld is very bland. 2. Not enough sky territory
I'm getting the game tomorrow with the Zelda OLED switch. I am so so so so excited, I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. :D
Enjoy! You wil feel on cloud 9. Literally lol.
Its not hype. The game is amazing. My only issue is the frame rate can be kinda crappy sometimes. Definitely pushes the switch hard. Ill be surprised if its not GOTY. The switch needs a real upgrade though i wish the oled would of been upgraded on performance a little bit. Its pretty rough playing switch after ps5 or series x. Great system though and Nintendo knows how to make good games and actually release them finished.
Honestly never touching the PS5 or series X it feels buttery smooth despite being at 30 fps, and lower a lot of the time. I only really notice lag when im fighting a talus with bokoblins on it, and something random.
It's better than botw imho. Wells, caves , the sky, cool modified locations. Zonai tech building joy. More types of enemies.
There’s enough familiarity, comfort, and nostalgia from breath of the wild but an amazing amount of newness to it but only adds to the breath of the wild experience. We all knew coming in that we wouldn’t be struck the same way that we were by BOTW because it was just a game-changing experience, but this is as good as a direct sequel can get. And if this was a standalone with no prequel? This would be the breath of the wild!
One word, yes! I got bored of botw pretty fast after rushing the boss and beating it before all the divine beasts. This one with the fuzing just feels so d*** fun!!!
Diving into the Gerudo Canyon chasm took my breath away i was absolutely terrified and amazed. But mostly terrified
Honestly, I feel like I love BotW more. The mood and atmosphere of this big open Hyrule was way more fitting for the story they told there, the powers were simple but more fun (imo of course) and shrines and korok seeds were still fun. TotK just feels like a complete new Zelda story that should have gotten its own Hyrule, not the one we already know from BotW.
Have 10h in it. It really is BoTW 2 but it's a perfect sequel. It adresses every negative point I had with the prequel. It expands it so much. THE VERTICALITY between the skies and the depths. The powers are more fun. The sandbox part is endgame. The story is actually there without needing to look for a random forest.
It might be the best game of all times.
I have 40 hours, and understand why it’s called tears of the kingdom. I don’t think its botw2
It feels like coming home, but everything looks different and more exciting. Honestly loving the first few hours I've spent with the game.
I’m still struggling to understand how this game is on switch.. it’s the biggest game I’ve ever played, it’s gorgeous and full of detail. So excited to here the saxophone at the game awards 😁
I finally explored the 3rd layer and im scared 😅. It is scary, weird and atmospheric horror and i only explore a bit. 😂 Im too weak at the moment..had to give up and come back when i have more hearts.
Best video game of all time. Seriously. I’m overwhelmed and in awe every time I boot it up
I'd love a vid about simple useful builds and crafting stuff. I feel like there's many simple builds that could be useful in different spots
I used an amiibo to get Epona as my first horse. I am trying to figure out how to be able to get more horses boarded since I can only have one horse in the stable right now. Is it through Pony Points? How many do you need?
One of my favorite memories so far in this game is finding a stone talus in a cave defeating it, and fusing its luminous stone heart to my shield which makes not only a badass shield but it glows in caves.
I was starting to get un-excited for this game because I saw the vehicles and the crafting, and I didn't want Zelda to turn into Minecraft or Fortnite or something. Then I listened to your review of the game and decided to pre-order it through Amazon. When I saw the Depths and everything it sold me on getting the game. I realized my pre-order wasn't going to get here until 11pm on release day, and I couldn't wait. So I pre-ordered it digitally on the eShop and booted it up at midnight. I played for twelve hours straight, and then another four hours when I woke up. Beat the Rito dungeon, and now am exploring the underground. I love everything about this game so much! I feel about this game the way the world felt about Breath of the Wild 5 years ago. Also, I tried to cancel my Amazon pre-order, but the cancel didn't go through. So I also have a physical copy that I am considering just holding onto because I like this game THAT MUCH. I'm only 16 hours in and it's an instant top 5 game for me. Now if only I wasn't also hooked on the Diablo IV beta right now!
I find it crazy that Nintendo made this game with the weather, draw distance, and everything we can build and the physics plus how beautiful the game is then there is the sky island and underground which is as big as the main map and all the enemies and npcs and the game is only 16.5GBs. That is just insane to me that all of this game is only that big especially with how most ps5, Xbox, and pc games file size is.
I'm taking a food break from playing Tears which is why I put this video on. I was one of the few who wasn't enamored with Breath of the Wild, but Tears of the Kingdom has addressed practically every issue I had with it, by basically taking what were previously annoying mechanics and for a lot of them tweaking their context ever so slightly to make them so wildly incredible-cooking, side quests, exploring, weapon durability, shrines, "dungeons", story, difficulty, combat, enemy variety, etc. Tears of the Kingdom feels like everything Breath of the Wild should have been. Nothing in this game feels contradictory; everything coheres and makes sense together and reinforces each other.
A 10/10 feels too low for this game. My only gripe is that I wish inventory management was a bit better. But seriously, this game is blowing me away. The Legend of Zelda: Nuts & Bolts was so hyped, and yet it somehow met the hype and exceeded it. And Hyrule looks so beautiful that it can still compete with how beautiful Link looks. This is one of the best games I've ever played, and might even be the best Zelda I've ever played, but it has some really stiff competition.
I'd say that Tears of the Kingdom is an immersive sim, (I mean, come on, we can stack boxes in this game), which is really refreshing after Arkane's Redfall catastrophe. And the tutorial area is one of the best I've ever seen, and might even be better than Deus Ex's Liberty Island, which I feel a bit shocked to say.
It's an excellent game but what I feel is it's not as good as "breath of the wild"..I just feel like it's a massive chore going on the sky islands and it gets tedious building things. But they utilised the horse riding better to make you use a horse earlier on in the game.
Wait till you get auto build
@@davidpopoca9409 I was busy walking around trying to get to get the towers to work. But then I realised I had to talk to purah first. Btw maybe it's just me but that location where purah is at looks strikingly similar to the location in ocarina of time. I don't remember seeing that in breath of the wild.
It’s great, epic, and all the things.
But some part of me misses the smaller scale and more streamlined progression of OOT, WW, TP, etc.
Grab you here with in an hour card here 🎉🎉
Sure I'll grab it
Ok