A Big Fat Review of Breath of the Wild
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 เม.ย. 2019
- This is my complete Breath of the Wild review series, all in one convenient package. It covers nearly every aspect of the game, and as such is very spoiler-heavy.
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drive.google.com/file/d/1AK0I... - เกม
You just HAD to hit that 10 minute mark didn't you?
BossCrazyRoss this is the most underrated comment of all time
@@kevvdawgcooldude1412 Thanks bud
UGH wtf are you talking about it's more then 3 hours LONG it's WAY over 10 minutes. I'm waiting for a comment like this that is actually serious cause yknow someone out there will Lmao.
@@CynthiaTestarossa Glad you're joking. You almost made me use my secret weapon
You dumb dumb, video says 3 hours 20 mins
Me: “It’s my turn to pick the movie”
Brother: “Alright, you better pick something good.”
Me:
You picked something good
Tell him it's a Muppets Movie.
@@AlriikRidesAgain Muppets: the story of Link
Brother: Leaves immediately because this is the fourth time you've pulled this crap
Brother: Why, this is the eighteenth time this weekend!!!
So I left a comment two years ago about how great this review was and how it made me want to play the game. This is now probably my favorite game I've ever played, and this video is a comfort watch for me. I have watched it like, 10+ times. Thanks for this, Arlo. I cannot wait for the Big Fat Review of Tears of the Kingdom and Pikmin 4. :3
Got the Switch 5 years ago when it was released and always intended on getting BotW but some how 5 years slipped by. I picked up the game a month ago when I took two weeks off from my job. During my play time I was looking up reviews and other content on BotW and I ran into this video. I was still about halfway through the game so I did not want to spoil the game for myself.
This game consumed me. I am a busy working adult!
So hype for TotK!
@@A_chocolate_bar_review_channel Ha I thought she was replying to herself... haha
That’s 30 hours of arlo botw
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Best 30 hours of your life?
I went in to breath of the wild ENTIRELY blind. Not even knowing what link would look like. I have a distinct memory of playing the game when it first came out and coming upon a stable at night and thinking “uh oh. monsters” and approaching the stable by crouching and having my weapon drawn.
those were the good days. it was amazing.
I'm hoping to do that with totk, I was spoiled a lot on botw because i didn't get the game until a year after release
Yeah I went into it only having heard the name Zelda in passing and not even knowing what the game/series is about
i went in completely blind too. i remember thinking the great plateau was the whole map so when i accidentally put out a marker far away using my scope i opened my map to remove it but I couldn't find it, not knowing that I could zoom out. i ended up googling it and finding out that way that you can zoom out in the map and then i kinda realized that the great plateau was not the full map. i wasn't sure though.
I went in (to my knowledge) completely blind too but I got it when I was like 11 so it’s more due to me being a kid
@@teathesilkwing7616 same lmao
“Most people went to Zora first.” For some reason I went to Gerudo first and was terrified that every boss fight would be that hard...
samee
I went to the Rito, it was the farthest away and I was up to explore
Me too bro
I went zora, rito, gerudo, gorons
I went to Zora's domain before I ever even spoke to Impa. I was on my way to kakariko village and somehow through exploring I just ended up meeting Sidon. Dude told me to meet him up at the top of the river and despite seeing all the thunder and I rain I just went "ok, I guess I'm gonna do this now". Keep in mind the waypoint leading me to Impa was active the entire time, I just didn't feel like going towards it lol. After beating Zora's Domain I went to Impa and she told me all the plot stuff. I spoke to her again without even leaving the room and she said was surprised I had already beaten one of the beasts lol
Will you stop joking around and release the FULL review!
Yeah! Like is he really that lazy that he can't finish the whole thing? Like *3 hours* , really? That's barely any content! WE WANT THE 15 HOUR VERSION
@@angry8232 yeah! I'm waiting for the 25 hour version
I’m still waiting for the 1005 hour version
I think she wants a score. I mean, if you haven't figured out it's a 7/7 by now then you should be ashaimed
Gaming With Calvin It was sarcastic toy dumbass
Man the complaints about no crafting system aged like fine wine
Facts 😂
Why!
what happened
@@AstaIsAMonstertotk
@@afriendlycampfire260totk still dropped the ball though. Fuse is not a crafting system, it's just a gimmicky mechanic that changed the meta to require all viable weapons to have a shitty looking fuse. Missed potential for sure.
@@skyellama8374 honestly I hate how shitty strong weapons fused weapons look in totk like the only way that I can make a strong weapon is by fusing another dumb lynel saber horn
When you were talking about spoilers, I was like “that’s so silly, I love knowing everything about a game even before going in!” And then remembered the pure delight I had simply discovering there were moose in botw for the first time …
@Ana Amaro For a second I thought you were a bot
the first time I saw one of those wooly rhinos I was absolutely amazed for some reason, even though they're just animals they're so freaking neat
Didn't find my first bear in botw until a solid 150 hours in, and then I found out you can ride them like horses after seeing bokoblins do it. That was a truly special moment.
Arlo: Makes 3 hour review of BOTW
Nintendo: Lets make him do another one
*BOTW 2 is announced*
Dj Khaled: *in the distance* another one
xD
Wait a minute. 3 hour video? Botw2?
..... HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED PEOPLE!!!!!!
@@rdm0108 Honestly tho, When botw2 comes out i'm not gonna watch any videos for it, just gonna go into it with no knowledge of what to expect. A complete surprise :D
Well the rumor is that the only reason Nintendo is making Breath of the Wild 2 is because they watched this review.
Avengers Endgame: Our movie runs for 3 hours!
Arlo: Hold my butternut squash
Avengers Endgame: yes please
BUTTERNUT SQUASH? YES PLEASE!
Vela S Where? What youtuber?
You don't know how much I just laughed out loud at that!
Yeah, but Solid Thanos.
i actually went to rito village first and completed the divine beast stuff before going anywhere else, literally just because i wanted tabantha wheat. i saved rito village because i wanted to make carrot cake
I did the same for a shrine I couldn't figure out how to do because I was an idiot 9 year old and literally got revalis gale just to find out it didn't work and finished the shrine with the easiest solution I've ever seen.
I went to Gerudo town first because I didn’t want to walk far
I didn’t finish the beast did the other three and then came back
Talking about Cryonis being the “least useful rune” and then talking about how rain sucks for climbing…
It gave me the idea of using a Cryonis laser to freeze a climbable path up a surface while it’s raining!
Would make the rune way more fun and cool to use
I've never seen this and this is such a cool idea, I'm up for another rune upgrade
Seems awesome, and now that we know that the runes will be altered (at least we saw that in the trailer with the time-stop rune that I forgot the name of), we might be getting something like that for cryonis!
It would be useful but would ultimately ruin one of the challenges that the game gives you. What‘s the point of rain if you can just freeze your way around it?
@@teddybear5788 Maybe you would unlock it after getting all the labyrinths done or some sort of underrated quest like them, would grant it after a lot of effort
@@invadeandraid that would be a nice idea, but then in an open world game you could just do that right at the start and we're back with my first comment.
You know ... I think one of my favorite things about the Korok Seeds is that they're a direct testament to the excellence of the map design. So the entire concept is if you see something "weird" or "out of place", like a rock all on its own or a set of three fruit trees or a group of boulders, it's probably a Korok Seed. In order for that to work as a game mechanic, there must not be anything in the game that looks "fake" that _isn't_ a Korok Seed. They're explicitly training their players to search out things in the game world that look even the slightest bit unnatural, and to expect a reward for finding those things. They can't do this unless they're 100% certain that their world design looks completely and totally natural and organic. And they pull this off beautifully. It's really incredible if you think about it.
Oh boi, when I was in a town on the sea and totally random looked up and saw that banana on the coconut palm tree...IT DROVE ME CRAAAAZY!!!
@DarthFennec That’s the Nintendo way.
I didn’t even know the korok seeds existed until I played the game. I had a super genuine moment where I saw a circle of rocks with one missing. I thought to myself, “hm i wonder” and I found a rock next to it, filled in the circle, and by golly the korok appeared. I was super surprised how it felt like I discovered that all on my own, and it felt super genuine
@@gh8735 I wish I would have those moments a little more often. The internet and trailers spoiler so much these days, it's barely a surprise to play a new game...
LaNoir right. I stayed away from mostly any footage of the game until I got my hands on the game. Though there is a ton of stuff in the game not shown in any of the trailers
This is longer than Avengers: Endgame. Respect.
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me me I didn’t see anybody else that commented that lol
And more engaging too
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@@alexrawls3074 you trying to summon a demon over here?
As a player who knew only the original Link game back in the 80's and now this one, I must say I have no criticism whatsoever of any part of this masterpiece. I never played a single other game like Skyward Sword, etc. I couldn't believe the changes. I am not a gamer at all and this is just pure joy. I played yesterday for 2 hours and discovered 3 new Koroks. Oh, I beat the game and have the DLC and am on Master Mode and all that. I'm also 71. I remember Pong for crying out loud! Cutting edge in its day. You kids just don't get it. I love saying that. And I can't wait for the next Breath of the Wild.
BoTW returns zelda to its roots of exploration
@@Breached18 And even as a man in his 70's I loved the exploration part. Having finished the game and defeated Ganon and that after Ganon thing I felt like a great journey had been completed and I was victorious. And the graphics blew me away. Well, the whole experience was immersive and fulfilling. Part two? Better hurry - my reflexes are fading. lol.
@@mikeyh0 its coming in the spring of 2023, I'd recommend playing the previous zelda games, especially Ocarina of time, Link to the past, and Majoras Mask, or just watch Zelda Lore videos.
Have you tried the elder scrolls series? Skyrim is where I started, and it’s a fun little world to run around in.
Fallout is another great open world franchise, and fallout new Vegas and fallout 4 feel like real places.
@@lindboknifeandtool I did look a bit at Skyrim. Very appealing. Red Dead Redemption looked cool, too. But I'm thinking my playing days are nearing their end. The new BoTW for sure.
One if my most memorable moments playing this game for the first time was when I went to my first divine beast.
I decided to go to Rito first, since it was one of the things that grabbed my attention at the beginning.
I somehow ended up on the back end of the chasm that the village was in, so I couldn’t see the bridge on the other end. I’m racking my brain for like 10 minutes about how on earth I’m gonna get up there, and I then decide that I just have to craft some stamina potions.
I spend about an hour gathering resource, before warping back to that spot and starting the long climb up to the village. I used all my potions and just BARELY made it up to the Rito village.
The music starting up as I sat there and felt so accomplished was amazing…
Until I realized that there was a bridge on the other side…
Even muppets can feel that pain
My first time playing Skyrim I couldn't find ivarstead to get up the mountain so I basically fought thru "Bethesda climbing" up the other side of the mountain, finding out how to get around the storms cuz I had no shouts yet, went across the throat of the world, and back down to the Grey beards. I was pissed when I learned about the stairs
It's that moment of: " YES!!! I AM THE B- . . . . . OH COME ON!!!" XD
@@astolfofansunny4047 in my opinion, this is what the game is all about. You can always play it your own way. There will often be a direct and easy way for newcomers who aren't sure what to do. But if you find a way to solve a problem by yourself, the game encourages you to do so. That's what makes it so great.
First divine beast interaction for me was the elephant one in the water. I jumped off a mountain (pretty sure it was the Lynal one or however you spell Lynal) anyway I slowly floated down onto it when out of nowhere it’s boss health bar appeared and it activated. Genuinely shit my pants when that happened it just made a loud sound and hit me with a shockwave or something.
First 10 seconds
"Hello friends, I'm here to talk a little bit about breath of the wild"
*3 hour video*
"A LITTLE BIT"
He spoke the truth
Well... This is only half of the game. The game is over 200+ hours long. This only covers about 100 hours of the game... IN 3 HOURS!?
Like #1000!
Haha so funny bc the video is long hahaha
I feel like absolutely no one has pointed out the horror and panic you feel when you think you saw a lynel notice you, but it’s just a bokoblin on a horse.
no thanks. What about hearing the guardian piano
ShadowFax that’s also horrifying
The first couple of Lynel gave me trouble but once i realized how broken Stasis is on them they have never ever bothered me since.
I personally prefer flurry rushes, considering I’ve gotten pretty good at timing them.
Best thing you can do against lynels is shoot them in the face for stagger, climb on their backs to hit 5 times for no durability-draining damage, then when you get flung off, slow mo shoot him in the back of the head a few times. Rinse and repeat, and you're now a force of nature against Lynels.
Over 8M views now. Well done Arlo. Well deserved.
Yea 1% got past 10 minutes with the unbearable voice.
@@ts7844 Nothing cant stop the haters
Coming back to see his opinions on this game vs TotK
@@ts7844you mean 0.00001% got past the first second, am I right? Oh wait, I meant NANOSECOND! No one watched the video. The view count is bots from North Korea and North Pole. Haha 🌈
36:40 this is the beauty of having a silent protagonist. you don't know how they feel about things, you don't know _if_ they feel anything about it. so it's up to YOU to determine the mood. and BotW did a phenomenal job at setting the tone. solemn.
Looking forward to the 6 hour review of Breath of the Wild VR.
Me: I dont like 10 part vids
Arlo: Ok
46:35 The use of horns seems to be reserved for the largest bosses. Horns push a lot of air, and make a powerful sound. But a piano literally has ten fingers crawling around the keys like spider legs, or Guardian legs. And those Guardian legs wriggle quick, just like the music. The guardian shifts left and right, ducks aside, hunkers down for a shot, and the music mimics that.
3:17:14 "...now it feels like the sky is the limit"
indeed... that aged well
Marvel: Avengers Endgame is gonna be exactly 3 hours long
Arlo: Hold my peanutbutter sandwich and my juice box
I love the specific non-beer food & drink items
And butternut squash.
Hold my lasagna and my wine
And Arlo includes bathroom breaks
Nice one!
Finally! They released the full season of Sesame Street!
What are you talking about? This is only episode one
brought to you by the letters N, 6 and 4...
@@joejoe2658 Ah yes, my favorite letters, 6 and 4.
I want the directors cut with commentary from the french devs
@@goldbergshekelwitz1596 we we
I came back to this after finishing Tears of the Kingdom and nearly fell out of my chair when I heard Arlo's crafting suggestions. It feels like Nintendo execs watched this and were like, "Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!"
One of my favorite things about this game is that I was able to get through the icy part of the great plateau without knowing how to cook or getting the clothes-I just held a freakin torch in my hand the whole time up the mountain and it worked. And finding out from friends later about their methods and all of us going “I didn’t know you could do that!” was just awesome.
I literally ate the peppers raw and thought it worked. I just assumed it mitigated the damage as opposed to actually preventing it lol. I just figured I'd better move fast if I wanted that shrine
You wrote "advemture" 2:11:59
Analysis invalid.
Lol
Captain Sanke same, fuckkkk
I thought that was some english joke I didn't get
Imvalid*
I think it was a joke
not gonna lie, beating that lynel in zora domain for the first time was such a satisfying achievement
I just used an ancient arrow. I have no shame
@@litessbu same
@@litessbu those arrows are the only reason I find guardian parts. They make master mode easy.
@@boscy stop
@@boscy what
I know it's like normal for a Zelda game to end and you just spawn outside of the boss door but I was really hoping that when I beat BOTW I was going to be able to explore the world with Gannon dead and have some new thing happen. I was so disappointed. But I should have known
Horses became a lot more useful in this game with the addition of the ancient horse armor where you can whistle from anywhere and it teleports to you.
Master Cycle Zero:
when I got the champions weapons in breath of the wild, I never used them either because to me they were like precious antiquity, and I didn't want to break them. Instead I used them for the mounts in links house. I know everyone else used the great swords for those, and I did to at first, but I decided on mounting the champion weapons as a sort of memorial to my fallen comrades.
Edit: Wow I've never gotten so many thumbs up on a comment before. It feels good.
Imagine it being like every other game where you can just use the cool shit u find instead of being scared of it breaking
I did the exact same thing
I did it too
Same man
@@theotherbeatle707 which what makes it great! It teaches you to treasure things more. A lot of games are just like "oh you have now you have it forever" and slowly feels like "eh cool"
2:53:15 Today, more than 2 years after BotW has released, I learned that you can burn the Hinox's wooden leg guards and shock the metal ones, even though I thought by this point I knew everything. This is the game that just keeps on giving.
....... I was today years old when i learned this
I recently learned you can parry lynel attacks after a full summer of just hunting them.
@@mb-qi1qq oof thats gotta hurt
Well. There's a thing I now know.
I found it out when I only had flame weapons on me. Wasn't expecting it though.
I think there's more character development than Arlo gives the game credit for. Zelda's arc in this game is the best one ever put in a Zelda game, period. Those cutscenes carry some incredibly emotional moments because of that.
I mean take Link for example:
A passive bit of storytelling actually tells us that Zelda was able to get through his silent exterior and he tells her he doesn't want to talk because of the weight of his immense responsibility, preferring to just silently bear the burden inside. Not only does this detail about the character and his relationship with Zelda allow her to speak candidly with him on an intimately personal level in the memories, not only is it layered because she initially resents him for his silence as she interprets it as him judging her for her failure to awaken her powers despite seeming a natural at his own duties, but it also blends perfectly into the Link you get to play as, because while he awakens and is just silently confused, you don't go 5 minutes before you get to choose Link's dialogue to an extent no Zelda game has ever allowed you to, and he's a real people person (unless you make him act like a dick for some reason) who seems very easygoing and cheerful (his conversations with Hudson in the Tarrey Town Sidequest make you pick a response to almost his every sentence, creating a conversation so two-way by Link's conventional standards that it's almost comical). That feeds back into his characterization in the way that he wouldn't normally be silent, he's silent only because it's his way of coping with extreme pressure, and him dealing with that allows Zelda to relate to him and therefore feel comfortable talking to him about things that bother her, which deepens their relationship to the point where she grows to love him, which finally awakens her powers when she desperately tries to shield him from a Guardian about to kill him.
Just this one character detail about Link spins into this web of character development that's integral to the story and the plot. And there's a lot more to go around as well. Like the way each champion helps inform or mirror some aspects of Zelda and Link's relationship and characterization. Like how in the japanese version, the entire quest log is written in first person as Link's personal diary of events, letting you in on his inner thoughts and reactions to everything around him (sadly lost in the english translation). And not to mention the community's favourite fish lady Mipha and her tragic unrequited love for our main man in blue, lost because she was too anxious to tell him how she felt and propose to him before being killed by Ganon. But again, there's so much more, and a lot of it isn't just watching cutscenes, it's connecting the dots between those cutscenes and other forms of passive storytelling, linking all the threads together into a comprehensive web of backstory for this world and its main characters in a way that's far more cohesive than most Zelda games.
And yes, the english voice dub is horrible and I don't care, because the original language is japanese, the art style and execution is distinctly anime, so I play with the japanese voices on and it's far more enjoyable. Dubs are for children. Subs are for people who can read.
And as for that comment about the ending where Arlo complains about there not being any more plot... after the plot concluded with the thing that was set up as the main objective like 100 hours ago from the very beginning... 'I was upset that there wasn't any more plot... After the plot ended.'
I can't even argue with that, like that's just... 'This cake sucked because there was no more cake after I ate it' XD
It's so amazing watching such an in depth review for a game I love. This was my first Zelda game and it just felt absolutely magical, I felt like I was walking through a Ghibli movie
“But, at the very least, we can all hope that Breath of the Wild will eventually get its very own ‘Majora’s Mask’ equivalent.” [Arlo at 1:10:40]
Nintendo: yes.
Nswitch The comment isn’t saying that Arlo predicted Nintendo is making a BOTW sequel, but a Majora’s Mask style sequel.
Nintendo: TECHNICALY
...
connorthepotato Judging by ganondorf’s return, it _looks_ more story based. At the very least, by bringing back a fan-favorite, they are at least listening to fans and their criticisms.
I WISH, in all of those part where you said “I’m not even gonna get started on that” I wish you got started on it. Make it 2 hours longer
Same
I feel like he says that to keep himself from going insane. Making a video like this is already a pretty big time and energy consumption
Honestly I listen to long videos when I have a session of terraria
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Arlo - your crafting comments are spot on. I was so disappointed that I couldn't decorate my house in a meaningful way, I always wanted to have a pond where I could stock fish or even a farm area with my own stables and places to plant trees or veg
I'm watching your review and I'm at the moment when you talk about voice acting. Remember that all humans don't talk English; I'm French and I can tell you that the French voice casting is phenomenal and it brings so much life to the game. Also the actress who voices Zelda in French is so good and is a pro actress. So when you're saying things like that, keep in mind that all voices acting are not the same.
Good point!
When Cookie Monster overcame his addiction, his sentences became more coherent and he lost a lot of weight. And then he turned to video games, a new vice.
Z is for Zelda; that's good enough for me.
It’s clearly Grover without a nose
I remember how surprised I was when I discovered Lurelin village. It is so far from all the necessary story locations, you would never know it was there without going on a massive detour through Faron. Might be my favourite village in the game.
it was such a pleasant treat to find such a unique place when i first found it
First playthrough, never new it existed. Second playthrough only found it cause I went right first to the big forest with farosh (wanted early durians and bananas) and discovered good GOD are porgies broken🤣
I remember fooling around and traveling the beaches entirely on foot. It was a welcoming surprise!
@@darcidious99 same!
@@angelkato1401 lurelin is the place on the beach right?
I drive long distances and have listened to this review many, many times. Thankfully I’m not as sensitive to spoilers as yourself. I’ve never been into Zelda games, never have, and I thought I never would…until now. This review alone made me want to get the game just to see for myself and I have to say it’s one of, if not, THE best game I’ve ever played and I’m only a few hours in! Thank you for this review (which I still listen to as it gives me great audio entertainment whilst driving), because if it weren’t for this one video I undoubtedly would not have experienced this masterpiece. Thank you once and again and keep up the great work. I can’t wait for the Big Fat Review of Tears Of The Kingdom! 👍🏼
Same!
I tried sooooo hard. I was convinced that if I wore all the electrical resistant rubber wear that I would be able to land on the yellow flying dragon and ride it all the way up to that whirlwind portal at the top of the sky and be transported to some wicked cool dungeon. Never made it of course.
"Track down that one frog to make my pants stronger"
-Arlo, 2019
For me it was those fire lizards.
I'm also tempted to ask the timestamp so you have to watch the whole thing again just to find it.
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This is essentially how furries work
@@aidanrettich6552 Dude what the heck?!
Here some Time-Stamps
0:00 Introduction
2:56 The Magic of Exploration
18:06 Presentation, Sound, and Atmosphere
49:04 Story, Characters, and... That Ending
1:11:05 Difficulty, Combat, and Progression
1:43:09 Traversal, Physics, and "Crafting"
2:22:44 Shrines, Dungeons, and Quests
3:02:29 A New Era of Zelda
Thanks, that's helpful
srry im commenting the same as the person before but thank you! also wanted to comment so ur comment gets moved up :)
that's actually why I commented lol, to try and get this more visibility
Hm
Very helpful!🙏🙏🙏
with what you said about the importance of nature persisting despite the calamity, it's one of the things that makes the game so close to my heart. i think there are things about this game thematically that touch on trauma, in general, in a very special way. when i lost someone tragically i often thought about the fact that nature persisted, and that gave me great comfort. link's silence and the relaxing soundtrack, added to the majority of the gameplay being adventuring alone, almost gave me a sense of companionship with another lonely wounded soul whose world was changed irreversibly. i never rly see link as a stand in for me as a gamer, more like someone i have empathy for who i'm guiding on an internal healing journey as well as an external saving-the-world journey. and the way the game contrasts link's internal journey--the fact that he really isn't Just a lawful hero, that he is chaotic and loves to cook and the pressure put on him as the chosen one is often to his detriment emotionally--and his external mission to save zelda and avenge the champions, makes it even more nuanced and complex. it's like the player IS the midna or navi or fi of the game, it feels a lot closer and vulnerable and PERSONAL to bare witness to link's activities in the past and present. it is genuinely a healing experience to play this game in the same way it's healing to be in nature.
So true I love this so much about this game
Coming to this EXTREMELY late here, but regarding the battle that wounded Link so badly, you missed the environmental storytelling there. The memory is found in a vast field full of destroyed Guardians. The implication is that Link took down *dozens* of them, all attacking at once, a true marathon of a battle, all alone, while protecting Zelda.
I always mix up Zelda and Link hahaha. How do you remember which one is the hero? 🌈
I had no idea the dragons existed for a long time. Then one day I'm exploring and I see the wind, then I get hit by a ball of lightning, and as I'm recoiling from the confusion I see a giant friggin' dragon rising out of the water beside me. I think that was the one moment that really cemented to me that this was completely unlike any other game I've ever played. This massive thing just exists, out in the wild, and you have no obligation to find it, I just tripped over it randomly.
Same. I saw one rising up from over lake hylia and was like :O
And then when I was fighting a silver lynel the fire dragon came up from behind me out of nowhere and started firing fireballs at me. Was pretty wild, not gonna lie. Very memorable. Both beautiful and terrifying.
*laughs in 3 years of skyrim experience*
Dragons are real.
Bearded, komodo and sea dragons are all dragons.
"Ganon went on a rampage, tons of people died, there was fire everywhere, it was just one giant mess...
...but the deer dont know that. The grass doesn't care. The sun and moon rise and set like always. Nature is just...nature, and nature is beautiful."
Can we talk about how poetic this line is?
also here hm?
i like it a lot but at the same time it scares me cus it reminds me just how insignifigant i am in the grand scheme of reality lol
Ganon is spelled wrong.
No, and also, it's just plain wrong to say nature is beautiful when it created ganon and hence the disasters lmao. You people need to stop romanticizing this shit.
Rainn Chen stfu
2:12:56 hearing this in the middle of playing Tears of the kingdom with my super awesome fire sword makes me so happy.
I appreciate how positive you are without disregarding things that could have genuinely made the game better
Noo! The most important aspect of Lynels you didn't mention it!
When it makes eye contact with you as long as you are unarmed it will passively watch, it will swap between bow and melee as you do, it will fight honorable and fair, your skills against it, it is the monster that shows you the peak choices you might have in combat. You cannot however invade a certain amount of its personal space without enraging it. I do forget, but I believe you are even allowed to to go free as long as it's not already drawn a weapon and engage you in combat. It's hard to believe this creature is a monster of Ganon, with a similar image of him.
I've played over 255 hours and I NEVER even knew about the "unarmed won't agro" aspect. Kudos
Lynels are Lawful Evil. Yeah, they are some of Gannondorf's troops, but they have standards. Which is why my Hyrule is going to have a massive Lynel problem at some point - they get my respect.
Plus, as a design, they're awesome. And kick my ass.
@@curtisjackson4090 well, it seems that im not alone
Had no idea, Lynel’s fought with honor.....to a degree. They are still terrifying tho.......
@@TKDGal76 Yeah when you fight the stronger ones that start going supernova, that really starts to push the terror factor! If one of these minions had access to the Triforce of power I think they really couldn't be stopped.
Added timestamps so that Arlo doesn't have to:
0:00: Intro
2:56: The magic of exploration
18:07: Presentation, sound and atmosphere
49:05: Story and characters
1:11:06: Difficulty, combat and progression
1:43:10: Traversal, physics and ''crafting''
2:22:46: Shrines, dungeons and quests
3:02:30: A new era of Zelda
3:18:21: BLOOD MOONS and "I AM GOING TO DIE!!
Bruh
Wow, thank you for this 🙏
Very useful
@@arabellaallen5613 Sorry, to lazy to actually finish it😂
@@arabellaallen5613 Sorry, to lazy to actually finish it😂
@@steefthegamer3287 haha lol
I loved the characters voice actors .there’s little in the way of cut scenes but it makes it more exciting to recall all the memories for context.
me too! it's unfortunate people attack it soo vehemently like damn chill... it's a video game not an A24 film with award winning actors and actresses. i think they all did a great job, and if you don't like it, just switch to the japanese voices or another language you don't understand so it doesn't bother you. I'm glad botw2 will continue with the voice acting from what we can tell. I hope more people change their minds when it comes out.
@@XHeartCriztalx Agreed
The thing i like most about botw and i guess now totk is that when you walk into a shrine you know you have everything you need to complete it. I hardly ever had to look up the solution to a shrine. In any other zelda game you may walk into a dungeon room and you won't even have an inkling of a notion of what you're supposed to do. You may need an item or to speak to some random villager or do a different room first. Dungeons are frustrating because when you finally get the answer by chance or like "well how was i supposed to know that??" but shrines are dedicated puzzles meant to be solved in one session. The question i ask in a shrine is "alright, next step?" not "what am i meant to do??".
In zelda games your companion will give you tips you already knoe about mechanics. But you could be in a dungeon for hours and they'll never say "oi you don't have the item you need for here yet".
I'll take shrines any day of the week over a dungeon
I wholeheartedly agree, I think there is definitely an appeal to being utterly lost in a huge Temple or Dungeon, but this new system of NEVER requiring any tools from outside that space makes it not only more fun to solve and approachable, but allows for the non-linear approach as a player who has already tackled 2-3 other dungeons will not only have different tools but think about tackling the puzzles in new, exciting, and probably faster ways to justify their prior discoveries and learning.
“The Rito are very quiet and dignified”
Revali: hold my bow
It still balances out, he’s dignified to the point of arrogance, but he doesn’t know how to keep his beak shut
Mr. Snark xD
you misspelled Ravioli
REVALI’S GALE IS NOW READY
I recently watched a star fragment land in a river next to a waterfall in the Akkala region. I noticed that if I used stasis, it could clearly be seen at the bottom of the river, but I couldn't dive deep enough to get it. There were two metal chests nearby that I started pushing the fragment around with, but it was slow and tedious. I then tried using stasis on the fragment and launching it using magnesis and the chests. After a couple of launches, I intentionally knocked it out of the water and onto a beach where I could pick it up. I also figured out a long time ago that you could place down five bundles of wood and light them on fire to create an updraft to help you glide above enemies or obstacles. No other zelda game has this level of interaction. It's incredible.
Sums up botws specialty perfectly
I always thought when the fragments went into water they were gone forever, that's awesome!
Look I know this is a 3 year old video and you probably aren't going to see this, but I wanted to make a comment of defense regarding the story and the ending. Link "beats" Ganon but what really finishes him is Zelda figuring out how to use her power: the thing that was stressed and emphasized and repeated so many times throughout the game. But what's really interesting is that the only two times in the game she ever uses it, she uses it for Link. Once when he fell while defending her from the guardians, and then to aid Link and seal Ganon off forever. I think that's a nice little plot point you missed. Another thing, about the secret ending that's unlocked after finding all the memories, it's a little less disappointing than you think. The biggest side quest in the game, Tarrey Town, ends in a wedding between the house guy and a Gerudo with flower petals all through the air. After the wedding if you talk to the house guy he will tell you about the symbolism of flower petals to relationships, love, and marriage. In the final memory, as the camera pans out, we see thousands of flower petals surrounding the two protagonists of the series, representing the start, or RESTART of their relationship. I think that's another great example of the game rewarding you for exploring and trusting you to be smart enough to put two and two together. If anyone read this, thanks lol. It was a long one.
Thanks for this! I am finally playing it for the first time, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for subtle storytelling like this! And watch for flower petals 😄
@@MintyBubble Of course! Breath of the Wild always does a great job of rewarding the player for exploring and finding out details about the world!
I still come back to this review every once in a while. Thanks Arlo, you’ve kept me company for a lot of night shifts
Would of been cool if when you found the memories you had to actually play them instead of watch. Imagine fighting the guardians until they eventually just overwhelm you and that's the memory
Wow that would've been really cool
Sounds like halo reach’s ending lol
yeah kinda like persona 5's beginning
What if you defeat them tho?
@@KNDraws Then you get to fight lynels and guardians at the same time.
I feel like the piano also lends to the sense of solitude. The other games had music with a larger sense of fullness. The lone piano found throughout the areas reminds you of your own isolation. The people are gone and thus the music halls are empty. Then when you get to the villages you are reminded that society has barely survived and it's amazing.
I couldn't agree more. I also think how beautiful the horse riding theme is, just a piano and violin, 1 for link and the other for your companion.
You could say most of society survived, probably 42 percent, why? Because at the rate that hirule healed, it means that there was many people, many people still alive, still, the player could feel kind of lonely, but, he has many towns to accompany him, and there is not only humans to accompany but also the spirits of the champions, or even corocs, anyway everyone's opinion matters, but I just feel you say that because of the, cought, cought, PIANO=SAD formula, but piano could be fun, happiness, or just beatifullnes, same with the violin
But also piano gives a scence of wilderness, the music matches the sounds from the wild.
Mono n
@@kristopher3623 I'd hardly call it 'most' of society surviving. Youv'e had a hundred years since the disaster - that's two generations of possible breeding and re-population of Hyrule and look how little has been achieved. Ganons beasts have been picking people off slowly over time too, granted - yet towns aren't densely populated a lot of the time. The ones that are, they tend to be the last bastion of an entire species. Compare the number of forgotten hamlets, castles, ect. to the handful of sparsely populated towns and the implied loss of life is a little haunting. Hyrule castle alone was armed to the teeth by hundreds of soldiers judging by memories.
As for the company, ghosts and forest spirits aren't the best but Link definitely has options - it's just how few and far between they are. Aside from the occasional stable, I've gone hours without seeing a friendly face as I explore Hyrule. The way the Piano is used can mean so much and a lone instrument is very evocative symbolically. I'd agree that specifically within BotW the slow tempo and soft, non-intrusive nature emphasizes the macabre beauty of the world around you as well as your isolation from what little pockets of society remain. I'd be lying if I didn't say something about the delicate piano composition coupled with the ruined imagery didn't rip out a visceral feeling of sadness just as easily as it did wonder.
"Oh, this world is empty.
Everyone is gone."
Watching this after TOTK came out made me realize how much Arlo was right about
after spending a few days watching this on and off, and having finished the game a few years ago (2017), I can honestly say I miss this title. I wish I could play this game over and over again, forgetting what has even happened in it. Not only was the game a magical journey, but this video too. It was a reminder of how youthful I felt when booting up this game on my birthday. How excited I got when finding new bosses like lynels or stone taluses. Thank you so much for this re-experience of this beautiful game. I might go ahead and start a whole new playthrough, including DLC this time!
i agree with this soooooo much
"And hopefully Breath of the Wild will get it's very own Majora's Mask equivalent"
Is Arlo a prophet?
No I think thats just what we all wanted
@@Gayd1 and I think that was a rhetorical question
inshallah
frog LV. 20 No... arlo isn’t a prophet
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ARLO IS AN ALMIGHTY GOD
i read this EXACTLY when arlo said this
I can't wait for "A big fat review of breath of the wild 2"!
Obviously you have to wait like a year 😔
@@adityachandrapradeepnair2920 better to wait 10 years for a MASTER OF A GAME than rush it and ends like FALLOUT76 OR CYBERBUG
@@kleinfeicht yea but I’d rather play it before I die 😂☠️
@@adityachandrapradeepnair2920 I cant wait for it i held off this whole time but the last few weeks botw 2 is all I've been thinking about. I cannot wait for another of this masterpiece.
@Zane Blaire well yeah nobody is saying they want them to rush the game out unfinished we are just excited to play the game
1:27:08 I felt the same way when I first found the Lynel while in the Van Ruta quest at the top of the mountain. I tried about 50 times to beat it and failed every single time. Later in the game, having around 15 hearts and the master sword, I returned and beat it much quicker. I felt so proud of that.
Arlo predicts Sky Islands at 1:45:30 talking about how verticality makes Hyrule seem even larger.
Also yes I'm back to watch this video again for the 14th time.
Me fighting ganon: wow this is pretty easy
Me when it starts raining: OH MY GOSH WHYYYYYYY
“Looks up to the sky on my knees dramatically “ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Rain is the true antagonist in this game.
“But the deer don’t know that. The grass doesn’t know that” Man, what brilliant lines. This video had me so emotional in so many different places. You’ve got such an eloquence that kept me captivated all the way through. Thanks for this video. I really appreciate this ❤️
Yes it was a great review. Some parts are really poetic and romantic.
Felt a bit maudlin to me.
´FLUFF' A loud sound just erupted out of my ass. Ya it felt maudlin to me too.
hey arlo, thanks for this video. its so crazy how much work you obviously put into this and I just love it so much. I can never get enough zelda content and this video always feels new even though ive listened to it like 16 times. Keep bein you dude, im a huge fan of all your vids and love the calm/wacky vibes your videos have. Have a nice day!
I had watched one of ZackScott’s videos on this game where he made it to the base of the mountain that you have to scale to get to Zora’s domain. About a year later when I got the game, I was eager to get to that exact place. And once I saw the blue lights on the bridge, I felt so much happiness and excitement.
"The idea that even ONE person on this great big planet would want to hear me talk about one game for 3 hours is absurd."
has over 5 million views and is still being watched several years later*
Exactly
2 years =/= several. Just saiyan
Lmao yes
It’s his most popular video lmao
I will be waiting for his 6 hour video on botw 2
8 seconds in: "I'm here today to talk a _little_ bit about Zelda: Breath of the Wild."
_looks at video length_
Me: :|
I'm halfway in, I better buckle up cause I'm here for the long haul
Marissa Crego im 2 and a half hours in 😳
@@bubblyytiffyy I'm 30 minutes in
14 mins in I'll come back to you at about 11:30 am
A L I T T L E B I T
after watching this dozens of times and falling asleep to it all the time, i still love the orchestral curtain call that u hear at plays and orchestra concerts. quite nostalgic, reminds me of my grandma who we lost a year and a half ago. small detail but it always makes me feel warm and draws my attention. nice touch!
Hello Arlo, I just wanted you to know that this video got me through my labor of having my baby.
I watched this and listens to this as I was trying to get through some very very painful contractions. Your calming voice and watching The Zelda content was a good distraction but also relaxing and gave me something to focus on. Thank you!
This game has only been out for 3 years and it’s already nostalgic
I only just now started playing it and I'm in love. I have revalis Gale and it's so amazing it baffles me I've never heard of this game and I just love it so much ♥️
No.
@@moviefilmstudios9828 yes.
just shows how great this game is
Yes, I bought this game 3 years ago when I was in 7th grade, every thing from that year feels nostalgic to me now mostly because it was the best year of my life
Summary:
Blue man thinks game is good
Brownsfan32 you saved me 3 hours
Quality analysis. Much approve
He’s not a man he’s a monster
@Richard Martinez
Dead meme. Hate much
Are you assuming its gender?
I love this video so much. I come back to it once or twice a year and it’s always such a special experience amidst the constant flow of TH-cam content. I love all of Arlo’s videos, but you can really feel the passion in this one. Much like breath of the wild itself, this review is absolutely massive, yet somehow paradoxically jam-packed with novel thoughts and evocative descriptions. Thanks so much for doing what you do Arlo. It really means a lot to us that we can share our love of games with you and each other through this channel.
Bro… first Arlo vid I stumbled on and I’m instantly in love with this content, the amount of time to cover, and amazing descriptions and word choice of literally every square inch of botw is truly magical, I love it!
Damn, that is big fat indeed.
*Skips video*
I respect your opinion.
Bruh sound effect #2
*skips to the end of the video*
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@@raulrojas9253 Because imagine you're looking for an in-depth review of Breath, and you find *this* - a three-and-a-half hour mega deep dive by a fucking puppet. This is a way cooler pitch to non-subscribers than a half dozen different episodes.
@@raulrojas9253 Also for binging. It's great for background noise while cleaning, and Arlo is surprisingly one or the more mature(See: Less swear and dirty joke heavy) Gaming TH-camrs, and it's good to just listen to, leave eventually, and just pick up later.
@@AlriikRidesAgain "Less swear and dirty joke heavy" is a pretty low bar to clear. Highly recommend Joseph Anderson, KingK, etc for more "mature" in-depth reviews/retrospectives on a regular basis (though this video is just fine :3)
Was going to block ads, but anyone who puts together a three hour passion project has earned my upmost respect.
Liked and subbed
Welcome welcome
Yeah, ads a little excessive, but its not **that** bad
*utmost
@@whythehecknot5038 how is it excessive? 17 ads on *200 MINUTES* worth of videos. TH-camrs put 3 ads every 10 minutes. This is less than 1 every 10 minutes. The length of the video is important z not just the number of ads.
@@itsnottimetostop4462 your right, sorry. I didnt do any math, i just counted on feelings. He deserves all the money he gets anyway.
This is truly one of my favorite games of all time. Not only was it extremely special to play, but it INSPIRED me, which is a difficult, yet incredible accomplishment.
Thank you Arlo and I believe it is spelled Kane? This was incredible. Something about you two create this kinds of videos the way your perspective is is so genuine. I listened to it while finishing up kirby and the forgotten land, and I am low key interested in picking it up again and playing through the master mode and actually doing the dlc and such.
Love this game. It is an experience
0:00 Intro
2:55 The magic of Exploration.......14:30 best joke in the video
18:05 Presentation, Sound And Atmosphere
49:03 Story and Characters
1:11:03 Difficulty, Combat and Progression
1:43:08 Traversal, Physics and Crafting
2:22:44 Shrines, Dungeons and Quests....... 2:24:08 second best joke in the video
3:02:28 A New Era of Zelda
3:20:45 bonus scene :)
Colfdra Legend I
Those weren't really jokes
@@gnarkilleptic4871 were you watching the video?
Thanks
DA REAL DAMN MVP
You perfectly summarized how I felt about the dragons
“Huh wonder what WTF IS THAT”
Followed shortly by, "Do I have to FIGHT THAT THING!?"
Banuner at least naydra has a little bit of lore. Although I wish I got to fight them in order to get an item. Because just an arrow doesn't seem realistic when it comes to a HUGE DRAGON
Honestly I’m so excited for a big fat review of totk
Long form arlo content is a itch I fiend to scratch
I'm watching this days before TotK release, and the "There is no crafting on BotW" part made me smile :D
Its like Nintendo heard you when you talked about crafting and decided to make this a thing in the sequel!
Nice review, keep up the good work, and i'm looking for your big fat review of Tears of te Kingdom !
There's people that finish the game in less than the time it takes to watch this video
Fox McCoy yeah but you bearly get any worth out of bestin* the game is less than an hour
That is... sad.
@@caseys2698 That is not sad cuz they may have spent hundreds of hours on the game to figure out how to speedrun.
the people who finish this game in less than an hour are people who finished the whole game (100% or close to 100%) before. speedruns are only something to top it off.
It took me 163 hrs to complete because I took my time
Mom:One more video before bed.
Me: :)
😂
lol
For my style of exploration (which I used for my first run, 120 shrines) horses were great to have. I'd get to stables, venture out, and when I find something cool I'd just do it and keep going. Never limited me, I loved having horses around.
Arlo, your videos are full of comfort and whimsy. You share your opinions yes, but not as a way to take down the game or the creators, but rather as a way to highlight improvements. What’s even more amazing is you offer solutions to the sections of the game that you think need some re thinking.
Please, continue to do this amazing work, this review especially was wonderful, it’s a great comfort watch and I appreciate the time and effort it must have taken for you to put together.
Keep it up! Your work is making a difference!
On my third viewing of this video and I just realized that arlo's horses are named "butternut" and "squash"
Yes, please!
Mine are
Juan.
Man.
Epona
Juan. is dead.
that's like 10 hours of just this video
@@conic2721 on my current playthrogh I have just one horse and I called jim quartz. No deep reason, I just really like the word
Why in the HELL, would you watch this 3 times, let alone ONCE?
“It’s all just very still.”
As a Yiga Clan member is chasing you in the background.
jwalt2577 I once was chased by a Yiga Soldier who got shot by a Guardian as a Guardian also chased me.
33:17 if anyone is wondering
Alex Jaimes thanks
33:26
The first time I knew about the dragons was when I was trying to find my first memory, so I asked the painter guy in Kakariko. He mentioned that dragons like to visit said spot and I. WAS SO. EXCITED. I immediately went to try and find one. (Btw the quest involving Naydra HAS to be one of my favorites.)
Thank you Arlo for creating this Video. I got my switch on the end of January together with BOTW. Every year, at the end of january, I start a new playthrough where I walk everywhere and enjoy the world. Some years, I do every Divine Beast, some year I just explore every centimeter of the map, without touching the beasts. But what stayed consistent is watching your video to get me hyped up before I start a replay. Thank you so so much
I first played botw in January of this year. I was completely going in blind, never caring at all or knowing anything about the Zelda franchise. It truly changed my gaming experience forever.
The same thing happened to me, I didn't even know about thos game until my uncle decided to buy me the game
Gibbet did you have a Switch at the time? I’d be super surprised if you somehow had a switch but hadn’t heard of BOTW. It is *the* game to have with a switch.
@@ryancarrell3186 lol, no, I got the switch and the game at the same time
Jacob The Poet Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time?!? I understand if you couldn’t get into Zelda after playing those titles, but even after playing BOTW and you still don’t like it, makes me think you don’t appreciate good games.
Everyone’s different but I highly recommend
You don't know real fear until you hear the guardian's theme randomly when you walk around
I agree to some degree.
It was never fear for me, more like annoyance
@@sasook I agree but in my opinion that depends on what i'm doing.
I put on my guardian resistance armor and smack the shit out of it with my master sword
@@donteprice9864 i started playing for the first time in october so i’m a bit new. guardian armor exists?? where do i find it?
i watch this video over and over doing almost anything. When im doing school this is in the background,when i clean, when i just wanna sit down. This video is just as wonderfully crafted as the game itself and i wanna thank you for all the things you have allowed me to focus on and get through my responsiblities
I discovered parry accidentally on the plateau. I tried to do a flurry rush but I pressed A rather than Y. As such, when I got to the shrine with the guardian. I (after several deaths) parried its laser. It felt soooooo satisfying. Lynel's though, they scare me still :3