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According to reviews so far this game would be a Top 5 on the Nintendo Switch and Top 50 game on any platform. (https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/me

According to reviews so far this game would be a Top 5 on the Nintendo Switch and Top 50 game on any platform. (https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/switch/filtered?view=detailed https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/...) That’s an impressive achievement for a team that had to beat the high bar they set with Breath of the Wild. Kudos to them!

riffraff 3y ago
Funny, related to your last paragraph, I saw a review of the new Zelda were the only downsides they found were "the switch hardware can't do more than this" and "this sets too high a bar for the next Zelda game" :)
- glanzwulf 3y ago
  Well, looking at the time it takes them to make a mainline Zelda game, the next one will not come out on the Switch, so it'll be easy to overcome that technical bar.
frabia 3y ago
good to know, cause honestly the trailer looks.. kinda boring. I really liked Breath of the Wild though, so if this is similar in quality (or better) I'll probably get it.
- christophilus 3y ago
  IGN: 10/10 which is pretty rare. "It somehow makes the original feel like a rough draft." "It makes the original feel like a tiny world." That's kinda crazy. https://www.ign.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-review https://www.ign.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-th...
  - dm319 3y ago
    That's a weird comment because botw seemed huge to me, and this uses the same map. Either way, picking it up today!
    - web3-is-a-scam 3y ago
      Breath of the Wild impressed with how vast everything was, but there was lots of empty space. It worked for that game don't get me wrong, it's one of my favorite games of all time. TotK is so dense with content and creativity that it does make the original feel empty and small in comparison. It's a lot like Elden Ring in the sense that you can just pick a direction you've never been in and you'll just stumble across interesting things within 30 seconds.
    - xena 3y ago
      It's not exactly the same map. They did a lot of improvements to it and added a lot of depth, even ignoring chasms and sky islands.
    - oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
      It uses the same map, but with more depth — there are at least two layers I've discovered so far — original Hyrule and Sky Islands — and I suspect at least one more :)
- gowld 3y ago
  The game is supposed to be boring. It's a walking simulator.
agumonkey 3y ago
true. that franchise is doing consecutive home runs and that's an rare fact in itself.
dakial1 3y ago
Well, apparently they went the safe route (feature-wise) of adding more interesting mechanics (specially turning the world into a sandbox) and polishing existing ones. Pretty much like GTA after GTA 3. My guess is that they'll continue this trend by making the game richer and bigger...until they get a Zelda online game like GTA.

riffraff 3y ago

Funny, related to your last paragraph, I saw a review of the new Zelda were the only downsides they found were "the switch hardware can't do more than this" and "this sets too high a bar for the next Zelda game" :)

glanzwulf 3y ago
Well, looking at the time it takes them to make a mainline Zelda game, the next one will not come out on the Switch, so it'll be easy to overcome that technical bar.

frabia 3y ago

good to know, cause honestly the trailer looks.. kinda boring. I really liked Breath of the Wild though, so if this is similar in quality (or better) I'll probably get it.

christophilus 3y ago
IGN: 10/10 which is pretty rare. "It somehow makes the original feel like a rough draft." "It makes the original feel like a tiny world." That's kinda crazy. https://www.ign.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-review https://www.ign.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-th...
- dm319 3y ago
  That's a weird comment because botw seemed huge to me, and this uses the same map. Either way, picking it up today!
  - web3-is-a-scam 3y ago
    Breath of the Wild impressed with how vast everything was, but there was lots of empty space. It worked for that game don't get me wrong, it's one of my favorite games of all time. TotK is so dense with content and creativity that it does make the original feel empty and small in comparison. It's a lot like Elden Ring in the sense that you can just pick a direction you've never been in and you'll just stumble across interesting things within 30 seconds.
  - xena 3y ago
    It's not exactly the same map. They did a lot of improvements to it and added a lot of depth, even ignoring chasms and sky islands.
  - oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
    It uses the same map, but with more depth — there are at least two layers I've discovered so far — original Hyrule and Sky Islands — and I suspect at least one more :)
gowld 3y ago
The game is supposed to be boring. It's a walking simulator.

agumonkey 3y ago

true. that franchise is doing consecutive home runs and that's an rare fact in itself.

dakial1 3y ago

Well, apparently they went the safe route (feature-wise) of adding more interesting mechanics (specially turning the world into a sandbox) and polishing existing ones. Pretty much like GTA after GTA 3. My guess is that they'll continue this trend by making the game richer and bigger...until they get a Zelda online game like GTA.