Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom "Is just DLC" | Review
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2023
- The next installment of my favorite series of all time! Nintendo's Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The sequel to Tears of the Kingdom only on the Nintendo Switch~! Tears of the Kingdom crushes it, and I like it waaay more than Breath of the Wild. But a question people ask is " is Tears of the Kingdom just DLC" did it change enough from Breath of the Wild? I'm hear to answer! Enjoy my thoughts on the latest Zelda Nintendo Switch title, Tears of the Kingdom!
"An epic adventure across the land and skies of Hyrule awaits in The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch. The adventure is yours to create in a world fueled by your imagination.
In this sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you’ll decide your own path through the sprawling landscapes of Hyrule and the mysterious islands floating in the vast skies above. Can you harness the power of Link’s new abilities to fight back against the malevolent forces that threaten the kingdom?"
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Wow, that's pretty negative. Congratulations on your retirement, sorry about your struggles, use your time to build your channel.
It's been 5 years since the last video right? You can make a grumpy arsed old gamers channel talking about the good old days with pong, the Atari 2600 and the Vectrex.
I loved how the story demonstrated Zelda's character growth from BOTW. She's easily my favorite version of the character. Also, the Sages grew a lot from the previous game as well.
Loved TOTK! Felt the characters (main and npcs) really got more fleshed out and the side quests gave more of a sense of connection like Majora's Mask side quests.
I love this game, it addresses some of the few complaints I had with BotW but I have a really bratty complaint. This is TOO MUCH GAME. Like, sometimes it feels overwhelming to the point of exhaustion. I needed to take breaks, jumping into sessions of Pikmin and We ❤ Katamari every so often.
No such thing if you have that mentality you shouldn't play games
For a $10 hike in the price, it BETTER be too much.
Another thing that people can try (and I've done this with Persona 3 and 4 before the fandom boomed) is journaling your progress.
It worked for dungeon maps and character routes. No reason that can't apply here too.
For those wanting to get the Dragon Tears in order: when you go to The Forgotten Temple as part of a quest, the friezes on the back walls are in story order. Just take a snapshot of each side, and one of the large geoglyph location map in the centre and then you don't have to worry about not getting them in order.
I staggered collecting the tears whilst playing through the main quest. When I felt as though I made sufficient progress through the game, I went to the next scene as a treat for myself. 😊
I collected all tears before doing anything else
@@365DaysOfCristian I collected them relatively early and it really kind of messes up the story.
1:34, they don't tell you this (sadly imo), but in the Forgotten temple, there's both a map of Hyrule on the floor showing you the exact locations of the tears, but more importantly, there are murals on the wall showing you the correct order.
However, NO ONE mentions this in text so it's extremely easy to miss on a first playthrough. It really is sad because they could at least show it to you and heavily suggest that you do them in the intended order!
Thing I love is using Pro Mode for the UI. No map, no temp gauge, etc. Because of Link's animations, you really don't need any of the exploration UI, which was the same in BotW. 200+ hrs at the end of my playthrough.
The first thing I did when I got out of the tutorial was find Impa and then get all the dragon tears (and out of order of course), so within a few hours I knew so many plot details that took so much longer for me to find in Breath of the Wild. It would have been nice if so much of the plot was hidden behind game progression as well. But I still a lot about how the story was presented.
Absolutely fair. I took my time discovery the story, I spent waaaaay too much time exploring honestly xD Like it wasn't till 60+ hours where I got through my first dungeon. ^^;
I ended up finishing the game without ever collecting any dragon tears. Not sure how I ended up missing Impa but I got sidetracked over and over and eventually ended up finishing the game.
Awesome review. The game looks so tempting. I’ve been on a gaming hiatus for awhile now, and if I start playing again, it will be this game. I thought “Tiers of the Kingdom”, very clever.
The Tears/Tiers wordplay is very clever but it largely fell on deaf ears. I think you're the third person I've seen notice it.
Also, arguably, the cave systems are also a new map.
Great review. I'm currently playing it, and I haven't played a Zelda title since Link to the Past. I'm enjoying just how adventurous the experience is. Also, I stumbled on the depths accidentally and ended up spending days in of before figuring out that I could teleport out.
You are one of the best content creators on this platform. This review is stylish, informative, fun, makes me want to play the game right now and come back to tell you what I think of it.
Outstanding work.
As always.
Wow, just found your channel, and I already love this game but wanted to see what more people thought of it. Lovely video and points. Subbed!
Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you so much for watching!! I appreciate the sub! ^_^
Great review, hope you get more engagement, saw a cosplay comment below and if you're taking suggestions then I say go silly.
The Deku Tree or Medli 😊
Awesome! Though i still haven't beaten Breath of the Wild, i kept hearing rumors about Tears being a DLC. I am glad you cleared that up for me! 😮😮😮
I remember nintendo saying totk was originally DLC but there ideas grew and grew and realized they wanted to do more and well to much content for DLC so they made a new game.
I gotta say this before i forget, if you happen to do any more zelda related coaplays, please do a Gerudo. I think it would actually be pretty great to see Lady Pelvic.
I never finished BotW. I liked it, but I feel it was too open for me to pay enough atenion (I have problems with that). Somehow, TotK is more of my liking.
I dont know how to explain it since is very similar in structure than BotW, but somehow I vibe more with the new mechanics. Its very relaxing to me, something that never happened with BoTW witch was just overwhelming.
Excellent review. Definetely not DLC.
Been waiting for this video! You're making me wanna pick the game back up again...
Yo, I had a great time. I think this game is best played in BITS cause it's BIG and it's very overwhelming! Plus, don't ya wanna be there when the inventible DLC drops? Hopefully it's story related.
@@PelvicGaming Last time we got a motorcycle. Maybe Link will drive a car this time.
Oh wait, he already can.
My man's can make a God damn aircraft.
Yeah it's baffling they didn't make the glyphs unlock cutscenes progressively.
I don't consider the temples "real dungeons" at all. Not only were they easy like you said, they are also very short. Traditional Zelda dungeons can take multiple hours. These are completed in like 15 minutes, maybe 30 at most if you take your time. I think it's a better ideas as I expected. I was truly hoping that, for the first time, Nintendo was putting a fully fleshed-out storyline front and center. The trailers definitely led many people to believe so. But it wasn't.
They took no risks. Imagine if instead of flashbacks to Zelda, you actually played as her in the past, *playing* the storyline out with her instead of just watching cutscenes. That's the magnitude I expected out of a BOTW sequel. Besides this, there was something throughout the entire game that kept aggravating me. WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE DIALOG ABOUT THE PREVIOUS EVENTS??? Where did the giant fucking divine beasts go? Where did all the other sheikah stuff vanish to? Shouldn't the fact that calamity ganon was around the castle for so long still be causing a lot of concern that something else is happening with the castle? But everyone acts so clueless as if it's just a quirky incident and not something more sinister.
On top of that, the whole sightings-of-Zelda thing was annoying. You find out the obvious truth way too early to then have to constantly deal with dumb NPCs wondering why Zelda is "acting different". It was just all handled very sloppily in my opinion. A final complaint that I'll keep short, exploration feels very unrewarding. Most rewards are garbage items. There should be a lot more unique weaponry with custom movesets. But this is held back by the overly-aggressive durability system.
Side note, I was very disappointed they didn't have some of Age of Calamity's storyline matter in this game. I know it is a divergent-timeline story, but it would've been cool if the champions had retained some combat experience they learned from in that game.
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Agree with everything. They could have also taken an YS 8: Lacromosa of Dana approach and had us play as Zelda in the past to influence events in the future.
Age of Calamity isn't canon.
And about the dungeons being that short, I think it's because here are like the final part of a bigger quest, I mean, all the way to the wind temple or the water temple, they're some of my favorite parts of the game, there are even some optional bosses in these sections. So even though the big old construction at the end of the path with the region's "Big Boss" is named "temple", the actual quest starts much earlier and all together it has a structure closer to that of the usual temples in other Zelda games.
That point about the Dragon’s Tears tho 👏 I really enjoyed the story/lore of this game, but presenting the scenes in order I think would’ve helped with story flow. Also totally missed Autobuild for the first 30ish hours 😅
At least it was only 30 hours! I was 2OO!! Hahaha
100% she’s right, it was my only complaint about the story and I hadn’t heard any other reviews mention it. I found a massively spoilery dragon tear early on that ruined what would have been a bigger moment later. 😢
Loved the game, as a Yakuza fan I don’t mind reusing assets if the game is fun, the physics, the openness of the world and ultrahand building were seriously impressive features (the ending is probably my favorite in the series too) but one thing that made me stop playing after ~90 hours was how boring the loot was, it’s all either consumable weapon parts or armor pieces I already owned in BotW (there are some new sets in there too) getting sticks and pebbles from treasure chests 90 hours in is hardly what I’d call exciting
A very nice review. I loved some of the details you covered, like the reactive music and side quests that shows you really took your time with the game. Though, if I may, the shrines in this game I found far weaker than the original, frustratingly so.
The intended way to beat them is usually very cool, but almost every single one can be easily circumvented, usually with just ultrahand and rewind. I think I did about... 20% of the shrines the intended fashion and cheesed the rest because the game made it way too easy and efficient to do so. Multiple solutions and open-ended puzzles are a staple of open world Zelda, but this took it too far, in my opinion, and had me missing the puzzles of traditional 3D Zelda more than anything.
Astounding review Lady Pelvic.
I've been meaning to give this one another shot. I couldn't figure out how to get off the beginning islands after beating two of it's shrine. I'm tempted on giving it another try eventually. :) I do miss bonking koroks on the head. XD
Just started this yesterday after not getting very far with BOTW. For me, the storytelling is irrelevant and uninteresting like before, but after a couple of hours playing this, I just want to play all day. Unfortunately, I’m an adult with a full time job… which is why I normally opt for more linear experiences that can be completed within 10-15 hours.
I'm so late!!! Sorry milady! You look so pretty with that lipstick color!
Tears of the Kingdom gave me everything I love in a game. Fun dungeons, tons of exploration, caves to venture into, fun shrine puzzles, lively towns, a living, breathing world... TotK did it all! It's definitely risen to the top of my favorite games list. At least within the top 5 😄
Why's it not viral yet? GO. GO.
The only disappointing thing about this game is the actual sky tier, there's not much up there.
Ngl, I was grateful that it was small. The most challenging thing about that area was literally getting around and having the stamina.
Cell-shading rules
The first thing I did in the game was explore the Great Plateau, and I ended up finding the Autobuild. I can't imagine playing the game without it. I feel like it should have been on the Great Sky Island with the rest of the abilities.
Definitely a hell of a sequel. Also, as per usual, your makeup is on point!
Her makeup look terrible in my opinion.
Fantastic video Pelvic! I hate people calling Tears of the Kingdom "DLC" it really misses how much Tears of the Kingdom has expanded and developed compared to BotW.
I used to like The Legend of Zelda but watching these people (those ultrafans that i dare call "the cult of the triangle") sure has made me quit liking Zelda as a whole.
@@khaimk4r4su Pay them no mind and just play games. As soon as i noticed Final Fantasy,Zelda and Sonic fans keep flip flopping on opinions I stopped caring what the fanbase thinks. Seeing Sonic Colors going from beloved to hated (even before the shoddy remaster) was my breaking point.
While I think BOTW was the more interesting and mindblowing game because it was so new at the time, TOTK is superiour. Having three ENTIRE overworlds made the world feel so much more interesting and essentially meant there was three times as much to find in TOTK. You could easily write off TOTK reusing the same overworld as lazy, but it felt changed to the point that I genuinely liked revisiting so many old areas because they felt new. The underground and sky were fun to explore too and gave this game so much more variation. The story is not mind blowing by any means but it does it's job well. The dungeons are a major step up. I personally never liked the Divine Beasts because they felt like mini dungeons at best. I also like the shrines even more in this game. I liked them in BOTW, but this game makes them even better with the new abilities. My only major issue is that there are too many blessing shrines. Like 1/3 of them feel like freebie shrines which I found kind of annoying. But overall it is debatably the best game the Switch has seen
Your math is terrible 😂
Liked vid just for the Tiers of the Kingdom pun!
Thank you!
4:05 I think Link wants to be your friend
Ngl, this got me interested to try it someday, expand my OoT/LttP boi mind.
AHEM. MAJORA'S MASK???
Twilight Princess is literally OoT 2 and almost as good I'm surprised you haven't played it
When it comes to the timeline I believe Nintendo should have placed BotW and TotK in a separate alternate timeline instead of thinking placing BotW 10,000 years after the previous games would solve everything. Because the lore of TotK contradicts the lore of SS being the beginning of the Link/Zelda/Ganon story, and why are there references to the adult timeline where Hyrule is beneath the Great and flooded for good in tWW? PH and and ST takes place on the way to and in New Hyrule thousands of nautical miles away, and neither Ganon or the Master Sword appear in those games since they are still att the bottom of the ocean.
Also, I believe Nintendo should have given Queen Sonia round ears making the connection that the people of Hyrule are decendants of human and Zonai stronger.
Tears of the Kingdom is as much DLC as Majora's Mask was.
edit: which is to say, since Majora's Mask is my fav of the series... no... Majora's Mask was not DLC IMO
this game is a weird one for me, i liked it but was severely disappointed with the armor variety coming from a person who had everything in BOTW so like 80 percent of the armor was re used for TOTK which was a huge bummer as a Zelda fan i was expecting for a overhaul in the gear. literally every time i would get a piece of armor i had last game i would get this overwhelming sense of emptiness. Other than that the game was great. great review btw!
Great video pelvic 🤗
gg pelvic, love your reviews
This game saved my life
Not you coming between link and his man Sidon. lol😤 it's ok he has Tauro now
3somes are a thing damnit!
@@PelvicGaming ok I see you 😉
Appreciate the nuanced take player. Coming from a pc backround, this game gives off some mmorpg vibes in its world building, to me anyway.
Your ear for music is also rather unique; a playlist would be dope. Got a soundcloud or spotify?
I'm not the biggest fan of Zelda, but what they did with this one makes it a bit more enticing to try it put at least. Maybe I just enjoy your reviews 😅
Great work! I can always count on you for the most honest reviews.
I'll never forgive them for what they did to my Wolf Link from BotW. It was a lonely game and he kept me company. Eliminating him and how they did it was cruel.
I do like the depths though. There was a depths in Skyrim that's still one of my favorite locations in video games. The idea of journeying through an underdark is just too cool.
I'm looking forward to your SMT V review. I had... thoughts and opinions about that game. I'm sure you have some already. Good luck with that.
To treat that which you dislike as unforgivable is such a horribly entitled response
@@user-nr2cs2rq7h If you use your Twilight Princess Amiibo to summon Wolf Link in TotK, he doesn't appear. Instead, a large mass of meat materializes, as if the summoning tore Wolf Link into bloody chunks of viscera.
But by all means, explain in detail how their mutilation of an animal that was my companion for a hundred hours is a good thing. I'll wait.
I love it when the QUEEN posts a new review! SLAY!
Honestly, the most cozy and genuine UA-cam reviewer. We see you!
I want more dlc like that
Well done Lady P. Your review adequately explains the who, what, why of this epic game/story. The DLC will definitely need to come hard and heavy to stay on par with the base game. Oh and eff Gleeoks...that's all.
I'm shocked you had time to review this while you were putting out JRPG reviews
Cool review!
I couldn't agree more with your review (and love the Sidon appreciation 💜). Same map =\= same game. Simple as that. For me, the gameplay loop felt very different, especially with the new abilities, and exploring the changed Hyrule was still exciting. It wouldn't "dethrone" BOTW among my favourite games, but I'd say they share the spot now 😂
I also adore the water temple, I loved the low gravity and the goofiness of that boss! Oh and the music on Dragon Head Island is among my favourites, so beautifully bittersweet. Or the music in that one memory were Rauru told Ganon Link's name. And don't get even me started on the new armour (frostbite armour >>>)...the only thing missing is Kass 😅
Sidon supremacy! But also, I think they added plenty and the way you explore is different, so it felt like a new enough experience plus we have THE DEPTHS. Which idk how but was super addictive to explore! Totk is absolutely a cut about BoTW for me, especially because of the story, I am actively waiting for DLC to be announced, hopefully about the other Dragons! I am genuinely interested in their story.
@@PelvicGaming We need more positive characters like Sidon! I literally laughed out loud when I saw his statue with Link 🥲
And I totally get that, I definitely felt much more curious about the story this time. I also have to agree with the dragons for DLC! I try not to expect too much, but I'd love more Zonai stuff as well, Rauru is just so interesting and I loved the Zonai constructs (why are they so cute??) 🤞
Holy shit! Tiers of the Kingdom… 🤯🤯🤯 my life will never be the same again 😹
Glad to open your third eye.
Honestly I know a lot of people will disagree with me but I actually had a great time in this game’s dungeons. And yes they are “real dungeons” as so many people like to say they aren’t. I’ve played Zelda all my life and I love traditional style dungeons just as much as everyone else. My favorite dungeons in the Zelda series come from twilight princess. But traditional style doesn’t mean it’s always a good dungeon. I think people who have a lot of nostalgic attachment to Oot seem to forget this. Imo the both water temples in Oot suck and the first 3 dungeons in Majora’s mask aren’t good either. And most of Wind waker’s temples are forgettable imo. And yes while I do see where people are coming from when they say that the new temples are repetitive, let’s not forget that literally every Zelda dungeon ever follows the same format. Enter a room, get a key, get an item, fight a boss. I’m not saying it’s bad design at all but you can apply the repetitive argument to traditional dungeons too. Imo the build up to the temples is the best it’s ever been in totk and the bosses are among the best in the series. I’m not saying totk temples are perfect but I am saying it’s a very bad argument to say that they’re poorly designed or “not real” dungeons just because they are different then the Oot format that the series used for almost 20 years. Imo they are a fun, fresh take that combines traditional elements with divine beasts that results in a super fun and memorable experience. Bottom line, I love both style of dungeons lol
The dungeons don't reach the same highs as some other games in the franchise, but they are miles better that Breath of the Wild's imo and I really enjoyed them quite a bit. My main complaint is that they felt a bit too short, other than that I loved the themes and the puzzles leading up to the dungeons. The bosses were pretty great too!
Totk was good but... disappointing. I got tired much quicker with this sequel and the sky was disappointing: they just made more shrines. Also, no, the plot and lore is not good.
i was super excited for this game, as BOTW is one of my favorites, but felt so overwhelmed lol. so been tackling the game in bits
This makes me imagine if Nintendo listened to criticism and kept up with technology for the pokemon series like they do with zelda
Unfortunately The Pokémon Company is run independently from Nintendo. Hopefully they will take notice however.
I knew that from the last game but I didn’t play it. I think you look gorgeous by the way I love your life I love your till lipstick
First thing I did was to see a guide what to do first.I found the tears in the right order, opened all towers to reveal the whole map and then i went to depths and left when i found all the lightroots.When i completed the Depths' map i continued with the main quest and i did only a few side quests because i was already too tired of exploring two maps.I was expecting the sky map to be bigger but it wasn't.I love both botw and totk but i would like to see the classic style again.I like it more.
While I am enjoying the game. I have the same issues as I did with botw, just give me a sword that doesn't break!
"Top tier" weapons have a great durability and when the weapon is damaged just change it and then go with an otorock, it's quite easy
This game is amazingly fun
Any thoughts on there being no dlc... to the "dlc"?
It was announced in 2019 so …..
I don't know why people complain about the weapon breaking, if they didn't break you would just always use the strongest one. Constantly finding weapons is clearly part of the fun.
So, when Ocarina came out, I almost died, I got hit by a car going to school. Ocarina was my rehab while I was so broken I was bed ridden for weeks. Ocarina saved my life as it got me out of severe depression after the accident. As a result it has been my favourite game of all time and I didn't ever expect anything to best it.
TOTK blasted OOT away and I just didn't ever expect it. It was phenomenal from start to finish, even if I did play it in the most batshit way that meant my first dungeon was actually the one you're supposed to do last lol
I found it. Accidentally, figured I'd just follow the quest as surely it can't be anything too major... Sooo yeaaah I had the master sword and Mineru before even doing the rest of the dungeons LMFAO.
That is so crazy!! I'm so glad you're stil here with us, AND that your expectations have been blown away! Haha, that is crazy, while Minaru I *think* I was my last dungeon, I accidently found it as well! I was like oh shit. O_O Link gets a Mech!
I'm one of those that hates the shit out of the current direction of 3d Zelda, but loves Lady Pelvic enough to leave this engagement algo boost, keep up the good work amiga
Haha thank you. I wouldn't say I HATE this new LoZ, but I will always love/miss the early 2000s classic Zelda. It's what I grew up on.
Love BoTW but ToTK makes me hate the direction Nintendo is taking with 3D Zelda. Signs of trouble ahead.
While MM built over OoT graphics engine, it build it's own thing; OoA/OoS did something similar and so ST. But building over the same map, adding the same map upside down Castlevania style (but being a full AAA $70 game apart) and adding some gimmicks and cheap 3D models floating in the sky here and there with recycled shrine assets Mario Maker style, or maybe just Minecraft style like this guy's son love... With an excuse of "timeline" the same fanatics of the series wanted to shot themselves in the foot with... I would feel as scammed as if Super Mario RPG would have a AAA price!
Much better than BotW. Not without its issues, but it's in my top 5 Zelda games for sure. I really hope we don't get anymore of these style Zelda games, but I have no faith Nintendo will do that. We will just get more open world, less classic feeling Zelda games.
I mean, open world is the more "classic Zelda" style (Zelda 1 and 2).
Wow a troll heavy comments section 😂. Best game ever for me. I was so nervous that it would fall flat, but it's Nintendo. They took 6 years. It's Aonuma. It's a masterpiece.
As time goes on, the appreciation for this game will continue to grow. This is an amazing game.
Even if there is never another open world zelda game again, I'm glad that the ones we sid get were so amazing. Honestly can't go back to older games and enjoy them the same way ever again. I loved not having to just follow a linear path, or be stuck behind some obscure search for something. I got to select what amount of engagement i put into the world, and because it wasn't a linear game where ganon is all there is to really do after dungeons, i did everything.
I 100%'d this game. I know there is a large portion of the fanbase that hates the past two games with such fervor, and I know they will probably get their way. But at least before that happened, a truly one of a kind experience was had.
Keep that energy when another ubisoft game comes out with this exact same formula. Yall never seem to do that, hate it there but praise it here. It isnt different.
@@jonathansoko1085 nintendo did it so much better, sorry.
@@jonathansoko1085really ubisoft formula? so much salt eh?
@@beleloy808 Explain the difference. It's just like an Ubisoft game, copy and pasted material throughout the world.
@@beleloy808 none at all I don't mind the ubi formula. What I dislike is the hypocrisy of people hating it there but loving Zelda for doing the literal same
I think the fact that so many people feel the need to defend that it’s “not dlc” makes it all the more obvious that it is. Reused assets, reused maps, reused music etc…it’s dlc. It’s just very flavorful dlc because they took such a long time, and added so much. Some New characters, expanding upon the story, some new gameplay mechanics…that’s what a DLC does. A true sequel typically does more to differentiate itself. I realize that I seem like a punk for being negative and expressing this opinion on your channel. It’s not gonna change anyone’s mind, I know. But I just mean to say that I usually agree with your perspective 9 times out of 10, but this time I disagree.
I personally wished that the sequel had some more major changes. I’m so sick of open world filler content. I don’t want extreme linearity, but a lot of the content in this game (and in botw) just felt superfluous. You could skip basically all of it, watch the lore on UA-cam, and speed run both games in like 2-3 hours if you really wanted to. Just not my cup of tea. Twilight princess was the sweet spot for me…smaller zones, focused storyline…dungeons/tools/gameplay that evolved as you progressed. I miss that style of zelda
Exactly, no one would ever call Majora's Mask a DLC or expansion pack. It re-used assets, yes, but Termina is CLEARLY a new land.
@@blossom357 yeah…it worries me that the success of TOTK is going to send a resounding message to other AAA developers that they needn’t change too much when they’re ready to churn out the next game in a franchise. If people liked it well enough, just add some new content and call it a sequel. I know that people think it’s offensive to call TOTK dlc, because they think it detracts from the effort put into making the game, but I would argue that reusing a ton of assets is a net negative. Innovating and coming up with new worlds and concepts and designs is so much more enticing. Not to mention that the game really has no boundaries... “Oh, you can just cheat/skip most of the puzzles, and players are fine with that? Cool…let’s not worry so much about challenge anymore”. Maybe it’s a bit of an exaggeration, considering that freedom is common in open world games, and Totk just kind of expands upon that…but I personally don’t like it
Listen, disagreements are always welcome. But no, I don't think it's DLC. I think it did add enough to be a whole different game, and in another comment someone suggested if this is dlc so is pokemon, same thing, just new pokemon. And I can't dock a game for reusing assets, my favorite game of all time - Majora's Mask- is just that with obviously added content. Now on some front I agree, I too am tired of open world. It's just so big, and as an adult it's like ugh. BUT, I did enjoy this open world game.
I mean if you choose to speed run the game which is a fine way to play, but why would you? It's fun figuring out puzzles, getting creative with building, meeting characters, and exploring. I mean Zelda since the beginning hasn't been a story heavy game, which by all means I'd love more of. But that's par the course. That said, rest assured I'd LOVE some Oot-like game. The early 2000s classic Zelda. But I appreciate that in this game they did make real dungeon, and replaced items with essentially a party member skills.
@@PelvicGaming You have to go all the way back to 1987 to see another Zelda with as little story as the Switch games. Just because Nintendo knew how to be tactful with their storytelling, unlike Kojima to use an easy example, doesn't mean there wasn't story.
@@PelvicGaming I actually don’t like to speed run games, but after I finished Totk I kind of wished I had. I guess I’m just in a place in my life where I prefer games that respect my time a bit more, instead of sandbox games where there’s a whole lot to do, but most of it doesn’t really tickle my fancy. When I play a game like this I feel like I’m sifting through a river, looking for gold, and never really finding it. The charm factor wore off pretty quickly, and I just felt like I was playing botw again. I honestly think they made the gameplay/puzzles so abusable because they knew that they were recycling a lot of content from the first game, and that people would experience fatigue so much faster (so they gave us the ability to just circumvent puzzles by adding what feels like things that the modding community would’ve implemented…or mechanics that are reminiscent of what the speed running community did in botw) …but anyway, I digress. I appreciate the thoughtful response though. I think the series just isn’t for me anymore (at least if they continue the open world design philosophy)…I’ve been moving further and further away from open world games. Elden ring was the first and last one that I truly loved
Side note… I actually dislike Pokémon because most of it feels like dlc to me, but yeah…not fair of me to go that deep into it, because I stopped playing that franchise a while ago
Tears of the Kingdom felt lived in. BoTW didn't. Which made me love Tears so much more.
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I hated BOTW but absolutely LOVE TOTK.
I wouldn't say I HATE BoTW but I REALLY enjoyed Totk! Like, waaaaaaay more!
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I don't know if this woman is trying to be controversially click-baity, or if she is serious. If she is seriously calling this game DLC when it will probably win Game of the Year, this is an idiotic take.
Tell me you didn't watch the video without telling me you didn't watch the video. This is an idiotic comment.
@@PelvicGaming I despise controversial click-baity thumbnails. But, I suppose your video goes in an opposing direction that your thumbnail advertised. You're not the first content creator to use this tactic. I'm not amused.
I'm glad it was fun, but I don't think I'll be playing it. Let's get a new 2d Zelda, back to what made Zelda great :)
Super Mario Bros Wander gives me hope for new 2D Zelda games in the future, being something like "intergenerational" entries.
Yeah, this game was fun and all but definitely a glorified expansion if I'm gonna be honest with myself. I'd like to something more like FF7 Rebirth next time. Smaller dense zones with meaningful content. Even Elden Ring would get a bit bloated towards the end.
The complaints from BoTW were not address. I love BoTW and didn’t have an issue with weapon durability, climbing during rain, Korok seeds or enemy varieties. Tears of the Kingdom exacerbate all these issues. It’s a chore to play this mind numbing game.
Uhh, cool that you didn't have issues but others did. I mean in that case I personally didn't have much issue with rain save for the tropical stormy area of the game. Enemy variety? Fair enough but they did add. But I won't argue that they could of added more.
Love that you gloss over the different bosses and actual dungeons that Tears of the Kingdom has.
I mean sounds like you didn't enjoy it, bummer. Fair enough. But I had a great time!
This comment is confusing, because you say you didn't have an issue with any complaints that you listed, but then say the game is mind numbing?
But at any rate they DID address pretty much everything you listed.
For weapon durability, in BoTW, you often didn't want to use your strong weapons because you could only hold so many, and you didn't want to farm them or leave an area to find more when they broke. In TotK, with the weapon fusion, as long as you have access to a basic stick or sword, you can fuse that with materials in your inventory to make a super powerful weapon anywhere in the game.
For climbing during rain there are potions you can drink or an outfit you can wear. It was quite literally addressed.
Not sure what the complaint of Korok Seeds were, but if doing random things in the world was tedious, there is a new type in TotK where all you have to do is transport one dude to another by using the build mechanic. It's a fun way to use the new build mechanic and try out different types of transportation while rewarding you with Korok Seeds with pretty low effort.
If I am not mistaken, every enemy type from BotW returns in TotK and then they added a bunch more, so they quite literally addressed this by adding new ones.
autobuild requires so much zoanite if you make anything complex that I stopped using it for anything outside of basic vehicles. Made something complex and stepped too far away and it despawned entirely :S
Found armour mostly pointless by the end and were kinda tedious to level. The Depths was initially the best part, but ultimately the most disappointing. A lot of it is just the same enemies as the overworld and it all kinda looks similar.
The dungeons were also kind of disappointing. Having a unique theme is nice, but they don't have unique enemies, they're very short, and they now no longer have the mechanic where you can move pieces of it from your map like the Divine Beasts. (they were doing the music for progression thing already in those too).
The allies teaming up with you is an interesting idea but mechanically just extremely janky. They need to patch in some kind of skill wheel instead of running up to them.
The worst part was having a "biggoron sword" and its just a basic model/skin for one of the weapon types that carried directly over from BOTW (which im already kinda over seeing).
Still like it more than BOTW.
Late review but I didn’t like TOTK, which sucks cause I haven’t picked it up after trying it for 15 hours. I really haven’t gone back or used my Switch much since then.
its because its a copy and paste of the last game so its nothing new and exciting, very lame of nintendo.
Technically all video game sequels are DLCs if you think about it
Honestly I’m just tired of the formula they’ve got going on. The open world sandbox is too extreme. Id like to see zelda with real dungeons that are intricately made, and a story i give a Damn about. Really i just want majoras mask 2 but with better gameplay than zelda has been getting off late. (See combat)
Love this game but it’s really a big DLC even Nintendo came out and said that it was planned for dlc originally but decided to make another game cause of how vast they wanted to make it
I don’t want any more open world
Game industry: what was that? You want more open world? 🥄 open wiiiide
I’m ok with occasional open world if it’s a new ip doing something unique in that sphere. But the key thing is OCCASIONAL! This is the second open world zelda and it has dogshit storytelling as well
There are plenty non open world games
Play indie game 😂, play other game 🎉
@@johnlawful2272 i think they mean for zelda specifically
I wish you would've talked more about the games reused open world. You kinda went over it but from what I've heard hyrule is still mostly the same.
Yeah Hyrule is mostly the same. The added areas (skyworld and abyss) are generic and bland with reused enemy assets.
Best game ever!!! ❤
i did drop playing this game mainly because it did feel like a huge expansion rather than a squel. i made it up to the fire temple, beat it, then i was just done... i will eventually come back to it, but that might be 5 years from now like i did with botw lol. i beat botw early in this year, so i was fresh off of botw.
Still sour on the $70 standard price tag and those I come across eager to defend it.
Wow, when I read the title, I was worried you were gonna say the game really is DLC. For people who are making a big fuss about the small stuff, come on. It's a very well-made game on yes, aging platform, but be grateful you got it when it's this amazing. Still overflowing with new content, gameplay, & features. Don't like it, don't buy it.
Sadly I found this game to be way too predictable. A lot of very "game-y" conventions that kept popping up, and poor controls and menuing. It seems many people enjoy it, which is great, but I can't see it. Elden Ring upped my standards through the roof.
What are you saying? The controls and menus are great. It is not mandatory to follow the same control scheme that other studies use to be good
Considering how you hate a lot of my favorites, I wonder if the inverse is true? Sadly no Switch to test the theory
This game is breath of the wild but dlc where you have to build cars they literally could’ve have tried any less sad where Nintendo is heading
Combat feel clanky, Dungeons are brain dead easy, Dephts are boring, not enough enemies variety. I ve spent 182h on Breath of the Wild but this one is a big no for me.
The combat improved a lot compared to BOTW
It's not... moving on
I was so disappointed with BOTW, I thought it was an aimless boring world with a vast map of nothing (aware I'm fairly alone on this little island) so wasn't interested in TOTK in the slightest, but I gave it a go via emulator and well..... It's definitely more of that 😂, I've been a Zelda fan for 3 decades but it's fair to say that I'm clearly not a fan of the direction it's taken.
Tears of the Kingdom was shit. Huge disappointment, wasted 6 years of our time.
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TOTK is 100% dlc. This way they can sell for $80-90
Nah.
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thank you, you made me laugh
I love how you can tell when someone games their own shitty UA-cam comment.