Tears Of The Kingdom Is A Technical Marvel
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was one of the five releases we gave a 10/10 in 2023. It showcased a potential that stems from a deeply intimate familiarity with a game engine that can only come from having an experienced development team, capable of pushing an aged console at the end of its life cycle to its absolute limits, and producing magic.
#GameSpot #Zelda #TearsOfTheKingdom
Every person who worked on the original zelda still works at Nintendo..... that is just..... amazing. Hats off to Nintendo. Whether you like their games or not, if you respect gaming, and the people who make games, you have to respect Nintendo and their philosophy.
And some of them, like Miyamoto are over 70 years old
that's normal in japan
@@MrCleman1Nintendo stock will drop when he retires :(
When the Wii U failed hard and Nintendo was losing money, Iwata who was the president at the time cut his pay way down so that they didn't have to lay anyone off. You would never see CEOs in the USA cut their pay to keep their employees. The loyalty goes both ways at Nintendo.
@@mikevisby8744very true. Rest in peace Mr. Iwata
when totk released, i had it running for 460 hours straight. i didnt play a single other game for almost a full month nonstop. and in that time i didnt even THINK about trying to go find Ganon, i was just exploring, experimenting, and goofing around.
Thats cause you on a switch you had no other games but mario to play
@@fabolousjada5070 💀💀💀💀switch has more exclusives than all other consoles bruh...
PS5 players only got Spiderman 2 😭😭
@@fabolousjada5070 buddy the switch has the best exlusive library out of any console maybe all time
I hope Game Freak takes notes on this.
TOTK might very well be a once in a lifetime game. When you consider that it is built off of BOTW, TOTK is basically a game 12 years in the making. Oh, and as someone who didn’t play BOTW first, I can say that TOTK stands solid on its own. The game is a masterpiece.
1:20 that lowercase G is so distracting 😂
TOTK is hands down game of the year or even game of the decade. Its amazing how easily the western media is overcome by "hype." You simply cannot say Baldurs Gate 3 is a more stunningly developed game than TOTK, no matter how hyped the title is or how much you enjoyed it. There is no technical wizardry on display in BG3. There's nothing in that game that makes me say "how did they do that?"
Ppl fell in love with the voice acting they just don't know how to say it
Bruh to say there is no wizardy in display at BG3 is just...an oversimplification. The systems in that game are so well designed and work in such a way that you can have limitless possibilities from a storytelling/gameplay standpoint that's hard to topple. People are saying it's the best rendition of an actual DnD game ever, and it's pretty hard to do that in a video game, which is constrained by what the devs designed the game around. It doesn't have an impressive physics engine like ToTK but BG3 innovated in ways we have hardly seen before
Im not gonna argue what game should 've been goty but prior to launch, BG3 had no hype compared to TOTK. The only people who we're hyped for BG3 was CRPG fans. Even before it's release everybody thought TOTK was the sure goty. BG3 was just so good and unique in the mainstream area of games that some media outlets thought it took TOTK's chances of goty. Im just saying if hype was the category for goty then TOTK should of still won.
Nah. Botw is the game of the decade. Totk is a disappointing sequel.
@@Skinnypete38that's not the slightest bit accurate. Maybe way ahead of time, yes, but as soon as critics start reviewing the game before the general public gets to play, Baldur's Gate was super hyped. Meanwhile, TOTK was very criticized for being "the same as BOTW"
The most impressive thing Nintendo’s over 98% employee retention rate. That is insanity jn today’s job space.
They hold many records highest profit per employee largest employment retention longest run in continued profits
I feel like this is an incomplete as an archievement without also mentioning the massive stigma that exists in Japan for employees leaving their employer.
They mention that it's 70% for the rest of Japan
@@phoenix9531 also there have been some reports that Nintendo (mainly NoA) treats their contractors fairly badly, and they probably arent counted in many of the statistics
Im still impressed overall by how Nintendo operates, particularly compared to other major gaming companies
They don't even treat their contractors badly, just not as well as their full-time employees who are treated above industry standard.
Huh, I knew Nintendo was good at keeping people around, but I didn’t realize just how exceptional they were even amongst Japanese companies. 98% retention when the average is around 70% is absolutely nuts. That they still have their people from over 30 years ago is mind blowing.
Hyrule engineering needs more credit, I love the creativity crazy people on that subreddit
Switch is turning 7 years old but the chipset is like 9 years old. It’s a technical marvel how they optimized this game with an ancient hardware. It’s a real world innovation of this Zelda game that people overlooked
The chipset is 9 years old and it was significantly before massive advancements in portable gaming hardware.
People comparing it to the steam deck always seem to forget that the switch launched at 299 and created an entire market of portable hybrid devices that the steam deck now occupies.
Also the non oled switch screen is still is better than the non steam deck screen, coming from someone who owns both. It was pretty shocking how bad the original steam deck screen was, when the switch and vita had far better color accuracy and contrast 6 and 10 years prior. I don’t know about the oled switch and steam deck because I don’t have those, but yeah the switch was a marvel when it came out and Nintendo is still releasing gorgeous games like pikmin 4.
9 years ago Tegra X1 was the fastest mobile SOC on the planet, and it took a trillion-dollar company (Apple) to dethrone it in late 2016 for $1000 MSRP.
People tend to forget this fact.💯🤫
@@ShadowFoxInfinite but it was outdated when the Switch launched. In case you don't know, people were disappointed that it was using a Tegra X1 chipset in a 2017 released console
@@fightnight14 Some Were, yes. But those same guys are now whining about the PS5 only having 16GB of RAM. People who prioritize system power are never happy.
And remember, just recently Red dead redemption was released on Switch! And it's not cloud gaming and it's able to run very smooth even on the go.
goes to show how much better the gaming industry would be if AAA games weren’t completely focused on photorealistic graphics and nothing else
Or pushing out games as soon as possible to please investors ending in an unplayable mess
Games are really all about GAMEPLAY and DIRECTION not graphics... tell that to PS FANBOYS...
@@erickreyes7902not everyone who is a fan of other consoles is obsessed only with graphics. The problem is the expectation in the industry of photorealism, very few gamers will ever say that gameplay is not the biggest part of a game.
Nah, graphics are HUGELY important. For me and most other people.v
@@k.k8291 if a game is trying to be realistic, of course they should pour a lot of time into the graphics. But obviously there are a lot of problems with trying to do that with every game. Once we get a set of Unreal-like tools that consistently create results basically indistinguishable from reality (a few generations from now), developers can start putting more work into other aspects of the game since graphic elements will be much faster and easier to create.
Good to know that in a world where game devs are laid off as soon as the game releases, Nintendo gives them raises
you wouldn't want to fire devs that good
@@oussama7132 Tell that to all the game publishers that regularly slaughter their golden goose.
Nintendo historically has taken the long view of things, years between game launches, they are willing to take there time, absorb bad press when it happens. Keep there dev's happy and you get games like Tears of the Kingdom.
This game is proof that when you value your employees you get to make better stuff. It's really that simple.
This game just goes to show how amazing Nintendo’s developers are.
Yea impressive how they make this on a cpu worse than the xbox 360 from 2005
Sooo impressive
@@StopLegoLord because its not really that impressive these physics were done on garys mod 2006
Nintendo doesn't stoked the hype flame (totk had almost no trailers or teasers during its development) and isn't afraid to delay their games when they aren't ready. Giving your devs the time they need is sooo important. Imagine if cyberpunk would have released in the form it is today if the executives would have given them more time.
Especially Gamefreaks….
Great graphics aren’t next gen. The ability to build a unicycle with 2 laser cannons attached and have it all work is next gen.
when I played BOTW I said this will never be topped and they genuinely did it in every way with TOTK, masterpiece
topping themselves by just copying the story again and inverting the map? truly a master piece
@@EVSkecthCode yeah they totally copied the story...
@@novaiscream1532 BOTW: Go around the world collecting 4 powers from long dead warriors that failed in their lives to stop ganon
TOTK: Go around the world collecting 4 powers from long dead warriors that failed in their lives to stop ganon
The only difference is zelda's B story and that's it
@@EVSkecthCodethat’s not copying the same exact story, that’s using the same format.
@@EVSkecthCode A story is not the same as a gameplay loop mate
Great video. Game of the year. One of the best games ever made.
This is the reason why I love this game so much! It is a quality game with endless potential!
The physics and creation all functioning soo well with minimal bugs glitches is incredible.
I heard Totk is used in a school to display physics
There is at least one professor who is using it for an engineering course. It's an optional course, but it is being used. I heard about it when he was fundraising to afford the consoles
The fact a game as big and ambitious as that could run that well on a 6 year old HANDHELD is nothing short of a (technical) miracle.
Absolutely stunning.
The fact the Switch is roughly on par with the performance of a PS3 or X360 (maybe a little lower) is frankly amazing when you consider what's been done with the little thing. It's absolutely vast and the physics, constrction and interaction systems are almost unmatched in polish as far as I'm aware. People compared it to Gmod a lot, but that isn't really a game and the physics is famously glitchy and unpredictable
@@helplmchokingSwitch is definitely more powerful than Xbox 360 and PS3, Wii U was about the same as those consoles.
@@helplmchokingyou are far off, switch has far stronger internals than ps3 and xb360. Even the Wii u was stronger, but was held back by having to render on two displays. It isn’t as strong as a ps4, but it’s definitely above ps360 in terms of modern internals. Plus, it has way more ram than those consoles
What I think is the biggest advantage is the fact that older programmers who had to deal with limited resources on old Nintendo hardware understand the importance of optimization more than anyone else. In modern days many studios will just require ridiculous hardware and call it a day, completely avoiding any optimization.
If you guys showed footage of Hyrule Engineeering I'm sure this game was game of the year due to you realizing that it is game of the year.
Bug testing this game must’ve taken up half the development time.
It did. Thats why it was delayed a full year.
@@Linkathon Imagine what the game is like if it actually got released on the original release date. Bugs that would probably make Bethesda blush.
@@freshlymemed5680 I mean we have no way of knowing. I doubt it would be super bad, probably just things like devices clipping or not attacking and stuff. Because it’s Nintendo and they usually get things right.
As a programmer, I shudder thinking of the codebase this game is built upon. The chemistry engine was already impressive enough back in Breath of the Wild, but the Physics systems of this game (running on a mobile processor) are nothing sort of wizardry.
TOTK is truly a masterpiece. Not only in its gameplay and player freedom, but also in its story, soundtrack, visuals, and direction! Everything about TOTK is optimized to be as *fun* as possible, and its strange that this has become the exception rather than the norm. I can't wait to see Nintendo's next console, but TOTK proves why they haven't needed to release one yet!
That fact that the physics worked so well on the aging switch hardware is incredible
Wii also had that gens best physics and wii remote imput using those physics
this is the real goty by the way
How was TOTK not game of the year for 2023? The game awards is now irrelevant. This game is the clear winner in my opinion.
I remember I read a report somewhere reported that Sony and Microsoft have twice or three to four times the growth of Nintendo, but Nintendo has twice the profit, compared to them. Kudos to Nintendo. Very inspirational tbh.
Baldur's Gate 3 deserved the GOTY this year but for me personally it was Zelda. Phenomenal game played it for about 200 hours
The more I learn about BOTW and TOTK the more I respect them. So much thought went into these games. Also never knew that everyone who worked on the original is still with Nintendo, what a cool fact.
My goty
Me to
Same
people who say botw/totk aren't zelda just don't know what zelda is
500,000 people are playing Minecraft at any given time. Gameplay matters far more than graphics and always will. The best games encourage experimentation and play with the player's expectations. Few things are more engaging than being given a creative and universal toolset and being set loose in such a full and challenging sandbox. Even with the lower fidelity graphics, it's bright, calming, natural and reads well while playing. AND IT'S ON A MOBILE CONSOLE! It's a freakin' gaming triumph and I hope they carry all of this and more to the Switch 2. (Maybe open world Metroid?)
3:19 THIS!!!! Exactly! I am tired of explaining to people how this is an excellent demonstration of physics, but they don't seem to understand how its the in game physics rules I'm talking about and not emulating real world physics. Summed up perfectly here.
This is why TOTK was my GOTY. Every time this game would never fail to impress me, make me wonder “how the f*ck did they do this? Is this game real?”
Running on a Switch btw
Employee retention truly is everything.
WHEN the western AAA game industry finally implodes from the outright abuse they put their workforce through, as its entire foundation is held together by overworked+underpaid temps and contractors, Nintendo will still be there doing what they've always been doing: Making Day-One masterpieces.
This game is the true game of the year!!! A Masterpiece!
Too bad this game doesn't give you any reason to experiment with this stuff. It takes more resources to be creative than it does to solve a puzzle in the most straight forward way possible.
Sadly this game got too much undeserved hate from people. I hope it will be considered as a classic in the future.
Yess,I hope so too.
the story and how the game handled the previous game's events despite being almost a direct sequel is a good reason
Bruh. Zelda is not a narrative-driven game. It’s silly to be obsecced with its plot.
Only minority of them hate it
Seems most of the perceived hate fizzled away post-release. Even I was skeptical beforehand, but little did we know that things like the depths even EXISTED! Many of us assumed it was going to be just more of the same old same old. Boy, were we wrong! Loving it still.
Technical marvel running at 24 frames a second
On a 9 year old chipset
I think I’m gonna try this game out now.
One of the best sanboxes and physics systems I've ever seen in a video game
One off its un matched
No other game has given me this kind of enjoyment where I won't stop playing unless I really need to. I have played most of the award winning titles and legacy games since the 80's and by far, TOTK is my favorite game of all time! Hoping we can get an update for the next Zelda title the soonest.
Still a robbery that this game didn't win GOTY
While Tears of the Kingdom might be one of the worst 3D Zelda games, it has a pretty Impressive physics engine I must admit.
Exactly i agree
A 6 year old console. 9 year old chipset. And they still made one of the most insane physics engines ever conceived.
Hi, can you drop a source for the claim that every developer for the original Zelda still works at Nintendo? That sounds like an absolutely insane claim and I struggle to believe it, but it sounds cool and I want it to be true.
I think the game only had a team of 7 listed in thr credits. So it's not hard to check.
@@jakraziel Thanks very much for that, I don't know why I just assumed that the original Zelda would have way more people involved. That's honestly a crazy fact
Game with some flaws, but simply the best game ever. 90hrs game play, 0% main story, and still new findings. The mechanics in this game are leading the industry by a decade.
Game of the year
Don't really get this 10/10. I mean yeah, the mechanics are great, but still, there isn't much more to it. The depths are basically mostly empty and only offer a few interesting locations. Even the sky islands seemed awesome at first, but turned out to be very repetitive and not so many
I miss when Zelda was more simple and didn’t need a massive world to try and impress us. Majora’s Mask has one of the smallest worlds and yet it has a pretty sizable group of fans.
Smartest conclusion about why is TOTK what it is. It's literally (whether you like it or not) Nintendos ability to manage its game development team with enough care and enough open ears and the genuis of that development team.
the amount of systems running at the same time or loading very quickly to be used is a marvel in this gaming landscape. no other developer does stuff like this.
this games shows how uncreative or lazy almost all other developers are
Or how weak the other dev teams are, there are devs on contract (temp roles), layoffs of senior devs etc...
Are you really going to call the devs of Elden Ring, RE4, FF7, RDR2 and many more, lazy? I love TOTK, but this is such a reach.
Totk developers when they reuse bosses, reuse cutscenes, have a repetitive sky islands, reuse most of the map from the first game, reuse enemies with just different colors, and people still call them innovative
@@yogainstructor4437name a game with a better physics engine
@@MarluxiaX2you really had to throw in ff7 there as if they didn’t stretch out 4 hours of gameplay into a 25 hour slog of a game
You asking 'where is next-gen gameplay?'. Here it is. Running on a toaster...
Totk is one of the best games ever made. Its botw turned up to 15. I don’t think another game sequel can come close to how much more u can do
The developers at Nintendo have it very good. except for game freak one game two open world games two remakes 4 dlc in just 6 years is ridiculous
Game Freak is independent from Nintendo. They do have a share in the Pokémon Company (it belongs to Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures), but GF is the sole responsible party for their bad development decisions.
I know, but it's the higher-ups' fault, not the developers, and Nintendo is still largely in charge. Xenoblade and Bayonetta are not entirely from Nintendo either, but they are still seen as first party games
@@joopvanhedel1372Xenoblade is first party. Monolithsoft is owned 100% by Nintendo.
TotK is a master class on how to make a proper game.
SOC inside the Switch already 8 years old ! It's the same chip Nvidia Tegra X1 from 2015 without any customization & also it's clock much lower frequency than standard Tegra X1. IT'S SO ANCIENT GUYS. Looks what a newer chip with customization can do inside Rog Ally, Legion Go & Steam Deck
I certainly wouldn't complain about having crisper graphics, but I honestly don't care about it or even think about it when playing TotK or just about any other Nintendo game. What makes the games great has virtually nothing to do with how realistic/sharp they look. Nintendo deeply understands the fundamental ideas behind what makes gameplay rewarding, and the rewards have very little to do with high frame rates and resolution.
1:22 why is the g not capitalised??
High fidelity and high res in games is over rated
Ok I already loved this game but the spikes having different tension depending on how theyre attached blew me away
one of the best games ever. no question.
Uh. Each generation of consoles coming out since the PS2/3 error really hasn't changed much. So saying these game are only possible on this gen. . . . I'm not sold. We are at the point of diminishing returns. and many of these game would be possible on even last gen hardware. Major gaming companies are no longer "pushing the envelope"
I always loved Nintendo, but knowing that they value their employees and are a genuinely great company to work for makes me love them even more.
This is called elegant design. It's when a single mechanic or system can be utilized for several different purposes in the game. In the case of TOTK, this assembling system can do pretty much anything you can think of. As a game dev myself, I imagine that one of the goals for this game was to have this all-encompassing mechanic that could serve more as a toy for the player's imagination, something like Will Wright envisioned for SimCity or Spore back in the day.
While a lot of triple A games rely more on graphics than on design and novelty, it's great to see that some big devs are continuously bringing new blood and ideas to the table.
GAME OF THE YEAR
Best game ever, I will never find a game like that , it was beyond impossible
While I still have my issues with the way TOTK handled its story and world building, it is undeniably an impressive feat of game design. No other title has such an accurate, and predictable physics system, that just works as intended, with so few glitches to be found! TOTK is a an absolute triumph of iterative game design! Hopefully they can take what they've learned here and apply it to their next game, while focusing a bit more on story continuity and consistent game progression, to deliver the ultimate Zelda game! The future is looking bright for the series!
Why do nintendo games NEVER go on sale and why has the Switch never gotten a price cut?
It seems the answer is so they can pay their employees better and treat them better and keep them on board for many years.
Seriously there is not enough praise for devs for this.
The game of the year that truly won, not that the game awards matter anyways lol we have literally no say in them and it’s gonna be down to bias in the end
This is one game that desperately needs another shot on the Switch 2 with modern visuals. Its no doubt the best game I played in years, but I'll never forget going from the RE4 remake on the PS5 to this and experiencing the jarring framerate dips, pop-ins and shadow shimmering on that tutorial island right in the beginning, it gave a horrible first impression. Thankfully after you land on Hyrule after 2 hours the game's visuals look and run noticably better and look fine overall.
Its really not that bad, but yeah running on an emulator with everything the best it can be natively looks amazing. Fun fact zelda botw and totk is pretty modern and technical engine wise, using the same rendering techniques as most other modern open world games. The game isnt even cellshaded only characters have a cell shader applied to them. And the game even has volumetric lighting and other cool fancy effects just used at a lower resolution for the poor switch 😂
Switch 2 will not have "Modern" visuals
Yea as someone that played ToTK at 1440p60, it looks absolutely gorgeous. The only thing that doesn't quite hold up is the texture resolution or environmental detail in places other than the towns.
Though the former is easy to justify since on a 720p switch screen you probably wouldn't notice them at all. Meanwhile i was playing on a 34" monitor.
We’ll probably get a remaster in 10 years or so.
The visuals are perfectly fine as is - but a future console can help with things such as pop in and render distance.
also 30fps >>> 60fps, as it's more cinematic (it's why movies are shot in 24fps intentionally)
Totk is already a timeless classic!
Yeah it is
nah it's an overrated sandbox.
@@Lorentz_Driver you can think that if you want everyone has their own opinion
Imagine if the game was actually... good
@@aquagiraffe1988Don’t have to imagine.
Totk goty
i feel like the next zelda game wont be able to have this kinda stuff because they love re-inventing the title. i dont mind it one but i know some will feel disappointed by it.
If only BG3 wasn't released this year imo ToTK deserve the GOTY.
Almost as if you focus on the core game instead of hyper realistic graphics, you can do unthinkable things and make a great game still making the game look great. Too many gamers and Devs are to impressed with "ohhhh shiny graphics!" And not actual gameplay. Here is what happens when idk MAKE A GAME
I've always hated the trend towards maximising graphics, especially realistic ones. I play games for their unique styles, hence why the BotW duo and Hollow Knight ended up comprising the majority of my playtime.
What a beautifully brilliant written video! 👏
This is such a well put together video
I seriously like Link in his Green Tunic better.
Unsure how true this is, but didn't Nintendo delay the Game for a whole year so they could just polish it?
Yes, to test for bugs
the best physics system ever..... and the second best is BOTW... lol
MASTERPIECE!
2:10 content starts
I don't agree with everything Nintendo does, but they do seem to understand how to capture that feeling of joy and wonder in a videogame. It's kinda nice that they aren't trying to be dark and edgy.
its a CRIME that the devs are pressured to leave this universe/world without a 3rd installment...this botw universe deserved 3 titles!
Not a 3th part, but a history dlc on the sky would be great.
really should have been game of the year
I adore this game and franchise, the devs are fantastic
My Game of the Year 💪
Masterpiece!
Loving this string of videos GameSpot has released the last few days
Why GameSpot didn’t give their Game of the Year prize to Zelda TOTK? After this video, they actually is saying that is the best game of 2023!
I played Breath of the Wild last year and Tears of the Kingdom this year. I enjoyed TOTK much more. The world felt more alive, much more sense of progression in multiple ways, and it was just really fun to build things to traverse the world.
Breath of the Wild is good but I found myself bored through much of it. I never was bored in TOTK.
Nintendo would still be making awesome games today, even if the most advanced hardware they had was a SNES!!!
Simply amazing game. However for the story, they should’ve revealed the cut scenes in sequence no matter which glyph you were at.
Nintendo is too crazy to even do that but it works for them even BOTW launched in freakin WII U for gods sake how do they pull this off😅
Its actually remind me back of late 90s to early 2000 PC gaming era, many games are trying to be as accomplished as it could especially with physic, mechanic and freedom of in the game
Totk will be a Game of the decade right behind botw
A game like this won’t be made again for years. It’s almost impossible.
Yup, give it another decade lol
You know, cause it had effectively 11 years of development time (5 for BotW, and TotK came out 6 years after that)
They are 100% remaking this in some other form.
No one has time and money like Nintendo to pull this off without taking a massive gamble. Microsoft possibly with their unlimited money but the fact that they don't care about making money off their own IPs unless they buy them after they're cash cows just shows they don't have the talent or patience to create something like this.
Nintendo took years to make BOTW and continuing with TOTK means over 10 years of development has cumulatively gone into TOTK.
It's a joke that yes it's a DLC for BOTW but they're completely different experiences.