The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth It?
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2023
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Written by Alana Hagues: www.nintendolife.com/reviews/...
Video by Felix Sanchez: / felixsandwichez
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom launches exclusively on Nintendo Switch May 12th, 2023
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#NintendoSwitch #TearsOfTheKingdom #Zelda - Hry
Going to be a amazing experience
👍
Nice
Verdade
It's a an awesome experience ..enjoyed very well.
Nice
This game will prove yet again that creativity will always triumph over raw power and graphics.
It’s insane that this game runs on hardware less powerful than most modern mobile phones and it’s still arguably the most innovative and next-gen title in terms of gameplay mechanics so far this generation.
I think it's pretty clear, by this point, that it's not really graphics power but a sweet spot between art direction and optimization for a specific system. For example, many Nintendo first party games look better than games on more powerful systems, but also games like the last of us 2 are very impressive but that wouldn't matter if it ran poorly.
yea for me games like this are way better than the "look at me i am so realistic and cinematic" dark movie wannabe games
@@juanra85 It's always down to optimization and understanding the hardware you're creating the software for. I mean, look at jedi survivor. It runs like absolute ass on even the beefiest of PCs. If we're talking consoles then look no further than Cyberpunk 2077. Nintendo knows exactly what their tech can do and will push it to it's limit without going overboard.
Factsss
2017: Breathtaking
2023: Tears of joy
Cringe
@@andreseh87cringe culture is dead. Embrace the cringe
@@Slimeranchchampionpreach
@@andreseh87 Nowadays people who say "cringe" is the actual cringe
Beautifully said!!!!👌👌
What a masterful sequel from Nintendo. I can't wait to pour hundreds of hours into Tears of the Kingdom!
you are so right and I love your shuake profile picture.
yeah so excted to play it too
Hundreds 😂 you must be retired
@@jada8047 You do know that you can play a game over the course of weeks, months or even years? Some people actually do that. Woaah. Swooosh
YES
6:47 I died when you stuck a rocket to that poor korok 🤣🤣🤣
Me too!!😂😅
Twice! The 'Hyah!' is just perfect 🤣
SAME LOLOL
I loled
😂Yes!!
This game looks absolutley massive!
It is
And its only 16 gb
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist4Hail Satan
ok
It’s so big!! Massive game 👏👏👏👏
When he that “and that’s why we’re giving The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom a resounding 10/10” and then the main theme kicks in. Wow. I legitimately got goose bumps! I actually CANNOT WAIT!
He says : performance dips in the lower 20s or lower fairly frequent. Any other game would be hurt by this in the final score, yet because it is Zelda, they turn a blind eye and award a perfect score
@@stijnvonck1431 there's not much Nintendo can do, the Switch is using 8 years old processing after all
FidelityFX is in the game, which should hopefully help out a bit
@@stijnvonck1431 context matters. This game is somehow running at 30fps on an ancient hardware with a huge world and a very complex physics system. If any other developers were forced to be constrained by switch hardware and made a game, 99% of them would not be able to reach the level of performance of this game.
@@stijnvonck1431 there is pop in 4 feet from link trees grass everything if this was any other game 6/10
@@true_gamer39 Because other games rely on their performance wayyy more for their ratings. While I agree it's pretty bad, it doesn't really matter much for a game like this.
Its absolutely amazing, like experiencing the first game all over again but much more creative
wow every review i've seen is 10/10 , Eiji Aonuma and his team have done it again ( same score across the board like breath of the wild )
So you only check 3 reviews? Great job /s
@@MMoer reddit is down the hall and to the left, sir.
i rate it 19/10
but i have to take -9 away for STILL not being able to pet the dog
Their team is utterly incompetent and completely lacking in level design structure and content skills.
@@pg8835 💀💀💀
I'm so hyped to play this tomorrow 😁
I got mine today 😍
@@cee6097 nice!!
im not gonna spoil it but i already played it since yesterday and its amazing, only had one bug with an enemy inside the colliseum but as i said im not spoiling what it is
@@Sam-km3qv i've beaten the game and hasn't found any bug. what bug?
@@Sam-km3qvI saw that creature in the coliseum from above, and yeah, very nice throwback.
Felix, it's so cool seeing you grow up in this channel. From small reviews to now taking the most important one of the year. It feels like your graduation 🎓. Congrats!
Also, can't wait to play TOTK 🤩
I agree Felix is kicking ass and did great on this video but note this excellent review was by Alana Hagues
brings a tear to my eye
ok
ok
Come on fella really lol?? CZcams is just fun. There are far larger channels full of trash. So, size doesn't matter here, please don't compare CZcams growth to _actual_ Education. But I know you just meant it as a light-hearted comment, just that some people are too simple and start taking the whole CZcams 'growth' thing too seriously.
Honestly, the rocket attached to a korok is genius 6:49
I actually laughed so damn hard!! 😭😭🤣💀
I hope we can do this to Bokoblins while they're sleeping!! 🤣🤣
Looks like Nintendo and the Zelda team have done the impossible and made lightning strike twice by delivering yet another masterpiece. And one that I entirely can’t wait to play!👌🏽
I think you mean for the umpteenth time. Zelda hasn’t missed ever. I started playing when ocarina of time came out and they have been masterpieces all along the way
@@derekw948 honestly the only "bad" zelda game (besides any third party stuff from the 90s) would be tri-force heroes, and even then that's moreso a situational problem!
Just imagine the pressure and hype for the next Zelda game!
@@derekw948 True, but I don’t think I’d give any of them other then botw the masterpiece title. Haven’t played tears of the kingdom yet
Ubisoft, Insomniac and Guerilla gasping for air with their rotten game design. Their player base scratching their head trying to understand the critical welcome of TotK while they're looking for stupid side quests and boring PoI.
The biggest problems with BotW was the lack of legacy dungeons and the combat difficulty, both of which got corrected in TotK.
Don’t forgot the weak story
Indeed!! 🥳👍
There still aren't legacy dungeons and the combat is still super weak.
@@soulofalbedo the combat is only weak for uncreative people who is spamming Y
@@soulofalbedo We just wanted the *Unique Bosses* and themes; something to fight for and live in Our memories forever. Over the totally bland, nondescript blobs of the last game. We were never going to suddenly get 1:1 Dungeons with say the Wind Waker thrown in also obviously due to Link's enhanced Abilities and the Open-World nature. But they're not that far off at all, they are very styled and have totally unique designs - that's all we wanted.
That music that kicked in when talking about the dungeons took me straight back to the late 90’s with ocarina of time. I’ve loved this series since then, the first game I ever completed, playing it with my dad every weekend. The series holds such a special place in my heart, and tomorrow can’t come soon enough!
Not only is it worth it, I don't ever want to stop playing it :)
Going to be a amazing experience can’t wait for my preorder to arrive
Who else is ready for this MASTERPIECE? Legend of Zelda never disappoints! It will go down as an all time great!
We Knew it! the Zelda team Never Disappoints.
Absolutely 100% amazing masterclass of a review. I honestly can't state how excellently you guys handled the review, and how great it turned out. Thank you guys for not being too spoilerific, but still hitting on some of the things people would like to know, while still upping the excitement for it all at the same time. I was hesitant going into this worried that it would spoil a few things here and there, but I don't think it did and still made more hyped to play it tomorrow (provided Amazon actually delivers on time).
This review is really well done and adds to the hype even more!
When I think of a "game," the first thing I think of is its mechanics and what it allows you to do. Well done, Nintendo and the Zelda team.
I am so scared to watch this and be spoiled. I will wait patiently for another 15 hours 😢
yeah, it contains things that I'd consider spoilers. So it it's better not watch now.
Yep just wait. Too many spoilers for some of the best stuff.
You can get 40 hearts in this game. I don't think you can have 40 hearts and full stamina.
No one can ruin my mood with this game. See y'all at Midnight, in Hyrule. 😊
This review just made me go from pretty excited to EXTREMELY hyped!
After 3mins in, listening to audio only.. I think I’m gonna bail and save some surprises for myself
7:06 it's not a Zelda game if chickens don't attack you if aggravated
The second review I’ve watched. 2 10/10s. My god, this thing really is the masterpiece I thought it would be, so happy to be right and prove the DLC bunch wrong
DLCc bunch?
@@I_was_a_Bullfrog people were saying this is going to be “just paid DLC” I guess down to the similar look / location
Definitely not just DLC
It's not hard to prove morons wrong when they bet against Nintendo!;)
Yeah because non of these reviews are paid to give this shite a high score
It looks even better than I thought, this is crazy. 😂
It does look really good
Got my collectors edition and amiibo and pro controller coming Monday and already have my zelda oled. Got the digital edition now as well cuz I’m way too impatient. Needless to say, I love Zelda and I’m ready!
Congratulations, Alana and Felix!! Gigantic moment here
One thing i really want in totk is humanoid bosses. Nearly all of the bosses in botw except the dlc yiga guy and the yiga clan leader in gerudo desert are just big monsters. Having at least a few humanoid bosses in totk would 10/10 the game for me
Wish granted.
@@PrinceVegetaBrief wait are you talking about ganandorf? 🤔 If you aren't don't spoil me btw 🙏🏾
My excitement could not be any higher especially when I heard the score given.
Tomorrow cannot get here soon enough...
I can't wait to see speed runs develop for this game, I used to think I was good at BOTW then I realized how little I knew 😅
Looks so awesome! Also btw Chu Chu Jelly was good before but it involved doing some very hard techs to use it to combo enemies. Last, is there any button customization in game? Never liked how far away the jump button was from the run button in BOTW, I usually have to see what works best for me like what I did in Nier Automata to get the best layout so than I can dodge and jump with ease while fighting in that game.
I think Chu Chu jelly was just too gimicky before. You could do some cool and useful things with it, but most people didn't bother or they weren't skilled enough to do the really neat things. Giving it a more normal use goes a long way to make them worth obtaining.
@@Krossfyre TOTK definitely made it easier to use the Chu Chus, not sure if the techs are still in the game since you can't even do a simple one like whistle running. Learned about the jelly tricks from Hyrule Master Chef, the most complex thing I could do was the remote bomb parry (not into bullet time) and getting into bullet time from a shield hop and item dropping tech (never in battle though).
Great Review, well written, and for those like myself that have “desperately” tried to avoid story spoilers, y’all did a great job!! Much appreciated.
Only hours remain!!!
Never thought I will have such good time on Switch. I have done with Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed, now here comes Tears of the Kingdom
I dove into the chasm for the first time and was blown away! It's crazy how you have to make your way around by shooting lightbloom arrows everywhere.
I was skeptical at first but this is the most I've been excited for a game since Elden Ring. It looks masive with the added on Sky Islands and underground that is just as big as the world map lol
After elden ring, it’s still gonna have some big shoes to fill
@@andreseh87 with reviews dropping and user reviews dropping over seas id say its got game of the year this year for sure
@@andreseh87 shut up andres
Im playing through Breath of the wild recently to get me hype for Tears of the Kingdom,but i arledy know that is gonna be amazing
I actually teared up when I saw the score!!
Why??
Ugh
Game reviewers as a whole are clueless. If they had scored it a 1 out of 10 the game would still be just as good or bad as it is going to be. I would say it is nice though to occasionally have a gamer's game break through and receive critical acclaim in an age of long winded cinematics and dumbed down for casuals gameplay found in most high scoring games in this day and age.:)
Has a lifetime zelda fan.
I'm 44. Seeing how great this game turned out meant a lot me.
Plus, it was released on my birthday.
Also, botw was the first game my wife played.
So that's why.
Awesome game!!! That bee hive sword was hilarious lol. They have put a lot of thought and work into this game.
The fact that it made bees attack the enemy made that 100× funnier than it needed to be.
Beautifully written. Beautifully narrated. I can and I can't believe Nintendo has done it again. A happy moment during these crazy times. Enjoy everyone! Can't wait for tomorrow.
It’s gotta be a 10/10
Imagine how amazing this game could’ve been on better hardware. You guys all cut greedy Nintendo WAY too much slack with their decision not to update hardware. The developers have done their utmost best to develop a great game, but the performance in 2023 is lacklustre. But of course, all of you will disagree and think I’m hating on this game.
Switch had to compromise on hardware to function as the "mobile console" it is. the portability of the switch is so worth it for how I like to play games. I don't think you're hating on the game, just misunderstanding Nintendo's decisions with the tech that was available at the time
haven't played it yet but, im sure its gon be a legendary experiment when I do
I got into the game free from spoilers. Still a bit sceptic about the skyloft concept advertised by Nintendo. I wanted the Depths of the wild with caves and dungeons to explore.
I was happy when I soon find a first cave to explore at Hyrule surface. But when I started to figured out what the chafts really are for and took the first mission to follow down there… I was thrilled by the suprise kept by Nintendo when I realized this new wast biom is as big as the world above. This is like a full 3D Zelda a Link to the past parallell world system. This exceeded my wishes and expectations! ❤
I KNEW I could trust your review to feed the hype for tomorrow without spoiling anything 😄 Thank you!
Fantastic review
Great job Nintendo life Team!
12:05 hits different when they give that score and the music in the background, 😍
I emulated to play the intro and skip the intro on release. The amount of log bridges I built the length of footballs fields is way to many than I thought I could make as I kept making them longer
That poor Korok 😭😂 6:40
Poor fella literally just got yeeted across the map 🥲
been playing BOTW for the first time as of recent and while TOTK looks massive, my main criticism of BOTW is well....the world itself...if feels empty a lot of the time with enemies sprinkled in and a stamina system that feels restrictive. I'm trying my best to push through because ik it gets better but man the early game feels like a chore. hopefully TOTK improves early game
Don't worry, I had no issues with that. The world feels almost too full, and the early game felt faster to get to the point. Hope you enjoy TotK!
I think the world being empty was intentional in BOTW, it’s a post apocalyptic world that’s barely holding on. However I’m glad to hear that people are celebrating this game already; I’m going to do the one thing I didn’t for BOTW, trying to 100% completely blind, so this is going to be most likely the only video I watch.
can't afford it right now but will definitely eb picking this up next month. original breath of the wild was SO good. life changing good.
I have Always dreamed of a water well You could go into, but than finding a massive underground surface with shrines and big monsters. That is just amazing. And so beautifull from inside
I can’t say this review was unbiased. It sounded like a person who fawned over the original accepting the glaring negatives about the game by calling them minor and accepting poor mechanics that don’t sound like they have really been fixed. The last masterpiece Zelda game I played was Ocarina of Time, they still haven’t captured the magic forme that game yet. The weapon durability aspect in Zelda is straight up trash. I will likely get the game but I am sure a 10 the game definitely is not.
so it mean the game is not for you , you can try play Forspoken or Redfall , it suit the people like you , have a nice day
Mine is already preloaded, I'm so stoked!
Nintendo are truly wizards in the gaming community. In an age where so many developers are focusing on pretty graphics while letting their gameplay fall to the wayside, or releasing one buggy mess after another, it’s awesome to see what the N can do on a console that’s 6 years old.
1986, received my first NES and still have it, zelda was fun then...who remembers torching bushes to find hidden entrance.. it just progressed through the years and becoame more innovative and super entertaining now almost 50 ...I cannot wait to buy my copy!!!!
Or placing bombs on every wall because they didn’t make it obvious which ones could hide a secret passage.
GOTY calling it now! i know we have more games to get this year but the amount of creativity this game has is incredible!
You are 100000% wrong
OMG Great Video and super hyped for tomorrow - thank you for a great review.
I still think it's stupid giving it 10 out of 10
@@thisisstupid6524 why - nearly all other reviewers have given it 10/10
Fun fact with minimal spoilers- if you finish a few quests in hateno and talk to a fashion related npc while wearing the hylain hood, you can put the hood down like on the box art.
@6:40 That korok with a rocket had me dying 😂
big surprise: this game is amazing
It's great to see Breath of the Wild still being supported with this new DLC.
I’ve been playing this for almost a week and a half. I’ve come to preferred BotW slightly over this game. For this game, the story is much more expansive and enthralling; the character development, both main characters and side quest characters, are well thought out and better overall; and the building mechanics are really good.
I have 2 major issues. The first problem is that the enemies are a little too strong and too dense. This has made me decide many times that I’d rather ignore them and save my resources,than dive in and wreck their base/camp for parts and treasure. The 2nd issue is the biggest one by far. The new arrow mechanics just plain suck. I’m a big arrow user. My favorite thing was sniping an enemy base to soften them up before running in for the attack. Now that’s cumbersome, and too easy to make mistakes.
I smell TROLLBOT!
I had to stop at 3:39 because THAT Revelation is everything I've been hoping for and I don't want to hear anything else. I look forward to coming back to listen to this review later.
We're almost there, gang!
Totk is basically Botw on steroids... and I love it!
As someone who decided against getting this game in the end, I'm really glad to hear that it is more Story based then BOTW and I'm glad the world seems much more lived in too. Also happy that traditional dungeons have returned, the Shrines and Divine Beasts did absolutely nothing for me. I think I'll pick this up at some point.
Traditional dungeons have not returned unfortunately. This reviewer was just drinking the Nintendo koolaid
@@tooru872yeah massive catch here they seem to have tricked the masses tho
I only played botw for the first time in March and April and I had an amazing time. This time I cannot wait and will head into it tomorrow, really looking forward to it, this seems to be even better than botw, which is a masterpiece
What about the options menu and accessibility? Changing system wide controls was annoying for BOTW in particular.
Huh
I love that Felix got to do this one.
Can't wait! Release is in less than 24 hours for me.🎉
It's funny, even when I thought this was basically a $70 expansion I was pretty happy to get more of Breath of the Wild. But just the amount they've not told us yet has been wild.
The real question is, since Nintendo used to do this, would having save data from botw grant any bonus content?
I love that they named it Ultra Hand, which is the name of a Nintendo-made toy from their past. It was basically a small grabber arm that someone could use to extend and grab something.
Yeah - the Ultra Hand name is a nice ... catch. 😎
@@DkViking1 Apt emoji. YEEEEEAAAAAH!
I don’t mean to be a hater but I played 20 hours of BOTW and this kinda seems like…more of the same? Like a giant DLC for the first game
It really does lol
I've already put nearly 10 hours in the game since launch and I've still just at the beginning! There's just so much to do and discover, that I can't get that game out of my head! This game lives up to the hype and more! That score is more than deserved.
And thank you for making this review so spoiler-free, at least I still can go further in with most of the game still new to me.
Game got a 97 on Metacritic (as of this post)... Crazy!
I honestly don't see how this doesn't get GotY now
Also 20 hearts in one row?!?
Game of the Decade right here.
this is not Yakuza 0
Crazy that people doubted Zelda team 😭
The new combat makes me unsure I want to play this game. I loved BOTW, but I'm a pretty casual player now instead of the hardcore player that I was a few years ago. I'm not looking for a tough challenge as much as I am the fun of exploration.
I got BOTW with the release of the switch the day the switch released. I confirmed my purchase for TOTK as soon as he said 10/10
WOW! I now understand why Nintendo took 6 YEARS to develop TOTK! They reused BOTW's map, sounds, graphics, animations, game mechanics and MOST assets to bring us an incredible expansion pack! I really LOVE the underground portion, which is HUGE and basically a giant, empty chasm devoid of fun and content! I'm a pasty-white 31 y/o man-child with a triforce tattoo, small shlong, man-boobies who can't judge media independent of my addiction to nostalgia! Can't wait to emulate Switch and run this on my PC for free!
Are you for real?
the way you’re speaking does make you sound like you fit that description.
imagine being this miserable
@@fishstick8555 imagine being this correct
It still just looks like DLC. Why did this game take just as long as the first to develop when it's a re-use of assets and engine? Makes no sense. It could have been made in 2 years. It repeats on most of the mistakes of BOTW too. I'll stick to traditional 3D Zelda.
Haters gonna hate.
I'm getting in a midnight release tonight at my local GameStop and my brother is gonna go preorder the collectors edition for me. Y'all, it's almost here
It’s a little disheartening to hear that the game dips below 20 during “intense” combat moments, or complicated Zonai vehicles. Which, by the review, didn’t look that intense. Performance is a big deal to me. No, it doesn’t have to be perfect- I was quite happy with Breath of the Wild’s performance despite the draw distance and very few minor hiccups. But this seems like it’ll be a much more frequent occurrence, and it’s making me wary as a consumer. I want to enjoy the game, but I worry the amount of chugging I’ll be subject to will be more than ideal.
I am beyond excited. I kept covering my eyes watching the video to avoid seeing things :D
I know right i did the same thing but i went right to the end of the video just to see and score and no surprise there 10/10
Great review. Better than IGNs. Much more informative.
Can't wait to play
"Better than igns" isn't saying much.
The rocket on the koroks backpack 😂
Loving it so far, only gripe I have is that the sound effects are identical to BOTW, could of at least even added 1 more note to the little jingles... As for the first few hours of playing it just made me think I was playing BOTW DLC because so many things are kept the same. I genuinely wish they'd switched up the little jingles for everything, just to separate it more From BOTW.
I felt the same way about ragnorok. Solid game though!
I agree. Even the sheikah slate jingle is the sound for upgrading the hand when theres no sheikah slate.. But ypu get a purah pad.. for some reason.
This is literally BOTW 2.0. I dont know what eveyone is so hyped about.
Wow! Almost like THATS WHAT IT WAS PITCHED AS SINCE IT WAS . These arguments are getting progressively more ridiculous lmao
Can’t wait to play this DLC 😍❤️
Sorry for my bad english, I'm not from a country that have english as a official language. :)
Does the old weapons have less damage because of the new hability fuse? If not, we could get a Black Knight World with 100+ damage and fuse with ice chuchu, or a good horn, and than the game would be kinda broken right? Have u seen a sword that needs to be fused for be ok, cause alone it is to bad?
most swords break fast and are weak without fuse
you must fuse even to master sword allegedly
Rando question. Does anyone know if you can replay the intro if you quit and start it over?
This looks really good
my issue with botw was how empty the game felt the whole way through and lack of dungeons. this looks amazing! cant wait
Shh
Don't say nun bad
Lack of dungeons? Bro there's like 120 fucking Shrines that allow you to level up your hearts and Stamina!! Go play Wind Waker where the ENTIRELY of Hyrule is flooded and barely anything to do!! I spent the past 2 weeks replaying BoTW and it wasn't "empty" at all!! 🙄 Guardians are scattered around Hyrule, lots of enemy camps, horse stables like EVERYWHERE, there's villages and you can even explore Hyrule Castle!!
@@HylianBean97 mid
For me the stutter only happend the first few hours of the game and if u have a botw save file u will be excited to know some stuff comes over
I have no idea what the obvious Fromsoftware comparison is at 3:55. Anyone wanna let me know? 😅