Encrypt-KeeperMar 7

The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. As a die hard Zelda fan, I was beyond hyped for this one. Probably my biggest letdown in all of gaming.

  • No real story to follow
  • No cast of interesting characters outside of optional collectible flashbacks
  • Repetitive, lifeless gameplay. No real dungeons or temples, every “mini dungeon” that does exist is the same copy pasted theme.
  • No score of memorable unique music, just the MiNiMaLiSm of some understated occasional piano.

Came back to my save a couple times to push through, but the entire game is just the same 4 activities copy pasted 300 times with no variation or progression that makes your 50th hour unique from your first.

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I agree with you, it’s a decent open world game but a pretty mediocre Zelda game. I had hoped TOTK might improve upon the direction they chose to take the series, but it kinda doubles down on all the weaker points of BOTW (uninspired “dungeons”, more one-time use resources, etc.).

I think my biggest gripe with TOTK and Echoes of Wisdom is that you can solve 90% of the “puzzles” with one or two techniques. There isn’t a lot of critical thinking needed when you can use things like the rocket to just skip most of the puzzle and similarly I think I solved a majority of the puzzles in Echoes of Time using the bed echo.

Mar 7 at 8:41pmWeb