This actually raises a conundrum for the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.Īs a direct sequel to Breath of the Wild with the same visual style and base gameplay at its core, Tears of the Kingdom likely won’t elicit that same sense of novelty and newness that its predecessor did. It practically reinvented the Zelda franchise while continuing to inspire many new games in the process. But Breath of the Wild was ultimately the first one and for good reason. Some games such as Mass Effect 2 and Batman: Arkham City certainly came quite close.
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Basically, Breath of the Wild was the first game I ever scored as a 10 out of 10 as a professional reviewer. When the game first came out, I was about six or so years into reviewing games professionally as a journalist. Bob, er, Link the Builderįirst off, I’d just like to say that I loved the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It even uses some of the same areas from the 2017 game, albeit with some tweaks to the landscape.Īre Tears of the Kingdom’s new offerings enough to escape from Breath of the Wild’s shadow to be a masterpiece in its own right? To answer that question, we’ll need to dive right into Link’s latest adventure. Review: Bayonetta Origins is one of the best surprises of 2023Īt the same time, Tears of the Kingdom also borrows heavily from its groundbreaking predecessor, literally serving as an extension to the popular Breath of the Wild. Whatever the reason, it was a great start to yet another long-awaited adventure in the Legend of Zelda franchise, which has somehow managed to churn out masterpiece after masterpiece in an industry where some have a hard enough time coming up with two great games within the same franchise. Or maybe it’s how Tears of the Kingdom just manages to absolutely squeeze every ounce of performance from the Nintendo Switch to great effect.
Perhaps it’s the soundtrack, which gets bumped up one more notch over the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Maybe it’s the sheer scale combined with the on-point camera work. There’s just something about the way those early moments unfold that my inner Keanu Reeves just found wildly breathtaking - pun so totally intended. That was the first thought that came to mind as the scenery of Great Sky Island first unraveled before my eyes in Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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