The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
12 May 2023
All releases
12 May 2023 - Nintendo Switch
Tags
Time to beat
Main story
Main story + extras
100% completion
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The setting for Link’s adventure has been expanded to include the skies above the vast lands of Hyrule.
While exploring the caves underneath Hyrule Castle to investigate the origins of the gloom (a dangerous substance which appeared all over the kingdom), Link and Zelda not only find old archeological remains of the Zonai, an ancient race said to have descended from the sky, but also an maleficent mummy held by a bodiless arm, who suddenly reanimates, defeats Link, breaks the Master Sword and rise large structures, once found underground, to the skies above Hyrule, with Zelda vanishing with a spark from a strange amulet found on the site. Some time later, Link awakens in an unknown place on a floating sky island and meets a mysterious spirit called Rauru, which transplanted his arm (the same arm which was holding the mummy) onto Link, since his right arm was beyond saving. Guided by this new ally, Link sets out in an adventure to protect Hyrule, find Princess Zelda and uncover the mysteries of the Zonai.
| Audio | Subtitles | Interface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Korean | ✓ | ||
| Chinese (Simplified) | ✓ | ||
| Chinese (Traditional) | ✓ | ||
| Russian | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Dutch | ✓ | ||
| English | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spanish (Spain) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| German | ✓ | ✓ | |
| French | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Italian | ✓ | ✓ |
Call-me-J
18
Cravilie
14
along with its presentation of pure innovative "out of the box" gameplay mechanics!
I still however think the final boss is ridiculously easy here, barely took 5 mins to beat its 2 phases...
Still, ToTk is definitely a one of a kind. And might only be experienced once in decade!
10/10
DoctorIssa
12
I am still in shock with how this game even exists. In an era where we have PS5, XSX and the RTX 4000 series, TOTK accomplishes technical marvels I've never seen on a current gen power machine, and all on a 2017 tablet.
As someone who loves physics sandboxes, emergent gameplay and immersive sims, as well as being a massive fan of the Zelda franchise, this game is a dream come true for me as it as a marriage of all those things. The new building mechanic brings so much more depth and options for solutions to a game that already had deep and complex systems. There are so many ways you can choose to play this game and get through it. How you want to have fun here is completely up to you.
TOTK takes my two biggest complaints from BOTW, that being the world feeling kind of empty and the dungeons all having the same theme, and straight up just fixes them. Hyrule, despite being literally the same map from BOTW, actually feels now as it is populated with NPCs, quests, caves and hidden areas to explore. It is a miracle they used the same map and somehow made me want to explore every single inch all over again. I am also so happy to see elemental themed dungeons again with bosses that are actually fun and unique, who are also based off previous bosses in the franchise.
I've almost 100%ed this game and I'm still hungry for more. I'd love DLC that gives us an epilogue with an extra dungeon, and a Master Quest so I can experience this all over again with an extra challenge. Maybe even a rougelite mode that allows for endless play. I just need more of this.
TOTK makes BOTW feel like a Tech demo, and while BOTW is still a 10 to me, TOTK somehow just raised the bar so much. This is the type of game we'll see once a decade.
amrizzle
9
I can see the appeal for some, but it's one of those games where some of us don't get the critical reception. I couldn't get into it and found it a chore to play the whole way. Story isn't gripping, the gameplay mechanics are decent but nothing to write home about, they've all been done before. Weapons break all the time, you have a stamina gauge which depletes, you get cold etc. You get the picture.
Toketsuh
8
