Tears of the Kingdom improves on Breath of the wild on most fronts. The world feels fresh in spite of a reused map, the NPCs feel more alive than they ever did in BOTW, and the dungeon selection this time around is more fitting of that title, although still not perfect.
Link's new toolkit is more interesting and creative than the one in BOTW could ever hope to be and results in some simple but satisfying puzzles. As well as the creative freedom within the puzzle solving that Breath of the Wild was celebrated for.
Without delving into spoiler territory I also found the narrative told to actually be fairly engaging this time around. There was enough ties between the events in the past and present to make me invested in what was going to happen, even if it's still a fairly conventional beat ganon narrative.
This title won't convince anyone that didn't much care for Breath of the Wild, but as a huge Zelda fan that enjoyed that game, Tears of the Kingdom is what I truly wanted from the first title 6 years ago.
Link's new toolkit is more interesting and creative than the one in BOTW could ever hope to be and results in some simple but satisfying puzzles. As well as the creative freedom within the puzzle solving that Breath of the Wild was celebrated for.
Without delving into spoiler territory I also found the narrative told to actually be fairly engaging this time around. There was enough ties between the events in the past and present to make me invested in what was going to happen, even if it's still a fairly conventional beat ganon narrative.
This title won't convince anyone that didn't much care for Breath of the Wild, but as a huge Zelda fan that enjoyed that game, Tears of the Kingdom is what I truly wanted from the first title 6 years ago.