The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of the most overhyped and completely overrated games of all time. It's just a bloated version of BotW. Not enough content was added/changed to warrant a higher rating than 1 star.
Also the more I think about the game, the angrier I get. There was so much potential here, but they added so little. Seriously, 6+ years for this? Botw took 6 years and came with a whole new open-world, tons of secrets, a brand new engine with new mechanics, 5 semi-open dungeons and also got 2 DLC add ons that added more enjoyment to the game than Totk did.
Tears barely changed the overworld, added 2 interesting places in the sky (Great Sky Island and the thunder themed islands, the dungeons were garbage), 4 new mechanics (all of which are not as good as the previous sheika slate abilities) and the Depths.
The Depths are disappointing because of HOW UTTERLY EMPTY they are! Everywhere looks the exact same (apart from below Eldin, that's it!) and there's nothing to do but find armour sets that were in the previous game (also you won't use them lmao) and fight Master Kogha like 5 times, and those boss fights are so easy and boring that they're not even worth mentioning.
The main draw of Botw was the world, exploring and finding secrets or cool vistas and being rewarded for that. In Totk, that appeal is gone because you've already explored this world, and the rewards are all exactly the same.
There's so many more things I can say, but overall this game is incredibly lazy and had so much wasted potential.
Breath of the Wild is better.
Also the more I think about the game, the angrier I get. There was so much potential here, but they added so little. Seriously, 6+ years for this? Botw took 6 years and came with a whole new open-world, tons of secrets, a brand new engine with new mechanics, 5 semi-open dungeons and also got 2 DLC add ons that added more enjoyment to the game than Totk did.
Tears barely changed the overworld, added 2 interesting places in the sky (Great Sky Island and the thunder themed islands, the dungeons were garbage), 4 new mechanics (all of which are not as good as the previous sheika slate abilities) and the Depths.
The Depths are disappointing because of HOW UTTERLY EMPTY they are! Everywhere looks the exact same (apart from below Eldin, that's it!) and there's nothing to do but find armour sets that were in the previous game (also you won't use them lmao) and fight Master Kogha like 5 times, and those boss fights are so easy and boring that they're not even worth mentioning.
The main draw of Botw was the world, exploring and finding secrets or cool vistas and being rewarded for that. In Totk, that appeal is gone because you've already explored this world, and the rewards are all exactly the same.
There's so many more things I can say, but overall this game is incredibly lazy and had so much wasted potential.
Breath of the Wild is better.