I write this as its currently 1:36 am and i finished the game 5 minutes ago
I have logged a total of 152 hours in this game. I had been waiting for it since day one and I wanted nothing more than to play it. I feared that all the excitement would make me feel extremely dissappointed when I played it and it wasnt the masterpiece I expected. But truth be told, I dont care. To me, this game was a 10 just like botw was.
First of all, the mechanics of the zonai arm have done nothing but improve in regards of the sheika slate ones. I feel like i used them much more and more often than i did those of breath of the wild. They made exploration and discovery very fun. This also means that shrine puzzles were incredibly fun too, and more complicated than botw which i liked despite sucking at some of them, i did clear all shrines. I do feel like there were way too many rauru's blessing shrines compared to puzzle shrines but i dont care that much. The fuse hability is dumb at times in the best way, and while i am definitely mot the best builder and in the end, didnt even build that many contraptions, seeing the amazing things you can do with it is crazy.
I really, really appreciate the comeback of temples. Thats one thing I really missed in breath of the wild and was very upset that they were gone. The divine beasts were not...good. While the temples in totk follow the short format of the divine beasts, the puzzles were more fun and while i would Not compare them to any other zelda game dungeons, i feel like most of them were fun.
Exploration once again was insane. I expected nothing less from a game so praised in its exploration but I was honestly so shocked the first time I found out there was not only the sky, but also the depths. I felt like an entire world opened to me. Sure they may not be filled with stuff but i frankly had fun with them anyways, and explored to my hearts content in all 3 maps.
Now, to me, the most important thing that totk had to improve compared to botw was in terms of story. Its not a secret to anyone who has talked to me about that game that I did not like the way they handled its story at all, and found it extremely lacking. So entering totk after the trailers I expected a better story.
I have to say ive gone through many ups and downs in regards of the plot....Overall I do like the idea, I think its great. I dont think trying to tell it through memories like in breath of the wild did it Any good at all, and possibly made it a bit worse just because of that. Finding certain things before time can really affect your experience of the story since you know something apparently no one knows despite the fact you found out like 20 hours ago. So I was a bit dissappointed in that regard, upset that I liked the ideas it was presenting but wasnt telling them properly. I was also upset about the fvt that ,not only did the story revolved around zelda but she wasnt here again, but how irrelevant Link felt to the plot at times. I still stand by that even after finishing, I feel like in both botw and totk they forgot that Link is his own character, but with everything happening in totk i expected them to give him a bit more importance aside from just saying hes The Hero. I started fearing I would not like the end of the game, and that I would be dissappoited with it despite how much fun the gameplay was.
You see, while I love botw, the final boss was...dissappointing (I know, I kmow, there should be a counter to how many times Ive said that word now). It was easy and quick, and while the music was good (INCREDIBLY good) i felt that the second phase was a let down. So I wanted totk to do better...and honestly? I feel like it did. I wont say it was perfect, its nowhere near Twilight Princess of course, but i found myself pleasently surprised and even incredibly hyped as I was playing it and in the end I think thats what matters.
Totk brought great ideas to a game that already worked like botw was, it developed and implemented them properly and it turned out to be a really, really good game despite the flaws that I know it has. I cannot list all that bothered me, in the same way i cannot list all that I liked. I had so much fun with it and i feel like the years of waiting were worth it. So i dont think i can rate this any less than a 5.
I wish I could do the final boss for the first time again. Im excited to see where Legend of Zelda will go from here.
I have logged a total of 152 hours in this game. I had been waiting for it since day one and I wanted nothing more than to play it. I feared that all the excitement would make me feel extremely dissappointed when I played it and it wasnt the masterpiece I expected. But truth be told, I dont care. To me, this game was a 10 just like botw was.
First of all, the mechanics of the zonai arm have done nothing but improve in regards of the sheika slate ones. I feel like i used them much more and more often than i did those of breath of the wild. They made exploration and discovery very fun. This also means that shrine puzzles were incredibly fun too, and more complicated than botw which i liked despite sucking at some of them, i did clear all shrines. I do feel like there were way too many rauru's blessing shrines compared to puzzle shrines but i dont care that much. The fuse hability is dumb at times in the best way, and while i am definitely mot the best builder and in the end, didnt even build that many contraptions, seeing the amazing things you can do with it is crazy.
I really, really appreciate the comeback of temples. Thats one thing I really missed in breath of the wild and was very upset that they were gone. The divine beasts were not...good. While the temples in totk follow the short format of the divine beasts, the puzzles were more fun and while i would Not compare them to any other zelda game dungeons, i feel like most of them were fun.
Exploration once again was insane. I expected nothing less from a game so praised in its exploration but I was honestly so shocked the first time I found out there was not only the sky, but also the depths. I felt like an entire world opened to me. Sure they may not be filled with stuff but i frankly had fun with them anyways, and explored to my hearts content in all 3 maps.
Now, to me, the most important thing that totk had to improve compared to botw was in terms of story. Its not a secret to anyone who has talked to me about that game that I did not like the way they handled its story at all, and found it extremely lacking. So entering totk after the trailers I expected a better story.
I have to say ive gone through many ups and downs in regards of the plot....Overall I do like the idea, I think its great. I dont think trying to tell it through memories like in breath of the wild did it Any good at all, and possibly made it a bit worse just because of that. Finding certain things before time can really affect your experience of the story since you know something apparently no one knows despite the fact you found out like 20 hours ago. So I was a bit dissappointed in that regard, upset that I liked the ideas it was presenting but wasnt telling them properly. I was also upset about the fvt that ,not only did the story revolved around zelda but she wasnt here again, but how irrelevant Link felt to the plot at times. I still stand by that even after finishing, I feel like in both botw and totk they forgot that Link is his own character, but with everything happening in totk i expected them to give him a bit more importance aside from just saying hes The Hero. I started fearing I would not like the end of the game, and that I would be dissappoited with it despite how much fun the gameplay was.
You see, while I love botw, the final boss was...dissappointing (I know, I kmow, there should be a counter to how many times Ive said that word now). It was easy and quick, and while the music was good (INCREDIBLY good) i felt that the second phase was a let down. So I wanted totk to do better...and honestly? I feel like it did. I wont say it was perfect, its nowhere near Twilight Princess of course, but i found myself pleasently surprised and even incredibly hyped as I was playing it and in the end I think thats what matters.
Totk brought great ideas to a game that already worked like botw was, it developed and implemented them properly and it turned out to be a really, really good game despite the flaws that I know it has. I cannot list all that bothered me, in the same way i cannot list all that I liked. I had so much fun with it and i feel like the years of waiting were worth it. So i dont think i can rate this any less than a 5.
I wish I could do the final boss for the first time again. Im excited to see where Legend of Zelda will go from here.