BacklogCritic: "Breath of the Wild is both the opposite of a Zelda game and perhaps the most Zelda game in the entire series. It maximizes the series’ best mechanics while also completely subverting elements that were once considered staple traits of the franchise. What’s more, the experience you have is truly your own. You can play it in 20 hours and feel satisfied, or easily sink in 60 hours and still feel like you haven’t seen enough. It’s an all-encompassing, massive game filled with delight and challenge, and is worth making time for."
Polygon: "To get back to the way Ocarina made us feel, it was necessary to reject almost everything about it."
The feeling this game gave me the first time i had my hands on it is indescribable.. i still get the chill from that day..
botw is like a spin off of the series.. it’s fun but with many flaws and the most important which is Zelda formula isn’t there..
I can't even remember how many times I played through OoT, I finished that game, and collected everything so many times.
I generally agree with the author here. However, if I had to point out a single game as the 'anti-Breath of the Wild,' that would be Majora's Mask. Pretty much everything in that game is interconnected, relies on something that the player must have done previously, is timed, and can be considered a puzzle in itself.
but still considered the best of the seties.
i would have liked botw to be more like ocarina.
25 years from today whatever Zelda is out people would too be looking fondly at Breath of the Wild.
Ah the more simple times of the 2020s.
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The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma has again commented on the possibility of revisiting the style of past entries in the series – but there are no plans as of now. Speaking with RTL Nieuws, Aonuma said that games like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were possible because of what came before them.
Which is very sad. I still wish we could get a zelda like twilight princess, the dark tone and theme in the traditional style. But times have changed and the masses prefer open world sandbox. Smh. Perhaps we can get a proper hd remake of ocarina of time some day.
I played 100 hours of Tears of the Kingdom, enjoyed it, but ready for a game like that next.
If they can bounce between 2D and 3D Mario games, they can bounce between classic and modern Zelda games too. I thought this was a given when the Switch combined a handheld with a primary console.
Then this is where I part ways. I won't disagree with anyone who says that the old formula was getting stale. And I do think BoTW in a few ways was a step in the right direction, but there's way too much good that was left with the old formula in the transition.
Well that sucks. I still love the classic formula WAY more than the Hyrule Engineering Simulator
Why would this be in anyone's backlog? If u have this game and the system it's on it should be your top priority. I've put over 550 hours into this gem and haven't even come close to 100% completion.
Ridiculous. Flagged for 'lame.'
Anyone who owns this game and actually has it classified as a backlog game should be truly ashamed of themselves.
When you buy a game of this calibre, it doesn't become second best to any other game unless there is something wrong with you.
My god how many why you should play so so game from your back log articles . Here’s is one reason because you spent money on the game . That’s the only reason I need .
these so called backlog critics are really a sign of the times. why would a group of dudes concentrate on dead bodies? they are like vultures. everything these dudes are reviewing had already been reviewed.
like the remaster- and reheat-craze of this gen there are also bloggers who got nothing to blog about so they pull all the old titles out again and write something about it. in order to receive a little bit of revenue from clicks.
i don‘t have enough thumbs i would want to point down. this is patheticness redefined.