Yonder brings Legend of Zelda experience to PS4 and PC | Grab It

The oddly named Australian indie developer Prideful Sloth is cooking up an adventure game in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles that’s very Zelda-esque.

[corroios]

Perfect 10. No contest there.

[2pacalypsenow]

No Zelda in the title so at most a 8/10

[G20WLY]

But it is a bit like Zelda - does that not qualify for the Zelda review pass?

[SoulMikeY]

Dumb.

[Imalwaysright]

Oh yes every reviewer gave Zelda a pass... Every single one of them http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photo...

[XbladeTeddy]

Even if it was a new IP without Zelda it still would have got those scores. It's just a brilliant game, it doesn't even feel like a Zelda game at times as it's so different in a lot of places.

[Gazondaily]

Lol at the Zelda hate.....

[-Foxtrot]

Pretty much

It could have frame rate issues, AC Unity bugs and Skyrim glitches yet they'd be ignored

[Qdog]

Lol...

[joab777]

I do believe that if Zelda had released in X1 it would still be raved about but flaws would be highlighted in 2017 and it would get 8.5-9's.

[eferreira]

As someone who owns every Zelda complete including the cdi and bs versions. This game is no where near a perfect 10. Great? Yes but not amazing...

[Vegamyster]

-Foxtrot

Lots of high scoring games have had framerate issues, it doesn't have Unity's bugs/issues and Skyrim while having bad bugs & framerate issues (near unplayable on PS3 later in the game) got a 96/100 lol. The odd framerate drop is the only issue I've experienced in the game after about 6-7 hours with the game, which is pretty impressive give how it's a open world with lots of physics going on.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

@Fox
but it dididn't have AC unity like bugs so your "point" holds no weight.
As for the framerate, A review score isn't a checklist, The game was just so damn good that reviewers looked past the framerate. Even though i would personally not give it a10 because the framerate.

[bluefox755]

Pretty much this, lol. It's interesting to compare the User score (a mere 7.7) on metacritic with it's metascore. Intersting to compare that with a game like Nier Automata, which is at 90 metascore and has a 9.1 User Score. You can't deny there is a disconnect between the way the reviewers have seen Zelda and how the average player has.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

@bluefox755
You do know Zelda: Breath of the Wild Userscore was sabotage by trolls and haters.
Making only two reviews for both games giving them 0

[Monster_Tard]

Tri Force Heroes and Hyrule Warriors didn't receive high scores.

[S2Killinit]

Lets focus on the game.
It actually looks really good.

[uth11]

@G20WLY - the reviews will be "feels derivative 2/10"

[XisThatKid]

I lol'ed... Nice.

[Elimin8]

Here, let me fix that for you.

Xelda: Breath of the Wild?

How's that?

[XisThatKid]

This is my exact point. Nintendo frequently starves its fans and the rest of us they may once had respect for the Big N continued to play games even inspired by their once great franchises and some even play upon these formulas even better at times, Especially Zelda formula. There's so many options for ones that don't want to delve in their wallets to buy new hardware just to play a couple games that can be semi experienced on a console or system they already own. Now granted some of these games won't have the name recognition and respect that some even find undeserving these days but not supporting these lesser known titles simply because it doesn't have a Ninty franchise name is at least in my eyes wrong.

[Stronk]

We're still butthurt over Zelda being the best game so far this decade?

[-Foxtrot]

Yet no one says why

It's lifeless, enemy variant is shallow, locations have lack of variety unlike past games (just fields), music isn't as good, dungeons are again not up to scratch

There's good things sure, it's a good game but most things which you could try and praise we've seen from many other games over the past decade...games which have done most of these features better

[Qdog]

@Foxtrot

You are entitled to your opinion and I respect it, but I strongly disagree. Judging by your complaints, it appears that you haven't even played Breath of The Wild.

There are a host of completely harvestable flora and fauna, with both predator and prey animals at play, there are also unique animals and creatures depending on the climate of the area. Birds, bugs, amphibians, fish, reptiles, predatory animals and prey animals, they're all there and all react to the weather, same as the npcs.

There are fields yes, and for a game mechanic to be feasible, the setting is important. There are also detailed villages, ruins of civilizations long past, caves, coves, lagoons, lingering battlefields littered with burned houses and the machinations of war but now infested with humanoid creatures, mountains, enemy strongholds in both high and low orientations, secrets galore, dense woodlands and forests, swamplands, heck there are even detailed islands. One I accidentally got stuck on a random unmarked island because it turned into a scavenge and survive shrine scenario, where all my gear was taken and I had to scavenge and survive until I could successfully sneak past enemy encampments and put three orbs into their holders to pass the test. That's just one example of many.

There could be more enemy types, but every enemy has multiple tier and elemental variations.

Some shrines are boring, others are challenging and elaborate.

The music in my opinion is really good, sparse though appropriate. It lulls into security, builds tension, compliments dire battles, and generally fits with every new instance and every new area explored.

I already touched on the dungeons, and it sounds again like you've not actually played the game.

All this without even touching on the hunting and meal/potion crafting mechanics, or the legendary gear, or the weapon and armor upgrades.

Any game could be better, sure...but Nintendo was smart to integrate mechanics from other genres in order to better flesh out the Hyrule Fantasy.

[-Foxtrot]

Well I have so....don't assume next time

The split second you start a counter argument with something like "I don't think you've played it" then I don't want to know...it's a poor, generic come back people use to start an counter argument so they can try and play down the other persons comment.

You don't know me so next time don't assume.

[Qdog]

@Foxtrot

You don't know me either, it's better that way. Also, I don't have to know you to read what you wrote and tell you what it sounds like to other people, again you aren't me so don't assume you know what my motivations are.

As well, I started my comment with the tone of respect for dissenting opinion, you started off with assumptions and accusations. I'm not here to argue, just to inform you that it sounds like you missed a whole lot of the BOTW premise and implementation.

[Stronk]

@-Foxtrot

If you truly DO want to know why, i suggest reading an review. They're alot better at explaining these things then me... not that it takes alot. I'll give you my input on the game anyway though!

Though, first off, you're starting your reply off with an flat-out lie, makes it hard to take you seriously... there's over 160 different creatures in this game, the most in the series so far (not counting allies). I've only unlocked 4 out of 15 towers and i've traversed giant mountains of snow and ice, one of which contains the biggest dragon i've ever seen a video game, places of fire and lava, ancient laberynths, old ruins, decaying castles, lakes and rivers traversable by boat, forests, swamps, caves, several towns, seas, islands, locations filled with technology, an oasis, an massive colosseum filled with different enemies ... I could go on forever. I have no idea how you can say this game lacks variety. Explain to me, please?

Also, i suggest listening to the official BotW ost... you'll eat your words in mere minutes. Only done one dungeon so far, and it was a delight to actually be stuck for a while. Haven't experienced that in a game for a long time; that goes for the previous zelda games aswell. I also died to the boss more then I do with your typical Dark Souls boss. I don't think i died a single time in Twilight Princess. How is that not up to scratch? Also, as an example, tell me of another game that has the same simplistic and freestyle cooking-system as BotW, one with hundreds if not thousands of different combinations of ingredients; but better?

[bluefox755]

According to critics, not to actual gamers, far from it in fact.

[BEASELY]

Fox, I think Qdog shut you down quite handily, and did so through the systematic listing of a fraction of what Zelda has to offer.

His brief, vivid description doesn't even scratch the surface of this game.

It's entertaining to see fanboys cling to the excellent Horizon in the face of the even more excellent Breath of the Wild.

It's ok; Sony will dethrone Nintendo once God of War 4 and Death Stranding drop. Your sleep will not be eternally lost, but for now, Nintendo's game of the generation will induce a fair bit of insomnia for you fanboys:(

[TheOptimist]

*Best game so far according to Metacritic. There are amny people whom I know, think that it's a great game, just not the game of the decade. It is mostly between The Last Of Us, Witcher 3 and RDR

[trooper_]

That's opinion, not fact.

[Mikey Mike]

So far the best game of the decade is GTA V. Sales don't lie....

[GottaBjimmyb]

@qdog Definitely agree that foxtrot is clearly making baseless claims, the game is actually quite diverse and the gameplay itself does quite a bit uniqeuly. (Though I don't think a game has to be groundbreaking to be a 10/10)

I myself think the reviews were maybe a bit too kind, but I certainly would not be surprised to hear so many thinkijg it is a 10/10 either, and definitely don't see the flaws foxtrot is proclaiming

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

LOL why would anyone? it only took an entire generation to get here and left you all nintendots with nothing worth playing for more than two years. No game is worth that!

[Obscure_Observer]

@Qdog

Thank you for sharing your experience on BOTW. Exciting, detailed, deep and very well written.

Can´t wait to play it myself! Cheers! ;)

[gammaray13]

with an idiotic comment like that its obvious you haven't played any game for the last ten years or your only 10 years old and Zelda BOTW is the first game you have ever played

[C_Ali88]

Yes the butt hurt is strong here.... haven't been back in days too busy playing Zelda but its sad they're still trying to disparage a game they have never played because its the best game of the decade so far! That doesn't make your game of choice any worse it just isn't better than Zelda....

[InTheZoneAC]

Zelda may be a good or great game, but to say it's the best this decade? Are we comparing hype levels or actual games? Because if anything zelda was rated almost perfect due to hype alone, that is a terrible thing to do.

Some games I would say are hitting high levels.

-Any Uncharted
-The Last of Us
-Tomb Raider Definitive Edition(this game definitely was great and was a lot better than I could ever expect)
-Grand Theft Auto 5
-Witcher 3
-Skyrim(it's still a very good game now but back then it was epic. We'll see if people are still playing Breath of the Wild in 6 years...)
-Fallout New Vegas

This list could go on but I'm going to stop, but not before I mention one last game and how it felt so epic from beginning to end. Yes those games I mentioned are all great, but something about this game just felt it belonged on top...God of War 3.

Of course though it's factually impossible to say one game is best. You have to compare games to similar genres and never compare a game that is apples to oranges.

[subtenko]

You are degrading a good game more than it needs to be by making a statement like that you tool.....

[C_Ali88]

@IntheZone

Umm I don't find TLOU to be an amazing game to play, As I have said in previous comments I rather enjoyed watching that game more than playing.

Any Uncharted?? that would be the same hype you're trying to dock Zelda for, not all uncharted games are created equal.

Tomb RAIDER??? lol no doubt a good game but great? Ehhh no, played it, got pretty far and left it....

Grand Theft Auto 5 is great and beats 4 completely buuuut honestly I hated the switching between 3 characters I beat the story and stopped playing.... Online couldn't grab me with how many people out to just destroy what you have.

Zelda is better than Skyrim...not even gonna break this down further.....

So yes out of all those games you mentioned Zelda is better in my opinion and quite frankly after spending what is now 80 hours in Zelda over 6 days I can tell you that those games are all limited in some way when compared to Botw...

Not hype, Experience.... I have played all of those games

PsN: Cvziggy88 Check for yourself

[kangolkyle]

Lol that's a hard yes.

[Timesplitter14]

The overblown UE3-esque blur & bloom is annoying to me

[pleasuretokill]

At least it doesn't run at godawful 720p and 20fps like BotW. Zelda graphics and frame stuttering are so terrible that I shelved the game. Unacceptable performance in 2017

[DaDrunkenJester]

@pleasuretokill

Just curious are you playing on Wii U or Switch? My Switch has been running it fine, but my buddies on Wii U have been saying it has a lot of slow downs in towns and areas with a lot of grass.

[pleasuretokill]

@DaDrunkenJester

I'm playing on Wii U because I refuse to shell out $300 for hardware with terrible performance in 2017. I also have absolutely zero use for mobile gaming, so the Switch, to me is just a pathetically weak home console with no upside to it at all whatsoever. That and Zelda is the only game for the system that is even remotely worth buying.

[C_Ali88]

@Pleasuretokill

You're being extremely shortsighted, I bought a ps4 to play Bloodborne guess what?? More games came out for it lol.... You don't shell out 300 for Zelda alone you make an investment toward the future games of this console. Stop using that tired excuse of spending 300$ for A game.... We do it with every system and we need to be honest with ourselves about it. You buy the system for the games it WILL have....

And yes the Wii u version is terrible I've heard but I have no problems with the switch version as I have exclusively played it in portable mode.

I'm sorry about your Wii U, I still own my but refuse to play Zelda for it.... Might buy it for a collectors item.

Well your second comment is why you'll miss out on a great game and possibly many in the future... Your loss.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Lol

Wow look how large that world is easily perfect score

looks like you could craft a series of items based on elements in the game absolutely one-of-a-kind and revolutionary this is never been done before, stand back everyone Game of the Year confirmed.

[Nivekki]

When you've played the game you can make an assumption on why the game got the scores. Until then you're the same dimwitted fucktard you've always been and continue to be.

If you weren't here, this would be a better place. There's not many on this site that I would think so about, but you are certainly one of them. You add nothing to the site except shitty essays basically repeating the same thing. You are a cancer.

Write another essay.

[C_Ali88]

lol he knows it too... Countless arguments with an ignoramus and sadly i'm the worse for it. I'd say "don't engage" but lol he will engage anyway with an essay conveying his childlike bias.... Have fun!!!

[SlappingOysters]

Looks good. Really does look like Zelda though. If a small indie can even come close to Nintendo it will be impressive.

[Legatus]

It looks really good.

[sampson3121]

it will get a 5/10 because it doesn't have Zelda in its title.

[CrimsonPheonix]

Calm down you guys don't be puppets. Zelda's awesome this game looks like it might be neat no need to s*** on each other

[S2Killinit]

Exactely.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

98

[bluefox755]

7.7

[Big_Game_Hunters]

User scores are even more of a joke than reviewer scores.
http://www.metacritic.com/u...
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[Nintentional]

Come on, Yonder looks terrible. Look at the run animations, you cannot possibly even mention the game in the same sentence as Breath of the Wild. Just look at how awesome all the different pieces of armor you can get for Link look, and his swords, hammers, axes, shields, bows, claymore, and boomerangs are very detailed and there's so many of them to see in the game.

Set your Nintendo hate aside for just a week and play Breath of the Wild. It's truly a magnificent game worthy of every bit if praise it's been getting.

[sampson3121]

"Come on, Yonder looks terrible. Look at the run animations, you cannot possibly even mention the game in the same sentence as Breath of the Wild"

Horizon graphics shit on Zelda and has better running physics, so what's your point?
now you see what we are talking about. how can you compare a game that looks bad compared to a game like Horizon? lol same argument bruh!

i don't play Garbage, so no i won't be playing a frame rate, graphically underwhelming Zelda game.

now excuse me, i have amazing stuff like this to play. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Segata]

sampson3121

HZD has better physics? That's funny,the game doesn't really have any. Here you go side by side comparison of physics and details in both games.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Relientk77]

Looks pretty sweet

[Pancit_Canton]

It looks better than Zelda.

[Moonman]

Po' mans Zelda. Looks the part but won't hold a candle gameplay wise.

[G20WLY]

They likely said that about the first Zelda too...

[MRMagoo123]

gameplay wise 😂 I have tried Zelda now and what in the hell is impressive about it's game play ? really I want an explanation about what Zelda does gameplay wise that every other open world game hasn't already been doing for years......ill wait

[Mykky]

@MRMagoo123
If you really have tried Zelda I don't think you have explored the gameplay options one bit. You don't think it is impressive that you can fight a enemy in whichever way you want? If there is a storm you can throw metal near the enemy wich attracts the lightning making it strike the enemy. You can move a rock down a slope to hit the enemy, you can set fire to the grass to damage the enemy, you can use a magnet to move a object in the air above the enemy and drop it, you can use bomerang, sword, shield, bow and arrow, greatsword, hammer, axe to defeat the enemy, you can also throw the weapon, you can pick up whatever and throw it, you can run on a horse and fight from it, you can jump off the horse in slow motion and shoot the enemy, you can set fire to the grass jump in the air with a glider, shoot the enemy in slow motion and hit him with a weapon on your way down. I'm sure you can do even more. Not to mention you also got abilities which you can use.
Which open world games has this kind of gameplay and freedom? I can't think of any.

I'll wait for your answer.

[nitus10]

Take a look at the videos of "Yonder" and yes there are so-called Zelda similarities but that could be said for any game with RPG. A good example is "Oceanhorn" which is almost a blatant Zelda Windwaker copy but if you have ever played the game it is IMHO quite good and they definitely got the sailing right.

As far as I am concerned Zelda games are just that "Zelda games" which should be compared to previous Zelda games and should not be compared to other RPG's unless you want to troll.

[ninsigma]

@nitus

"As far as I am concerned Zelda games are just that "Zelda games" which should be compared to previous Zelda games and should not be compared to other RPG's unless you want to troll."

Absolute BS. It absolutely should be compared to other RPGs. That's like saying uncharted is "uncharted" and shouldn't be compared to tomb raider and vice versa. It's especially important now to make comparisons with other RPGs because Zelda has now caught up to modern game designs and it does draw from some aspects of an already established. It's therefore the duty of any reviewer to compare it other games and not just zelda games.

[S2Killinit]

We dont know that yet. Zelda is great but this looks to be impressive as well.

[nerdman67]

Doesn't look too bad, definitely would want to see more

[About30Ninjas]

I can't believe anyone who get hype for this crap if you comparing this to Zelda you obviously haven't seen the trailer

[nerdman67]

Yeah, the world and animations are definitely not as good. But it still looks like a fun game

[nitus10]

Wat is interesting is the fact that the company Prideful Sloth https://www.pridefulsloth.c... is a small Australian Indi game developer consisting of three people. Gameplay (at least what I have seen in a 10-minute video) appears to be very much an "old school" RPG with nice high-resolution smooth cartoony graphics, crafting, day/night cycle and even fishing.

BTW. I don't mind modern games having what is called "retro" pixelated graphics but if developers want me to purchase a game like that at least have the option of smoothed modern day graphics otherwise my wallet remains firmly closed.

[DeadlyOreo]

Calling it crap before you've played it or even seen much of it is a little disrespectful to the developers who work really hard on it to please you, don't you think?

[Mr-Dude]

Looks interesting.

[Tctczach]

No one else thinks it looks a little empty? Things also break before the animations start. Needs some polish. Looks like it has promise.

[PlayableGamez-]

The game looks okay, but it looks nothing Zelda.

[NextGenCeo]

This guy doesn't know anything about Zelda and gaming history.

[quent]

We know this is coming out on PC as well but I think we can make an exception and ignore that fact and let the nintendo bashers pretend to have this one as an exclusive..

Its not like its the 1st time this has happened, but hopefully this will help with removing the stick up they're a$$es so they can sit down and enjoy some gaming for once

[PygmelionHunter]

Why are some users here suddenly sour about Zelda receiving great scores across the board? Why all the insecurity?

[The 10th Rider]

Because it's the highest rated game since GTA IV and has more perfect scores than any other game in history. Those are both facts, but all the triggered fanboys will disagree anyways.

[nitus10]

Having played and finished all console Zelda games from the NES though Wind Waker on the Gamecube I can definitely say that the Zelda experience has definitely got better but to give the latest Zelda game a 10 out of 10 just smacks at wearing rose colored spectacles.

Repeat after me. "No game past or present should ever get a perfect score" there are always cons with some being minor and others major.

Here is a "nitpick" which you can easily check out for yourself. Take a look at the trees in Zelda BotW and you can see there is a considerable amount of duplication. Now compare that to the trees in "Yonder" or better yet The Witcher 3 or how about Horizon Zero Dawn and if you like Skyrim. Does that really detract from the game? No, it does not but it is still a "con" that would reduce a so-called perfect score.

[_-EDMIX-_]

But its questionable of those actual scores is what comes to mind some YouTubers have confirmed that Nintendo has them sign non-disclosure agreements simply to get review copies of games or consoles so you have to question what else are they making them sign and making them do to give them a review copy because I'm not really believing that this game is getting a perfect score for features that have been in games for over 10 years.

Another game that releases not called Zelda I'm having a hard time believing it's going to be receiving perfect stores because of a laundry list of features found in other games.

consider I'm having an extremely hard time believing that this game would receive a perfect score if it implemented the exact same.

If Rime implemented crafting in extremely large open world with a bunch of collectables in regards to like a thousand things you had to find along with random dungeons do you seriously believe in your heart it would be getting a perfect score?

What strange is the numerous framerate issues that exist inside of the game as well as some features actually being removed from the previous series for example you actually can't roll inside of breath of the Wild.

Sorry but I'm not really buying it's scores.

It sounds like they've ever been bought off or a bunch of Fanboys are excited about features inside of Zelda that have already existed everywhere else for 10 years it's almost as if they live in a bubble in their unaware of all of these features have been done before

[The 10th Rider]

@_-EDMIX-_,

It's shady because Youtube reviewers have to sign NDAs? Of course reviewers have to sign NDAs to get early review copies of games. It's always that way.

So let me get this straight . . . Nintendo paid off all of the reviewers, which are giving the game unanimous high scores? TIME was paid off? Forbes? The Telegraph? The Guardian? Game Informer? How much do you think Nintendo spent paying off reviewers? It'd cost them millions of dollars and chances are the added sales wouldn't recuperate that. Keep drinking that kool-aid and wearing your tinfoil hat.

Also, the game isn't perfect because it's missing features . . . Such as rolling? That's one of your reasons the game can't be perfect? It's got a sprint meter, why would you need to roll everywhere?

Zelda does have some frame-rate issues on Switch, but it runs solidly in Handheld mode. Also, some of the other highest rated games of this gen also have frame-rate issues, such as the Witcher 3 and GTA V.

Also, I question if you've really read all the reviews. You say all the features have already existed elsewhere, but name one similar game that uses physics in the same way Zelda Breath of the Wild does. Also name an open world that's nearly as free, letting you climb anything and go anywhere. Those were one of the things highly praised in many reviews.

@nitus10,

Games get perfect scores when they provide a perfect experience. Super Mario Galaxy and the Last of Us have the next highest number of perfect scores. Super Mario Galaxy had camera issues, but the rest of the game was so brilliant that it didn't significantly impact the overall experience. The Last of Us didn't do anything new and borrowed features from a ton of games (which according to _-EDMIX-_ means all reviewers must be biased or paid off because the game took features from other games), however, the same features we've seen elsewhere came together to make a game that provided a perfect experience. Zelda has some issues, but they don't impact the perfect experience that the game provides.

[PFFT]

Cause im more than sure Nintendo paid for a few of those 10/10's. They have done it in the past and have actually admitted to it as well. Sure Zelda is great no doubt BUT its not the second coming in video game history.

[The 10th Rider]

So all 50-ish perfect scores on Metacritic were paid off? How much do you think it costs to pay off a publication like TIME?

[PFFT]

Nintendo has deep pockets my friend. The money given to TIME is nothing more than chump change to Nintendo. Besides man im just messing around dude. Im not being serious. Ive seen lots of streams and footage over at youtube and the game does indeed do those scores justice. Zelda looks amazing. Needs me a Switch! But ill wait for now till they fix most of the problems that is plaguing the system.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Because some of the features that are inside of Zelda that were praised were actually in other games for over 10 years now. .

If we're ready to give Zelda a perfect score because of a large World crafting and other specific elements like that we might as well be ready to hand every other game that achieves those same things that score.

[The 10th Rider]

I haven't seen an open world game that uses physics in the same way. I also haven't seen an open world game that lets you climb anything and go anywhere. If you'd care to provide evidence of either of those, it'd be great.

Also, the Last of Us took features that were in other games and yet I'm sure you'd agree with me that that game deserves a perfect score as well.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@the10-

http://www.pcgamer.com/why-...

The main point of The Last of Us was not simply it's a physical gameplay attributes, it was the narrative and how it actually presented itself

The Last of Us never seeks to be physically resolutionary game, it actually Narratively a revolutionary game.

The way the story was presented in the way the characters animations help build the character and tell the story is where the uniqueness comes from The Last of Us.

Zelda is a game you physically play I'm sorry but the game is not built around story or narrative the series with the most part has not really been around. It's actually always been about physical things you do.

So you want to climb mountains in go anywhere? Are you seriously telling me you've never played an open world game?

Reading some of the reviews and some of the reactions you would assume that some of these people have literally never played it open world RPG before.

Buddy you've never seen it it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist ,especially if you consider some of these Nintendo Gamers have never even played on Platforms in which the genre have existed on.

So basically and Shadow Mordor you are never able to climb mountains? You never able to go anywhere? DEAR GOD Help me understand how you've come to this conclusion....

Smh

[The 10th Rider]

@_-EDMIX-_,

"So you want to climb mountains in go anywhere? Are you seriously telling me you've never played an open world game? "

Like Skyrim? Where terrain that's just a hair too steep stops you in your tracks, LOL. Most open world games have boundaries. Even the Witcher 3 has boundaries. Breath of the Wild has none. Right from the get-go, by making the right potions with readily available ingredients I could head straight anywhere in the game's map. No fences, no cliffs that are too steep, no walls that you have to go around. The article you linked to specifically mentioned Skyrim, which is a far cry from the freedom that Breath of the Wild provides you. If you played Breath of the Wild you'd know that, but instead you insist that the near universal praise from reviewers is because they are biased and that your opinion of the game you haven't (or have barely) played is right. You're in denial of the fact that you're clearly the one who is approaching the game with a bias.

The Last of Us is great because of the way all the pieces of the game come together. The way the narrative was told wasn't innovative, lol. All you have to do is look at Uncharted to see a series that tells its story in a similar fashion.

[_-EDMIX-_]

"Breath of the Wild has none"

No man sky has none. ...

GOTY BRO! /s

[Zarock]

An Indie Zelda game with a higher pixel count than the Nintendo Zelda In 2017 LUL

[CDbiggen]

Can we have an actual switch article in the switch section please?

[The 10th Rider]

Don't you know? The approval process is streamlined and standards lowered when an article supports fanboyism. Like the whole Phantom Dust 480p article from a little while back.

[CDbiggen]

I don't know about that article you mentioned but this is just nothing. It's not coming to switch yet has a 390 rating because it resembles a game exclusive to the Nintendo consoles that they hate. It's sad.

[The 10th Rider]

There was an article that claimed the Phantom Dust re-release for Xbox One was going to be 480p. Obviously it skyrocketed on the site and it was the top news story for a good while before finally being failed. At best it was a rumor, but it was reported as fact and the title stated it that way.

I have no interest in Phantom Dust and no interest in buying a Xbox One, but it was sad to see how low people go just to bash a console that's not their favorite. People will believe anything that conforms with their views.

[davand114]

This game looks a lot like wind waker. The art style is beautiful.

[nitus10]

The game "Yonder" looks nothing like Windwaker (Oceanhorn does) if you want a Zelda comparison you could try Ocarina of Time. I definitely do agree that the art style for "Yonder" is really nice. The game even has a day/night cycle (not sure about the weather, though).

From what I can gather "Yonder" is an Adventure game with RPG elements and there are no actual enemies you can fight so it definitely won't appeal to the crowd that demands that they have to hit something every few minutes otherwise they will get withdrawal symptoms. There are rocks and trees to hit if you need to bash something and you can catch fish.

[_-EDMIX-_]

??

I'm sorry buddy but this looks a lot like Wind Waker

[mad-dog]

Not at all.

[dsammy04]

Hmm never heard of this but will definitely look out for this title in July

[masterfox]

It looks mile better than Zelda no doubt about that.

[joab777]

But can you climb anything cuz everyone is saying that's why it's the greatest game since Mario 64.

[StrawberryDiesel420]

This definitely looks good for an indie game but I seriously doubt it can touch the epicness of Zelda Breath of the Wild. That game is a masterpiece, and this is coming from a huge PS4 Pro/Sony fanboy.

[Veneno]

I don't know what gives. I've been a Playstation boy forever but I do game on Ni ntendo too. Botw is a triumph. A masterpiece. Why can't the Sony hard core accept this? Especially when they dog Microsoft about quality exclusives, which I feel is warranted. Well, it don't get as quality or as exclusive as Zelda botw. Don't understand all the insecurity. PS4 will continue to rule this gen.

[StrawberryDiesel420]

Nintendo has some of the best IP's in the gaming industry. Their hardware is justified by Zelda and Mario alone. I don't understand the disrespect either.

[nitus10]

The best games are the ones you play and like rather than the games that all the critics?? tell you to play and like.

Yes, sometimes you will agree with what other people like but at the end of the day that choice is yours and yours alone.

I have always liked the Zelda and Metroid games but have no interest in Mario or Pokemon games and at the moment one Zelda game no matter how good is not going to convince me to purchase the Switch especially since I don't really care for handhelds.

[jznrpg]

Looks good but I wont get to it for a long time, backlog is getting big, havent even started Zelda yet, letting my wife play it while I finish up Horizon and then Nier and possibly Persona 5 before I get to it QQ. So many great games to play now loving my ps4 right now and eventually will get my Switch back from wife or buy another if I can find one

[mogwaii]

Very important to not this is nothing like breath of the wild apart from the vague graphical look, there is NO combat at all, you explore and craft so basically a prettier minecraft.
https://youtu.be/NrT9WlenOL...

[The 10th Rider]

But hey, website gotta use buzzwords and names to get those clicks.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

What about this game is supposed to be like BOTW other than being open world and Similar artstyle for the environment?

[Veneno]

I don't see too much Zelda In it. PS4 users should look forward to Dragon Quest 11 for a AAA adventure / rpg experience.

[DedicatedDark]

Looks like rubbish.

[Einhander1971]

Better than horizon I think, will get better reviews

[Einhander1971]

Oh I nearly forgot I have a PS4 and a switch so I have the best of both:)

[DevilishSix]

How can we compare to Zelda without combat footage? This game feels more like an exploration game with little to no combat, i could very well be wrong though.

[SlappingOysters]

Is this > than RiME?

[jamstorr86]

I don't get why people hate on games because of the platform they reside. Makes me ashamed to be a gamer sometimes. I love great games no matter the platform and appreciate what each bring to the fold. This game certainly shows potential but zelda is much more than just an art style. Time will tell how close this games can get to the high standard set by botw.

[pleasuretokill]

.... and the graphics don't look like you are looking through a screen smeared with vaseline at 20fps! Count me in! Boycott terrible Nintendo hardware!

[Utalkin2me]

Well i am intrigued by this game for sure.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

So many Zelda haters. I didn't see people questioning TLOU perfect 10 reviews and I didn't see people questioning HZD perfect 10 reviews. Some of you people just jump on any bandwagon that fits your agenda. As a Switch owner and someone who ACTUALLY PLAYED ZELDA I can confirm from my own experiences that Zelda is a 9/10 easy and if the frame rate was better it would be a perfect 10. I find it more enjoyable than HZD but I'd also give HZD a 9/10. Zelda deserves all the praise it's getting.

[nicsaysdie]

@crotaaa, beasley

The last of us, horizon, and Zelda bow are completely different games. So stfu and stop spreading your negativity. Those games should not be judged against each other, and definitely should not be downplayed to try and make the other seem better. Neither horizon nor Zelda have the amazing story of the last of us. Horizon is quite obviously the best graphically. It's flipping amazing. But neither horizon, nor the last of us capture the childlike wonderment of Zelda. I would be floored if a game could capture the innocence of my childhood and the wonderment of what is at the very core of a gaming experience the way Zelda always does. I agree that Zelda deserves all the tens. But I also agree that the last of us and horizon do too. Maybe foxtrot doesn't agree. Maybe Zelda just isn't his cup of tea. I personally can't stand 99% of first person shooters, but a boat load of people absolutely love them. For you to call out fans of the last of us and horizon and say what you've said about fans of Sony in general only shows your bias and fanboyishness. Sony's exclusives for the most part are awesome. So are Nintendo's, and Microsoft's. However I don't think if foxtrot said that he didn't feel snipper clips was as great as it had been reviewed to be, that anyone would argue or throw out fanboy accusations. So let's give Zelda the same treatment. In other words, stfu with that fanboy bull $hit, let other people have different opinions, and accept that Nintendo isn't the best game company that ever existed. That title goes to sierra.

[DanteVFenris666]

What a suprise a bunch of Sony fanboys still salty about zeldas score. It was a excellent game no matter how you down play it. Here is a dunkeys video, maybe after watching this you can see how fun it is.

https://youtu.be/9EvbqxBUG_...

And this is just mainly doing random combat shit not even the meat of the game.

[3-4-5]

* Well it won't be at Loz's level but if it can scratch the itch and come close with slight elements and a feel of that game than it will be successful.

* Loz didn't get 10/10 because it had loz in the title. It's actually that good.

This is coming from somebody who played games on PC,WiiU,XB1,PS4,Vita,PSP,3DS & now Switch.

I'm not a fanboy.......Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild really IS that good.....don't believe me? Prove yourself wrong...go by a switch and the game and try it out and thank me later.

* I have a PS4 too so I get to play a ton of awesome games for the PS4......but man I'm hooked on Botw right now.

Why do you guys bash on the game? It's so fun....like instead of being grumpy...you could be having fun.

Either way, this little Yonder game they are making looks pretty fun and I'll definitely be trying it out.

[Cobra951]

This game *isn't even out yet*. There's no way to know right now whether it's trash or treasure. How it looks on a trailer says nothing about release quality. After No Man's Sky, that shouldn't even need to be said.

[Liveevirdtset]

So desperate for a quality title, another see we still have the best system, never thought any group could actually be worse that the PC elitists, another me too title of which make up the bulk of the PS4 library. Maybe FF7 will be worth waiting 3 consoles to play right.

[BlakHavoc]

Nah lol, can't compare that to Zelda.

[Smokingunz]

I see a lot of zelda haters in here and it's sad smh. Give respect where respect is due. Zelda is one of the greatest gmes of Ll time and I think it will get game of the year.

[Athos]

I can tell you what I see a lot of on this site, translation...

"I have never played BoTW, I dont own a Nintendo system, I cant afford or want a Nintendo system, I love Sony, BoTW is crap, I would never buy it."

If you haven't played it then your opinion is as meaningless as someone that doesn't own a PS4 commenting on Horizon. Sorry BoTW beat your precious Horizon score. I own both and I can tell you IMO BoTW is a better game. It is beautifully crafted.

So let the conspiracy theories continue. BoTW is all paid reviews, its only scoring high because it says Zelda, the hardware is crap and so is the frame-rate but its overlooked because its Nintendo.

God you guys sound like idiots. Go ahead, let your blind fanboy hate rob of playing an amazing game.

Edit: I love how everyone on this site suddenly owns a Wii U. Simply amazing.

[shadowT]

I will wait for the Scorpio version

[InTheZoneAC]

first 3d dot game heroes on ps3 now this! Can't wait. Perfect scores across the board!

[C_Ali88]

LMAOOOOO..... ZELDA BOTW sucks?? But you want this play dough looking ripoff? lol N4G LOGIX /s

[InTheZoneAC]

Why did you put /s at the end when you weren't being sarcastic...

[C_Ali88]

Because I felt like it... and I was using the irony of N4G itself to mock the inanity of the comment. Thats why!!!

N4g has no logic therefor it was pretty sarcastic to pretend they did... in layman terms.

[NohansenBoy]

PC already has a great Mario and Harvest Moon like game, now for Zelda and hopefully Pokemon someday!

[SynestheticRoar]

A copy can never supercede the original.

[GNCFLYER]

I just realized if Zelda botw was a PS4 game it would be an indie title..

[dragongod64]

I'll take a look at it. Not buying a broke switch thats for sure.

[kangolkyle]

People talk a lot about the aesthetics of BotW, and for good reason. But what people who haven't played the game don't understand about why it's gotten the reception it has is that it's not a nice color palette that brings Hyrule to life. It's really about world-building. There's almost no wasted space, no boring uninteresting locations or even NPC interactions. That's not something you can throw together on a short timeframe, even if you get the "look" down and throw in a couple of interesting mechanics.

[DivineAssault]

NOBODY can make a game like zelda except nintendo.. Some clones are good but NEVER EVER will a game come close to topping them in that genre.. I will say i would like a clone thats M rated with the blood/gore someday (not darksiders).. Just to laugh and have some fun.. I dont expect the quality to be there unfortunately.. Again NOBODY can recreate a Zelda game.. The emotion, quality, dungeons, and secrets are unmatchable..

[addictedtochaos]

I'll be keeping an eye on this one.