The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Review | TheJimquisition

Jim Sterling:

"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a beautiful game with a richly detailed world. It’s packed with things to do and places to explore, doing an incredible job of turning Hyrule into a vast expanse of possibility as opposed to a sparse field with gameplay sprouting off it like spokes on a wheel.

At its absolute best, Breath of the Wild offers some of the most absorbing experiences a Zelda game ever has.

Unfortunately, it makes you work harder for it than you should, buried as it is under a pile of small but constant irritations that collaborate to form a thick crust of frustration around a delectable center. Breath of the Wild is a delightful adventure, one that tries its utmost to be as big a pain in the arse as possible."

[littlezizu]

Great Review from Jim. You may disagree with his score but you can't brush away negative he pointed out. Only review that matters has given his honest opinion again

[Vegamyster]

Well he said the shrine dungeons broke his immersion, i personally enjoy them & disagree with the difficultly, whacking a large creature with a wooden club or rusty sword isn't going to do much to them for the obvious reason that they're just not strong enough. The simple thing that i do is keep one or two slots free for low level enemies & use all the other higher tier weapons for when you fight the larger/tougher enemies which also drop good weapons so even if you break a weapon it's not a big deal, it's not the games fault that he wants to horde the best stuff he finds for fear of breaking them.

Even some of the other smaller things i disagree with like the rain during climbing, the game tells you what weather is on the way and since rain doesn't clip through objects you can always drop some firewood & flint under shelter and simply wait it out which takes less than 30 seconds to do, the game doesn't hold your hand at all and wants you to learn & adapt.

[NewMonday]

NiOh used to have item durability but got dropped after negative feedback from the demo. this is a mechanic that dose nothing but increase the grind.

[Vegamyster]

I haven't played Nioh yet or seen its demo so i dunno how similar the games roll out, since most enemies drop weapons in Botw and higher tier weapons have higher durability it doesn't bother me if i damage/break one higher level weapon and pick up a different one back in return. I can see how some people don't like it but it doesn't bother me since it increases diversity.

In Skyrim i used pretty much the same weapon for dozens of hours because nothing was ever better or disintegrates, the Witcher 3 has weapon durability but it's not fun since it requires you to have Weapon Repair Kits or you don't have any you have to stop what you're doing to find a black smith, the system reminds me of Dying Light but on a faster scale and with better balance.

[PhantomTommy]

Haven't played Nioh in a little while but I'm certain that weapon drops from enemies are rare. Every enemy in BOTW drops a usable weapon. I don't know why so many people have a hard time getting used to the durability. Within the first few hours I had accepted that weapons break and therefore I shouldn't get attached to them. People are acting like the mechanic is a mistake that Nintendo accidentally left in the game.

[The 10th Rider]

Yeah, Breath of the Wild is actually the first time I've enjoyed breakable weapons in a game. The key is that there's plenty to grab and it's easy as can be to switch weapons. As others have said, you keep one or two slots open for low level weapons to take down smaller enemies, and you use the stronger weapons against the big baddies.

[ChickeyCantor]

wait he was annoyed by the rule systems of elements?

LOL

[Christopher]

***Haven't played Nioh in a little while but I'm certain that weapon drops from enemies are rare. ***

Not even. It's very common.

[UltraNova]

Durability in Nioh would be a mistake. The gameplay is fast(weapons would break fast) plus Soulmatching and forging rare weapons take a lot of hard earned resources, therefore having your weapons break dramaticaly increases grind and frustration.

Lets not forget that we have, Ki management, 3 stances, projectile weapons, Omnyo magic and Ninjitsu to keep up with as well.

All in all removing durability in Nioh was clearly the correct decesion.

[light69]

Very true I feel that people are nitpicking just becaue the game was hyped up and did so well. There's always going to be that person that doesn't want the game to succeed even if it's good. If anything the game is a solid 9/10

[wampdog29]

NewMonday: I don't really understand the argument that it increases the grind. You typically find weapons near enemies or make the ones you fight drop weapons..... you never really have to grind to get weapons. They're all around you.

[Defiantmac]

To NewMonday - In 30+ hours of playing and beating Zelda at no point during the entire game did I feel like I had to grind anything. Weapon Durability and scavenging as you were playing added a fun dynamic (for me) as I had to pick and choose what I wanted to keep and what best fit my play style. I also saved my best weapons for harder enemies.

As far as the reviewer saying this game has a thick crust of frustration due to "constant irritations" I would have to disagree. Breath of the Wild felt like the most realistic Nintendo game I have played. I enjoyed that, when it rained, Link would slip making it more difficult to take certain paths. I enjoyed that I had to maybe ration or cook certain things to make terrain more passable. I also enjoyed that for once, I played a game that let me figure things out on my own. I never felt like I was told you had to solve a puzzle a certain way. Maybe a certain puzzle was designed to be solved with a bomb rune, but I solved it firing a bomb arrow all the way across the shrine because that's how it appeared to me to be solved.

[Bahamut]

Yep, sounds like another issue where the reviewer is just a shitty gamer and blames his lack of skill on the game. It's a shame. Don't knock points off the review, just git gud.

Think I'm just going to listen to the WHOLE WORLD instead. I've never seen a game with such a high cumulative score. Congrats Nintendo. Even The Witcher 3 (one of the best games ever made) couldn't pull off scores like that.

[UnHoly_One]

Man after reading this review, I'm glad I didn't get a switch.

I'm not one to take review scores as gospel, but I certainly take into account the actual description of the game within the review.

And everything he describes sound annoying and just plain awful. This game would drive me nuts. lol

[rainslacker]

I like at least that he explains them. 7 seems a tad low though but he does down rate more for aggravation.

[Bahamut]

Yeah, he sounds like a crybaby. Shitty reviewer.

[Utalkin2me]

@Bahamut

Kind of like your Sh%$#y comments. Calling people foul names and using constant swear words.

[NapalmSanctuary]

The guy is entitled to his opinion but like all reviews, thats all this is.

He doesn't like the shrines, they're my favorite part of the game.

He doesn't like the weapon durability issue, I found it to be no issue at all once I figured out how to re-acquire certain high tier weapons like the royal claymore sticking out of the skull on top of woodland tower or the ancient++, ancient sword++, and ancient spear++ that you get from killing the guardian scout 4 at chaas qeta shrine, or the 3 knights broadswords that you can get from raiding the bokoblin camp (giant skull) just west of muwa jeem shrine. All can be re-acquired after a bloodmoon.

He says that guardians are too tough. I can usually kill them without taking a hit. Like everything else in this game, its about how you approach it.

This game is all about problem solving but if Jim Sterling doesn't like that, thats fine. He has a right to feel how he wants to. It doesn't make the opinions he has about it anything more than opinions.

[--Onilink--]

Guardians WERE too tough at first, then I got better gear and weapons, learned their patterns, now I completely wreck them. Even when I was under equiped as hell, I learned about the perfect guard and could 3 shot kill them.

Same with the Lynels, first one I encountered? I got absolutely destroyed, had to run away in the end (and it was just a Red Mane). Now I take down White Manes without getting hit.

Rain is annoying? seek a place with cover and light a fire. Or find and upgrade your climbing gear and stamina and learn the best timing to climb. By now there is usually not many cliffs i cant climb even with its raining.

Its like he never even bothered to learn how to do stuff in the game.

[Realms]

Right just like all the positive reviews that failed to point out everything he did. Wether you agree or not his points and criticisms have validity to what degree the game should be penalized is up to the gamer playing the game. I don't know if it's a 7/10 but it's most certainly NOT a perfect 10/10.

[NapalmSanctuary]

@Realms
Many of the positive reviewers did point out the same things, they just happened to appreciate them. The idea that they are flaws is purely subjective. They are obviously there by design. Whether or not they help or hurt the game is for the players and reviewers to decide for themselves.

[DualWielding]

So glad about this score... Tired of seeing geberic games like this rated higher than Yakuza

[DanteVFenris666]

His review matters... even though he publicly hates Nintendo. I'm sure there was no bias in his review what so ever.

[-Foxtrot]

"One should be warned also that Breath of the Wild officially turns amiibo into the overly expensive DLC they were always criticized for being. A number of exclusive armor sets and weapons – as well as a full-fledged NPC ally – can only be acquired by scanning Nintendo’s toys, though interestingly the Breath of the Wild specific amiibo offer the least interesting rewards. If you want good costumes or special armaments, expect to buy a lot of plastic"

How does something like this fly under the radar...I mean really. If EA did this people would shit on them non stop.

[coolbeans]

Indeed. That's a criticism I've seen nowhere else (yet) when it comes to game critics.

[The 10th Rider]

Because the armor sets are basically alternative skins. Don't get me wrong, I still think it's dumb, but even Uncharted has had DLC skin packs. In most games nowadays DLC or microtransactions for cosmetic items are the norm, so the idea that "If EA did this people would shit on them non stop" is just plain wrong. The only really significant one is the Wolf Link Amiibo.

[-Foxtrot]

Lol

Do you even know how many unlockable skins and characters were in Uncharted though. Even in the single player

[Rachel_Alucard]

@10th Rider

Uncharted "had' DLC characters in multiplayer in 2 and 3. In 4 everything is unlocked by chests. Nintendo has amiibos for BOTW out there at retailers selling for more than $15 for what amounts to "alternative skins." What a joke.

[lazyboyblue]

@Rachel_Alucard But you get a toy as well. People love em. Personally, I dont own any but each to their own I guess?

[Rachel_Alucard]

@fleece

For an "adult" your spelling is below elementary level, your grammar is all over the place, your punctuation is wherever it wants, and your logic is beyond childish, and most of it sounds like nonsense. "Ha I got a toy that I can resell despite paying some insane amount for it just so I could unlock in game content!" "Take that haters!"

The simple fact that you think everyone who says anything negative about it is a troll, hater, or fanboy clearly shows you have complete ignorance to everything around you.

[VileAndVicious]

Because Nintendo...

[LoveSpuds]

Agreed, while I am sure Zelda is a great game, it is amazing that it's performance issues and this 'DLC by the back door' are completely glossed over by the mainstream media.

[Defiantmac]

I don't remember people saying any of the Souls games or Bloodborne (2 of my favorite franchises) really needed to be knocked down because of frame rate issues. In fact, I remember more of people laughing that Blight Town was such a frame dip and it made a difficult area even harder. People knew that this was an issue but because the overall game and experience was so good it really didn't ruin what was an amazing product.

The Zelda frame lag hardly happens and when it does it's in situations like the Lost Woods when there are a ton of shadows and lighting effects. I don't remember once through the entire game where the frame issues caused me any problems. While it was annoying, it wasn't as bad as some are making it sound and didn't occur as often as some are saying.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Exactly this what people mean when they say Nintendo and some of their games get a free pass

[uth11]

Skylanders, Infinity, and Lego dimensions have been getting away with this crap too for several years. Having to buy a bunch of $10-15 plastic figures is wayyy worse than any digital DLC/Microtransactions that I'm aware of. Yet almost nobody else seems to get upset about it.

[The 10th Rider]

Lego Dimensions isn't too bad. You get physical minifigures that are actually useful if you're into Lego. Each world also had a whole open world to explore, so as long as you bought characters from unique universes, you got a ton of content. Also, the game is going is being supported for 3 years, instead of the yearly releases the other series have. That being said, I bought a few things at deep discounts, but the game is so buggy it's just a pain to play. Also performance on some versions isn't the best in 2 player, which takes the fun out of it. If they'd do some patching I'd gladly buy a few more figures when they're discounted.

[badz149]

@uth11

WTF? those games are intended for the sole purpose of selling toys! why the hell do you think Disney, Lego and Nintendo all jumped to that bandwagon in the first place? totally irrelevant comparison! you Nintendo apologist will say anything to defend your beloved Nintendo's wrong doings, ha?

[MRMagoo123]

I didn't buy Lego dimensions for that exact reason, I usually buy every Lego game , So you are talking bullcrap.

[NicSage]

Loving my N2 Elite. Solves the issue.

[rainslacker]

Because it's an Amiibo. A lot of people haven't associated that little toy as a form of DLC. Of course, it's one that can keep on giving over time, but it's kind of costly compared to other DLC given what it usually offers.

Some of them are nice collectables, so there is that. I have a few for that purpose, although I never use them for their in game purposes.

[RSKnight]

This is the difference between real and honest reviews, and the paid-by-publishers reviews. Yes, I'm implying that Nintendo paid in some way or another all those "critics" who gave BotW a 10/10. That's why Nintendo doesn't want reviews from people like Boogie, AngryJoe, or Jim Sterling in this case. I haven't played this game, and have no doubt it must be good, but I don't trust a reviewer that can't say anything bad at all about a game.

And regarding the amiibo DLC, another thing that I can't believe went under the radar in all the 10/10 reviews is the stamina thing. I've been watching videos with the annoying green circle and always wondered how can no one made the least comment about it. That was the thing I hated most about Skyward Sword, and finaly Jim Sterling tells how annoying it is in BotW too. That's how I know I can trust Jim's review, and not all the others with 10's all over the place.

I still want to play this game, but I'll buy it later, like at least a year from now, when the Switch is actually worth buying. I'm not buying a console just for one game, certainly not a 7/10 game.

[Mexxan]

I've been reading Edge since issue 1. Way back when CD32 was a thing from Commadore and the height of gaming technical marvel was a game called Microcosm from Psygnosis.

Easily the most hardest to impress reviewers for over 2 decades. True gaming journalism with what could be regarded as heritage.

They gave Zelda a 10.

Jim's usually entertaining yet rambling reviews pale into juvenile spouting's compared to these guys.

However, this review from Jim really does show that youtuber's aren't immune to generating contraversy for the sake of a self gratification.

Jim's take on the negatives are valid points but do they overshadow the experience as a whole? Most definitely not to a 7.

In terms of that score, a 7 at Edge would be an 8 to an 8.5 - 9 in most other reviews.

For Edge to give Zelda a 10 really does polarise Jim's review and score as not only insignificant but in terms of respectability it's nothing more than the opinion of any gamer out there which is relevant to themselves and a few others in thier respective circles which is essentially, obselete.

[RSKnight]

@Mexxan.
If you trust Edge reviews then you will enjoy BotW a lot more than I will. And that's OK.
But you know what other game Edge gave the perfect score of 10? Skyward Sword.
I would never give it a 10, even with a gun pointed at my head. So this means (at least for me) that I can not trust Edge reviews. Sorry.
I still haven't desagree, not even once, with the reviews from Jim Sterling or AngryJoe, so I trust them if they say BotW is good, but not "go-buy-a-Switch" good. I don't think their opinions are obsolete, in fact, I think is the other way arround. Edge, IGN, Gamespot, etc, are the ones going obsolete because it's difficult to trust their opinions as truly independent and unbiased. They have to worry about not losing their right to getting early copies from game publishres, and not losing readers and improve their sites traffic. So they will say whatever they think is necessary to keep the business running, just like politicians do. But independent reviewers don't have to worry about that, in fact that's why they can actually be brutally honest about their reviews, and I don't see how that makes them obsolete.

[DanteVFenris666]

So only Nintendo pays for reviews? But Sony would never pay for good reviews for horizon?

This is a stupid argument done by fanboys.

Stamina management by the way made the game fun. It was used very nicely with the world deseign. It's also upgradable to a point where you can probably climb 10* the distance you could at the start of the game.

Angry joe and boogie also clearly love the game. You'd be seeing 9s or higher from them.

[light69]

Here is the funny thing about that. YOU DONT NEED IT. The cosutumes and weapons you get from the Amiibo are basically skins and do nothing but make you look like past links from previous games. The NPC ally, you don't need if anything that's hypocritical to complain about an NPC ally that helps you when people have complained in the past about NPC characters that help you lol

[Stapleface]

They aren't just skins and have their own set bonuses. But they can be aquired in game without amiibos. It's a grind but those pieces of gear are in game. I think other than the Sheika mask and Ganons sword. Which are literally just skins that do nothing special.

[NapalmSanctuary]

I haven't messed with any of the amiibo stuff and it hasn't bothered me at all. None of it is crucial. Mostly just useless link outfits, a wolf companion, and an op horse from past games, along with drops that are all pretty easily acquired within the game. Even star fragments, once you figure out when and where to watch for falling stars, become relatively easy to obtain. I do agree that the entire amiibo concept sucks, but it doesn't hurt the game to go without them.

[Stapleface]

I think partly because outside of the wolf, Ganons sword (just a skin), and the Sheika mask (just a skin), the armor sets can be aquired in game without amiibo. Unlike most dlc that is available, which you have to buy to access certain items. But to be fair, you don't see dlc taking off points in reviews for many games. Sure consumers would shit on EA, but their ultimate team shit gets a pass all the time in reviews.

[bow2yoda]

maybe you pay 13 bucks and have something physical and tangible. if he thought the game was to hard for him...

[Helios86]

That is pretty damn bad. Didn't even know about it.

[--Onilink--]

because what he is saying is not actually true.

FIrst of all the amiibo can only be scanned once a day and even then you are not guaranteed to find any gear. Sometimes its just arrows.

Second, the gear it provides comes at the LOWEST defense level possible, and requires one of the hardest to obtain materials in the game (star pieces) to upgrade. And even when fully upgraded, the set bonus it provides isnt even particularly better than other in game sets.

As for other gear you can get like shields, etc?, they can ALL be obtained in game and as I said, you are not even guaranteed it will give you one.

The "fully-fledged" NPC. Its wolf link amiibo, it only has 3 hearts unless you completed the optional cave in the TP remake, which means it will be practically useless after advancing a little. No one in the game interacts with it, it just follows you around and helps out a bit in combat and finding stuff.

I have literally no idea where there the " If you want good costumes or special armaments" is coming from, since the in game gear is MILES better than any of the Amiibo gear

Not only is it 100% possible to play the game without any of the amiibo gear, chances are even if you do get one, you wont even have enough materials to upgrade it and it will be significantly worse than what you already have. Making it basically a cosmetic item

[lizard81288]

I wish there was a way to upgrade Wolf Link without having to buy TP. My Wolf Link got one shotted by an lighting arrow yesterday. I also don't like how you can only use Wolf Link once a day. Sometimes when i'm walking, I just want to have him by my side. Although, with that said, Wolf Link needs better AI. He attacks everything he sees. One Time, he just ran up to one of those bosses in the forest and attacked him out of the blue. Needles to say the boss got up, and smashed him with his huge hand, and he died. This was right after I summoned him....

[GTgamer]

Because in everyone eyes Nintendo can do no wrong they literally said dead pixels are apart of their screens and no uproar from Nintendo fans like wtf let it be Sony or MS that same some shxt like that and watch us them get murdered by the gamers.

[DanteVFenris666]

Probably because these extra do nothing for the game. You want tradition link clothes than get the 8 bit amibo. It's an extra for nostalgia purposes of past games. Not required.

[Wallstreet37]

Personally BOTW is an 85 for me so I can see why he gave it lower, also slant gave it a 6 or something and a few more incoming reviews. Poor guy they ddos his site bcus of this score, they also did it when he reviewed nms.His negatives are in point with mine.

[Kmg35]

Game is still a 98 on metacritic. This review don't count

[Majin-vegeta]

Might wanna check again😉...97

[Lightsbane]

Jason, please.

[Erik7357]

Damn, it was fun to say it was a dozen points above Horizon. Fun while it lasted

[Dragonscale]

So because he didn't give it 10 it doesn't count? Dat fanboy logic lol.

[Dragonscale]

No substance really? Jim Sterling is a veteran reviewer, one of the few who tells it like it is. He obviously found gameplay flaws that other reviewers 'overlooked'. Bet you didn't say that about his NMS review lol.

[trooper_]

Uh, yes it does.

[bluefox755]

One of the few reviews that's actually close to the user score.

[PhantomTommy]

The user score which has an inordinate amount of ones and zeros from people who have never played and never will play the game. And yes, there are plenty of bull tens too. Let's not pretend the user score actually means anything.

[bluefox755]

It also has an inordinate amount of 10's from people who love Nintendo. Every user score has these. To discount the score entirely because of this is stupid. The point is, the gap between the user score and critic score is substantial compared to other games, you can write it off as fanboys, but I think there's more to it.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

and the userscore was sabotage by Horizon fanboys

[vergilxx3]

Oh yeah? I bought a switch for this game and my score for it is 6 , a lot of technical issues like fps dropping to as low as 10 and empty environment in a lot of places , this game is far from perfect only fanboys will give a score of 10

[Der_Kommandant]

Jim Sterling is one of the few reviewers out there that i fully trust.

[PhantomTommy]

Eh Bioshock Infinite and Deadly Premonition getting tens always rubbed me the wrong way.

[Christopher]

DP was obvious why he gave it a ten. It wasn't a serious ten.

[PhantomTommy]

Right.......

So this seven for Zelda then, is that a serious seven or not?

You see the problem.

[coolbeans]

@Christopher

No, he's been pretty adamant about adoring that game. Not so much in it being an incredibly well-made game in regards to x or y feature, but the experience itself being so crazy and brilliant all at once. I've never seen him come out and say he was just using that review as a joke.

[Veneno]

You fully trust click bait reviewers? Mmmkay......

[MRMagoo123]

Jim Stirling is as far from click bait journalism as anyone can get , he's just not biased and doesn't use nostalgia to score games.

[rjason12]

@mrmagoo

He may not use "nostalgia" as everyone puts it, but he sure does let his hate for Nintendos YouTube policies curb his score.

[rainslacker]

I trust him because I believe he stands by his score, and can explain very well why he gives a certain score. He's also mostly consistent between games, although not always. But for the most part, if he's going to downrate a game for some reason, he'll explain it in detail, and not just make some vague statement alluding to a problem, then going to say in the next sentence how it doesn't matter because the game is great or something. That's what most of the reviews nowadays do. Sterling will save that until the end to say how it all comes together, which is why I like his reviews.

I don't always agree with him though, but that's more because some of the things he rates a game on, aren't the things I rate a game on.

[Kmg35]

There's always reviewers popping out of nowhere to bring a score down. Never heard of this reviewer. Where's the reviewer on other games on metacritic?

[Mr-Dude]

Jim Sterling is actually a veteran. Before, he was working for Destructoid for years.

[Lightsbane]

Check on OpenCritic. Far more transparent than Metacritic.

Or don't. Either way, he's a very well-known and respected reviewer.
Not that I agree (or disagree) with his review, I haven't even played the game. It's just how it is.

[Majin-vegeta]

Are you new to the internet?This guys a veteran on reviewing games

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Dude it's jim sterling he's well known and his reviews are always posted on metacritic for almost every big new release

[Christopher]

Lol. This is like when people tell me I must be new to N4G.

[The 10th Rider]

Hahahahahahaha, that's hilarious. I don't think I've seen that.

[rainslacker]

Might want to look more into him before dismissing him. He's one of those top tier reviewers. Fully funded by his audience. no ads. Buys his games instead of getting them free from the company.

I don't always agree with him because we have different priorities in what we look for in games, but he is one of those few reviewers who can explain why he rates things the way he does.

Anyhow, so what if he popped out of nowhere? Care to address his actual review? Tell us what you don't agree with, and what was wrong with it.

Anyhow, if you're looking for his reviews on metacritic, they're under the publication "The Jimquisition". You can find his channel on youtube. He has about 1/2 million subscribers, and plenty of reviews for you to peruse.

[RiPPn]

Jim "fucking" Sterling Son...

[Allsystemgamer]

He's one of the most well known and trusted reviewers. You must be new.

[Miacosa]

7/10 seems a little low but he 10/10 are too high as well somewhere in 8-9 range seems a right score for this game. I think many of the rosy reviews are forgiving issues that most other games would get dinged on.

[BlakHavoc]

Bingo! Jumping into this game I was fully expecting to be blown away from start to finish and it would go down as one of the best I've ever played. Loving it and I've put about 20-25 hours in so far, but I fail to see how it's one of the highest reviewed games ever lol. It's solid don't get me wrong, but I'd give it a 8.5 right now. I see ppl praising it's open world and I don't get it, most of it is empty and it takes far too long to traverse, not to mention it's unecessarily gigantic. What I do enjoy however are the mechanics and puzzles in the game, combats a little boring but at the same time has a tension to it. The game deserves a lot of praise, but the reception it's received thus far is a little weird imo, I just don't see how the majority of reviewers can give this game a perfect score. And before ppl try and discredit me, I don't give Horizon a perfect score either, it's a 9 right now.

[DanteVFenris666]

Maybe you think it's empty because your not seeing the puzzles that present itself within the world itself.

All the shrines make fast travel a breeze.

Plus all the Funkey stuff you see in the world. Such as the maze island, or those giant flying creatures that I don't want to spoil. All the puzzles. Sure horizon has great combat. But puzzles and making you feel smart plus great combat is what Zelda offers.

Now I think they are both 9/10 + games. I'm just defending Zelda more because the Sony fanboys on here are clear and toxic. As toxic as any fanboy I might add. It's just the popular console so there is more of them.

[CrystalFantasy]

Finally, a more objective review of the game.

No nostalgia glasses here folks.

[Veneno]

Sterling only does things for attention and his ego. This is click bait and he caught the salty haters hook, line,and sinker.

[ShadowWolf712]

What exactly is he getting out of these clicks?

[DashArrivals]

SHUT UP with the cliche' excuses. Your obvious butthurt is really showing. Grow up kid

[trooper_]

Cry me a river.

[Allsystemgamer]

Not even close. You don't understand his business model.

[Veneno]

If anything this shows just how butthurt Sterling and all the otherTroll reviewers are. Why? Because they're so desperate to bring it down that they are blind to the fact that they score it so low to the point of being uncredible. WE ALL KNOW the game is better than 7. He might as well gave it 0. The only difference is that one of those scores is not hiding the fact that it is a troll and the other is foolishly trying to hide it.

[DemonChicken]

He does not run ads on the site so it's not for the clicks or click bait!

[rjason12]

@spectre

Hard to cry you a river, when Loz haters already filled the bank.

[Allsystemgamer]

@veneno

Stop being a butthurt fanboy. It's pathetic

You obviously didn't read his review. He said the game itself is excellent. The negatives are what brings his score down. It's in no way a troll review.

You fanboys are so pathetic.

[ocelot07]

After putting 15 hours into it so far. What started as a 5/10 for me I think it's a 7/10 game my self.

[SkippyPaccino]

Personally his score is a tad low. Personally from the little I've played I would score it a 8.5, 9. I can totally see how some would get drawn in and score it higher, but it's not without it's flaws and I agree with Jim for most. . Definitely worth checking out if you own a switch or Wii-u, but I wouldn't have rushed out to buy it day one if I didn't get an amazing deal with Amazon. (30% off E3 pre-order bonus, from the 63$ Canadian... 44.10$+tax)

[JayPi3]

I agree, I would give it a 9 at least, I love it, but the gripes are a bit annoying.

[JayPi3]

I'm loving the hell out of the game, but I know EXACTLY what he means man. The weapons durability is just painful sometimes, like "Oh wow this weapons is/looks amazing....better not use it cause it will break." So I got a stash full of lovely rare weapons that i'll never get to use out of fear it will break. A decent alternative would've been maybe a rust/dull mechanic, where after some use the weapons get dull and become really weak and you have to sharpen them, or go to a blacksmith to fortify them. Considering Link's Uncle in Link to the Past was a blacksmith it would've been a nice homage to that game....actually as typing this my girlfriend informed me that a Blacksmith is in the game, but I still think the dulling idea would be great. No fear of losing weapons, but it still gives you incentive to use all you other items.

Also the rain man...the dang rain, I like that weather effects exist in the game, but I would've liked an item/armor that allows you to climb in the rain, the ability to change weather effects, or just not make the rocks slippery during the rain at all. I understand it adds to the immersion but it also ruins a lot of the momentum or fun of climbing seeing as how you have to basically sit down or wait till the game lets you play explore vertically again by letting the rain stop.

I had a moment where I legitimately had to wait to do a quest because it kept raining and it involved moving a flame though multiple points as i said, I love the game, but it would be nice for them to allow us to change the weather, I mean Windwaker let you change wind direction, Ocarina of Time let you speed up/slow down time, and Oracle of Seasons let you mess with the seasons, I would think an element of Breath of the Wild would be let you tame the wilds to some degree.

[rainslacker]

The lack of a repair mechanic is baffling and seems there just to add more challenge to the game. Particularly since there are weapons which don't break later on.

There being no modification mechanic also makes the weapon system pretty rudimentary compared to other games in various genres.

[rjason12]

I think you can wait out the rain by sitting next to a fire/sleeping. Though it may be hard to if the quest is way away from any of that stuff lol. I had to find a pertruding rock to cover me so I could make a fire and zoom past the rain lol.

[Elda]

Okay.

[showtimefolks]

Some may disagree but I don't think this game is an overall 98/100

It is in no way a 7/10 either

There are performance issues so it can't be a 10/10

The dungeons in the game are more on quantity but less in quality. There are less memorable dungeons

Enemy variety isn't as good either

I know we waited a long time for next Zelda but that in no way makes it a perfect or close to a 10/10

Many reviewers grew up being Zelda fans so they can review without some biased

Real reviews for every game now come out 2-4 weeks after launch when the hype has gone down and you can actually have mature conversation

9/10 overall is fair

[ShadowWolf712]

7/10 is completely fair, given his reasons.

[showtimefolks]

i don't disagree with him because he has a right to hos opinion

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed

[Bennibop]

I don't disagree, think to many publications rushed a review out and will later see its not as great as they thought. I would give it a 8 personally. Shrines did not do it for me.

[Pennywise138]

Oh boy where to start?
First off I don't know why I keep seeing people say Nintendo and Zelda just get free passes cause they are Nintendo yet judging by the comments and likes and dislikes on this site, there are no free passes being handed out. Seems giving any credit to Nintendo will get you down votes like crazy. Even if your like myself and doing 97% of your gaming on PS4 you will still be considered a fanboy.

Second it's weird to me that breath of the wild gets 80 positive reviews on metacritic and everyone again says it getting a free pass yet for the 2 mixed reviews it got people are saying they are the only realistic reviews. Basically out of 82 journalists only 2 of them are being honest? Is that what I'm hearing?

And lastly has anyone stopped to think these later reviews popping up a week after release are simply click bait? Like maybe the reason they scored it lower was cause they knew it would cause a bunch of controversy and people would be all over it with their comments. No such thing as bad press right?

[Lightsbane]

To be fair, if a Sony/Microsoft first-party game had as many framerate issues as this Zelda has (in docked mode), we would be tearing them a new one...

[PhantomTommy]

Played Bloodborne? Not exactly silky smooth.

[LP-Eleven]

@ PhantomTomy: Right, and yet, Bloodborne isn't one of the highest reviewed games of all time. That's the difference.

[PhantomTommy]

I dunno man, 92 on metacritic is quite high, and it's widely considered to be the best game on PS4.

[Pennywise138]

Fair enough. Part of that though I think is because at least in the case of PS4 we all know what that machine is capable of and have certain expectations. As of right now i don't know really what the bar for switch games going forward will be. A year or so from now I might be saying wow I can't believe zeldas even reached the frame rate it.

[The 10th Rider]

Also, GTA V on this gen has a 97 metacritic and has frame rate drops as well.

[Lightsbane]

We, as in the Sony/Microsoft fans on N4G, not the reviewers.

I honestly don't care what the Metacritic scores are for those titles. If Bloodborne had an alarming amount of "full-on freezes" like the ones mentioned in the Zelda reviews, I would be the first in line to show my discontent.

Then again, maybe it did have them and I just didn't notice. But I'm sure someone would.

[badz149]

@PhantomTommy

Bloodborne had almost every reviewer mentioned about the long loading times and fps drops and not to forget comparison with other Souls games.

can't say the same about Zelda's reviews. If you read most of it (I did, just out of curiosity), most are about praising how this it's the best Zelda game, nostalgia this, nostalgia that, barely any mention of issues and other stuff Jim mentioned here. pretty biased tbh.

[DemonChicken]

He does not run ads on the site, so there is no for the clicks or click bait,

[Imalwaysright]

One of the dumbest narratives I ever heard from fanboys. Apparently every reviewer is a Zelda fanboy and the game wasn't being reviewed on its own merits but thank god for Jim Sterling because maybe, just maybe this review will stop with that dumb narrative.

[deafdani]

I agree with you on everything except the last point. Jim Sterling is definitely not doing this for clickbait. I love that man's brutal honesty, although I don't always agree with him. I still haven't played BOTW (waiting for my Switch to arrive around Wednesday), so I don't know if I will agree with him on this one or not... but trust me, it's not clikbait. His page doesn't even get revenue based on clicks, for starters, lol. He gets money through Patreon.

He also gave Mario Kart 7 a 5/10 score... something I disagree to hell, because MK7 was superb IMO. Still love the dude and always enjoy his reviews.

[Pennywise138]

First and foremost I want to say I appreciate your intelligent rebuttal to my comment. Rarely do you find someone in the comment section that wants to have intelligent debates and discussion about the games we love to play. It's a nice change from the usual immediate im right your an idiot fanboyism all over the place.

Now I'm not familiar with this reviewer so I'll believe that it's not for clicks. But we all know there are sites that do that and it obviously works cause those are the articles that get the most clicks on N4g.

[MRMagoo123]

exactly ,agree or disagree but jim Stirling has not and never will be click bait, he just goes in unbiased and I love him for it. He is my go to guy for reviews and always gives me a laugh too

[Imalwaysright]

Agreed. If Jim finds the game to be a 7/10 is because he honestly considers it a 7/10 game.

[rainslacker]

Free passes are from the reviewers, not the people in comment sections.

Some of the things being discussed as flaws in Zelda, have been used to down rate other great games in the past. It's a matter of consistency, and when a reviewer overlooks flaws in Zelda, that they criticize another game for, then that is a free pass.

I don't think anyone thinks the game is bad. Far from it. Anyone that's played it seems to think it's great. Many can even accept that it would get plenty of 9's and 10's. It's just the utter lack of low scores, and almost non-existent troll scores(5 or lower) that people seem to be having a problem with.

Couple that with some Nintendo fan boys acting like it's the best game ever, and using these current "free pass" scores and meta as a way to insinuate that Horizon sucks, and you get the situation we're in now.

Anyhow, I'm not going to speak for everyone else, but I don't see the lower reviews as being honest per say. I see them as being overly harsh actually. It's just that I don't think all those 95-100 scores are being honest or consistent in their review criteria. I don't even see this 7 as being what I'd consider the game score should be(8-9 if you're wondering), but at least it's more consistent with how Sterling typically reviews games. I will readily admit though that Sterling does at times give out his own free passes, he just didn't do that here, and seemed overly critical at some parts. To his credit though, at least he explained his reasons why, so the audience can decide if that's important to them....which is how a review should be done. most reviewers don't explain the flaws well enough.

[Pennywise138]

See now this is another well thought out comment. I get what your saying too about some games not being held to the same standard and fanboys hating on horizon zero dawn when it too is also obviously a great game. I don't know why I let some comments get to me but they do. When people say it's a big empty green world with nothing to do and the game sucks i don't even know what to say. I mean Skyrim was buggy as shit but the sum of its parts still made it an amazing game and few would argue that. I'd just like to see breath of the wild get the same respect.

[Imalwaysright]

Maybe Zelda got a pass on some of those flaws because the overall package is much better than those other games you're mentioning which makes the experience with the game much more enjoyable for reviewers and that makes them score Zelda much higher. That doesn't make them biased, Zelda fanboys or that the game is getting a pass. It's beyond ridiculous to think that every reviewer is getting giving the game a pass or that every reviewer is a Zelda fanboy. It would be equal to saying that every publication is biased when games like TW3 or TloU were given GOTY awards in the hundreds. That's irrational thinking that I attribute to fanboys. Mind you, I'm not denying that some reviewers were zelda fans but to expect every reviewer to be biased is beyond ridiculous.

I've never seen such a massive campaign for a game to be discredit as I've seen for this game and the reason for it is obvious: sony fanboys. As soon as Overwatch won GOTY over Uncharted 4 at the game awards, the downplaying for the game began immediately http://n4g.com/news/1989824... which was something that I never had seen even when the game got 10/10 scores. Now the same is happening to Zelda because it outscored every Sony game this gen and sony boys can't stand it so they came up with this dumb narrative. The people claiming that reviewers are biased should probably look in the mirror.

[Imalwaysright]

http://n4g.com/news/2030990...

More evidence as to why Zelda is being downplayed by people around here.

[BG11579]

Or justthat these reviews are made with persons that have played the game a little longer.
Some of the bad points of the game can only be seen you marathon the game.
That is why, the first scores seemed such a 10 seemed rushed.

[StrawberryDiesel420]

Is this the same reviewer who gave Nioh a perfect 10?

[LoveSpuds]

Nioh is pretty damn close to perfection in my opinion, it's fantastic!

[DialgaMarine]

Holy shit!!!

[ChickeyCantor]

one review gives it a 7, everyone goes bonkers about how fans are losing it. Yall need a new song to play.

[TeamIcoFan]

Don't mind me, just here for the inevitable shitstorm. *munches on popcorn*

[zodiac909]

I can TASTE the hate incoming.

[Stronk]

Looks like Nintendo forgot to bribe someone. Finally someone who doesn't give Zelda a free pass. I can hear the Zelda fanboys crying. Finally a score that matches the userscore on metacritic. All of the 40 sites that gave Zelda 9 or 10 in score are blinded by nostalgia and are wrong. The 2 sites that gave this game a 7/10 are the only ones that know how to write a review; they're the only objective ones.

HAHAHA ZELDA HATERS ARE UNBELIVABLE

[Mykky]

If you scroll through the comments you do indeed see some butthurt comments, but I don't see anyone as butthurt as you are about Zelda getting high scores.
"All of the 40 sites that gave Zelda 9 or 10 in score are blinded by nostalgia and are wrong. The 2 sites that gave this game a 7/10 are the only ones that know how to write a review; they're the only objective ones."
What is this? Grow up man.

[MRMagoo123]

theres a 6/10 on the way too btw

[Mykky]

From who? Slant magazine already has a 6/10 up on metacritic.

[Stronk]

It was sarcasm, i'm merely repeating what I've seen others say on here...

[Mykky]

Haha, that explains your last sentance. Your sarcasm wasn't easy to spot, I apologize.

[uth11]

If a game is filled with annoyances, how can it be a 10? User experience is part of overall experiece. Last Guardian is a game where people love the story, but hate the controls. The scores rightly reflect that. Zelda shouldn't be exempt from this because it's Zelda

Although Jim may have scored it too low to compensate for other reviews.

[Imalwaysright]

What Jim finds to be annoyances to me they are a breath of fresh air from the cesspool of hand holding that most devs strive for in their games today.

"how can it be a 10?" because subjectivity.

[StormLegend]

This game isn't anywhere near a 10 and more like an 8.9 Has tons of problems with the handheld mode and docked mode.

[PCgamer98]

Glad jim gave an honest review and pointed out the game's flaws. It's good that he never let nostalgia or the tons of rabid fanboys cloud his decision to give it the score it deserves. I love botw but I also don't think it's a 10/10 and near perfect game.

[MRMagoo123]

yup in jim we trust I feel. He is always honest and doesn't care if he angers people, his opinion is his opinion and no amount of crying or hate will sway him.

[rainslacker]

I've always been a zelda fan. However, my love of the series is from back in the NES/SNES days. The more modern Zeldas, N64 onward, I just never liked as much. Not that they're technically bad games or anything, just that they don't have that same charm I found with the older games.

because of this, despite always enjoying the games in the series for the most part, I can look at the game without the nostalgic glasses. I think my unwavering love of the series is long gone, and I just look at it as one of those series that I enjoy, but don't look forward to anymore. great when they're there, but I don't get hyped for them.

So, when I see the technical flaws, I can judge the game based on how I feel current trends in reviews are. See how other games with the same flaws, or same caliber of flaws score, and use it to base a general idea of how it should be sitting on meta.

To that end, I'd say high 80's low 90's seems reasonable. And I say that score seems appropriate just because it's a Zelda game, and I know that it will get some bonus points because of that. Some new or modestly popular IP would likely only get a 75-85 for what this game has to offer. The art style alone, despite being really good, would mean it would have a hard time achieving above a 90. However, in this regard, at least it's what people expect from Nintendo, so the reviewers are at least looking at such things in context.

[Perjoss]

Interesting how 10 score reviews glide by and maybe get 2 or 3 comments, but as soon as a couple of 7 scores are posted you get tons of comments and everyone starts saying how honest the lower scoring reviews are and how they are the only ones that matter. The salt levels are off the charts.

[The 10th Rider]

Well, it's that way with most high-scoring games. A few of the first high scores, or higher profile ones, get lots of attention, but then they die down and it's the outlying, low-scoring reviews that get all the attention. When there's a hyped up game that's bad, things would be switched of course.

[rainslacker]

Funny how suddenly you see so many people who think Sterling is a hack reviewer and don't give him any credit too.

It goes both ways.

[Perjoss]

I didn't say anything about the review itself, only people's reaction to the score.

[rainslacker]

I wasn't citing you specifically, or calling you out. Just making an observation in general.

[WelkinCole]

Negative scores have always drawn more attention.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Because it match their agenda. To hate Nintendo. If they see someone saying something they agree with they comment. Anything that isn't positive about Nintendo they love.

I still can't seem to understand why these people love the things they hate so much

[TheSoundDefense]

In summary: the things that bothered him are issues, but they're not ones that bothered me.

[badz149]

and...this is his review. where's yours? you posted it on Metacritic yet?

[rainslacker]

Don't you like though how he described those issues with enough information on how they affected the game for you to come to that conclusion though?

That's something most reviewers fail to do. They either state the issue, then say it doesn't matter, or that it does, and score appropriately, but rarely do they actually give more than one sentence to actually put that issue into context of the overall experience.

[fluxmulder]

Finally a fair review not blinded by hype.

[MRMagoo123]

he is always fair with reviews, that's what I like about him, no nostalgia no bias just straight up.

[elesthor]

Encouraging everyone to pirate Nintendo games a couple weeks ago doesn't help.
Don't get me wrong, I love Jim, I love his work, but I fully believe he scored BotW 7/10 to fuck with Nindendo and Nintendrones.

It's a very Jim Sterling move.

[DafunkyRebel]

I give it a 3/10 cause of the forced amiibo bullshit, and the fact that this game broke and wouldn't load on me Switch after only three hours of playing.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Click bait from a known rabble rouser whose entire career is based upon this type of behavior

And in typical N4G style, the same people who rightfully called out low-ball, click bait reviews for Horizon Zero Dawn, are now praising Jim Sterling for doing the same thing.

Absolutely pathetic and shameful.

[JLynn943]

The review 80% of this site was waiting for.

[jaycptza]

You mean an object time one reasons that make sense?

[XbladeTeddy]

Disagree about the Amiibo DLC thing. Most collect them as they like them in general. The rewards for scanning them aren't ever that great. They're just interesting to collect for some.

[TheGamez100]

Just beat this game with 40+hrs, more like an 8-9 for me. Definately not a 10, still a great game. The score heres not that bad, least its not a 1 or 0 unlike all the other people who hate on this game even though theyve never played it, hes honest and to each their own. Reading the comments, still dont understand why people are still butthurt with this game though lol. I think if you actually play this game to the end, youd think its not bad.

[mp1289]

Click Bait

[UCForce]

Coming from the veteran Destructoid. He is far from clickbait.

[kangolkyle]

Lol this is as wrong as when Chris Carter gave A Link Between Worlds like a 7.5 or something

[Dan_scruggs]

Also, it has Ubisoft-style radio towers in it. Really dreary, long, climby ones. Go figure.
7 out of 10

It even has its own version of Ubisoft’s weary “radio tower” mapping system that has become something of an industry joke.
9.5 out of 10

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

which are all optional.
Activate the first one since have to then go straight to the final boss if you're brave enough

[kythlyn]

I disagree with his score and much of his negative criticism, but the DDoS nonsense has to stop.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

There was no DDoS. He simply took his site offline and then claimed he was being DDoS'ed so he could get even more attention for his click bait.

[UCForce]

He is far from clickbait. The guy got fully funded by his audience, not by ad.

[Dragonscale]

Hes usually pretty spot on with his reviews. 7/10 sounds reasonable tbh. Not as good as Nioh then eh.

[ifrit_caress]

The only good and honest review.

[Noxrest]

Lower than i tough, even so this is the first review of BoTW that i mostly agree, a solid 8 for me

[NotanotherReboot]

The first honest Zelda review

[Trigem]

Finally, a review that doesn't cradle Nintendo's ballsack...because Nintendo.

[RiPPn]

Jim nails it.. mirrored a lot of my feelings.. least Zelda feeling Zelda game I've played and coincidentally my least favorite.

[Dan_scruggs]

Is the the validation you were all looking for?

[Zikax]

still goty

[georgenancy]

Funny how none of the 'perfect 10' reviews mentioned those negatives.Power of nostalgia

[Manubiggs]

Grabbing popcorn .......

[n1ghtw1ng]

Looks like Jim isn't the only one with issues over BoTW:

http://n4g.com/news/2030706...

(published before his review)

and

http://n4g.com/news/2030902...

(published after)

[BIGBOSS08]

What are so many Nintendo fans doing here? I thought you guys was busy wanking over zelda. I guess you should try and stretch the game to last a few months as you'll have nothing else to play for a long time.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Oh really. What you sony fanboys doing here?
Shouldn't yall be spending time playing all those PS4 exclusives???

Oh right yall not buying them

[LBTRecords]

Jim Sterling gave Bio shock Infinite 10 out of 10. You cannot sit here and expect me to believe Bioshock Infinite is 3 points better then Zelda. This is click bait bullshit trying to go against the tide. I've been on gaming forums since way back in 2000s and I never heard of this Jim sterling yet according to the comments hes some trust able accredited reviewer. Get this bullshit out of here

[ocelot07]

Must of been stuck in the far corner of the internet then. I have been browsing the internet since the late 90s. He worked with the escapist for a while then went his own way a few years ago. Please what ever you do don't look up Yahtzee he will sooner or later release a video taking the mick out of Zelda.

[LBTRecords]

"Truly, I wish I could say I understood what all the critics were raving about in their onslaught of 10/10 reviews, but I don’t."

This nigga isn't even objectively reviewing the game on its own merits but by his own admission is basing his review off of the review of others. I cannot believe people are taking this review serious. This is purely a reactionary review to the success of BOTW.

[Mr Lahey]

Was curious about the comments on Jims review. Scrolled down..

"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 41943040 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 786406 bytes) in /home/admin/public_html/wp-inc ludes/class-walker-comment.php on line 224"

😂😂
The rage is real.

[brownbanana]

Oh my. Someone one the internet HAS A MEANING!!!! AAAAAAAAARRGGARWARGARBLBLBLRLR LBLBL!!!!!

[GamePeace]

Zelda is overhyped.

[PGRfox]

I agree with some of his points, but his score is too low. This game is easily a 9. Although, it is his opinion so...

[roarmonster]

score is clearly sensationalist. Jim even has videos on his youtube of him mocking zelda fans; I thought it was funny before this review, but after the fact it seems less like he is actually reviewing the game and more like he is making some sort of "zelda is overrated" statement. In the context of his own review a 7 sounds too low and that is with him clearly having no idea how to play the game. Opinions are opinions, cool, but he is a reviewer, and he is supposed to have a PROFESSIONAL opinion.

This is not professional, just bad journalism. Unsubbing to his youtube

[deadfrag]

Its obvious this game is not for the likings of Jim,if people dont know Jim says Dinasty Warriors its among the best games he haver played,how can he ever like Zelda way of handling weapon degradation..he does not like games were you need to work out to get the best stuff...Go play DW Jim!

[BlakHavoc]

He says in the review that all the "critics" giving the game a 10 is alarming, and I agree. I like this game and it's definitely worth the purchase but I don't see how it's perfect or even how what it does good is revolutionary to the open world genre. It's flaws go unmentioned in most reviews when other games would get dinged for it. Imo these critics need to take off the nostalgia goggles when reviewing classic franchises, GTA and Zelda are two that get away with media bias. And for me it's not about your personal taste in games, it has clear issues like the frame rate, enemy variety and dumb AI, and weapons breaking all the time. These issues are a problem for most players I know and have come across on the internet, and while the game does a lot of great things as well, I just don't see how it's getting 10s across the board. I was expecting a top 5 game of all time when I started playing, it might be top 5 this gen for me, but the GOAT talk is a little ridiculous.

[OpinionSmasher]

Jim also gave For Honor a 7, not gonna say zeldas a 10 but its not a 7

[no_ripley]

Finally a reviewer without Nintendo glasses. The game is good but far from perfect.

Personally i think NIeR Automata is a much better game!

[elesthor]

I'll just leave this here: http://imgur.com/a/QMGhm

[audiocafe]

I agree with a lot of the issues he has with it but I'd give it an 8 or 8.5/10 myself. I most definitely don't think it's the masterpiece in modern gaming like most critics and fans think that's for sure.

[rlow1]

AS always a bunch of whiners tearing up a game that most aren't playing because they don't even have a Switch. The game is brilliant and immersive and annoying sometimes. But that's every game

[Father__Merrin]

item durability is a no go for me. as is the very low frame rate. its certainly a game id get if i had a switch but all the 10's are only given purely because its a zelda game

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

Solid review, actually takes the games flaws into account rather than blatantly ignoring them. Also glad he mentioned the amiibo bullshit too, they are locking content behind a physical paywall

[XbladeTeddy]

Amiibos don't give you anything special. No one buys Amiibos for DLC. It's mostly a collector thing with random game bonuses.

[Kokyu]

Its the first Zelda in 5 yrs of course people gave it a 10/10 on early review copies and free consoles....who would give it less than a 10? No one wanting to get free stuff that for sure. I tend to agree with Jim usually but Im waiting to find out for myself, I want to get a Wii U Version.

[GrimDragon]

I like Jim his reviews are insightful and honest without being unfair or too giving. Very balanced thoughtful opinions. Thanks Jim.

[Gaming4Ever]

lol loving the damage control.

[DanteVFenris666]

These are the things I'm seeing in the comments by Sony fanboys.

1
- Nintendo pays reviews
- well so couldn't Sony be doing that as well?

2.
- once the hype dies down it's just a "insert lower score"
- yet that same reasoning doesn't happen to horizon(or your fav game) because....?

3.
- Nintendo games are always rated high no matter what.
- metroid other M.

4.
- Nintendo fans always praise Nintendo no matter what they do.
- metroid other m, Mario 3D world, the legend of Zelda phantom hourglass

A bad Zelda game will have worst review, a bad Mario game will too. This just never happens because these are Nintendos babies and they ensure the best quality before release. Example Do you ever see Sony making an uncharted with a 6 metacritic? Or any other Sony title. No because their not going to do that to themselves.

Also not only are these excuses just bad and wrong. They could also be used to any Sony game as well or any game in general. Meaning that your logic is basically terrible as you can apply it to anything.

[Bjorn-c-blocker]

All the people calling this review honest would be the same people calling him an idiot if he scored Uncharted 4 a 7. End of discussion Jim Sterling is an attention whore well known fact.

[yomfweeee]

I hate weapon degradation as well. To everyone who says there drops all the time... tell me what the point is then other than to waste time and aggravate.

[DanteVFenris666]

How does it waste time? It takes literally no time to get another weapon.

The point is to not make it like all other RPGs where your using the best sword and never switch is to ensure diversity in play style. Which in term makes the game funner. It's also the strategy of when to use weak weapons and when to use strong weapons.

The system is not only not bad it enhances the game.

[_LarZen_]

Wow....fanboys are becoming just as crazy as religious fanatics.

[senorfartcushion]

Annoying: both the people attacking Jim and those celebrating a 7 like its a bad score.

Both are very annoying.