The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom - GameSpot Review

Tears of the Kingdom is a triumph of open-ended game design that pays homage to the best parts of the Zelda franchise's own storied history--and sometimes exceeds them.

[BrainSyphoned]

Still haven't played BotW...guess I better finally grab my Switch and get princess saving.

[phoenixwing]

yeah that's my situation too. didn't like the weapon breaking mechanic so i just up and stopped. Now I'm thinking i should give it a try and play it more despite its shortcomings.

[GrizzliS1987]

Stop being attached to your weapons and play the game like it was meant to be played. Scavenge weapons and use them, break them, and find new ones and enjoy them for a couple fights each till you get the master sword, one sword that truly matters across all Zelda games. This is a post apocalyptic world, become a nomad and venture out to save the princess dude, what are you even doing

[repsahj]

If your equipped weapon is almost out of durability, you can literally combine it with almost everything.

[jjb1981]

I was hung up on the weapon thing for a while but the game is amazing. There is so much to do and find. Don't listen to the people saying that the world is so empty. They are not looking hard enough.

[ZeroX9876]

The fuse option that we saw seems to adds up some extra possible hit, so I guess I'll keep fusing stuff at all times!

[Linefix]

Still waiting for my copy ^^

[repsahj]

Keep 'em coming!

[Flakegriffin]

I love Zelda and I’m a huge fan. I hope this game really is a 10/10 and not another BOTW moment where it’s getting 10s but realistically it’s an 8 (which I’m okay with. Calling it a 10/10 just means the game is perfect and BOTW was far from that)

Regardless, I’m hyped for tomorrow! Bring me daddy Ganondorf baby!

[jznrpg]

My thoughts exactly. BoTW is a good game well made but had some flaws that bothered me. I hope some of those are gone and no new ones pop up.

[Flakegriffin]

The lack of music, lack of dungeons, lack of good boss battles, the fact Calamity Ganon doesn’t say a single word, and some other things deff prevent it from being a 10/10. I’m a big Zelda fanboy and will buy anything Zelda and as brilliant/amazing BOTW is, it’s just not a PERFECT game.

[Crows90]

I dislike the new approach to dungeons. As in the lack of actual adventure dungeons. That's what stopped me from finishing botw. The open world was great but I wasn't getting anything from the myriad of puzzles.

[CS7]

BOTW is in my greatest games of all time list and my first ever zelda game. It has literally spoiled all other open world games for me.

[Flakegriffin]

Oh the open world is phenomenal. I’m not knocking the game at all. I just don’t believe it should’ve been rated as “perfect”. I guess it’s always subjective at the end of the day.

[DarXyde]

10/10 doesn't mean perfect. Nothing is perfect and by that logic, nothing should receive that score (though I think it was PSM that broke their own meaningless scale for Uncharted 2 and gave it 11/10 which is just dumb).

Realistically, that score just means they did an outstanding job in creating an enjoyable masterpiece.

Though a 10/10 from GameSpot is a pretty impressive accolade. They're notoriously difficult to please at times.

[spicelicka]

10/10 means perfect score NOT perfect game. As another user said no game would ever be perfect because someone somewhere will find some flaw or something they didn't like. 10/10 means it's just an amazing game that sits in the top tier of the most amazing games in that genre. Of course different reviewers have different standards so it's always subjective, which is another reason why you can't just set 10/10 as the definition of "perfect". Usually it's a balance of various aspects of the game. If a game is flawed in the puzzles category for example, but it far excels in storytelling and combat then it doesn't deserve to be dinged.

[Flakegriffin]

Yeah, that is a fair statement.

[S2Killinit]

Now I have to get this game too. How can I find the time? Dang it.

[jznrpg]

These games will get 10/10 regardless. Not saying this game doesn’t deserve it I’ll start playing it on Friday but I do think BoTW was a bit overrated.

My one worry about this game is the same as last games issues plus will I spend too much time looking for parts to put stuff together ?
That could get a little annoying. Plus the weapon system, lack of enemy types , dungeons were too alike and emptiness of the last game. As a whole BoTW is a good game but I didn’t think it was perfect (no game is) and I hope they addressed some of those issues.

Don’t get me wrong Zelda has always been high quality but I do think they get 10/10 too easily and some flaws are ignored.

[cthulhucultist]

Copy arrives tomorrow, cant wait!

BOTW was my favorite game on Switch and this seems to be an improvement as they used powers to alleviate the inconvenience that they climbing and weapon breaking brought to the game.

Nintendo's game design especially in Zelda games is top notch. So many details and interactions due to its physics engine to be discovered.

[darklaw]

Soon the haters will be out, review bombing this game. What a world we live in.

[Viljong]

I want to buy totk themed switch oled but the price is kinda high if switch 2 is coming next year. Shamw that i sold my og switch few years ago.

[TheColbertinator]

Well that's good news

[DankSinatra]

Insert “Nintendo doesn’t deserve this because graphics/hardware/gameplay doesn’t live up to my fantasy standards” or insert “of course they would give it a 10/10, it’s Nintendo and they always get a free pass” quote here.

[Ristul]

Can't wait to play this, well done Nintendo, this is the quality we as gamers want!