Today I'm going to be talking about a game that has been taking up all of my video game energy lately. Breath of the Wild is an amazing game and it looks beautiful on the Nintendo Switch. I haven't seen it played on the Wii U so I have no input on that. BotW came out back in March and I still find new things every time I play, it's well worth the sixty bucks!
Graphics:The graphics of this game look absolutely stunning. Sometimes I find myself standing on top of a mountain and just stare at the landscape.
Story Line:The story line of this Legend of Zelda is a bit different from the usual. You were once a knight hired to protect the Princess Zelda, 100 years in the past. In some way or another you were essentially put into storage for 100 years while Calamity Gannon took over the world. You find yourself waking up in a hidden tomb with no memory at all. With the help of the ghost of King Hyrule you are able to slowly bring your memories back. It is your duty to figure out how Calamity Gannon has captured all of the power in the kingdom and then bring him to his demise!
Flying:Probably my favorite part of BotW is being able to glide. Using your glider saves you countless hours of running in this game. The glider doesn't last forever but with upgrades you can glide as long as you need to.
Cooking:This is the only Zelda game where you don't revive yourself by killing enemies. In every other Legend of Zelda when you kill an enemy nine times out of ten they drop hearts to heal you. In this version you need to collect materials to cook that will revive your health. Cooking can be fun by experimenting with ingredients to create food that has side effects, such as armor boost or attack boost. Some areas have specific climates that you must cook food that allows you to live in said area.
Weapons:I HATE how they handle weapons in this game. Oh, you found a weapon that you like? Don't get used to it because after a few minutes of using it, it will break! The only weapon in the game that doesn't break is the master sword. Even though it doesn't break it still has a cool down if you use it to much. Once it is out of juice it can't be used for a good amount of time.
The Map:The map is HUGE. You will never get bored with this map. I've spent an insane amount of hours on this game and have probably only seen about 30% of the entire map. Every time you enter a new area you will find a dungeon, cave, enemy base, stable, town etc.
I would give this game five stars! It is the perfect blend of new age video gaming & nostalgia!
I've been a Zelda fan since the SNES days. I found this game to be the perfect balance of nostalgia and new awesomeness. I don't know if it quite captured the magic of Ocarina of Time (my favourite game of all time), but it was pretty darn close.
No game will ever top Ocarina of Time :) I do like Link to the Past alot too. This game just obviously has more to do than any Zelda game ever.
You like fishing and Breath of the Wild! We must be friends! Lol
Seriously though, this game is so amazing. I think I could play it for a hundred years and still find stuff to do. That's how it seems anyway. I like beating my enemies with their own arms. It cracks me up. I have issues.
Two things that couldn't be anymore different but yes I love them both. Hah! yes I like that part to. I enjoy sniping exploding barrels with an arrow and watch them all get blown up from a distance.
lol me too. Some of those bastards are hard to beat. It gives me great joy to mass kill then
Hard to beats an understatement, when I first started I died probably twenty times in a row trying to fight enemies. Took me a while to figure out how to use the environment to win.
Oh my gosh I die all the time. Sometimes my fiancée will watch me and snicker at my deaths but it's really hard to understand how challenging some of these dudes are unless you play for a while. It seems like once I get a sweet weapon I break it pretty soon then I'm stuck using woodcutters axes and mops and arms lol
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Every time I see a review of zelda I get more want to play it, and the weapons theme looks like dark soul. xD
this game reminds me of skyrim. Do you mind answering how you found this post?
Skyrim is another great game, I found the post exploring the platform clearly.
Hah lol i was wondering if it was under 'hot' or you looked at gaming tag or however you found it.
Is zelda bro, you can not go unnoticed by this great game. xD
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