This review contains spoilers
this review would be longer if it didnt late literally a year for me to beat.
i waited for this game for so long with insane anticipation and i was not let down at all (ok well, playable zelda and a postgame would have been nice) there is so much in this game, ESPECIALLY with the gloom like holy hell i am absolutely gonna keep playing this and lighting that up. i know others have criticized this game saying its just BOTW again but I really can't agree with that assessment. there is so much new stuff, it feels like a very significant iteration.
i particularly enjoyed the endgame, ganon doing the dodge thing on you was a Sans Undertale (tldr sans is the only enemy in undertale that dodges) moment, like what a shock! the little things like diving to grab zelda and pressing the button to seal ganon were so impactful. it wasnt link doing those, it was YOU. which yeah, seem like basic design stuff but BOTW didn't have a big endgame, so maybe my expectations are distorted a tad. but regardless a lot of great decisions were made in the production of this game.
i dont really wanna predict if zelda will continue in this direction or go back to a more linear 3d design. this saga of zelda has proved once again that zelda can innovate and redefine itself, and of course changing the entire gaming industry along the way, and i am good with whatever they do next, be it open world or linear. just as long as we get some 2D zelda on the side too like cmon please
also purah was fuckin HOT thnx aonuma xoxo
i waited for this game for so long with insane anticipation and i was not let down at all (ok well, playable zelda and a postgame would have been nice) there is so much in this game, ESPECIALLY with the gloom like holy hell i am absolutely gonna keep playing this and lighting that up. i know others have criticized this game saying its just BOTW again but I really can't agree with that assessment. there is so much new stuff, it feels like a very significant iteration.
i particularly enjoyed the endgame, ganon doing the dodge thing on you was a Sans Undertale (tldr sans is the only enemy in undertale that dodges) moment, like what a shock! the little things like diving to grab zelda and pressing the button to seal ganon were so impactful. it wasnt link doing those, it was YOU. which yeah, seem like basic design stuff but BOTW didn't have a big endgame, so maybe my expectations are distorted a tad. but regardless a lot of great decisions were made in the production of this game.
i dont really wanna predict if zelda will continue in this direction or go back to a more linear 3d design. this saga of zelda has proved once again that zelda can innovate and redefine itself, and of course changing the entire gaming industry along the way, and i am good with whatever they do next, be it open world or linear. just as long as we get some 2D zelda on the side too like cmon please
also purah was fuckin HOT thnx aonuma xoxo