Respectfully, wtf are you talking about? The changes are suface level or empty.

I think you trying to be to nice with this game, like, I get what you said about change and all, but it's clear that this game is a very lazy sequel, you can find some cool stuff like, finding out Hudson has a daughter, but generally the map is the same with some minod changes, there is a guy on KZbin showing all of the changes, and most of the times is simple a new well or a korok in a different place, the side quests are a lot more lazy as well, most of them involves you talking to someone, this game feels a lot more copy and past than BOTW, I don't know. I honestly didn't had as much fun playing this, and I don't like when people try to blame something else, like "oh, your older now, that's why you don't like it", no, I was an adult back in 2017 and I love BOTW, I played Skyrim for the first time recently and I loved it, so the reason why people don't like TOTK as much, is simply because the game is not that goor or that polish.

Your points were spot on with what I thought about chapter 2 and 4. It always did bother me that Kurumi didnt seem to give a shit that the girls who were also friends with her murdered friend had just up and died. Not to mention Yuma having to kill Yakou would have had a lot more impact if he wasn't already on the verge of dying from the poison.

You summed up my thoughts thoroughly. I guess this explains why I was so drawn to ToTK. BoTW makes you feel curious of exploring the unknown. ToTK makes you feel curious as well, but the difference is that you want to see how much has changed since the events of BoTW

I do like the idea of the game being about rediscovery. I think going back and exploring the same world that's changed over time is interesting. I only wish they changed more of the map.

Sonic pillow case is wild tho

please continue with the raincode videos 😭i found this off of reddit and watched the whole thing this was perfectly well done, there isn't a lot of raincode videos like this and i would love to see more of them :))

I never played BotW and needless to say Totk is absolutely insane. It’s massive and most times I feel lost but excited to discover.

Since DR3 Kodaka has been known to make up stupid excuses to revive dead characters. It wouldn't surprise me if no character dies in Last Defense Academy.

Well done

I don't need some 20-something year old to tell me I didn't get a game. Video skipped.

may i make a response to this video? it’s okay if you’d rather i don’t, but if it’s okay with you i have some thoughts

5:30

Hitting that Wind Waker sailing theme while talking about how triumphant the player is in TotK is 🤌

What’s the name of the remix at 1:50 ? Or what Zelda is it from it’s ALttP original right but this version is utterly sublime though. Love the video. Keep up the good work !

My big criticism is that with the new abilities it severely limits the variety of puzzles in shrines. I feel like it needed more than just ultrahand and ascend

Last year : TOTK IS GAME OF THE YEAR ! ONE OF THE BEST GAME EVER ! Now: TOTK is not good and breath of the wild was just a fluke. The amount of videos in my recommended that all have the same title, it’s insane how the public opinion changed about TOTK. Zelda is my favorite game franchise but i will never understand the fanbase. It’s always the same, the opinion changes so drastically over time about every single game ever since wind waker. Either it will be loved to hated or hated to love, it always ends up like ten years later as : “the misunderstood masterpiece”. It happened for wind waker, twilight princess, skyward sword… I just don’t understand it. I love every game period, that’s it. Some are better than others but never bad. In my mind, saying that a zelda game is bad is crazy with the level of quality they all have compared to so many unfinished and buggy games that keeps getting out all the time nowadays.

I understand how people could enjoy BotW more than Tears of the Kingdom, but I just don't get how some people think this game is _bad._ It's fair not to enjoy TotK as much as BotW, opinions exist, but this game improved and expanded on so many features of its predecessor. It just doesn't make sense to say that Tears of the Kingdom is a bad game

My 6th-8th grade years (2014-2017) were akin to the Calamity and the events leading up to it, but all five Champions survive, meet up together in a predetermined spot, take a moment to catch their breath. After a while, they all march into Hyrule Castle on foot and complete the mission without the Divine Beasts.

the hate for TOTK is from people who don't like Nintendo overall as well as hardcore Zelda fans who want linear Zelda. the DLC take is just low hanging fruit.

this was a "we're so back" game

Such a beautiful ending

Uh!? Pretty much everything you said ticket me off.. Why are inarticulate people so obsessed with defending the disappointment that was this product, after 6 years of development and a $10 price increase? You should watch "I HATE TEARS OF THE KINGDOM" by skittybitty. Or Nerrel's take on it.. content from actually-eloquent people that provide an understandable opinion that anyone can come to accept, even if they don't agree on it.

I feel the same way about a lot of it, but looking back I do think there is a lot of merit to how others think about it. I loved visiting NPCs and seeing how they had changed, but there are some confusing instances of NPCs we spent a lot of time with not remembering us. I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting all the areas and seeing how (for example) Death mountain was completely changed due to the lava levels shifting. Yet, I also think they didn't do enough with some of the areas, like how the labyrinths are the same for the most part. The side quests are a lot better, but even the ones that I expected to be huge (like saving lurenin from pirates) still don't have the emotional impact some of the games in the past have achieved. The enemies have leveled up a little... but there is still a majority of enemies reskinned from BOTW compared to how many new ones they introduced. So while I feel largely the same , I think there are some major caveats to what you are saying.

1:56 “we want the entry entry to build on what came before it… I’d argue that this is the kind of sequel that ToTK is supposed to be” I would have loved if this was the case, but it’s just not. ToTK didn’t care about the lore of the world or what came before. The sheika tech disappeared because? No reason, the writers just said nobody knows. Almost none of the characters remember Link, mysteries that were built up in BoTW are ignored or have the laziest possible answers (looking at you 8th heroine). I could go on. From a technical perspective it’s a masterpiece, I just wish the writers cared a little bit.

Although everything you said is true, I believe Totk ignores some part of the previous game, shrines, divine beasts, the why and how those where dismantled is nowhere to be found

Your point? ... i still love both. Its a NEW game not just a sequel. You can go on and on however it's just your opinion in the end.

ToTK just doesn't feel like a proper narrative sequel to BoTW when half the characters act as though they've never met or even heard of Link. It doesn't feel like a continuation when most of Hyrule has collective amnesia.

It’s really not even a sequel. It’s a new game with a bunch of locations being reused, with changes. The e bets of botw has no real impact on totk

Though I compare the former to Sonic Frontiers, and have swapped out the boss themes in my head, I’ve never deeply thought anything of Breath of the Wild OR Tears of the Kingdom, except for the main story and where it fits into the twisted mess of a timeline.

A game that tangled up its own backstory into knots.

Majoras mask was the sequel to windwaker? But majoras mask came out first?

Bro wants Nintendo to notice him so bad

The growth section of this videoa wass like poetry

This is the most terrorizing and traumatizing Zelda game ever and it doesn’t have any emotion just empty feelings . It doesn’t make feel anything it’s just hollow I’ve been through so much chaos and other people are going through tough times I was looking VERY forward to playing this game I’ve been so heartbroken X7 ❤😂🎉😢

I've been playing breath of the wild again. It's still a good game after 500+ hours in. I only have 280 in on Totk

Well said❤

As much as I agree to this statement I came to the conclusion that the reasons I still like BOTW more are ill technical decisions in TOTK. I loved the way the heroes powered Link up in BOTW, because it feels natural to gameplay. On the contrary, it is just making me angry to summon Tulin et. al. to use their abilities. Exploring the depths with never ending iterations just feel like a lack of final review the final game. In some way TOTK feels too much, in another it could need additional content to make it a complete experience. BOTW just feels great with very little wishes left open. TOTK requires the gamer’s choice what to skip to not be annoyed too much to end the game half-way. Which would be a pity, because it still is a fantastic game overall.

Theres no way it took them >6 years to make ToTK.. I think they were working on Switch 2 Zelda at the same time.

Thanks for this! So refreshing seeing a video that is positive about the game. Everyone is focused on the bad for some reason. I actually stopped playing TOTK and started playing BOTW again. But you make me wanna play TOTK again....THANKS!

I think like in movie people always wanted to have different areas or places continue to have part 2, For me that's the most awkward scene it's like "Rewritten the script" while skipping the word "Sequels", basically you wanted the "Viewers already knows like summarize the stuff". One of the best sequels move that hit the market and make "Obviously Recycling the whole area or places in more than, not Twice but seven time's is Harry Potter", can you imagine the magic manipulation done by the movie to the viewers eyes 👀 of "Warner's Brother Movie" 😂😁. Now your telling that the "Tears of the kingdom" is only a "DLC" if you always "Magic hocus pocus" 😂 your eyes 👀 and not using your "Coconut Shell 🐚.

If only the game wasn't so ungodly boring to play

Sorry to go in an opposite direction, but I believe Breath of the Wild (BOTW) was truly a work of art compared to Tears of the Kingdom (TOTK), which feels more like a "work of tech." Exploration was the main element that kept me playing BOTW for hours. I loved walking through the Dueling Peaks, constantly looking up in awe. Arriving at Zora's Domain by night was particularly astonishing. These experiences are why I loved BOTW so much and why I pre-ordered the limited edition of TOTK. Unfortunately, TOTK feels more like a marketing product and doesn't quite match up to its predecessor. BOTW was well-balanced in almost every aspect, and the story felt interwoven with the Hyrule I was so eager to explore. It was a tale of failure and redemption that resonated deeply with me. You wake up because things have gone terribly wrong, and sacrifices had to be made. You feel the struggle in every part of the story. In TOTK, they've diminished the exploration aspect, which was crucial to BOTW's charm. What are we left with? Unfortunately, not a great story. The narrative in TOTK feels underwhelming and seems like a pretext to keep the game afloat. Some story choices are particularly disappointing. I completed TOTK, including every shrine and 400 Korok seeds, but it still felt like DLC - a sandbox DLC at that. While I appreciate the new ideas in TOTK, many elements seem to lack purpose. The new guardians pale in comparison to the original ones. TOTK needed a fresh story and a new Hyrule to complement its new ideas. They could have created a game as majestic as BOTW, but instead, they opted for what feels like a sandbox DLC. In conclusion, while TOTK is certainly enjoyable, to me, it represents a missed opportunity and an unfortunate choice in the series' direction.

I feel like I'm the only dude that just didn't touch BOTW for a long time, then heard of TOTK coming out in may, boughyt it and played it with almost no memories of my botw gameplay. And I think that's why I think TOTK is better than BOTW. Because I still knew a bit of what was before, but seeing every changes that I could recall made me enjoy this game a ton. When I played it, I didn't have any other game to play that I enjoyed as much as TOTK for about a year or two. It was a crazy experience to me, with the plethora of options you have to handle a problem. I was amazed about how a game this complex could run on a worthless support, about how almost no other game had done something like this before, it was crazy. And I became a bit sad when I saw that almost every friend of mine and most people on the internet had either forgotten about the game or just straight up said it was a failure of a sequel. I didn't understand their point because I knew that I enjoyed it much more than I did with BOTW, or at least from what I can recall. This game amazes me, and it can only show how much passion nintendo puts into the zelda franchise, and I'm honestly waiting for a game that can compete with this game : gameplaywise, soundtrackwise, visually wise, ..., this game almsot feels like it's perfect, and I know that if it wasn't for the switch, it would've been even better. Ik that was a lot of yapping, but I do think TOTK isn't just a sequel, it's a new game too. It obviously has flaws that it couldn't prevent but those appear as minor compared to what the game accomplished. Most people I know have played TOTK also played BOTW shortly before it came out, and is probably the reason why they didn't enjoy the experience as much as I did. TOTK is an insane game and I can't thank it enough for what it did to me as a person. I truly feel like this is the experience I had been waiting for after a huge amount of time. So yeah, I can say it proudly, TOTK is a masterpiece, as a sequel, but also a game as in and of itself.

These statements are completely valid and even true, still It is painful and annoying for me to see what direction my favourite childhood series is taking. When i played tears of the kingdom for the first time, i was looking for a Zelda experience, not for a new game experience. I wouldn't quite say this is only a misunderstood sequel, simply I would say the entire series as it is now is misunderstood, especialy by people like me. They are abandoning what we "Traditional Zelda fans" see in a Zelda game. Its realy hard to except change likes this, but what am I to do against it? The Zelda franchise now is going to be its own thing, basicaly a hard reset. The games are about being able to do anything in any way you want and playing a new game thats able to be made masses of content of, instead of focusing on the moments that made the Traditional games so magical. Its realy difficult to explain what im yapping about right now, as I have an extremely stupid way of describing my feelings. Im just mad about people seeing this new infinite content form of Zelda as Zelda. It unironicaly Makes me frustrated and sad. Its obvious that traditional Zelda is now dead and a thing of the past. I think I'd rather just stay in the past and replay Twilight Princess while the new fans have fun with the newer games. It feels like staying in your home town while everyone else moves away lmao. Maybe they'll figure out how to get the Dungeons right next time, Maybe they wont and I'll be mad again. But I probably will still come visit, even if I drop the new games halfway through. What im trying to say is that I just learned to let go of my frustration with new Zelda. I'll enjoy old Zeldas as my comfort games, the worlds I know and the worlds and stories I can revisit and relive whenever I want, and enjoy the new Zeldas as standalone games without trying to constantly complain about how it feels unfaithful. Have your fun, I'll have my fun back here, just like all the other people that think like me should too. Its over. Which is still completely stupid. But again, what are we to do? Whine about it on Twitter? I would still say that Totk is a terrible sequel and a total disapointment after the first 10 "WOAH WHATS THIS!?" though. Bye!

They focused too much on the crafting instead of the writing and subsequently left the depths with almost no content, and the sky, which the whole game was marketed around has absolutely nothing to it and is pointless. I love the game, the gameplay is incredible but there's such an infuriating number of plot holes in the story, and almost nothing ever gets explained

TotK feels like DLC because they didn't change the purpose of the reused world. Huge missed opportunity. It is BotW but better. That's all. There is no reason to revisit the world of BotW after this.

I once saw a comment that had quite some agreement with it that Tears of the Kingdom is not good because it reuses the same map, and as such, cannot be '(re)discovered' like the original. Really? That's their reason for knocking a few enjoyment points off of the game lolol

I think TotK was better than BotW, but I still think they are among the worst LoZ titles. They are largely forgettable to me. I don't remember any of music, I dont really remember the storylines, I dont remember the temples, I dont remember the bosses... I feel like I barely played them despite completing BotW and putting in 30 hours on TotK. Great exploration mechanics but nothing of substance to see. Sad, botw/totk are 7/10 at best completely relies on the IP name. Imagine playing this game but its not LoZ. I bet many would call it lackluster and full of wasted potential.

I bought TotK on launch day, I could not believe Nintendo would use the same world. Checked out the disappointing sky islands and underworld and realized Nintendo did actually do it. I’ve never felt so disappointed in a video game ever. They fucked up big time and it has been collecting dust ever since. People trying to justify TotK to me are like people who try to justify the last season of GoT or the SW sequel trilogy. I really think it is that bad.