Is Breath of the Wild BETTER than Tears of the Kingdom?

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Is Tears of the Kingdom BETTER than Breath of the Wild? Today I'll be comparing these two incredible games to see which one is better for whatever kind of person you are! We talk about glitches, abilities, dungeons and bosses, world design, overall content, DLC, and replayability. And yes, this is because Tears of the Kingdom isn't getting any DLC.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:37 Abilities
1:35 Sponsor
3:00 Dungeons and Bosses
4:39 World Design
5:59 Replayability
7:32 Overall Content/DLC
8:53 Outro
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[@knightpohtaytoe]

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[@lmarkert4590]

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[@knightpohtaytoe]

@@lmarkert4590 yeah that's totally fine!

[@__yo]

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[@ck_shot]

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[@crestiebros1336]

Both botw and totk are both really great games, but you can never relive the feeling of hearing a piano theme right after you leave the great plateau, turning around to see a glowing spider-robot aiming a laser at you and throwing your switch out the window because you got so surprised

[@staledorito6174]

So you’re nostalgia blind

[@Jasper-yt1xj]

@@staledorito6174 I think botw is better to and I only got it in 2023

[@staledorito6174]

@@Jasper-yt1xj nah totk is just a better botw

[@Jasper-yt1xj]

@@staledorito6174 I can see why why people like totk more but personally I just like botw better

[@paulhinterberger7438]

So did u never experience jumping off the great sky island and having the sky turn blood red and the music change on the way to lookout landing? And turning to see bloody hands coming at u at FREAKING MACH 10 AND U LITERALLY CANT OUTRUN IT????

[@ArturoAlbero]

I prefer Breath of the Wild because the sense of adventure is huge and I like the story more. Tears of the Kingdom is great, but it lacks this sense of adventure that I like so much. Part of the problem is actually the ultrahand... Tears of the kingdom is more a game of creating things.

[@Ben-zg8xk]

Tears of the kingdom more fun moment to moment but botw probably better objectively

[@netweed09]

? What a strange opinion! I felt the _Absolute_ reverse of this: Tear's reinstating of the more traditional Zelda Dungeons over Botws ,, nothing emptiness is what totally promotes Adventure. I totally felt after a 10 year hiatus since Skyward Sword, I was playing a massive Zelda game all over again!

[@50zezima]

​@@netweed09I agree. That's an odd observation and claim that it "lacks sense of adventure". I have explored far more of the Totk map than I ever did in Botw. There is a lot more things in between everything but that's a positive to me, Botw was so empty that it was bound to be changed in Totk.

[@frewtlewps1152]

@@Ben-zg8xkthat’s exactly how I feel about ToTK. The gameplay of ToTK is crazier and more creative, but BoTW offers the greater experience. Flying to the top of a structure in the sky isn’t the same as a scaling a mountain only using stamina. If ToTK had a completely new world that was built for its mechanics, then it could have been even better.

[@jesusantonio6740]

yes the story has more feeling cause you knew the deads and you know them again as player with the flashback but the new story is about people you didn't know the flashback are the same 4 times most of them even don't have a face, the flashback is zelda doing things in the past and not your memories so you're like ok i do this more for revenge of my arm

[@Dampe17]

I dont really think its fair to rate the games off mods and glitches as most botw glitches werent found until 2+ years later and mods have been being made for botw for 6 years while tears has had like 5 months

[@ivespoken8902]

yup, you hit the nail right on the head. Ive never played botw, so i'm surprised when people are shitting on it coz i freaking love it lol

[@kalanamalros]

One thing BOTW also got right was after defeating a Blight Ganon of the Divine Beast you were trying to free is that you unlocked a memory that focused on the champion that piloted the Divine Beast TOTK doesn't really have this as the first four temples just show you the same cutscene but with a different character there isn't a unique memory or anything however the Spirit Temple did actually get this right but that's very late game because you have to go through each temple solve the puzzles of the temples and beat the boss in every temple and then beat another challenging boss fight just to be able to get access to the Spirit Temple

[@Rustyhound-Cartoons]

Actually that's not true. I just completed the spirit temple 2 days ago and I still haven't done the gerudo or eldin temples yet

[@kalanamalros]

@@Rustyhound-Cartoons They each have the exact same cutscene minus the one in the Spirit Temple

[@Rustyhound-Cartoons]

​@kalanamalros not the spirit temple though which is what I was referring to. And it doesn't have to be done after the other four. I did it after the wind and water temple and it served as a very refreshing change of pace

[@kalanamalros]

@@Rustyhound-Cartoons That's what I was referring to as well I made this comment without knowing that you could go there at any time I was also referring to my own experience along with probably a lot of other people that completed the Regional Phenomena and the Crisis at Hyrule Castle Main Quests before doing the Spirit Temple

[@championz0]

This may be controversial as I’ve seen many people in polls say they love the TotK temples more than the BotW divine beasts, but I prefer the BotW versions as they share more of a common theme and have a way more/better story to them. Even if the blights can get a little repetitive, I believe they were more fun and had a real challenge to them unlike the TotK equivalent.

[@mintjamss]

Botw felt more like exploring a world, while Totk felt like a checklist. The depths and Sky islands weren’t enough to make Totk seem different. Totk also did a terrible job at continuing BOTW’s story, just removing every single piece of ancient tech for no reason. I have 260 hours on botw because it’s so replayable, but only 90 on Totk as it caters more to one playthrough.

[@JamesBond-mc2mx]

Agreed. They changed the timeline/story and didn’t continue off of BOTW. Which is ironic because they took 70% of BOTW’s formula.

[@wiiztec]

They both cater to one playthrough because they're too fucking long why play again when you can just play more?

[@Craydlin]

I wish ToTK had significantly more sky islands! That was my favorite part!

[@gabrieldiscua1172]

I could not agree more with u, plus i though i was the only one who thought totk kinda sucked compares to botw

[@Reaktron88]

TotK story is weird, like it takes place pretty far ahead of botw, possibly 100 years even yet everyone is still alive. Well maybe I guess with purah’s aging/anti aging device that’s not a problem. But also the ancient hyrule referee to is far before the ancient hyrule from botw.

[@weinereater-wm6qm]

I think BOTW has that classic charm to it (totally deserved) and TOTK doesn't have the same sense of wonder and awe that BOTW does Like in BOTW you'll find something new out of nowhere, and it will be so amazing but with TOTK being a sequel, we already know most of these things

[@o0ugi860]

How u view the games mostly depends on which u played first. I played totk first so going back to botw felt like a downgrade. It was a still a good game but I don't really like the aesthetic of the guardians and Sheika tech, and it's everywhere, even the bosses. Also it kinda sucks to get around without glitches. And fuck calamity ganon, it was so boring of a fight, removing half the health of an already easy boss as a consequence of playing through the game was such a stupid idea. I had more of a challenge fighting red lynels.

[@thephalange8630]

​@@o0ugi860yes, it totally depends on what you played first. That's why I couldn't really get into TotK I used crafts to just get all the towers done, finished the main story, got spoiled by memories of Zelda out of order (memories in BotW couldn't have done so) and just finished it and never touched it again, while having played BotW for 100s of hours.

[@capgangchannel6309]

Thats such a subjective way to look at it. Sure for u it might be that way but have you considered that some people who bought totk never played botw? So that argument just completely doesn’t apply to those people.

[@KeinNiemand]

Yeah but that dosn't really make the game worse then BOTW on it's own, like imagine if you never played BOTW and played TOTK first, and I think when viewed in isolation TOTK is better.

[@thpacemanthpiff]

I feel like its too early to say the movement in totk is worse, we just haven’t discovered the options, I remember when btbs were first discovered a good deal after the release of botw, we thought it was the pinnacle of movement. Itll take time to find the glitches that make movement insane

[@knightpohtaytoe]

The difference is that when breath of the wild released nobody expected there to be many glitches so there weren't many glitchhunters but when totk released glitchhunters went hard right out of the gate, so I think we've already most of the big stuff

[@anonymousperson015]

If that were true we would never have gotten blss. There will always be the possibility of finding more. Ultrahand and recall are also orders of magnitude more complex combinatorically than any of the botw runes so it leaves a lot more room for glitches (even if the devs have had 7+ years to test the base engine and minimise them)

[@knightpohtaytoe]

@@anonymousperson015 my previous comment also works as a reply to this

[@Zack-bl2gg]

A big thing with totk is Nintendo didn’t WANT its fan base to find any movement glitches, they even patched a bunch of the glitches the fans found. It was a huge slap in the face for the fan base. It’s also IMPOSSIBLE for a lot of movement glitches because of hard cut speed limits nintendo put in the game.

[@capgangchannel6309]

@@knightpohtaytoerating games on which one has more glitches is such a backwards way of thinking. I bet your favorite game ever is cyberpunk 2077 on launch day.

[@Jasper-yt1xj]

After I finished totk I replayed botw and I gotta say I had a lot better time than I did with totk

[@knightpohtaytoe]

I think that's pretty rare, nice!

[@sandys.1891]

@@knightpohtaytoe No it's not. After finishing TOTK I immediately switched over to playing BOTW. I missed BOTW while I doubt I ever play TOTK again. Tulin is the only sage worth using. I missed having the ability.

[@o0ugi860]

​@@sandys.1891alot of ppl like u, who love botw so much that they don't want totk to be better. Of course u prefer botw, there's nostalgia involved, it's less about u thinking totk is worse and more about your pre existing attachment to botw

[@sandys.1891]

@@o0ugi860 It's not that I "love" BOTW. It's that Nintendo repeated the same mistake. Ocarina of Time is LOZ's greatest game. Nintendo followed Ocarina of Time with Wind Waker. It bombed. I played it once and it's still growing cobwebs in my storage bin. TOTK is another Wind Waker. If only Nintendo would have built on the success of BOTW. Instead they veered off altering the timeline. I have a 35 yr history with Nintendo thru LOZ. Nothing ever changes with this company. They will never learn. Which is why hardcore LOZ fans go back and play the few successful games.

[@o0ugi860]

@@sandys.1891 well no, they followed ocarina of time with majora

[@joelgarcia3907]

Meh. People are so fickle. They were crapping on BoTW saying the story sucks, it’s not a real Zelda game, the dungeons are terrible. So when Nintendo made a better story, better dungeons….people say it’s not classic Zelda like BoTW….you know? The one they said was not classics Zelda either.

[@MetalGearRob7]

Thank you this video is cap

[@springtrap_66pg66]

finally, someone said it!

[@eddiedead2702]

Nobody is saying BotW feels more like a classic Zelda game. Nobody. TotK has a better story....that does not at all fit the format in which it was told. Non-linear story telling does not work with the linear story with plot twists that TotK presents. First time I played the game the second memory I discovered...was the memory of Zelda deciding she would become a dragon, completely spoiling the entire story, outright ruining the main quest that revolved around trying to find out what happened to Zelda...it also completely falls apart the second you realize there's no reason at all Rauru couldn't have told you everything right at the begining. BotW has a much simpler story, but it fits much better with the type of games these are. Knowing the end of the story and finding memories that fill in the gaps of the protagonists amnesia that just add context and elaborate on the events you already know happened works much better for a game that tells it's story in a completely non-linear format. There is not a single memory that you find in BotW that spoils the story and breaks the immersion. TotK on the other hand requires the player to completely go out of their way to collect the memories in their specific order AFTER doing all four of the main dungeons just to preserve immersion and have the story presented in a that doesn't give away the massive plot twist. Tl;dr: TotK has a deeper and better written story that fails to be bettwe than than its predecessor's simpler story, purely because of the way this gameplay format fundamentally presents story.

[@HungryWarden]

Better story? the TOTK story is so boring that I actually fell asleep during one of the memories. Granted, it was bed time, but it wasn’t at all a good story.

[@madas_13]

What is incredible is that nintendo took the same time to create botw and totk (SS=11/11,BotW=03/17,TotK=05/23) even though botw is way more different from ss and has way more new content than totk, like totk already had all the base from botw and wasn’t starting from scratch

[@Matanumi]

Most time was spent refining the physics engine Its a Miracle this game came out finished with hardly any glitches

[@50zezima]

​@@MatanumiNo it's not. Multiple people have theorized with evidence to back it that TOTK has been in production before and after BOTW, and BOTW was just a placeholder for the real game that is TOTK.

[@will-i-am-not967]

Totk is so much different from botw it’s mad. Other than animations, the worlds surface (which is incredibly different) and the basic elements of the combat and crafting system. Mostly the rest of the experience is completely different.

[@coyy9106]

@@50zezimaThat’s a rubbish theory. But that’s why it’s a theory I guess.

[@zic3le583]

Botw is a masterpiece and it shows. Game is really polished and artistic in many ways, so by the end it leaves you with wanting more, but never gives. It is also perfectly ballanced in terms of content, not more not less. Totk feels like a big pile of ideas which amount is just more than enough.

[@CaptainDashII]

TotK introduced me to your content thus TotK clears BotW easily

[@Cricketycrkt]

in botw did for me so we dissipated eachothers game experience

[@circyit8593]

@@Cricketycrktyeah i came because of botw

[@grumpymug]

TOTK is good, but I think BOTW is just better in every way, the abilites was better and more simple to activate, ultrahand is cool and all, but they are all too complicated, everything involves opening the menu, it is slow and boring. BOTW also has more cool missions, the sidequest are more memorable, I remember finding that dragon on the moutain, freeing him was so cool, terrey town is also such a cool mission, there is nothing like this in TOTK, bascally every sidequest is just helping a NPC to get something, it's pretty boring. I also agree with the other things you said.

[@jadimich]

To each his own. I thoroughly enjoyed BotW and it’s a top 5 all-time game for me. That said, I don’t care to ever go back to it after TotK, apart from maybe a trip down nostalgia lane. Tears is better on every level for me, minus that first-time “wow factor” of exploring a completely unique landscape. Even so, exploring TotK’s world still had plenty of first time wow moments for me, whether it was the cave systems, the Depths, different Sky Islands that were unique (diving challenge islands, low gravity labyrinths, etc.), towns that were drastically altered due to the regional phenomena, or the more organic-feeling and much better designed temples and their lead-ups. Lastly, I know I’m not alone in saying… I don’t care about glitches, mods, or challenge runs. I’ve been gaming since the ‘80s, and that stuff holds basically zero weight for me in the final analysis of a video game.

[@brandonchacon7745]

I hardcore agree with you. When I first went into a cave and saw a bunch of new enemies and a new places to experience within the main map, it blew my mind. Even months after, having only just opened some new paths, I get a sense of awe every time. There's one cave specifically that starts at a well and opens into the beach on the bottom of the map and it dropped my jaw to end up there. I understand there's a huge community for mods, glitches, challenges, etc, but to say this game doesn't have the wow factor is crazy to me. I think this game is hard for completionists who want to breeze through it. It has a lot of hurtles for those people. Reply

[@alibabaschultz352]

For me, Botw is a work of art. Totk is a game. Nothing wrong with either of those things, but they are very different.

[@PaulOniel534]

@@alibabaschultz352stop the pretentious bs.

[@alibabaschultz352]

@@PaulOniel534 Its ok to have different opinions without name calling.

[@PaulOniel534]

@@alibabaschultz352aw did I offend you 😢

[@MR-vz7ro]

My 3 biggest issues with ToK is the reskin of turning everything Sheikah into Zonai; Ultrahand, towers that launch you into the air, and simply jumping off of and gliding from Sky Islands made actually exploring Hyrule irrelevant; and my biggest one was how pathetic Constructs were compared to Guardians. The thrill and fear of facing a guardian and the joy of defeating it just doesn’t exist with even Flux Constructs.

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

Totk may not have movement too many movement glitches, but a few of them have an insane amount of depth

[@knightpohtaytoe]

Yeah but they're a lot more strict than botw's movement glitches

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

Botw is years old, and totk isn't even a year old, but it's getting there. Recently there's been progress on how to edit enemy ai

[@knightpohtaytoe]

that's very exciting

[@celtics1051]

Great content as always. I feel like you glossed over the lead-up to Temples. If you are speed-running the game to get to the boss fight, as you say, I can see it being tedious. But I think the lead-up to each, was part of what made ToTK special. The quest line was often interesting, contained more story than in BoTW and was visually stunning. It was the depth of content like this that sets ToTK apart from BoTW for me.

[@netweed09]

👍👍 Thank you! There _are_ some proper Zelda fans out there after all! 😅😄

[@penguinz3091]

In terms of modding and stuff and challenges botw is fun to go back to, but exploration and the sidequests (side adventures) in totk are more fun and exploring hyrule is overall better in totk because the world feels less lonely because there are more npc’s wandering around, botw in that regard is more post apocalyptic and feels more lonely cause hyrule is dangerous to walk around in because of the guardians.

[@knightpohtaytoe]

Yeah but some people prefer that lonely post-apocalyptic feel. Although I agree with you, I prefer the more populated world

[@springtrap_66pg66]

@@knightpohtaytoe then play BotW but don't say that TotK isn't as good as the first game.

[@GyroCannon]

I think that you're influenced a lot by the fact that you know glitches and how to install mods and whatnot I'm just a casual noob (when it comes to Switch modding, at least) so I just play the base game doing only very basic exploits (whistle running, for example), and TotK gives me sooo much more than BotW for that type of playstyle. I think that you'll end up liking TotK more over time - people will find all kinds of exploits and make all kinds of mods and you'll get the same feeling as you get from BotW someday :D

[@maryam.m]

Wow, I didn't expect to agree with everything you said in this video when I clicked on it - except I don't think it's fair to compare the two on account of mods, since TOTK is still so new and the community hasn't had a chance to develop more content. (More copium lol) I'm still playing through ToTK so this isn't my final assessment of the game, but you hit the nail on the head when you called it "tedious." I never once resented my exploration of BoTW and enjoyed every single hour I sank into my save file. While ToTK certainly has some incredible moments and mechanics, it can be so incredibly frustrating at times which sucks the joy out of the game for me and leaves me feeling slightly exhausted. It may be worthy of being called the GOTY, but BoTW just has a special place in my heart and its magic cannot be easily replicated. Also, as cool as the sages are, I really miss the champion abilities and my infinite supply of bombs 😭

[@knightpohtaytoe]

Thanks! And yeah that's completely fair on the mod side, progress is being made every day.

[@dhinkakmed]

In terms of ease of use (Going Up): Totk: Lets assume you already have a shield equipped without a Zonai device fused to it Press + Navigate menu to rockets Select and Take out rocket Hope you're on level ground Press and hold L Select Fuse and release L Press L to activate Fuse Press ZL for shield fusion Press and hold ZL for Rocket activation. Up ya go. BOTW: Revali's Gale Ready? Press and hold X Release X Up ya go.

[@superluigi8539]

You can remove zonai devices from the menu. Also, why bother with any of that when you can go in a cave or any over hang and ascend, or make any combination of tools to get you up. In most places, if you just stop moving and look up, you will see a falling platform to rewind and go up that way. Plus I spammed Ravali all the time just so I could get all 3 charges to cooldown, kind of a dumb mechanic that the one you used cant cool on it's own. All that said, still I miss it but I think tulin's makes more sense from a gameplay perspective.

[@scubasteve2189]

😂😂 Nailed it. 👍🏻 Also, “Hey, you like those extra powers you get from champions? How about we have a ghost version of them follow you around everywhere and get in your way, instead of a simple key combo?” 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Marikus_Eternal]

What if Revali‘s Gale isn’t ready? Then there’s no way going up. In TotK if you have rockets you can use them all the time

[@scubasteve2189]

@@Marikus_Eternal Uuuuhhh…you climb? 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@Marikus_Eternal]

@@scubasteve2189rocket is faster. And it could be raining

[@DzDAMIANOz]

I personaly agree with everything you said exept one single thing, the story of TOTK is way better then the BOTW one.

[@eddiedead2702]

It's a better written story, but it does not fit this style of gameplay nearly as well as the story BotW tells. If you don't go out of your way to specifically collect the memories in the right order than the story spoil a itself hard, and if you don't wait to do this until completing almost all of the main quest then it renders it entire main quest nonsensical. BotW's story was much more simple and shallow, but it's a better story for this kind of game. Every memory in BotW just provides context for the events you already know happened. The story cannot be spoiled if you collect them out of order nor is the main quest ruined if you get them all before completely the main areas. Knowing what lead up to the Calamity doesn't change or ruin the context of Links stopping the Devine beasts. Know the princess is actually a dragon flying around in the sky completely ruins the mystery narrative TotKs main quest presents. The sad thing is that could have Bern completely nullified if there was a dialogue option to tell everybody what you knew and have the sages be like "huh, no shit...since you're already here and we're buddies, help me save my home from Ganondorfs bullshit?" And have the mories presented in the correct order regardless of what gliffs you're getting them from.

[@DzDAMIANOz]

@@eddiedead2702 ik, but in Botw you always collect them randomly cause you don't know certainly if the images are in order until you watch lots of them, while in totk you can clearly see that they are in order just by the first two. Also, this wouldn't be a "story problem", but a "gameplay problem". (Sorry if some things I wrote are not clear, I am Italian and I am 15 years old.)

[@ahrdee-ho5mn]

totk is ok but botw is the best story wise.

[@HungryWarden]

Tears of the Kingdom’s story was so boring I actually fell asleep during one of the memories. It was bed time but still.

[@BaneStopMotion]

tears has so much potential for DLC!! what was nintendo thinking???

[@Drew_2152]

I wanna hope Nintendo goes back on that and saves it for their next system because maybe they’d be comfortable making a DLC for a much more powerful system

[@kellykindler3492]

They said they couldn't think of anything else to add

[@Et_Exterminatus]

You are 100% correct.

[@MiniBeas]

I think that Tears of the Kingdom is essentially Breath of the Wild Masterquest.

[@Omegaman87272]

Nintendo likes money and we consumers will pay money for dlc so even if they have no plans for dlc its still likely we will get some kind of dlc.

[@ahrdee-ho5mn]

is there a dlc now?

[@HungryWarden]

@@ahrdee-ho5mnnope.

[@josephjennings3146]

I think i can agree on all of this. Not to mention because this game isnt getting DLC, but loads of patches instead, its gonna be difficult.

[@Lance-xy8hv]

Totk just feels like a better breath of the wild. Like if you havent played either your better off getting tears because it just has more content overall

[@A-RonHubbard]

Do you know Andy of @Zeldom? Your voice is identical to his.. It's crazy! I thought this was a second channel at first. And I think DLC is waiting for a Switch 2 release. People are already modding TotK, and my suspicion is that has grown leaps and bounds since the "no DLC" announcement. TotK has so much more content to change and make better - so give *it* 6 years and I'll bet it will come out on top in the modding community at least. If official DLC does get released, it might beat out BotW with everyone.

[@frewtlewps1152]

Here is my Breath of the Wild vs Tears of the Kingdom comparison: Abilities - ToTK Combat - ToTK Shrines - ToTK Towers - BoTW Dungeons - BoTW = ToTK Bosses - ToTK Main Story - BoTW Characters - BoTW World and Exploration - BoTW Side Quests - BoTW Rewards - ToTK Music - BoTW Replayability - BoTW I think BoTW is the more complete experience, because it felt like every corner of the world had something unique to see. ToTK’s world felt very tedious because it’s the same Hyrule, and the Sky and Depths felt incomplete even though they were supposed to be the main selling points of the game. ToTK improves on a lot of aspects of BoTW; however, BoTW felt like an open world game we had never seen before, which is why it had more of an impact on me and many others.

[@HungryWarden]

Mine: Runes: ToTK Champion/Sage Abilities: BoTW Combat: BoTW Dungeons: BoTW Bosses: BoTW Main Story: BoTW Characters: BoTW World and Exploration: BoTW Side Quests: BoTW Rewards: BoTW Music: BoTW Replayability: ToTK

[@kellykindler3492]

My opinion: Abilities: TotK- BotW's abilities are good, but TotK's are a lot more creative. Combat: TotK- Ultrahand brings so many more ways to approach combat, and there's a lot more enemy variety. Shrines: TotK- The only thing that is worse about the shrines are challenges and music, but TotK's are a lot more creative, plus Proving Grounds are miles better than the Tests of Strength. Towers: BotW- Tears of the Kingdom's towers are way too annoying because there's always a stupid puzzle with it, and BotW's tower music and simplicity is better. Champion/Sage Abilities: BotW- Every single ability in BotW is better than TotK's counterpart, Daruk is better than Yunobo, Mipha is better than Sidon, Urbosa is better than Riju, and Revali is a little bit better than Tulin. Dungeons: TotK- I never played the classic Zelda games, and I really liked the dungeons. Definitely harder than the Divine Beasts, I needed a guide for Naboris, but in TotK I needed a guide for Wind Temple and Lightning Temple because me stupid Bosses: TotK- I loved the bosses in both games, but TotK's boss rematches let me fight them a lot more, but for BotW I need a whole new playthrough to fight Kohga and the Blights again. I guess TotK didn't let you refight Kohga, Seized Construct, Moravia, and Sludge Like, but, eh. Main Story: BotW- I like the simplicity of BotW's story, and AoC made me like it even more. World and Exploration: BotW- Man, that magical feeling of exploring BotW's world for the first time... need I say more? Side Quests: BotW- I think the side quests were more creative in BotW, such as Tarrey Town, Eventide Island, and Korok Trials. Rewards: TotK- Resources are much more valuable in TotK because of Fuse. Music: TotK- Lot better soundtrack with songs like Colgera and Demon Dragon. Replayablity: BotW- I just love the classic feeling of BotW, however, TotK is better for challenge runs because of Fuse and new armor sets. Overall: TotK- If you saw my other comment, I think TotK barely wins because it has more content, but the two games have equal flaws. However, BotW's first playthrough is way better than anything in TotK.

[@mattmartin6493]

I enjoy totk its a great game, but i liked botw more the champion abilities were better, and honestly i enjoyed the vibe snd weapons of botw more.

[@thephalange8630]

I love how I knew from the moment he said something like 'this is just my opinion" that BotW would come out as a more replayable game for him. You have to say that kind of thing or you get attacked.

[@phatboibom]

i think that which ever you play first will be better for the player due to the exploration aspect

[@imyourhuckleberry2987]

I’m currently doing another play through of botw and I’m loving it but I also bought a strategy guide so it’s nice to know where quest are. But I’ve already played totk 4 play throughs lol. Idk which one I like better it’s a hard pick for me. But I’m disappointed in how hyped up the mater sword got in totk and it’s literally the same trash it was before dlc in botw and it doesn’t glow in dungeons which makes no sense to me because the bosses are gloom enemies at least you would think cause they are Ganondorfs creation. So the master sword got all this hype and it’s garbage. Plus I just want another trial of the sword because it was so fun to just do it.

[@WonderofWatches]

Ive started replaying botw and i enjoy it more than totk. Ultahand is great but i dont want to spend hours creating stuff

[@HungryWarden]

I was so excited when I first saw the ability because I thought I could make a replica of one of the Divine Beasts out of Zonai parts, but I was so pissed when I discovered there was a limit to how much you can attach.

[@ConductorElcrest]

Honestly totk is just so hard to go back to. It’s fun, but it lacks a soul, it’s clear there was love and effort but that’s not enough when they also just write off everything from botw and try to ignore it. You’re so free in totk, but you’re not given anything to DO with that freedom.

[@juliobarrios2520]

perhaps the same with GTA5 VS GTA6. GTA5 was in ps3, ps4, ps5, 12years lifespan (2013-2025).

[@Senshi-sd9nv]

BOTW was incredible from it's novelty, along with simplicity and order to it's concepts. It feels like TOTK used the same world and major laws, but by throwing in a lot more content at the sacrifice of order. I'm not sure if TOTK is ultimately a worse game than Botw, but I'll never call it a bad game overall. They both had their ups and downs. And I can't believe you thought the stories were too similar to make a difference. I can't count how many comments and reaction videos I've seen people crying in over that one plot twist. It was especially heartbreaking for me because of how gradually the realization hit me. It's definitely debatable, but I think TOTK's story is the better of the two.

[@vianabdullah2837]

I feel like making traversal much faster is kind of the point of Tears of the Kingdom. It feeds into making the exploration stand out from BOTW and feeds into the appeal of making your own creations

[@brichan1851]

I got my Switch on October 8th, 2021. I got it for Metroid Dread, but also picked up Breath of the Wild. I also got Tears of the Kingdom on launch day. I tried Breath of the Wild early on, but just couldn’t get in to it. Bear with me… I went in expecting a traditional Zelda game. Breath of the Wild was just so different, I really didn’t like it. I bought Skyward Sword, and enjoyed that a lot more. With Tears of the Kingdom, I felt the same thing. It was just such an odd kind of game when I was expecting traditional Zelda. I appreciated both BotW and TotK, but I guess I just wasn’t ready for either one. Fast forward to today. I decided it was time I gave both games an honest try. Breath of the Wild is the first half, so I chose that one to start with. WOW! I cannot believe I have owned my Switch and both of these games for so long and haven’t played them. These games are incredible! I am in BotW now and cannot wait to dive into TotK when I am done. I’m in no hurry. I want to explore Hyrule and see everything both games have to offer. I guess I just had to be ready. Now, I am.

[@jamesfort3]

Idk it’s a bit wierd to add glitches when it comes to movement. A lot of players play the games as intended including me. So I found TOTK to be far better when it came to movement.

[@HungryWarden]

Master Cycle Zero is better than any movement options in TOTK.

[@Lion50-86]

I miss guardians 😭😭😭

[@Gogopowerandy]

I love BOTW, but after playing TOTK, idk if I can go back to NOT being able to traverse the skies. The only thing I really miss from that game is the Master Cycle 0

[@Ynratt]

all i heard during sponsor section was gambaaaaaa in sweden for 3 months

[@knightpohtaytoe]

yoooooo

[@Uncle_Phio]

Let’s just take a minute to appreciate this man. He puts so much work in these videos! Keep up the amazing work.

[@kagemara277]

Just for replayability, TOTK has much more diverse enemy types. I agree the depths and sky islands could have more to them- at least the depths could have one more culture/race, I missed the Twili or Mole people, but the combat is more fun. BOTW is great on its own but too many simple enemy types. TOTK has depths that kinds serve as the master sword challenges for its reappearing boss fights, arenas and such. One thing I agree with is the ending-it’s harder to grind through for the army blockage which would be tough going to right away. I think TOTK is still overall the better game even with some flaws

[@RockerBoy20045]

Whenever I think about replaying either of them, I would absolutely go with BOTW over TOTK. TOTK had the better story and the better dungeons, but it still wasn't what I would have liked from a Zelda game (themed dungeons, puzzles, etc). Also, the sky islands and depths didn't really add much to the game. Finally; if you do the tear memories then the whole 'what happened to Zelda' story makes NO sense anymore. They should have considered that. BOTW had a massive hyrule to explore, a clear focus, better heroes and fun mechanics. It did the Survival aspect very well and I liked being able to use my amiibo (of which I have way too many) for some fun easter egg rewards as well. Lastly, the building mechanic of TOTK was nice for content creators but it was really not for me.

[@commondog3956]

I just really got tired of TOTK and having to get armors I had again and the novelty of building and attaching everything and never getting more unique and fun weapons just started making me feel like I was no longer playing Zelda but some hybrid megabloks or something with adventure thrown in. BOTW just had something enchanting about it and it wasn't even a favorite game of mine but I prefer it to TOTK.

[@Guy339z]

Bro said the story is about the same?! 0:34

[@regnahehe7540]

We can all agree both games are great, and TOTK had potential to be better. I wish some of the old Pre-Calamity towns were rebuilt to make the game make intriguing and exciting, and possibly those towns being associated with the Upheval. I really wanted to see Kass, and I felt like the dungeons were hard, but their bosses were somewhat easy.

[@Mr.Blu.Banana]

Congrats on your first sponsorship 🎉

[@TEFFTPATTERN]

They say once you leave, you can never truly come back home. Breath of the Wild is that childhood home you grew up in, with all your friends and loved ones frozen in time, always there for you to return to. It's simplistic and flawed, and when it was all you ever knew, you always imagined that it could be more, but you were still happy with it. Tears is like your parents came into some money and did major renovations when you went away for college. You come back home a few years later and everything is remodeled, bigger and better and more spacious. It's lovely, and you enjoy the new amenities, but your parents have new friends now, all your neighborhood friends have moved away long ago, everything is different enough to where you aren't really coming 'home' anymore, you're going over to your parents house. Luckily, unlike real life, these are pieces of art which are not bound to any organic or chronological decay, so Breath of the Wild is like the childhood home you can always return to, just how you left it. It's not perfect, and you'll always wish there were a few improvements, but at least it's home.. not your parents house.

[@Blockvard]

I've nearly completed TotK and I feel rather done with the game. I've completed BotW twice and I'm looking forward to just play a chill playthrough of it in the future. It made me feel at peace. TotK makes me feel like I don't accomplish anything. Congratulations you did it, now go do this thing, and this, and this, and this and... I really enjoyed TotK but it felt like too much time was spent on ultra hand and the story and environment suffered.

[@youtubesresidentfbiagent8735]

Nintendo just gotta let us explore beyond Hyrule now.

[@Official_Lollipop1200]

Is no one going to talk about what he built with 2 bombs and a sharp weopon

[@N4MELEZ]

The lesser possibilties in breath of the can be kinda refreshing... kinda feels more grounded.

[@gerardohunez_17]

My opinion Abilities: BOTW ( The champion abilities are much more powerful in BOTW, and in TOTK apart from the dungeons themselves where you have to use the sage abilities the only sage I actually use is tulin and in my opinion is better than Revalis Gale. I do believe that the slate abilities in ToTK are much better and creative) Dungeons and Bosses: TOTK (The Ganondorf fight alone makes it better than any boss in Botw and i felt like the dungeons were harder in Totk and felt more like a dungeon than the Divine beasts.) World Design: TOTK (I’m leaving nostalgia out of this since I feel like it affects the opinion of a lot of us and Although it’s the same base world with some changes ,I believe that the additions of the sky islands and depths it makes it objectively better than BoTw, although they are a bit empty it’s still was super cool and fun to explore ) Replay ability: TOTK (There’s more to do imo and you can do so many different inventions with the ultra hand abilities ) Overall content: BOTW (Simple it has DLC . Champions ballad , Master Mode and The Sword trials although TOTK has more to do in the base game no dlc is kinda sad and a missed opportunity) Overall :I think ToTK was a better game and a awesome sequel to a already amazing game. The sheer creativity of ToTk makes it better imo and it’s basically Botw with building. Obviously nostalgia blinds us all but it’s clear to me that Totk is a better game.

[@HungryWarden]

Not true.

[@gerardohunez_17]

@@HungryWarden just a opinion lol but objectively totk is better lol. Bigger and more creative.

[@HungryWarden]

@@gerardohunez_17 I hate when people say OBJECTIVELY OMG I WON’T SURVIVE IF SOMEBODY DOESN’T AGREE like shut the hell up you’re so annoying.

[@smoothsoulbrotha]

But traditional zelda bosses are also just there. Since when did they need a huge story requirement?

[@chunmanski]

i like the BOTW, just the story and the four champions have more connections with link, it just make sense and Mifa love story is so touching

[@liquidsnake6879]

Yeah it is, TOTK is a great game, but it no longer has the novelty factor that BOTW had, it's just more BOTW with enhancements. The thing that puts it under is the plot, i really feel TOTK was an afterthought plot-wise and they just needed an excuse to make a sequel to implement all the gameplay ideas left behind from BOTW's development. In BOTW the plot was better, the characters more interesting, the whole thing with the guardians and the ancient tech and all that imo is better than Rauru and the Zonai, there was a certain lingering mystery about the ancient tech and the divine beasts. With TOTK there's no mystery like that anymore and everything is just explained whilst some things that should be explained are not, like what was the Calamity about? How does ending the Calamity result in the Demon King rising again? What's the connection between them? Are we to presume it's all a coincidence these things happen in the same age?

[@BrewCrew69]

Is it just me who thinks there is too much island debris on the surface. You always have to avoid them when riding a horse or Zonai device.

[@seabicuit7247]

Basically agree. TOTK basically improves this current formula that BOTW started but I found BOTW was more fun to play when released. Admittedly I’m not a fan of the open world sandbox genre so having TOTK be more of the same hurt it for me. Dungeons/bosses Honestly both are disappointing. There are barely any enemies, most of which are the same across all dungeons. The dungeons tell you where to go to solve them and they can be easily solved due to the freedom of choice. But I have to give it to TOTK for having better boss variety and atmosphere. Abilities BOTW easily. Once again not a fan that abilities took over progression items but the stasis was fun. TOTK ascension and recall broke the game so the out of the box thinking was gone for puzzle when those two abilities. Minecrafting ability didn’t interest me too much either. World design. BOTW. I enjoyed exploring the world and discussing with my friends what we did. TOTK overworld was fine but we already explored it while the sky and depths were kinda soulless. Relatability. Tied. The games were one and done for me with no interest in returning. It’ll be interesting to see where they go from here. I’m hoping for more of a melding of the classic and modern formula.

[@hellocreeper88]

Hold on is that my Minecraft tools mod at 6:33? What video is that

[@knightpohtaytoe]

Oh damn I think that is! Hi! It's from this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooO5eYGqrsehZ6s&ab_channel=KnightPohtaytoe

[@hellocreeper88]

@@knightpohtaytoethanks I watched the video very nice

[@annoyingarchie7344]

My take on both games is that botw rewards you for being creative , totk forces you to be creative

[@danielcheeseflavoredtortil1302]

The sage abilities are so much better in breath, I don't have to chase down an NPC...

[@will-i-am-not967]

Thing is let’s be real, if Totk released first the discussion would be the other way around. I mean it doesn’t make a great deal of sense as botw is so much smaller but what I’m saying does makes sense. Like totk is getting judged through the fact that it’s not a 7 year old game that blew everyone away and everyone waited 7 years for the sequel rising the expectations so high that totk was doomed to fail in some way. Botw is an amazing game. But I’ll always go to Totk over it.

[@hail2jigglypuff168]

I prefer BOTW more because it feels better overall designed. The enemy and weapon placement with the terrain, straightforward abilities and even the storytelling and apocalyptic atmosphere were all built around that game while TOTK just built on BOTW and often feels off. The enemies were much more dangerous too, there was less variety but their ai were nasty until they got nerfed in TOTK. That disappointed me immensely. I will admit TOTK had some very nice additions, but fusing weapons all the time is annoying. Sometimes I just want to grab a weapon and go to town on enemies, not stop and go for every weapon and individual arrow. The story can also be majorly spoiled if you do certain things out of order, which is weird in an open world game. I don't regret buying the game though, it's still very good. Also Imao Guardians enemies are a blast to kill more than Construct enemies. BWEEEE

[@nahidelsanto]

I'd love a BOTW mod that adds all the quality of life features TOTK introduced.

[@HungryWarden]

I might make that some day, but I’m still learning Python.

[@joehoffman3506]

So the freedom the ultrahand gives you in totk, isn't the same as the freedom the bosses give you in botw

[@dhinkakmed]

In terms of ease of use (AOE Lightning sage ability): Totk: Chase down Riju Press A on her without accidentally activating any of the other sages Wait for her lightning bubble to contain your target Pull out bow and aim at target Hope you hit the target with the arrow Lightning strikes the target and the few enemies next to target. Botw: Urbosa's Fury is up? Press and hold Y Wait for her lighting bubble to surround targets Release Y Lighting strikes all targets.

[@the8wave]

And then when the next game comes out everyone can talk about how great the previous game was lol. That seems to always happen. Your opinion is your opinion but totk is better in almost every aspect imo. Better story, more lively world, more varied and memorable areas, much more fun and useful abilities. I guess the only argument that I couldn’t argue with is the glitches/mods and the speed-running ease (I guess), but I think most players don’t go down that route anyway. I just think it’s a better game for the larger audience. I still love BoTW btw, I just think the new game slightly outshines it. It is all just opinion though.

[@Scorpion00816]

Both are good, knowing nintendo they'll introduce a free dlc for totk

[@fadiabdi7103]

BOTW hit me so hard with that sad piano Theme everytime which ToTK lacked. Somehow ToTK seemed empty and had no sense of Exploration which BoTW had in spades.

[@stewhv94]

For me, having more traditional bosses is a huge plus. Along with better dungeons, more content and side activities, and a better story. I love BotW for its simple beauty but TotK just improves in almost every area. It’s all personal preference to be clear, as I could see why some would prefer the more lonely vibe of BotW. What I’d love to see going forward is perhaps scaling down the map size a bit and add more linearity to the story while adding massive Twilight Princess style dungeons. That, or a new 2D game would be cool as well.

[@scubasteve2189]

BOTW is vastly superior to TOTK in almost every way. When TOTK first came out, everyone kept saying it made BOTW look like a tech demo. 🤦🏻‍♂️ I knew it was only a matter of time until more and more people saw what I could see within the first few hours of playing. TOTK is miles wide and an inch deep. Everything feels like an overlay mod where some inexperienced modder just stuffed as much random things in as they could. There is no grand cohesive experience like you had with BOTW. You constantly felt the stakes of everything. TOTK feels like a rehash of everything, and improves in almost no areas, except maybe some inventory tweaks. I’ve already replayed BOTW 1.5 times since TOTK came out, and I’m not in any hurry to go back to TOTK. It just doesn’t motivate me to go back to it. Overall, I wish they had gone for something totally original with this 6-7 year development cycle instead of TOTK. Now they’ve wasted all that time when we could have had something truly magical and original like BOTW.

[@JamesBond-mc2mx]

Exactly. The tech demo comments were stupid and ridiculous especially since BOTW won so many awards and is literally on the same console as TOTK. But I knew that wave wouldn’t last and now people are opening their eyes to realize how great BOTW was. It’s still great to this day meanwhile TOTK just came out this year and it’s fading 😂. It was a cool game but I was disappointed in TOTK. The sky islands were a selling point (on the game cover) but didn’t seem like a great or relevant addition. Didn’t have much effect and nor did the depths. The champions had more relevance and personality in BOTW and I enjoyed the abilities more (but to each its own). The story seemed better too, and lots of things were not explained in TOTK (Missing Shrines, etc). Any why did they show the same exact cutscene in TOTK every time? They had 6 years…Anyways just my two cents lol.

[@seansean792]

6:30 Wait, bro you can't just say that BotW has better mods than TotK in a video for which game is better. The mod creators could make them again in TotK 💀

[@CDF_Cool_Cat]

8:36 all those hopes are Drew’d*

[@Cricketycrkt]

hahahaha

[@circyit8593]

for reel

[@Quartz512_]

I felt like I finished TotK at 200 hours. I have 300 in BotW and I don't feel like I'll ever be done.

[@J4ff4]

I really hope some cool Mods come out for totk

[@knightpohtaytoe]

Already some solid ones in development thankfully

[@rodolfolorote9059]

I see non-dlc games as an absolute win

[@maxypad3379]

thunderblight was the first boss i faced in botw, i think i had 4 or 5 hearts at the time and he would one shot me with most of his abilities accept his ranged attack, man i died probably 50 times and it made the rest of the bosses a peice of cake.

[@LightxItxUp]

I love seeing and reading other peoples view on this game, but it definitely saddens me most people aren’t a fan of this game like they were for botw. I feel like Totk would have been a better game if we had the same sense of exploration and adventure that we did in botw, but you can’t get that with a copy and pasted map. In the terms of replay ability, of course there will be less in totk because there is not much NEW sense of adventure. I think totk is great, if you wanted a botw with different mechanics and a little more content. Everyone wanted a game just like botw, they provided. People wanted more frequent updates, they did but removed dlcs. To me all I wanted recreated, was the open world aspect, not the entire world. But I really enjoy totk and feel like it’s a polished up version of botw instead of a new Zelda game

[@Jykesonville]

TOTK is a great experience for me so far since I don’t have the experience of playing BOTW other than the demo at Walmart lmao. That might’ve helped me like TOTK more than I would have, since all I was familiar with was the combat and food.

[@HylianChampion24]

IMO TOTK is better There should be a DLC , c'mon There are some flaws though Great video

[@chrizzy2664]

I prefer botw Because of this particular things… - Sky/Underground is really boring and repetitve in toto - Dungeons are really cheesable or have multiple Solution to them - I miss the old Champions + abilities - totk Champion abilities are really Bad, and the fact you have to talk to them before you can activate them is just ridiculous - I miss the Master sword-trials - Botws feeling and atmosphere is so much better - I dont like Totks Story - I didnt really care for the Memories in Totk, while i loved them in botw.

[@SuperEkkorn]

Just the fact that you can't max out hearts is just... asinine. Yes, I know you technically can't in botw either, but obviously apparatus storage is canon since Link opened totk with both maxxed out. And you can build a house, but not have windows or all the features? You can upgrade your horse, but there's no incentive to use them since it can't teleport. The no dlc announcement was the final nail for me, and I'm currently back to my btow shenanigans with no plans ever to return to totk. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@rush1er]

Botw is to totk like Twilight was to Skyward. I've played both and I am about to finish totk. BOTW was a much better experience since everything was new. That piano music from the ancient guardian spiders was terrifying while the ambient piano is so perfect. Love the Zora Kingdom and it was the 1st place I headed to in totk in which I was devastated to see polluted! Hyrule Totk seems a bit empty to me. Just not as many enemies. The whole Zonai tech is ok I guess though it's kinda gimmicky. But I love the new robot sage Minera. I absolutely HATE the depths. It's just depressing to be there. Botw and Twilight are near perfect. Totk and Skyward are really dragging on but totk is a much better experience than Skyward.

[@brittanynemetz2607]

Is it me or is TOTK even easier than BOTW? I don't really mind because I suck out loud at games. I'm still really disappointed about no DLC. They should've had a built in master mode after you complete the main story. Lots of missed opportunities. The game feels rushed which makes me wonder if there's already another game in the works.

[@kaktus_vasil]

😢 В тотк нет костюма Герудо, дурианов и бесконечных бомб. Очень жаль

[@latetootheparty]

Honestly, I’m not even close to bored with TOTK. If you played BOTW from the time it launched to TOTK, then it make sense why most people are bored

[@cronaman3196]

Well you like botw alot because of the glitches, that took like years to discover... give the glitch community, the modding community and the speed run community to disect this game foe all its imperfections and just like botw it will be insanly fun. I never compare botw and totk, i treat them as their own games with different expiriences and reasons to enjoy it because theyre bolth works of art and pretty dang revolutionary wven if people get borde of its so called repetative ness. Its just the steucture of the game :/

[@knightpohtaytoe]

As I said to someone else, the difference is that when breath of the wild released nobody expected there to be many glitches so there weren't many glitchhunters but when totk released glitchhunters went hard right out of the gate, so I think we've probably already found a lot of the good stuff. We shouldn't expect it to follow a similar path as Breath of the Wild in any way because it's a sequel.

[@cronaman3196]

@@knightpohtaytoe ok interesting

[@levissavoie6738]

Atleast I'm not the only one that feels totk needs master mode. 😢

[@sarenarterius6217]

Short answer, no. Totk it's better. After 2 times 100 % Totk, I can say filor sure this. (And 10 times 100% for BotW). Sure, the shrines, Kass, Trial of Master Sword are awesome, but the incredible mechanic to explore in totk it's far better. In my second play, I used mods to improve the duration of zonai tech and to improve the odds for all the gacha system (drops). Was totally awesome! I did builds for transport and for the lol's!

[@regularstan6212]

I miss the remote bombs that was my 90% most weapon id use

[@Tac0B0y]

definitely still too early to say, but with botw with actual dlc.. maybe..

[@toast1612]

i just hate how it was hardly a sequel and more of a remake with a slightly different story. it honestly all felt like a fan game or a mod and they could've done so much more to continue an alright story instead of just doing the same shit again

[@kellykindler3492]

I think each has their own flaws, TotK fixed all of BotW's mistakes, but added some new ones. Tears has more content which I think makes it better overall, but nothing in video game history will compare to a first playthrough of BotW, as long as you play it before TotK.

[@sonickhable]

I honestly don't think i miss anything from botw since i believe totk just improved on everything i cared about outside of story which itself isnt good for either game lol

[@56ty_]

Totk clears honestly. If we’re being objective it’s not even close. But of course you can prefer the experience you had with botw