The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - REVIEW (No Story Spoilers! - Nintendo Switch)

[@GameXplain]

Hey guys, so I did my absolute best to avoid any Story Spoilers! BUT there are some gameplay ones in the video itself--so if you really want to be careful, just listen to the audio :)

[@bluecraft7719]

good to know

[@eric10139960]

GameXplain thanks for the heads up Andre!

[@rafaelmoura2103]

I have seem people reach invivible walls in streams and there be mountains beyond those walls, though.

[@smithwill9006]

GameXplain do you see that mountain right over there yeah you can go there Its called open world!!!!

[@protol5683]

Rayyan Setiady Someone's never played Zelda.

[@NintendoIndo]

Reveiwers: "Horizon Zero Dawn might be most fun you'll have in an open world game this year". Nintendo:"Hold my beer".

[@MrDehBoss]

NintendoIndo i have it. its a farcry with a bit more diversity. its good, but its not amazing.

[@MetalHorrorGamer]

i didnt play horizon zero dawn but from what i saw i thought the gameplay looked farcry.

[@toohighstrung]

Metal_Horror_Gamer I have it and yes it's pretty much farcry with slower combat

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

Ralph Griswold Well I like slower combat, so maybe I'll pick it up after I finish this, wait no Persona 5 will be out by then so after Persona 5 then but the Fire Emblem echoes comes out, Well then I guess horizon will have to wait till late may early June unless a game I want more gets announced for there

[@Kingdom-zu6tm]

Demi-Fiend of Time I played it for a few hours yesterday. It a good game but its overhyped lol it can wait. I still find myself going back to Nioh over playing Horizon Zero Dawn.

[@haru0924haru]

10/10 Gamespot 5/5 Giantbomb 10/10 IGN 10/10 Polygon 10/10 Destructoid 10/10 Edge 40/40 Famitsu 10/10 Edge

[@Futurepointmusic]

haru0924 goty, i would bet money on it

[@ZorelankLoL]

LIKE-A-LOT Gamespot

[@Snazzma514]

Liked-A-Lot GameXplain

[@SayberV1]

@Chill Villain Red Dead Redemption ain't gonna beat Zelda. It's an overrated generic western game. yawwn.

[@iznax9]

Red Dead Redemption 2 will be an amazing game but to call any game better than a Zelda game you must be really ignorant or never played a Zelda game in your life or both.

[@Fodimin]

I guess when Nintendo delays games they actually do turn out forever great.

[@thepiemaster477]

Fodimin Layton But, Star Fox Zero.

[@SomeCameo]

ThePieMaster shhhhhh... lets just leave starfox 2nd re-telling out of this

[@Daigon95]

Nearly every reviewer so far has given it a perfect score. lowest one as of right now is a 90. Im freaking out in the hype-ness for this game. Im fucking fapping so hard right now. u rarely see a near unanimous perfect score. 0.o

[@pandasbass7267]

Fodimin Layton they should have delayed the switch then lol.

[@Fodimin]

ThePieMaster Fuck, you got me there.

[@adam145]

I love how big AAA games do open-world for years and they get more and more boring year after year, but Nintendo does it once and just destroys every other game in the genre

[@mustachedchomp6873]

Then people act like they don't ever do anything right

[@gingerqueer22]

To be entirely fair here: take Ubisoft out of the picture and you're basically just left with Mad Max as the only really crappy open world.

[@MrDehBoss]

Rangaman madmax was actually really good. the vehicles made up for the flaws of the open world monotony.

[@akaimizu1]

Kind of reminds me of Splatoon. AAA does competitive shooters for many years. Nintendo steps in and adds a brand new chapter to the book. Even in the days when I was mainly Sony and Microsoft, I had to recognize the dream-creation team of devs under the Nintendo banner.

[@gamersinger5118]

I found The Witcher 3 to be largely forgettable as well. Good game and all but it is no masterpiece.

[@balubas4548]

IGN gave it 10/10 im not suprised. Game of the year

[@PrismSimon]

Balubas 45 yes 100% game of the year!

[@ETcraftingChannel]

Balubas 45 and what did they gave The switch XD

[@fightnight14]

ETcraftingChannel© The system's score has nothing to do about GOTY. Anyway those score can change when the system improves over time.

[@richie2363]

ETcraftingChannel© 7.6 too much portabilty

[@iamthegameboy1842]

RIP Gaming that's what I said

[@celeryman6073]

This game is almost three years old, I've completed the game twice even did the 900 korok collecting and for some reason I'm still watching reviews. There's just something about this game that keeps me hooked after all this time

[@ilbroducciore]

We're all together in this

[@Dare1C]

Breath of the Wild is currently sitting at a 98 score on Metacritic with 48 reviewers. That's INSANE. I've never seen more 10/10 reviews in a modern game ever. This is definitely a masterpiece and quite possibly GOTY. Thank you Nintendo. And thank you Iwata for you last gift to us.

[@carlvirtuoso]

Darius Batista 53 critics - Still a strong 98

[@UrbanstarsK]

Carl Camis 61 and counting. Nothing els is going to pass it this year.

[@ft7376]

4th highest rated game of all time on Metacritic

[@nintyswitch5024]

2nd!!

[@iregretsomeofmypreviouscom3284]

The game start coming And the 10/10 dont stop coming

[@7amo0odi96]

IGN 10/10 Gamespot 10/10 EDGE 10/10 Famitsu 40/40 Metacritic 98/100 Guys I don't know what to say except... HYPPEE

[@garupakyojin1361]

How about GOTY?

[@CMONCMON007]

+AbsolutePCGamer more like GOTG (Generation)

[@Daigon95]

im freaking out right!!!! out of all the 53 reviewers from diff. companies tht r brought together in Metacritic, lowest score they gave the game is a 90. Im fucking fapping to all the reviews right now. I need to go to a hospital b4 I hav a heart attack!!!

[@rob4750]

More like GOAT.

[@HShokubutsu]

+Rob Hahahha nice one

[@gamingtitbit3040]

So essentially the negatives are, you have too much stuff, and the inventory is huge. And you need to manage your inventory. But literally everything else is great. I think this game deserves a fair 10/10!

[@Grougal]

Not quite. Apparently characters were simple too, often only re-hashing things you already knew with different words, which made me a little sad. The moment Andre said that villagers had their own schedule I was reminded of XC, and thought they'd all have some amount of character to them but apparently not. Also, lacking story, meh voice acting overall (English version of course), no sense of dread, cool moments are "fleeting", and, like you said, inventory management is bothersome because it happens to be very frequent. Sounds like the only thing BotW really excels in is its world interaction, and the rest is kinda meh, which is fine. But from the sound of it there are quite a few things that could have been done better.

[@NinteddyRose]

+Quexlaw I dont know, just read and watched a bunch of reviews that just said the absolute opposite about this game. Guess Ill find out in the upcoming days it takes me to complete this game.

[@Grougal]

Yep. Just saying, there were far more negatives than what OP was saying.

[@bluegoblin2196]

yeah points are all true but lets be honest. We all are still going to buy and play this game no matter what anyone says lol

[@mastermp2]

This is how a review is done. This review gets 10/10. PERFECT The whole "villagers schedule" and quest log sold me on this game since it kinda reminds me of Majora's mask which out of all the Zeldas, had the best "living world" and sidequests. Was gonna wait, but I am gonna pick it up tomorrow

[@rob4750]

Nice, I also cannot wait....only 15 hours to go.

[@DJSerpent]

mastermp2 this game is fantastic.

[@TheMaestroChannel]

Majoras mask was my favorite game mostly due to side quests and somewhat the atmosphere. Not everyone has a story and quest in this one but terminal only had a handful of people compared to the hundreds in this game.

[@Jever21]

whta di u think od breath of wild now?? u beat Ganon already yes?

[@betue573]

I think this is just me but I like inventory management

[@Ahmedbohamad]

Different experiences, Andre probably didn't finish a Bathesda game on console, otherwise it would've been normal for him.

[@Rheinwald]

If you've played any Fallout or Skyrim game, you know how it is.

[@MikeTV52]

Betue The frog Kingdom Hearts has inventory management

[@brizzle3947]

Betue The frog It sounds like the inventory management on this game could benefit from a second screen gamepad...

[@ruekurei88]

+Bryant McMillan I'm guessing that was the point of the gamepad and the constantly switching weapons and managing inventory. But when it got axed they didn't completely retool it to fit what it is now.

[@sadistickitten6684]

Guys, the NX is actually flipping coming out.

[@EthanBradburyVlogs]

Sadistic Kitten Original joke

[@Rheinwald]

Sadistic Kitten I waited so goddamn long for this day.

[@stockfeld5709]

1 more hour to go in aus and im driving down for midnight launch

[@CallMePuddlez]

I remember the speculation days where everyone called it the NX, good times

[@qwerp3]

Amorak It was only 6 months ago.

[@briantimkennedy357]

Andre, if you've ever played an elder scrolls or fallout game, you'd know that Zelda's inventory is 10 times better. How would you like scrolling through each item one by one in a vertical list and no item icons?

[@titanfall222jorge6]

he never played open world games and he hates them.

[@aidan7810]

Brian Kennedy damn right

[@garupakyojin1361]

'Breath of the Wild is such a breath of fresh air' Is that pun unintensional?

[@StevenZephyc]

AbsolutePCGamer The pun sure is wild.

[@wesleydamaschino8047]

Is it intentional or punintentional?

[@bendsouzaa]

it was absolutely breath taking as well

[@Picnicl]

You spell like a man holding trifle makes love. Messily.

[@ZekeCameron]

what a great review of 1-2 switch

[@soka227]

can't wait for 1-2 switch esports

[@fanaticc]

And Cow milking simulator 2!

[@EasternOrthodoxG9]

That one shitposter that lives in your fridge LMAO

[@cyberfennek]

better than Farming simulator :D

[@caliklepto1316]

I watched this review while waiting in line for the switch, I'm camping out

[@micmikhail]

Inventory Management has grown to be one of my favorite parts of this game

[@JammerProHD]

This is why I love GX reviews. Even with Andre's love for the Zelda series, he can still step back and be critical of its flaws. Also good job Andre for getting this review out in time. Matter of fact, all of your Switch coverage has been amazing.

[@cryptixxx9033]

JammerProHD the only thing I would say he went on way to long is the inventory , this happens in a lot of open world games so don't understand why he complained so much about that ,

[@skins4thewin]

JammerProHD - seemed to me that he was reaching on the inventory and text box complaints simply for the sake of finding something to be critical of.

[@hanaahanaa3523]

JammerProHD Ur the real Jammerprohd???

[@enochexe1620]

SPOILER: The Final Boss is Ganondorf

[@Harlequin2604]

Enoch Hilliard HOW COULD YOU??? i thought it was Zelda

[@EthanBradburyVlogs]

Enoch Hilliard No it's Calamity Ganon

[@mustachedchomp6873]

No it is Hillary Clinton

[@Warrka4]

We all know it's Fi and Navi back for revenge in a Twinrova combo due to not having an annoying companion. They annoy you to death.

[@homer9736]

Rosprow Egareah how can you be your own final boss?

[@bungifish2227]

"lacking story"....ohhh don't like the sound of that

[@TheLegendaryMovieCritic]

He is just nitpicking imo I love the story its simple yet complex and I love the boss fights both in and out of dungeons. The final boss is also good and you will like the characters and the voice acting is phenomenal.

[@letsplaypep5454]

sonicgalaxy27 calm down. whats wrong with you?

[@metashade4218]

That actually does explain this game's earlier development cycle, because believe it or not, this game was originally going to have little to no story in favor of exploration & a more non-linear experience similar to older 2D Zelda games, but some developers felt the game would felt lacking without story production values that's similar to Twilight Princess & Skyward Sword, which resulted in the game being delayed because of it.

[@azurlune1877]

bungi fish FANBOYS ATTACK

[@dangernoodle5831]

bungi fish I'm not surprised if that's the case. Zelda's always had pretty lacking stories. At most, they'll be passable like Skyward Sword or weirdly intriguing like Majora's Mask.

[@Plasticsoldier64]

Oh boy 3AM!

[@Luxinox16]

*grabs a Krabby Patty from under the bed and eats it*

[@revolvingworld2676]

Plasticsoldier64 Who watches a review at 3 am? Me:

[@ishik7008]

Plasticsoldier64 dude same here!

[@revolvingworld2676]

***** I, am the Hero of Wilds. And I'll always save the day, and if you think I can't, I'll always find a way, that's why the people of Hyrule, believe in...

[@buttcracksniffer74]

pull out a krabby patty and eats it XD

[@AndrewsUniverse]

Wow that inventory complaint was a real reach.

[@wareforcoin5780]

AndrewsUniverse I think it comes from a lack of experience with any given Bethesda open world game. I can imagine if you weren't used to larger scale item management, it might be kind of a shock to suddenly have to do it. I have to agree that getting a prompt to auto kill the weakest item in your inventory when trying to collect more items might be helpful sometimes, but honestly, that's another thing he doesn't like that really shows his inexperience with item management. The rest of us will probably be more mindful of our space, being used to the feeling of finding the best thing of our lives, but not being able to carry it. I would have liked to see an option to break down items instead of just discarding, though. It could turn into base items, or something I thought was pretty neat in Reckoning was that you could just turn it into money. That game had real use for collected currency, though, and Zelda games usually don't after a while...

[@tiktokexposed898]

Yea I don't know why people complain about inventory management

[@gamerdudepunk]

AndrewsUniverse I thought so too.. lol

[@11clocky]

I don't like inventory management because it distracts from the core gameplay.

[@gamerdudepunk]

11clock but the core gameplay is getting and hunting food, gathering weapons, adjusting to the environment.. so it would make sense to have limited inventory space.

[@froakie1404]

Every single reviewer loves the game! This is the next Ocarina Of Time

[@MrGamer1992]

FroakieTrainer54 tbh, everyone gives a main Zelda game a great review. I think IGN have Skyward Sword a perfect 10 (or close to it) which really should have been an 8 or so

[@Telris86]

Comes down to different opinions I guess. For me Skyward Sword is the best Zelda so far. But I have a feeling Breath of the Wild will take that spot.

[@a.liguria2698]

This video is 4 years old, I love and played a ton of botw, so why am I here? Oh right, the game is so good that you, sooner or later, go to check any video about it back when it was new.

[@epicanime009]

Dawn of the final day(east coast) 24 hours remaining!

[@TheShishaDoctor]

12 hours here in UK! Get hyped

[@kieferroche1995]

yeaaaaaah buddddddy

[@EthanBradburyVlogs]

epicanime009 I'm in the east coast and it's less than 24

[@revolvingworld2676]

The hype is going to crash on top of us.

[@matthewreynolds1040]

epicanime009 Quick, somebody play the song of double time!

[@MrLaeddis1]

The spoiler at 16:22 is kinda messed up. Guys avoid that part of the video, don't let this video spoil the plot for you.

[@tissuehead5563]

"NO SPOILERS" >Shows final bosses of temples

[@dennisgarcia2810]

Tissuehead yeah we've seen that one. IGNs review had more spoilers than I wanted lol some cutscene stuff so only listen to the audio

[@arandomernobodyknows9432]

*Divine beasts

[@therealmichaelgarcia6113]

woah Andre don't go WILD,I just woke up.let me catch my BREATH first before you post a review.

[@noone-oo8zj]

Michael Garcia this comment stole the JOY from my cons

[@Noxela]

Cancelled

[@JakeG-gp4qt]

Michael Garcia Can you please SWITCH these puns up? They're starting to get old.

[@JakeG-gp4qt]

so that's it huh were some kind of suicide squad Shit, you beat me to it. lol

[@therealmichaelgarcia6113]

Jake G 2187 you've been on the internet to long then. you need to get a BREATH of fresh air out in the WILD.

[@cynical_perks8725]

I'll be honest. If I could get a Switch, I wouldn't be watching this Anyone else?

[@bolicob]

cynical perks same

[@Jever21]

its on Wii u also bro

[@cynical_perks8725]

Yeah... Don't have that either...

[@RogersBase]

Timestamp for when I get ratted out for needing help on the constellation puzzle? LOL

[@DM-cn1gn]

6:50

[@sillyskeleton]

I appreciate you taking the time to highlight some of the games issues alongside all the positives. Most reviews I've seen read more like an advertisement, which is frustrating when you can clearly see things like the framerate issues in videos.

[@YuNarukamiswagmasterdaddy]

lacking story, huh.... Hype train just got hit bad right there. hopefully it's not that lacking. I get it's more a exploring game but still I'd like a good story.

[@dangernoodle5831]

Towels McCool TBH, as much as I enjoy Zelda. I'd argue the LoZ isn't a really good franchise for amazing storytelling. The best you'll get is passable in terms of Skyward Sword or weirdly intriguing such as in Majora's Mask. In most cases, the games have a pretty bland and simplistic plot.

[@batofdestiny]

It's pretty much what happened to Phantom Pain.

[@cyburai13]

Towels McCool I hope it's like Majora's Mask which had a great but small story but made up for it with memorable side quests and characters.

[@msacca]

Every other review I've seen has actually said the story was executed extremely well considering the open-ended nature of the game! I wouldn't worry :)

[@iamthegameboy1842]

Towels McCool it's just not Adre's type of gane cause everyone else loves it

[@whodatninja439]

A good fair balanced review, showing that the game isn't flawless like some outlets seem to suggest. Barebones story is especially sad for me. And man an instant inventory touchscreen sure would've been welcome right about now... *coughWIIUcough*. About voice acting, I wouldve loved a Japanese audio option!

[@titanfall222jorge6]

How its disappointed when every single Zelda game have barebones story?.. The focus are not story in Zelda games.. it has never been. You need save the princess and the world.. thats it.

[@cryptixxx9033]

Titanfall222 jorge agreed , many haven't played other Zelda games before, and to be honest the story isn't that bad in this game , many have said it's fine

[@titanfall222jorge6]

yes its very well told but there are tons of sidequest that will told story of people and races in post apocalyptic hyrule which why reviews is praising the side content very much-.

[@kobaltsteel6418]

Don't really mind the story or the audio, but I have to agree with the inventory... and basically the menus in general; for me, while this game is certainly fun, it's horribly inefficient. It would have much more efficient to be able to look at your Map, inventory, albums, quest logs, etc. on a Wii-U game-pad than on the TV screen via start OR select. Honestly, this makes me wish Breath of the Wild was a Wii-U exclusive (released in November) or, if necessary, take the Twilight Princess route and properly orient the games for the Wii-U and Switch. Apparently, aside from making the experiences identical, the Wii U functions were stripped out because it took away from the experience due to the constant looking at the Game-pad... I'm not sure I would agree with them on that, but oh well.

[@mAcroFaze]

Great to see a review that commends it whilst being honest about the flaws in it too. I find it a bit odd how the inventory system was made so unintuitive when it's blaringly obvious that you'll have to be accessing it so many times. And given that Nintendo have allowed for quick equip and selection of items in Zelda games, this entry would've been the obvious contender for perfecting that system and streamlining it further. The game still looks brilliant though!

[@titanfall222jorge6]

its really not bad when you compared it to other Open world games.. this is actually improvement.

[@Warrka4]

Okay, saw your review now time to get off the internet as many from around the web will be posting spoilers like crazy today. Honestly only listened to the audio, couldn't watch the video as tiny stuff is huge! Good job on the review, can't wait for tomorrow!

[@ArynBacklogDragon]

gotta say, the fact that the story is lacking is a MAJOR disappointment for me. I've been excited for this game for a while, but I'm one of those that needs that plot motivation. If I don't care about what's going on, it's REALLY hard for me to get invested even when the gameplay is as amazing as the reviews make it sound. It's like, " why bother exploring for better things if I don't care for the world and people I'm saving?"

[@LiIRobJr]

Your mention of the inventory and quick access menu for item, are the same issues of almost all open world adventure games. Bathesda's games are like that, and it still didnt detract from the game experience. You make it seem like having too many items is a bad thing. Like youve never head of that being a problem. Maybe it is new for zelda, it is not a big problem AT ALL. I think you're kind of stupid for even mentioning that in a negative tone.

[@gingerqueer22]

+Robbie P Too many items = More inventory management = Stopping to sift through mounds of spreadsheets. It's really not that hard to understand. Particularly when games have lots of redundant items. "RAT PELTS! COME 'N' GET YER RAT PELTS!" etc. If it's an issue, it's worth bringing up. Even if BotW isn't the only game to have this problem. *Cue PTSD flashbacks to The Witcher 3 and "The Ladies of the Wood" book.*

[@RedRaptr]

+Rangaman If you're having trouble with so many redundant items then either sell them or store them. I'm not sure about storage in BotW but more than likely you can sell excess items. There's nothing wrong with planning ahead when you're in an open world game. As far as weapons I can't speak much about because personally I want ALL THE WEAPONS EVER in the games I play but ultimately you only need three or four since you constantly find more. So rather than the 8-12 I saw in the video with regards to swords, carry half of that and you'll be fine per shrine or temple visit. Ultimately the issue is personal preference seeing as not everybody would carry everything everywhere all the time.

[@NinteddyRose]

+Rangaman Well having a bunch of items in these types of games usually is solved by simply selling the items. Thats usually what they are for, or for mixing and with other materials to make something else. But this issue seems easily solved by actually managing your inventory and making sure it doesnt get piled up in the first place. Its like getting mad at street fighter 5 because you lack the basic skills to zone and space correctly.

[@ap3productions81]

Teddy Rose Alternatively, if you're looking for a specific item, there's a button that sorts your items. I'm sure it will have the basic options such as most recent, alphabetic, weakest-most powerful (and vice versa), type of item within the category, etc.

[@jareddavidson6654]

Robbie P I'd rather have there be too many items than too few.

[@GabzAugustoBR]

Well THIS is a TRUE review, you guys were the only ones that talked about the negative points.

[@gamersinger5118]

If only more people would have talked about the negative points of The Witcher 3. Then it wouldn't be so overrated.

[@cryptixxx9033]

GabzAugusto #MVCAO no many others have talked about some negative points , but there so minor you still give it a 10 ,

[@gamersinger5118]

CryptixXx I wouldn't call the many gameplay and control issues minor in any case especially since we are talking about video games here. I have been playing BOTW all day now. Still to early to say but so far it completely succeeds in all the places The Witcher 3 fails at. The gameplay/controls are excellent and smooth, The world is built much better and the npcs and wildlife are so believable it is mind-boggling. This is what you call a polished game.

[@sacredterrador5611]

You mentioned a destructible environment. Do trees and grass re spawn later on after you cut them down or burn them?

[@GameXplain]

+Clayton Bailey They respawn

[@Mason-hd9jh]

Clayton Bailey yes

[@sacredterrador5611]

Awesome!!! That means I can be a psycho lumberjack with no consequences!!!!!

[@jamesog15]

Who else is just listening to the video?

[@Iam1nsane]

Hahahaha. I have so much respect for the game now, I dont want to spoil ANY of it. Its like not even watching a trailer to game of thrones. To just take all the glory.

[@RaisesCom2]

saaame

[@itsaxel8088]

This review aged like fine wine. I appreciate reviews that are honest.

[@PedroMatos482]

Wait, he didn't love it. That's a shocker :P

[@bubermarcus8607]

Trovão He loved it, whatcha talking about?

[@bubermarcus8607]

Ruben N. Andre is well known for being super harsh on games, if only Derrick reviewed this one.

[@shankazmi2013]

What exactly is wrong with being critical? You're being a bit of a fanboy since you clearly just want him to give the game nothing but praise and a 10/10. I appreciate the fact that Andre is being as honest as he can be, despite him being such a huge Nintendo fan.

[@videogameprof]

he has an issue with inventory.

[@pokeblade1016]

ok the word fanboy is starting to be overused to the point of being straight out incorrect now.

[@brianlaudrupchannel]

The sun reflecting off the blowing grass is one of the best visuals I've seen in a game. Beautiful.

[@BlockSquad1000]

I don't get what he means by a lack of story, the game has a very good storyline by normal Zelda standards.

[@codacious14]

Honestly, the story was complete garbage.

[@valentynlyevyentsov]

You (the player) decide how much story there is going to be. You can storm into Hyrule Castle right from the get-go, or you can attend to all the Divine Beasts, your forgotten memories, and so on and so forth. This is that game that lets you choose your own adventure, your own story. And to top it all off, there is no penalty for the pkaystyle you choose, which is amazing.

[@jacobdenise1648]

I can't believe 30 years later, Zelda's still capable of re-inventing/outdoing itself with each installment. Just proves to show that the people @ Nintendo are A1 craftsmen when it comes to games.

[@helgapataki6530]

Hey Arnold, 6 hours, 25 minutes until Breath of the Wild's release!

[@DownsideUpward]

This comment is so underrated! Haha, I love that episode. Kudos to you, awesome person.

[@grahamcouture6786]

One thing I think went a bit underrated in this review was the attention to detail. Stuff like how when you die from electricity, "Game Over" is written in yellow instead of red, or how you can occasionally see a dog chasing its own tail, and it you've ever been swimming in shallow water and you loo down, you can see the very detailed bottom of the lake or river. Or even things like how holding a fiery or icy weapon can raise or lower the temperature. Also, having no loading screen in between regions is so appreciated, especially when you consider that 11 years ago, Twilight Princess had tons of them.

[@DedeDream]

Man, that framerate in that dungeon looks REALLY bad. Hopefully it pops up very rarely.

[@projectikaruga]

I find this review the best so far. It talked about the problem with frame rate, problems that anyone talked about (like the inventory), talked about the simple, yet good story, and not gushed about how incredible the game is every second (Remember Skyward Sword?). Good job, GX!

[@oloolopatrolo]

SO MANY spoilers in the first minute :O

[@bluecraft7719]

ikr, magnisis , stasis

[@Moskaato]

Blue Craft we've known that since 2016

[@CallMePuddlez]

ikr, weapons

[@slufffyg503]

He shows a boss battle.

[@flainfan]

Sluffy Gamer Which is he suggested listening instead of watching.

[@AutismFamilyChannel]

Thanks for being honest in your review. Soooooo many fanboys won't address any of the games flaws, AT ALL. So yeah, thanks.

[@adangomez1219]

i give this review a 10/10 ign is a joke! i saw the ign review knowing it was gonna be biased even then i was sicken. The review never talked about any of the games faults except for barely mentioning if not trying to hide the frame rate issue. This is the first review that has the cajones to criticizes the game and for that i thank you.

[@gamersinger5118]

To be fair. IGN had a few things they complained about as well.

[@adangomez1219]

Gamer Singer yes and they tried to hide it and was so short you could have missed it

[@cryptixxx9033]

fkn Maz but pretty much everyone has given it a 10/10 and with 53 critics and still sitting on 98 ign aren't really lying

[@adangomez1219]

CryptixXx why do I bother read the whole post. most sites giving it a 10/10 and not mention what's wrong with game like this review of course it's the only good game for a new system and probably for a long time too

[@Oldsnake1303]

This is the best review I've seen! Thanks for showing all the flaws and not fanboying all the way! Seems like a solid 9/10 game to me, not more, it has a lot a flaws from what I've seen... Will buy it tomorrow thou

[@selder_7]

Surprised how short this is but when you consider he had to stop playing the game to make this, this is huge. I'd have a couple of paragraphs before getting back to it 😂

[@theST1NG]

The problem with making the quick access menu a circle in this game is that you can greatly expand your inventory slots. The weapon icons would have to scale down to fit the entire wheel on the screen. I currently have 17 weapon slots in my game and I can only imagine how small they'd look scrunched into a weapon wheel on my 65" Tv, let alone the Switch's own 6" screen. Otherwise, great review as usual!

[@pararakarrry8671]

GUYS I JUST FIGURED OUT A PLOT TWIST.... ZELDA IS A GIRL IN BOTW!!!!!!

[@marlenapowers478]

Jackson McManus what wtf why would u spill that

[@Maverick180c]

I just want to say how impressed I am by your review. You did not shy away from critizing a game that many reviewers are heralding with high marks. This was the first review that I have seen that noted the jarring slowdowns in fights, which I appreciate. I also believe that inventory management in these kinds of games are tedious, so thank you for covering how that system works. I am glad that the game is getting good reviews, but it is good to know that people like you can look past the mountains of hype to address some of the issues you had with it. Overall, good work remaining objective!

[@lennonade23]

One question. IS TINGLE IN THIS?!?!

[@CalebCraft10]

Lennonade I believe yes.

[@xanderperry5575]

Lennonade nope. but an island with a shrine is named after him

[@Jever21]

awww now i m sad. i want Tingle

[@axcolleen]

To skip pages of a certain section such as foods you forgot using your right analog. Your right analog helps you skip sections. One thing I wanted for this game is to have a weapon smith so you can give them items and money to make certain weapons.

[@garyconstanza3120]

Watch as people start trashing BOTW 3 months after release, before going back to praising it another couple of months later. I'll be shocked if BOTW doesn't go through the Zelda cycle.

[@dknollRX7]

I just got to play this game for the first time this past week, playing on my friend’s switch while driving to and from vacation. It was a lot of fun and the gameplay/freedom was very welcoming. My major gripe was how your shield/bow/weapon breaks all the time. It was just annoying to me and didn’t really add anything to the game. If I like using a one handed sword and a shield, I shouldn’t be coerced to avoid using that for fear of it breaking. He even let me play some of his gameplay and the Master Sword will have to take time to recover!? It’s the freakin’ Master Sword! It just seems like an annoyance over anything else. You should be allowed to keep whatever items you want without fear of damaging them so easily. I’ve even had some swords that would break after a single timed-counter where it slowed down time and allowed me multiple quick strikes. That’s my biggest gripe, from the limited time o had with the game...maybe 10 or so hours.

[@WillsArcade]

Can't wait to play it tommorow

[@nbmtalk]

If you finish the game can you still play your first saved data?

[@jamesholcomb9538]

Neromite As far as I know, you only have one save per profile so I would assume yes. Whether it's a play after the final boss or restore you to your save just before it type deal, I don't know.

[@mustachedchomp6873]

And people said it was horrible when they saw 720p

[@brianlaudrupchannel]

Who cares about that the majority of people can't tell the difference anyway

[@wrensilvertounge9016]

"When you finally leave the Plato a couple of hours into the game" But... That's also up to us, right? One guy maneged to get from "new game" to the final boss in 50 minutes. I think hours is more an individual result rather than the way it goes.... But otherwise, I'm glad you're willing to bring up the game's shortcomings, unlike most reviews I've watched that blindly praise without mentioning anything bad.

[@aneonfoxtribute]

The Legend of Zelda: Xenoblade Edition. If you see it, you can go there

[@Afrohawk512]

Glad to hear your honest review Andre! I'm a little worried about the inventory, it sounds tedious as hell. Here's hoping it's easy to get into a groove of navigating it later on.

[@Joshua-zo9yq]

WHY DID I WATCH THIS WATCH OUT, BIRTHDAY, I'M COMING

[@SilverTomari]

Awesome review and very helpful, but the frame-rate problems do worry me for the wii U version. will there be a comparison review of the two versions?

[@willy_th3_walrus257]

Love the game buuuuut here are some cons -the sidequests are terribly boring and offer small rewards -the dungeons aren't very varied -the bosses look the same -the final boos looks cool but it's kind of a terrible fight -it's the same old Ganon is here and you have to beat him because you're the chosen one -the voice acting ain't anything special -the combat (and this is more subjective) gets really boring fast. The game deserves a good 8 out of ten in my opinion so still a great game

[@Travis-lu3iw]

One of the best game reviews I've seen. Informative, fair and interesting, subscribed!

[@sinom]

why do you show so much stuff. I don't want to see all of that.

[@pacoin51]

yea he showed a lot i never seen before.. :(

[@Redsoxking]

Sinom don't watch the video than

[@GuyAngon]

Redsoxking the issue is most of their reviews dont shamelessly show off so much the game. this time it looks like they were giddy to show off everything

[@darkluigi123456789]

He literally said that you should listen to the audio only if you don't want gameplay spoilers (which I did).

[@sinom]

darkluigi123456789 I am sorry that he didn't post that comment yet when I watched the video and you have to reload the page for new comments to load... and it is only in the comments not in the video

[@stretch90]

When I saw this review I had no idea that you scored this two levels below the max. Honestly, you're wayyyy to critical of this game. It's amazing and easily the best game I've ever played.

[@4sknProductions]

Here we go boys, hold onto your butts!

[@lachlanparker9127]

4sknProductions quenched!

[@Ineptatpiano]

Lachlan Parker your butt is quenched?

[@Noxela]

4sknProductions *BOYZ

[@trombonemain]

My two cents on this game: I'm happy to say that I didn't really have any hype expectations for this game. To be honest, I kind of forgot it existed until it came out, but when it did, well...let's go back a bit. As a little kid, I picked up Minecraft and was faced with this huge open world, to go anywhere in and do anything in. A few years later, a friend introduced me to Terraria. Same feeling. Years after that, I heard about this little game called No Man's Sky. Same feeling. A couple weeks ago, the reviews for Breath of the Wild started rolling in. I saw some game footage...and I felt that childlike feeling of awe for an endless world to explore and a new thing around every corner for the first time in a long time. I am in awe of this game. Thank you, Nintendo. It took you six years, but oh my god have you outdone yourselves.

[@Sly922]

98 on Metacritic. SAY IT WITH ME: GAME OF THE YEAR.

[@cryptixxx9033]

Sly922 game of the year , with 55 critics it has stilled stayed at 98 ,

[@Atari-Dude]

Yet Perfect Dark for the Nintendo 64 is the Game of the CENTURY!!! (I'm 15, and will forever believe this)

[@Stevintage]

Kotaku - "Best zelda to date", ign 10/10, edge 10/10, gamespro 94/100 (second highest score they've ever given), 10/10- gamespot, 10/10 -polygon, 40/40 - famitsu. Looks like this is shaping up to be something not just great, but generational!

[@neftaly027]

is just me or you sound oddly negative about this game... I don't know if because is so good but have some flaws that could make it better or just you're nitpicking too much... I felt kinda disapointed on the game with this review...

[@CalebCraft10]

Vaiin Heaven Why? He just mentioned some dungeon, menu, and lag issues.

[@neftaly027]

Not sure, that is how I felt after listening this video.

[@raptyrn1290]

Yeah, he sounded really bummed out... i'm beginning to have my doubts about the story, also he didn't "love" the game... andre, did you get out the wrong side of the bed today or what?

[@haylz27]

Don't feel disappointed. Play the game yourself and form your own opinion. :)

[@SuperAvocadoo]

I guess he gave you that impression, because he pointed out all the negative things at the end of the video and he kinda dragged the conversation on the weapon menu part. One thing to remember too is that Andre said that he is not fond of open world games.

[@DecipheringAngel]

I love how gamexplain lowkey showed us a bit more than we thought... Ex. That clip where the Boko Bat is badly damaged

[@DemonlordHatty]

You can throw your weapons.... You don't need to go to the inventory...

[@stephenbattey23]

DemonlordHatty what if you're holding one of your best weapons? You want to keep that, and drop the weakest onr

[@DemonlordHatty]

Stephen Battey You can swap between weapons without entering the inventory.

[@LeSomeGuy]

Regarding inventory menu, that is what I will miss from a secondary toc has screen. Touch, drag, and quick select makes inventory change and quick selection much easier.

[@anab0lic]

rip ps4

[@IcZ2013]

PS4 is god of consoles, do your research

[@Ty-Foo]

That would break the console

[@EthanBradburyVlogs]

anab0lic Considering the console already sold 50 million it isn't happening

[@hugodl9073]

IcYGodZ doing research doesn't result in finding out that the ps4 is "the god of consoles"

[@bloodx8446]

IcYGodZ hahaha pc is the true god not that ps4 and xbox

[@justrok79]

I think this is the first review I've heard where there are actual complaints. The inventory is a bit nitpicky, but I can understand it at least. It probably won't be too much of a problem to someone else. No one has mentioned the framerate drops so bluntly in what I've read. They usually gloss over it like "there's some frame rate issues when things get busy, but it's not game breaking", but here I saw that it froze for a good while of time. I'm sure it took you out of the moment. All in all a good review. Looking forward to playing this tomorrow....on Wii U. I had to add that...since no one seems to be talking about the Wii U version.

[@millefromthelegendofkorra4664]

8:33 quen

[@wareforcoin5780]

Geralt of Rivia Relevant

[@serb86kv]

as always you guys gave by far the best and most detailed review , it's a shame that gamexplain doesn't doo reviews of xbox\pc\ps4 games

[@dangerwarg9682]

I'll save Hyrule on my own god damn time, Zelda! lol

[@DungeoDefender007]

RangaRiis Yep, just like Skyrim, I'm still waiting for an open world game where the bad guys win and you have to start over if you don't do the story in time, kinda like at the start of Deus ex, human revolution.

[@dangerwarg9682]

Wasn't Majora's Mask and Lightning Returns close to that? :O

[@DungeoDefender007]

RangaRiis Never heard of Lightning returns, but in MM, it's the point, it's one of the main mechanics, I think the closest would be Dead rising with its sidequests.

[@dangerwarg9682]

Third game of Final Fantasy 13, not many liked it for the time limit to get everything done among its other short comings. If you fail by running out of time, then new game+; if you do enough right and win, then new game+ with extras. Also had 4 maps to travel in. Oh right! I can't believe Dead Rising slipped my mind! xD

[@Jever21]

LoL!!!

[@TrueHyperShadic0]

Why would you go in the inventory to equip weapons and shields? There's hotkeys for that, so its not really a valid complaint

[@cryptixxx9033]

Dylan Morfei I know , it's worst in skyrim and fallout games

[@Alex-dk1um]

Sweet mother.....

[@anonymouswaddledee2805]

Alexander Fetters Mother 3?

[@Rheinwald]

Alexander Fetters OF PEARL

[@Eddrian32]

in regards to inventory, wouldn't it be easier to switch to a weapon you don't want to use, throw it and then pick up the new weapon?

[@WarrenValion]

What's the highest score GameXplain has?

[@SmashHighlights]

They don't like to think of it as a score, although they have "loved" games before lol

[@22neptun]

Scores are: -Loved it -Liked it a lot -Liked it -Meh -Disliked it (I think. I've never seen that one but I'm pretty sure it exists) So basically a "Liked it a lot" equals a 4/5.

[@ChrisCrossCrunch]

22neptun they tend to stray away from numbers

[@titanfall222jorge6]

what are 4.5? _:D

[@WaddleDee105]

Major props for being honest and not just blindly giving the game a "I loved it!" score. The awful frame rate issues alone make it impossible to take those 10/10 scores seriously. It looks like a great game, but frame rate problems, even if they aren't constant, should be enough to stop a game from getting a perfect score.

[@asoiaf__]

TONIGHT...... IS....... THE...... NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrDehBoss]

Iggy Is Amazing 14 hours to gooo... hyyyypppeeee

[@lol20yo]

Hey, I have a question about the game: We know that korok seeds expand inventory, but is there a cap of how much you can expand it? Or could you spend all your seeds to expand your weapon inventory for example, leaving just the basic slots for shields, bows and clothing?

[@Mattano88]

this review is trying way to hard to be critical. i mean this guy is a Nintendo fanboy and the sites that are generally more critical like gamespot arnt evan that critical of this amazing game. i give this review a 4.5 out of 10 for trying to hard to be critical and different.

[@hunterlemyre7065]

By the way you can press and hold the right side button on the d pad and move the right stick to the weapon you want to swap if you want to get rid of it then hold the right bumper to throw it if you want to change your bow do the same thing but have your bow out first

[@spartankittygames]

meh not as good as minesweeper.

[@spartankittygames]

Hendrik Rudat lol

[@spartankittygames]

Elliot Burns breath of the wild

[@dangernoodle5831]

Going off of what you said, the villagers behavior not being scared and urgent could be to them simply not being aware that they are in any danger. Similar to how it was in Majora's Mask, with the moon and what not.

[@tabbyteacat]

you know you can use the right stick to move through each section of the pause menu right?

[@TheShachattack13]

Is the inventory less cumbersome on the wii u with the gamepad? Would've been nice if you delved into any of the differences between the two versions.