Tears of the Kingdom does NOT get the credit it deserves.
This has been a very well documented phenomena in the Zelda sphere, where one title becomes the punching bag for a while. It used to be majoraās mask, then wind Waker, then skyward sword, and now itās botw and totk, ESPECIALLY totk
Somewhat embarrassingly, Tears IS my favorite Zelda game. Itās not the definitive Zelda game, and it may be one of the most actively flawed, but I had so much fun with it.
And people will cry newgen, newgen, but Iāve BEEN playing Zelda.
In my opinion, EVERY 3D Zelda game Iāve played is genuinely peak. Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom are all 5 star games in my opinion.
Majora, Twilight, and even Skyward Sword all seem pretty great.
I think The Legend of Zelda is the video game series with the highest quantity of quality titles, and thatās why people shit all over even the most polished, high quality games, because literally EVERY game is so good
But the thing is, I agree with almost EVERY SINGLE critique of tears of the kingdom.
Does it lack a clear identity? Yes.
Is the story kind of a mess? Yes.
Are the Sky islands massively underutilized? Yes.
But itās also some of the most fun Iāve had with a video game, EVER. It didnāt have the explosive impact that Wild did, but Tears captured the same magic for me personally.
It also has best master sword pull that Iāve seen BY FAR, that shit was genuinely majestic
It ALSO has the best final boss of any Zelda Iāve played so far
I love the feeling of the whole world coming together to rebuild, something that didnāt really happen in botw
The champions are better than the sages though. You canāt beat Urbosa. Also their abilities ARE straight up better
In some ways itās so corny, in some ways thereās a lot of bullshit and repetitive content, and I REALLY hope we donāt come back to the wild era EVERā¦
But itās so peak in my eyesš„¹
No, but seriously, if the next 3D Zelda gets announced and itās a very similar open world or god forbid breath of the wild THREEā¦
I will be rioting with the rest of you.