This game is one of the single most disappointing games I have ever experienced and I feel like I'm going insane seeing 10/10 reviews everywhere. I'll start off with my favourite element of video games, exploration... its terrible in tears of the kingdom. The re-used map is the most glaring of these issues, yes, the locations from the previous games have been changed but not to the degree I would have hoped and the changes made are reversed which just make the map more similar similar breath of the wild and less interesting. This game has been in development for six years and the fact that the map is this similar is appalling in my opinion, especially considering the main draw of zelda games, to me at least, is the exploration.
The kingdom of Hyrule has a long, long history. So long, in fact, that the events that occurred leading up to its founding and in its early years have faded into myth. Hyrule's recurring periods of prosperity and decline have made it impossible to tell which legends are historical fact and which are mere fairy tale. - Creating a Champion, pg. 360.
My favorite answer is here, for all the evidence I'll give below. This hypothesis considers that the Imprisonment War is old enough to be part of the era of legends, but not old enough to happen between any other games. At the end of whatever branch BOTW is in, and of course, before BOTW and all the calamities it mentions. It comes of course with an issue : we have to assume the kingdom of Hyrule fell, and was founded again, still under the name of Hyrule in honor of the Goddess Hylia, Goddesss worshipped both by the Hylians and by the Zonai who descended on this land.
After 2 full playthroughs of Tears of the Kingdom, i have listed a very linear order for which the player is able to complete Tears of the kingdom and recieve a linear narrative adventure that is more reminiscent of older zelda games. Now, you may say "oh, but the game is open air! It's not designed that way!". Bollocks. The game not only has a recommended dungeon order, but it has an NPC that will tell you the order to follow as you complete the story missions. The only ones it DOESN'T say to do in an order, is the 3rd and 4th. But the memories near those regions line up with the order presented, so just follow the order. It makes missions so much easier for actually unlocking things. I will not be telling you to do towers, specific shrines, or any other content you see fit. I am giving you a linear path to follow and annorder to consume the narrative in which would be oh so pleasing. If you don't like that, feel free to ignore this path entirely, and non-linear the game to your hearts content i won't stop you. This is more.for those who want a structured narrative.
Hey everyone! I was looking into the performance of tears of the kingdom on steam deck, but all the showcases where on the sky islands, have some of you played in the underground and overworld and how is the performance there? Many thanks!
So a few days ago I reluctantly bought tears of the kingdom. I say reluctantly because I'm the kind of person who only plays one game at a time and for the past few months that's been genshin. I'm immersed in that world, and that's where my leisure time is spent. Usually if I start on a new game the old one falls behind into the dust. I have to say I'm having a ton of fun playing this new Zelda game (if you're thinking about getting it I highly recommend it, the new mechanics are a blast) but I still put at least a few hours a day into genshin. More so than totk actually. It's just kinda insane to me that Nintendo's flagship release this year can't pry me away from this ftp masterpiece. They're both great games, but seriously, I think genshin ekes out the win. For the first time in years I'll be playing two games at once. Anyone else in a similar boat?
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