Nintendo released “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” earlier this month. The highly anticipated video game takes players on the most epic adventure through the Kingdom of Hyrule: this time across the sky, ground, and underground. The map is crazy.
The game is a direct sequel to “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,” and features a vast new world to explore, new enemies to fight, and new challenges to overcome. In “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”, players once again assume the role of Link, our young hero who must save Hyrule from a dark force that threatens to destroy the kingdom.
Link must travel to the skies of Hyrule and explore the mysterious islands that float there. Along the way, he’ll face new enemies, solve puzzles, and uncover ancient secrets—until it’s time to “jump in.” The map is very wide, and you will have to explore it constantly going up, down, down even more to complete a long list of missions.
Without making too many spoilers, it will be necessary to rescue Zelda, who is entangled in a time knot. One of the missions will lead you to collect her “memories” and just like a puzzle, you will reconstruct an ancient story that will help you understand what has happened.
“The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” stands out for having a great level of detail. The land of Hyrule is a vast and varied landscape, with forests, mountains, deserts, and more. The skies of Hyrule are filled with mysterious islands, each with their own unique challenges and rewards. And the underground will have a darker and more mysterious aspect.
New characters: And when will Link speak?
In addition to the vast world to explore, “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” introduces a new cast of characters, including new enemies and allies. Players will meet a variety of new characters, each with their own personality and history. In this cast will be your allies that will grant you special powers to complete the adventure. Each of them represents the flagship tribes of the saga.
Not a minor fact: we love the story and the dialogues of these characters (very motivating). But for the same reason, it was about time that Nintendo gave “a voice to Link”. It is a bit frustrating that the other characters speak so excitedly to our hero and that he is left without answering a word.
Creativity all the way
Nintendo also gave us news regarding combat: new powers, new weapons and new abilities. The game also features a new crafting system, which allows players to craft new items and weapons. The combination possibilities are unlimited.
Being able to create weapons, vehicles and more is very motivating. In one part of the game you can even build Link his own house. The number of elements, whether they are: pieces, ingredients, weapons and more, make you have hundreds of hours of entertainment. In addition, the video game is full of easter eggs.
The “Zelda” of the past are present
Among the objects that you find in the video game is full of easter eggs. You will be able to find everything from the outfits that Link used in other Zelda video games, to Majora’s Mask herself.
This is another line within the video game that will keep you very entertained and busy: discover the hundreds of hidden treasures. In caves, doing quests or just walking around the map, you will be very excited to find fantastic things.
Do you want to fight?
Beyond the more than 100 temples, the bosses in each tribe and the main missions, if you feel like fighting you will have challenges all over the map. You will be able to defeat large rock monsters, large beasts, monstrous creations, and more.
If you want to “train” and arrive better prepared for the bosses, believe me that the map is loaded with epic battles that will keep you very busy. With that and the temples (with which you will improve your hearts and resistance) you will be ready for anything.
Kologs: don’t be mean to them
Poor Kologs. On the Internet we have seen how many players of “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom” have tortured these characters.
The Kologs give you seeds that you can exchange for more space to store your weapons and other items. Let’s not be mean to them. Although I must admit that a couple of times stones have fallen on them and they say “oh” with tenderness. I’m more sorry.
There is much more…
How difficult it is to “summarize” everything that this video game gives us. We will probably end up writing a second or even a third note later, since “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom” is such a comprehensive and complete video game that it will provide entertainment for a while.
Conclusion
Without spoilers, “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom” is a great installment. We dare say that it is better than “Breath of the Wild” which was already quite good. Best video game ever? That is a subject that honestly depends on the evaluation of each player and his tastes, but clearly this title could become the Goty (Game of The Year, video game of the year) of this 2023.
Between the Zonnan technology, the items, the challenges, the story, and everything that “TLOZ: Tears of the Kingdom” delivers, we’ve spent several days putting hours of gameplay into this title. And it has been worth all the effort: we have made progress, we have enjoyed ourselves and this video game is undoubtedly recommended. Even more so if you already love the Zelda saga. You never get bored: there is always a mission to do or an object to look for.
And not to mention art: look what beautiful strokes!
“The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” is a must for fans of the Zelda series. The game is sure to provide hours of entertainment for players of all ages. “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” is now available for the Nintendo Switch system. The game is rated E10+ for ages 10+ by the ESRB.