DO NOT BUY The Legend of Zelda： Tears of the Kingdom - VERY Disappointing

Hello, welcome back to a new video. So

recently I've been playing the brand new

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and as an

avid fan of Zelda games and JRPGs in

general, I knew I just had to play this

game. Unfortunately, so far it's kind of

been bland, boring, uninspiring, and sort

of lacking in luster. So as you can see,

I have the game loaded up on my Switch

OLED, just in case you thought I didn't

actually play it yet. I am actually

playing it, so you can see So

I've been playing the game for pretty much

all day now, and as of right now, I can't

really recommend the game, and I feel kind

of disappointed with my purchase. Now,

when the first game Zelda Breath of the

Wild came out almost 6 years ago back in

2017, I played that too and finished it,

and at the time it was a really good game.

At the time, it was kind of amazing that

you could play a game that looked that

good and played that well on a handheld

device, and I was really blown away with

the gameplay and the graphics. But fast

forward 6 years later, later in 2023 with

the sequel Tears of the Kingdom, I'm not

really impressed anymore with this level

of graphics. The game looks exactly like

the first game. It just looks like they

copy and pasted it. The graphics have not

improved at all, even though I'm playing

on a Switch OLED, which is one of the

latest versions of the Switch. It looks

exactly the same as the first game almost

6 years ago. I just find it kind of sad

and disappointing that the game has made

absolutely no graphical improvements after

all of these years. And I guess it's not

entirely the game's fault because Nintendo

refuses to put out a a Switch 2 or a

Switch Pro which can handle better

graphics, and this is kind of the

limitations of the hardware. But come on,

it's 2023 now and we have such amazing and

powerful handheld devices such as the

Steam Deck and the AYANEO 2 which can play

AAA modern games with 720p and 60 FPS

graphics, and this is just kind of lacking

in luster for 2023. The graphics of Tears

of the Kingdom look like they've been

drawn by a 5-year-old using a crayon. The

textures are just so low resolution, and

the thing that I really dislike are the

shadows. Even though they have dynamic

lighting and the shadows move around as

the sun sets and rises, the shadows just

kind of flicker and they have this weird

kind of vibrating effect which looks

really strange and jarring when you're

looking at it. The draw distance is also

kind of disappointing, but the art style

of the game is okay, I guess, if you're

into that anime kind of style. I have to

say it is quite nice to hear a bit more

voice acting in the game, but

unfortunately Link still does not speak.

I know it's part of his character that he

doesn't speak, But I just find this kind

of lazy writing. It's just like, oh,

we're going to make this character not

speak so we don't have to spend money on a

voice actor. It's just kind of hard to

connect and relate to the character Link

when he doesn't really seem to have much

or any personality. So as for the

gameplay, not only are the graphics and

the art style of the game exactly the same

as the first game, also the gameplay and

the combat mechanics and the system for

fighting is basically exactly the same as

Breath of the Wild. It's like they just

basically copied and pasted Breath of the

Wild. I don't even know why they call this

a sequel. It's more like DLC of the first

game. So because in the beginning of the

game you lose your sword because you get

attacked by some big evil boss guy, you

don't really have a weapon. So you have to

pick up random objects in the world like

sticks and logs and anything you can find

that's lying around. So you start off the

game just whacking enemies with a stick,

which is funny at first, but then gets

very frustrating as your sticks keep

breaking and you have to keep finding more

sticks. The combat system is very basic

and simple. Basically all you do is target

the enemy and then spam the attack button.

Button. There's no light attacks, heavy

attacks, combos. There's no dodging or

rolling like you'll find in Elden Ring or

Dark Souls games. So don't expect any kind

of in-depth combat system if you're used

to playing Souls games. You can't even

roll or dodge out of enemy attacks. You

can jump and you can use your shield to

block, and you can do like a jumping

attack. I just find the combat system to

be way too simple. It's like an extremely

simplified version of Elden Ring combat.

As someone who played a lot of Elden Ring

and who was used to being able to mix and

match different weapons and use all these

different abilities, I I just find the

combat in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to

be sort of lacking in luster. The enemies

are also kind of stupid. There's no

tactics in terms of how they attack you.

They just kind of randomly rush at you and

then just stand around whilst they wait

for you to attack them, and they don't

really pose much of a threat. I also don't

really like the type of enemies you'll

find yourself fighting against most of the

time. I enjoy fighting living creatures

like humanoid enemies, and these enemies

are almost entirely mechanical and

robot-style enemies. I just find it a

little bit boring fighting against these

mindless, soulless robots. I know Nintendo

chose this kind of enemy so that it's more

child-friendly and there's not blood

flying everywhere and it's like things

dying in pain. It's just like a robot that

doesn't feel anything. So I guess I can

understand why they chose robots, but as

an adult player who likes to be mentally

challenged with his video games, I don't

really find this game combat very

stimulating or engaging. You also have

this device which is called a Pudra Pad,

which basically looks just like a Switch.

It's like he has a Switch in the game,

which is very strange because I always

think of Zelda as a fantasy kind

of game set a long, long time ago where

they use bows and arrows and swords and

they don't really have electricity. But

now he has a Switch which seems like it

uses electricity and also has a camera

built into it, so you can take photos with

it and use it to set pinpoints and use it

like a, like wayfinding device, which I

really feel like it's kind of immersion

breaking. I just found it so weird in the

beginning of the game when Princess Zelda

whips it out and starts taking photos with

it like she's using a smartphone. So as in

the same way as the first game, this game

also features open world gameplay, which

I'm kind of sick and tired at this point

at Japanese game companies doing a really

bad job at open world gameplay. Same thing

happened with Pokémon Arceus, or Arceus.

They made this big open world which was

very bland and boring and empty, just had

some random enemies scattered here and

there. Same thing with Zelda: Tears of the

Kingdom. The open world is very bland and

bleak and desolate and just feels kind of

boring. So I'm trying to find my way to

open this door, and it doesn't really tell

me what to do or where to go. It just

points me in a general direction saying,

oh, if you want to open this door, maybe

you should go to this glowing shrine thing

over there that's floating up in the air.

And it just kind of leaves you to figure

out how to get there. And I don't really

know what to do at this point because I'm

just running around hopping from island to

island trying to find out how to reach

this green thing, and every island I'm

hopping around just has nothing on it. It

just has like a few enemies, some trees

you can chop down, some food you can

gather, some wild animals you can hunt for

meat. But apart from that, it just feels

so empty and dull. Nearly 100% of the time

you'll be doing exactly what you did in

Breath of the Wild, which means chopping

down trees, gathering wood, collecting

food so you can cook it to make recipes

and stuff that can help you later on in

the game, and fighting random enemies

using sticks and twigs and stuff like

that. And then as you progress in the

game, you'll unlock extra items and

gadgets. So basically it's exactly the

same kind of gameplay loop that you'll

expect to find in the first game, and I'm

really struggling to see what is new in

this game apart from the fact that you're

now up in the sky on these floating

islands. As for the story of the game, I

don't really feel like I'm engaged or

hooked into finding out what happens in

the story. It just seems like very typical

Zelda game kind of story. You accidentally

reawaken some evil guy in the bottom— at

the bottom of some dungeon, and then

Princess Zelda gets lost or kidnapped or

taken away, and now you have to try and

rescue her. How come in every single Zelda

game you have to go and rescue Princess

Zelda because she's completely useless at

anything, and then you have to start at

the beginning? Like, Link's either lost

his memory or lost all of his abilities

because he got weakened, and now you have

to rebuild his strength and unlock all the

stuff that he just lost. It's just really

bland and predictable Japanese story

writing. We all know what's gonna happen.

He's going to defeat the evil power,

rescue Princess Zelda, and everything's

gonna be fine again and they'll save the

Kingdom of Hyrule from this ancient evil.

It's just so predictable. I just don't

really feel like I can even recommend the

game at this point, especially for the

price point. The game costs £60, which is

like $75, which is insanely expensive

for basically what is essentially a copy

and paste of Breath of the Wild, which is

now a 6-year-old game. I'm not really

impressed that I had to pay so much money

for basically just a copy and paste

version of a very old game. So as of right

now, unfortunately I can't really

recommend the game. I would wait until it

comes down a bit in price, and I would

have to give it a 6.2 out of 10.