The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

This Zelda game is a masterpiece, They added even more creativity than BOTW It's amazing! and haters keep hating. You're just mad you cant build easily.

This is a fantastic game with loads to do. For those coming from Breath of the Wild, players might note that many resources that were abundant in the previous game are more limited in this one. This is by design. While there are many, many ways to "cheese" challenges, the resources to do so are limited, thereby encouraging players to think of creative solutions with the limited tools they have. And you frequently can run out of resources that you want to use through overuse. You can attach most things from your inventory to weapons, shields and arrows, increasing their durability and/or changing their effects. Money is scarce, and I have not seen ice arrows, fire arrows, etc. sold anywhere over the 12 or so hours I've spent in the game. If you want to thrive in the game, you will need to manage your inventory well and keep certain things you need on hand in order to make elemental arrows and other things you might need on the fly. While the overall land is the same as the one found in Breath of the Wild, there are many platforms in the sky and a dark underbelly to explore. Reaching a far-off high platform can be challenging, and often requires building things using the new Ultrahand ability in order to reach them. Since so much of the game is in the sky, stamina is very important, as it will allow you to glide farther and climb higher. Hearts become more important as you explore the underground. The underground is a tainted landscape filled with "Blight". If you touch that stuff, then your maximum health decreases until you reach a large light source or return to the surface. In addition, the place is enormously dark. There are abundant plants called "Brightblooms" that you can collect and can light up your way, but it can be terrifying to walk in the dark to get surprised by an enemy. The enemies do glow somewhat, but with much of the underground being dark until you light it up, it likely will be an area most players wait to explore heavily until the late game. If you have the courage to brave the underground, you'll be rewarded with items and things that can be enormously useful, especially Zonaite, a resource that can be inserted into "gacha" machines to get gadgets for your builds. The more you insert at a time, the more you get at once. These machines are spread across the land, and each machine has a different pool of items that are usually well-suited to the region or area. By stockpiling lots of these items, you can make builds to fulfill challenges and reach places in creative ways. Make sure to keep enough on hand so when you encounter a new machine, you can use it and get new items for your builds. The shrines, however, have the restriction that you cannot use these items in your inventory. This makes sense, since the shrines are designed to help you develop skills and enrich your creativity in specific ways. From what I've heard, there are even more in this game than in Breath of the Wild! The game is certainly not lacking in content. Teachers also can use this game as a teaching tool. Since the game encourages building and creativity, it can engage the brain in powerful ways. Physics especially comes to mind as a subject with strong correlation, since much of the game revolves around making builds in order to help people, reach new places and accomplish tasks.

It is such a good game I would recommend it to all parents it is a great fantasy story has som violence but its great.

Tears of the Kingdom is an outstanding example of the quality of games that Nintendo has become known for. It builds on the gameplay mechanics and world design of its predecessor, Breath of the Wild, flawlessly, and adds in many "quality of life" improvements to the menus and in-game interactions that make it easy to pick up even if you hadn't played BotW before. The story is beautifully done. Though I found there to be some small narrative elements that could have been more fleshed-out or explored in more depth, I was thoroughly enraptured by the plot the whole way through. The Legend of Zelda series often brings me to tears with the stories it tells and the characters it enamoures you to, and this instalment is no exception. As far as gameplay goes, while the controls themselves are relatively simple (not quite intuitive, but the game has an easily accessible menu where you can check what they are), many of the puzzles are difficult or complex compared to those of previous Zelda games. TotK's gameplay focuses quite heavily on open-endedness and the ability to let players come up with creative solutions, so there is very little hand-holding except for some of the side quests. This level of unstructured puzzle-solving allows for endless creativity, but may be frustrating for some younger players. That being said, this game also presents excellent opportunities for children to develop their spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, problem solving skills, and patience as they face the puzzles and challenges that await them. As far as role models and messages go, without giving too much of the story away, the story places a great deal of emphasis on teamwork, cooperation, and reinforcing the idea that there is no shame in relying on others for help. While Link has always been a one-man army and a force to be reckoned with, TotK makes a point to show that even the strongest people can't do everything alone, but that there will always be people to help them when they need it. The game and the cutscenes within are not particularly violent, at least not any more than any previous Zelda games. This is, however, one of the few games in the franchise where a "good" character is killed on-screen, instead of their death happening off-screen or simply being alluded to in the dialogue. Again, the death is not overly violent, but it happens with little warning, and so it may be upsetting to some players. Overall, this is one of my favourite games that I have played in quite some time, and I cannot recommend it enough to both new and veteran Zelda players.

Absolute beauty. Amazing graphics, gameplay, and story. Couldn’t be better! 👍👍👍👍 If I could rate more than 5 stars, it would be, like, 99999999999.

In totk, I think that the way to play is so easy that any 8+ kids can play.

My oldest child started playing when he turned 8. It can be slightly frustrating and difficult for him to solve the puzzles, beat bosses, or complete quests, despite how intelligent my child is. I love the logic my son has to apply while playing the game, while also enjoying the story line!

Zelda games have always been full of challenging puzzles, problem solving, and building. TOTK dials that up to 11. It’s fun and challenging for kids and adults alike.

It's just a good game

A blast the whole time; I played over 185 hours before deciding to finish the main quest, and it was the best Zelda game I’ve played. Parents should be aware that there are some mildly scary or intense enemies, and that the game is replete with spatial and logical puzzles, and rewards lateral thinking. Controlling the game requires multiple inputs to happen at the same time very often, and young hands (or feet, or however your kiddo plays games) may become frustrated.