Chase French

A fantastic lesson on how to reuse assets from a previous game and improve on other features from the previous game,BOTW, tremendously. All AAA companies should take notes from this game. I have clocked over 95hrs at the time of writing and I'm only on my 3rd temple. This game has had my undivided attention when I'm not at work and i heavily appreciate the nods to your past endeavors in botw. The story building so far for me is pretty good but nothing too extraordinary but i love the memories of the past i have unlocked so far. The voice actors really did a phenomenal job in giving their characters personality and emotion. The creativity with the new Zonai devices is something i never would have dreamed to be possible in a Zelda game but is definitely held back by the Switches hardware limitations as i have had major fps issues when driving around a makeshift tank i created, even when playing on my TV. The freedom to build your own house could be suffering from this set back as well as you are limited to 15 rooms, with gardens, stairs, and little ponds also counting towards your max amount. The house creation feature also feels underdeveloped as you cannot color different parts of your house or have windows or even ladders. The sky islands feel amazing to explore with the biggest island being the starting area but you can find Zonai dispensers on the lesser islands too which acts as incentive other than finding shrines too. The depths also are an amzing addition as it expands upon the world even more like the sky islands. The depths offer challenging enemies, secret treasures, and much more and I'm still mapping it all out. Overall, Tears Of The Kingdom is definitely GOTY worthy already and i can't wait to play even more! The only thing aside from the few problems i mentioned previously is the Switch and its hardware. I hope this tells Nintendo they need a massive upgrade in gaming tech. A truly beautiful and fun game!