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Pre-Release The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Pre-Release Discussion Thread

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According to Ask The Developer, Aonuma was promoted to Senior Officer. This will be announced oficially just few hours from now at the earnings.

Aonuma the GOAT

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Selarmor said:
Borrows far too heavily from ALttP, and getting every item at the beginning hinders meaningful progression and the difficultly curve. It was a good first attempt at opening up Zelda again prior to BotW, but was a bit flawed in the execution. Plus it's kinda ugly.

I actually had it at the bottom of A tier at one point but I dropped it down to give every tier 3 games (if we're counting the Oracles together).
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Yeah that’s pretty much it exactly. It’s still a great game, but for me it’s a peg below LTTP, Minish Cap, and the Oracles for that reason.
 
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Not sure if YouTube's algorithm has improved a lot but I haven't got recommend anything about the game in the last month, only stuff I deliberately look for does. It also helps that I'm not that excited about Tears, honestly.
 
Síriocaz said:
Not sure if YouTube's algorithm has improved a lot but I haven't got recommend anything about the game in the last month, only stuff I deliberately look for does. It also helps that I'm not that excited about Tears, honestly.
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I was thinking about this too. I wonder if it's to do with the YouTube Shorts algorithm on the homepage as well?

Either way I'm glad.
 
Síriocaz said:
Not sure if YouTube's algorithm has improved a lot but I haven't got recommend anything about the game in the last month, only stuff I deliberately look for does. It also helps that I'm not that excited about Tears, honestly.
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I started clicking "Not Interested" on any Zelda related recommendation a week before the leaks started just to make sure I wouldn't get recommended any spoilers. Seems to have worked well so far.
 
Síriocaz said:
Not sure if YouTube's algorithm has improved a lot but I haven't got recommend anything about the game in the last month, only stuff I deliberately look for does. It also helps that I'm not that excited about Tears, honestly.
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I literally watched about 20 videos on totk last week. Haven't seen really anything on my recommended list about it.

I will say something weird has been happening the last couple weeks and they will be just a random video that has less than 20 views that pop up about 3 or 4 vids down in the recommended section lol.
 
Raysu Delight said:
inject it into my veins already


How is A Link Between Worlds flawed in any way? Not having that! It's top down Zelda at its finest.
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Its a greate game. A link to the past in 3d would have been a better 3d zelda game than oot imo.
The only issue i have with this game is that tou get all items from the start. By doing that, they take something greate from the zelda formule away. Getting new abilities within dungeons is something too look forward too during gameplay. But its also a progression in diificulty when solving puzzles in dungeons, because you have each dungeon always an item more that could be required to solve a puzzle...
 
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LukasManak22 said:
According to Ask The Developer, Aonuma was promoted to Senior Officer. This will be announced oficially just few hours from now at the earnings.

Aonuma the GOAT

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Agreed! He better live to be 150 years old, I need at least 20 more games out of him. If I was interviewing him, I would have cut the interview short and said, “Ok I think we have enough, we will skip the rest,“now get back to work immediately.
 
Irene said:
Morning all. Another day closer. We can make it!

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It’s hard… I was just watching Zeltiks’ hour long BotW recap he posted 3 days ago and nodding off to sleep about 2 hours ago, and thinking I might be able to finally get some sleep. Got into bed, and guess what I’m wide freakin awake thinking about TotK again!
 
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Selarmor said:
Tier lists are fun. Here's mine:

S Tier - Genre-defining, industry-shaking masterpieces
Ocarina of Time*
Breath of the Wild
A Link to the Past**

A Tier - Excellent implementations of an established formula
Link's Awakening***
Twilight Princess
Oracle of Ages
Oracle of Seasons

B Tier - Bold and innovative, but with key flaws or controversial design choices
Majora's Mask
The Wind Waker
A Link Between Worlds

C Tier - Solid but unspectacular
The Legend of Zelda**
Skyward Sword
The Minish Cap

D Tier - Decent but lacking
Phantom Hourglass
Spirit Tracks
Four Swords Adventures

F Tier - This ain't it
The Adventure of Link**
Tri Force Heroes
Four Swords

* The greatest game of all time.
** I didn't play these games at the time of their release, making it difficult to properly assess them.
*** My personal favorite.

I'm expecting TotK to slide into A tier. I just don't see it being innovative enough to make S.
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If the criteria for S tier includes ‘genre defining’ and ‘industry shaking’, then the original Legend of Zelda surely hits those two. As you wouldn’t have the rest of the series without it, and it was absolutely one of the more notable NES games. I get that it might not be someone’s favourite these days (it’s not in my top five Zeldas), but in terms of influence it’s absolutely huge.

I always think that ‘historical importance and influence’ and ‘my favourite games today’ are two distinctly seperate tracks when assessing a series- I could probably do a different list for both. The former would include LoZ in the top bracket (with OOT and LTTP) and the latter wouldn’t.

Anyway, my tier list based solely on my favourites today- I largely prefer the 2D ones but it’s still a mix.

S Tier
A Link to the Past
Link's Awakening
A Link Between Worlds

A Tier
The Minish Cap
Ocarina of Time
Breath of the Wild

B Tier
The Wind Waker
Oracle of Ages
Oracle of Seasons

C Tier
The Legend of Zelda
Spirit Tracks
Twilight Princess

D Tier
Phantom Hourglass
The Adventure of Link
Skyward Sword

F Tier
Majora's Mask
Tri Force Heroes
Four Swords Adventures
 
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Still doesn't feel like the release date is 3 days away. Until I get this game in my hands I refuse to believe it's gonna be released.
 
Damn, a retailer in Switzerland messed up and is sending copies out early. Will get mine later today. Don't know how to feel about this tbh. Feels like cheating.
 
I’m going to keep doing my daily post until Thursday, but truth is plenty of regions are going to be able to play it that very night. Or so is my understanding.
 
Oh, are we doing tier lists?
Here is mine then!

S+ Tier (top 3 fav)
Link's Awakening
Twilight Princess
Skyward Sword

S Tier
A Link to the Past
The Minish Cap
Phantom Hourglass (I will die on this hill)
Majora's Mask

A Tier
The Wind Waker
Ocarina of Time
Oracle of Ages
Oracle of Seasons

B Tier
Spirit Tracks
Breath of the Wild
A Link Between Worlds
The Legend of Zelda

C Tier
The Adventure of Link
Four Swords Adventures

D Tier
Tri Force Heroes
Four Swords
 
Horror Kid said:
Maybe on thursday I will go to the store where I preordered right before closing time, fall on my knees and beg them to hand out my copy of TotK, stating that the game already leaked anyway.
Maybe they will see a grown man cry over a videogame, if they don't give it to me.
Just maybe.
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Tell them it's 12th May 2023 in New Zealand already, and they can sell the game. Show them your New Zealand Switch ;)
 
Akai said:
Me neither, just an error message. Maybe it's location blocked for some reason?
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They were posted earlier than they should, they are coming back in few hours. Head over to AskTheDev thread, I posted the whole Part 2. Some tidbids from Part 1 are reported by the news sites but you have to wait until it goes live oficially for whole read.
 
There's a new Australian ad with some new footage of mostly the sky islands. Not gonna link it but it's on NintendoAU's YouTube :)
 
Mega hyped now. Thinking about it a lot but also becoming more nervous.

Biggest fear - It’s going to be like 95% the same overworld with sky islands thrown in.

Biggest hype - It will subvert expectations and make you think the above is going to be true but then things will get mixed up a lot more than expected…
 
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What an incredible ad! And much more new footage than I expected, absolutely salivated over the skydiving shot, and just being, if possible, so much more hyped about the (presumable) starting islands and just have that magical moment of walking around and feeling the whole six year wait culminate into something truly unforgettable.
 
Here to say -3 (I hope -2) and hello.

Back to bunker for the last fight to avoid spoilers, currently I haven’t seen anything after final trailer.
 
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Just read some impressions from reviewers who have already completed the game and some spent 80+ hours and the godly praise they're giving this game has made me uncontrollably hyped!!
 
Lugia667 said:
oh?
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takriel said:
Where?
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On the purple forum however I'll post the quotes if you want to avoid visiting that site:

Also, there are no spoilers, I just put into spoilers to save you guys from scrolling too much.

I’m not much of a prognosticator, but I am absolutely astounded by TOTK. And I think BOTW is the finest game I’ve ever played. I suspect I won’t be alone in that assessment.

I played the game for almost 80 hours by now and I can say without fear that it's a better game than Breath of the Wild. It's what Mario Galaxy 2 was to 1. My Guess is 97-98.

Breath of the Wild was very good, Tears of the Kingdom is superb. They "fixed" every single issue i had with BOTW, seriously, what a fantastic experience. The game's a 10 out of 10 to me. Edit: just to make it clear, yes, I have played the game to completion.

I’ll echo these sentiments, I don’t know how the reviews will go down but this has replaced BOTW in my Top 3, the game is an absolute marvel


And the best one that has got me really hyped
The game is about exploring and discovery, through and through. If you ask me that is where they expanded even more. Fuse and ultrahand are merely tools. It has the BotW exploring and experimental gameplay^10. But I can see why they have these new tools so that the gameplay and puzzle solving are fresh and sets the game apart from BotW. If you think you’re gonna be forced to ultrahanding things and making vehicles often you’re wrong. If you think you’re gonna be crafting and fusing often you’re also wrong. Also I wouldn’t call any of it crafting except the cooking part.

If you think the map design is similar or stale you’re also wrong. Having spent over 500 hours in BotW and got all 900 seeds I still can’t make out lots of areas because they’ve dug deep and redesigned a lot of it… It’s a Zelda game in every sense of the word and harks back to “miyamoto and exploring caves” quite significantly.

The opening area is equivalent to pure zen and relaxation, honestly it’s like therapy. That Nintendo magic is in full force. Basically if you loved BotW TotK is pure bliss again. It’s a massive world to get lost into and explore in so many ways. Reviews are gonna be loaded with 10s across the board. At this point I don’t think any game has a chance of GotY this year, even if you count the last decade I don’t think anything is gonna stand up from a gameplay and systems level.
 
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Ozzie said:
On the purple forum however I'll post the quotes if you want to avoid visiting that site:

Also, there are no spoilers, I just put into spoilers to save you guys from scrolling too much.

I’m not much of a prognosticator, but I am absolutely astounded by TOTK. And I think BOTW is the finest game I’ve ever played. I suspect I won’t be alone in that assessment.

I played the game for almost 80 hours by now and I can say without fear that it's a better game than Breath of the Wild. It's what Mario Galaxy 2 was to 1. My Guess is 97-98.

Breath of the Wild was very good, Tears of the Kingdom is superb. They "fixed" every single issue i had with BOTW, seriously, what a fantastic experience. The game's a 10 out of 10 to me. Edit: just to make it clear, yes, I have played the game to completion.

I’ll echo these sentiments, I don’t know how the reviews will go down but this has replaced BOTW in my Top 3, the game is an absolute marvel


And the best one that has got me really hyped
The game is about exploring and discovery, through and through. If you ask me that is where they expanded even more. Fuse and ultrahand are merely tools. It has the BotW exploring and experimental gameplay^10. But I can see why they have these new tools so that the gameplay and puzzle solving are fresh and sets the game apart from BotW. If you think you’re gonna be forced to ultrahanding things and making vehicles often you’re wrong. If you think you’re gonna be crafting and fusing often you’re also wrong. Also I wouldn’t call any of it crafting except the cooking part. If you think the map design is similar or stale you’re also wrong. Having spent over 500 hours in BotW and got all 900 seeds I still can’t make out lots of areas because they’ve dug deep and redesigned a lot of it… It’s a Zelda game in every sense of the word and harks back to “miyamoto and exploring caves” quite significantly. The opening area is equivalent to pure zen and relaxation, honestly it’s like therapy. That Nintendo magic is in full force. Basically if you loved BotW TotK is pure bliss again. It’s a massive world to get lost into and explore in so many ways. Reviews are gonna be loaded with 10s across the board. At this point I don’t think any game has a chance of GotY this year, even if you count the last decade I don’t think anything is gonna stand up from a gameplay and systems level.
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Just wow.
 
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