We’re out of the blocks with our review a bit later than we’d have liked, but Nintendo has put AusGamers seemingly on the back-burner a bit, but that’s neither here nor there. Because we went ahead and bought the damn Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild anyway and if you're one of those peeps who was unsure about whether or not the investment in the package was worth it, well we hope our in-depth review gives you the answers you need.
From our review:
That “difference” I mentioned in my OP is set around what this series actually is, because games have moved beyond Zelda -- nay, Nintendo-style -- game-development, and it could be argued it’s for the worse. While this is an open-world game, it still plays by traditional Zelda rules: Link is the only person capable of gathering the strength to defeat an ancient evil called Ganon. The strength he gathers is derived from four unique parts of the world, and includes different races. And all of this has happened before, again and again. It also includes a Princess named Zelda, though in this iteration of the long running series, she’s not nearly as strongly represented, which is a real shame because she’s always been an equal to our main hero throughout, and often the reason we manage to get the job done in the end anyway.
Click here for our full Breath of the Wild review
Posted 06:56pm 29/3/17
Posted 04:06pm 30/3/17
I'm really excited to see updates to this game. Imagine dungeons from OoT and character events from MM in this game. Holy s*** it would be grand!
I haven't finished the game yet, but I disagree on the Zelda part. Through backflashes she is fleshed out and I really enjoy all those scenes. I was super bummed when I learned Spoiler:
Link's potentially love interest was dead. That was really out of nowhere.
Also, where does this game sit in the story line? I feel like it might be just before Wind Waker, because of the guardians, the f*****g mountains and finally the little korok f*****s (I love them)..
Posted 02:20pm 30/3/17
after windwaker most likely.
Posted 03:02pm 30/3/17
damn it notgreazy
Posted 03:18pm 30/3/17
lolz
Posted 04:07pm 30/3/17
Zora's domain then you know what I'm talking about.
Posted 04:08pm 30/3/17
Posted 12:50pm 31/3/17
Posted 11:22am 01/4/17
I actually liked what Zelda did in that respect.Spoiler:
You're a son of a knight, you've been training all your life for the role and everyone (mostly) knows who you are and recognises that.
Posted 05:35pm 01/4/17
Posted 10:18pm 01/4/17