Props to Uncle Al for totally getting the real Moist Critical for this video. I never expected it, but I can die happy knowing this piece of information is definitely true!
Honestly if the channel is just a mix of game reviews and meme content I’m all on board, just do both you’re really great at both man, have a good day.
I like how deformed that Link looks in the thumbnail. It's like he was stuck headfirst in a barrel of super radioactive trash and is currently melting and dissolving painfully but then Mario appeared out of nowhere and started beating his head alongside a few cartel members until the yummy yummy head swelled due to the advanced brain trauma.
They serve totally different purposes tho. Hands disappear if i hop on a 3 inch tall rock basically and immediately become a non issue. They dont block off anything really effectively. Theyre extremely easy to walk around. Ontop of it, they WAY too rare to find usually compared to the average guardian with many different branches and quirks
I just came to realization that this game is just not for me. And I'm someone who played over 200 hours of BOTW. Because I liked exploring. The main draw of TOTK is the crafting and I'm just not into that sort of stuff, hence why it's just not for me.
As a 2D Zelda enjoyer who has no intention of playing 3D Zeldas like BOTW and TOTK specifically BECAUSE I don't like boring open worlds with too much empty space, this really makes me feel validated in my enjoyment of having actually interesting things to do.
Not gonna lie, love both of these games to death, but this review of Tears Of The Kingdom is just ABSOLUTELY BASED! LMAO!!!😂🤣👏🏽👌🏽Never change, Uncle Al. Keep making top tier quality content like you always do. May god bless your soul with eternal love and cringe purifying eternal memes!🤚🏽🙏🏽
Weird thing for me is that I had the same criticisms for BotW, only to fall in love with TotK. For a solid month it was difficult to get myself to play other games, because they weren’t TotK. I was kind of obsessed. Only now that I’m running out of things to do (not counting the Korok seeds because f*ck getting all 900+ of them) am I able to break away from it more.
I wish games got smaller again, I don't like having to preemptively dedicate three-to-six months of my time to every Action/Adventure game I want to play. I only have so many years.
…This time on ‘Hot Takes With Uncle Al!’ Disgruntled monkey man of a million voices still is waiting for new DK game, so he vents his frustration on other Nintendo IPs …Pain’s real, man.
You know, while I still enjoyed TOTK, I always felt it was missing something, and I think this video finally made me realize what was missing: stuff. Lots of stuff. Just anything other than empty space.
Yeah as much as I love this game to death, it does feel a bit inflated. I felt like I was actually bad at the game most of the way through because I apparently wasn’t as “experimental” as the devs seems to expect you to be.
Different game, but Odyssey is the textbook definition of an inflated game. So much of that game feels like it was crammed in there (and recycled) to get to a high power moon count. Sorry. Just wanted to bring that up because both BOTW and Odyssey released around the same time, and have similar open world aspects.
@@pepearown4968at least odyssey has cool moons that are hard to get , hard challenges , cool/HAS music not just random sounds , feels fresh doesnt have a gigantic map with nothing in 88 % of it , game stays fun even after playing it for weeks , summary : totk trash , odyssey great.
@@pepearown4968oh and you aren't forced to get all the moons only if you want (you can even buy them if you wish) its just for completionists but can a person get all korok seeds and think it wasnt a chore ? No
Yea TotK has a big trust fall that the player is going to use their brain. If you like gaming with brain power, solid 10/10, otherwise, you use internet to solve everything like cheating for an unwanted test.
It's such a weird feeling to know someone else feels the same way! Been a rabid fanboy of this series since 1998, but I just didn't vibe with BotW at all, and TotK had _some_ improvements but was overall just BotW again with bells and whistles. Already decided I'm not buying the next game at launch and gonna evaluate the reviews and Let's Plays first, and if that one doesn't grab me, might just be time to finally part ways with this franchise.
Last two Zelda games are how you get people to pay $80 for a stripped down Minecraft farming experience with a slight bit of story because people were too lazy to install some mods.
I hope you do more reviews alongside your parodies! As for the review yeah I agree. I would have probably liked the game more if it had let you build permanent settlements, villages and monuments to fill up the empty spaces. Make Link a Preston Garvey without the uselessness.
Honestly when I first booted up the game I didn’t have much fun during the tutorial but I kept play and for some reason I started to have fun maybe it just takes time for you to get used to it.
Could have gave him the option to upwards air blow. I was thinking maybe this time around we could use their spirits to better traverse the map. Like the goron could help you also climb mountains. Zora can help you swim. Already forgot their names. ToTK forgettable. Only remember Tulin because of his ability.
@jonieljoestarzawarudo8172 cool . I put 200 hours on BOTW. Alot of the world is less engaging, the side quests are not well written and alot of the world's danger has been taken away. To each their own. Would expect someone who likes part five to understand
I can kind of relate. I personally think it's way to gamey without much of the reward that you'd see in a normal zelda game. There are moments where you do get a meaningful reward, but most of the time the prize just sucks.
I never minded weapon durability but i have to say the balls on nintendo for not only not backing away from but doubling down on the most hated feature from the first game. its almost admirable
after playing to roughly 50% completion, i feel almost angry at myself that i agree with most of the points. the only reason for some of them is 'buh buh buh, mah gimmicks'
I feel very validated with this video cause many of the points you made are similar to mine. TotK was a game that blows you away the first tutorial section but quickly bores you overtime. It's a big world with a lot of nothing and while the building creator is neat in theory really lacks purpose once you figure out that making a cheap Hoverbike with the atuobuilder solves 90% of all problems. I think comparing/contrasting the depths of Elden Ring and TotK is a good summation of both games. TotK has the Underdark be this vast second layer just as big as the first: Only to realize its mostly just empty fields of pure nothing. ER has far less underground moments but every section fills you with a sense of awe and discovery. Not a single part in the depths of Elden Ring was dull or underwhelming, each and every area discovered left you in wonder. And the whole time playing TotK I thought "Boy, I'd rather be playing ER instead". Only thing I disagree with is weapon durability. I don't mind it as it helps with the games survivalist tone/atmosphere and does encourage to try new weapons.
TOTK being on the switch really I think hampered it's ability to fill the world with shit to do. Like I get the feeling the underground area was meant to be more but they where unable to do so because of the limitations of the system. It's a real shame because I see TOTK being more if it was in any other system.
That was kinda why I never played either Legend of zelda games since it was focused on being so open world that I have nothing to do. Even with a creative mind I found myself getting bored and playing something else
Bro, I'm with you. I don't know who can blindly defend a game that's very similar to the first one that took 5 or 6 years to come out with not many things improved, just added.
I accept if someone doesn't like a game I love but not critics with unfounded arguments like "there is nothing in the game/world" which makes me ask, did you even look or just focus on what you don't like? I don't know you so I am not sure how much of your videos are just satire and provoking on purpose so I'm sorry if I took this too serious. I just personally think this Tears of the Kingdom is full of things to do and especially to explore. There are four big temples, 152 shrines and a ton of sidequests that are far better than in Breath of the wild. And on my journey between all of these things I enjoy looking around every corner and even just sometimes enjoy watching the nature and atmospheric panoramas. Hell, sometimes I even watch the enemies beating each other up at some spots. Even if I am also not a big fan of breaking weapons Tears of the Kingdom gives you a lot of materials to craft endlessly new good weapons so this problem was kind of solved for me.
First thing I'd like to mention is, props to Uncle Al for all the work he's put into his videos. Keep it going man!!! One thing I never understood at all was whenever my friends mentioned playing Zelda, why would they say just "mih-Zelda"? What does it mean? If someone can please help me answer this question.
I’m on the same position, the hype surrounding the game and my enjoyment of the first game made me excited to dive right in but I just wasn’t feeling it? It definitely has its audience but unfortunately I’m not one of them, maybe I’ll give it another shot in the future
HOLY SHIT YOU PUT IT INTO WORDS Yes, this was my exact experience. I played maybe 4 or 5 hours and all these points just made the whole thing boring at best, and overly tedious and artificially difficult at worst. Thank you, Uncle Al. You summed it all up perfectly
I kinda hope that totk gets a re-release on the next Nintendo console where the massive world has more stuff, like a more interesting npc storylines and interactions, and more stuff in general. What would be cool is a thing where you help to rebuild hyrule and you get to build houses or something and it stays the way you build it.
Don't worry, I haven't even considered getting breath of the wild or tears, since in my opinion, the two are basically the exact same game, just one has building and the other doesn't. I know I'm wrong, but major similarities, that's all I see
I've unfortunately got to agree. I just can't get into these giant games where everything is tedious and slow. I much prefer shorter, dense games with lots of fun, unique, and satisfying content around every corner, like Donkey Kong games.
As flawed as it is, Twilight Princess is still my personal favorite Zelda game. All i remember about Tears of the kingdom was all the hype it got off BOTW, it came out, and then…nothing really seemed to come of it. I didn’t really get into BOTW either. The weapon breaking mechanic really sunk my interest in getting it. I didn’t wanna get a super strong weapon and then not use it cuz I didn’t wanna break it.
He never changed the name of his channel it was always penguinz0 and has said that he doesn't even call his channel one way and he just uses which ever one is more convenient at that time
You're entitled to your opinion dude, it's ok. Personally I think the fuse mechanic helps crack down on weapon durability. Before, it was annoying to fight small fries with bigger weapons because you'd waste them. The worst offender being silver-grade enemies, who were so tanky you were better off avoiding them to preserve your weapons. But in ToTK, higher tier enemies drop higher level horns which you can use to boost the durability and power of your weapons, which at least means if your average grunt-slasher breaks mid fight, you can grab a random sword, pull out a horn and boom you got a new one. Plus, you can swap your weapon type on the go. Need to break rocks but you only have swords? Stick a club-like horn or a rock, and bam hammer. Now you need a fire staff? Unfuse a sword, stick a ruby and bam. Same for arrows: managing 5 types of arrows was annoying, but now you can use various items to get the same elemental effect (+ a slurry of QoL effects using eyes or wings). My only gripe with this is you can't continuously fuse arrows, you have to individually items everytime you want to shoot an arrow, but baby steps I guess.
I honestly agree with most of these points! I also wish the game had more of it's own identity as well, and that they wouldn't have made it big for the sake of being big. It felt like they just wrote off the success of botw and forgot what made that game so special and Impactful.
I will say, it's refreshing to actually see a neutral/more negative opinion on games. Way too many people think "If you don't like it, don't play it." Ok, I like the series, but not this particular game, but I guess I just don't need to buy or play this game ever again lol. Shite sucks man
Bro I loved this game so much still playing it the story is epic everything about this game I love I really can’t see how someone could not like it besides personal preference , or satire I suppose .
Unfortunately i relate to this, like while ive found certain joys in this game, it was definitely lacking in certain aspects. But since i am someone that has the mindset of " once you start a game you have to finish it". And well after finishing it, i found myself liking zeldas story a lot better, bith gameplay wise and especially story wise.
I’m gonna keep it real, I wasn’t even captivated by Breath of the Wild. Coming from the Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker, Oracle of Ages/Seasons era I feel like we’re hard to impress.
are you sure it isnt just something different you want ? one prefers "vast" the next prefers "dense". different doesnt equate to a higher standard . my gripes with the game arent just the issues the previous game had but also the fact that it was worked on for 7 years and that it is demanded from me to pay 70 bucks + 200 bucks for its console for a mediocre continuation of a story that doesnt fill any other strength this franchise had and barely expanded on what mechanicly was already there , with a terrible cartoonish flavor to it on top of it all which is just a complete different vibe to most zelda games arround the n64 snes era . its just not your or my cup of tea . but it is selling well so who nintendo and its shareholder certainly dont care lol .
Honestly, I can agree with some of your criticisms as someone who enjoyed it (and Breath of the Wild too): *Too Much Nothing:* Sadly true. There's not really much reason to go to places unless you're trying to find literally everything, and yet most of the time it just gives you a weapon that you don't need. Okay...? *Building is Dumb:* HARD agree. The devs encourage us to be creative, but honestly I can't build something nearly as creative as other players have. I just need a good ol' sword or a simple build to do the trick, why bother being fancy or making something complex? *Too Big For Why:* Also agree; the Sky portion of the map is exceedingly empty, and also very samey, as you'll usually come across the same few reused floating islands and be on your way. Sure there's places like the Thunderhead Isles or the sky islands above the Zora region, but that's about it. The Depths as well; sure it looks cool, but it's just got Yiga hideouts, Froxes, and more bosses from both the Sky and Surface. The fact that most of the game doesn't take place in these new regions is pretty sad... As for the Guardians, I definitely prefer the Gloom Spawn/Phantom Ganons over them, but I can see why you preferred them. *Breaking Weapons is Dumb:* Gotta love it when devs deny a game mechanic being bad, huh? *Ugly New Guys:* I'll have to disagree on them being "ugly", but that's okay if you don't like them. As for how they act on the field, yeah, they are pretty annoying to use if you want to use a specific power. Why not add a mechanic to make them stick close to you? Overall, I love both BotW and TotK but they sure have flaws. TotK especially feels a little...too much. The story's great, but the gameplay does get exceedingly repetitive after a while with little to no variation after initial discoveries of new enemies and stuff, and I do think they could have added a few more.
I think open-ended CAN be done well. Hot take: A Link Between Worlds is a far better open world Zelda than BotW or TotK, while also reusing a previous game's overworld at that.
@@BullockDSALBW did so much better at this. Sure it’s the same universe as LTTP but different enough to tell the difference. TotK is literally the same god damn world with little to no change.
@@KingExaltedNever had a 3DS, so I can’t weigh in on ALBW, but I feel the need to point out TotK’s world is almost 3 times the size of BotW. Still fairly empty, I’m just nitpicking at the use of “literally the same” to describe it.
I never played a Zelda game til botw and enjoyed it but hearing what you said I'm a bit worried. Because I've been avoiding watching people play it because I've been wanting to savor every 'cool' moment for myself. But my worst fears are kinda confirmed because if there's nothing especially compared to the first. Idk if its worth the 70 dollar price point anymore. May have to wait to get it like I did with botw... On the sidewalk downtown. But what are the odds of that happening again
I've clocked over 200 hours into this game, and yeah, you make excellent points. Totk gets boring, ESPECIALLY if you want to 100% it. 100%ing a game should not have to feel tedious like this
It is distinctly anti-100% by design. Even as far as denying completion percentages with the intent to _orient you_ towards trying to only find what you _can_ naturally, and with your brain and wanderlust. If you're not mentally or exploratively solving it, TotK will not care about it any further, and will want you to do open world stuff instead of picking up pennies(no offense). Key word being "solve".
@@dddmemaybe Maybe that's why it didn't sit with me. Completing and unlocking everything is just something I really love in games. I get what you mean though
The magic of botw was a little deflated the second time around and most of the new areas felt cool after the first half hour of exploring, and then it got old. Yet somehow, I think I sank almost 200 hours or more into TOTK. The story was also weak. Interesting concept but confusingly executed
Thank God someone else gets it this game just had nothing in story and game play. It was all cool and fun in the beginning, but when you realize the sky, and the underground are just reskins of the overworld, the magic is lost. Really wish the game was more but oh well, if others liked it then that's fine. Also building was a cool gimmick until it got annoying.
While i don't agree, I understand why you don't like it. The only thing is, the weapons may seem weaker than in the last game and break more easily, you're actually supposed to use the fuse ability to make them stronger. In fact I made a weapon out of the giant spike ball and it lasted a very long time. Even longer than the fully powered up master sword in botw.
Props to Uncle Al for totally getting the real Moist Critical for this video. I never expected it, but I can die happy knowing this piece of information is definitely true!
Honestly if the channel is just a mix of game reviews and meme content I’m all on board, just do both you’re really great at both man, have a good day.
Agreed
you will have a bad day where all of your family members will perish if you dont give 1 minecoin
It is just that
You're😊
@@cheezyfriez12Thank you
I like how deformed that Link looks in the thumbnail. It's like he was stuck headfirst in a barrel of super radioactive trash and is currently melting and dissolving painfully but then Mario appeared out of nowhere and started beating his head alongside a few cartel members until the yummy yummy head swelled due to the advanced brain trauma.
oddly specific lol
That's quite the description...
Link had too much determination
I think the guardian removal is made up for by the pants crapping level of fear that the gloom hands bring
They serve totally different purposes tho. Hands disappear if i hop on a 3 inch tall rock basically and immediately become a non issue. They dont block off anything really effectively. Theyre extremely easy to walk around. Ontop of it, they WAY too rare to find usually compared to the average guardian with many different branches and quirks
I can’t believe you where so moist and critical doing this
Those building mechanics gave me Fallout 4 flashbacks, my day is ruined
I was thinking how people think DK64 is a collect-a-thon but praise ToTK. 😂
I would sooner eat glass than 100% DK64 again but I’d say the same for the new Zorlda
I used to love collectathon platformers. Then I played DK64 and my life forever changed for the worse.
I mean... It is a collect-a-thon. Same with banjo and kazooie. I think you meant more "dislike dk64 for being a collect-a-thon"
It makes me wish i was born in an alternate reality in which zelda wii u tech demo was a. Full real game
I just came to realization that this game is just not for me. And I'm someone who played over 200 hours of BOTW. Because I liked exploring. The main draw of TOTK is the crafting and I'm just not into that sort of stuff, hence why it's just not for me.
You captured critical's complete lack of interest or passion for whatever current trend he is chasing. Nicely done.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
@@LordKang all one and a half
haha
Loving the content Al. Keep it up! I’ve really enjoyed your skit for sure.
As a 2D Zelda enjoyer who has no intention of playing 3D Zeldas like BOTW and TOTK specifically BECAUSE I don't like boring open worlds with too much empty space, this really makes me feel validated in my enjoyment of having actually interesting things to do.
Clearly you're no up to the Zonai standards
Not gonna lie, love both of these games to death, but this review of Tears Of The Kingdom is just ABSOLUTELY BASED! LMAO!!!😂🤣👏🏽👌🏽Never change, Uncle Al. Keep making top tier quality content like you always do. May god bless your soul with eternal love and cringe purifying eternal memes!🤚🏽🙏🏽
Weird thing for me is that I had the same criticisms for BotW, only to fall in love with TotK. For a solid month it was difficult to get myself to play other games, because they weren’t TotK. I was kind of obsessed. Only now that I’m running out of things to do (not counting the Korok seeds because f*ck getting all 900+ of them) am I able to break away from it more.
I guess we're in the minority of people who're burnt out from all the open world games at our disposal.
I wish games got smaller again, I don't like having to preemptively dedicate three-to-six months of my time to every Action/Adventure game I want to play. I only have so many years.
You could just rush to Ganon's castle tho
…This time on ‘Hot Takes With Uncle Al!’ Disgruntled monkey man of a million voices still is waiting for new DK game, so he vents his frustration on other Nintendo IPs
…Pain’s real, man.
I can't believe you got MoistCritical on the video. I remember you told me you got him on but I thought you were full of crap.
Can’t believe Charlie hopped on the Track with Uncle Al
WOOOOOOO, YEA BABY! THAT'S WHAT I BEEN WAITING, THAT WHAT'S ALL ABOUT! WOOOOOOOO
I love how active Al has been lately
I respect that you didn't enjoy it and I see why you didn't but I still had fun with it
Man, I want to see the full version of this!
Uncle Al and Charlie the ultimate crossover
You know, while I still enjoyed TOTK, I always felt it was missing something, and I think this video finally made me realize what was missing: stuff. Lots of stuff. Just anything other than empty space.
Yeah as much as I love this game to death, it does feel a bit inflated. I felt like I was actually bad at the game most of the way through because I apparently wasn’t as “experimental” as the devs seems to expect you to be.
Somehow botw seems a lot more content rich.
Different game, but Odyssey is the textbook definition of an inflated game. So much of that game feels like it was crammed in there (and recycled) to get to a high power moon count.
Sorry. Just wanted to bring that up because both BOTW and Odyssey released around the same time, and have similar open world aspects.
@@pepearown4968at least odyssey has cool moons that are hard to get , hard challenges , cool/HAS music not just random sounds , feels fresh doesnt have a gigantic map with nothing in 88 % of it , game stays fun even after playing it for weeks , summary : totk trash , odyssey great.
@@pepearown4968oh and you aren't forced to get all the moons only if you want (you can even buy them if you wish) its just for completionists but can a person get all korok seeds and think it wasnt a chore ? No
Yea TotK has a big trust fall that the player is going to use their brain. If you like gaming with brain power, solid 10/10, otherwise, you use internet to solve everything like cheating for an unwanted test.
The Charlie cameo and me screaming
He's gonna get mad when it inevitably wins goty...
It's such a weird feeling to know someone else feels the same way! Been a rabid fanboy of this series since 1998, but I just didn't vibe with BotW at all, and TotK had _some_ improvements but was overall just BotW again with bells and whistles. Already decided I'm not buying the next game at launch and gonna evaluate the reviews and Let's Plays first, and if that one doesn't grab me, might just be time to finally part ways with this franchise.
Last two Zelda games are how you get people to pay $80 for a stripped down Minecraft farming experience with a slight bit of story because people were too lazy to install some mods.
I hope you do more reviews alongside your parodies! As for the review yeah I agree. I would have probably liked the game more if it had let you build permanent settlements, villages and monuments to fill up the empty spaces. Make Link a Preston Garvey without the uselessness.
I kept thinking he was trolling😂
Honestly when I first booted up the game I didn’t have much fun during the tutorial but I kept play and for some reason I started to have fun maybe it just takes time for you to get used to it.
Don't you dare disrespect my man Tulin. He's the goat fr.
Could have gave him the option to upwards air blow. I was thinking maybe this time around we could use their spirits to better traverse the map. Like the goron could help you also climb mountains. Zora can help you swim. Already forgot their names. ToTK forgettable. Only remember Tulin because of his ability.
@@Acanofalconpunch Look, I agree that most of the new champions are underwhelming, but TOTK is NOT forgettable.
@jonieljoestarzawarudo8172 it's very forgettable. The world is very boring especially if you've played BOTW.
@@PickledKong64 I've played BOTW and I disagree.
@jonieljoestarzawarudo8172 cool . I put 200 hours on BOTW. Alot of the world is less engaging, the side quests are not well written and alot of the world's danger has been taken away. To each their own. Would expect someone who likes part five to understand
Charlie needs to lend his voice in other channels. Hes doing great work
You know these are the same problems I too share with it
I can kind of relate.
I personally think it's way to gamey without much of the reward that you'd see in a normal zelda game.
There are moments where you do get a meaningful reward, but most of the time the prize just sucks.
I never minded weapon durability but i have to say the balls on nintendo for not only not backing away from but doubling down on the most hated feature from the first game. its almost admirable
after playing to roughly 50% completion, i feel almost angry at myself that i agree with most of the points. the only reason for some of them is 'buh buh buh, mah gimmicks'
My main question is what happened to the divine beasts and all the BOTW shrines?
They went to a peaceful farm to hang out with ol' granpappy
this is the greatest zelda rant of All Time
I feel very validated with this video cause many of the points you made are similar to mine. TotK was a game that blows you away the first tutorial section but quickly bores you overtime. It's a big world with a lot of nothing and while the building creator is neat in theory really lacks purpose once you figure out that making a cheap Hoverbike with the atuobuilder solves 90% of all problems.
I think comparing/contrasting the depths of Elden Ring and TotK is a good summation of both games. TotK has the Underdark be this vast second layer just as big as the first: Only to realize its mostly just empty fields of pure nothing. ER has far less underground moments but every section fills you with a sense of awe and discovery. Not a single part in the depths of Elden Ring was dull or underwhelming, each and every area discovered left you in wonder. And the whole time playing TotK I thought "Boy, I'd rather be playing ER instead".
Only thing I disagree with is weapon durability. I don't mind it as it helps with the games survivalist tone/atmosphere and does encourage to try new weapons.
Big balls for shitting on a popular game. You think you're that slick, aren't you?
TOTK being on the switch really I think hampered it's ability to fill the world with shit to do. Like I get the feeling the underground area was meant to be more but they where unable to do so because of the limitations of the system. It's a real shame because I see TOTK being more if it was in any other system.
@@tylerdunbar906 F**king hell. Maybe the entire thing was planned from the start, idiot. What's final IS final! If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
I feel the opposite way. The beginning was boring but it got really good later
Just more proof of the PEAKmin sweep
That was kinda why I never played either Legend of zelda games since it was focused on being so open world that I have nothing to do. Even with a creative mind I found myself getting bored and playing something else
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Nice review, Charlie. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Bro, I'm with you. I don't know who can blindly defend a game that's very similar to the first one that took 5 or 6 years to come out with not many things improved, just added.
I accept if someone doesn't like a game I love but not critics with unfounded arguments like "there is nothing in the game/world" which makes me ask, did you even look or just focus on what you don't like?
I don't know you so I am not sure how much of your videos are just satire and provoking on purpose so I'm sorry if I took this too serious.
I just personally think this Tears of the Kingdom is full of things to do and especially to explore. There are four big temples, 152 shrines and a ton of sidequests that are far better than in Breath of the wild. And on my journey between all of these things I enjoy looking around every corner and even just sometimes enjoy watching the nature and atmospheric panoramas.
Hell, sometimes I even watch the enemies beating each other up at some spots.
Even if I am also not a big fan of breaking weapons Tears of the Kingdom gives you a lot of materials to craft endlessly new good weapons so this problem was kind of solved for me.
First thing I'd like to mention is, props to Uncle Al for all the work he's put into his videos. Keep it going man!!!
One thing I never understood at all was whenever my friends mentioned playing Zelda, why would they say just "mih-Zelda"? What does it mean? If someone can please help me answer this question.
I feel you, man. We all got the open world burnout.
I’m on the same position, the hype surrounding the game and my enjoyment of the first game made me excited to dive right in but I just wasn’t feeling it?
It definitely has its audience but unfortunately I’m not one of them, maybe I’ll give it another shot in the future
HOLY SHIT YOU PUT IT INTO WORDS
Yes, this was my exact experience. I played maybe 4 or 5 hours and all these points just made the whole thing boring at best, and overly tedious and artificially difficult at worst.
Thank you, Uncle Al. You summed it all up perfectly
I kinda hope that totk gets a re-release on the next Nintendo console where the massive world has more stuff, like a more interesting npc storylines and interactions, and more stuff in general. What would be cool is a thing where you help to rebuild hyrule and you get to build houses or something and it stays the way you build it.
I really like your new prfp on youtube for once this is a improved compared to like 90% of other youtubers
You are so funny!!!
It's really crazy. That's the best game review ever given!
Greetings from Strasbourg my friend
Don't worry, I haven't even considered getting breath of the wild or tears, since in my opinion, the two are basically the exact same game, just one has building and the other doesn't. I know I'm wrong, but major similarities, that's all I see
I couldn't tell if he was being serious or not
Can’t believe we got world famous actor form the hungergames mockingjay part 1 Charles white on the video
Nice cameo from Wet Critical
I was REALLY waiting for a reason to get this game. BOTW was lightning in a bottle for me but after I beat Ganon, i never went back to play it again
This video is for true Zelda Fans to watch
I've unfortunately got to agree. I just can't get into these giant games where everything is tedious and slow. I much prefer shorter, dense games with lots of fun, unique, and satisfying content around every corner, like Donkey Kong games.
As flawed as it is, Twilight Princess is still my personal favorite Zelda game.
All i remember about Tears of the kingdom was all the hype it got off BOTW, it came out, and then…nothing really seemed to come of it.
I didn’t really get into BOTW either. The weapon breaking mechanic really sunk my interest in getting it. I didn’t wanna get a super strong weapon and then not use it cuz I didn’t wanna break it.
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts truly is one of the games of all time, 7/Funky Mode
I miss Uncle Al and I will watch any Meme Video or his thoughts on Video Games when he uploads 😆
Whats the outro music
Hate to be that guy, but his name is Penguinz0 now
Actually he names himself both MoistCritical and Penguinz0
One is on youtube and one of twitch
He literally goes by different names, go on his twitch and you'll see but Moist sounds better than penguinz0 imo
Me when I spout half-truths
He never changed the name of his channel it was always penguinz0 and has said that he doesn't even call his channel one way and he just uses which ever one is more convenient at that time
@@wealthybone2990 Why did he decide to have 2 names? Not criticising, just curious
Thank God someone finally addresses this ducking travesty!!!
I'm just pissed my guy Teva got sidelined by his annoying son.
I guess I'm not the only who is bored
Well, Al, I can completely understand your complaints. I just don't have them.
You're entitled to your opinion dude, it's ok.
Personally I think the fuse mechanic helps crack down on weapon durability. Before, it was annoying to fight small fries with bigger weapons because you'd waste them. The worst offender being silver-grade enemies, who were so tanky you were better off avoiding them to preserve your weapons.
But in ToTK, higher tier enemies drop higher level horns which you can use to boost the durability and power of your weapons, which at least means if your average grunt-slasher breaks mid fight, you can grab a random sword, pull out a horn and boom you got a new one.
Plus, you can swap your weapon type on the go. Need to break rocks but you only have swords? Stick a club-like horn or a rock, and bam hammer. Now you need a fire staff? Unfuse a sword, stick a ruby and bam.
Same for arrows: managing 5 types of arrows was annoying, but now you can use various items to get the same elemental effect (+ a slurry of QoL effects using eyes or wings). My only gripe with this is you can't continuously fuse arrows, you have to individually items everytime you want to shoot an arrow, but baby steps I guess.
I honestly agree with most of these points! I also wish the game had more of it's own identity as well, and that they wouldn't have made it big for the sake of being big. It felt like they just wrote off the success of botw and forgot what made that game so special and Impactful.
I will say, it's refreshing to actually see a neutral/more negative opinion on games. Way too many people think "If you don't like it, don't play it." Ok, I like the series, but not this particular game, but I guess I just don't need to buy or play this game ever again lol. Shite sucks man
Bro I loved this game so much still playing it the story is epic everything about this game I love I really can’t see how someone could not like it besides personal preference , or satire I suppose .
Unfortunately i relate to this, like while ive found certain joys in this game, it was definitely lacking in certain aspects. But since i am someone that has the mindset of " once you start a game you have to finish it". And well after finishing it, i found myself liking zeldas story a lot better, bith gameplay wise and especially story wise.
There probably isn’t anything in the game because the devs nuked everything when they were messing with ultrahand and bombs
Homie needs family guy clips with subway surfer gameplay in order to play a game
Nah I need a good game in order to play the game
Great of Al to support small creators like MoistCritical.
I’m gonna keep it real, I wasn’t even captivated by Breath of the Wild. Coming from the Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker, Oracle of Ages/Seasons era I feel like we’re hard to impress.
Agreed, i tried to get into BotW twice and it was a fucking snoozefest both times. I felt the same way about Elden Ring too
It was my first open world game but after playing Elden Ring, Dark Souls 1, the only GTAs and Skyrim they all beat BOTW easily
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who feels this
@@ConfusedYharnamite Why?
are you sure it isnt just something different you want ? one prefers "vast" the next prefers "dense". different doesnt equate to a higher standard . my gripes with the game arent just the issues the previous game had but also the fact that it was worked on for 7 years and that it is demanded from me to pay 70 bucks + 200 bucks for its console for a mediocre continuation of a story that doesnt fill any other strength this franchise had and barely expanded on what mechanicly was already there , with a terrible cartoonish flavor to it on top of it all which is just a complete different vibe to most zelda games arround the n64 snes era . its just not your or my cup of tea . but it is selling well so who nintendo and its shareholder certainly dont care lol .
Wow after not giving a shit about your posts for almost the last 5 mo (minus the toonami remixes) this was actually refreshing
Honestly, I can agree with some of your criticisms as someone who enjoyed it (and Breath of the Wild too):
*Too Much Nothing:* Sadly true. There's not really much reason to go to places unless you're trying to find literally everything, and yet most of the time it just gives you a weapon that you don't need. Okay...?
*Building is Dumb:* HARD agree. The devs encourage us to be creative, but honestly I can't build something nearly as creative as other players have. I just need a good ol' sword or a simple build to do the trick, why bother being fancy or making something complex?
*Too Big For Why:* Also agree; the Sky portion of the map is exceedingly empty, and also very samey, as you'll usually come across the same few reused floating islands and be on your way. Sure there's places like the Thunderhead Isles or the sky islands above the Zora region, but that's about it. The Depths as well; sure it looks cool, but it's just got Yiga hideouts, Froxes, and more bosses from both the Sky and Surface. The fact that most of the game doesn't take place in these new regions is pretty sad... As for the Guardians, I definitely prefer the Gloom Spawn/Phantom Ganons over them, but I can see why you preferred them.
*Breaking Weapons is Dumb:* Gotta love it when devs deny a game mechanic being bad, huh?
*Ugly New Guys:* I'll have to disagree on them being "ugly", but that's okay if you don't like them. As for how they act on the field, yeah, they are pretty annoying to use if you want to use a specific power. Why not add a mechanic to make them stick close to you?
Overall, I love both BotW and TotK but they sure have flaws. TotK especially feels a little...too much. The story's great, but the gameplay does get exceedingly repetitive after a while with little to no variation after initial discoveries of new enemies and stuff, and I do think they could have added a few more.
I’d super appreciate it if we started getting more lived in open worlds instead of the same endless expanses of mountains and fields every time.
This is one criticism I can 100% agree with. I hate when open worlds feel devoid of life outside of a handful of settlements.
Steven Harvey
FINALLY! Maybe it's because i grew up with older, linear Zelda, but I can't get into this at all
I think open-ended CAN be done well. Hot take: A Link Between Worlds is a far better open world Zelda than BotW or TotK, while also reusing a previous game's overworld at that.
@@BullockDSALBW did so much better at this. Sure it’s the same universe as LTTP but different enough to tell the difference. TotK is literally the same god damn world with little to no change.
@@KingExaltedNever had a 3DS, so I can’t weigh in on ALBW, but I feel the need to point out TotK’s world is almost 3 times the size of BotW. Still fairly empty, I’m just nitpicking at the use of “literally the same” to describe it.
@BullockDS albw isn't open world, you are literally saying nonsense
@@benro6564 it's a good thing I said "open ended" then :)
I never played a Zelda game til botw and enjoyed it but hearing what you said I'm a bit worried. Because I've been avoiding watching people play it because I've been wanting to savor every 'cool' moment for myself. But my worst fears are kinda confirmed because if there's nothing especially compared to the first. Idk if its worth the 70 dollar price point anymore. May have to wait to get it like I did with botw... On the sidewalk downtown. But what are the odds of that happening again
Now this i gotta see
I've clocked over 200 hours into this game, and yeah, you make excellent points. Totk gets boring, ESPECIALLY if you want to 100% it. 100%ing a game should not have to feel tedious like this
It is distinctly anti-100% by design. Even as far as denying completion percentages with the intent to _orient you_ towards trying to only find what you _can_ naturally, and with your brain and wanderlust. If you're not mentally or exploratively solving it, TotK will not care about it any further, and will want you to do open world stuff instead of picking up pennies(no offense). Key word being "solve".
@@dddmemaybe Maybe that's why it didn't sit with me. Completing and unlocking everything is just something I really love in games. I get what you mean though
first a dk fan , then a zelda nuts and bolts "hater" .
I love you more and more .
HE'S BACK WITH THE MILK!!!
When's the next episode of DKC Abridged?
The magic of botw was a little deflated the second time around and most of the new areas felt cool after the first half hour of exploring, and then it got old. Yet somehow, I think I sank almost 200 hours or more into TOTK. The story was also weak. Interesting concept but confusingly executed
I feel bad for you given that this game is doing well meaning you’ll have to deal with this stuff in the future
I feel the exact same about the game
finally a real review!
0:05: first meatcanyon and now Al with Steve Harvey? RUN
I didn't much care for BotW so i just skipped this one entirely. I really hope they bring the original zelda formula back.
Thank God someone else gets it this game just had nothing in story and game play. It was all cool and fun in the beginning, but when you realize the sky, and the underground are just reskins of the overworld, the magic is lost. Really wish the game was more but oh well, if others liked it then that's fine. Also building was a cool gimmick until it got annoying.
I agree with everything you said in this video.
While i don't agree, I understand why you don't like it. The only thing is, the weapons may seem weaker than in the last game and break more easily, you're actually supposed to use the fuse ability to make them stronger. In fact I made a weapon out of the giant spike ball and it lasted a very long time. Even longer than the fully powered up master sword in botw.
How dare you Al
Yeah, how dare he have a different opinion?! This guy is insane...