Breath of the Wild has an eerie sense of loneliness in its overworld that no other game in the series can match. The story teaches you how to live with tragedy and you are basically going around this destroyed post apocalyptic land trying to figure out who you are and what happened. The sheikah technology was also very interesting from a lore perspective and the characters were really good as well.
@@chooongusbug724 The sense of loneliness doesn’t come from the lack of content. It comes from the fact that you are traveling around this post apocalyptic land that’s been shredded to ruins. The empty space between places is completely necessary for the overall feeling and atmosphere of the overworld. You can feel the sadness and despair in the air at times. People also spend hundreds of hours playing the game which goes against your lack of content argument. And there’s plenty of extra content to be found in the DLC as well. Including master mode and the ex champion trials. If anything lacks content its Tears of the Kingdom because the map is 3x as big and yet 3x as empty. The sky is empty, the depths is tedious, and you build cars and planes to travel around the same exact map as Breath of the Wild. They really spent 7 years making that game and thought they were adding extra content. At least Breath of the Wild felt like a brand new experience.
@ShadowWizard224 the sense of loneliness absolutely comes from the fact there's nothing to do but go off. Enjoy that 60 dollar beta, nostalgia is a wild thing lol
@@chooongusbug724 Nostalgia??? Your acting like the game came out 100 years ago. The game wasn’t perfect but it was completely necessary for the time it came out especially after the backlash that skyward sword got for the 25th anniversary back in 2011. It was a great game for the time it came out and completely revolutionized the series. You’re probably one of those players that complains about weapon durability because you’re not skilled enough to actually be good at the game. There’s plenty of content to last people hundreds if not thousands of hours so I honestly don’t know what you are talking about. The eerie sense of loneliness comes from the vibe and atmosphere not lack of content. And if that’s still not enough the DLC has plenty of extra content as well like extra cut scenes, trials, boss rushes, master mode, etc etc… Monk Maz Koshia is a top three boss battle in the entire series and the game itself has one of the most underrated soundtracks in the entire series. It won game of the year for a reason.
This was my first Zelda game and I enjoyed it. I was not crazy about the breaking weapons at first but it did make you explore more to find better ones. You get the satisfaction of beating a monster with his own weapon. I loved the empty open space instead of fighting something every ten seconds. I also loved the red moon respawn to give you more time to ride a horse or something else. I did hate the rain showing up while I was climbing.lol
I like TOTK more. It has this time travel element, the larger emphasis on an ancient highly-advanced civilisation and even though equally scarcely populated, feels more “alive”. As if BOTW was the first shot and TOTK finally got it right. But both games are great. I hope there will be more in that vein on the upcoming Switch 2.
I dont think i can agree rhat BotW was a masterpiece but it came very close. It just felt a bit too empty and didnt have much to do outside of fighting enemies or looking for koroks. But there absolutely was potential with open air Zelda and i think Tears of the Kingdom is what truly showed that open air Zelda is here to stay. Tears of the Kingdom is what i wanted out of Breath of the Wild. Caves, meaningful side quests (i didnt like most of the side quests in BotW outside of the one in Kakariko with the Yiga member who defected to the Sheikah, most were just standing around on a pedesta, waiting for a shadow to hit a pedestal or grabbing 40 pieces of wood from cutting trees), a story thats actually going on in the present and a story thats going on in the past thats actually mysterious, more interesting mechanics and just much more do to in a world that i originally thought was pretty barren. I love both games and TotK wouldnt exist without BotW, but TotK was absolutely what i wanted out of BotW
I understand your complaints about botw feeling empty. However, I feel that botw being empty helped make a feeling of loneliness and made it seem like ganon had actually destroyed Hyrule. With totk the people of Hyrule are rebuilding Hyrule so, having a lot of things to do make sense. In my personal opinion I like botw better however, totk is definitely an amazing game.
@zzzr0wlit I feel nostalgia blinds you a bit TBH, even back when BotW came out? Everyone was complaining about the game being empty and asking for stuff like caves and side quests that actually mattered. And even before TotK? I felt BotW was more so a beta or proof of concept for what open air Zelda could be... TotK delivered on that in a way BotW couldnt due to the technical limitations of Wii U holding BotW back (you know Aonuma wanted caves and sky islands in BotW but couldn't implement them because of the Wii U's CPU/lack of ram?) Both games have their place but when I see someone say BotW was better, I have to pose the question (like I do when people say OoT is better than MM) how much of that is nostalgia talking? It's absolutely fine, we all have fond memories of stuff we love but I feel its a valid thing to bring up/question For me? After 20 hours of exploring in BotW, I realized I was gonna find nothing but empty grassy plains, Korok poo or a shrine and if it was a blessing shrine (one that was just sitting out in the open) I got a bit disappointed because exploration didn't really matter. TotK? Caves alone make exploration much more rewarding, not to mention quests where I'm helping NPCs get from point A to point B, stuff that's more interactive and makes the world feel like it's more alive. I've heard the argument of BotW going for a more barren feeling to make the world feel more lonely and to an extent I agree but I also feel that's a bit of a cop out for people to excuse BotW kind of being devoid of meaningful content. But too each their own
@@tinyhumans9304tbh even playing botw now after totk still makes me think that botw was better. I never really minded that some parts of the game felt empty. Exploring felt fun even if I didn't find much in the areas of which I was exploring. I also didn't really like totks story that much. In totk ganon feels like he has no reason to be evil. Ganon in botw isn't human and is basically just a monster made of malice and because of this he is evil as he is made up of hatred of the final boss of skyward sword(didn't want to spoil skyward sword in case you hadn't played it). I feel like ganon should have had motives in totk if they wanted to convey a story that made sense because ganon is human in that game. If you want a human to be a villain in a story then that villain should have a reason to be against the main characters.
i feel like botw’s story is amazing, and when people hate on it and call oot’s story a masterpiece, i get all confused because, the only story in that game is the one told to you
@@prettyoriginalnameprettyor7506 Neither OoT or BotW have a good story, the only way someone would think this is if they're a Nintendo fanboy and havent played games that have an actual good story
Excellent Video! At 10:16, I can agree, but BotW has some of the most complex combat system of any video-game, in terms of Advanced Glitch combat and Techniques.
Amazing video. To be honest my first experience with the game wasn't great. I couldn't work out how to leave the great plateau! On my second playthrough I completed it to 100%.
I must be in the minority because I tried the game and I just could not get into it even though it was very pretty and cool in the beginning. (I didn't like the survival aspect with baking food and managing that aspect.. and also the numerous objects and the weapon that break etc ) I much prefer a game like Prince of Persia, the last Crown, which I find to be a masterpiece.
Try Tears of the Kingdom, it's legitimately what Breath of the Wild should've been. Breath was kinda empty and after a few hours of exploring? You knew what you were gonna find where in Tears? There's so much to do, so much to see, better gameplay mechanics, a more refined gameplay loop and a more engaging plot all around. I've met quite a few people who didn't like Breath but love Tears so I think Tears is worth checking out
@@JakeRider-gl8fo i approve your message, im just starting totk after beating botw (i enjoyed it but not as much). And now i cant stop playing totk, it blows my mind how phisics work and you are able to attach objects
What I heard was next gen patches for Tears of the Kingdom and it's predecessor for Switch 2. Both were shown off behind closed doors last year running at 60fps with no load screens to show devs what Switch 2 could do
despite all the things you said, i disagree. but i disagree with tears of the kingdom far more than what breath of the wild did, im grateful for what botw did. but i never wanna see a game like that again, if it meant that tears of the kingdom was gonna come out the way it did. i wanted a marriage between old 3d zelda/items/dungeons. and we got none of that. i wrote paragraphs upon paragraphs about this in many other videos. but yeah, as long as people are gonna write a essay on this matter. im gonna drop my cent
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Theres nothing like that first experience with BOTW and your video helped to remind me of that!
Man, I wish I could go back a few years and experience the game blind again
I honestly LOVE botw story, everything. Like how Zelda does not want to be around link, to be in love with him
Breath of the Wild has an eerie sense of loneliness in its overworld that no other game in the series can match. The story teaches you how to live with tragedy and you are basically going around this destroyed post apocalyptic land trying to figure out who you are and what happened. The sheikah technology was also very interesting from a lore perspective and the characters were really good as well.
Precisely!
"sense of loneliness" wild way to defend the game being devoid of content lol
@@chooongusbug724 The sense of loneliness doesn’t come from the lack of content. It comes from the fact that you are traveling around this post apocalyptic land that’s been shredded to ruins. The empty space between places is completely necessary for the overall feeling and atmosphere of the overworld. You can feel the sadness and despair in the air at times. People also spend hundreds of hours playing the game which goes against your lack of content argument. And there’s plenty of extra content to be found in the DLC as well. Including master mode and the ex champion trials.
If anything lacks content its Tears of the Kingdom because the map is 3x as big and yet 3x as empty. The sky is empty, the depths is tedious, and you build cars and planes to travel around the same exact map as Breath of the Wild. They really spent 7 years making that game and thought they were adding extra content. At least Breath of the Wild felt like a brand new experience.
@ShadowWizard224 the sense of loneliness absolutely comes from the fact there's nothing to do but go off. Enjoy that 60 dollar beta, nostalgia is a wild thing lol
@@chooongusbug724 Nostalgia??? Your acting like the game came out 100 years ago. The game wasn’t perfect but it was completely necessary for the time it came out especially after the backlash that skyward sword got for the 25th anniversary back in 2011. It was a great game for the time it came out and completely revolutionized the series. You’re probably one of those players that complains about weapon durability because you’re not skilled enough to actually be good at the game. There’s plenty of content to last people hundreds if not thousands of hours so I honestly don’t know what you are talking about. The eerie sense of loneliness comes from the vibe and atmosphere not lack of content. And if that’s still not enough the DLC has plenty of extra content as well like extra cut scenes, trials, boss rushes, master mode, etc etc…
Monk Maz Koshia is a top three boss battle in the entire series and the game itself has one of the most underrated soundtracks in the entire series. It won game of the year for a reason.
This was my first Zelda game and I enjoyed it. I was not crazy about the breaking weapons at first but it did make you explore more to find better ones. You get the satisfaction of beating a monster with his own weapon. I loved the empty open space instead of fighting something every ten seconds. I also loved the red moon respawn to give you more time to ride a horse or something else. I did hate the rain showing up while I was climbing.lol
I like TOTK more. It has this time travel element, the larger emphasis on an ancient highly-advanced civilisation and even though equally scarcely populated, feels more “alive”. As if BOTW was the first shot and TOTK finally got it right.
But both games are great. I hope there will be more in that vein on the upcoming Switch 2.
Good video Mate , I just retired at 60 & this is my first Zelda adventure
Well you chose a great one to start out with, also happy retirement.🎉
I dont think i can agree rhat BotW was a masterpiece but it came very close. It just felt a bit too empty and didnt have much to do outside of fighting enemies or looking for koroks. But there absolutely was potential with open air Zelda and i think Tears of the Kingdom is what truly showed that open air Zelda is here to stay.
Tears of the Kingdom is what i wanted out of Breath of the Wild. Caves, meaningful side quests (i didnt like most of the side quests in BotW outside of the one in Kakariko with the Yiga member who defected to the Sheikah, most were just standing around on a pedesta, waiting for a shadow to hit a pedestal or grabbing 40 pieces of wood from cutting trees), a story thats actually going on in the present and a story thats going on in the past thats actually mysterious, more interesting mechanics and just much more do to in a world that i originally thought was pretty barren.
I love both games and TotK wouldnt exist without BotW, but TotK was absolutely what i wanted out of BotW
I understand your complaints about botw feeling empty. However, I feel that botw being empty helped make a feeling of loneliness and made it seem like ganon had actually destroyed Hyrule. With totk the people of Hyrule are rebuilding Hyrule so, having a lot of things to do make sense.
In my personal opinion I like botw better however, totk is definitely an amazing game.
@zzzr0wlit I feel nostalgia blinds you a bit TBH, even back when BotW came out? Everyone was complaining about the game being empty and asking for stuff like caves and side quests that actually mattered. And even before TotK? I felt BotW was more so a beta or proof of concept for what open air Zelda could be... TotK delivered on that in a way BotW couldnt due to the technical limitations of Wii U holding BotW back (you know Aonuma wanted caves and sky islands in BotW but couldn't implement them because of the Wii U's CPU/lack of ram?)
Both games have their place but when I see someone say BotW was better, I have to pose the question (like I do when people say OoT is better than MM) how much of that is nostalgia talking? It's absolutely fine, we all have fond memories of stuff we love but I feel its a valid thing to bring up/question
For me? After 20 hours of exploring in BotW, I realized I was gonna find nothing but empty grassy plains, Korok poo or a shrine and if it was a blessing shrine (one that was just sitting out in the open) I got a bit disappointed because exploration didn't really matter. TotK? Caves alone make exploration much more rewarding, not to mention quests where I'm helping NPCs get from point A to point B, stuff that's more interactive and makes the world feel like it's more alive. I've heard the argument of BotW going for a more barren feeling to make the world feel more lonely and to an extent I agree but I also feel that's a bit of a cop out for people to excuse BotW kind of being devoid of meaningful content. But too each their own
@@tinyhumans9304tbh even playing botw now after totk still makes me think that botw was better. I never really minded that some parts of the game felt empty. Exploring felt fun even if I didn't find much in the areas of which I was exploring. I also didn't really like totks story that much. In totk ganon feels like he has no reason to be evil. Ganon in botw isn't human and is basically just a monster made of malice and because of this he is evil as he is made up of hatred of the final boss of skyward sword(didn't want to spoil skyward sword in case you hadn't played it). I feel like ganon should have had motives in totk if they wanted to convey a story that made sense because ganon is human in that game. If you want a human to be a villain in a story then that villain should have a reason to be against the main characters.
Well, I love both botw/Totk 🥰
@@Mr.Chimpazeesame, I just like botw a little more
i feel like botw’s story is amazing, and when people hate on it and call oot’s story a masterpiece, i get all confused because, the only story in that game is the one told to you
OOT has a great story. Don't pit two completely different story telling methods against each other
@ i’m not, though. oot’s story is only told to you, giving less of an impact
@@prettyoriginalnameprettyor7506 Neither OoT or BotW have a good story, the only way someone would think this is if they're a Nintendo fanboy and havent played games that have an actual good story
OoT is good but man is it overrated?
@ yeah, definitely. i feel like when someone says it’s overrated everyone thinks the guy hates it but thats not true
Excellent Video! At 10:16, I can agree, but BotW has some of the most complex combat system of any video-game, in terms of Advanced Glitch combat and Techniques.
Yeah, some people can do some crazy stuff in this game. However, most of us may not be able to spend the time it takes to learn some glitches.
Have to replay it now! I really fell in Love with the franchise when I first played it. Skyward Sword is my favorite one though
This video was just an excuse to replay botw lol 😂
i agree its almost perfect. No doubt it's anything but a zelda game but as its own thing its awesome
You should make a video on tears of the kingdom also I subscribed
Subscribe, if the guardian music gives you trauma or PTSD.
Gives you PTSD* not trauma ❤
@@drasnaescastlethx, I changed the comment
@@drasnaescastle"post traumatic stress disorder" trauma is literally in the name 😂
@@chooongusbug724they are still technically different.
@zzzr0wlit cope, PTSD is caused from *drum roll * trauma. Not surprised a Beta of the Wild fanboy isn't intelligent enough to grasp that 🥰
Amazing video. To be honest my first experience with the game wasn't great. I couldn't work out how to leave the great plateau! On my second playthrough I completed it to 100%.
I must be in the minority because I tried the game and I just could not get into it even though it was very pretty and cool in the beginning. (I didn't like the survival aspect with baking food and managing that aspect.. and also the numerous objects and the weapon that break etc ) I much prefer a game like Prince of Persia, the last Crown, which I find to be a masterpiece.
Try Tears of the Kingdom, it's legitimately what Breath of the Wild should've been. Breath was kinda empty and after a few hours of exploring? You knew what you were gonna find where in Tears? There's so much to do, so much to see, better gameplay mechanics, a more refined gameplay loop and a more engaging plot all around. I've met quite a few people who didn't like Breath but love Tears so I think Tears is worth checking out
@ Interesting... i will maybe borrow it from a friend but i have so many games to play first 😅
@@JakeRider-gl8fo i approve your message, im just starting totk after beating botw (i enjoyed it but not as much). And now i cant stop playing totk, it blows my mind how phisics work and you are able to attach objects
There’s a rumor Botw will be remake for switch 2
Hopefully 4K 60fps
What I heard was next gen patches for Tears of the Kingdom and it's predecessor for Switch 2. Both were shown off behind closed doors last year running at 60fps with no load screens to show devs what Switch 2 could do
Why are you spoiling Twilight Princess? I haven't played that game yet!
Story has never really been Zelda’s first priority. Just play the first one and see.
Literally every 3d zelda except for botw has good story, and it's the main focus
asian developers cannot be compared with others
despite all the things you said, i disagree. but i disagree with tears of the kingdom far more than what breath of the wild did, im grateful for what botw did. but i never wanna see a game like that again, if it meant that tears of the kingdom was gonna come out the way it did.
i wanted a marriage between old 3d zelda/items/dungeons. and we got none of that.
i wrote paragraphs upon paragraphs about this in many other videos. but yeah, as long as people are gonna write a essay on this matter. im gonna drop my cent
I'm very glad youre the vocal minority lol
Oof, bad take
I kinda agree, but i want a mix of everything: give us freedom but return dungeons, excellent music and focus more in the story
Not watching this. It's not a masterpiece and it's one of the worst Zeldas. It's hardly zelda. Done.
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