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Breath of the Wild is the most overrated game of all time - VG Culture HQ

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It's blasphemous to say, but Breath of the Wild is the most overrated game of all-time. While it does so many things wonderfully well, it lacks the cohesion that makes an excellent game. Now, we are not saying that it is not a great game – it is. On our review scale, an 8 is "great", which is where we would score it if we had reviewed it. But it's not a top-five game of all-time, like IGN's latest "top 100 games" list suggests. It's not even a top-five Legend of Zelda game. If Breath of the Wild weren't a Legend of Zelda game, would it have garnered the same amount of critical acclaim? That is the litmus test for any game, and the answer here is simply, no.
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Breath of the Wild set the foundation for an excellent game, even a masterpiece, but simply was not able to follow through. From the lack of story, stale dungeons, grinding shrines in order to attain the Master Sword, and item durability, the game falters on many fronts. As we said earlier though, it is a great game; it simply isn't the masterpiece that the mainstream gaming media makes it out to be. If it were anything other than a Zelda game it would be criticized heavily on these fronts. It is enjoyable, but not elite.
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I don't think I agree with any part of this, but they definitely feel strongly about it. A lot of their criticism in this article appears to be based on comparing BOTW with other Zelda games and BOTW coming up short, rather than assessing the game on its own terms (ironically enough).

What do you think, Era?
 
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As soon as I read the argument "If it weren't a Legend of Zelda game" I stopped caring. What's the point in wondering about hypotheticals? It IS a LoZ game. That is a fact. Imagining if it weren't is a waste of time.
 
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Man, people are really pissed about no dungeons, huh?

All I see are the same often vague arguments from 2017. "It's not a TRUE Zelda!!1!" . Complaints are always rooted on this idea that Zelda must follow a specific formula.

Edit: Wait, they think Skyward Sword is the best Zelda game of all time?
 
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Absolutely overrated. It's a neat game don't get me wrong but after a few hours it becomes a boring and empty feeling adventure devoid of any real feeling of accomplishment with mediocre dungeons. Shrines are mostly pretty tame and acceptable, but it really didn't give me that same feeling of excitement and wonder other entries in even the same franchise have given me before.

Music is incredible though.
 
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I think this person will have to hold this grudge for a long time unfortunately for them. It has aged quite well so far.
 
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It's time for the weekly BOTW thread! But really, is the hyperbole in the article title warranted? I don't think so.
 
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I may say that it's one of my favorite games I've played, but I also realize I was greatly disappointed with certain aspects like story, and bosses.
 
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Lord Vatek said:
Nah I dislike BotW but that title still belongs to Final Fantasy VII.
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But ff7 was a generational leap for the genre. While lots of other jrpgs were coming out at the time, most of the major ones i can think of where still using the 3/4 top down look at the floor strategy of the last gen. It can almost be the sole reason why JRPGs flourished in that generation.

BOTW was 5 years late to an open world trend.
 
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Dest said:
Absolutely overrated. It's a neat game don't get me wrong but after a few hours it becomes a boring and empty feeling adventure devoid of any real feeling of accomplishment with mediocre dungeons. Shrines are mostly pretty tame and acceptable, but it really didn't give me that same feeling of excitement and wonder other entries in even the same franchise have given me before.

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Summed up my thoughts perfectly. It's a solid game but I personally thought Super Mario Odyssey was the better Nintendo offering that year :X

waiting for someone to bring up how rdr2 is overrated too
 
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Always love reading a "if it wasn't Zelda" argument because BOTW is my favourite game of the generation and I am far from a Zelda fan at all.
 
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Cerulean_skylark said:
But ff7 was a generational leap for the genre. While lots of other jrpgs were coming out at the time, most of the major ones i can think of where still using the 3/4 top down look at the floor strategy of the last gen. It can almost be the sole reason why JRPGs flourished in that generation.

BOTW was 5 years late to an open world trend.
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Doing something new and revolutionary doesn't translate to quality.
 
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vestan said:
Summed up my thoughts perfectly. It's a solid game but I personally thought Super Mario Odyssey was the better Nintendo offering that year :X

waiting for someone to bring up how rdr2 is overrated too
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I'd say that Odyssey isn't too far behind in the overratedneed either, though. :^)
 
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sorry but we as a community have already decided that the legend of zelda breath of the wild a game by hidemaro fujibayashi for nintendo switch is the greatest game of all time youre sadly too late internet person
 
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I completely agree with this article, BOTW is easily my least favourite Zelda game and the only mainline game I haven't yet completed because I have no motivation to. I use the term Zelda here loosely because it's not a real Zelda game IMO.
 

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"Overrated" is the most stupid buzzword ever as it basically means "everyone who is praising and liking the game is wrong but somehow my opinion is right".
You don't like the game? Fine.
But stop acting as everyone was wrong.
 
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In the literal sense of the word, for me, Metal Gear 4 and too a lesser extent Metal Gear 5.
 
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GSG said:
I completely agree with this article, BOTW is easily my least favourite Zelda game and the only mainline game I haven't yet completed because I have no motivation to. I use the term Zelda here loosely because it's not a real Zelda game IMO.
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So which is it? Is it getting points because it's a Zelda game, or is it a bad game because it's not a true Zelda game? Both can't be true.
 
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