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Breath of the Wild is the most overrated game of all time - VG Culture HQ
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If Breath of the Wild is the most overrated game of all time then what the fuck does that make Twilight Princess? A whole other realm of overratedness that my mind just cannot hope to comprehend?!
Nah, BotW is great. One of the few Nintendo games I've played that actually lives up to the hype.
Nah, BotW is great. One of the few Nintendo games I've played that actually lives up to the hype.
It's not lol
It's just a terrible argument made by console warriors/haters when they found nothing else to downplay a critically successful game.
Oh yeah no doubt, but Nintendo needed those two wins after the flop that was the Wii U ;^))
I dunno though, I felt I was a lot more engaged playing Odyssey. I know this is subjective, but I felt it was more "fun". There was a point in BotW where the whole expereince started feeling like busywork and tedium, but man those opening hours were seriously great.
But yeah, Odyssey is just really easy to pick up and play. I love moving around and the movement system is just so fucking good. The combat in BotW kinda gets boring after a while.
I've been playing games for around 40 years, since Atari 2600, Odyssey2 and Colecovision.
BOTW is the best gaming experience I've ever had, personally. To me, it was something special and magical.
What other people think about it is of no concern to me.
I agree with the sentiment that people only think it is amazing because it is a Zelda game. The game would have been amazing if it came out 5 years earlier than it did. I think that the story and the graphics are the best thing about the game which are both objectively pretty mediocre.
It did something new, poorly, that other games would then go on to copy and make better.
I wouldn't say of all time, but it's definitely not close to a perfect game as its scores suggest. I can see 90 average but any higher than that is hard to stomach. And I say this as a life-long and gigantic Zelda fan (my favorite series of all time in fact). There are quite a few Zelda's that are much more complete package than BotW, the main thing it does well, and better than any other Zelda is its sense of mystery and adventure. I hope the sequel can iterate on BotW, but I'm very afraid it's also gonna be a victim of diminishing returns.
This take was inevitable given the praise lavished on the game. Someone was bound to feel this way.
I'm kind of sympathetic to the item durability complaint, since I've never enjoyed that restriction in any game ever, even once. Stop making me break my own stuff.
I'm kind of sympathetic to the item durability complaint, since I've never enjoyed that restriction in any game ever, even once. Stop making me break my own stuff.
I agree and it think the sequel (whatever it's called) will show it's shortcomings more blatantly.
I can see why some people don't like the concept of durability but it serves an important purpose. Breath of the Wild is all about improvisation in terms of both exploration and combat. You can't ride a horse forever and you can't walk in a straight line forever. Combat works in much the same way where you need to experiment with your surrounding and use whatever you have on you - if you had a weapon that couldn't break then the combat system is suddenly a lot more tedious. I somewhat believe the Master Sword delivers that feeling as in the late game it's likely to recharge inbetween major encounters, contradicting the purpose of durability.
Oh, I've only heard it used with BotW. I dropped off the series after Twilight Princess.
One could use the Belda argument on any long running/critically loved franchise I guess.
On this forum, or it was GAF, someone said that if the game was called "The Legend of Belda" it wouldn't have scored more than a 7, or something similar.
This article amounts to little more than a proofread and non-aggressive Belda post
Definately the least divisive critical darling in recent memory despite it all, a fact that continues to strip credence from the argument. Don't like invoking the vocal minority rhetoric but they sure do like reminding us of their presence.
Definately the least divisive critical darling in recent memory despite it all, a fact that continues to strip credence from the argument. Don't like invoking the vocal minority rhetoric but they sure do like reminding us of their presence.
while i have specific problems with BOTW and the direction Nintendo is going with their IP's, as in, both Zelda and Mario Odyssey try making every adventure unique to a player, but in turn, lose a difficulty curve and level design cant be as tight...articles like these always make me laugh.
BOTW deserves its place in gaming history solely due to the fact the world is so memorable, in the sense of guiding the player. few games were so easy to traverse like BOTW
BOTW deserves its place in gaming history solely due to the fact the world is so memorable, in the sense of guiding the player. few games were so easy to traverse like BOTW
Personally I think it was a solid game but its really dragged out far too long. Too much open space of nothing in the game. It needs to be far more focused to keep me going. Felt like a Zelda test really, just to see what they could change up before people got annoyed. BOTW2 is sure to be streamline and amazing.
I'm one of those weirdos who finds it kinda boring/middling overall. There's some really amazing moments littered throughout the game. It's just getting to those moments that I find dull or outright hostile to my enjoyment.
That said, I love Twilight Princess. My taste is suspect.
That said, I love Twilight Princess. My taste is suspect.
it's kind of sad when a site few people have heard of run such an obviously clickbaity headline. it's even more sad when someone takes the bait.
I read the article and this tidbit jumped out at me:
I disagree that it's overrated. It does something different and it does it about as well as you could hope. 9/10 times you think about a possible solution to a problem and it'll work because the systems all play together like you'd expect. I agree with their criticisms FWIW. The Divine Beast puzzles are boring and the opening of them is more interesting than anything inside (especially the camel). I just think the variety of gameplay, explaoration, system interactions, and the "do what you want" nature of the game outshines any issues with the main quest. Also the story-by-flashback mechanic helps sell Link's amnesia and explains his relatively mute reactions compared to other entries in the series.
If we're talking overrated games I'd throw GTA4 on that pile.
This is straight up wrong.
I disagree that it's overrated. It does something different and it does it about as well as you could hope. 9/10 times you think about a possible solution to a problem and it'll work because the systems all play together like you'd expect. I agree with their criticisms FWIW. The Divine Beast puzzles are boring and the opening of them is more interesting than anything inside (especially the camel). I just think the variety of gameplay, explaoration, system interactions, and the "do what you want" nature of the game outshines any issues with the main quest. Also the story-by-flashback mechanic helps sell Link's amnesia and explains his relatively mute reactions compared to other entries in the series.
If we're talking overrated games I'd throw GTA4 on that pile.
Yup that's the term I was looking for. Btw I meant to say "it wasn't perfect".
While I find the game very flawed and overrated, I stopped reading when they said Skyward Sword is the best Zelda game ever 0_0
They're right about one thing:
If Breath of the Wild wasn't called Zelda, it wouldn't get that much praise.
But guess what ? Being a Zelda game is part of the appeal of that game. It's part of a background, it's part of a universe. It's part of a universe. All of that makes an appealing world.
Saying "if Breath of the Wild wasn't a Zelda game" is the same as saying "If Breath of the Wild had a bad gameplay/wasn't open world/hadn't X elements". It's idiotic.
If Breath of the Wild wasn't called Zelda, it wouldn't get that much praise.
But guess what ? Being a Zelda game is part of the appeal of that game. It's part of a background, it's part of a universe. It's part of a universe. All of that makes an appealing world.
Saying "if Breath of the Wild wasn't a Zelda game" is the same as saying "If Breath of the Wild had a bad gameplay/wasn't open world/hadn't X elements". It's idiotic.
Breath of the Wild is probably the free-roaming game to best stave off the boredom that always sets in with that genre, and that would be true regardless of whether or not it's officially in the Zelda franchise. It's a fantastic game and deserves a lot of accolades for that.
There's a lot of things that could be improved, and it's still a 10/10. That's not overrated, that's scoring a game on its merit, instead of its foibles.
I'm tired of the term "overrated" used so much in gaming. What does it even mean? That reviewers rated the game more than they meant to? That they liked it too much? It just seems to be a term used by people to describe something popular they don't like, nothing more.
>tfw BotW is the worst one since it lets you start exploring 45 seconds after getting control of Link instead of railroading you through entire game like TRUE masterpieces such as Skyward Sword.
I wasn't even a Zelda fan when I played Breath of the Wild and my enjoyment was not impacted
BoTW's sales figures would suggest that that's true for many players who wouldn't have played Breath of the Wild based solely on their love or nostalgia for the franchise
And what's more is (as you and everyone else who's played it knows) it's probably the one 3D Zelda game that draws the least from the well of franchise nostalgia
I agree that it is one of the most overrated games ever. It's certainly not a bad game, it is a good game due to many of its nice gameplay mechanics, but I found it too flawed and shallow to consider it more than good.
Story is shit, enemy variety is weak, shrines are with few exceptions garbage filler content. There's not that much of true interest to find in the world. There's like 10 hours of quality content spread way too thin in this game. Princess rescuing trope for the millionth time, really?
Story is shit, enemy variety is weak, shrines are with few exceptions garbage filler content. There's not that much of true interest to find in the world. There's like 10 hours of quality content spread way too thin in this game. Princess rescuing trope for the millionth time, really?
I think its ambition caused it to have certain aspects be a little undercooked. So it's a great first attempt I would say, that the sequel has the potential to greatly improve upon.
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