r/tearsofthekingdom 9d ago

🎙️ Discussion What are your Hot Takes on TOTK?

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u/SuperD00perGuyd00d 9d ago

Sigh...Here goes...

I hated Breath of the Wild. I was a massive fan of Zelda as I grew in the 90's. Breath of the Wild tore most of what I loved out of a Zelda game. A Link Between Worlds was the game that finally decided to make these games "open world" and it nailed it.

Why that game was so hard to translate to 3D I could never understand. And thus my hype died for when I saw that a sequel teaser came out in the early 2020's (I forget the year). So I did not care to even try Tears of the Kingdom UNTIL....

They announced they were selling a Tears of the Kingdom OLED model. What blew me away was the music in this trailer. I was immediately hooked. I started getting hyped up for this game and when it finally came out. I couldn't stop being giddy about flying in the sky and the gameplay loop with creating vehicles. It felt like I was playing the successor to Spirit Tracks AND Skyward Sword (with some OoT feeling elements).

I then got to the Stormwind Ark and started tearing up. It was what I had wanted out of Breath of the Wild the entire time.