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Zelda: Breath of the Wild gets first review in EDGE!

MikehaMikeha Member EpicPosts: 9,196

First review is in and its a perfect 10 / 10

http://nintendoeverything.com/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-gets-first-review-in-edge/

– EDGE indicates that the game is very dense
– You’ll roam around and get distracted by dozens of different things “an absolute, and unremitting pleasure to get lost in”
– Over 100 shrines and they are multi purpose
– The world feels well realized despite game like speed potions
– Four beasts must be exorcised, with a couple sub missions a final dungeon and a boss fight for each
– If you focus on just the main quest you’re looking at about 20 hours
– You’ll have all the tools you need after playing 4 shrines (opening hour)
– Defeating beasts will net you RPG like stat boosts and a new power with a big cool down that breaks the game in ways they wouldn’t spoil
– Frame rate is a little uneven on the Wii U version, dropping to teens in very busy sequences like heavy weather effects, rarely when it matters
– Nuts and bolts combat is a little unpredictable at times but that encourages you to the many other tools and powers at your disposal

“The result, for all the longevity of its series and the familiarity of the open world genre, is a game that evokes feelings we haven’t felt for 20 years. Not since Ocarina of Time have we set foot in a world that feels so mind-bogglingly vast and unerringly magical, that proves so relentlessly intriguing. Plenty of games promise to let us go anywhere and do anything. Few, if any, ever deliver so irresistibly. 19 years on Ocarina is still held up as the high water mark of gamings best loved and greatest series. Now it may have to settle for second place”.

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  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    edited February 2017
    20 hours in the main storyline after the game was delayed for 15 months?  10/10 my ass ....
    To be fair the main story in games like Skyrim can be completed in about 5-10 hours. 

    For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson


  • YashaXYashaX Member EpicPosts: 3,100
    Sounds good, but its pretty pricey at AUS$570.
    ....
  • GhavriggGhavrigg Member RarePosts: 1,308
    Recore said:

    First review is in and its a perfect 10 / 10

    http://nintendoeverything.com/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-gets-first-review-in-edge/

    – EDGE indicates that the game is very dense
    – You’ll roam around and get distracted by dozens of different things “an absolute, and unremitting pleasure to get lost in”
    – Over 100 shrines and they are multi purpose
    – The world feels well realized despite game like speed potions
    – Four beasts must be exorcised, with a couple sub missions a final dungeon and a boss fight for each
    – If you focus on just the main quest you’re looking at about 20 hours
    – You’ll have all the tools you need after playing 4 shrines (opening hour)
    – Defeating beasts will net you RPG like stat boosts and a new power with a big cool down that breaks the game in ways they wouldn’t spoil
    – Frame rate is a little uneven on the Wii U version, dropping to teens in very busy sequences like heavy weather effects, rarely when it matters
    – Nuts and bolts combat is a little unpredictable at times but that encourages you to the many other tools and powers at your disposal

    “The result, for all the longevity of its series and the familiarity of the open world genre, is a game that evokes feelings we haven’t felt for 20 years. Not since Ocarina of Time have we set foot in a world that feels so mind-bogglingly vast and unerringly magical, that proves so relentlessly intriguing. Plenty of games promise to let us go anywhere and do anything. Few, if any, ever deliver so irresistibly. 19 years on Ocarina is still held up as the high water mark of gamings best loved and greatest series. Now it may have to settle for second place”.

    20 hours in the main storyline after the game was delayed for 15 months?  10/10 my ass ....
    Because in a large, open world game, being set as a launch title for a new console, the story is the biggest hurdle they faced, right?
  • GhavriggGhavrigg Member RarePosts: 1,308
    Ghavrigg said:
    Recore said:

    First review is in and its a perfect 10 / 10

    http://nintendoeverything.com/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-gets-first-review-in-edge/

    – EDGE indicates that the game is very dense
    – You’ll roam around and get distracted by dozens of different things “an absolute, and unremitting pleasure to get lost in”
    – Over 100 shrines and they are multi purpose
    – The world feels well realized despite game like speed potions
    – Four beasts must be exorcised, with a couple sub missions a final dungeon and a boss fight for each
    – If you focus on just the main quest you’re looking at about 20 hours
    – You’ll have all the tools you need after playing 4 shrines (opening hour)
    – Defeating beasts will net you RPG like stat boosts and a new power with a big cool down that breaks the game in ways they wouldn’t spoil
    – Frame rate is a little uneven on the Wii U version, dropping to teens in very busy sequences like heavy weather effects, rarely when it matters
    – Nuts and bolts combat is a little unpredictable at times but that encourages you to the many other tools and powers at your disposal

    “The result, for all the longevity of its series and the familiarity of the open world genre, is a game that evokes feelings we haven’t felt for 20 years. Not since Ocarina of Time have we set foot in a world that feels so mind-bogglingly vast and unerringly magical, that proves so relentlessly intriguing. Plenty of games promise to let us go anywhere and do anything. Few, if any, ever deliver so irresistibly. 19 years on Ocarina is still held up as the high water mark of gamings best loved and greatest series. Now it may have to settle for second place”.

    20 hours in the main storyline after the game was delayed for 15 months?  10/10 my ass ....
    Because in a large, open world game, being set as a launch title for a new console, the story is the biggest hurdle they faced, right?
    Because 20 hours isn't a lot of content considering how long the game was delayed and remembering that Wii U owners got a big middle finger as they saw their game, that some bought on pre-order two years ago, end up being tailored for an entirely different console.  Given all that, I hoped for at least a 30 hour core game experience.
    Have you not played an open world game before? The core experience IS the optional stuff.
  • JeroKaneJeroKane Member EpicPosts: 7,099
    edited March 2017
    DMKano said:
    Ah its one of those worthless 10/10 pre-release reviews.



    In this case, the press have gotten the Switch Console and Zelda last week already and paper press magazines maybe even earlier, since they need time for press.
    The first official unboxing videos were posted days ago already and Nintendolife has posted a limited preview (of what they were allowed to spill).

    The review in the OP is from Edge magazine that most subcribers haven't gotten yet (at least here the April issue is not in the stores yet), so probably a leak from distribution center.
  • Thoth_MosheThoth_Moshe Member UncommonPosts: 240
    10 out of 10 from all these websites seems suspect.
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,058
    Nyctelios said:
    Yeah, very suspect, lol! Will be getting this soon. 

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • MikehaMikeha Member EpicPosts: 9,196
    Anybody that thought it would be different does not know the stregnth of the series. 
  • ReizlaReizla Member RarePosts: 4,092
    Ghavrigg said:
    Ghavrigg said:
    Recore said:

    First review is in and its a perfect 10 / 10

    http://nintendoeverything.com/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-gets-first-review-in-edge/

    – EDGE indicates that the game is very dense
    – You’ll roam around and get distracted by dozens of different things “an absolute, and unremitting pleasure to get lost in”
    – Over 100 shrines and they are multi purpose
    – The world feels well realized despite game like speed potions
    – Four beasts must be exorcised, with a couple sub missions a final dungeon and a boss fight for each
    – If you focus on just the main quest you’re looking at about 20 hours
    – You’ll have all the tools you need after playing 4 shrines (opening hour)
    – Defeating beasts will net you RPG like stat boosts and a new power with a big cool down that breaks the game in ways they wouldn’t spoil
    – Frame rate is a little uneven on the Wii U version, dropping to teens in very busy sequences like heavy weather effects, rarely when it matters
    – Nuts and bolts combat is a little unpredictable at times but that encourages you to the many other tools and powers at your disposal

    “The result, for all the longevity of its series and the familiarity of the open world genre, is a game that evokes feelings we haven’t felt for 20 years. Not since Ocarina of Time have we set foot in a world that feels so mind-bogglingly vast and unerringly magical, that proves so relentlessly intriguing. Plenty of games promise to let us go anywhere and do anything. Few, if any, ever deliver so irresistibly. 19 years on Ocarina is still held up as the high water mark of gamings best loved and greatest series. Now it may have to settle for second place”.

    20 hours in the main storyline after the game was delayed for 15 months?  10/10 my ass ....
    Because in a large, open world game, being set as a launch title for a new console, the story is the biggest hurdle they faced, right?
    Because 20 hours isn't a lot of content considering how long the game was delayed and remembering that Wii U owners got a big middle finger as they saw their game, that some bought on pre-order two years ago, end up being tailored for an entirely different console.  Given all that, I hoped for at least a 30 hour core game experience.
    Have you not played an open world game before? The core experience IS the optional stuff.
    I agree with you there, but the older cRPGs kinda had a much longer 'core experience' (Baldur's Gate, Morrowind both +-80h). Kinda sad that these days 'core experience' can be completed in a couple of hours and you gotta fill the rest of the time with side quests and plain exploration.

    And that being said, I bought Horizon Zero Down and the 'intro' alone (before you enter the actual open world) already is 4-6 hours. You enter the open world with level 7-9 and the next part of the 'core experience' starts at 12. I know, same principle, but at least you do have a gap you MUST fill, making side quests also part of the 'core experience' ;)
  • Thoth_MosheThoth_Moshe Member UncommonPosts: 240
    Recore said:
    Anybody that thought it would be different does not know the stregnth of the series. 
    The strength of the series is nostalgia which is why it got a higher score than games like the Witcher 3
  • Thoth_MosheThoth_Moshe Member UncommonPosts: 240
    Nyctelios said:
    How come they didnt let angry joe review it yet, hes a pretty damn popular reviewer in the game industry now. He has 2.7 million subscribers.
  • KalebGraysonKalebGrayson Member RarePosts: 430
    lahnmir said:
    Nyctelios said:
    Yeah, very suspect, lol! Will be getting this soon. 

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir

    I know right.  Really amusing when I see skeptics...or maybe sad.  I'm also looking forward to playing this.
  • ShaighShaigh Member EpicPosts: 2,150
    It can't be played on a PC so that's a 0/10 from me. Will not play.
    Iselin: And the next person who says "but it's a business, they need to make money" can just go fuck yourself.
  • holdenhamletholdenhamlet Member EpicPosts: 3,772
    Actually does make me want to get a Switch just to play it.  It looks nice.
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,058
    I said I would wait, but screw this, just bought a Switch and Zelda and I can't frigging wait till it gets delivired tomorrow.

    This is what gaming is about for me, amazement and wonder, exploration and excitement. NOT polygon count, anti aliasing, 30fps vs 60fps, processing power etc. No, the actual gaming and that giddy feeling you get when you discover something new. I wasn't impressed with the ridiculous high scores Zelda is getting, the reasons why however convinced me I need this game sooner then later.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir 

    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,058
    lahnmir said:
    I said I would wait, but screw this, just bought a Switch and Zelda and I can't frigging wait till it gets delivired tomorrow.

    This is what gaming is about for me, amazement and wonder, exploration and excitement. NOT polygon count, anti aliasing, 30fps vs 60fps, processing power etc. No, the actual gaming and that giddy feeling you get when you discover something new. I wasn't impressed with the ridiculous high scores Zelda is getting, the reasons why however convinced me I need this game sooner then later.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir 

    Enjoy.  $360 is a lot for one game but it does look like a fun one.  Too bad the system won't be good for much else until Christmas time ... that is, unless Nintendo decides to postpone the Mario game for another year so they can release it on the Switch 2.0.
    Thanks, and I know. Fortunately I still got a massive backlog of other games to finish until Fire Emblem, Mario etc. get released.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • Moxom914Moxom914 Member RarePosts: 731
    Nyctelios said:
    How come they didnt let angry joe review it yet, hes a pretty damn popular reviewer in the game industry now. He has 2.7 million subscribers.
    not because he reviews games accurately, but because hes an asshat and teenagers like that 
  • HeraseHerase Member RarePosts: 993
    I can understand people being skeptical, for the past few years we've had games that have been hyped to hell and turned out to be absolute crap. Not saying any names *cough* Nomanssky *cough*.

    Things are looking up for games this year, bars are being set. In a few days two great games have come out, anything after them has to live up to it or it's gonna fall flat.


  • Thoth_MosheThoth_Moshe Member UncommonPosts: 240
    edited March 2017
    Moxom914 said:
    How come they didnt let angry joe review it yet, hes a pretty damn popular reviewer in the game industry now. He has 2.7 million subscribers.
    not because he reviews games accurately, but because hes an asshat and teenagers like that 
    His reviews of games are in depth than most, some of his videos are almost an hour long.  The one on IGN or gamespot is like 5 minutes.  And he actually shows his face when hes reviewing.
  • jmalminjmalmin Member UncommonPosts: 44
    I have been watching streams of this game. Not sure how this game could get a 10 out of 10 when there are areas where you have to run forever to encounter mobs or anything. the game is to much like a cartoon. The combat does not look that great. Sad to say, but  I would rather play the first Zelda game then this one. 
  • SlyLoKSlyLoK Member RarePosts: 2,698
    I don't see how a game that has obvious frame rate problems gets so many perfect or high scores. Don't reviews don't even mention it or only say the Wii U has the issue when the switch also has the issue.
  • Moxom914Moxom914 Member RarePosts: 731
    SlyLoK said:
    I don't see how a game that has obvious frame rate problems gets so many perfect or high scores. Don't reviews don't even mention it or only say the Wii U has the issue when the switch also has the issue.
    been playin all morning with no framerate issues or joycon problems. everything has been perfect
  • Asch126Asch126 Member RarePosts: 543
    SlyLoK said:
    I don't see how a game that has obvious frame rate problems gets so many perfect or high scores. Don't reviews don't even mention it or only say the Wii U has the issue when the switch also has the issue.
    Because the problems barely happen, and in some cases, don't happen at all. Some frame rate issues here and there doesn't mean the quality of the full game is bad.
  • filmoretfilmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906
    Honestly they should have taken 2 points off just for the graphics.  I mean what are we playing a gameboy now?
    Are you onto something or just on something?
  • laseritlaserit Member LegendaryPosts: 7,591
    I have no doubt it's a great game but a perfect score just seems so fanboi-ish. Frames dropping into the low teens? I thought a 10/10 is perfection.

    "Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee

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