#Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom

[mistress-light]

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom • 凸-_-凸

[cat-cosplay]

I ⛵️ it

[st4rfires]

Destroy Ganon        ↳COMPLETE

[doodledlie]

" My dear Friend!!! How happy I am to see you!!"

The big shark man is stealing my heart once again.

Having a blast playing TotK!! I love how much the Zoras are so kind and friendly towards Link, it makes it so much fun to visit them~

[thetrapperstrap]

If I had a nickel for every time Nintendo has made a character that’s made me start a sentence with “I don’t consider myself a furry but” I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.

[jakface]

Rauru, TOTK

[morkiemcfly]

Teefs

[evergreenalice]

having finally beaten ToTK awhile ago, I feel I can give some thoughts, I have many, but I'll focus on the story right now

my main feeling towards the game is frustration

this game had some of the best scenes in any Zelda game, full stop

Ganondorf's unsealing, fucking banger

the dragon scene? fucking AMAZING

drawing the master sword high up above the clouds? Beautiful

"Remember this name" as the main theme plays in the background, FUCK man

and that was possibly the coolest final boss of any video game I've ever played

but everything else is just... meh

and it's really frustrating, I feel like if given more time to cook, they could've made something really fucking cool

the story was really disorganized, and frankly, I got tired hearing the same thing 4 times, not skipping any of the sage cutscenes in hopes something, ANYTHING, would be different, but they weren't, I was fed the same thing four times!

and ultimately... I wasn't that invested in the story

some say that Zelda has always had bad stories, and this is just false

Zelda has always had relatively simple stories

but I was invested in stopping Ganon in OoT, I saw his impact on the world, and I saw how it impacted characters I'd grown to love!

I was really invested in the story of Link's Awakening, I didn't want the island to disappear, but it had to as sad it was

I think I cried the first time I beat LA as a child

but... here? Meh, I didn't feel the stakes, they were certainly there, but I mean, when it came to viewing the past, I cared about Zelda I guess, I like her, and I mean, the really fucking good scenes in the past are centered around her

I somewhat cared about Rauru and Sonia, but I mean, that was several millennia ago, I don't mourn dead people from the 2nd century much, of course they're dead, it was long ago, perhaps their death was tragic in some way, but, I don't feel that upset at it

and for the ancient sages... not even the writers cared about them! They don't even have names! WE DON'T EVEN SEE THEIR FACES!

and in the end, the most powerful part of the story, a beautiful scene of sacrifice... was just undone

and I'm not saying that Zelda shouldn't have been saved

BUT

let there be consequences

say that perhaps, she is very negatively impacted by her experience, it may take years for her to get over what has transpired. Which isn't impossible, and is still a hopeful note... but there were consequences, ones that will be overcome with great effort, and community, and support

but instead we are left with Zelda as she was... prior to her sacrifice, she doesn't remember it

I'm not saying happy endings are bad, but, a happy ending out of nowhere with no consequences? I don't like that

I grew up playing Zelda, and often these games had a sense of melancholy to them

Link saved the wind fish... and in the process lost that entire island of people, and Marin in particular

Link sealed away Ganondorf, and went back in time to warn the kingdom, and live out his childhood that was stolen to him... but he knows he's not a Kokiri, his identity was false, and he fundamentally, as Saria said, is of a different world from her, there is an innate barrier that will only grow between him and his former home, and in the end he will eventually become the Hero's Shade

Breath of the Wild did this well, it is a game about the aftermath of your failure, Zelda and Link have both lost their past, they can't return to it, they've failed, and time only moves forward, and they do

in all of these cases, it's not entirely negative, there is hope, there is a future

but there's also melancholy, there is loss, and I think that's something that ToTK just couldn't do

[enigmaticmaki]

"I'm home."

"I missed you."

[norvitodraws]

Fusing is a mechanic that allows the player to use an incredible amount of various combina-

[nemmiril]

I was too busy freaking out about professor Layton to realize Matthew freaking Mercer voiced Ganondorf in the Tears of the Kingdom trailer.

[mistress-light]

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Mipha Court - requested by @florallychaotic

[cat-cosplay]

The struggle is real.

[derrickwildsun]

Zelda fans: Oh God, she's so sexy. I would smash her so hard.

Me: Look at this goober! She looks hilarious! She looks like she hosts a quirky 90's kid's show where she teaches the kids watching the show how to do basic experiments like mixing baking soda and vinegar! She's probably pen pals with Ms. Frizzle, Beakman, Doc Brown, AND Pearl Forrester!

[jimquisition]

They came, they saw, they reviewed. In the wake of a deserved 7/10 for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, I look at the "fun" thoughts Zelda's fans have shared with me. 

Of particular note is the old "you didn't finish the game" accusation. If only zealous fans realized what a horrible defense of a videogame that truly was. 

[teameaart]