Tears of the Kingdom was a hit in early 2023, but the year has seen a series of games outdo the latest Zelda, leaving it as a forgettable footnote.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Earlier in the year, Breath of the Wild successor The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom may have seemed like a potential game of the year, but 2023 has seen many exciting, refined, and innovative games released since then that make the latest Zelda title feel lackluster.
The scale and ambition of Tears of the Kingdom may have impressed on release, but it became clear that more locations to explore does not equate with enjoyable gameplay. The TOTK Depths are ugly and dull, adding a vast and unpleasant underground world largely devoid of interesting content. While the verticality of TOTK is an impressive feat, as are its new methods for traversal, TOTK often feels like merely an expansion to Breath of the Wild.
Just as The Depths proved disappointing, TOTK’s Sky Islands were an inadequate addition to the game, adding a scant number of new areas, most of which failed to match the initial Wind Temple experience. Custom Zonai device builds are certainly entertaining and innovative, but the awkward physics and bizarre fusion system left this as a novelty, rather than a real stab at a Minecraft style Zelda.
The runaway success of Baldur’s Gate 3 alone would likely have stolen any momentum from Tears of the Kingdom, but Baldur’s Gate was not the only franchise to receive a stronger new iteration than the latest Zelda. Fighting games like Street Fighter 6 and Mortal Kombat 1 both refined on their predecessors while staying true to elements franchise fans love, unlike the TOTK approach, which added elements no one ever asked for in a Zelda game, while retaining the universally reviled item breakage.
TOTK Impressed Upon Release, But Has Been Overshadowed Meanwhile, the Zelda franchise refuses to grow up, maintaining an antiquated damsel in distress role for the titular princess who goes to absurd lengths to empower a man to save her kingdom instead of doing it herself.
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