SIB Tears of the Kingdom if I didn't like BOTW
Longtime Zelda fan, loved it from Link to the Past up to the last Zelda I've played, Spirit Tracks. Never played Skyward Sword as I didn't have a Wii U at the point of release.
Borrowed BOTW from a friend a few months ago. Whilst I finished it, I didn't really like it. Felt the game was bare compared to usual Zelda games, and I get that they tried doing a different approach with it being more open-world. The first trials were cool, but I got bored eventually, and didn't really like the cooking element, that you had to eat something to survive weathers and all that.
However, I'm hearing TOTK is substantially better in every way and I feel like missing out if I skip it.
I also don't mind open world stuff. Big fan of the OG Assassin's Creed and LOVED Origins/Odyssey/Valhalla, especially Valhalla. So it's not that I hate RPGs an open worlds.
My precious Switch is just gathering dust and it's a shame.
Any second opinions would be welcomed!
Posted May 20, 2023, 6:31 AM UTC
It’s basically a continuation of Breath of the Wild. Don’t bother.
is botw and totk the same as genshin impact without the gacha?
I mean, genshin is good, but it's an imitation of botw, it doesn't get to it's lvl, although, the combat imho is better (in genshin) the main difference is that in genshin you're just fucking around destroying ennemies, you don't feell threatened (unless it's a boss) botw /totk it's a battle for survival.
you have to use ressources and respond to ennemy movement intelligently and while you don't have a lot of skills you can use your environment much more and more creatively in botw, so each combat feel tense and the limited moveset doesn't feel so bad once you take the world around you into account, the powers are also really fun to use.
Totk elevate it even further letting you do truly insane stuff, so there's more difference than juste the gacha missing but they are similar at least in how the world feel, tears of the kingdom is a much better game tough because it doesn't restrict you at all, so all those "ahh can't do this right now" of genshin are gone in the Zelda games, or at least you never have to wait a few weeks or event to get what you need.
I completely disagree. I Hated botw... Loved Genshin. People 💩 on Genshin simply because it's Not Zelda and it's a mobile gatcha game. But I bet if Genshin carried the Zelda name with no extra purchases, it would be seen as superior.
Hey, that's okay, but there's no world where genshin doesn't have those egregious gacha mechanics, so i can't really judge it without them.
Zelda also I a very known name, that means history with the franchise for many, and that often mean more meaningful lore.
And while the maps are similar the way to engage with them isn't, there's also the grind issue, why did i stop playing genshin? Because it felt like a job, I felt the need to maximize output and that's not a good thing.
Genshin is a good game, but breath of the wild was a breakthrough in open world design and it's sequel is truly impressive.
I'm not shitting on genshin, i liked my time with it, but the after taste wasn't great "Ohh I'm gonna miss that time limited event" the Zelda games are a much more freeform and respectful experience in comparaison.
I know why I stopped playing genshin, but i can see myself playing Tears of the kingdom on and off for years.
That said if you're having fun with it that's all that matters!
Exploring works the same (stamina, climbing, etc) but I disagree hard with the person saying genshin improved BotW. Exploring is the only thing that is the same. And I suppose having puzzles in the world? Not like that is unique at all. But in every other way genshin is a predatory gacha game with microtransactions and daily quests and BotW is simply….. not. It’s just the exploring that is the same.
Yes, though Genshin improved on a lot of the game mechanics that BotW and TotK implemented (ie no weapons breaking, no slipping down mountains in the rain, etc). Other than that it's pretty much a clear rip off with gacha, but Genshin is honestly the better game mechanically, it's just predatory.
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