The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) review"Breath of the Wild reinvigorates the open world genre the Zelda franchise helped to create." |
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is my pick for the best adventure game yet created, and I'm not optimistic that any development team--at Nintendo or any other studio--will produce a superior experience I prefer to it anytime soon. This is the Zelda game I've been asking the company to produce for literally decades. It accomplished the seemingly impossible, made me fall in love with a post-2005 game as much as I did The Legend of Zelda on the NES.
I could give you all sorts of reasons why Breath of the Wild is such a monumental accomplishment, a joy to play for the dozens of hours you'll have to spend just to properly explore even half its content. Ultimately, I credit most of its successes to the incredible world design and the supporting play mechanics that make the most of that vibrant world. Hyrule has never felt so alive, so full of wonder and adventure. There's a new surprise around virtually every corner, sometimes even if you've passed that way several times before. A spectacular highlight is never more than a few hours away. My favorite aspect of the game, though, is the way that each minute you spend between stunning set pieces is thoroughly satisfying for reasons of its own. There's enough wonderful on hand to fill dozens of great games.
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Staff review by Jason Venter (March 13, 2017)
Jason Venter has been playing games for 30 years, since discovering the Apple IIe version of Mario Bros. in his elementary school days. Now he writes about them, here at HonestGamers and also at other sites that agree to pay him for his words. |
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