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My grandfather was a Legend Of Zelda fan since the original on the NES back in 1986, he used to love watching you and Zeltik discuss the theories of the newer games and the subtle references/ tie ins to the games he played while raising a family. We played Ocarina of time, Majora’s, TP, SS as they released. And a little bit of Breath of the Wild last year before he realized it was all getting a little bit too complex for him to do much besides watch. When TOTK’s unnamed launch trailer came out we were so pumped for another open world adventure filled with what looked like traditional Zelda dungeons. Unfortunately he passed away suddenly last October before the development was completed. But I’ve been playing religiously in my own sort of celebration of his life and the absolute GIFT he gave to me by introducing me to the Legend of Zelda at such a young age. I wanted to explain so I could THANK you for all of this work you put into bringing this series into the spotlight for at least a handful of us dedicated fellows. I know you made his evenings when he’d load up his KZfaq and see you uploaded that day. From one Hylian to another. Thank you.

The thing I'm loving the most about this game is how lively it feels, more than ever I feel like the whole Kingdom of hyrule with all the people feels way more active and generally more strong willed, it's like every character has something to do, something they want to and aren't stuck in one place

I absolutely love the NPC’s and quests in this game. This game is the epitome of making a plan but then getting side tracked for 3-4 hours with 5 other quests 😂

Zelda knows how to give dark/scary moments without it feeling forced, that's why twilight princess, majora's mask and now tears of a kingdom feel so unique and fun to me.

The first Gloom Hands I saw surprise attacked me in a cave right in front of a shrine, and it freaked me out so much! Thank Hylia those things can't climb.

Finished the Wind Temple yesterday, the post dungeon scene made me cry too. This game is literally a dream come true. Tulin is probably going to be my favorite for a while.

I love how Teba brought up Tulin. Teba knew Revali's mistakes, such as thinking he can take the world on alone, and Tulin was exactly like that. Maybe he picked up a few habits from Revali after going back in time in AoC. Tulin's ability is also evident of Teba's efforts to not make his son like Revali. Tulin's ability carries Link horizontally, whereas Revali's gale shoots Link vertically.

Ultrahand is very useful, but ascend is underrated

Getting the master sword was the closest the game had me to tears. I had suspected it, but didn't think it was actually true

The way all the layers are woven together is astonishing The Lomei Labyrinths are a prime example of this

Without going into specifics, there's things in this game that give me Wind Waker vibes. And I love it.

I spent over 300hrs playing BotW and haven’t fully finished everything and until TotK I was still finding small side quests I haven’t seen before. TotK is so insanely packed I know I’m going to be playing this years and years to come and I’m just fine known I may never see it all. TotK is nuts in a way I’ve never seen in any art medium anywhere ever.

Agreed this game is unreal! Just today i finished all the dragon tears memories and i was balling like a baby! I haven't gone to any dungeons, just been exploring, finding shrines and opening the map! AMAZING!

I feel like we're experiencing a golden age for Zelda games. Like this will not only be game changing for the series, but affect the gaming industry at large, going forward. And I have never been so excited post-release for an anticipated game. Great video. I look forward to more from you. :)

I've shared this elsewhere but wanted to do my thoughts here as well regarding the "reused map". In fact, I think the better way to think of this is "reused geography" - and the distinction is so important... Imagine your buddy says to you "I grew up in San Francisco and I love that city so much. I haven't been back in 20 years because I'm not sure I'll find anything fun to do." Or: "I spent week in London 5 years ago and it is probably my favorite city. But I don't need to go back - I probably did everything fun already and I'm not sure it's changed enough since last time I was there." Replace "London" and "San Francisco" with your favorite city or national park: New York, Paris, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon... Those statements above would be patently ridiculous because our love of a place only *grows* when we have great past memories there. In fact, the person returning to one of these locations knows better how to enjoy that place than someone who's never been, and the small changes will trigger nostalgic dopamine and a sense of wonder for those things that have changed and evolved. Like seeing a movie that's set in a city you've loved, or taking a best friend to the haunts of your childhood, we should*expect* these experiences to be magical. Totk may have accidentally uncovered a new way to make amazing video games. Not by reusing the "map" but by bringing us back to a geography we loved - and by really investing in the evolution of that place as if it were a real and dynamic locale within the in-game universe.

All I do is play the game till 4 am😂😂😂

Love how they still have if you go in any direction forgot how many minutes and you find something or something will happen. Great carry over from botw. Plus the little hints and nods to older games, you find through out the game.

14:02 I’ve died more this past week in TotK than in 300hrs of BotW.

Divine beast criticisms confuse me so much. They did have very clear themes. Electricity, water, fire, and air. You had to use those elements extensively in the dungeons. It was maybe overshadowed by the move-the-beast gimmick but it was totally there.

This game has overwhelmed me a bit, admittedly. I haven't had as much time to play as I would have liked, so the feeling of missing something is very real to me. I set off towards Rito Village, like the game suggests, and got sidetracked in every direction imaginable. When I finally arrived yesterday, I had solved twenty temples, reclaimed my horses, jumped into several chasms and caves and realized that I hadn't been back on any Skylands and have nothing to keep me warm but roasted chilis. It's a lot, frankly

There's so much content it feels overwhelming and I love that

this game feels like a fever dream… the vibes when we all first started the game, i know we all had the same vibes from it… the same way botw made us feel that certain way when we first played it… and i mean… the depths???? a whole new map to discover? shiiiit

In my opinion, Tears of the Kingdom only has 1 tiny problem: It makes Breath of the Wild feel like it was just a "Proof Of Concept", rather than a complete game. Don't misunderstand, I do like Breath of the Wild, but Tears of the Kingdom just took everything that was already there, and vastly improved upon it. There are more ways to get around, more things to do, more fun side-quests, the build-up to each Temple is arguably the best I've seen in a Zelda game yet, the Temples are a lot more varied, while still having the same core objective (activating a couple of terminals, then winning a boss-fight and claiming a heart container), the Shrines are a lot better in every way and there's a lot more enemy-variety and stuff to use monster parts for. At first, I was a little apprehensive, because it felt like a lot of the same all over again, but that feeling quickly vanished, after I started exploring this new version of Hyrule.

fun fact: there is a loading screen, but developers have learned to hide it. in another game it might be a spot where you squeeze through a tight spot, but here it's the sheer time spent falling. that amount of time allows them to load the Depths without feeling like a traditional loading screen. it was a great innovation that these developers built upon.

This is skyward sword done right. with the the BOTW base plus some OOT elements (time travel shenanigans ) the novelty of Majora's Mask, imo an absolute award winning piece of art.

tears of the kingdom is just surreal!! i am loving the game!! 🤩

Lol casual pop-up of ZELTIK hopping into Tears on the friends list during the recording of this gameplay

The main thing I have found that changes my view is that the first area outside is Hyrule. Actual Hyrule. Until then, I have never explored the fields in fear of guardians making me just getting to Hyrule castle on the side. The fact I'm going outwards from the previously most dangerous area to other areas made me really confused on where I actually was.

As someone who chose the Lighting Temple as my first dungeon, lets just say the gibdos are a little different in this iteration and they're not as threatening as they used to be.

Everyone talks about the graphics, mechanics, and story, but I really think we need to talk about the game design more. When I started TotK, I was NOT interested in exploring the upside down or doing millions of crazy side quests when the story required my attention. It was with delight that the story pushed me beyond my comfort zone. A certain temple forces me into the depths, and curiosity made me go on side quests. The game design subtly introduced me into all these positions and with a snap a whole week passed me by just playing TotK. It was very overwhelming at first but the designers introduced everything (and things yet unknown to come) in such a way that I feel very comfortable! A masterpiece of design as well.

I finally got the game Saturday night and when I got down to the surface (whilst on my way to the marker on my map), I was attacked by and actual tree, it just uprooted itself and began chasing me. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. This game is a amazing.

Spent 8 hours playing Friday and like 11 yesterday , I think it’s safe to say I’m hooked lol. Just finished the fire temple , the finally was really cool for us old Zelda fans.

Am i the only one who has not beaten it even though i’ve played the game straight (other than sleeping) since it came out?

I've spent 20 hours just in the underground and only have half of it mapped.

This game is massive, some confusing aspects in regards to important events/characters not knowing Link somehow, malice hasn't been mentioned once (at least in my current goofing around) and there are still some small flaws. Overall, this game is a true gem or the series, feels almost right up there with Ocarina and TP, imo. Speaking of TP, it's not a spoiler, but there's a special bow you can find in Hyrule Castle, in one of the destroyed cones of a tower. It raises some questions for sure when you see its description. Adding onto this, Kolton 'could' possibly be our Tingle reference, as he wants to become a Satori.

I'm still waiting for my 'hours played' to update, It's gotta be 60+ in the first week

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Bro you took the words out of my mouth, had a little tear running down the face too, especially at the rito boss fight and the goron aesthetics. The gerudo I was just in awe, but it all took me back to both wind waker and ocarina in this case, like being overfilled with that perfect feeling of nostalgia but yet in a new coat. Always thought the game was gonna be awesome but man I didn’t expect this

What makes it unreal to me, is all the little character interactions Link can have. There's a woman in Kakariko Village, that will literally talk to Link all day if he gets into her small garden plot. At midnight, Link will be swaying with his eyes closed.

I am loving that Like Likes are back. They’re so fun and satisfying to fight in this game. The sound that’s made when you smack their weak point is SOOO good

Its unreal how stable the game is. Its truly an invisible effect, but the extra year the developers spent on it to make sure nothing would randomly break or cause issues is so appreciated. It goes to show that making things and putting it into the world is important, but making sure nothing happens that you DONT want to happen is just as important.

What i love is you can ride the dragons now and they even have unique stuff on them, gibdos arent that scary, in my opinion they are more annoying than anything else

Has anyone found themselves opening up BOTW to check things and compare them to TOTK

Not only is the amount of side content massive, but the way they're implemented makes the world feel SO much more alive. Like every character has their own story they're living out that unfolds concurrently with yours. This is the first time a Zelda game - my favorite series since 1987 - has made me feel that way. It always took me out of it, how NPCs were so static, just signposts that always say the same thing. But they've *finally* put together that piece of the puzzle. TotK is the epitome of the kind of world I just want to *exist* in. Wake up early in Hateno, walk through a trail in the woods for some hunting and fishing, setting up a picnic for lunch, check in with your neighbors to see the latest scoop on the election, catch some of a lecture at the schoolhouse, go spelunking in a cave you just found that leads to riding a gigantic dragon through the depths, and ending the night by hitting up a concert at a stable and earning some Pony Points. I've played for 80 hours and I've barely scratched the surface. For a lifelong gamer, it truly is an unreal feeling.

The caves and wells are my favorite. The depths are so dark and fun. I like putting a talus heart or a glowshroom on my shield. And I'm glad so far the sky islands are relaxing and easy-going. I'm glad they don't seem too tedious, at least so far.

I dont get how people call the caves small but refer to the sky islands as a whole other map.. Hyrule got 3 ADDITIONAL maps plus the old one making it 4 total

So far my only gripe is I don’t have enough time to play it. Responsibilities be damned!

I absolutely adore this game so far - especially the richly fleshed-out overworld - but, for me, dungeons still manage to fall a little short of what I would have liked to see: I've completed three and, of these, only one has really fully lived up to my expectations in terms of scale, atmosphere, sense of exploration, and challenge. Of the other two, one was entirely too short and small (almost feeling like just a larger shrine puzzle with a boss at the end), though the lead-up and overall traversal were great, while the other sat somewhere in between. Don't get me wrong, they're still a MASSIVE improvement over the divine beasts and I'm having an absolute blast with the game as a whole but they still don't quite scratch the same itch for me that a good classic Zelda puzzle box dungeon would have.

I fished this game(final boss) and said to myself I have not had more fun playing a video game ever

that is a really pretty thumbnail! And dude, I cannot wait for all the crazy totk content next month from everyone. I gotta say - and this might sound strange - but probably one of my favourite areas was the starting island. That feeling when I booted up the game for the first time was incredible, and I spent almost the whole day just exploring the beautiful area. Also, dungeons!!

The new Cavemonkey enemy also reminded me of TP. Probably because they are so similar to the monkeys from the Forest Dungeon. The first time I encountered them I thought that their voices are exactly the same as the TP monkeys.

The Floormasters are absolutely horrifying. The first one I found was when revisiting the Great Plateau, it almost had me boxed into a canyon and I managed to kill them for an even more horrifying surprise. I have no idea how I survived that encounter and won. If you're wondering why I'm calling them Floormasters and havn't killed one for yourself don't look into the read more . . . . The way they look and act feel like a call back more to the Floormasters of Wind Waker than Dead Hand, from the way they look with the dark redish purple base color with red edge glow to the way it can snatch and throw nearby objects and even deflect things thrown at them, and in WW their possible ties to the Phantom Ganons, from the way they look to when and where they start appearing, after you release Ganondorf's power, fighting your first Phantom in the Forsaken Fortress with 2 Floormasters showing up in nearby rooms aswell as them starting to show up in dungeons afterward.

I’m having a blast and I really haven’t done much except gotten to a number of Shrines (not done them) and unlocked about 6 Towers. 12 hours of goofing around just trying to unlock fast travel here and there. The Depths is so cool but only done about 1.5 hours there. It’s just super fun exploring around (caves and wells, like you said)! I’m going slow and taking my time!

Yes! This vid has come out! You said on stream you’d get in out! Thanks! Great video! I just completed the colluseum hyrule gamer! And it was SO hard! But the reward… Is noice.

I love the depths and cavernous systems in this game, I like caves and the underworld like area is absolutely amazing

This is probably the best Zelda game I’ve ever played.

As someone who spends almost every spare moment I have playing this game, I have a fun little term for all those distractions. "Squirreling" is something that happens when you have a present destination in mind, but you end up enamored by everything along the way. So far, I've stumbled into a dungeon, went along with a main quest I had no interest in doing yet (great choice on my part) and spent many more hours enjoying a game more naturally than any DLC could do for me!

15:16 Be scared and excited, I almost screamed when I first saw one.

I love how new it felt, in spite of being in the same world. New things on the surface, plus extended above and below! I'm still playing 😁 as for Gibdos, they're cool, but I think I expected more in the world and for them be as scary, but they're not to me - no paralysing scream and so easy to beat with a quick elemental attack and a few sword swipes. But I still love to see them back and the new twists on them.

the fall from the surface to the depths is the hidden loading screen, if you speedy freefall into a chasm you get the same movement freeze as with quick bomb jumps in botw

I totally agree with the distractions... I decided to unlock all of the towers first to make getting around Hyrule easier, but every time I unlock a tower, then I see a shrine... then I see some sky islands to explore, then I see something or someone that triggers a side quest, etc... and it just keeps going. I would note that doing the towers first also gives you the ability to do the glyphs early and see the story background before you start diving into the dungeons or main story quests... which I have enjoyed so far. I still haven't done a dungeon because I wanted to do some other stuff first, but getting closer to tackling the wind temple.

I was messing around in the Hyrule Castle depts, running away from every enemy I see, when I got suddenly corrnered by a Gibdos. Snapped a picture of that fricker and noped up the ceiling

Hahaha I’m pretty much the same. Waking up and playing until I have to get ready to go to work or do some chores and then back to it.

Thanks for the warning first, Boss! I appreciate it

I’ve practically been playing the game as much as I can it’s my new favourite, I wanna find the lynels though(it made me cry)

My boyfriend thinks it’s kind of funny how emotional I’ve gotten over certain aspects of totk. He’s only ever played Zelda games a few times with me on the 64 or the switch. Ya know for me some of my first and best memories are having snacks and pop with my dad while watching him play and teach me how to play ocarina of time. As I grew up all my uncles and my dad always got me the new Zelda games and systems to match. I had so much fun playing and feeling the adrenaline rush when my dad would deny me help with the monsters and dungeons and guide me through how to fight them without his help. The Lon Lon ranch song, eponas song, and the opening title music of Zelda games just makes my eyes well up. Remembering the best of my childhood and the fantasy of being a timeless hero from a little woodland town. It’s raw and inspiring and nostalgic. I don’t blame anyone for crying over a Zelda game, it’s a truly moving storyline and the music is genuinely breathtaking.

It is really incredible how they were able to make a map I felt I knew like the back of my hand, new and explorable

For dungeon rankings do we count the before dungeon parts almost like in botws attack of the divine beast before the actual dungeon?

I love the game so much. Everything is so fun and I think part of that is the skills I already have from breath of the wild. There are just situations that I think would have been really difficult if I didn’t already have habits and know how from breath of the wild. It’s also just fun to see people remember link! To talk with him and interact with him as a person

My favorite thing to add to the vibes of the depths is to play the twilight music from Twilight Princess

I met some gibdos, and being an old-school Zelda I fan, I was delighted. They are horrifying, and thought, 'I didn't have too bad a time with them.' Then I saw the other gibdos. They are a fun battle and aren't just another moblin, bokoblin, or lizal. Speaking of lizals, their horns make great weapon enhancements when battling gibdos.

I upgraded the wing suit and it's my fave

I'm thoroughly loving it from the lore standpoint. Sonce BoTW, I've become obsessed with the various videos you and your other Zelda colleaguws have made theorizing and speculating on what Nintendo will only hint at. The gameplay itself is a thrill. Much like yourself, i allow kyself to be distracted and love finding little side quests while actively working on another. I truly enjoyed your streaming of the game (watched after the fact to prevent spoiling anything) and seeing your reactions to the experience and the story itself.

I need all the lore videos asap. I have so many questions 😂😂 They flipped everything i knew abiut zelda on its head

They really didn’t need to add caves to this game. They already had a completely new underground map. But they added it anyway. This game is more than dlc

It took me 18 hours to get to roto village because I would head that direction, something would catch me eye, I would do that, then ANOTHER thing would catch my eye

There are definitely loading screens between each of the 3 areas, beneath, above and sky. They are just disguised so well, and you control Link during the best one into the depths down chasms. It doesn't feel like a loading screen, but it totally is.

absolutely love this game done just one dungeon so far and it so cool and the boss fight pute chefs kiss it was so fun and enjoying all the side quests and adventures as well as well as just running off and looking for stuff to expolre this game has taken botw and turned up to 11 this was definitely worth the wait

the horriblins probably remind you of twilight princess, because of the monkeys from the first dungeon! also their cry when they fall from the ceiling sounds EXACTLY like the bokoblin cries from skyward sword.

Funnily, the long caves through which you enter the underground are actually hiding a loading screen. Try building a flying machine and then go in the opposite direction and you will get some loading.

Another cool detail is that the depths’ topography is the reverse of the surface

love the video and the passion. quick note tho… the dive into the depths is basically a hidden loading screen. god of war and tony hawks pro skater have been doing this for years… giant empty area before the next area usually means hidden loading screen. just a nit picky thing i wanted to mention. anyways… LOVE THE VIDEO!

Blown away that they perfected the sandbox stuff by adding the zonai equipment and building, which involves very complex physics, while still building a massive game of unique content beyond that.

The way i felt SO dumb when i saw your clip using recall with the flux construct to get up high ... i was using spring/rockets/fans this whole time and struggling

The Gibdos were pretty tough until i realized they reaaalllllly dont like fire. Also, the rocket shield is really useful for shrines and other things.

I feel like this game caters to those with ADHD quite a lot, & even those that don't have it will feel like they do, while playing this game. There's soooooo much to do that you can't help but get distracted, even if you're the most focused person you've ever known. Even when I've marked a spot I plan on heading to, especially in the Depths, I'll either find several monster camps along the way, several groups of poe souls to pick up, Zonaite to mine, a boss battle to mark, & either kill it or avoid it, & several other things to do, which sometimes causes me to go in another direction than I was originally heading in. This last marker I set on the map, which was a Lightroot to unlock, it ended up taking me an hour yo get there, cuz I found too many things to do along the way, such as I explained above. I even found a new version of a Frox that I hadn't encountered before, so I took a pic for the compendium, & then fought it. One thing I'm enjoying on a minor note, is the side quest in Terry Town involving Kilton. Whatever pose a monster takes when you take the pic of it is exactly how the model will be made, & how it will stand on his Display. Also, it doesnt matter where or how you set up his stage--everything stays exactly how you put it (minus any non-monster things you put into it)

I’m pretty sure the Depths was designed to be deep enough so it can be loaded within the time it takes to dive down. Just an optimization only first party games can achieve

ToTK is a technical marvel the software engineers at Monolith Soft and Nintendo must surely be the best in the world at what they do. to get this running on switch WITH a complex physics simulation as well is simply unreal

Im loving the creativity for weapons and shields. Zonai rocket shield is great but has nothing on fire hydrant shield.

This game, plus the shield jumping glitch is top tier fun. Just a huge open world and no more worrying about resources is amazing. Lol

I'm well over 80 hours into the game so far. I'm absolutely floored by the scope and the story. I've done the Wind and Fire Temples thus far, and investigated a lot of other things besides - I saw some things coming and others have consistently surprised me! I've been delighted to find characters I recognized from BOTW in new places, and to see how Hyrule has begun to evolve and grow. I was TERRIFIED of the depths at first but now I love them, they're weirdly chill in a way. I think I've got more lightroots found than shrines at this point. Even though I'm through half the main story beats I think, I still feel like I'm not that far in the game - there's so much more to do! I've only just met the Gibdos but I do not like them at all. Thankfully, they aren't as bad as ReDeads, but still.

I agree with every point you make, Friend. For me I will say the story takes some huge bounds beyond BoTW. Specifically one where a certain character makes a huge decision and thus giving reason for the title of this game. I actually felt a jump in my black heart after watching this.

I’m very new to the Zelda franchise. I have acknowledged it’s existence for years and I even bought botw back in 2018 but the appeal of Zelda didn’t really reach me. I picked up Totk and I went into it expecting to drop it after some time but during my play through of the great sky island I gradually fell in love with the game. Nowadays, I’m sad because I was too careless with my botw copy and I lost it, I wish I could go back to the roots of Totk.

I still haven’t killed one yet, but the gloom hands I think are the thing that solidified this as not just my favorite Zelda game, but just my favorite game period. I went in as blind as possible cause I wasn’t able to with BotW, so after exploring for hours and just consistently being impressed by the new additions and hidden secrets, stumbling upon a random cave and getting jumped by the hands with the music and the way they just glide over to you it was just, AAAHAHHHHHHH. I was literally silent, with my jaw on the floor lol. Like I expected it to be darker than BotW but I never had an “oh my god no I am gonna die” moment so suddenly in a game like that

70 hours in and I have still barely touched the underground. Going to feel like a whole separate game when I finally get to it.

I don’t know how they will top this game in the future. It’s just so good. My favorite video game experience so far. I see areas that could be improved, but it’s a ton of fun. Like. Just so much fun. I think caves are super important for making the overworld feel fresh again. I was worried about that, but I needn’t have been.

the super mario galaxy music at 18:00 :)

the depths music reminds me of the Chernobyl miniseries and i decided to go down there at like midnight and i was honestly too anxious to sleep lmao

Its hard for me to stay hooked on a game, but I've been playing this game since launch, on my second playthrough and I still feel like my hype for it has not died down one bit. The other game that got me hooked for months was FFXIV but as a solo player it only managed to do that until I finished the entire main story quest