Did you finish Tears of the Kingdom?

[art_vandelay]

I'm still surprised how quickly I fell off of it given that Zelda games are usually my happy place and I loved BOTW. I was pumped for it. I enjoyed what I was playing for the first couple weeks and then one day I didn't play it and I haven't touched it since?

 

[Wiltsghost]

Tapped out at 50 hours. Don't think I'll ever finish it

 

[onpoint]

Yes I finished it and I'm sad it's done.

 

[Tathanen]

Of course. But I didn't complete everything like I did in BotW. There are WAY too many koroks and map minibosses. I had to draw the line somewhere, I did shrines, lightroots, bubbuls, sage's wills, quests, photos, and outfits (collecting, but not full upgrading).

 

[LiquidDom]

Nope, bounced off 15 hours in. Maybe one day I'll return, but it just wasn't doing it for me.

 

[Doggg]

I stopped when you get to the Depths and have to put something together to get some sort of factory started or something. I think I screwed up what I'm supposed to do and didn't feel like trying to fix it. I feel like at this point I've largely seen what it's about. Maybe eventually I'll push forward again. For whatever reason, though, I've felt burned out on it a few times, whereas I didn't feel that with Breath of the Wild. I suppose the same overworld is a big part of that.

 

[Brodo Baggins]

The ending is honestly the best part of the whole game from both a gameplay and story perspective.

Like actually if you're burnt out on the open world part of the game just bumrush the ending. It's probably one of the best Ganon sections in any Zelda game.

 

[oakenhild]

I bought it and haven't loaded it up yet. Not sure why, but no real pull to play it. I loved botw too.

My kids devoured botw and thoroughly beat it. They both fell off totk far faster than I expected for some reason.

I think it has to do with how many hours I put into botw and how totk seems like a more refined version of that game. Sort of have this feeling of 'more of the same' in a way.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Fuck yeah.

It was like my game for the entire Spring-Summer season of 2023. Amazing. I'm still booting it up to collect treasures and STILL somehow missed like 40 sidequests even when I was being thorough.

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Lol. No foolin, my immediate response to question was also "Fuck Yeah."

 

[RochHoch]

Yes, and I did all the Shrines and Lightroots

Absolutely loved it

 

[Ex Lion Tamer]

I got about 60 hours in before falling off, I can't remember why I stopped. I'll probably return to it at some point.

 

[hasher]

I played 40-50 hours, and like you, felt like I'd seen all of its tricks. At this point, the only thing that could get me to pick it up again would be a performance boost from the next Switch.

 

[iksenpets]

Yeah. It's probably the best game ever made and the end is the best part

 

[Dyno]

I did but I wish the underground wasn't a thing. I spent far too much time down there and burned a lot of my interest in it. The connecting cave between the town and the castle was cool though, but I don't remember if that counts as the underground.

Sky islands were a bit better, but I'd have also not missed them. In the end I felt botw was a better experience in general, but totk had a story that hooked me a lot more. I'd not mind them continuing the structure but in a new Hyrule.

 

[metsallica]

i bought the LE, and oled, and tons of exclusive merch (including one of those broken swords from japan)... and never opened it

put 200 hours into botw and never finished it, wasn't what i wanted from zelda and the build mechanic in this one really put me off

it still makes me sad

i hope i get to enjoy zelda again one day

 

[iFirez]

I beat BoTW the opening weekend it released and I beat ToTK the opening weekend it released too. I have opinions... and I haven't returned to ToTK since finishing it but I've replayed BoTW a fair few times.

 

[Neo_MG90]

I did not finish it.

I don't know how many hours I put into it, probably around 50, had finished the first four "main dungeons", got the four guardian spirits or whatever, put the game down one day and... just didn't want to play it again.

Sadly I feel this is happening again now with Elden Ring.

I think these big open world games that can take a long time to finish end up draining my will to play the game before I finish it.

 

[Secret Bambino]

No, I eventually just… stopped.

Which is shocking, since I loved BotW. I think I just got tired of playing it. Nothing in TotK was wowing me the same way BotW did.

Exploring the Depths was sooo boring to me.

 

[FTF]

No 🫤

I have like a 120 hour game but got burnt out. Been a few months so I want to return to it soon.

 

[MoogleWizard]

Yes, absolutely fantastic game. I still can't believe they got it to run on the Switch with all those systems running parallel in an open world. They also nailed the landing this time. It has one of the best finales in gaming, a huge improvement over BotW's lacklustre ending.

 

[EntelechyFuff]

I didn't, and I ravenously consumed every scrap of Breath of the Wild.

I know saying "it felt like DLC" is looked down upon, but really, I just couldn't shake that vibe the entire time, no matter how hard I tried. Did I have fun? Yes, sometimes extremely so!

But it really felt like a layer of paint and some new mechanics over a fundamentally familiar experience. And what also stuck in my craw was how they didn't really leverage that significantly either: it's clear to the player that this is the same hyrule, some years later, but at times it is as if the entire nation was frozen in time until the day before TotK took place. And major developments go completely ignored or only cursorily acknowledged.

Now that kind of continuity has never been Nintendo's bag, but it's just another reason why using the same map again carried pitfalls.

Like, it felt very "gamey" in the way that something like Minecraft does, for lots of reasons. Even as I enjoyed my time with it, I felt also like the grasp of my interest was constantly struggling for something to hold onto. Eventually I just sorta slipped off entirely.

 

[Deranged Hermit]

Dropped it after about 5 hours. I'm mostly down on BotW's formula and TotK did nothing to address the issues I had with that game. I found most of the new mechanics laborious and the performance/IQ was miserable so I didn't have the willpower to go too far beyond the tutorial island. I kinda figured that would be the case but I don't mind giving Nintendo my money so whatever.

 

[The GOAT]

Like Breath of the Wild before it, I became fatigued after 15 - 20 hours. Really have no desire to go back to it.

 

[Firebricks]

Put about 10 hours in, and just kinda stopped. Haven't gone back since.

 

[DC5remy]

No. I got bored. Play BOTW 2 times, that could be part of the problem. Also want to play it at 60FPS

 

[nss]

Nope, got to a point and all motivation to continue collapsed. On top of finding the underworld an absolute slog.

I wish I felt some motivation to continue. BOTW is a top 3 all time for me, but TOTK while also incredible just hasn't hit me in the same way.

Don't know if I'll ever get to it, although upgraded BC on a Switch 2 would entice me. Knowing I could continue my save with way better running game, but with Nintendo I'm not the most optimistic.

 

[St. Eam the 3rd]

Devs didn't finish ToTk too tho…Where are my gold variants and my master mode, BOTW+dlc was so much more enjoyable of base botw for me.
I finished and still Boot it up to complete it, 200+ h in. GOtY 2024 with BG3 for me but sad it did not get BOTW treatment:)

 

[Ramako]

I definitely recommend finishing the main story. Even if the normal gameplay starts to feels samey, the final dungeon and endgame sequence is pretty memorable.

 

[SupersonicHypertonic]

Yes. BOTW and TOTK spoiled so many other games for me its insane. That post-game depression hit hard.

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Same. Playing OW or large scale advture games don't feel the same anymore because of the 2 Zeldas. I played Horizon zero dawn first and thought it was a great OW but after playing BOTW a year later I had a hard time returning to HZD because it felt so restrictive relatively lacked what BOTW did with ease like Aloy being unable to climb over a wall almost as tall her. Even Elden Ring which was fun to explore was devoid of life and environmental interaction with the world (unless you count wading through rot swamps as fun interaction lol).

TOTK left everything in the dust, the exploration and physics are simply unavailable in every other game. Since TOTK I played games like Tales of Arise, Horizon FW, Far cry 5, Death stranding etc on PS4/PS5 and they all feel like they play a generation behind TOTK despite being on switch.

 

[mute]

Yes. I had a much better time overall compared to BotW.

Still not quite my cup of tea, but I really like the underworld parts and the dungeons.

 

[Ogni-XR21]

Played a good chunk but somehow the ultrahand/building mechanic just didn't click for me and I ended up dropping it.

 

[carlsojo]

No, I got bored after getting all the champions and didn't feel the drive to finish.

 

[goflyakite]

No; I got bored 20-30 hours into it or something, which to be fair is further than BotW lasted for me.

 

[HyPeR92]

Nope I think I tried it for around 7 hours before i dropped it..
I just cant give me that with these shoddy framerates, I think especially Kakariko was the point were it was enough for me..
Also think the gameplay just isn't mine.. I am not the type who wants to go to the underworld for hours and for me it seemed like there is basically nothing..

Maybe I will try it again if we get some kind of patch with Switch 2..
This is the second game I stopped playing on Switch after SMT5 .. that ran shoddy as well starting from world 3 or so.. thanksfully there seems to be a similar version coming to Steam this year.. might try this one...
I think this is more of a Switch problem but from Nintendo I expect better after all I didn't have such problems with games like Xenoblade (all three of them).
Playing on an OLED TV this doesnt make it better..

 

[Powerofthecloud]

im like 5 temples in i played it the first 3 weeks like probably 80+ hours in did alot of exploring. The underworld was boring and I just havent been back I will finish it someday.

 

[Putosaure]

The beginning was magical and it was nice to be back but at one point I was fed up by the game being too gamey and too filled with stuff compared to BOTW so I just rushed the story and quests to be as powerful as possible for the final boss and got to the end after 50 hours.

 

[Conkerkid11]

Nope. Didn't finish Breath of the Wild either. Just kinda fell off both games pretty hard like right after finishing all of the "dungeons" and didn't really feel like defeating Ganon for whatever reason.

The best part about those games was the sandbox. The combat was meh, so maybe I didn't really care about completing another mediocre boss fight just to see the credits.

 

[Anatole]

Nope, finished 3/4 dungeons and some 60 shrines plus a good chunk of the depths, but then I got a bit burned out. I love the game, but inventory management in particular felt like a chore when you have to linearly scroll through a list of 100+ items all the time. I wish it had been organized as a tree instead.

I also didn't finish BOTW; did all the divine beasts, around 80 shrines and 100 hours, but just never got around to Ganon.

 

[Milk]

Played it on and off for ten months lol. I would be super into it, filled with wonder at the world, then burn out and take a break.

Was a good way to play it, glad I didn't force through the burnout just to see the ending quickly. Absolutely loved the (long) ride.

 

[Slythe]

I crapped out after two dungeons and exploring a good amount of the underground. This game bums me out. BOTW was my new GOAT and this game simultaneously made me feel forever burnt out on that rendition of hyrule and it also failed to live up to the wonder and surprise that BOTW brought around every corner. Just really did not do it for me.

It's objectively a really well made game but it didn't differentiate itself enough from BOTW to feel worth another 100+ hours, and simultaneously kind of obscured BOTWs legacy which I really resent. Wish they would've gone a different direction.

 

[ClassAndFear]

Nope. Literally only got the final boss to go but the getting to them is so hard and I can't be bothered to grind out for enough potions etc to survive it.

 

[Derbel McDillet]

Gave it 50 hours. Tapped out in the middle of the water temple (2nd Temple). I really tried, even restarted. Loved BotW, but I wasn't having fun with this outside a few bright spots.

 

[JSRF]

I got to what I think was the end but was kind of confused as to where to go and dropped it and never came back. I will jump back in eventually but I've been playing other games and enjoying them since.

I spent way too much time exploring the underground just collecting resources and I definitely should have finished the game in the amount of time that I played it.

 

[No Depth]

Have yet to play it. Held out hope that there would be future DLC with a MASTER mode like in BotW, which was my preferred play experience...but since that didn't happen, I just didn't bother. (I felt BotW was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too easy without that mode, even if imperfect)

 

[TheOnlyJ]

Really curious about this, would you mind elaborating?

How did you feel about BotW's ending and final boss?

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Sure - I'll spoiler tag it just in case.

Spoiler

I didn't like the depths generally and hated having to stop and gather materials just to get to the boss. Then, the Ganon sword fight felt really deflating - like, you see how easily he defeats everyone throughout the game and all you do is kinda jump around and whack him with a sword a few times. I never felt like I was a great hero, just that he wasn't that strong. Finally, when he turns into a flying dragon, trying to float to hit the weak points was aggravating and unresponsive - I disliked it in the previous air temple boss fight and hated it fighting dragon Ganon. Apologies if I'm misremembering some parts of it, I haven't played in awhile. I went into ToTK loving it and gradually soured on it

I thought BotW's ending was o.k. It was anticlimactic but I liked going through the castle. If it helps, my favorite Zelda ending was Twilight Princess.

 

[Uncle Squingis]

I finished it and immediately resold it for $55. My time with it was just about worth the $20 difference.

 

[Tohsaka]

No, it's actually the only Zelda game I've ever dropped.

 

[Castor Archer]

No, which is insane for me with a Zelda game. I finished two dungeons and haven't gone back. Replayed every game in the series a ton, but I can't even finish TotK. I don't like the core gameplay loop, and the world doesn't grab me anywhere close to how BotW grabbed me. The changes to the land were nowhere near substantial enough for a sequel, the "sky" was so barebones and disappointing. Just in general a really disappointing sequel for me.

For reference BotW is my favorite game of all time

 

[TalonJH]

Honestly, no. I'm waiting and hoping that both games will get some kind of boost from the Switch 2. Then I plan to replay both.

 

[SwampBastard]

No. I quit after the first big boss in the snow area. The game leaned harder into the parts of BotW that I didn't like and I had no desire to play more.