Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WIld Review

Game Review

As Breath of the Wild just won the Game of the Year, it only made sense to write a review on it, since I have it.

Dueling Peaks in Breath of the WIld. Photo from Imgur

Breath of WIld is an open-world game, which is what makes this one not only unique to the franchise but also the gaming industry. It opens with you waking up from a small nap of 100 years, only to realize you've forgotten everything. Also for some reason, you're only wearing underwear. However, I'll stop so I don't spoil the plot and instead focus on gameplay.

What I like about this game is the ability to explore. In fact, it rewards you for doing so with treasures or even memories. Instead of just a few weapons and bows and stuff, there are tons. One of the most important parts of the game involves exploring. Without weapons and food, you'll die quickly.

Speaking of food, instead of finding hearts spread over the world in the grass or dropped by enemies, you have to eat to replenish. This also brings us to another part of the game: cooking. Across Hyrule in stables or towns, you can find cooking pots. You can then cook meals with the many items you gather from hunting animals (yes, you can do that), or harvesting fruits and veggies. Here's an example of a meal.

Omelet. Photo from IGN

Since the game is so big, it's bound to have plenty of quests. The main quests are pretty limited, mainly consisting of the Divine Beasts, The Heroes Sword, Captured Memories, and big surprise (I'm being sarcastic if you couldn't tell) Destroy Ganon. However, there are also lots of side quests, like finding Robbie to get some Ancient Gear, or finding objects for people. I don't have much to say on the side quests part because I've barely done any, but I do know that not only are these side quests interesting, but they also have an element of difficulty.

Speaking of difficulty, there are also some shrines, where you can complete them to get treasures or obtain spirit orbs. If you collect 4 spirit orbs you can trade them in for hearts or contribute a small part towards another stamina wheel. You can do so by praying to one of the various statues spread throughout the many stables and villages in Hyrule.

Hyrule happens to be a very large place and getting around can be tedious. The easiest ways include teleporting to one of the Sheikah Towers and gliding off, or the way I never do it, on horseback. You can register horses at stables and give them names. The color and speed of the horse vary but picking carefully can benefit you.

Finally, let's move on to what you can do to complete the game, other than complete the quests. There are 120 shrines in Hyrule. If you complete them all, you're rewarded with a special set of armor: Armor of the WIld. It consists of Cap of the WIld, Tunic of the Wild, and Trousers of the Wild. Here's an image.

Armor of the Wild. Photo from Forbes.

You can also collect all 999 (I think it's 999) korok seeds. Lastly, you can fill your Hyrule Compendium with photos of all the monsters, foods, and items.

Thank you for reading my review on Breath of the Wild. See you in a later article!