The Legend of Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom is an incredible game that annoyed me to no end. At certain times playing Tears of the Kingdom gave me a feeling of childlike wonder and amazement like I’ve never felt before. And ten minutes later the game had me almost throw my controller at a wall.
At least in my opinion this The Legend of Zelda game deserves every ten out of ten it got and Tears of the Kingdom deserves all the game of the year awards it is inevitably going to win - but I also think I’ve never played a game with a worse control scheme.
The game features incredible moments that are crafted with so much love and care, yet it also features some of the most baffling design decisions I’ve ever seen.
To put it mildly, Tears of the kingdom is a game whose heights are incredibly high, but, at least in my humble opinion, it is also a game whose lows are really low.
But weirdest of all - a lot of those problems would have been easily avoidable.

So I believe there is a story hidden in the depths of Tears of the Kingdom.
A story about Nintendo's priorities when it comes to game design.

In this critique of Tears of the Kingdom we are hopefully going to dig up this story piece by piece. We are going to discuss the entire game chronologically, while discussing certain aspects of the design of Tears of the Kingdom along the way.

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:13 - Dungeons and Shrines
00:14:17 - Pony Points (Shifts in Design Philosophy)
00:26:23 - Press Start to Heal (Combat Discussion)
00:36:35 - The Case (Controls Discussion)
00:58:07 - Tedium
01:13:33 - Tears of the Kingdom (Story Discussion & Major Spoilers)
01:21:27 - The Real Culprit (Conclusion)

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom OST - “Title Theme”, “Approaching the Wind Temple”, “Goron City”, “Trailer Theme”
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time OST - “Gerudo Valley”, “Song of Storms”
The Witness OST - "Challenge Music”
Stardew Valley OST - "Pelican Town”
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild OST - “Kass’ Theme”,
Paper Mario: Origami King OST - ”Western Showdown”, “Sweetpaper Last Stand”
Demon Souls Remake OST - Maiden Astraea
The Legend of Zelda OST - “Title Theme”
Paper Mario: Origami King OST - The Elastic Entertainer Enters

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