Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have been waiting for years to play this game and after all of that time it still did not disappoint! This is fun to play. Completely new but also nostalgicly familiar. It's set up in a way that's good for those who have spent lots of time with these games or even for beginners like my boyfriend who have never played before! You can get lost exploring, cooking, creating, etc. around the world and sometimes completely forgetting about the main quests. I would recommend this game to anyone!

There are no flaws to this game. Great story. Open World. Great graphics. It is as close to perfect as a game can get.

In my opinion, this is the best Switch game out there. You can do whatever you want whenever you want and are never forced to continue the story. Want to collect and cook a ton on food? Go for it! Want to power through defeating the divine beats and Ganon? Go be that hero. Want to collect every treasure from every shrine? Yes you can do that too. Hundreds of hours of play that slowly and casually reaches you how to play without being annoying about it. I haven’t played a lot of Zelda before and yet this game came naturally to me because of its great design.

We are really enjoying this game! The story line is fun, the adventures and side quests keep us occupied! The graphics are a lot of fun and have details we can all appreciate. The difficulty levels as you advance are reasonable and keep you going back for more game time. The characters are fun and the extras hidden around are really worth the hunt. One of my favorite things is the cooking. I don't know why, but it keeps me entertained! It's even fun to watch if you're not playing. I would definitely recommend this game.

THIS GAME IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! THE COLORS, GRAPHICS, STORY, GAME-PLAY, OPEN WORLD, EVERYTHING. THE NINTENDO SWITCH GOES PERFECTLY WITH THIS GAME. WELL DONE NINTENDO!

I love this game. I just bought my son a switch earlier this month and saw a review for this game and had to have it. I've put in so many hours on it and it never gets boring. My son, who is six, is also obsessed. It's so well done and I can tell will be replay-friendly for years to come. The game is an amazing open-world game with a great story and fun characters. One of the best games I've played in recent years.

Breath of the Wild is a massive world that suffers from being just a bit too empty at times. Like other open worlds (Skyrim, Dragon Age: INQ, Assassin's Creed) there is a massive amount of land to traverse, and a basket full of side activities to do...but they are scattered throughout a very open landscape that could have used more additions. The controls take some getting used to, and the run sprint/jump buttons are switchable from the options menu, which is great, but I would have liked to see more customization in that regard. The biggest problem with BotW is its dated, absolutely counter-fun inventory and weapon system. Your limited inventory is used to hold weapons/shields/bows that seem to break every time you sneeze, and the inventory is only expanded by finding hidden creatures. So if you don't have fun hunting down every single little thing, you'll hate this system even more. It's nice to see a variety of weapons to use (boomerangs, two handed swords, spears, swords, wands) but it is a horrible feeling to get a really awesome weapon and have it break, or have to save it for eternity for a really tough battle just to get the most use out of it. Ultimately, that is BotW biggest problem. It changed things that didn't need to be changed just for the sake of changing it. The old inventory/weapon system is better, and this new one made an otherwise amazing game significantly worse. Still a fun, albeit frustrating, experience worth playing.

Although its always the same story and essentially the same characters, Nintendo manages to push out another banger. I haven't played tears of the kingdom yet as I still want to finish this one first. That being said, this is my favorite Zelda game so far. But I tend to say that with most of the big releases when they come out. (excluding those gameboy versions). This game is just massive in it's open world. Everything is essentially a collectible of some sort which you can use for cooking or some sort of potion to help with your quest. Or if you are like me, just hoard it all and try to max it all out. There are different outfits you can collect along the way to help you sneak, fight, swim, defend, and etc. Of coarse if you are reading this at this time, you probably already know all of this by now. If you don't and aren't sure and own a switch, well just get it already. This is a must for the system. If Nintendo games where all part of the Mafia and they had some sort of rank, this one would be a Don.

I'm loving this game so much. It has given me such a sense of wonder as I explore more. I can't wait to fully discover the land of Hyrule and learn more of the story.

This game is beautiful, entertaining, and perfectly balances story/combat/exploration. It's got the feel of an original LoZ game without the structure of an LoZ game.

The game is very open and for Zelda, it feels weird, it's very hard at first but before long you get the mechanics down, it turns into the best Zelda game ever.

I have played most of the games in the Zelda franchise, with my favorite being Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time. I pretty much bought a Switch just for this game. Have probably put at least 50 hours into the game, but I haven't gotten bored yet. Exploration is the best part of the game. I haven't been interested in exploring big maps since Guild Wars 2. The difficulty was a bit rough at first, but after getting used to the controls and building up an arsenal of upgrades I can take on anything in the game. Overall it is definetly worth playing and likely game of the year material.

There’s not much to say about this game since it speaks by itself. I thought Ocarina of Time was the best Zelda and still think it is despite the popular opinion, and the reason for it is because OoT had a much more memorable and varied soundtrack. Breath of The Wild might not have such thing, but it compensates with the story, graphics, gameplay, and everything else.

Hands down this is the best Zelda game since A Link to the Past. The open world perfects what I wanted from other open world titles in the past five years and is the first with gameplay that had me hooked enough to 100% the game (except for all of those Korok puzzles, of course). Each Shrine gives you a new experience which feels like Portal test chambers instead of a Zelda dungeon which was brilliant. Having the game on the Switch was a great experience just to show the power of what you can take on the go with you and definitely gives me more options of when and where to play this wonderful game.

After 30 years of Zelda games, Nintendo went back to its roots and just put you in the middle of nowhere and encourage you to explore. It works. You will encounter Bokoblin camps which encourage different techniques to take them, mini-dungeons with puzzles, and a very vertical environment which encourages the player to explore bby climbing. And this is just the first hour! The game continually offers more systems and more gratification for the entire duration. A masterpiece.

Breath of the wild throws out a lot of the old and brings in a lot of brand new features. Link and Zelda are of course back to save Hyrule again. At it's root it's a third person action adventure game with puzzles, however it's not quite like other times you've ventured into Hyrule. The world has 4 dungeons instead of the dozen or so from past games. Instead the world is saturated by small bite sized puzzle or combat challenges called shrines. Combat is no longer limited to a single sword and shield combination. All weapons have wear and tear and will break far faster than you might expect. You'll be forced to change up your style as you defeat enemies. You will lose the weapons you are using and have to start using weapons retrieved from the enemies you are fighting. This sometimes leads to inventory management stress as you attempt to hold onto a particularly cool weapon to save for a boss fight or are trying to drop a terrible club in favor of a new sword/spear or the like. The over-world map is sprawling. On the Switch the landscape goes on for awhile and has dynamic weather that affects the world around you. You'll see fog and rain at times. Even the occasional thunderstorm that can cause you to die from a lighting strike if you're not careful. There are mountains that tower over you and caves that lead sometimes to new areas and sometimes to a dead end. Heat and cold will also affect Link as he travels up to the tops of mountains where it's colder or nearer to a volcano where his clothes can catch fire. There is a food and loot system where depending on his outfit or food intake can increase or decrease his body temperature keeping him from taking damage in certain areas. The story follows Link as a recently awoken, 100 year old hero, who failed to take on Calamity Gannon. Link of course has lost his memories and must find out where his place is in this world that has found a balance since his defeat. Is it too late? Is there something he can still do? These are the questions it strives to answer and overall It does a good job of providing answers. It uses a hybrid visual style reminiscent of Ocarina of Time but has cell shaded explosions. It's character models are cartoony and fun. Safe to play with kids around as it's equivalent to any Saturday morning cartoon. Overall Breath of the Wild takes a lot of inspiration from other games. It almost doesn't feel like a Zelda game at times. That being said it's been a pure pleasure to play and experience. It's an easy recommendation to old fans or those who have never played a Zelda game. This is especially true if you've picked up a switch and want to experience a truly amazing video game near launch.

I'm not as much a fan of Zelda as my fiance is. That being said, i've played a few of the main games in the series – mainly during the Nintendo 64 era (as well as the remasters for the 3DS). I probably won't have the nostalgia for this game like I do for the others, nor will it be quite as memoriable in terms of characters or gameplay. But somehow this game is still one of the best I've ever played. The pickup and play ability of it is perfect. It's unique and open world suits Link – even if I've never been an open world fan. Just get it. I haven't met anyone who regretted the decision.

The result, for all the longevity of its series and the familiarity of the open-world genre, is a game that evokes feelings we haven’t known for 20 years. Not since Ocarina Of Time have we set foot in a world that seems so mind-bogglingly vast, that feels so unerringly magical, that proves so relentlessly intriguing. Plenty of games promise to let us go anywhere and do anything; few, if any, ever deliver on it so irresistibly. Nineteen years on, Ocarina is still held up as the high-water mark of one of gaming’s best-loved – and greatest – series. Now it may have to settle for second place.

This game is very different from the preceding Zelda games. It is more open, larger, and feels like a more modern game. Overall it works well but there are some decisions that I'm not a fan off, namely the decaying weapons and cooking being so required. I don't mind those things in games but I dislike being forced to participate. Despite that its not enough to knock the review down from 5 stars because that is just a weird personal preference.

This isn't just my favorite Zelda game, it's my favorite game period. It's a masterpiece. The story and art are amazing. It's a beautiful game. You can spend hours just roaming around admiring the world. There's a lot of content in this game as well. Besides the main story, there are tons of side quests, plus all the shrines and koroks to find. I got the DLC as well, which I could also recommend, and that adds a lot of additional things to work on. Please buy this if you haven't already!