Ok..Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Is a Masterpiece | MVG 

**** Mild Spoilers in this - you've been warned ****

“Sometimes I want to play and not have to build shit…” 🤣 love it

If you fly with the glider while its raining u can hear raindrops falling on it , its a neat detail. The exploring is so much fun. Much more life and ppl u met while exploring, love it

Even from someone who's not really into Zelda, I'm just so happy to see the fanbase enjoy a solid new release. It's refreshing to see after the trend of duds coming out.

People seem to forget that Breath of the Wild was a Wii U game. Tears of the Kingdom is the first original Switch Zelda game.

First thing I did once I got the ultrahand ability, was to make a bridge longer than a skyscraper out of wooden logs, and used it to travel from island to island in the beginning area 😂😂

For this not being a review it's the best review I have watched so far. It manages to do what other video reviews fail to do: get me excited to play TotK. I really enjoyed your to-the-point and clear explanation of the first ten hours.

I would love to see a overclocked performance test!

I am blown away and am still on the first set of islands in the sky. This is just amazing and innovative.

Haha! I walked on the rail too. In any other game they would have made you slide right off or something, but the game world all feels so tangible. It's awesome.

I played for 8 hours straight, and my god the time flew by. This is definitely another masterpiece!

This game is everything that BotW was and so much more on top. I’ve been playing for 70 hours now and feel like I’ve only just scratched the surface. It’ll probably take me at least another 70 hours to finish and I’m absolutely fine with that. This is one of the rare games where the big open world formula does not feel like a grind. IMO, from everything I’ve played this year, this is the game of the year, no doubt.

MVG keeping it real out here. "Sometimes, I just wanna play and not have to build shit to move from point A to point B." 😂

Interested in OC results, great first look!

Pro-tip: You can shield slide on all the different types of rails. Also, fusing various gadgets to your shield will let you use those gadgets. IE - Fusing a rocket will let you blast off sky high when you hold shield.

Good review but disappointed that you put the spoiler warning in the comment section and didn’t mention any of that in the review. I had to turn it off halfway through after I started seeing bosses and hearing things that happen 4+ hours after the game. I doubt I’ll have many agree with me but in the future maybe more warning for these videos please?

Hellll yaaa baby can't wait to play this on a computer and give it its full potential!

they really went above and beyond on this one. i can not remember having had so much fun in a videogame in the past decade or so.

Don't forget Breath of the Wild was game developed for the WiiU. The game was announced to release in 2015 and was already in development back in 2013 but Nintendo was good at fool people to believe it was a new game. So this is the first Zelda game developed with the Switch in mind

Overclocking video with what clock speeds you use would be great!

I'm so relieved it's SO GOOD! The Intro, where ***** messes up fully powered **** really lets you know what you're in for (!)

I was totally blown away by the underground. I haven't seen the temples yet. 20 hours in and I've got no direction haha

At least Nintendo releases finished games... they're about the only developer that does that anymore, not even CDPR can be trusted to do that anymore...

My opinion is controversial but i don't care what others think. That new ultrahand and fuse gimmick is such a buzzkill for me. I DO NOT LIKE crafting and after 5 hours i stopped playing. Framerate is not stable it always dips whenever you use abilities in crowded areas. It's simply hurt my brain. I tolerated first game since it's something fresh but after i experienced 144fps on my pc i simply cannot back to 30fps games. Wish i had newer gaming pc so i could emulate at higher fps But pretty sure millions of people gonna love it have fun~

Sorry, a bit behind on content lately. Thanks so much for this video, I truly appreciate your opinions! Seeing that I wasn't always a fan of BotW, I was holding off on buying this title at release as I was fearing more of the same this time around. With a more fleshed-out story and a fully open-world with many more options to complete your task, your opinion this early in your play time might have convinced me to give this one a try as well.

DETAILED HANDS ON TOTK REVIEW: FORCED MINECRAFT: All I wanted to do was play Zelda, but instead was forced to play Minecraft. Building boats and all sorts of vehicles. This was NEVER part of Zelda and is as far from it's roots as one can get. If I were the boss at Nintendo, heads would roll over this BS! GRAPHICS SUCK: Visuals are extremely washed out and blan. No excuse for this. FPS IS TERRIBLE: The frames stagger like crazy in many areas, and even the best areas are still only so so. CHILDISH CRAP: The fusion and gluing things together makes me feel like I'm back in pre-school in arts & craft class, playing with crap just to see what happens. It was fun in class, but we're not in 2nd grade anymore. DIFFICULTY TOO MUCH: No way to change difficulty settings, this is a game breaker! In the beginning of the game, things will 2 hit you into an early grave. TOTK is trying to be Minecraft, Dark Souls and Zelda all at once. WEAPON BREAKING: 3 hits on an enemy and my stick broke...THREE HITS! Nintendo needs to learn from Elder Scrolls 4 which did it right. It had weapons degrading also, but was OVER TIME, and they could be repaired. This 2 hit BS is the worst use of the weapon degrading system, out of all the games that ever used it in... GAMING HISTORY! BORING AS HELL: Playing for 3hrs now and I'm bored to tears. Building vehicles, gluing logs, walking around...sigh. Would rather watch paint dry. Would rather burn my feet with a match! Or fall of the top of 6ft step ladder. SHRINES...YAWN: Here we go again. Tons of shrines that's the same room, just different puzzles. The same look over & over until you vomit! SAME BORING MAP: Once I got down from the sky...yep...found myself in the same damn map as BOTW! I already walked all over this huge monstrosity of ''emptiness'' once before, for dozens of hours. Now back again. I'll find a tree for Link to sleep under, then go find myself a game with some content! CONCLUSION: After taking into account everything wrong with this Zelda wanna-be/Dark Souls/Minecraft... cannot figure out what it is game, it's only worth about $5 and should be in the bargain ben! And every once in a while drop it on sale for 99 cents. FINAL SCORE: 1 OUT OF 10

I would love to see the overclocking video. let's hope the switch follow up will help this game reach the 60 fps

Found my way into the depths a few times now. First time was intentional as the story kind of pushes you in that direction (you also have to go to the depths at least once to unlock the camera which is needed for some quest). Second time was a dumb mistake, I saw a well and jumped in without saving. In hindsight it was obvious since the well was surrounded by gloom. Third time was intentional as it's needed to get past the lost woods (as far as I know, it may be possible to come in from above). The depths are a bit scary at times though they don't get my heart racing like E.M.M.I. zones did in Metroid Dread (I actually waited to get TotK until after finally beating the final boss of Dread which I was stuck on for a long while).

The aesthetics of the underground it’s astonishing.

You’re on point in regards to the audio design. Sounds like you’re in a movie theater even just playing with ear buds

A masterpiece that can barely run at 30fps… okaaaaay… I’m sure the gameplay is there but it just makes sense to wait until Nintendo releases this on their next console. IF you have that patience. I’m sure a lot of you don’t and that’s okay too.

We're playing totally different... I've been underground but I haven't even seen the dungeon that you beat, or Kakariko village. That's pretty awesome

Played about 9 hours today. Not a single glitch super fun and it’s definitely nice looking.

YES, overclocking video PLEASE! :)

George Costanza: "I've got ultra hand!"

Lol, glad I'm not the only one that balance walks the rails. It was one of the first things I tested when discovering a hook rail. Activating ultrahand makes it easy to control Link as he walks the rails.

Hope everyone's having fun with it. Just got notification that Best Buy won't have it delivered until Saturday. Sigh.

Love to see you covering some modern stuff, there's unfortunately only so much vintage so... grabbing a few _interesting_ modern things to talk about is prolly wise (as I do like the channel and want to see it continue!). Loved this video, thanks for the first impressions :D

After forespoken, redfall, the last of us, and Jedi survivor, it’s so refreshing to get a quality 10/10 AAA game

Nintendo bringing the class. Showing why the are a force in videogames not to be underestimated.. I have one word that others often miss. ZTOTK is simply a joy to play and i am ready for it. 2 copies day one and i am not disappointed and once my nephews exams are done, the joy will surely only spread...

My only point to the intro about Bayonetta 3 and Pokemon Scarlet/Violet is those aren't first party developed games, sure Nintendo are the publisher and I'm sure they sent employees over to help development, but those games don't represent how good the performance of every first party developed Nintendo game for the Switch is, that's why I wasnt nervous about Totk at all!

This game is so big it's almost impossible to focus playing though the main story and I love it!

I don't know if it is my TV or not, but this game looks beatiful on a 65" 4K display. FSR is a God send

That shirt is FIRE!

playing it on 4K 60fps, its an insult to play this masterpiece on Switch

I'm here for the overclock

The only time I got the feeling I was playing botw was exploring eastern hebra and the empty feeling of walking through the snow. Everything else felt completely different. Every single town is completely different, the desert is different, the forests are completely different. Everything is different

Getting it in a few hours. Looking forward to it.

I just checked the reviews while seeing this video. damn man. switch owners and Zelda lovers are in for a good one

10 hours, it only gets better, story is amazing, loads of contents. Loads of sidequests, its amazing!

This game looks awsome. I hope play it someday.

I became lost in the sky island ... had to restart!... Its that big! Also I flew to places in the wrong order wasted a few hours as you can't do things eg your can get to shrines 4 as you're 2nd shrine... 😂

Yeah, I’m only about three hours in but this is amazing.

To me this is a great game so far about 15 hours in, a great sequel to BOTW. If Im judging right theres 100 plus hours, I have almost 200 hrs into BOTW and if this game has that much to give its epic.

Just have to say excellent video from start to finish, well done! The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - because who needs emotional stability when you have a kingdom to save?

Just as a general heads up, Pokémon is not a Nintendo game. It’s owned and developed by Gamefreak. Nintendo is just shareholder in the Pokémon brand, but they’re not responsible for the Pokémon games. Also Bayonetta 3 is Platinum Games, not Nintendo.

You HAVE to do an overclocked performance test! Im considering hacking my Switch if it really makes a difference.

The shrines are less mini dungeons, as in botw, but rather short game tutorials. At some point you will realise you leave the starting island with a crazy amount of capabilities.

There is already video about 60FPS. It's entire channel and yes, it runs great.

Just curious -- what systems do you suppose they used in the development of this game? In other words, PCs running Windows (or Linux), Macs, etc. I have written a good bit of software in the past, but have no idea how Switch development actually works. It would be really awesome to see a video covering a Switch development environment, typical hardware and software used, etc.

People are hella butthurt in this comment section gah damn

The game is absolutely gorgeous. Just got through the intro section and was delighted at all the new abilities.

As long as the frame rate drops do not last as long as in MGS 3D (which I suffered through, even in boss fights), I think I can live with them.

In Japan it’s nothing but Nintendo this month. BotW was my favorite and this game is that on ultra steroids. I don’t think it’ll dethrone BotW in my heart but rather they’ll snuggle up close together.

Unpopular opinion. The hype over this game is just zelda nostalgia. It's not a 10 out of 10 or even a 9.

The BOTW formula has ruined my love for new Zelda games. Older Zelda's had zero wasted space. Weapon durability is a terrible new addition. Also, the sparse use of the music makes it feel more like a metroid game. The BOTW formula feels like a direct response to Skyward Sword's terrible streamlining of Zelda down to an essentially linear game, and the BOTW games over compensated to the point of not feeling like a part of the series. Not a fan.

Please do a comparative review with an overclocked switch. Would love to see handled performance when overclocked.

Yes, please show the before/after once your Switch is overclocked.

What do you mean "grind" referring to shrines? Those shrines were the only real tastes of classic zelda puzzle solving and one of the stronger parts of BOTW despite their shortcomings imo. I want more puzzles and dungeons and keys to unravel. This isnt really selling me on $69 retail at all yet

We'll get to 1440p... on emulation.

I like the fact that you already had completed one temple and never got to the Underground, when you could get to the underground from the point where you was told where to go for the Temple(right after getting the paraglider), by going a bit south. That really shows how the game experience changes completely based on the player. I for one probably played more than you did at the time you were recording the video but still am not near going to a temple, but I did explore a bunch of the underground and sky already.

The surround sound is pretty awesome in this game. And yes I definitely want to see a OC’d switch play TotK

But traditional style dungeons are missing and so is a good streamlined narrative story

Masterpiece it is! 10/10 in my book.

While this is better than botw and amazing i hope other styles of Zelda aren’t gone forever. I would like something like a link between worlds again someday

I would be interested in an over clock video

Emulation of switch is amesing right now. On good pc you can get 60 FPS with mod

Am I seriously the only one who sees this game as a BOTW DLC? And I mean a very good DLC, but still a DLC.

7:31 missed opportunity to toss in the “plop” effect.

Sony and Microsoft are competing with each other over who is going to drop the most woke generic game, focusing on nothing but tech specs. Meanwhile Nintendo is crushing both of them in both software and hardware sales with an outdated handheld. I mean the proof is in the pudding, what people truly care about is a good game that is fun to play above all else.

I’m so glad this game came out. My daughter is 17 and I’ve been wanting to play a game with her that we could try and beat together. And this game is perfect, especially when trying to figure out some of how to beat a shrine.

What are you rambling about, this game is garbage.

Glad you mentioned the audio. The environmental sounds paired with that improved soundtrack gives me eargasms, especially on headphones.

I am a huge fan of BotW and was also afraid of whether Nintendo could pull it off again. I almost feel sorry for doubting them now.

Oc on the mem cpu and gpu has cleared up alot of my frame dips. You have a hacked exista or mariko? Cause that'll make a diff

Game of the decade. Take note Phil and Xbox team, this is how you sell consoles.

iv been playing a bit longer than lallowed an i gotta say this zelda is prolly the best zelda

Dude, your t-shirt is EPIC EPIC EPIC!!! and a great video!

I wouldn't call it a justification, but I've played Zelda 1, ALttP, and OoT all on original hardware recently in anticipation of ToTK, and I noticed that they have those framrate drops, too, especially when things get busy on screen. (Of course, OoT also only ran at 20 fps anyway). It's almost a Zelda tradition at this point; Zelda titles seem to have always pushed Nintendo's hardware to its limits. High framerates are nice, but it goes to show that they're not everything. (Not saying I wouldn't love for Zelda games to launch at 60 fps like alttp did, lol).

I got my Switch back to a homebrew modded state specifically so I could overclock it like I did for Breath of the Wild. Will be picking up my copy on my way back from work today and would definitely be interested in seeing what overclocking can achieve this time.

I didn’t like BOTW all that much, but I’m optimistic about TOTK. Going to wait for the dust to settle before diving in.

I shield surfed on the rail 😂 i risked it and didnt even know we could do it

« possibly the best Zelda game since Link to the Past » You are a gentleman with taste. Link to the Past rules. For ever.

The visuals were definitely the first thing I noticed as I watched my wife boot it up for the first time. I was skeptical of my own eyes at first, thinking BotW probably looked the same. But the more I looked the more I realized just how much sharper everything looked. Nintendo employs some true wizards.

Atleast Tears of Kingdom is here for us

Hm, 10 hours of this Game is really not much so i don´t really think you can call the Game a masterpiece after such a short Playtime.

Pokémon was made by game freak and Bayonetta 3 was made by platinum games. First party Nintendo studios never miss

Even though it’s not the Zelda I remember, I still liked BoTW a lot. They put a lot of work into it which made it immersive

Comparing it to link to the past. I have to play this now. Link to the past is one of the best Zelda games before they went 3D

Oh yes curious about the overclock fun