It’s a huge day for Nintendo with the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the long-awaited sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Eager players will finally be able to get their hands on the game starting later tonight, but reviewers have already had an opportunity to check things out. We’ve got a review round-up of some of the best out there, and we can tell you it’s sitting at a comfortable 97/100 on Metacritic with over 60 published reviews. That’s some endorsement. Let’s see what the pros have to say.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Review Sampler
- Gamespot – 100/100 – Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a canvas for your own creativity, a book to write your own stories, a world to create your own legends.
- CGMagazine – 100/100 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is easily the greatest open world game ever made, and may well be Nintendo’s finest achievement.
- IGN – 100/100 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an unfathomable follow-up, expanding a world that already felt full beyond expectation and raising the bar ever higher into the clouds.
- COGconnected – 100/100 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of the most unique and creative games I have ever played. There is a lot to do and the world design is a perfect symbiosis between using Link’s abilities and your own smarts to reach your goals. One of the best games ever on Nintendo Switch and a must-buy.
- Comicbook.com – 100/100 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a worthy successor to Breath of the Wild and is easily a Game of the Year contender. Not only will you fall in love with the world of Hyrule all over again.
- Destructoid – 100/100 – The real kicker that helps separate Tears from Breath of the Wild is its power set. I felt like I was in control at all times, and had the ability to create my own path. For a series known for sequence-breaking, that’s not just a perk; it’s a strong argument for why Tears of the Kingdom will be talked about for years on end.
- Nintendo Life – 100/100 – Much like its predecessor, this is your playground for the next however many years to come, with a little sprinkling of that older Zelda fairy dust mixed into Breath of the Wild’s formula. It’s a glorious, triumphant sequel to one of the best video games of all time; absolute unfiltered bliss to lose yourself in for hundreds of hours. We can’t wait to see what the world will do with the game.
- Trusted Reviews – 100/100 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom doesn’t stray too far away from the hugely successful template of Breath of the Wild. But by reinforcing its predecessor’s strength for experimentation with the new building mechanics, while also telling an engaging story and opening up new locations to explore, this is a perfect sequel to the greatest game to ever grace the Nintendo Switch.
- Jeuxvideo.com – 95/100 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a new masterpiece that makes Breath of the Wild, one of the best games of all time, look like a draft. By following in the footsteps of its predecessor, it is no longer a “revolution” of course, but it completes the player experience in an epic dimension that has no equal.
- Digital Trends – 90/100 – So long as you’re willing to meticulously survey Hyrule like an archaeologist digging for fossils, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an engrossing sequel full of mysteries to solve and experiments to conduct. It’s a digital laboratory that I imagine will still be producing unbelievable discoveries 10 years from now.
And it goes on and on with over 60 breathtaking reviews. Head on over to Metacritic to check out the rest before diving into what promises to be a nearly unbeatable game of the year contender.
