This is probably one of my fave Zeldas ever they snapped

BOTW was a far better experience, TOTK had funner mechanics but the actual experience naturally wasn’t as intriguing and memorable. I say this as someone who was expecting the best game OAT with TOTK

Because it was just a rehash of BOTW with a few more nifty mechanics and QOL improvements
BOTW was far more memorable and much more of an experience to remember than TOTK for me

This. BotW was a completely new, completely fresh Zelda game in many aspects from the new and massive open world to the art style to the mechanics and freedom. BotW came out swinging and stood strong on its own two feet without relying on anybody else. TotK on the other hand just stands on the shoulders of BotW and adds some bling to it.

Can confidently say this is top 5 for me

Im still not sure if Breath or Tears are in that tier either

Yo, am I crazy is in the main hook on this theme the same one from Taxi Driver?

Totk is already forgotten absolute nothingburger of a cultural impact compared to botw

I wouldnt say its forgotten at all, everytime you bring up botw totk gets brought up

Yeah no. Totk came out a year ago, it needs time for people to actually look back on it, have discussions, etc. like they did with BOTW for 7 years

Cultural impact isn’t measured within a year

Basically every single person who played TOTK has to admit that the storytelling, characters, side quests, etc. were all much more engaging than BOTW which barely had a narrative at all

The only thing BOTW has over TOTK is that its influence has been felt for many more years because it’s been around that long, that’s it

People have to actually play totk, be inspired by it, and then create new games based on that inspiration in order to measure cultural impact. That can’t have happened within a year because even if you were immediately inspired in May 2023 and started working on a game the next day, there’s no f***ing shot the game is ready already

TOTK is amazing but I can understand being disappointed if you waited 6 years. I played BOTW in 2022 so I was fine with it

Never seen a good take from anybody that uses the word "nothingburger"

Aside from the initial learning curve of the elemental mechanics, BOTW never surprised me. I always knew what I was gonna find when I was exploring. TOTK kept things much more interesting.

Botw is also more culturally important than 95% and more of games released since tho. It says more about botw than the other games

Totk wont have the same impact cause nobody will try and replicate what they did there. No AAA studio has the time or the interest or the ambition in implementing 3 stratus seamless traversal in an open world, or an ability like ultrahand that interacts with the entire game, from props, to objects, to the physics engine

similar to how nobody else was gonna attempt Majoras Mask time cycle/journal mechanics afaik

I think outer wilds was heavily inspired by majora's mask but thats the only notable game in 25 years so you're right

totk is so much better in every way, if u cant see that ur blinded by the initial feelings of awe from stepping out the cave in botw

botw was crazy on release but totk is fundamentally a better game

my ktt twins a zelda fan? fire

blood i got a master sword in my room

triforce tat on my wri'