The Legend of zelda: breath of the wild

A new Zelda is always an event. For the past 31 years, the series has regularly rhymed with excellence, offering players absolutely unforgettable moments. Today, Nintendo opens the curtain on Breath of the Wild, an incredibly ambitious episode that returns to the sources of the series ... with a success that defies the imaginable!

Guaranteed test without spoil!
If many of you want information on this Breath of the Wild, even more are those who do not want to spoil the adventure. Rest assured right away, I do not count anything spoiler in the article that follows. So do not be surprised if I am particularly succinct on the topics, mainly because Nintendo himself kept the secret to let the player enjoy the discovery. Enjoy!
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Adventure, with a Big A
Despite its age, the Zelda series is easy to define: Adventure games where the player clearly holds the role of the hero, braving the challenges to save Princess Zelda and the Kingdom of Hyrule, with rare exceptions. Link is the avatar of courage and self-denial, regularly making him forget his small size by his exploits in combat. But the Zelda series is above all the idea of ​​a unique experience in which one discovers a world to its depths, thus meeting colorful characters. The concept of progress towards the unknown and long quest was already what had made the success of the first game. The players were left on their own, with no indication of direction to take and no visible barrier.If the following episodes have often offered more structured frames, containing the player in a narrative line, Breath of the Wild makes an incredible comeback. A barrier-free adventure that is a true redefinition of the term "open world". But let's go into a little more detail.

THE OPENING

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Adventure, with a Big A
As the various trailers explain, Link awakes from a sleep that has lasted 100 years in desolate places. Only an old man gives him some information ... By visiting the area, we realize that we are on a large plateau from which we can not go down. Only way out, retrieve the four hidden treasures in sanctuaries and then recover the Paravoile, which allows us to hover. The treasures in question are specific powers: square or round bombs that can be triggered remotely, a magnet that can move large metal objects, the ability to create huge blocks of ice from stretches of water and finally the possibility of blocking the time for certain mechanisms. All these powers, you get them during the first two hours of play,

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Adventure, with a Big A
Even if you are stuck on this tutorial board at the beginning of your adventure, you already understand the great freedom that is the game design of The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild.You can literally go where you want without any restriction in your horizontal or vertical movements. Advance to a wall and Link climbs automatically! It's as simple as that. If an endurance gauge requires you to pay attention to the size of what you want to climb, you can greatly influence that maximum distance depending on the inclination of the wall you are climbing, for example. From the beginning of the game, you can climb what you want with a minimum of strategy in your ascent, and ways to increase temporarily or permanently your endurance bar are numerous.

Believe me, it does something to realize how free we are from our movements. It is all the more remarkable that the world in which one evolves is a true ode to the exploration! Breath of the Wild offers magnificent panoramas and breathtaking shots, so much so that you sometimes have a good time at the top of a cliff to contemplate its surroundings! The valleys and the plains, the wind blowing in the grass, the incredible effects of light, this new Zelda offers a masterful show. However, it is obvious that the title suffers from some technical problems, such as aliasing or clipping, not to mention some slowdowns. It is not uncommon to see the framerate fall, sometimes drastically, in forest areas for example. However, these problems are quickly forgotten and do not really have any impact on the overall gaming experience. Never has a game given us such a visual orgasm for such a vast universe on a portable console! To tell the truth, even on a home console,

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Adventure, with a Big A
And this world, it is absolutely gigantic. The second you come down from your plateau, the universe opens up entirely to you, and the least we can say is that there is a terrifying side to being offered miles and miles away. kilometers of places to explore. Just walking the roads will take you dozens of hours, and we are not yet talking about deserts, mountains, plains, caves, or the gigantic content of the title. Unlike games like Metroidvania, we will never say "no, you can not pass" or "You need this object to penetrate these places". The environments are varied and the magic operates at every moment! But the question everyone asks is: What are we doing in this universe?

ADVANCED AND DUNGEONS

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Adventure, with a Big A
The structure of Breath of the Wild is very special. You have several main quests that you can follow at the same time. From the beginning of the game, nothing prevents you from rushing to the castle to try to face Ganon. No screenwriting barrier in any case. On the other hand, expect to die anyway, because you are not well prepared! And that's what the other main (and yet optional) quests are for. Not only do they develop the story and explain what happened 100 years ago, but they also allow you to recover additional powers, very useful for survival. Note, by the way, that the narration is now aided by voice-acting, at least for the most important characters.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Adventure, with a Big A
But the good thing is that even if you decide to follow one of the main quests, the motto always remains freedom. Not only can you advance in many quests at once, but within the same quest, you can do anything in the order of your choice. This is precisely the case of the various dungeons of the game, each attributed to a tribe, and whose course is rather singular, especially for regulars of the series. Always without spoiler, let's say that they focus much more on the reflection than on the fights, some of them oozing ingenuity. Since we are talking about reflection, shrines are a new dungeon format, much shorter and much more numerous than usual.One hundred, they often ask the player to master the various mechanisms of the game, with rewards at the key for the most talented. Not only does each sanctuary also serve as a teleporting point on the map, essential for a game of this magnitude (yes, it is much larger than Skyrim, for example), but their completion also improves the life meter. and endurance of Link, little by little.

LET'S FIGHT

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Adventure, with a Big A
The most incredible thing about all this is that I have not talked about fighting yet. And for good reason, they are less numerous than what the series had offered us so far. Less numerous, but also more tactical, Breath of the Wild is clearly not lacking difficulty. One must always pay attention to one's position and movements in the face of sometimes unpredictable enemies. The handling is fortunately fluid, allowing us to change weapon or type of arrows in a few tenths of a second via an active pause. Moreover, on this subject, the title marks the blow by totally changing its weapon system with a principle of disposable weapons.You will spend your time recovering those of your opponents and will have to choose what you keep on you, forcing you to be effective with all types of weapons. Of course, this episode offers many challenging challenges like hidden bosses, for example. We've already told you, but Breath of the Wild is full of surprises.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Adventure, with a Big A
And that's exactly the point of the title. The eternal feeling of discovery. It would be difficult to describe the countless moments of astonishment that will punctuate your adventure. Despite the density of the world, you will be rewarded every time you follow your own road, climb a hill that seemed useless or search a deserted area. A treasure chest, a little puzzle or even more interesting surprises, there is always something to do, and this not to mention the shovel of side quests given by the many NPCs of the game. Because yes, Breath of the Wild has its villages, with characters who sometimes act differently depending on the time of day. This density, and the beauty of the Kingdom of Hyrule, make Breath of the Wild the most intoxicating experience of video games.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Adventure, with a Big A
I still have a lot of things to say to you, and yet this is where I'm going to stop. Did I tell you everything? Not far from here. But for Breath of the Wild to be as unique to you as it was to me, I have to make sure you live it in the same way. You have to find out for yourself what the best adventure game since Ocarina of Time ... it's better! There is no doubt that Breath of the Wild is a masterpiece that is already part of the video game hall of fame.
Imagesources