The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Smyths charged me this morning too. Hopefully will arrive tomorrow !

Never been so happy to see money coming out of my account. Gamestop charged me on Monday.

Looking it up and reviews are due at 1pm, our time, tomorrow.

Yeah, I can see the lesser amount on the delivery email, and the order history in website has updated from this morning to match.

So looks like the €10 will be refunded back once it's processed.

I'm really really really hoping it arrives tomorrow now!

I put about 10 hours into it last weekend just messing about, looking forward to actually diving into it properly.

Ran through BOTW over the last few night just to get the limbs loose for it

Smyths charged me this morning around 6am. Got the dispatch email about half 12.

Where are the reviews? Embargo lifted at 1pm. Tell me how good it is please!

Go away, Smyths, with your spoilers. Looks like the Hero of Time is now called Tracking Link.

Really curious how it turned out. BOTW was such a masterpiece that it's hard to follow it up without just being 'BOTW, but slightly better in every way'. Expectations are through the roof. It seems that anything less than a 10/10 would be considered a failure.

I think we had two very different experiences with BOTW. I typically hate open world games because the rewards are usually never worth the exploration time. BOTW was completely different. Yes, you could go sheikah tower to sheikah tower but exploring meant you found shrines, stables, enemy camps. Each of them had their own rewards ranging from hearts to weapons. No matter where you went, there was something to find. Exploration was made fast with the glider allowing you to see massive stretches of terrain and head towards whatever took your fancy. When this got boring and you wanted to progress the story, you'd just move to the next sheikah tower and inevitably encounter the right NPC or area.

It was also the first truly open world game I've ever seen once you get out of the tutorial area. You can head straight for Ganon if you want but good luck.

BOTW was most definitely a masterpiece. Elden Ring was similar in nature but I cannot think of any other open world game that nails it like BOTW did.

My order has dispatched from Smyths.

Happy days

😁

My local GS store rang me earlier today, my copy will be ready for collection on Friday

For those that ordered it at 99.99 EUR from Smyths, is that what you were charged or the 119.99 price?

Yeah im not taking away from the games achievements, im just pointing out and criticising some of its flaws which I experienced. Especially in regards to how totk seems to make up for them. Like I said, it just feels likes the reward is the exploration itself (in botw) rather than an event or reward (I know you said rewards range from hearts to weapons, but these are things that are experienced in the first couple hours of the game, making it feel a bit recycled and repetitive especially as most weapons are pretty much identical bar the aesthetics). In Elden ring though, it felt like the rewards made the effort worth it at times. Weapons with their own skillset or abilities with distinct features that refresh gameplay.

I think that totk will make up for these almost "tech demo" feel of the game by adding new mechanics, content and even the ability to build vehicles for me is huge for adding replay value. Im not taking away from what the game has provided, which is a huge achievement and like I said, one of the best games I've played.

:)