I wish I never finished TotK… or do I? This video is a collection of my thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom after playing it for over 100 hours. There are no pre-Ganon spoilers until 8:10 so if you have not beaten Ganondorf yet stop there! Please comment with your own thoughts and if you agree/disagree with my takes!
Zeltik’s TotK Review: https://youtu.be/Q1mRVn0WCrU?si=DGPYZ5sf5EiPdoUg
Razbuten’s Video: https://youtu.be/rs89EaMayyk?si=fiWkurkGwWmihQRc
Favorite YouTubers mentioned in the video: @Zeltik @razbuten @PointCrow @MrAGame @Player5SR @DougDoug
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Great video Enki! Makes me want to jump back into TotK!
Amazing video!! Stopped at the spoiler part but really want to get back into playing this! 👏🏾
Let me know what you think after watching the video! I hope you enjoyed, would love to discuss this amazing game more in the comments 🙂
this video hit harder than post ganon clarity (I haven't experienced post ganon clarity yet but when I do I will say this again 🙂 )
🧐 i have zero idea about what's going on in this zelda game, but still was an insightful video and a very good one uwu
great video!! you put a lot of thoughts i had down about TOTK into a video, and i enjoyed my time watching 😀
i tried to take my time with it, did basically everything there is to do, all the shrines, liughtroots, armor, like 99% of the side quests, the only thing i didnt do was get all the korok seeds but no way am i putting myself through that. I had done everything, and went to fight ganon. I think i've opened the game once since beating him, realized there was nothing to do, closed it, and havent played it since.
Both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom have been some of the few games that plunged me into a depression after completing since I would never be able to play it for the first time ever again. Great video
For a moment I thought you were gonna talk about how you didn't feel ready for the adventure to end, or how you can only beat a game for the first time once.
god that intro is smart, using switch noises is so relaxing. 5 seconds in i already am liking it lol
my takeaway is that you liked the game
Just give it a break for a while before coming back. I quickly lost interest after beating the game too… But then I started playing again recently, and I've been enjoying it a lot more now. I got all the shrines (which I normally hate doing), and I've been going around grinding out all the armor upgrades over time.
I have no interest in getting all the Koroks (cause that does not sound even remotely fun), but just listening to video essays on Youtube (like this video for example lol) in the background and just playing the game, I've been having a lot more fun doing what I previously considered mundane. Also, don't be afraid to look stuff up either. It gives you a checklist of things to go collect, like all the armor pieces, taking down all the bosses for those medals, and items needed for armor upgrades. And since the world is the same, its even more incentive to use flying machines or vehicles to traverse it faster.
When you start getting tired again… Just play something else and come back later. It really does wonders for enjoyment. :3
In my second 100% playthrough. It's a masterpiece. Best Zelda. I'm 38 and have been a fan since the gold cart original on the NES. Played OoT when I was 10ish. TotK is the best
the post ganon clarity hit like a lynel i can’t im crying 😭
Literally can’t even force myself to replay it, and I’ve replayed BOTW a few times since. It’s just so stretched out, overstuffed, and so many mechanics are terrible, like fuse and champion abilities. 🤮
I personally disagree and still think that BOTW is the best game (for me at least). I feel that the story is cool, but hard to follow. And that I like the runes, but I do miss bombs and cryonis. Not to mention the sheikah that just mysteriously disappeared with no explanation. I also don't like the champion abilities. Tulin is pretty much the only useful one, and the way to activate them is dumb. There are many more things I could say, but TLDR, nothing can beat BOTW for me. Curious to see who agrees or reasons against this.
This video was excellent! Very well written, would love to see more videos like this in the future!
Post Ganon Clarity is my favorite line I've heard in a video all year
Tremendous watch and extremely fun analysis!!
Can the fans expect more Enki analysis 🎙
The reward for finding that cool cliff is that you found it and liked it. BotW and TotK gave me feelings I hadn’t felt since I played OOT and MM as a child. Make up your own reasons to find things. There’s no reward for watching a cool sunset in real life, and there’s no reward for finding a cool cliff in TotK. And that’s okay. Sometimes finding something cool that you like is rewarding enough.
If I'm being honest, it hurt beating totk more because it felt so short. Yes I have 100+ hours on it, but most of it was exploring, the hours I spent just wrapping up the story felt so quick it felt so.. empty at the end, it hurts knowing theres nothing more.
I only return to this game just to build a few things and roam around the map, but after an hour so I just so bored by it even if I was so enamored by the game at first
The depths are good to farm boss parts. If you use you travel markers nearby a boss and groups of weapon statues the depths are less repetitive. Unfirtunately i use a travel medallion in tarrey town and that town you save. And i always save 1 for exploring. Id rather just get bored of the depths lol
Just finished the game today(well around 70% of it but I’m not finding every korok). I bought it around its release date and wanted to save the Ganon fight for the very end because BotW is one of my favorite games and I wanted to make this ending as cinematic as possible. I had a great time progressing the story but got kind of burnt out trying to complete all of the side quests/unlock all of the collectibles/ upgrade the armor and horses and being used to the formula from BotW. so I quit after playing constantly for a month or two. Recently I got the urge to finish the rest of this game and I’ve got to say this was a truly resonating experience. Rarely does a video game evoke emotions like this one has for me. While I’m writing this I can think of only a couple of games over the past decade that have impacted my life to the extent this duology has (Rdr2 and Overwatch 1 for example). I remember in high school using my younger brother’s switch to play Breath of the Wild after hearing positive feedback. I didn’t have many expectations considering it would be my first Zelda game but I was hooked from the start. From the music to the themes, atmosphere and mechanics, everything seemed perfect. And to finish the sequel that broadens and arguably improves almost everything from the previous installment years later at a college age feels storybook. Although the post-game depression will hurt fs, it was a pleasure and a privilege to experience this masterpiece.
I hope y'all have a great one!
Just noticed from this video that the music that's playing when you're approaching Ganondorf is played in reverse in one of the trailers. Cool touch.