Is Breath of the Wild really that good?

[maxleresistant]

kappie1977 said:

maxleresistant said:

 "I understand that for a Zelda game it's great. But if you look at it as a next gen game, it isn't" 

That is just not true at all. On a graphical standpoint, yes it's not  as refined as a PS4 and One game, of course. But everything else is on par or better than the greatest games of this gen.

You'll see for yourself

I think you are correct. But maybe I should have mentioned, in my opinion of next gen gaming. Which is for me, very good graphics, physics, very stable and high frame rates, much bigger worlds then what is done in current gens etc etc. In that term I don't think this is the case for the new Zelda game, maybe only on the world size it could be on par. But as I tried to make clear, is that important for this type of game? No it isn't, even in the period when the first Zelda game came it was not the best graphical game but I enjoyed the game much more then alsmost all others. (except for Rygar NES edition, which I enjoyed even more )

BoTW has great physics and one of the biggest map ever made. It's probably in the top 5. It's HUGE. Really really really HUGE. I played Xenoblade X, and to me it "feels" bigger, and "fuller". 

As for gameplay, I can tell you that it is not just "zelda on a big map", this game is the biggest change in the series since Ocarina. There is tons of new stuffs in there, most of the time I' m like ; "Really? Nintendo made this game?". Because I didn't think that Nintendo was interested in making a game of this caliber. It's a massive, complex, well crafted game. Nothing like the other games they released on WiiU. 

If this game is a sign of what Nintendo is doing with their Switch softwares, if they are putting that kind of ambition and forward thinking into other games on the system, I'm going to have to rethink my position on the Switch.

As for graphics, as I said, the game is not on a PS4 or One, so of course it's inferior.