| GoOnKid said: To those who say that a new IP gets treated harsher: What about Resident Evil 6, for example? Old IP, critics still gave it a low score. Hmm. What about Silent Hill 5, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, Starfox Zero, etc. Maybe it's because these games have flaws? And with that in mind, maybe HZD isn't just as good. It's STILL a great score, there is no matter to debate that. And everbody should play and enjoy it. But towers are definitley not the reason why Zelda got a higher score. |
Well, past Zeldas have also received lower scores. What it comes down to is this Zelda is better than past Zeldas so it gets rated on that. How many reviewers compared BoTW to Horizon or Witcher 3 or GTA V? Not many at all... they're not really rating it on scale with other open world games. They're tating on how well the open world formula was applied to the Zelda universe.
