Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom?

[HoloDust]

firebush03 said:

This is a weird thread?? What happened to all the praise the game received at launch? Hm…regardless, I personally will say that BotW is a nostalgia trip for me. An absolute masterpiece! It’s literally the game that made me start playing video games…at all!! Certainly the most impactful game I have ever played.

That being said, however, I will say the gameplay and overall feeling of TotK absolutely trumps BotW. They take two polar approaches so it’s very hard to honestly compare the two…however, TotK has 370hr on my Switch; whereas BotW has 265hr. Most played and second played games of all time: what do you want me to say??

It's usually referred to as "The Honeymoon phase is over".

Having thousands of games and decades of gaming experience under your belt helps to (mostly) not fall for that initial hype anymore and to discern things behind the curtain for what they are, but, admittedly, it can, on many occasions, make lots of the things being relegated to "seen that, done that" category.