>>734152497
so play the first one and then the sequel, idgi

BotW; it has better design and the core abilities are more fun (stasis especially). TotK suffers from too much bloat, including multiple currencies and a construction mechanic that was not integrated very well into the game. Early-game guardian encounters in BotW are more engaging than anything in TotK. Divine beasts are also, somehow, better than TotK's temples. The temples look cooler, but play like complete ass.

>>734152497
No

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I’ve not played either, don’t own a Switch or Switch 2 and I hate them both

>>734152497
If you’re gonna play one, play BotW. If you really really want more content play Totk after a year or so.

They're both shallow, poorly designed ubislop made by Nintendo.

>>734152497
They both suck shit. Play a real Zelda game instead, like Link to the Past.

>>734152497
BotW by far, tiktok completely fucks the exploration by having those towers launching you into fucking space and you can just glide down skipping everything, or worse just using a fucking plane, there's nothing interesting about traversing from point A to point B, when i got to the base of death mountain and skipped the entire climb because there's a tower there that can launch you directly to Goron City
They also fucked one of the positives about weapon durability in an attempt to fix it, a pretty common thing that happens in BotW is your weapon exploding right in front of an enemy's face, sending them flying and then you quickly get his weapon on the ground to continue the assault, but in tiktok raw weapons are fucking useless and you have to fuse them with another item to increase its attack, doing so is pretty clunky however as it requires the item to be on the floor, you can't even do it from the fucking menu so stealing an enemy's weapon in the heat of the moment isn't the same anymore
Also most of the puzzles are related to the gary mod construction shit, it's fun for the first few hours but gets boring fast
Tears might have more content than BotW but if i ever feel like revisiting that version of Hyrule, which is the same recycled map across both games, then i'll go for BotW any day

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BotW. TotK is really cool mechanically but it feels way more unfocused than what was an already pretty unfocused game. BotW has a lot of meandering but everything you do feeds back into the core goal of beating Ganon in some way or another. TotK doesn't really have that through line between all its different mechanics and is a lot more content just doing fun shit for the sake of it.

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I love Kass!

>all these anons filtered by Totk

>>734153507
...And that's a good thing!

>>734152698
This. Basically spot on. Could go more in-depth why TotK sucks (like worse UI and story) but then /v/ nods off and you get called eric.

>>734152497
botw is pretty amazing with lots of obvious flaws. totk is botw but everything is slightly worse, including all the flaws which are somehow even worse too

I'd say only play totk if once you feel finished with botw you feel like playing way more botw, because that's basically just what it is. Just lower quality botw content

>>734153712
Thjis.

>>734153712
*higher quality botw content
hard to go back to Botw after Totk

>>734152497
BotW is untapped potential, TotK is squandered potential. It really all comes down to which of those you find to be worse.

BOTW because it's not a shitty rehash of an existing game.

>>734155597
BotW = Minecraft survival mode
TotK = Minecraft creative mode

I prefer survival

>>734152497
TotK and it's not even close. The surface map alone being much less empty was a vast improvement already, nevermind the additional layers.

>>734155920
lmao you're retarded

>>734156216
Not having caves in Botw was a huge misstep, I also enjoy the sky islands, they definitely help to make the world feel more alive.

TotK should've taken place in a smaller new world wholly bespoke to its new mechanics.

>>734156356
You make it sound like TotK caves and sky had stuff in them and weren't totally a bunch of nothing waste of time.

Are you even real? Pretty sure I'm arguing with people who don't play videogames. :\

>>734156827
>Pretty sure I'm arguing with people who don't play videogames. :\
That's about right for Switchfags

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>>734152497
If Tears had Wild's opening hours, it would be the perfect game. Tears is better overall, though.

BotW if you want a video game
TotK if you want a toy

>>734156827
>stuff in them
(You) make it sound like the world needs to be a themepark. I explored all the caves and islands and found "stuff" on them 99% of the time. To say you didn't would be a straight up lie that conflicts with reality.

>>734156827
>>734156908
How fucking ironic it was the pot calling the kettle black too, fuck off faggots.

>>734157298
themepark is when not empty or repetitive world

>>734157298
Name 1 cave and what was so memorable about it

>>734157487
Fuck off faggot and actually play them, there's stuff to find.

>>734157569
Just one? Tarm point Sasan and Finley are in there and want to cross the water that raises and lowers.

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>>734152497
I feel like if you havent played either it totk, its basically just botw with more. the issue here is a lot of anons played botw and got their fill of that game making totk feel redundant

>>734157894
And TotK zealots seem to begrudge those people who actually played BotW and got their fill.

>>734158003
okay, im just saying. I dont like totk myself but I have a friend who loved it after not playing botw much.

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I hate that in TotK the solution to 99% of the puzzles is just building something with the virtual legos

>>734157894
I got like 110 Shrines in BotW, definitely didn't feel the need to play totk at all. I don't even feel like I missed out.

>>734157725
Fine

>>734158362
Because you arent.
The Sky islands are tiny and repetitive and the Depths is just an empty wasteland.

>>734157894
I no lifed them both, Totk is better.

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>>734152497
Tears of the Kingdom has a better main quest and setpieces, and the fusing makes combat slightly less boring.
That said, BotW is a more cohesive experience and has superior atmosphere and plot.

>>734159595
>and plot.
>in a zelda game
please be real no zelda has a plot worth mentioning

>>734159703
Every Zelda has different plot. Just because it doesn't have 50 twists and they share parallel narratives doesn't mean there is no story. BotW Link's backround is very different from, say, OoT Link or WW Link.

You just don't care about Zelda. Which makes me wonder why you are even in this thread.

>>734160215
I love zelda the story, is just never that interesting, the lore is though.

>>734160316
When I hear someone say "story", I feel it encapsulates "lore" as well. To say the story is lame but the lore is good sounds kinda dumb.

>>734160609
I get why you would do that but to me they are separate, like the story is all the stuff thats directly in front of your face in cutscenes and what not

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>>734159703
All in all, Zelda has competent storytelling.
Even BotW has a cohesive theme of 'recovering what was lost' since the setting is one where shit already hit the fan. Link is quite literally remembering who he was and the people around him as he moves on to bring new hope to a desolate kingdom where live moved on. Even the photos play a lot into the strenghts of the game, telling you to find interesting locations and traverse the map, i.e. exploration.
What does TotK have? the same concept but without the interesting hook that the mystery, and the same cutscene 4 fucking times.
And i'm not even a WWFag that cries about muhn wind scene since i consdier that the worst 3d zelda game.
>>734160609
They ARE different things. One is the world and the context of the story, the other is the things that actually happen. A good story combines both good events and a lore that is relevant to said events.

>>734152497
It's the same game.

>>734159703
Skyward Sword has an insanely good story.