Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth It?

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Maybe someday Alex will refine his craft enough to provide the exact right amount of waffling rather than always overshooting the target.

[youareacoward]

Basically, if you like dnd wizard, then you will love this. Zelda is a dnd wizard.

[derekprestwich]

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[Raul_]

Princess Zelda first grand adventure? Absolutely must buy.

[eileensmiller]

Okay, the fact that we have poes and darknuts back makes me really happy. But I love that we have the little stamp stations back. I always wondered if Nintendo would ever let us collect stamps again after Spirit Tracks

[WarriorOfWriters]

I would love Zelda, Link and Impa to be playable in an RPG. Especially a HD-2D styled RPG

[mrtesticlease]

i've 100% this already and i have to say this is the first zelda game in YEARS that i genuinely enjoyed. The combat isn't even new, either. This is the EXACT same combat that's present in nearly every zelda game, except made the main focus and greatly expanded upon. You know when you play an OOT randomizer and you don't have a sword or shield? it's like that. do damage with rocks, pots, etc. now you can do it with enemies too! Love this game, very happy it exists.

[JPBrooksLive]

I'm so excited about this! I've been playing Zelda games for 30+ years and i can't wait to finally play as the person that the game is named for.

[alexblanco]

After putting in about 120 hours on Tears of the Kingdom, I absolutely loved playing a Zelda game that I could finish in a single week, and one which was blissfully not tricky (either the puzzles or the boss fights). It also dropped at the perfect time... I had some pretty devastating family news right before release day, but this game provided the perfect distraction and really helped me through the first week of it. Can't tell you how much I adore this game. ;-)

[johnserpo]

This game is like a Lego game - the Lego version of Breath of the Wild. It's like Nintendo compressed the open world game into a bite-sized miniature Play Mobil. Then throw in some Pokemon gameplay - when you defeated a monster, you can use it to battle other monsters later. This makes you want to collect all the creatures. "Gotta catch them all!"

I'm buying this and I'm sure I'll love it... but it blows my mind they didn't make the echoes menu 2D instead of 1D. Scroll left/right for categories of echoes (monsters, furniture, nature, etc), and then up and down to select the specific echo under the category you're hovering on. All the sort options could work both for the categories and the specific echoes under each category, leveraging the benefit of the sorts even more.

[brynocerouss]

I'm extremely excited about this! I loved the look of the Link's Awakening remake, but never could quite justify spending the money for it. This, however, is a totally fresh game so I'm all about it <3

[JamSarny]

You mentioned it took 15-20hrs to complete. Was that a playthrough that largely focused on the main quest? Or would you say a playthrough that included most/all side quests would significantly beef up that time frame?

[reeseseater]

Wait, you can access hero mode without having to beat the game first? Finally (not huge into replaying games I beat, especially ones that have a big time sink into it). Been wanting this for years

[GameTesterBootCamp]

I’m willing to bet that this game is just the natural evolution of the tech demo they used to prototype Breath of the Wild. It's kind of how Nintendo creates games.

Most developers come up with the game concept first, then design the gameplay/world around it. Nintendo designs a "toy" that's fun to play with, then builds the concept around it.

[pikmin]

i just hate that the echoes list gets so long and it takes forever to find items you've never or rarely used

[zachapack]

Game looks awesome! Don't have the money quite yet but I'll be able to order it from amazon when we reach October!

[ajfer]

WHAT NO 1500 KOROKS TO FIND! GAME FAIL! not worth playing... jk either way everything look awesome and fun as hell can't wait to play

[CallousCoder]

Absolutely wort it, I never liked Zelda games. It was either too much grinding or walking around aimlessly without feeling any serious progression. This feels so immediate you can solve the puzzles in so many different ways, just like the last one where the building mechanics are brilliant. But this for an 80s gamer has that 80s feel and nice colourful settings, I simply adore it.

[mizukane]

I'm about halfway through the game right now and I'm absolutely loving it. It feels like the perfect mix of classic Zelda and botw/totk style Zelda all in a top down format (my favourite type of Zelda). My expectations weren't incredibly high but they have been completely shattered, I'm so impressed with how much fun I'm having. Just a constant smile on my face. If this keeps up a link between worlds may be dethroned for me and I truly didn't see that coming.