Liam plays Tears of the Kingdom for the first time

Here are my genuine first reactions to Tears of the Kingdom. 70 hours of gameplay, edited down into a 90-minute highlight reel. Featured in this video are my unfiltered ramblings and thoughts on the game itself, as well as funny things that happened to me along the way. I hope you enjoy!

[LiamTriforce]

Thanks for checking this video out! Consider this a bit of a test run for future videos in this style. Also, this video goes all the way to the credits, so SPOILERS INBOUND.

[CalamitasCalliope]

"So the sky map is this big, and it's on top of the already existing BotW Map?"
Yeah, two whole maps are insane. Imagine if they did 3? Now that would be really crazy

[sukamadik]

I love these little bite size videos covering short indie games like Tears of The Kingdom.

[KttyGamr]

Going into this game 99% spoiler-free was the best way I could have ever experienced it. Absolutely magical

[Saracen]

Worst feature of TotK: can’t delete my memory to be able to experience it for the first time again. These videos help a bit.

[pit_lol]

Fun fact: When you make your way back under Hyrule Castle to fight Ganondorf, you can find Zelda's torch from the intro laying on the ground! The attention to detail in this game is astounding lol

[Pimpgamer]

The Tarrey Town stuff hits so freaking hard if you completed the original quest in BotW. I felt like a town Hero coming back and checking in on my neighbors.

[Pimpgamer]

They stepped up the music by lot. From Big bombastic moments to somber quieter moments. They went incredibly hard.

[irresponsible-cardboard]

Playing the game, in all my 36 years, I was like "this is easily a 10/10 masterpiece." Then I finished it. And all I can think was that "damn. this is at least 11/10." And that is not an exaggeration. They literally followed up the greatest video game of all time, with the greatest video game of all time.

[JecciClark]

Can we talk about how Link would’ve felt throughout this game? The world feels so loved in now. So many people finally know who you are. Link is so much more expressive in this game. The spirits of some of his closest friends follow him wherever he goes. But yet, Zelda’s gone. He chases after traces of her. Only to find out that she’s been there All along. Watching over him, healing his blade, parting the skies for him to once again save the world. Link has to find this out by discovering memories left over by her tears nonetheless. So much of the world and the main quests points to Zelda and the reveal of her did not disappoint. But it’s so goddamn sad. It’s so bittersweet. Link is about to face of Ganondorf to finally bring peace to hyrule once and for all, fellow sages and closest friends by his side. But no Zelda. His only link to her being the sword of evils bane of which she gave her mortality to revive. I love it so much

[VVEGA]

47:57 probably the only point in the game that made me feel really emotional. The realisation of what happened to Zelda, and then waking up surrounded by Silent Princess flowers, which now have a completely different significance to their name. Man....

[muhammadmusa]

I followed a girl in Kakariko village and another kid. After following them, turns out they were going to pray for their dead mother. Hit me so so hard.

[josbird]

That last point is so good... the contrast between the bittersweet solitude of BotW and the triumph of fighting with friends by your side is amazing. It's like all that desperate, last-stand, lonely fighting we did in the first game was rewarded with companionship.

[moldomre]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who bawled his eyes out doing the Mattison quest. That music was tear-jerking.

[meganmcdonald]

Both the Japanese and the English Dub for Tears of the Kingdom is pretty amazing. The cast who voiced these beloved characters old and new really nailed it when it came to the cutscenes!

[ringer]

It’s truly magical seeing you play this for the first time.

[machodgdon]

The reaction of Link jumping off into the title drop is what I was hoping to see from Liam, and it certainly did not disappoint

[realkingofantarctica]

That first drop into Hyrule Kingdom from the Temple of Time had me in awe. I could feel my scepticism on the game melting away during that.

[FordyA]

I love how he got stuck on the minecart/fan/hook puzzle, then went to bed and couldnt sleep thinking about what wacky way he would solve it, adding a second minecart... when all he needed to do was just realign the hook/fan so they were facing straight and not diagonal 😂 What a lack of sleep does to you!

[renaokawa]

The scene with the light dragon is a straight gut punch. You can see the confusion and then the pain on his face as he realises after you see the one on the spiral peice of land. It always chokes me up.