I think it’s mentioned in a journal that you can find in Hyrule Castle? There’s another journal you can find of Zelda’s that I think explicitly mentions that she loves Link by the end of it all, but I might be misremembering.

IMO, the whole game is about failure and redemption. The king fails. The champions fail. Link fails, and Zelda fails. The ruins you constantly encounter throughout the game are reminders of your failure, as are the Guardians still skulking around. But the game reminds you that there is life after failure with the…

I think the game mentions something along the lines of her mother was supposed to train her how to use the magic properly. However, she died while Zelda was young and before she could begin training. Therefore, Zelda was left to her own devices to learn how to use the power herself. Her father continually pushed and…

I read Zelda’s arc in Breath of the Wild as more redemptive. She has loads of characterization, but ultimately fails the first time around. In her failure, she manages to hit the proverbial pause/reset button, allowing Link to try again 100 years later. The second time around, Link, the Champions, and Zelda herself…

Yeah, I know.

I lived with someone who was like this for part of my first year of graduate school. While I am certain that trolls come in all shapes and sizes, he was more or less what I picture the OP being like: a reedy, arrogant little shit who’d only ever talk a good game when he thought no one who’d loosen his jaw…

Also, because I missed this earlier: there actually is something more pathetic: the fact that you made your account specifically to post this “other people are happy, and I’m butthurt because I’m a miserable asshole” comment.

In this case, it’s deserved.

Some people propose in private, and some people make a big public show.

In either case, so long as the person offering the proposal knows their partner well enough to know they’ll be okay with it, it isn’t anyone else’s concern how that goes down.

These two are happy. And their happiness will…

Ah yes. Because proposals must only ever take a certain form, in a certain time, using certain words.

These two are happy. You evidently do not approve of the method of their happiness—but, hey, that does nothing to lessen their happiness.

Now, kindly take your acidic cynicism and go curl up in the hole you’ve dug for…

Agreed. I’ve listened to the podcast and everything he said reinforced my suspicion that the team just doesn’t have an effective management staff. Which certainly wouldn’t be unique to Bungie, but it’s not rocket science why they look like buffoons more often than not.

Ha, he was actually saying “woo”s, not boos.

I’m not being facetious. If you don’t want to read the thoughts of someone who didn’t love the first game, you should look elsewhere. There are plenty of glowing reviews out there from people who love the series. Nothing wrong with that!

“The sheer logistics are almost inconceivable.”

He has written books on the video game industry. He has interviewed tons of video game developers. He has probably been playing video games longer than you have been alive, or close to it. And you think his opinion is useless?

You are incorrect. This review was helpful to many people, including me.

I think you were spot on to review the way you did.

Same! Also, IGN friggin’ LOVES it, which makes me want to buy it even less. So sad I just want a jrpg to sink my time into

Remember, if you don’t fawn all over a title a particular reader really wants to be good, then you’re biased and incapable of impartial, rational assessment.

I’m with you on being baffled by this evident demand for uniformity across reviews and reviewers. While I definitely make use of Kotaku’s reviews in making…

Tim Rogers excellent 20-minute video completely convinced me into NOT buying this game. And I really wanted a good JRPG on the Switch.

Jason is a JRPG Nut, he is the best person in line to review the game. Just because he didnt like the first game doesnt mean he cant hope the second game fixes the problems of its predecessor.

I chose to review it because, as I said in the second paragraph, I was hoping that Takahashi and crew would make something I enjoyed more this time around.