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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - A Review
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - A Review

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Jan 03, 2022
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When I began playing Breath of the Wild, I had assumed that this review wouldn’t be coming out for many, many months. Every review or article I read about Breath of the Wild seemed to indicate that this was at least a 100+ hour game if you were attempting to do everything.

While I did not do every single thing in the game and I really don’t know exactly how many hours I put into it, I do feel like I did most things. I unlocked all 120 Shrines, I defeated all 4 Divine Beasts and destroyed Ganon(spoilers?). I collected all of Link’s lost memories. And I did a lot of side quests. And even still, it has only been a couple of months since I began this Legend of Zelda.

This game has arguably de-throned Ocarina of Time as the “greatest Zelda game of all time” in the gaming community. Question is, did I think it was better than Ocarina? And, more importantly, did I think it was better than my current favorite Zelda game, Link’s Awakening? Let’s dig in.

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