@hardwenzen: Fromsoft and the sandbox Zeldas are entirely different genres (Elden Ring being a Themepark Open World ARPG, while Zelda is a Sandbox Action Adventure). Literally apples and oranges.

@Archangel3371 I remember someone calling it Tears of Hardwenzen.

That's Wenzen all right. TOTK's user score actually moved up over time. Starting at around 8.0 (which is the user score Elden Ring has). He just gets confused because of the algorithm again.

If everyone's very negative TotK would not have had a user score of 8.4.

Some people are a bit bummed out at Zelda's direction emphasizing player freedom. And although I disagree, I can see where they are coming from. But I for one, am glad we are seeing open world games in the AAA space that are not FromSofting themeparks.

I am hoping they take it a step further with the next game, and make the story reactive to the player's actions.

@hardwenzen: I didnt write a negative review for it.

TES lore is good, but are the quests going to at least be on par with those found in Online? How about game mechanics? Bethesda games feel woefully out of date as of since Fallout 4. Are there going to be significant changes to the game mechanics.

Also,

Just a reminder that Starfield's 61% > Dragon's Dogma 2's 59%.

Having a standard of evidence? Not jumping to conclusions? Not falling for overly simplistic thinking?

Your video made nothing but asinine points. Such as complaining about a game made in LA has LA culture. What a pathetic display of media literacy there. The video was bad, and you should feel bad for citing it.

I watched it for 6 minutes before getting bored. Nonstop conjectures and personal feelings. Nothing concrete whatsoever.

The guy who made the video is not worth listening to. And the video only concerned Borderlands, a game franchise that was the victim of flanderization. Not whatever you imagine it to be.

I enjoyed TOTK more, but BotW left a bigger impression on me, since it was the fresher experience.

But still TOTK. Still, I am hoping Zelda continues the sandbox route. Just don't fall into the themepark drudgery that most other open world games fall into.

For the next Zelda, I wouldnt mind if they gave the RPG genre another chance. But emphasis on Roleplaying, not stats. Minimize the stats, emphasize the roleplaying.

Modern writing?

I have said it before and I will say it again.

TV shows seem to be a much more successful format than movies are for video games. The pacing simply put works much better for a tv show format.

Arcane, CastleVania, TLOU and now Fallout.