I really wanted to love this game. I couldn't. Here's why.

This is my first ever video essay, and my first attempt at making any sort of long form content, ever. It took me over a year to make, but Tears of the Kingdom broke me down so bad that I had no choice. Thanks so much for watching! If you really REALLY liked this video, consider supporting me on Patreon!   / ittybittyskitty  

That epic kazoo cover of the main theme can be found here:    • Tears of the Kingdom KAZOO COVER  
Featuring Voltage as Rauru    / @voltagevo  
Orion’s TotK Video:    • Tears of the Kingdom: A Live-ish Review  
Nerrel’s TotK Video:    • Tears of the Kingdom Review: The Lege...  
Rat Zaddy’s video about the house-building minigame:    • The Biggest House-Building Disappoint...  
JWittz screaming WHAAAAAAT??:    • Top 10 Best Pokéballs  

Table of Contents:
0:00 - Intro
3:16 - The Hype (was) Real
5:24 - My Suffering Begins
17:20 - A Necessary Disclaimer
20:24 - Link's Abilities
24:09 - More Like Loser Interface
31:32 - (Re)exploring Hyrule
44:23 - A Video Game World
47:57 - Dropping The Ball
58:13 - The Zonai
1:05:06 - The Sky
1:11:57 - The Depths
1:22:18 - The Dungeons
1:49:42 - Shrines
2:20:11 - Sidequests and Rewards
2:31:19 - Combat (sort of)
2:37:34 - Story and Characters
3:08:22 - How I'd Fix It
3:16:34 - Final Thoughts

SOURCES (in order of appearance)
  / spoilers_about_the_spring_of_power  
  / botw_ss_comparison_of_the_sealed_temple_and  
https://www.polygon.com/legend-zelda-...
  / totks_shrines_are_named_after_corresponding  
https://apnews.com/article/nintendo-b...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-e...
https://kotaku.com/hookshots-wii-u-ma...
https://www.ign.com/articles/zelda-te...
https://www.nintendo.com/my/interview...
https://www.famitsu.com/news/202309/0...
https://www.nintendo.com/my/interview...
  / messages_from_an_ancient_era_what_do_the_t...  

FOOTAGE (in order of appearance)
Pokemon S/V:    / @betabrawler  
MySims Party:    • MySims Party - nintendo wii minigames  
WiiU Trailer:    • Nintendo Wii U Trailer (E3 2011)  
Tulin blowing items away:    • Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom - Funny Tu...  
Game Grumps TotK:    • Game Grumps - Best of TEARS OF THE KI...  
Zeltik’s TotK review:    • Tears of the Kingdom: A Disappointing...  
Zeltik saying funny bad words:    • Top 5 BEST Shrines in Zelda: Breath o...  
Skyward Sword:    / @zorzelda  
Kaam Ya’tak Shrine:    • Kaam Ya'tak Shrine Guide - Legend Of ...  
ALttP Master Sword:    • The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the P...  
Blue Coins in Super Mario Sunshine:    • Super Mario Sunshine All Blue Coins  
Korok Torture:    • This is a Real Zelda Game  
TotK in 39:50:    • TotK Any% 39:50 (v1.0.0) [WR]  
KH1 Gummi Ship menu:    • How to build the best Gummi Ship:  Ki...  

All other footage is either watermarked or was recorded by me!

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