So I finished Tears of the Kingdom and was felt feeling kind of...disappointed. I'm still trying to process how I feel about this game. But I think I have summed up a lot of my feelings about my overall experience.
this isn't a "review" idk what makes a review a review, really.
does this live up to the legend of Zelda legacy?
is it a perfect follow up to breath of the wild?
I dunno. but listen to me ramble about how this game made me feel.

Time Stamps:
0:00 intro
2:29 The Tears Syndrom
5:40 The Map
6:48 The Sky
14:14 The Surface
15:43 The Depths
20:11 The Gameplay
30:12 THE STORY
42:27 e n d

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"The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a 2023 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017), Tears of the Kingdom retains aspects including the open world of Hyrule, which has been expanded to allow for more vertical exploration. The player controls Link as he searches for Princess Zelda and fights to prevent the Demon King from destroying the world.
Tears of the Kingdom was conceived after ideas for Breath of the Wild downloadable content (DLC) had exceeded its scope. Its development was led by Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD) division, with Breath of the Wild director Hidemaro Fujibayashi and producer Eiji Aonuma reprising their roles. A teaser was shown at E3 2019 with a full reveal at E3 2021. Tears of the Kingdom was initially planned for release in 2022 before being delayed to May 2023. It received acclaim for its improvements, expanded open world, and features encouraging exploration and experimentation. It sold more than 10 million copies in its first three days of release.
Development of Tears of the Kingdom started in 2017 after Breath of the Wild was completed. Initially, new ideas were thought of for DLC but eventually it evolved into a new game when too many were gathered. It was announced at E3 2019 as a sequel to Breath of the Wild At E3 2021, Nintendo debuted a trailer revealing gameplay, story elements and a 2022 release window, but Nintendo later changed the release window to Q2 2023. More information was revealed in the Nintendo Direct presentation held in September 2022, including the title Tears of the Kingdom and a release date of May 12, 2023. Another Nintendo Direct in February 2023 teased more gameplay elements. A playable version of the game leaked online as a disk image two weeks before release.
As with Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom was directed by Hidemaro Fujibayashi and produced by Eiji Aonuma. It was conceived after the team was unable to use every idea planned for Breath of the Wild's downloadable content. New elements include floating islands above Hyrule, with players able to soar between them in a style similar to The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011). While he was shown early demos, the involvement of the Zelda creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, was reduced due to scheduling conflicts with his role as a producer on The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). He was credited as "general producer", the same position he had in the series since the end of the 2000s.
The development team created ideas during the development of Breath the Wild. Aonuma said that the team agreed that the sequel would return to the same version of Hyrule. The technical director, Takuhiro Dohta, said that he was inspired by Wii Sports Resort to use the same place but add new mechanics: "The idea of having new discoveries in the same setting was striking to me." He also noted that using familiar locations is useful for players when diving from the sky.[23] The team extended the exploration areas into the sky and underground. Aonuma referred to Skyward Sword commenting that due to the limitations of the hardware the developers were not able to achieve a seamless descent from the sky to the surface. In that game, Link was limited to diving only from specific points. With the capabilities of the Switch, Tears of the Kingdom could now provide the freedom of traversing a game world that is connected both horizontally and vertically."
-taken from wikipedia