I HATE TEARS OF THE KINGDOM

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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! https://patreon.com/ittybittyskitty That epic kazoo cover of the main theme can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFuYiMpLn40 Featuring Voltage as Rauru https://www.youtube.com/@VoltageVO Orion’s TotK Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JApPduAM6H0 Nerrel’s TotK Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiIfnG1XTSc Rat Zaddy’s video about the house-building minigame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tzYnECRXY8 JWittz screaming WHAAAAAAT??: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssKt88ZGI3U 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 1:19:23 - The Air Bike 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) https://www.reddit.com/r/truezelda/comments/61i83v/spoilers_about_the_spring_of_power/ https://www.reddit.com/r/zelda/comments/o3h4dd/botw_ss_comparison_of_the_sealed_temple_and/ https://www.polygon.com/legend-zelda-tears-kingdom/23861486/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-dlc-nintendo-switch https://www.reddit.com/r/tearsofthekingdom/comments/15dyp59/totks_shrines_are_named_after_corresponding/ https://apnews.com/article/nintendo-bowser-mario-donkey-kong-universal-interview-8aeaa03f3ad4a3032c08c77945a3e787 https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/05/20/eiji-aonuma-zelda-tears-kingdom-producer/ https://kotaku.com/hookshots-wii-u-maps-and-other-things-nintendo-cut-fr-1793056895 https://www.ign.com/articles/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-director-explains-why-sheikah-tech-is-strangely-absent-in-the-sequel https://www.nintendo.com/my/interview/totk/04.html https://www.famitsu.com/news/202309/06314767.html https://www.nintendo.com/my/interview/totk/03.html https://www.reddit.com/r/tearsofthekingdom/comments/14z20oe/messages_from_an_ancient_era_what_do_the_tablets/ FOOTAGE (in order of appearance) Pokemon S/V: https://www.youtube.com/@Betabrawler MySims Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m9WC9QmWmQ WiiU Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e3qaPg_keg Tulin blowing items away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ziDWoz29kY Game Grumps TotK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr2hn-zuvNw Zeltik’s TotK review: https://youtu.be/Q1mRVn0WCrU?si=4cksNN6tuDalKpml Zeltik saying funny bad words: https://youtu.be/-RJlvav2rtc?si=K6H2vBPGTn9oUOFl Skyward Sword: https://www.youtube.com/@ZorZelda Kaam Ya’tak Shrine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbs2U_4y5Xk ALttP Master Sword: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF9uBMW6OrY Blue Coins in Super Mario Sunshine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaA0fqA0I9w Korok Torture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8hb_h_Ar5c TotK in 39:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omrMebkHYAc KH1 Gummi Ship menu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfvbyVldWGE All other footage is either watermarked or was recorded by me! Copyright Disclaimer: under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.