Game

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

2017 · Wii U · Nintendo Switch · Puzzle · Adventure

95IGDB player score
3,016 ratings

Previously Take

A 95 — the highest-rated Zelda ever — for a game that threw out 30 years of formula and trusted players to figure it out. Climb anything, go anywhere, break the intended path; the game rewards it every time. The reason the Switch sold.

Awards & honors

The Game Awards 2017

Best Game Direction — Winner

The Game Awards 2017

Game of the Year — Winner

About this game

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the first 3D open-world game in the Zelda series. Link can travel anywhere and be equipped with weapons and armor found throughout the world to grant him various bonuses. Unlike many games in the series, Breath of the Wild does not impose a specific order in which quests or dungeons must be completed. While the game still has environmental obstacles such as weather effects, inhospitable lands, or powerful enemies, many of them can be overcome using the right method. A lot of critics ranked Breath of the Wild as one of the best video games of all time.

Link is awakened in a room by a voice calling him and learns that he has been asleep for 100 years after failing to stop a monster called Calamity Ganon. Although the monster is being held in Hyrule Castle by Princess Zelda, Calamity Ganon's power continues to grow and if not stopped he will eventually break free with enough power to destroy the entire world. Link embarks on his quest to defeat Calamity Ganon and save Hyrule and Zelda.