Coming in at #7 on my ranking of games I played for first time in 2023 is:
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- Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Originally, I had this as my #6 and a different one as #7, but ultimately think I enjoyed the other a little bit more than I did this one, so that's why I changed it up.
Now, let's start with getting the cat out of the bag, yes, this is basically just revamp Breath of the Wild to most, but as someone who never finished Breath of the Wild (mainly because lost my copy of it,) I thoroughly enjoyed this tears of the kingdom experience. I found the story was quite nice, the shrines/puzzles were a good touch, adding some challenge. As well, some of the bosses/enemies also proved to be a challenge if didn't have right weapons or armor upgrades. Then each temple was also pretty unique, as well as the sky islands, found that to be a nice touch.
When it comes to the tools you have available, autobuild and fuse are fairly awesome, alongside ascend, which is pretty handy. Saw myself probably using fuse and ascend the most throughout the game, with odd time of ultra hand use. Just having the option to fuse things together, made for some wonderful creations to be done, and just made the experience that much more smoother, while also giving the player some use of creativity.
Overall, I heavily enjoyed this Zelda experience, but I had to knock it down a couple because I didn't feel enough separated it from Breath of the Wild. Of course, I would still recommend giving this one a shot though if Zelda is your thing
Ranks:
7th: Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
8th: Persona 3 Portable
9th: Ori and the Will of the Wisps
10th: Pokemon Emerald Rogue
11th: Sonic Frontiers
12th: Detective Pikachu Returns
13th: Process of Elimination
14th: Pokemon Too Many Types
15th: Pac-Man World Re-Pac
16th: Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe
17th: Survivor Castaway Island
