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Game entry

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

2017 · Action-adventure, Sandbox, Puzzle · Wii U, Nintendo Switch · Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is ranked no. 3 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,961 and 65% of duels won.

World rank

no. 3

ELO score

1,961

Wins

65%

Duels played

3,005

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About The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,961 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 1 Portal 2 1,993
  2. 2 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 1,983
  3. 3 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 1,961
  4. 4 Final Fantasy X 1,960
  5. 5 Metal Gear Solid 1,951
  6. 6 Bloodborne 1,935
  7. 7 Mass Effect 2 1,930

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  1. qstanton

    The shrines get repetitive fast, and I never understood why that gets a pass from everyone.

  2. Madyson_88

    it's beautiful and the freedom is real, but the durability system alone makes me question why it sits this high

    Aaron_85

    Puede que la durabilidad moleste al principio, pero con el tiempo me acostumbré y hasta lo agradecí en ciertos combates

    davis_lelah

    The durability thing never bothered me, but I get the complaint, in Portal you never lose your one tool halfway through a puzzle.

  3. BossRex

    How does it even compare fairly to something like Portal, when one is about a giant open world and the other about a single tight loop?

    CoopKnight4

    The fair way to compare them is probably by how well each one respects your time once you understand the rules, not by scale.

    CritRunner70

    Replying to CoopKnight4

    Ah sí, la comparación perfecta, un juego de cajas y otro de montañas, muy justo todo.

  4. BerryRunner

    Oh sure, I remember it well, mostly the tree I fell off for the twentieth time in a row.

    ÁngelesSamurai

    Con Portal me acuerdo de resolver todo en silencio, aquí grité de emoción al caerme de un acantilado sin querer.

  5. SaveHunter

    I picked it up during a slow week at work, just to try the intro, and ended up ignoring most of my actual plans that month.

    Rae_1990

    Same thing here, or rather worse, I told my roommate two days and vanished for a month.

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