Poll: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Is Almost Here, So Have You Completed BOTW Yet?

I beat Ganon with only half a heart left. It is one of the proudest moments in my gaming life.

I got close, I just had another game take my time lol, definitely will finish it someday.

I got it at launch and played it non-stop for weeks. I didn't have an experience like that again until Pokémon Legends Arceus and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I'm really hoping that Scarlet and Violet give me that feeling of freedom again.

I’m only missing Korok seeds and a few side quests. But other than that it is complete!

I lost interest in it after the first Divine beast. I can’t stand the breakable weapons. So I won’t even bother with the second one. Im glad so many otheres loved it though. I wish I did.

100% this stellar game. Found every korok seed, looked at every nook and cranny of the game.

If I had a time machine I’d do it all over again.

Best game I ever played.

Finshed the main game and the DLC last year. Was a great experience.

I completed the main game, but didn't feel it compared well to the other 3D Zelda games. I much prefer Twilight Princess and Wind Waker

I'm still ....Um..... in the Great Plateau! 👉👈

Did the main game, finished the DLC and cleared every shrine. Didn’t do close to everything- didn’t get every Korok seed, didn’t do many of the side quests, barely even started on Tarrey Town to name a few things I missed off the top of my head.

Still, best game I’ve ever played. Going back to it with a new save file though…that magic is gone. Still a brilliant game, still my all time favourite, but that feeling of discovery in that first play through was just something special. Really hope TotK will recapture that feeling.

I took a long break from the game (after having played it mostly in 2017), but then played it obsessively again, I think, in 2020, pouring in another 60 or so hours into the game.

I failed Ganon on my first attempt, but completed it on my second, and at the time, I think I had defeated three of the beasts, but I went on to beat the fourth beast and have another go at Ganon so that I could experience the "true ending", so to speak.

I've completed most of the shrines. I think I have between 2-4 remaining, most if not all are tied to those annoying flying dragon things (I'm terrible with in-game terms).

I probably won't bother with finding all of the Koroks. I don't think I've even found 200 of them yet.

I haven't gone through much of the DLC either, so I should probably get on top of that soon.

It's an amazing game, but it's too much of a slog to see it to 100%, and I think it'll diminish my enjoyment to go to those lengths.

I wouldn’t say that it’s almost here, May is quite a ways away.

Going up against Ganon while riding the DLC Divine Motorcycle is some of the most fun I've had in a video game.

I'm stunned and a little skeptical that approx. 48 of the 228 people who voted not only beat the game, but did all 120 shrines and collected all 900 korok seeds.

I beat it back in March 2017, lol. Have revisited it a few times, but never touched the DLC.

I beat all the meaningful content in the game. Obviously didn't bother collecting any more of the korok seeds than I needed, though, and I pity anyone who felt the need to do so.

I've beaten it 3 times and am on a 4th playthrough but stopped for Elden Ring.

I did all 120 base shrines and all the DLC shrines. I consider that full completion. Getting all Korok seeds is just ridiculous.

I claim 100%, but actually I have 29 koroks left and haven’t completed the final horseback archery challenge..

Beat it twice, once on normal without the DLC and again on Hero mode and did all the DLC. Played it a few times after that to just to mess around and to appreciate Hyrule itself.

A masterpiece, my favorite game of all time.

This has reminded me, I never got around to competing the second DLC pack. I finished the first, but… to be honest I don’t think the game really needed DLC. The core experience was already so perfectly crafted, and DLC pack 1 felt a bit contrived — like a fan mod. By the time DLC pack 2 came out, I had already happily invested hundreds of hours into the game which had congealed into a very happy memory in my mind. The DLC felt a bit like an author unnecessarily adding an extra chapter to a book you already thought you’d finished.

I didn’t find every korok seed, but I finished the main quest, side quests, shrines, and the expansions. So I’m calling that 100%. This is my all time favorite game. I’ve actually played completely through both the Wii U and Switch versions. If Tears of the Kingdom is even half as good as Breath of the Wild, I’ll be a happy player.

I got my Switch in late 2019 and only began my first playthrough in February. I knew it was the system's standout game so I wanted to play some other titles first before digging in, which I don't regret.

I'm really taking my time with it. I've got around 175 hours and one more Divine Beast to go. I've got 400+ koroks, 100 shrines done, max stamina and many hearts. Absolutely love it. Best Switch game and one of the best-designed games ever.

I doubt I will 100% it by the time TOTK releases, but my goal is to have beaten the game and completed all shrines by then.

@Nicolai Yeah, I wish there were a few more options between ‘beat the main game’ and ‘100%ed everything’. I beat all the shrines, which felt like quite a worthwhile achievement, but collecting all the Korok seeds is a thankless task that the game actively mocks you for completing. I don’t feel I’ve missed out on anything by not attempting it, but equally, I don’t get the bragging rights of saying I’ve ‘100% completed’ the game.

Good. Now how many people completed this AND Age of Calamity?

You know what, I beat and loved age of calamity, but didn’t beat this, I need to correct this!

So I 100% the game EXCEPT for getting all the Seeds. I maxed out all the slots I could get but didn't go for my Poo reward.

@Nicolai I've done it twice! 😅
1st time back at release on Wii U, then I managed to find a Switch exclusive limited edition randomly out in the wild so I played that version on master mode. 100% completing everything is only possible with guides because trying to find 900 korok seeds without help... well, therein lies insanity haha but all the side quests and locations etc I found by myself.

@ModdedInkling Me. Age of Calamity was okay. Not exactly what I expected story-wise.

I only worked through the main story.

Musou games don't hold my interest enough to complete all the all the side content.

I had about 80 hours in but not sure how far I was. I think I was halfway through the dungeons but more than halfway through side stuff. Great game, I feel terrible leaving it unfinished but I don’t want to start over and it’s hard to pick up after years of being away.

@Ralizah I don't need your pity, I have my beloved gift of friendship as reward!

Dont murder me, but i did not really enjoy BOTW. I know. The game is just really boring for me, a person with a short attention span. Whenever I play the game, i just feel like I could be doing something else much more stimulating, such as play smash bros. Honestly the game is just kinda boring.

@Ferdinand_Von_Aegir Mate I feel your pain in a way. There is nothing worse than trying something everyone is raving about only for it to not be your thing. I have the same problem with Ocarina Of Time, I just can't get into it.

Did everything except find all the korok seeds. Im extremely curious how they're gonna handle what looks like the exact same Hyrule cause even if I didn't find all of them, I found a good chunk and the thought of doing the same 8 or 10 mini puzzles x900 all over again doesn't sound fun. Add better quests with better rewards, place optional dungeons, that don't all look and play the same, around the world to discover and have it lead to some awesome (permanent) weapon or some cool armor or something

First playthrough was on Wii U, spread over the course of a year. I did everything except all the Koroks. Second playthrough on Switch is still going, I play once a month or so. Maybe I'll wrap that up before the next game, but I kind of want a playthrough of that always going. Plus my gut suggests Tears will not hit me the same way BOTW did.

Played it three times, 180+ hours each. Will never 100% it, too many korok seeds, too tedious.

I’m an insane person that has 100% the game 3-4 times. ( well I consider it 100%, but I am not subjecting myself to every koror seed)

Please Tear of kingdom dont put the hardest difficult as DLC

Beat the whole dang thing and got 100% yes all 900 seeds. Oddly my final move to 100% is finding a bridge near zoras domain which I clipped a video of the completion meter in the map going to 100 when I discovered that bridge.

been playing for the last three years, beat it , working on DLC & master mode now

I cleared every single shrine and main dungeon but have yet to find all korok seeds or done much of the DLC Content. Never got Links motorcycle either. I plan to before Tears of the kingdom comes out though. Hopefully i can get it done by then.

I played ocarina when it first came out and I feel looking at that game in the context of its release era, greatest game ever.

Breath of the wild was a close second for me. I just couldn’t stop playing. Always had to see what was over the next hill etc.

I played my first game for around 200 hours. Finally made my way to the castle. The second I made it inside I put the game down and didn’t play again for a couple years. Recently started a new game and I’m sticking a little closer to the story this time. I am pretty sure I’ll finish on this save.

I’ve got around 300 Korok Seeds left to collect. I’ll get to it when Tears of the Kingdom is closer to release!

Unpopular opinion: BotW is a fantastic game, but FAR from being the best Zelda. I need a little thing called story in my RPGs. Lol
Praying TotK has some more of that.

Completed? I haven't even conquered a single Beast yet.😆

@invictus4000 to be bored by BotW story is an opinion. To imply it has none borders on ignorance instead. And the game is technically an action adventure rather than an RPG, but that's beside the point.

I still don't know what to think of botw. It's great yeah but the lack of dungeons really bothered me. I go back to old zelda games for the dungeons what's going to bring me back to botw?

@Mauzuri hmm we see to have the same issue

As complete as I ever will anyway, done all the shrines and memories and the like three times at this point and kind of trailed off at a fourth earlier this year.

Not even really crazy about the game, kind of put it toward the lower end of the 3D Zeldas personally, but it is good and there's something to be said for the convenience of the Switch.

Beat the game + most of the DLC on Wii U, but struggled with the trial of the sword. I double dipped when I got my switch but the joy con control sticks put me off playing the whole thing again.

Just 6 months + 1 Day until TOTK. I’ve got a list of 16 games to finish before then, definitely doable.

@Kermit1
Hahah i really felt your comment (life or death situation)
The triforce of courage was with you lol.

Beat it twice plus the dlc over 155 hours but didn't 100% it. I definitely feel ready for Tears of the Kingdom!
I felt like my second playthrough was better than the first as I could see how much I learned. Stuff like parrying a loser beam wasn't locked behind some skill tree it's just something I learned how to do. Stuff like that made the whole playthrough feel different.
In terms of content Tarreys Town was the highlight for me, as was buying Links old home. I hope there's plenty of stuff like that in the next one.

Finished exploring the map, did all the divine beasts and finished whatever shrine I found. Didn‘t care for Ganon, so no.

I'm vaguely aware of the game but it never caught my attention. Wasn't it a launch game? Is it worth giving it a go?

I still have one shrine to find and Ganon to beat, but havent played it for at least 4 years, should really go back to it

100% on the highest diffculty, plus dlc, plus maxed every armour. Those dlc sword trials were hard. The first hours were great because exploring felt satisfying. I hope Tears Of The Kingdom feels more like a Zelda game in tone. Especially the music.

I’m trying to complete master mode before TOTK, and failing.

Still missing a good amount of Korok seeds (100-200 IIRC) and haven't really done much of anything on Master mode, but otherwise I've seen everything the main game and DLC had to offer.

Not sure how 6 months away can be described as 'almost here' but anyway, completed the main game and all the Divine Beasts (suffered through the similarity of those 'dungeons'), then hunted down every shrine and called it a day.

Got the DLC, The Champions Ballad was especially awful. Felt so rushed and had such little thought, terribly disappointing. Enlarged pre - existing characters, phoned in uses of pre -existing terrains, such a lack of an actual experience.

@Judal27 that's my concern too, having spent like 120 hours within that Hyrule, I genuinely do not want to repeat it again. I keep wondering how they make it interesting. Of course Link is now flying around this new floating Hyrule, but I can't help but think whenever your feet hit terra firma, you'll feel as if you're playing the exact same game again, dragging ya arse all over that enormous land. Thrilling first time round, laborious slog to have to do it again.

I’ve made two attempts, first on the wii u and then on the switch, I gave up at about the same point on both because I found the controls and inventory to annoying.

@IndoorEnthusiast I never grasped the controls either. Just felt really clunky

Should be an option for did everything except the blooming korok seeds!

the marketing has been terrible feels like there is little excitement for this game bow after that awful last trailer

Annoying controls, breaking weapons, vast empty spaces, and I had no idea where to go or what to do … so probably not my kind of game

Played 110hrs of the WiiU version at launch back in 2017 as Switch consoles were so scarce. Completed the story there.
When I finally got a Switch 5 months later and BOTW too, only have clocked in about 15hrs sadly.

I bought the Switch Just to play BOTW, in december 2021, after seeing Smallant doing speedruns and feeling interest in the game. Clocked 140 hours in It, all side quests, main quests and not all the koroks, bur for me its finished.
The finest game i've player in my life, may not be my favorite in heart, but is definitely the most quality game i've player yet.

Yeah. Second best game of all time as far as I’m concerned; started it again too. Also, May doesn’t feel like ‘soon’

Half way and realised it wasn’t gonna get any better.

I finished the first Divine Beast. I intended to go back but honestly found the game more tedious than fun.

I wouldn't call what I've played "barely touching it" or "I'm about halfway", but I likely played 20-25 hours.

I think I'm list. Have three or four divine beast, continued with some quest but not sure where/what to do next. I refuse to check a guide though... Don't have the sword yet.

I did about 250 hours in the game, got all the shrines and beat all the Divine Beasts and Ganon, but didn't bother going for 100% completion. I think last time I looked I was on about 47%. Korok seeds? If I see them I'd go for them but I wasn't that bothered.

I’m about halfway through. I haven’t played in awhile but I’m really enjoying it!

I have only some koroks left to find, and less than 200 of those. So yeah. BotW has been thoroughly enjoyed in my house lol.

I beat the game, got every shrine and about 500ish koroks, been to every location in the game and not done the sword trial. This is honestly as close to 100% I want to go. The rest is hard and annoying enough that I don't want to do it, because 1) I'm tired and 2) It'd tarnish my memories of this game, by having the last bit be a part I didn't want to do.

I beat the main quest, all of the side quests, finished all of the shrines, and did all of the DLC. I did not, however, find all of the Korok seeds, and I will not.

Started 42 days ago, played 81 hours, done one divine beast and 50-odd shrines.
Should be on track to clear mostly everything in plenty of time for the sequel.

I skipped this when it launched but picked it up on Black Friday at a discounted price and in that "adventure" edition or whatever it was call. I couldn't wait to finally play it. I put the cart in my Switch, fired up the game, played for about an hour and just couldn't get into it. But I went back months later, because people told me it starts slow but once you get into it, it's awesome. So went back and it was in fact awesome. I played through the main game, then I needed a break from it. I never touched it since.

I've played the game off and on for 2.5 years. Best game of all time, no contest. Infinitely playable with something new to discover every day. Have been all over, beat lots of shrines, but still so many to solve and so many random spots on the map I haven't visited. My 7-year-old actually beat Ganon the other day, something I was never able to do!

I've played it on WiiU and twice on Switch... Now I restarted the fourth time... I really love how it develops, the freedom e that makes every run seem like the first one

didn't do the seeds and the Master Sword isn't powered up but everything else is done.

100% on both Wii U and Switch.

I really don't like BotW, which is unfortunate because it looks like Nintendo will take about 20 years developing it and it's sequel when it's all said and done.

@nhSnork people have been labeling Zelda as an RPG for a long time, look it up. And BotW is by FAR the most RPG of them all. I've never agreed until I played BotW. Me and my buddy call it "Fallout: New Zelda"

Yes I have and it only took me 110 hours!🥵

As embarrassing as this is to admit, I have had the game for 5 years and I have STILL yet to beat the game. I have played through a significant amount, got distracted by some other game, and had to restart WAY too many times now. It’ll come out of my backlog eventually.

yep yep - 100%. never felt compelled to utterly exhaust a game before, but BOTW is just so good. all koroks, 100% map, all outfits all maxed out, best horses, etc. Fair to say i got quite obsessed with it!! in 30 years of gaming, never been as excited for a new game as i am for the sequel

I've done most (or all?) of the quests, all but 3 shrines. Still have many Korok seeds left, and some other stuff to do. 140+ hours! One of my all time favorite games for sure! I'll have to dust it off and get back into practice before TotK comes out.

@Bondi_Surfer I thought the controls were great 🤔

@Baler shrines?

I was grateful for the Hero's Path add-on, as that made tracking where you had been possible.
Frustrating that it was only capable of logging a certain amount before deleting your initial path though ... I wanted to completely cover the whole map in lines and got close!

I did everything in BOTW except get all of the Korok seeds. The side quests are mostly fun and it was neat seeing how Tarry Town developed. I did have to look up a few of the shrines to find them but I am glad I looked them up really. One of the shrines was in a hollowed out mountain that I never would have found on my own.

Once I looked up how many korok seeds there are, I decided it wasn't worth it but I did find enough to max out all of my weapons and armor inventory. So I would say I completed about 99% of the game and DLC. BOTW is my favorite console Zelda and one of my favorite Switch games of all time.

EDIT, also I didn't know who Patricia Summersett was until I clicked her Twitter profile but I usually don't like to know "how the sausage is made" in games or movies.

@RPGreg2600 you can not compare shrines to proper dungeons in a zelda game

@Baler I'm not, you asked what would bring you back to the game without dungeons 😉.

Have you played the link's awakening remake? Fantastic!

I’m at something like 99% complete. I’ve done all Shrines plus DLC, upgraded nearly all my armour and found all 900 Koroks. The key to 100% is completing the Horseback Archery challenge for me. I’ve pumped about 360 hours into it.

Im a casual gamer, so it was mainly evenings when my children had gone to bed and my partner was either working on her laptop or had fallen asleep. I spent about a good 18+ months on it, with it pretty much being the only game I played. It was the first time I’d played it, and I remember my brother saying he wished he could erase it from his memory and play it for the first time again: and with that in mind, I made sure I took my time. I never used the Ancient Motorbike (which I hate anyway!), and other than obtaining a few Koroks and a couple of side quests, I never used a Horse. I walked everywhere and pretty much covered the entire map. I loved ALTTP, it was my first Zelda experience, but BOTW is my most favourite game ever (after Alien Breed ‘92 Special Ed on the Amiga haha!).

Only thing I can’t get past is the Master Sword Trials. Man, that’s controller breaking territory right there! One day, one day.

@RPGreg2600 I prefer the dx version. Something off about the new version frame rate stutter was really jarring.

100%
But I did not count collecting all korok seeds. It's tedious and by no means necessary. I only collected enough to get a good amount of inventory space.

Some people started to claim that the game is empty after having done everything else but all korok seeds. Duh! Obviously there is nothing left to do if you've already done almost everything!

BotW is one of the highest rated games of all time and my second- best game of all time after Xenoblade 3. Can't wait to get my hands on Tears of the Kingdom.

@dkxcalibur
Yeah, most people dissing the game never even got out of the starting area, and they also thought every weapon breaks as fast as the goddamn wooden stick or rusty sword.

I finished it back on the good ol Wii U. Still a little sad that version took no advantage of the gamepad because they were focused on the Switch version. Wind Waker was great on Wii U in part because it used the gamepad effectively.

When I eventually got a Switch I said I was going to play the DLC there but I didn't finish it.

@Liam_Doolan
There should be an 'Everything except the Koroks' option.

@Kermit1 I had a similar thing with Zelda II. Without possibly spoiling anything, it was cinematic, despite the 8-bit graphics.

Finished the main game but wasn’t compelled to learn more about the guardians. Zonai, Ganondorf, Sheikah, Zora, Gerudo, yes. Gorons, Rito, don’t care. Gorons and Rito feel similar to when Square Enix gives their characters cute human voices.

I 100% completed both the base game and the expansion passes. Afterwards, I spent my time basically just farming Star Fragments, precious ores, Savage Lynel Crushers, and Guardian parts.

That's one problem I find with the Zelda series: once a Zelda game is beaten and/or completed, there's very little reason to play it again.

That's why I love Genshin Impact so much. It has regular events to keep the story going and to increase the replay value. In that sense, it's superior to Zelda.

I never thought I'd say this, but maybe Nintendo needs to take inspiration from miHoYo for a future Zelda game and have regular in-game events to increase the replay value.

I bought all of the DLC but still haven't touched it. That's okay, though, because I haven't played the game yet, either!

I completed the main game. I did as high a percentage of the game as made me satisfied which I really enjoyed doing even more than the A to B completion of the main. I also played both DLCs but found myself a little burned out by the second DLC DLC surprisingly.

i fully completed it once. beat the main game again then beat it in master mode

I've played the whole thing and have 10560 plus hours on it!
Most of it is me just messing around with glitches and different techniques

I loved this game, so of course I'm excited for TOTK!

I've played it an awful lot, just mostly exploring freely, story-wise I've only got to Kakariko 👍