Tears Of The Kingdom Shows One Zelda Gameplay Feature Still Needs Work

Newer twists don’t solve lingering flaws.

While The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is certainly one of the series' more innovative titles, it still inherits a great deal of DNA from its predecessors. Some degree of reinvention is practically expected of every game developed by Nintendo, but The Legend of Zelda is a series especially susceptible to recycled elements. This is clearly by design, since each game has familiar yet refurbished locations and recurring characters of even minor importance.

More specifically, all the 3D Zelda games – Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom – have essentially used Z-targeting in the same way: players hold the left trigger button to target an enemy, releasing and re-pressing to target another.

While the weapon durability that forces such switching is the most common critique of BOTW and TOTK, it's still the fundamental aspect of Z-targeting that feels most archaic. Unlike some older Zelda games, TOTK very often has groups of enemies attacking Link at will . Especially early in the game, when weapons are weak and resources are slim, crowd control is a major part of battle strategy, and is made unnecessarily clunky by there being no way to select a new target while locked on.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

screenrant /  🏆 7. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Freebies Available for All Switch OwnersNintendo is giving Zelda fans free ingredients to aid in their travels across Hyrule.
Read more »

10 Unsolved Zelda: TOTK Mysteries Tears of the Kingdom DLC Could've AnsweredTOTK still has a lot of unanswered questions.
Read more »

The Best Tears Of The Kingdom Sequel Would Actually Be A PrequelTOTK’s best follow-up game would be a prequel.
Read more »

10 The Last Kingdom Spinoffs We Still Want To See10 Last Kingdom spinoff ideas are on our radar.
Read more »

Scottie Scheffler brought to tears after historic loss alongside Brooks Koepka at 2023 Ryder CupIt was an emotional and historic loss for the Americans on Saturday morning.
Read more »