Game News 16 minutes of the same cutscene repeated: The (long) price to pay to unlock the full Tears of the Kingdom map
Published on 05/25/2023 at 18:10
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The latest Zelda has pushed the boundaries of the open world even further. However, there are exactly 16 minutes and 15 seconds where you won’t have too much fun.
16 minutes and 15 seconds. This is the time you have to spend in front of your screen doing nothing to unlock the full map of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. As with Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the player must reach watchtowers to unlock a region’s map. A total of about fifteen are waiting for you. In this work, however, the way to activate it is different: you don’t have to climb it, but solve small puzzles to get inside. A novelty that is welcome in this second visit to Hyrule … but without counting on the cutscenes that cannot be ignored.
In Tears of the Kingdom, the watchtowers below contain a mechanism that propels Link into the air, allowing him to scan sky islands in addition to the lands of Hyrule. This “elevator” can be used at will, especially to go up into the clouds, but it’s different the first time. Metal arms protruding from the ground provide Link with a long cable that connects to his Pru’Ha tablet. Once our protagonist is in the air and at the peak of our ascent, he uses his device’s scanner to map the upper and lower levels of the map. A cutscene lasting 1 minute and 05 minutes.
15 identical cinematics if you want to unlock the map
The first time, the film has a little magical side. It’s quite exhilarating to watch Link fly away and admire the vastness of the playing surface at his disposal. The following times, the player is happy to relive that moment. But for the remaining ten times, it’s no more and no less than an invitation to leave on his phone while the cutscene ends. A 65 second cutscene multiplied by the 15 watchtowers that make up Hyrule, giving us a total of 16 minutes and 15 seconds where the player doesn’t touch their controller.
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