Instead of playing Diablo 4, I decided on a rather expensive investment, but one I have thought about for some time. I bought Nintendo Switch OLED so I could play Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. I have been looking for a long time for the perfect exploration game, a game similar to Minecraft, Cubeworld, Starbound, and
Tchia but only better. I actually thought Tchia would be THE one for me, but unfortunately, it was not. So, I started looking elsewhere.
I have only played a little of the first Zelda game and it has been years since I used a controller regularly. I'm halfway through the tutorial mission and I'm not lying when I say this is looking to be one of the best games I have ever played.
It is hard to explain, but everything so far just clicks. Music, characters, environment, small stuff you can do like hit a tree to make the apples fall down or just cook them for food, the combat and how you can throw items at enemies, how the water falls off your body after you swim, or how the water makes a wonderful splash sound after you dive into it. How you can use something called the "Gloop" system to stick different objects together the way you want, how the animations on some of the birds are hilarious when they try to run away from you, or how the fog slowly creeps into the environment covering it in a thick blanket.
Again, I'm not finished with the tutorial and I'm basically running around being super impressed. I'm really excited for what is coming next and I am going to take this in baby steps, especially since I have to get used to the controller/aiming and because I do not want to rush it!
And for the people who think I have turned to the dark side: I play the game using my computer screen, my PC controller, and my PC gaming wireless headset.