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[EverydayBeast]

Tears of the kingdom reminds me of fun games gamers are literally basking in the glow that is classic Zelda lore.

 

[Chiggs]

Tears of the Kingdom, by a hair. Both games are top tier.

And who knows: maybe Elden Ring's expansion content will be incredible.

 

[MagnesD3]

And who knows: maybe Elden Ring's expansion content will be incredible.

I know, I know

 

[balls of snow]

Elden Ring for now. The underground in totk seems cool until you find out you cant get out unless you fast travel, what a letdown when ER does it so well. Also, contraptions are not saved after entring a shrine. I didnt spent 20 minutes building a car to have it all go poof when I enter a loading screen nintendo.

 

[SiahWester]

I don't think it's a really good comparison. Totally different games. Totk is pretty underwhelming to me which is more about the Switch hardware than the game itself. The game does a lot of things right. Elden Ring gets so challenging that I just stopped playing, but the start was amazing. I just have to figure out wtf to do.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

Zelda

 

[Mattdaddy]

Elden Ring by infinity.

 

[Kururi]

When You are not even trying hitting on something groundbreaking it will never compare to the one is and pulling it off. Zelda All the way. a knockoff will always be a knock off of the original.

 

[GigaBowser]

Elden Ring for now. The underground in totk seems cool until you find out you cant get out unless you fast travel, what a letdown when ER does it so well. Also, contraptions are not saved after entring a shrine. I didnt spent 20 minutes building a car to have it all go poof when I enter a loading screen nintendo.

You can gets out of the underground in TOTKs by building flying machines or the dragons

Lots of parts down ther vicious enemies and good powerups also follow the questlines

 

[Majukun]

they are very different games...i'd say zelda but just for sentimental reasons

 

[GigaBowser]

Love catching a dragon going into the depths

 

[darrylgorn]

Monster Hunter Rise

 

[Holdfing]

I love TotK, but some things about it bother me enough that I prefer Elden Ring.

 

[mcjmetroid]

It's very very tough so far. I like both a lot so far, very different gameplay experiences. I will say TOTK has more gameplay for whatever mood you're in.
Like if you feel like something epic - do a tears quest or if you feel like Relaxing and watching stuff while you play handheld.. You can go korok hunting or do shrines or even build yourself a massive random vehicle.

In Elden Ring you're always on I think and requires your full attention.

 

[Ic3man]

Elden Ring by far

 

[correojon]

I voted TotK, I'm a bit burned on the Souls formula and Elden Ring didn't change it enough for me. Besides, to me Souls' greatest strength is it's combat and IMHO it peaked with Sekiro. I enjoyed Elden Ring a lot, but I would preffer if the next Souls game was Sekiro-2 or something with that structure: Smaller, more linear, but with a much highly tuned combat system.
I only got into the hype for TotK a couple of weeks before release, but it has surpassed my expectations by far. The Fuse+UltraHand+Huge open world combo, covered with a thousand layers of Nintendo polish is a huge accomplishment that I don´t think any other dev in the industry can come close to.

 

[FunkMiller]

Both games do different things exceedingly well.

So much so that the choice can only really come down to personal preference (mine is Elden Ring by a very small amount).

They are both GOTY for their respective years though.

In part because they both respect the player’s intelligence and capabilities, in a way that no other open world games even come close to.

And in part because they’ve both created vast, sense open worlds, where the thrill of exploration is honed to within an inch of its life.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

It's very very tough so far. I like both a lot so far, very different gameplay experiences. I will say TOTK has more gameplay for whatever mood you're in.
Like if you feel like something epic - do a tears quest or if you feel like Relaxing and watching stuff while you play handheld.. You can go korok hunting or do shrines or even build yourself a massive random vehicle.

In Elden Ring you're always on I think and requires your full attention.

Yeah, imagine building something in Elden Ring.
You’re halfway done with your super cool carriage when a giant crow attacks you from behind with a 3-hit beak combo. You run, trying to get enough distance to heal. Meanwhile the struggle aggros some other monster that proceeds to tear your beautiful creation to pieces before turning on you.

 

[Gambit2483]

TotK is really great, but Elden Ring all day. Genuine challenge, tighter systems, stunning world, vastly better writing, less repetitive.

You make some great points but I still find that between the sky above and the ground below, TOTK beats Elden Ring in sheer exploration (yes, including Elden Ring's unground worlds).

Just my opinion.