I Love Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, But I'll Never Finish It
As its sequel, Tears of the Kingdom glides into view, it's interesting to reflect on the seismic impact The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has had on gaming since its launch in 2017. It has become the flagship open-world experience, and its compulsive, horizon-chasing gameplay loop made it an incredible advert for the Switch's TV-to-handheld unique selling point. Breath of the Wild rekindled my love for open-world adventure games, and the Nintendo Switch reshaped how I played games entirely. Certain games or consoles can become era-defining, not only for the medium, but for us as individual gamers, too.
Replaying games that have such strong associations with specific moments in your life can feel transportive--even more so than games usually are--as though you're time-traveling. However, while there are plenty of games that evoke a fond nostalgia in me when I play them, this association can be a double-edged sword. I consider Breath of the Wild one of my favorite games of all time, and yet, because of the events in my life when I played it, I'm not sure it's a game I'll ever finish--let alone want to play again.
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In the spring of 2017 I got a phone call from my parents while I was at work. At a certain point in your life, you develop a kind of telepathy around strangely timed calls from family, and so that morning, as my phone buzzed on my desk, I knew what the news was before I'd even answered. «It's your grandmother. Come home.»
Grief, as it turns out, sharpens the memory like little else, and so many of
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