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tophat8855's review
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
I read the e- mbook, which isn’t great (hard to zoom in on the artwork), but I’m definitely going to buy the book for my teen for Christmas. He’ll love it.
fatucarballo's review
4.0
¡Este es precioso!
Puede ser que el juego me gustase mucho por lo que ver como se hizo y la construcción de los personajes me parece más interesante de lo normal, pero creo que está muy bien para demostrar todo el trabajo que hay detrás de los videojuegos y lo complicado que es.
Puede ser que el juego me gustase mucho por lo que ver como se hizo y la construcción de los personajes me parece más interesante de lo normal, pero creo que está muy bien para demostrar todo el trabajo que hay detrás de los videojuegos y lo complicado que es.
ladyfives's review
4.0
I was surprised that my favourite parts by a long shot were the weapons and buildings details! That's the thing that makes this game unique to me, the pure amount of weapons, components, and attention to detail when it comes to region-specific tools or structures. I'll definitely have a keener eye for their clever details when I play it again!
This didn't have nearly enough character concepts as I'd hoped (it had more breakdowns of outfits and design decisions rather than designs that got scrapped, unfortunately for me - those are what I look at art books for), and Zelda still, stubbornly, sticks to surface-level plot and lore. It was neat to see the different forts and relics of battle, and have the events clearly attributed to locations in the game and how they were affected, but still the 'lore' sections didn't add much at all.
That said it's really worth it for the heaps of new art and thoughtful detail on all the individual tiny pieces that make up the game's visual design.
This didn't have nearly enough character concepts as I'd hoped (it had more breakdowns of outfits and design decisions rather than designs that got scrapped, unfortunately for me - those are what I look at art books for), and Zelda still, stubbornly, sticks to surface-level plot and lore. It was neat to see the different forts and relics of battle, and have the events clearly attributed to locations in the game and how they were affected, but still the 'lore' sections didn't add much at all.
That said it's really worth it for the heaps of new art and thoughtful detail on all the individual tiny pieces that make up the game's visual design.
ikon_biotin_jungle_lumen's review
One of the best game artbooks there is. It's fairly commoditized, as are all artbooks within 5 years of launch. "Creating a Champion" is much more honest; the concept art isn't terribly polished. It's real, functional concept art for production. It has its fair share of glowy marketing art, but this book gives you pretty good insight into real production design for a game of this scale.
roseslibrary2023's review
4.0
4 stars
This was a fantastic book to read. The illustrations were absolutely gorgeous. There was so much depth about the lore of the kingdom. The developer's notes explaining what had inspired them were all very insightful. I particularly enjoyed how the Guardians were inspired by ancient Japanese pottery. I also really liked how they made design parallels between the Yiga Clan and Kakariko Village to reflect they all share the same ancestors. It was also revealed in the book that Robbie, Purah and Impa split off into three distant villages so that if one of them died, there would still be someone to deliver Link the message from the princess. Its information like this you don't really think of in depth whilst you are travelling to the distant settlements in Hyrule. I loved how this book brought all this range of information to your attention.
Overall the book really showcases how passionate the team is towards this game. The fans love the game, but it was the team and their dedication that made this game so successful in the end.
What I didn't like about the book was that the text underneath the pictures were sometimes too small to read and it strained my eyes. The information was at times very repetitive and I wasn't learning anything knew, although this was more towards the end of the book than at the start. Some of the screenshots would benefit from being bigger and clearer, so the reader could compare the similarities and differences between the rough concepts and the finished design. I also would have liked more developers notes in what inspired how an object was designed (e.g. pottery for guardians) as it often was just a paragraph on a double page.
This is a great read for a Zelda fan, particularly for the illustrations. If you are looking for Zelda timeline lore however, this book doesn't provide much of this (e.g. where it fits in with the other games in the series.) This book is also a long read if you do what I did and read all of the text on each page. I would recommend reading all of the text and not just look at the images, it makes this such a better read if you do.
This was a fantastic book to read. The illustrations were absolutely gorgeous. There was so much depth about the lore of the kingdom. The developer's notes explaining what had inspired them were all very insightful. I particularly enjoyed how the Guardians were inspired by ancient Japanese pottery. I also really liked how they made design parallels between the Yiga Clan and Kakariko Village to reflect they all share the same ancestors. It was also revealed in the book that Robbie, Purah and Impa split off into three distant villages so that if one of them died, there would still be someone to deliver Link the message from the princess. Its information like this you don't really think of in depth whilst you are travelling to the distant settlements in Hyrule. I loved how this book brought all this range of information to your attention.
Overall the book really showcases how passionate the team is towards this game. The fans love the game, but it was the team and their dedication that made this game so successful in the end.
What I didn't like about the book was that the text underneath the pictures were sometimes too small to read and it strained my eyes. The information was at times very repetitive and I wasn't learning anything knew, although this was more towards the end of the book than at the start. Some of the screenshots would benefit from being bigger and clearer, so the reader could compare the similarities and differences between the rough concepts and the finished design. I also would have liked more developers notes in what inspired how an object was designed (e.g. pottery for guardians) as it often was just a paragraph on a double page.
This is a great read for a Zelda fan, particularly for the illustrations. If you are looking for Zelda timeline lore however, this book doesn't provide much of this (e.g. where it fits in with the other games in the series.) This book is also a long read if you do what I did and read all of the text on each page. I would recommend reading all of the text and not just look at the images, it makes this such a better read if you do.
http_essi's review
4.0
I love dwelling deeper into this game and this book told me so many cool little facts and ugh I loved it. Only giving 4 stars though because it was quite repetitive.