Summary
- A player experimented with dying in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom intro, resulting in a blank loading screen but no long-term consequences.
- Players find new ways to have fun in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom due to the game's freedom and flexibility.
- It's almost impossible for players to die during the intro, but one player challenged this notion by letting the keese kill Link.
A Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player online has decided to see what happens if they die during the game's introduction, with surprising results. The intro of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom makes it so that even the most unskilled players shouldn't be able to die at that point unless they consciously try to.
There are plenty of things to do in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but that hasn't stopped gamers from always finding new ways to have fun in the game. The acclaimed 2023 action-adventure title gives players more freedom than ever, allowing them to make their own fun in the world of Hyrule. This particular player figuring out what happens when they die in the introduction is an example of gamers experimenting with exactly what The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will allow them to do.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Trick Lets Player Kill Flux Construct Boss Instantly
A Tears of the Kingdom player shares a video that demonstrates how they quickly ended a fight against a tough Flux Construct boss.
Redditor Ramguy2014 decided to figure out what would happen if they let the keese kill them during The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's intro. It takes a while ("four solid minutes," according to Ramguy2014), but it is possible with persistence. After death, the player gets a "Game Over" screen as usual, but the loading screen when continuing the game afterward is completely blank. However, the game loads back in normally, meaning dying at this point doesn't have any bad long-term implications on a save file. This entire experiment was born from a desire "to know just how much nonsense I could get up to before the title splash."
Gamer Dies to Keese in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Intro
For context, the keese in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's introduction do one-quarter of a heart's worth of damage, and Link has 30 full hearts during this gameplay section. That's 120 hits in total to kill Link. This makes it almost impossible for a legitimate player to die here, even if they're not very good at the game. When asked by another gamer in the thread whether dying here results in a death mark being placed on the map, Ramguy2014 confirmed that, unfortunately, they didn't check, making this one of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's unsolved mysteries for now.
It's a great time to be a fan of the Zelda series. Not only is last year's Tears of the Kingdom still fresh in the memory, but reviews were positive for the recent Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. The title featured Princess Zelda as a playable character for the first time, offering a brand-new experience, even for long-time franchise fans. Nintendo has yet to share plans for any upcoming Zelda games, but given the series' ongoing success, it's fair to assume there's something in the works.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 95 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- May 12, 2023
- ESRB
- Rated E for Everyone 10+ for Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes
- Developer(s)
- Nintendo
- Publisher(s)
- Nintendo
- Engine
- Havok
- Cross-Platform Play
- N/A
- Cross Save
- N/A
WHERE TO PLAY
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to the beloved open-world adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This installment once again sees Link and Zelda battling to protect Hyrule from falling to Ganondorf. This new adventure takes place in the same land of Hyrule as Breath of the Wild but sees something called the Upheaval, which allows link to travel to Sky Islands, as well as deep into the Depths beneath Hyrule. Players can use special abilities to fuse together weapons, and build items to help them progress through the release.
- Franchise
- The Legend of Zelda
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- n/a
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2
- Genre(s)
- Adventure, Action, Open-World
- How Long To Beat
- 59 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- n/a
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
