But Breath of the Wild gets at some of the deeper truths of cooking. I'm not saying I regularly dump ingredients in a pan and they jump around and then turn into the dish I'm after. And, really, I'm starting to think it might be one of the best cooking games ever.įor something so streamlined, its cooking feels remarkable real for starters. Sometimes it feels like, if you're not interested in taking on Ganon or whoever it is, Breath of the Wild is just itching to be whatever game you want it to be. The animation lasts for maybe a few seconds, but it's often my favourite part of the game. And that's the thing: cooking in Breath of the Wild really is distilled joy. I always watch these videos a couple of times, revelling in the pure joy of it. Chuck them all in and the ingredients jump around for a bit, and then? Bam: dinner. More than once on TikTok in the run up to Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom I have seen a video that seems to have been born from a simple wish: that cooking in real life was as much fun as cooking in Breath of the Wild is.

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