The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Champion's Ballad

The secrets and surprises are worth the cost of entry. [Issue #32 – March/April 2018, p. 26]

Breath of the Wild's latest DLC The Champions' Ballad has some problems that cannot be ignored, but its best parts exceed even those of the main game.

Will there be more, perhaps post-endgame DLC down the road? It seems highly unlikely at this point, but knowing that a new Zelda is likely pretty far on the horizon, maybe Nintendo can surprise us in 2018. As it is though, Breath of the Wild definitely benefits from this DLC pack, and while it might not be a big enough draw for players that have essentially wrapped up the main story, it certainly feels like a nice boon to those of us that have yet to 100% the game.

Through such arduous trials, the Champions' Ballad pushes Breath of the Wild's mechanics to their limits, whether combat or puzzles. Hence this quest leads to discover all the subtleties of the gameplay, and explore this world deeper with no stone left unturned. Although the riddles are often composed of familiar refrains while the delicate, then ultimately moving narrative remains in the background, this expansion makes The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild even more unforgettable.

The Champion's Ballad has great sanctuaries, the best final boss in Breath of the Wild and some good extra stuff, but is poor in story and doesn't add anything new in terms of gameplay.

The Champion’s Ballad DLC is a nice addition to Breath of the Wild, but not an essential purchase. Great for people looking to return to Hyrule, but casual Zelda fans might want to wait for a sale.

As inessential as most story DLC tends to be, but despite a few unwanted encores this is still an entertaining, if unnecessary, story expansion.

I love runing in the fields it warm my big toes runing around mindlessly was good. Combat is 9/10 the open world was deff good end

Loved the dlc but we really anted to play with the champions(now its possible with age of calamity) the boss is great and the missions

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

La deuxième partie du DLC de BOTW est ce qui se rapproche le plus d'un contenu additionnel, là où la première partie est tout simplement une vaste blague. Dans ce DLC on retrouve quelques min jeux assez mauvais avec également des skins rappelant les anciens jeux de la licence. Nous devons ensuite nous rendre à nouveau vers les 4 créatures divines afin de débloquer le vrai contenu qui est assez fainéant car il s'agit de pur recyclage des 4 boss avec cependant 4 nouvelles cinématique concernant les champions. Nous avons également accès à un nouveau donjon/créature divine qui est tout de même très décevante car contrairement aux 4 du jeu principal, elle ne possède pas de forme, nous sommes juste à l'intérieur. Le boss de fin est quant à lui inédit et est probablement le meilleur du jeu avec plusieurs phases. En bref cette deuxième partie sauve la catastrophe de la première mais reste un DLC qui n'invente rien, ne prend pas de risque et se base sur du recyclage pur et dur. Un DLC clairement destiné aux fans hardcore de Zelda qui seront satisfait du strict minimum. Le prix lui est relativement honteux, 20€ alors que un an avant The Witcher 3 a vendu son DLC Blood and Wine au même prix.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]