Here's just 1 breakdown of one very specific path you can take when navigating The Great Plateau. You'll see a cabin in the distance after activating the Sheikah tower. There are about 4 small enemy camps and one Shrine that lie in between the background and foreground. Ignore all of that, and go straight to the Cabin. You'll meet the King who will be beside or around a Woodcutter's Axe. You'll notice a tree standing beside a gap, and you'll strike the tree with your axe, letting the tree fall and create a new way to cross that gap. Most likely, you'll have a Korok leaf fall from the top of the tree, which you can use to launch the 2 Bokoblin's off the cliff, going farther down that left, you'll find a cracked wall which you can blow up to get a nice little reward. There's a decent chance that attacking with the Korok leaf will knock one of the many apple's atop the nearby tree to the ground. You'll notice a platform that you can jump up onto and use the korok leaf to blow all of the other apple's down. Looking up, you'll notice that there is another protruded rock above Link. This is just one way to begin your ascent to the next Shrine on the highest point. Unfortunately, Breath of the Wild never reaches this same level of concentration no matter what direction you go once you have left the tutorial. And while Ganon's Castle can feel reminiscent of this, it's very rare to approach such a dangerous area in different ways when you already know one path.