A game I had ups and downs with for the first 10 hours or so but ultimately came around to once I found my groove. I absolutely love the the exploration and traveling the world felt unlike much else I had played at the time. While the would get amplified in the sequel nothing else quite captured the feeling of watching the sun rise over the mountain as I head to the desert. A completed opposite feeling I had when I first played the game as I really did not like the changes they had made to the series's linear pathing. Once the "story" picked up and the world opened up even more I ended up enjoying it a lot.

My only issue with the game were the dungeons, while I liked some of the puzzles they just felt very bare compared to games of the past. To me this game is about the exploration and why I loved it in the end.