A little bit janky, a slightly underwhelming ending, and combat that doesn't quite measure up to the immaculate atmosphere, but none of these flaws are even close to making this game fall short of being excellent.

Breath of the Wild was good but very overrated, yet somehow Tears of the Kingdom is actually as good as everyone said Breath of the Wild was. It does the open world nature exploration just as well as Breath of the Wild, while dramatically increasing the number of cool things to find, with dramatically better main story content, and with a far better set of abilities and mechanics.

I'm not really a fan of this type of game, but this is undoubtedly the best game in its genre