After finally completing the game a couple of months ago, I can - with every bit of confidence in me - say that it is GOTY of 2023 for me.
It's a game that as its release drew closer, I grew more and more excited. This review is from a guy who didn't leave his room for three days because he was playing the ever-living crap out of Zelda. TotK brought the no-lifer out of me!
The story (both the narrative and gameplay storyteling) is majestic, the mechanics more fleshed out than ever and the dungeons... OH THE DUNGEONS! it's a game that should be studied when designing an open-world RPG. There were so many times when I booted the game to check something out and got distracted by a side-quest, which led to another side-quest. And then another. And another. And another... and then I ended up putting 10 hours in the game every day for a week!
I don't want to tire you with extra bullshit from my time with TotK. Just play the game and don't get any spoilers. It's a truly beautiful game, with amazing gameplay and a fantastic story that will instantly suck you in and just when you feel that you're getting tired of it... BOOM YOU'RE SUCKED IN AGAIN!!!