Well, Zelda Botw is a compilation of good ideas, limited by weak hardwares, but how much of it is really a good idea per se, instead of becoming a good idea because Nintendo did it?

If innovative and revolutionary is the capacity of being made copies later, then botw is all of that (thanks Genshin). But if it is doing something no one ever did or upgrade what came before, this game does nothing new.

The map is pretty i can give them that, but what do you do in it is far more important then the screenshots you take. There is not much to do: towers(classic map unlockers), shrines, enemy camps, simples side quests and the devilish korok seeds(collectables lmao). What of theses things is really a massive step foward? Not a single one.

The game is good because you can cut the grass? The amazing possibility to ignore what the devs wanted and do your own thing is good, instead in this game you destroy the level design team to do the most simple of puzzles because the players will ignore anyway. I did not spend like 5min in the great Hyrule Castle, because i could simple climb the back and get to the boss, so why do a dungeon this big if there is nothing to win by exploring it?

The story... there is not story basically. The most basic of basic hero's journey with the (again classic) protagonist's amnesia. Zelda is an interesting character, limited by flashbacks and whispers to a boring and empty main character.

Soundtrack? What soundtrack? I only hear the BREATH OF THE WILD OOOOOOHHHH YEAAAAH.

So what really makes Zelda BotW special? It is made by Nintendo. Simple as that. There are a lot of open world games that came before this one with far more qualities and innovations, something that Nintendo never needs to do because of the wave of blind fans who will pay and love everything they throw at them.

Imagine if this game was made by Ubisoft, the story would be far different...