I've been playing this game on and off for years. I think it's probably the best/most accomplished open world game ever made. I think it has lots of issues that could possibly be sorted out in the sequel tears of the united kingdom.

The vibe? impeccable. The climbing/exploration? perfect. the combat? boring. I just didn't ever want to do it! the enemies get harder, and all you get is more weapons which break? why fucking bother lol. The divine beasts are good fun, I like them but they are all basically the same which is a shame. Hyrule castle more like hyRULE castle because it rules. I like the master sword bit, that's cool. the side quests made me bored and I didn't want to do them, so I didn't.

I think that some of the shrines are awesome, and when you get to an awesome shrine it's cool. unfortunately a lot of them are 'put ball in hole' or 'fight crab robot' and they all look the same and have the same boring music. I know that lots of people think this is like the best game ever but I think it feels like an unfinished prototype of what a new kind of open world game could be. That is awesome, I love that. I think that the second game could be that perfect game if it builds on the right things.

For the first maybe 30 hours of gameplay I was so excited playing this, it felt like a very cool and mysterious world that you could explore. I don't know exactly how to describe how unique this feels in BotW but the climbing mechanic and focus on exploration is an incredible starting point. Unfortunately for me too often I was exploring, going 'oh shit what's gonna be in here? This looks cool' and then it is a chest, a korok or a shrine. after that had happened a certain amount of time I became less interested and the world felt less magical. There ARE magical moments still, but not enough to make me want to search every little nook (and cranny) in the world and discover the secrets.

There was a point when I thought this was probably the best game ever made, but the more time I spent with it it didn't feel quite so special any more. I think I will still come back to it over the years when I want to run around and climb up and jump and explore and that. I wonder if I would like this game more if it wasn't a Zelda game. I think what it does with the zelda world(?) mythos (?) merchandise (?) is lovely. the music is incredible but doesn't always feel like zelda. If every few years they make a propa freedee zelder gayme like back in my day then that's fine, I won't have a problem. If zelda is just like this forever now? uh oh please don't do that. review over than k you and goodbye