Every year that passed the announcement of a BOTW sequel made me wonder...What could they possibly be working on for so long? What ultimately became a similar development cycle to the open-world precursor, ended up (mostly) justifying its long wait with incredible new functionality and an even opener world than BOTW.
The only issue I have with the game is the re-use of Hyrule. While the surface is modified, it's still very familiar. I was not met with the same sense of wonder as I scaled mountains, crawled into caves, and visited villages, as I was in my first outing à la BOTW. While TOTK is arguably bigger and better in every way, it ironically suffers from the series' prior accomplishments. It didn't do quite enough to surprise me in the same way.
The only issue I have with the game is the re-use of Hyrule. While the surface is modified, it's still very familiar. I was not met with the same sense of wonder as I scaled mountains, crawled into caves, and visited villages, as I was in my first outing à la BOTW. While TOTK is arguably bigger and better in every way, it ironically suffers from the series' prior accomplishments. It didn't do quite enough to surprise me in the same way.