There's something so delightful about this game after playing Tears of the Kingdom. The new open world Zelda games are completely overstuffed in a world that's incredibly vast. In contrast, A Link Between Worlds takes about 2 minutes to get from one side of one of it's maps to the other. It's a compact, cozy open world that respects your time and isn't littered with repetition. You get the joys of doing things in your own order and striking out on your own path to do whatever objective strikes your fancy, while still having well-crafted linear dungeons as well as an engaging story. See, Nintendo? You can do an open world and still have a game that satisfies someone wanting a traditional Zelda, the blueprint was here all along!