This took all the fun exploration and puzzle solving of Breath of the Wild and added in Ubisoft's anxiety around the player not knowing what to do next. At any point, you can scan the area around you to find stuff to do, which does remove that urge to climb the next hill just to see what's there.

That said, whoever built this thing was able to protect themselves from the Ubisoft machine enough to allow the puzzles to exist without hints. There were some actual stumpers in there, and I had that really fun feeling of discovering a solution, the "a-ha" moment, more than a few times.

The plot and the writing were really fun, there was a lot of stuff to do with a lot of variety, and the conclusion was really satisfying. All in all, I really enjoyed my time with this game.

I'm in the middle of the Eastern Realm DLC, and it's more of the same with new clothes on. I'm enjoying it, but I may have started it too soon after finishing the main game, so I'm kind of tired of it at this point.