I'm gonna get flak, cause it's what always happens when you dare to have an opinion and don't pray to the Nintendo gods, but i really think BotW isn't anywhere near as good as Dragons Dogma. Just the depth of the class system and skills made the game a joy to play. The fantasy setting was realistic looking and it did dark fantasy in a similar vein to Berserk.
It's an amazing and singular game. I do wish they were releasing the sequal instead though.