I think Zelda is the one franchise where there really isn't room for a ton of fan criticism
practically every Zelda game has been absolutely fantastic and brought something new and great (maybe minus Skyward Sword) DUE to the extra time and thought put into it
The Legend of Zelda on the NES, Link to the Past on the SNES, Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess - for me Zelda through the history of gaming is always at the forefront of adventure games
Nintendo has been kind of slow lately with putting out Zelda, sure, but an open world Zelda concept is pretty revolutionary when compared with the series in the past (it was like half-open at times although extremely linear)
from what Nintendo has been saying, they are pushing this to be a pretty huge Zelda compared to the past
