Why BotW's review scores will be lower than expected

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Miyamotoo said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Zelda will still score well but reviewers get more harsh when a genre has more competition to review against or comparatively to. Zelda has never had that type of competition until now since the WItcher 3, Skyrim and Final Fantasy 15 came out. They were lucky to have been alone in their type of open world for some time, but that time is definitely over now. They most likely have added mechanics that are from newer games as well as their old ones.

Open world doesn't make Zelda BotW same like other games on market, 3D Zelda games were always pretty different to rest of games on market.

Its open world fantasy action with soft rpg elements. There will be some overlap when they are reviewing. All of those games learned from Zelda and I am sure Nintendo has been watching the list of great open world fantasy rpg's that have come out. Zelda is the basis for open world RPG even though it isnt considered one itself. There are also no leveling mechanics for your character.