I was only half joking when I said BOTW was Far Cry 3...

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Volterra_90 said:

I think it takes a somewhat weak inspiration, but an inspiration nonetheless, fron FC games yeah. 

Yeah, I'd say among its inspirations are Far Cry (and most Ubisoft open world games), Dark Souls, The Elder Scrolls, Xenoblade, and, of course, the original Legend of Zelda.

It certainly feels most like Zelda, but a Zelda tweaked to satisfy the expectations of modern open-world games.