How far are you in Breath of the Wild?

[Hynad]

I have the entire world mapped out. And I think the game is deserving of all the praises it gets, because after a week, I still can't put it down. Everytime I see a place I've never been to, I simply have to explore it. The shrines are all fun to do, and most of them have clever enough puzzles that are worth your time because they allow you to get more hearts and/or stamina, which are pretty much required if you want to have a good fighting chance against some of the more powerful beasts like the Lynels.

I still don't want to take a break from the game, even after 110 hours, 80 shrines, 20 hearts, 2 full stamina meters, 120 korok seeds and 3 dungeons. The current main goal is to go tame the fourth divine beast, but finding the locations of these memories to find out about the game's unique take on the Zelda tale is both refreshing and another aspect of the game that makes you want to explore further and further.

And I do enjoy the game much more than any other open world game I've played, like Skyrim or The Witcher 3, even though I enjoyed them both for their exploration, world building, and story. I put around 200 hours in both of them, so you can say I'm into this kind of genre. But when it comes to Nintendo's own games, BOTW is simply much better and much more fun than OoT, I even prefer it to Xenoblade Chronicles because compelling gameplay is very important to me.