Is Breath of the Wild really that good?

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etking said:

I was not very exited about the game at first but 5 discoveries upgraded my score so far:

1. Entering Hyrule castle early left a huge and very positive impact. Highly recommended.
2. There seem to be some very sad NPC backstories, Majora's Mask style. NPCs seem to have a life and react to the weather.
3. You seem to be able to upgrade and modify almost anything.
4. It is very Zelda-like and offers more (hidden) Zelda content and Minigames then any Zelda before
5. Destroying a large Guardian before entering the first village felt amazing

This game creates the most detailed and most believable open world that I have ever seen. But it took me more than 30 hours to realize that.

I know this is an old post, but I wanna comment about the NPCs. They actually follow a routine. I followed the Sheika girl that lives with Impa for a day, and she has a tight schedule (clean the first floor, pray to the statues outside, write on her diary). If you talk to her in any different time or area, she has different things to say. She also reacts to the rain, and if you try to read her diary while she's in the room, she stops you. 

Now think of all the NPCs on the game and how all of them also have a routine. And they all also react to you, the weather, and enemies around them...