| RolStoppable said: (...) The game is all about running around aimlessly with nothing unique to discover, no area-specific secret bosses, and overall very little progression. The only secrets or things to discover are shrines or Koroks, leaving the world with a profound lack of mystery. I don't understand why people complain about sailing in Wind Waker but suddenly love running around grassy plains and climbing rocks that take five times as long as sailing between islands did. Yes a game this size and length would be amazing if and only if it was rich with content all the way through, but it's not. Clocktown (from Majora's Mask) alone has more depth than the entirety of Breath of the Wild. (...) Like license-free stock music, the game is functional but doesn't have a beating heart behind it. Manufactured almost robotically with an understanding of structure, but no delivery or soul. I constantly imagine a tired Aonuma just green-lighting whatever a bunch of fresh graduates ask who are still in a textbook-esque process mindset, lacking vision. It's not going for any sort of vibe or theme like Majora's Mask or Wind Waker did, sticking to just core elements with a standard Link, standard Zelda, standard Ganon, and standard Hyrule, Zora Domain, Death Mountain, everything. It all feels so standard and familiar, which doesn't help in a game about discovery. |
nothing to discover apart from shrines and koroks, and no progression whatsoever? wtf really, either we are talking about another game or this guy is still on the plateu or is fresh to open-world games and has nothing to compare, I don't have the patience/time to think and type and list of the things you can do/improve/discover in BotW at the moment
the "no delivery or soul" argument is completely personal and up to one's judgement and opinion so I accept that, but I agree with the majority of the reviewers, BotW is the most content rich Nintendo game, took the modern open-world formula and combined it with Nintendo's creativity, made it simpler while keeping most of the depth, and the result is the next best thing for gaming
don't mind my username, that was more than 10 years ago, I'm a different person now, amazing how people change ^_^
