Breath of the Wild is a great game, but a not-so-great Zelda experience (Mild spoilers)

[TheLastStarFighter]

Wright said:

monocle_layton said:
Curious, but have you ever played the original zelda?

I feel as though it was inspired by it. The open nature really fits this IP. With 31 hours, you still have so much left to explore as well.

Briefly, only. I speak of it from limited experience and things I've seen here and there, but I have no meaningful experience in it.

Breath of the Wild follows the template of the original very closely, and since that game was one of my favourite of all time, I think Breath is both marvellous and the most true Zelda experience since ‘87.  If you feel Zelda should follow the item/dungeon/puzzle template of the OoT era, yes, BotW is different. Personally I think the newest game is vastly superior.