BotW is my least favourite 3D Zelda (MM not counting, which I've dropped fairly early) and I had to sit through my son's playthrough as well (he only played it when I was sitting with him and I had no heart to tell him no).
All I can say that after his playthrough I found BotW having even more problems than when I've played it - I really hope they fix this new formula in BotW2, because for me this one falls completely flat.