Breath of the Wild - Recovery from the Experience

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DarthMetalliCube said:

Love the game, and love that Nintendo brought the series into more of an organic, free-flowing open-world direction - which in some ways brings it back to the series' roots. I really did not dig the more linear, puzzle-heavy Zeldas - though liked Twilight Princess somewhat. 

About the only things that piss me off about BotW are the frequency of breaking items and those gd Guardians.. The Divine Beasts/dungeons felt a bit empty at times too. Overall though one of the most enjoyable single player titles I've played in a long time.

Got to Ganon's castle and stepped away from the game like 3 years ago. Definitely will have to revisit it at some point once I get some of my review games & general backlog under control.

I still haven't finished the game myself, either.

I feel like once I finish it, it's over. I want to save that moment until just before the sequel comes out, or if I decide to be finished with the game beforehand. I've been resisting for a day or two every few months or so. More so this year than last (because of more free time).

I agree with the Divine Beasts. I felt those dungeons were a little on the long side, and the fun part was the big boss fight before entering. As I've said in previous threads, I'm not much of a fan of dungeons in general. I liked them in Link to the Past and a few in Ocarina of Time, but dungeons in Link to the Past were rarely above the 20-minute mark, roughly about the length of a Shrine in Breath of the Wild. When getting to the bigger dungeons that happened in Wind Waker and such, I found them to be a bit punishing, not satisfying or enjoyable in any way - and they start you out with one of those stealth dungeons, too. So, when I quit the last three 3D Zeldas halfway (Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword), it was more because I was done with them, rather than holding them off to come back to later. Breath of the Wild, I am sure I can finish now (I have all the locations discovered, all the divine beasts and dungeons cleared, and have advanced quite far with my armour and weapons), but I am holding off. I have NOT yet completed the Master Sword trials; I think that's the last remaining big thing for me in the game (yes, I already built my town up).