I think people kinda underestimate how much work was done on TOTK to re-do parts of the map that were previously, not empty per say, devoid of real activities to seek your teeth into. That's one aspect I appreciate being corrected over BOTW. So many range of fields or almost all of the Faron region was mostly a meaningless endeavour in the original. Now I do have better reasons to get back there than only for exploration sake.
Sorry, if you feel the added content comes out as a "bloated" experience, but to not reiterate and adding on the previous experience would've simply made the game not too convincing if we were to judge it as a sequel. The adds-on are more than warranted.
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