Those games are as open as twilight princess. First, fable doesn't have  a lot of puzzles elements or items and the gameplay and movements are clunky as hell, plus you need to do stuff in order. Second, Darksiders is a perfect homage to the OLD zelda formula, you have to do stuff in a certain order and the world is not open, just like old zelda, you need to to play the game linear, fun dungeons tho. Plus those games are not seamless, just sections like twilight princess. Really, breath of the wild is the first. Mention another OPEN world game with the zelda formula, we don't have that.

I don't see it. In the graphics department of course. But I think zelda will have better gaming mechanics and better design overall.

When I see Horizon, I see shadow of mordor X the witcher 3, not bad at all, an amazing mix. But, zelda's gameplay design x skyrim sounds like a better experience, we are talking about a lot of puzzles and a lot of items with different mechanics that can open a lot of possibilities, and horizon will have the normal western rpg formula of go there and do that to continue to the next quest.

Again, not bad, but the horizon experience is not a new experience for the genre, while the zelda experience is different for the typical western open world genre. Zelda is not doing something revolutionary or new as far as I can see, but because we never had a game that mix the western rpg genre with the zelda formula.

The story? hmmm we will see about that, zelda has a richer lore and universe but maybe horizon surprises with an amazing narrative.

Both are going to have great sales, hopefully playstation fans support this one!

We don't exactly know if BOTW will follow the Ocarina furmula tightly, It may pull a final fantasy/Mgs5 and go open world at expense to the core mechanics that made the OoT furmula so great. Either way, Horizon Zero dawn is a MUCH freasher and "new" take on many genres not just the RPG side of things.

I can assure you that there will be linear progression and "order to do things" in the new Zelda as well.

Items will unlock in certain order, that will allow you to progress through more areas that were up to that point unaccessible. Heck, the stamina gauge for when you glimb... Don't be surprised if certain items you get later in the game end up increasing Link's stamina, allowing you to get on top summits that were unreachable until that point.

Add to that the fact that there's an obvious focus on an emotional story, and you can be sure the game won't be as free as you think it will.

Those games are as open as twilight princess. First, fable doesn't have  a lot of puzzles elements or items and the gameplay and movements are clunky as hell, plus you need to do stuff in order. Second, Darksiders is a perfect homage to the OLD zelda formula, you have to do stuff in a certain order and the world is not open, just like old zelda, you need to to play the game linear, fun dungeons tho. Plus those games are not seamless, just sections like twilight princess. Really, breath of the wild is the first. Mention another OPEN world game with the zelda formula, we don't have that.

Aonuma said that you can finish the game without the story, that's open to me. 

I absolutely don't mean this as a dig, and I apologize if it comes off that way. But this mentality is why Zelda is going to score so well no matter what.

Zelda basically is only going to be compared to older Zelda games. It could do 80% of what other modern open world games do, and as long as it had a pretty artstyle, good music, and the Zelda name, it pretty much HAS to score a 90 or above.

I absolutely don't mean this as a dig, and I apologize if it comes off that way. But this mentality is why Zelda is going to score so well no matter what.

Zelda basically is only going to be compared to older Zelda games. It could do 80% of what other modern open world games do, and as long as it had a pretty artstyle, good music, and the Zelda name, it pretty much HAS to score a 90 or above.