I made a thread a while back, saying BotW definitey has the potential to be the next OoT. However, I was concerned that people may give it lower reviews for clicks or due to it departing from the traditional Zelda gameplay. 

After seeing the reviews, my concerns have been removed for any sort of mishaps. Heck, the game seems like it is almost flawless (note almost). The game is clearly being accepted by both long-time fans and reviewers known for being harsh. When we delve deeper into the reviews, none of them are the same. They all discuss these tiny but noticeable details that had them feel amazed. Combining all of these together, it is clear that the master mind behind BotW is a pure genius (along with all the 300 developers). 

For example (minor spoiler), a reviewer pointed out that the AI will kick back bombs you throw at them, and will not just sit and attack like puppets. Someone else was fascinated with the NPC dialogue. Basically everyone was in love with the world and couldn't get enough. 

Even without playing the game, I think I'm starting to see a pattern- the game is hard to not like. It brings the difficulty people loved in the traditional Zelda, but now it isn't because of lackluster controls. It features that breathtaking world of The Witcher 3, although it isn't as mature. Is that a good or bad thing? It's neither- my point however is that the game manages to attract attention to mature and young audiences (kudos to Witcher for being a great mature game though). 

I'm probably gonna pick up BotW for Wii U and Switch- I feel as though it'll be like Uncharted 4, Mario Galaxy, and so many other games we have connected the word 'great' with. 

I think what I love more is the world itself. I'm a huge fan of art, so anything which has that special, unexplainable attractiveness always has me wanting more of the game. Even by watching only a few minutes of BotW footage, I already have myself wanting more of it. They clearly paid off with the artstyle they chose

What are your thoughts? 

After previous entries in the series that were instantly declared "great" upon release and then the fanbase later largely decided that maybe it wasn't as great as we all initially thought (Twilight Princess & Skyward Sword), I'm withholding judgement until I play the game myself. With that said, much of what's been shown seems to suggest that Nintendo has learned from past mistakes, so I'm definitely coming in with more optimism. Now if we could only move past the usual "Ganon threatens to invade or has already taken over Hyrule" setup...

Having not played the game I can't necessarily agree with the reviews yet.  I'll say that they _look_ a bit excessively high, i'm not sure the justifications i've read thus far merit such perfect scores.  It definitely does look like it will be near the best if not the best Zelda game ever.  I'll reserve final judgement until I finally play the game.

What you put in spoilers is basically what I'm most excited about.

If you read previews, reviews or anything you will notice that each person is excited to tell about some experience they had in the game. None of those experiences are plot related at all, but more just some neat aspect of physics or AI or doing something they never thought they could do but could and it working.

You always hear the cliché "everyones experience will be different" when some game is trying to showcase choices in a game or something. But for the most part those are pure PR talk. It really does seem like with this game you will have a ton of unique stories.

I can just tell from what little I've read that people will talk about something cool they did and that will want others to try it out for themselves. And those people will have something cool they did that they will tell that other person and he will want ot try out.

It's when Nintendo creates these worlds full of minute details that I remember why I love them.

Metroid Prime's Tallon IV got me back into console gaming, and BOTW might just allow me to forgive Nintendo for the Wii and Wii U (and probably Switch).

I'm very excited, though I might not get it soon. I've always liked the Zelda series, and now they took all my favorite elements from it and they put it in a fresh, new game. From what I've seen and read, it seems like this is a game that won't get boring quickly. It's not just because of the massive world, but also because there is so much fun and creative stuff you can do.

The artstyle is truly beautiful, it's probably the most beautiful game I've ever seen. They combined the style of the Wind Waker (which is smooth and friendly) with more realistic graphics of the other 3D Zeldas, and they did it the right way.
The grass for instance is not very detailed, but when I look to the meadows behind my house (where the grass is a bit longer), it looks a lot more like the grass from BotW than it looks like the plastic-looking grass from more realistic games.
The ruins on the other hand, look very detailed and realistic. Yet it feels like the ruins and the grass perfectly fit in the same game.

Yes, I'm definitely excited for this game so I hope I have a lot of fun with it as well..

^^^  Pretty much what I came here to say.

I don't think you can call any game perfect.

Like straight out the bat you can say that the furry move is rather cheap.

Do the same for Metroid pls.