Yea the great plateau is misleading since you up so high. After I left and started heading towards a tower, I stayed somewhat on course. Hard not to get distracted. BUt every once in a while i go up a hill to check my bearings (have hud on pro the whole time) and I swear I'm further away from every tower in teh game than I was when I was on the tower looking.  The world is so much larger than it looks on the plateau. 

Btu I find the game funny in its story. Like the second your ready to leave the Plateau, the game is like "Main Quest: Defeat Ganon" And there right in front of you in the middle of the map is Calamoty Ganon surrounding Hyrule Castle. You can as people said go straight there and fight him. You get basically the whole games quest instantly and can do it instantly. But then I'm goign to spend like 100 hours circling the castle preparing to fight ganon. NO matter where I am in the world, I can climb a hill/cliff/mountain whatever and see in teh distance my objective, yet know I'm not ready yet. 

It's really kind of a new neat experience in video game story telling imo. First time I've ever experienced something like that. 

I need to start cooking. My completionists in my makes me not want to use my ingredients, cause I want ot get 99 of them or wahtever is the max, lol. I don't want to waste them.

BTW is there anyway of looking at recipes, to make something you made before? I see that dishes I have made I can click on and see how they were made. But what happens when I eat all of those dishes. How can I make that very same dish again? Do I have to remember what I did? 

Well I got my excitement of wanting to share out. Gonna go back to playing again.

Obviously didn't share all I wanted. This game has so many neat moments that you want to talk about, yet you don't want to spoil them for others. Most games you can say whatever you want as long as you don't spoil the story. This one it feels like you have to be vague and aloof about everything cause as I said you don't want to spoil that moment for another and want them to experience it first hand.

I just tried, my fingers don't bend that way, I'm old.

I completed the great plateau in about 8 hours, still didn't kill all those laser watchers as it just costs too many resources to do so. Can always go back after I get a better stabby thing. Had to quit as it was getting close to 5am already. I glided of the plateau to here.

A little past *spoiler maybe* Kakariko Village.

Btw I just got my first horse. It's registered, so if I leave it behind, will I be able to pick it up again at the stable?

Here you go http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=226483&page=1

I haven't made a lot of screenshots yet, too busy running around.

Don't mess with an ice arrow shooting, fire breathing, sword swirling, and highly pissed centaur.

Well its not that far, it was before kokorico village 

Heh, I had an encounter with it. Most powerfu enemy I encountered by miles. I've got to run.

A word for those who want to be astonished. Mild SPOILERs if you don't want to know anything about the game:

Make your way to the top of Lanayru Mountain. You won't regret it a bit.

Also, not hyperbolic statement. This game is putting every open world game I've ever played to shame. I hope BOTW will be a reference in the next bunch of open-world titles. This is EXACTLY how to do it. Every criticism I have is nitpicking. I don't want it to end. Never. So I'm not advancing in the plot at all XD.

Yeah I've played a number of open world games and none of them are quite like this.

Haven't come across any of the bigger enemies except for two fully functioning Guardians and man those things know how to give chase plus they have Robocop style aiming, you literally have to weave out the way the second the targeting beam blinks. Was out catching horses when I spotted one down the cliff but it couldn't reach where I was so I just carried on but then another one that was just free roaming the area comes strolling around the corner FML. I have two horses one's the legendary one (would have prefered if they made you catch this one) the other is the first one I caught but have just stuck with the latter as the game gives you a strange feeling when catching and training your horse, it feels like an actual proper companion after you've registered it.

It's weird because if I'd used the other horse it'd been easier as it has better stats but I stuck to using the one I caught. I hope in future games they allow you to catch Loftwings as well.