I personally had a twelve hour session with BoTW once during my over 100 total hours. I rarely do that due to priorities and such throughout my gaming life but I became so invested in BoTW that I didn't want to stop exploring and finding new things along the way. Whatever I see interesting I was determined to get there. I don't think I've invested in such hours in one session since Pokémon in my earlier years when I had more time. I was lucky I didn't need to do anything else at the time, but otherwise, it was special because I never felt so engaged and invested in a game that i didn't even realized I played that long at once. I was just happy to enjoy playing a video game without worry.

Lol I'm pretty sure the "old school Zelda fans" are a lot more pleased with this than they ever were with Wind Waker, Twilight Princess or (definitely) Skyward Sword.

Also the "glory days" are right now, this is the best received Zelda ever and it will be the best-selling one too.

You're not an old-school fan.  If you were, you would love it for being a modern take on The Legend of Zelda.  You're a newer fan, and long for the linear games of the OoT period.  As a true old-school fan, I enjoyed those games but always longed for the open experience of the first game.  I don't know if I Z-targeted through 100 hours of gameplay, and I couldn't be happier.

This was my biggest takeaway from the game. The verticality of the game was amazing...it feels disappointing playing exploration-based games and not being able to climb or glide wherever I want now. Or really any game...just the other day I was playing The Division with a friend was annoyed that I had to actually go inside a building to climb to the top.

*sighs*

He have to make comparisons with other games like Horizon. 

Back when i was a student the explanations where always long. Dont remember any intelligent person who have done an explantion for a matter in a few seconds. I am sure you want it like trump. The whole Intelligence report for the whole world on one page with pictures ? That is what you need. Sorry he cant do that. There are podcasts and monologs about games which are longer than one hour just for one game. I dont understand you. Sorry. 

Me too, actually I loved it. It is no secret, however, that a big chunk of Zelda fans don't feel that way.

Skyward Sword is a great game, but it clearly showed signs of the core formula starting to show its age and stagnate.

A revamp was needed in order to keep the series fresh and relevant, and thankfully Botw delivers exactly that.

I do appreicate what botw did to the gaming world but for me personally I didnt feel like I was zelda-ing and boy did it make me feel sad.

all my buddies know im the "Zelda guy" so when they see me they are like, "omg did you play it yet? you love it right?" etc etc... 

and i just look sad and say, "no i hate it...whats wrong with me????"  

so there you have it. i dunno maybe i out grew the series who knows. all i know is i didnt like it at all. wasnt having fun during play.

I know im in the minority as i was with skyward sword.  But just for reference:

my fav zeldas top 4. 1. link to past. 2. link between worlds 3. OoT 4. majoras

Well in my opinion Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild are the two best Zelda games and I wouldn't even say it's debatable. Just goes to show how different people's minds can be.