Well, it's looks great and it's fun to just mindlessly explore, do all of the quests, kill some monsters who are peacefully camping out in the wilderness.
They did not feel that way about Skyward Sword which was released five years after Twilight Princess, even though Nintendo tried to raise hype by calling it a prequel of the Zelda franchise. Nintendo truly was running out of ideas with the Ocarina of Time Zelda formula and needed a reboot. Another factor is that this was also Nintendo’s first crack at an open world title. Skyrim still had some hype all those years later and BOTW looking like it was Nintendo’s take on Skyrim brought even more hype.
I agree. It was pretty amazing and it was all on a 32 MB cartridge. But I was much younger then and more easily impressed. BOTW didn’t capture my interest very long and fuck collecting 900 Korok seeds. That was more tedious than the most egregious Rare collectathons.
Whatever you say, Marissa.
You said a few times there's "far more to find than weapons and seeds" but you don't list all these amazing things worth exploring for.
Nobody is crying that their favorite toy is getting a shitty rerelease or remaster or whatever, it's not like anyone's life is demonstrably worse by them existing, I just reserve my right to say these things look lazy and shitty and that I think you're retarded if you spend your money on them.
I think it's just a matter of what people consider meaningful content in their open world game. A lot of people are apparently content with the puddle deep things you can find in Hyrule. If you need something more meaningful to discover then you're gonna be bored by what's on offer.
That's because outside of the occasional minigame tucked away in an remote location, the shrine that you're already looking for, an handful side quests, or an slumbering boss; there really isn't anything unique to just exploring. Sure, the view is nice, at times; but I wanted something an lot more than that.
Mainly all the things that lead up to the Shrines and that flesh out the world. Things like Eventide Island, Memory Locations, the three dragons, Tarrey Town, the giant mazes, and the Leviathan skeletons are just a few of the things I found worth searching for. Everywhere I went, I found myself captivated, and I didn't need icons on a map to find them either.
Don't get me wrong, Elden Ring is an amazing game (my favorite of 2022). But I still think BOTW beats it for me, at least in terms of freedom in how you tackle the game and interactivity.
Can't say I agree that BOTW is shallow, especially with how many ways you can tackle each objective in it. It rivals the likes of titles from Looking Glass and Ion Storm Austin in terms of flexibility. And it encourages you to be creative as well.
It’s not exciting, I think that is really the main issue. There are no big bosses or high intense shit in BOTW, it is a game of mindless meandering and the best of its kind. The suggestions people place in here would ruin the game for me. It is not a game about progressive, hell, you can beat it after the intro segment. It is a game about figuring out what you want to do, and how you are going to do it.
I mean.... there is. Setting aside the five story bosses, there's also hynox and the rock monsters, which can kill an un-leveled player and lynels who can kill even a vet if they don't have Mypha's Grace charged.
Bro, there's only 4 bosses outside of the plot-relevant ones, and most of them are content to just mind their own business. If I wanted an real fight, I'd get around to playing Monster Hunter
Yeah, and most Zelda games have zero bosses outside of the main story. What's your point?
Most Zelda games aren't gigantic open world games.