It's a definite improvement over Breath of the Wild. I really like the new abilities and there's more stuff to do and explore, although most of the map is the same. The new caves were good and I liked the shrines more than the ones from BOTW. The new "top layer" of Hyrule, the floating islands, are all just the same 4 islands copy-pasted and the "bottom layer", the depths, are dull and empty.
There's a bigger emphasis on characters and story this time. You have more side quests to do and just generally more people to talk to as the kingdom is being rebuilt. Unfortunately the writing generally isn't that good and the main stories all follow the same story beats as the first game, which doesn't help when the games are already so similar. Forgive me, but I started skipping cutscenes about 30 hours in.
Overall, it's about the same as BOTW, as in it has some really brilliant moments but also lot of odd design choices. Again, it is an improvement, but it would have been better if they made more substantial changes to the game instead of adding over it.
There's a bigger emphasis on characters and story this time. You have more side quests to do and just generally more people to talk to as the kingdom is being rebuilt. Unfortunately the writing generally isn't that good and the main stories all follow the same story beats as the first game, which doesn't help when the games are already so similar. Forgive me, but I started skipping cutscenes about 30 hours in.
Overall, it's about the same as BOTW, as in it has some really brilliant moments but also lot of odd design choices. Again, it is an improvement, but it would have been better if they made more substantial changes to the game instead of adding over it.