Ah yes, the morning before my 11th birthday. September 2nd 2014, I had spent years and hours of my time in the sims 3 and with the Sims 4 dropping I was so excited, but also so nervous about its release. I spent months nagging my parents about getting me the Sims 4 for my birthday and when I finally had the copy installed to my PC I was ECSTATIC.
I launched the game and was instantly impressed by the CAS. There was so much you could change and tweak, the options truly felt endless. Being able to change up any Sims walk style anywhere from tough to feminine did wonders for expressing their personality and I adored it.
I did however feel disappointed in the lack of the colour wheel, I put that thing through hell in the sims 3 lol
After spending what felt like hours (and probably was) creating my Sim I finally got to jump into the game and I'll be honest, my first opinion was that it felt very empty. There were no pools, and no toddlers (which might I add were my favourite parts) and my 11 year old self was OUTRAGED.

But 9 years and 2000 hours of Gametime later, the Sims 4 is one of my top games of all time. It was a huge upgrade to the Sims series, which is a pretty controversial opinion but one I will forever stand by.
There is SO much content in the sims 4, alot of it however, is very unfortunately hidden behind a paywall (thank you EA) but even when my origin decided to mess up on me and I only had the base game installed while I was without internet - I had alot of fun and enjoyed the content that was provided to me.

I seriously enjoy playing the Sims 4 and will forever be going through my phase of 6 months with no touching the Sims 4 and then a week long binge period, rinse and repeat lmao. I think objectively the Sims 4 is a 3/5 especially with the huuuge load of content locked behind a paywall but subjectively, with the hours upon hours ive spent locked in my room playing the Sims 4 it is an absolute 5/5 for me

The legend of Zelda: breath of the wild is an absolute masterpiece. I literally could not fault it if I tried.

The fact that you're able to beat the game in half an hour if you really want to (and have the talent to do so lol) OR you can put thousands upon thousands of hours into the game with the bountiful amount of content in the game. With the amount of player freedom BOTW brings to the table, I feel like no two playthrough could ever be the same which ultimately scores a high rating from me.

I adore the open world aspect SO much, there are so many different things to find and NPCs to interact with. Finally coming across Hestu, the HUUGE korok was an absolute game changer for me - every time I found a korok I did a happy little dance. I even went as far as to get koroks tattood on me lol

I found the shrine puzzles to be extremely fun and flavourful. Although I did get stumped by a fair share of them, the relief I felt after finally triumphing was immesurable. I loved how interesting each of the divine beasts were, and how different each character was from one another.

I spent so long exploring each shrine & basically tried to take in and experience every area on the entire map. Botw quite literally rewards curiousity, it wants you to explore anywhere and everywhere so you can find hidden things like the koroks, and chests with neat items.
I found the breakable weapons and the stamina bar a fun way to make the game more challenging. You could even choose to sell the spirit orbs you collect along the way, rather than using them towards your health and stamina which I thought was a super cool feature of the game.

There are so many creative aspects of the game too, getting to throw a bunch of different ingredients together to figure out new recipes that can do an unbelievable amount of different things was one of my personal favourite aspects. The way the different elements (fire, water, earth, air) work together and fight against each other is so very realistic too eg. using fire to propel yourself off the ground so you can reach a hidden area or using a huge leaf to help blow you across the ocean - the possibilities to come from this amazing game are truly endless.

I went into this game with absolutely 0 expectations as this was my first Zelda game, but I have come out of this experience knowing it'll be an absolute struggle for any game to compete with the sheer amount of freedom, creativity, enjoyment and fun this game has produced

There are so many more points I could draw on to explain why I adore BOTW so much but I don't think I'd ever stop typing. This game is an absolute must play, you need to experience this adventure through your own eyes