Very original and fun Zelda game, it conveys a pretty good feeling of exploration and freedom. You can literally do whatever you want, either go straight for Ganon, retrieve all divine beasts first or simply wander around completing shrines and deal with all of that later. The fact that you can choose what experience you have playing is fantastic. All the new stuff such as shrines, armors and upgrading them, cooking, etc really blends well with the more classic Zelda elements.
As things I would change, the cooking mechanic could be faster (letting you cook on bulk), there could be some kind of recipe book to complete, around lategame the inventory management can be a bit tedious when wanting to change armors or weapons and the final boss is kinda easy if you went for the "slow" approach.
But overall, one of the best Zelda games ever made and a step in the right direction for the saga, similar to Ocarina of Time.

Reviewed on Feb 24, 2023


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