Awe-inspiring and also a little bit of a mess. The systems built around its physics are genuinely some of the most astonishing stuff I've ever seen in a video game. They actually like, put effort into the story they were telling here, unlike BOTW. I don't think it actually is the biggest game I've ever played, but it legitimately feels like it. An incredible achievement in a whole lot of ways. It also just kinda feels lumbering and a bit unbalanced in ways that BOTW didn't. The sage party members are legitimately bad, but you're never required to use them (except in temples) so it's never a big deal.

Feels in a lot of ways like the Majora's Mask to BOTW's Ocarina of Time--a darker, weirder, sadder sequel where the team, having nailed what they were going for in the previous game, took the opportunity to cut loose and experiment. And I happen to be the kind of Zelda fan who prefers when the series gets weird.