As someone whose more of a fan of 2D Zelda, Breath of the Wild is just incredible. Is the story the best? Not really. Are the dungeons super interesting and diverse? Nope. But the reason why I love 2D Zelda more than 3D is how each game tackles travelling from point A to Point B.
In 2D Zelda it's much easier to travel the world, and can clearly see you surroundings with it's bird eye view. 3D Zelda it's harder as the world is usually much bigger and you sometimes can't clearly see what direction you should be going. This is the case with both the open world and individual dungeons. What could take 30 seconds to get to where you wanna go in a 2D Zelda, would take 5 or more minutes in a 3D Zelda. This wouldn't be much of a problem if in a 3D Zelda the world was constantly filled with interesting things to see or discover or the enemies you encountered didn't become annoying or mundane.
In Breath of the Wild when going from point A to point B you will always see and discover something brand new. A new Shine, Weapon, Settlement, Treasure, Secret Location, Puzzle, etc. There's always something interesting and cool to find that scratches your curiosity. If you encounter the same enemy it's not boring. The battle your about to experience will be different than the last because maybe you have different weapons on you, or the enemy has different weapons, maybe the location is different ether by a river or by a cliff, maybe the weathers different and lightning is striking down. The Problems in previous 3D Zelda's are completely demolished here.
Some people will say this isn't a true Zelda experience but I disagree. It's the truest Zelda experience I've seen linking back to the original game on the NES. No it doesn't have this incredible story but the story is the one that you create on your journey. You can choose to be the hero that fight Ganon or be a traveller or adventurer or whatever you want to be. The story is what you discovered while playing the game, what you found and those moments stick with you. Breath of the Wild isn't about giving you a set story for you to experience, it's about giving you a world for you to create your own stories.
I don't think any other game will give me the same experience Breath of the Wild did. This game is something special. And that's why it's my favourite game of all time.
In 2D Zelda it's much easier to travel the world, and can clearly see you surroundings with it's bird eye view. 3D Zelda it's harder as the world is usually much bigger and you sometimes can't clearly see what direction you should be going. This is the case with both the open world and individual dungeons. What could take 30 seconds to get to where you wanna go in a 2D Zelda, would take 5 or more minutes in a 3D Zelda. This wouldn't be much of a problem if in a 3D Zelda the world was constantly filled with interesting things to see or discover or the enemies you encountered didn't become annoying or mundane.
In Breath of the Wild when going from point A to point B you will always see and discover something brand new. A new Shine, Weapon, Settlement, Treasure, Secret Location, Puzzle, etc. There's always something interesting and cool to find that scratches your curiosity. If you encounter the same enemy it's not boring. The battle your about to experience will be different than the last because maybe you have different weapons on you, or the enemy has different weapons, maybe the location is different ether by a river or by a cliff, maybe the weathers different and lightning is striking down. The Problems in previous 3D Zelda's are completely demolished here.
Some people will say this isn't a true Zelda experience but I disagree. It's the truest Zelda experience I've seen linking back to the original game on the NES. No it doesn't have this incredible story but the story is the one that you create on your journey. You can choose to be the hero that fight Ganon or be a traveller or adventurer or whatever you want to be. The story is what you discovered while playing the game, what you found and those moments stick with you. Breath of the Wild isn't about giving you a set story for you to experience, it's about giving you a world for you to create your own stories.
I don't think any other game will give me the same experience Breath of the Wild did. This game is something special. And that's why it's my favourite game of all time.