Tears of the Kingdom did the impossible and somehow kept my attention for a solid 95 hours before I finally decided "Alright it's time to end this" (and that was mostly so I could stop avoiding spoilers as it was getting a lot harder to do that). Everything that they brought to the table in Breath of the Wild was perfected in ToTK. The new abilities allowed a vastly more creative playstyle, opening up the possibilities of how to complete certain tasks even more. Whilst weapon degrading is still annoying, fusing at least helps mitigate that annoyance, and it actually made a clever incentive for why you should be fighting every enemy you encounter. I do wish the depths had a bit more to it as it did feel quite empty but the fact it was even included in the game was such a pleasant surprise.

All in all, this game is one that will stay with me for a long time and I'm still not even done with wanting to explore Hyrule!