I think I'm ready to freeze on this game. I'm not finished playing it, but I don't need to play it every day for hours anymore. Tears of the Kingdom is not only one of the most grandiose and incredible adventure games ever, it's a technical marvel, a perfect sequel, and one of Nintendo's best games. In discipling the player to creatively engineer solutions, the Zelda team crafted an experience even more freeing than their previous, 'massive' open-world entry.

Personally, I challenged myself to look up as little as possible while playing this game. Admittedly, I am not hesitant to look up solutions to puzzles and problems in games. I really challenged myself not to, and felt more intelligent for it.

I was talking with my friend about the impact of these games on the industry, and we concluded that we hoped this game will have the same kind of impact on game-development cycles which Breath of the Wild had on open-world philosophy.

All that said, this game has entered my (ever-shifting) top 5 games. Bravo.