I was gonna write something long about this game, but I suck at writing so I’m gonna do something nice and quick. TOTK is without a doubt a masterpiece. Despite its shortcomings in how it approaches the so-called freedom that it wears on its heart, and lacking improvements to the world that may or may not hinder exploration and the magic of playing this game, I still adored it. I was engrossed with nearly every aspect of this game from its creative use of building to provide players an open sand box of creativity to its rich world and lore with exciting characters and stakes, all the way to its smaller scale quests about family and love. This game has it all, and is now my new favorite Zelda game. It’s not the epitome of what the series has been working towards, but it’s a step in a direction that’ll only create new grounds for not just the series, but for gaming. This game is just a preview of an extremely bright future full of bliss and memories waiting to be made.