i’m a lifelong zelda fan. it also took until the night before totk came out for me to finish this. yes, we do exist.

anyway i’m going to refrain from rambling too much but this game is quite the achievement. part of the reason i abandoned it for so long is because my adhd ass was simply overwhelmed by it all. the main positives for me were the developers completely embracing the open world concept, the memorable characters, the amount of creativity involved, and the abilities which added so much depth.

i think the main story lacks in comparison to past zelda games, but it’s not bad by any means. i do think it can and does fall back on the side quests and shrines and koroks and just the scale of the damn thing. to that point, i wish exploring and completing certain quests (i.e. the memories quest) yielded better rewards. it never felt worth it to find every last shrine or collect every seed or even go to every section of the map (i did the latter anyway because i’m nosy).

i have faith totk will improve on at least some of these things (i’m about to go pick it up my copy right now) but i know i only have high expectations because i love the franchise so much. that said, botw is no wind waker or twilight princess, i’m afraid.