This was a solid instance of the Zelda formula, but it never took off for me. Hyrule felt small and empty in a way Zelda worlds typically don't, and the Kinstone system killed a lot of my enthusiasm for exploring. It was frustrating late in the game to keep fusing Kinstones and finding out that my reward was...more Kinstones, or to think I'd cleared an area only to have something else appear there.

That being said, a Zelda that doesn't pop is still a good time.