So conceptually brilliant it doesn't really require explanation - it distils everything that's good about 30-odd years of Zelda (and Dark Souls, and Shadow of the Colossus, and the Elder Scrolls, etc, etc) and does away with almost everything that's unnecessary. Maybe lacks the weirder edges of Majora's Mask or Twilight Princess, but that's why sequels exist. The barebones story is even rather moving, especially the hunt for memories - it reminded me of something like BS Johnson's The Unfortunates, scattered pieces of a puzzle whose incompleteness is the point. It ends in a place of hope, but acknowledges the sacrifices and failures that paved its way. Which is rare, even for a franchise as thoughtful as this.