this game managed to completely outdo just about everything botw did and i'm honestly in shock, like you don't really expect a sequel (especially one that's been so extremely hyped from the moment it was announced) to exceed your expectations this much right?

totk makes tons of interesting changes and additions to the world of hyrule and it's an absolute treat to explore and see what's changed over the years. even though i spent hundreds of hours in botw in the past, it felt like i was exploring hyrule for the first time all over again in the best way possible

the ultrahand building mechanics are fun to mess with and feel pretty well connected to the world. with botw's sheikah slate i honestly would forget about the some of the abilities most of the time until i ran into a specific situation that called for them, but with ultrahand giving you the ability to stick together stuff from the environment to make silly little vehicles to explore or use for other purposes, there's a lot more motivation for using the abilities and they don't just feel like a novelty that you'll forget about after a while

i really enjoyed the story and had fun piecing everything together as i learned more about everything that happened, even though i kinda predicted where some of the plot was gonna go relatively early on i still had tons of fun watching it all come together in the end

there's only a few problems that i actually have with totk and they're mainly just nitpicks, like the sudden unexplained disappearance of all the ruined guardians and other sheikah architecture feels extremely weird (granted i haven't talked to every npc or done every side quest so maybe i somehow missed an explanation?). also the performance issues got on my nerves sometimes but that's kinda expected for switch games at this point

overall an incredible experience, just as great (if not even better) as botw