In short, playing Breath of the Wild feels like I’m being cured of an addiction I didn’t know I had. An addiction to traditional open world RPGs. I felt this early on, when I realized that all my weapons were breakable and naturally, this being a Zelda game, I couldn’t just regain my hearts by hiding behind something. I will go back to Wildlands eventually, but after Zelda, my perception of what the concept of an open world can be will have changed. The loot and upgrades were bonuses, not necessarily objectives within themselves, and that’s something Breath of the Wild has captured expertly.

Source: Forbes March 04, 2017 17:51 UTC