Gameplay is subjective, but anything BotW has, has been done in other series before, it just has the Zelda Stamp on it.
I haven't played very many other open world games before, AFAIK the climbing in BotW is pretty revolutionary. I've seen so many people say that it's a game-changer that we can expect to be copied by many other games. It sounds like you've never actually played the game because that's the only way to really feel the impact of climbing.
Xfma100 posted...
faramir77 posted...
BotW is better than OoT by such a huge amount that I honestly can't even respect a different opinion on that matter. This is coming from someone who had maintained until BotW came out that OoT was the best Zelda game.
I love BotW and OoT, but they are both completely different games.
OoT has actual dungeons, a decent story, unique items, a good final boss, memorable NPCs, and actual enemy variety. BotW lacks most of the things that made OoT great, but it's fantastic in other ways.
I hope Nintendo can find a way to combine the great aspects of both games to make a future Zelda amazing.
I agree with most of this.
BotW is a great game, but it's not the same kind of experience as OoT. OoT was one of those games that blew me away from start to finish. When I played BotW, it blew me away in the start in a way that I hadn't felt since OoT, though for different reasons. Mainly it was due to the exploration. But then when I started doing more of the main objectives, I kind of felt like the exploration is really all there is to the game, or at least all that is worthwhile. After a certain point that loses its luster, and beating the main objectives didn't have the same epic, adventurous feel as OoT (or frankly, even almost any other Zelda game), so I wasn't as amazed for the whole game like I was playing OoT.
I don't know. I imagine a 10 year old kid playing BotW. I'm pretty sure the depth that they will be blown exceeds what you experienced in OoT. ---