A bunch of the moons are basically just busywork/filler, which I knew to expect going in. But I sort of figured that I'd be done with them by the time I reached the post-game.
Instead, they add more of the moons in plain sight, moons where you have to spin your cap on something sparkly, and moons where you just pound the ground in the right place.
Even the moons that seem somewhat novel at first (birds, rabbits, koopa races) get repeated in every world. It feels less like I'm playing the game and exploring and more like I'm checking off boxes.
The idea is that the game is fun to just play and here are a bunch of sandboxes that reward you for just wanting to have fun running around and seeing what they have to offer
If you dont find the mechanics fun in and of themselves then I can understand your opinion
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Much like how I view the abundance of Korok Seeds in BotW - it's what allows you to just do random shit and then go oh hell yeah here's a moons/seed.
The difference is that BotW's main goal is not to collect Korok seeds. And that's a huge difference. They also let you upgrade your inventory while moons don't really do anything. ---