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Breath of the Wild is the only open-world game I've ever enjoyed, for what that's worth. The world is far less empty than MGSV's, or FF15's, or any other open-world game I've played (admittedly I haven't played Skyrim but that's because I hated Oblivion so I can't imagine it's that much better).

I think focusing on what "advances the story" is a mistake, because BotW is not a game about plot. It's a game about setting. It's about learning how the world got this way, about learning about the surviving cultures. It's about looking at the architecture of the Lanayru Promenade and realizing that it's one of the only structures with representations of Loftwings, meaning it's one of the oldest man-made things on the whole map. It's about finding the Eighth Heroine buried in snow in the Gerudo Highlands, wondering how and why such a massive statue was moved so far. It's about finding the burned-out husk of Lon Lon Ranch and feeling like you want to cry. It's about walking by Lake Hylia at night and seeing a massive shining dragon and watching it in awe. It's about building your own town in the wilderness and feeling hope that, no matter how bad things get, people can come together and make it better.

I'm a fanatic for environmental storytelling, so maybe this kind of stuff doesn't resonate with other people, I dunno.

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