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Xiahou Shake posted...

Will be interesting to see how the BotW discourse changes after more people play/finish Elden Ring since it's also very much a game about exploration and yet the structure and content of it's world is lightyears away (and IMO beyond) what BotW has on offer. At the same time actually moving through BotW's world is still a pretty much unbeatable experience, that's definitely where it shines the brightest.

My thing with BotW's movement is that I don't think climbing and gliding are particularly fun on their own but the exploration can be. Being able to climb everything is a gamechanger, but once the joy and novelty wear off it's just another system. I've played games where the movement is more fun but BotW has a more sculpted game environment which is the real draw. Like...Arkham Knight has more fun gliding than BotW but if I could do Batman dives that totally changes exploration. Ultimately I think moving through BotW's game world still is entirely down to how you enjoy the world itself.

Haven't spent as much time with Elden Ring as Zelda but it's operating on a different axis with the same exploration principles. Your only movement tool is the horse but there's a surprising amount of dynamicism with it, with some similar situations as trying to outrun Guardians on Epona. Instead of climbing up mountains you are going down into dungeons and trying to find hidden nooks and crannies in a massive and dangerous world. Honestly, I said trying to storm Hyrule Castle underprepared was my favorite part of BotW and Elden Ring is a whole game of that.