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Both are so similar that it's hard to say one is better than the other. I enjoyed BotW more overall, since it was fresh and gave me a completely unique experience for every one of my playthroughs. The sequel just piggybacked on that success and made a lot of uninspired choices.

I played TotK for 80 hours after launch, then had to take a long break to wait for the disappointment to wear off. Played another 100+ hours and enjoyed most of my time with it a great deal. However it did aggravate me in a lot of ways, most of which have already been pointed out in this topic.

Mainly I just don't like the trend of open world sequels thinking "more map, more collectibles, more pointless sidequest/activities!" is a worthwhile approach.