The core concept of “everything happened a long time ago this is just ruins” is a cliche that is rarely interesting (exceptions are Fallout and BioShock). It’s not like you’re going to get any development by visiting the four villages, defeating the Divine Beasts, or collecting all the memories though. Then, since everyone likes to call those Divine Beasts and the memories “optional,” all that’s left is to go kill Ganon and watch Link and Zelda try to restore the land. There is brief exposition in Kakariko from Impa about how Ganon took over and defeated everyone 100 years ago while taking over four Divine Beasts. You wake up with a simple goal given by the disembodied voice of Zelda: defeat Ganon. Sure, not all games need a strong story or lore, like Tetris, but this isn’t Tetris. This is The Legend of Zelda, and a large part of a Zelda experience is the story and characters. The story is so light that it may as well not even be there. Put simply, Breath of the Wild lacks charm, character, personality, or that “ Zelda magic.” This game is far too flawed to be getting this level of praise. It’s the people foaming at the mouth at how it’s objectively better than other games, objectively better than other Zelda games, did open world better than other games, and want to enshrine it that I am addressing. If Breath of the Wild is your personal favorite game or favorite Zelda game, I’m not speaking to you. I just have to explain that this isn’t some perfect masterpiece that all games need to aspire to be that it isn’t the best game of all time. I don’t have to convince anyone that it’s a bad game because it’s not. This has even prompted Nintendo themselves to suggest all Zelda games going forward will be “open-air” like Breath of the Wild. It’s a given that it will win numerous game of the year awards considering the love affair the press has with this game. I was beginning to think we as a gaming community had gotten past hyperbole, but many have been quick to declare this the best Legend of Zelda game, the best open world game, and the overall best game of all time. It’s been just over five months since The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild opened to a landslide of perfect scores from the media at large.
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