Just finished the main quest for the first time. Wow.
I grew up on NES, and really haven't enjoyed a Zelda game since A Link to the Past. I tried most of the main entries to the series, and the only one that kind of kept my attention for a bit was A Link Between Worlds, but even that I don't think I even finished the light world palaces. I played back through the first 3 games again recently and then was surprised by my wife with a Switch 2 so after seeing so many positive reviews I grabbed BotW and last night beat Calamity Ganon. All I can really say about the game is wow. Definitely one of the finest games I've ever played, and I know I barely even scratched the surface in the 61 hours it took me. Zelda notes shows me visiting 20% of map locations 🤣 I have 52 shrines left and a whopping 874 Korok seeds I didn't bother looking for, but I needed to finish the main quest so I could put the game down and spend more time with my family... It was getting bad. I'd find myself still playing at 2am when I had to work in the morning...