Michael Ciresi

I absolutely hate that I'm writing this review because BOTW is about my all time favorite game. I've played BOTW (almost through) 6 times. Every time I get to Calamity Ganon, I just can't finish it! I refuse to let it end lol! And yes, I'll probably play it a 7th time too! I was so looking forward to TOTK to be released. TOTK is just a major disappointment. It's entertaining enough, and if you've never played BOTW, then it might be great for you. I just feel like they took BOTW, threw in a few (more annoying) variances, and removed some of the things that made it amazing like endless remote bombs! Truth be told, the beginning of the game almost ruined my even continuing to see it through. It was mind-numbingly tedious and frustrating. But i did see it through and got out of the sky city and down to the more familiar looking ground of Hyrule. It got better, but just not good enough. It's like, I really want to like it, but just feel like it's lacking so much. Like it's incomplete. Now full disclosure, I have not played it fully through yet, so maybe it will get better. But I have my doubts as I've got quite a few hours into it already. You know how you have those games that you just really look forward to picking up at the end of the day to unwind. TOTK is not one of those for me. Hopefully it is for others though. If in doubt, please know the game is worth playing. Just set your hopes low and you'll be good, because it's just not nearly as exciting as it really should be, in my opinion anyway. Update - I'm even further through the game now, and I swear I hate it even more than I did before. I contribute a lot of my dislike to ultrahand. Magnesis in BOTW was great. It was straightforward and simple to use. Ultrahand is a shear pain in the neck. It's clunky and frustrating to use. Even worse when you have to unattach things and have to jiggle the joystick stupidly just to start over. Hate to say this but I'm done with the game, at least for now. Going back to play BOTW a 7th time.