The beginning is very VERY slow, in terms of game play and story (it took me 3 hours to get off the first major sky island and back to Hyrule), but once you get into it, the graphics are fantastic, colors are vibrant and the tactics get a whole lot harder. I went from being confident in my weapons being able to defeat my enemies, to having to re-learn all the tactical maneuvers, just to beat bokoblins. Some controls differ from BOTW, which was very hard to re-learn those as well, but it gives a whole new light to exploring Hyrule (and surrounding areas)! Highly recommend, can't put it down.