So I'm fashionably late to the party, as I often am, and finally got myself The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Switch a couple of days ago.
It's been an interesting experience so far. With my most recent full playthrough of any of the series' games being replaying Ocarina of Time, thus coming straight from the classic Zelda formula, and then going into BotW knowing that it breaks with many traditions, had me feeling a bit uneasy and wondering if I was going to like the game at all. Skyward Sword put me off within an hour, and I haven't touched it since it originally released back on the Wii. I was worried I'd react the same way here.
After having spent a good while in ruined Hyrule by now, I can confidently say that I didn't need to worry. The formula has definitely changed, but plenty of the ingredients are still just as good as you'd expect, and while the newly added spices might take some time to get used to, they end up meshing rather well with the rest of the dish.
I would not have expected to say this going into it, but it might just end up in my top 3 of Zelda games. Nothing will ever top the original Link's Awakening because there are too many memories, too much nostalgia attached to it for me, but right below there, there's certainly space for an OoT or, eventually, a BotW.
