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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. What a fantastic game. It is without a doubt the best Zelda game I've played and I've played them all.

The fact that it takes the concept of the original LoZ and realizes its vision in a breathtaking massively open-world structure is truly one of gaming's crowning achievements.

This is the best open-world game I've played and while I'm not the biggest fan of the concept (I do like a fair share of such games but generally prefer games with a more focused design and great storytelling) I do respect the ambition it harbors. BotW though, is not simply a mere display of an ambitious project, it is what an ambitious project looks like when everything it envisions comes to fruition, flourishes and creates an open-world that truly breathes life. IMO that aspect in open-world games hasn't even been achieved by the likes of Skyrim and Fallout 3.

All the so-called flaws like the weapon durability system, the shorter, faster paced shrines rather than the hour-long dungeons, the tighter detailed environments than the more open less detailed environments (which I found out not to be true), etc etc, are not even really flaws but simply things blown out of propotion by 'that' portion of fanbase who just want to continue their annoying habit of the Zelda cycle of love and hate.

This is going on too long so I'm gonna end this by saying, this is the most fun I've had with a Zelda game and also the best game in the series. It is hard to stop playing this game once it get rolling and playing on the Switch made it all that much easier because of the portability.

This would no doubt be my pick for GotY in one of gaming's top 3 years (besides 98 and 01) if it weren't for that phenomenal masterpiece that embodies gaming entertainment at its absolute best called Persona 5.

Board 8 please decide my next game. I'm gonna run out of must-play games very soon.
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Currently playing: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NS)