I'm doing everything I can after doing all the dungeons (my overviews of them are below) but before going to the castle. Been there a bunch already but clearly there's a new trigger after all the dungeons.
The Rito Wind Temple was awful, save a few neat puzzles. Basically a Divine Beast, and the buildup was kinda boring with the slow boat mechanics. Definitely one of the worst Zelda dungeons and the boss was very underwhelming.
Gerudo Desert dungeon is what I did next (forgot its name) and it was a damn good one. The buildup was super unique and with some fun exploration and puzzles, the gimmick of the dungeon itself was well-executed, and the boss was fine. 8/10 dungeon, very solid.
Zora buildup was kinda fun but the dungeon itself felt off. There was basically no atmosphere to it and it was just four shrine puzzles, basically? I will give it a pass for the puzzles being good, the low gravity being super fun and the boss being hilarious. Shoutouts to me not knowing how to access the right side puzzles and so putting a spring down and going so high Sidon told me I left the dungeon.
Goron Fire Temple was great, decent buildup even though I hate Yunobu. Him screaming "why'd ya do it" every time I bombarded him into a wall was worthwhile though. Dungeon itself was super dumb and you could just sequence break everything by climbing straight up the walls and ascending in weird places and I loved it. Sums up the spirit of the game really, and the few cart puzzles I did were neat.
Also, the side quests are so much better overall. Way less mundane fetch quests (aside from the fireflies dear god catch every firefly you see if you haven't done that quest already because it's the worst), way more cute worldbuilding, puzzles, and character interactions.
Also also, I found autobuild 60 hours in and felt very, very, very stupid. Still haven't even begun to explore the depths, as may be quite obvious from that. I have about 90 shrines, though!