LogFAQs > #930367520

The easy answer is that exploring an overworld has traditionally been a central part of Zelda games, and BotW's overworld is light-years better than SS's "Here's a sea of nondescript white clouds with three holes that will teleport you to the levels you want." For most fans of the Zelda series, that alone is going to be enough to put BotW ahead. On the dungeon side of things, though, SS definitely had the better dungeons (some of the best 3D ones, awkward swimming aside), so I can understand why somebody might have preferred it if they don't care as much about having an interesting overworld.
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