I liked the backtracking aspect. Especially how areas were different every time you explored them (flooded Faron Woods, dark Eldin, etc).
The tadtones part was AWFUL though. So was the escort mission and some of the other nonsense that's just pointless filler like battling the Imprisoned over and over.
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