I still remember getting around 50 or so hours into breath of the wild and just… feeling my interest drain away. Suddenly realizing that all the story is in the past, and the actual game is just running around checking things off of lists. It was the first time i realized the inherent flaws of an open world game design. Everything has to be optional because the designers have no clue when you'll do what, or if you'll even do something. Twilight Princess was able to write an entire character arc for Midna because they could build in every step of her growth along the linear path they knew the player would take. They could build in a mid game twist because the game was linear. Made Midna still one of the most iconic characters in the series. BOTW cant do that. The sum total of everything you can do in breath of the wild's big fancy open world amounts to "how much of our already easy and short final boss battle would you like to skip?"