Given we are a good distance from launch I don't think there was anything too spoiler there but tagged mine as well.

Without that distance its just another sandbox crammed with stuff so tightly congested you bore of it in a few hours. Counter to that are those who don't want to trek five minutes. Can't please everyone.

I read a bit about dungeons.
Apparently a key factor that were designing to was the idea you could quickly leave any area by heading upwards then gliding away.

It doesn't stick 100% to this but does explain why there aren't more dungeons.

I agree though, I would have liked to have disappeared into a few underground labyrinths.

There's a spot on a river somewhere where there is a giant stone door and structures all around it that makes it look like an entrance to a typical Zelda dungeon, but it's all bricked up.

There's a few spots on the map like that. The lack of internal areas and caves did start to bother me towards the end. When you see that familiar broken rock in most Zelda games it's exciting, in BotW it's invariably some collectible you've already had thousands of and the adventure ceases there.

I don't mind a loading screen for a dungeon. I'd have preferred the shrines to be taken out the game and replaced with dungeons.

80% of the shrines were rubbish and too many were tests of strength. Even the best shrines brought an idea in, but it was over just as it got interesting.

I suppose they could have incorporated several shrines together and made dungeons out of them...

Yeah diffirent themed shrines would've been nice. That same design and music really grated.

And that's fine.

Unless you're a Destiny 2 fan, in which case your brain is addled by any game that has no guns or ranking system.

In a way it may be that proper dungeons distract from the world. If you have 10 focus points perhaps all of the smaller ones where you pootle around become nothing.

6 divine beasts, with full 90min dungeons, and a touch of variety to the aesthetic of the shrines depending on area would be ideal.  I guess there's only so much they can cram on a cart though, it's mighty impressive as is.

It's a problem in the game anyway. The majority of things to discover in the game whilst you're pootling about are Korok seeds. They're about as exciting as it gets - not very. I'd love to have seen more rewards relating to your special abilities in the world and some real challenges.

The DLC does go some way to alleviate the repetition, but it's all combat related sadly.

Dark Soldier wrote:

Without that distance its just another sandbox crammed with stuff so tightly congested you bore of it in a few hours. Counter to that are those who don't want to trek five minutes. Can't please everyone.

I didn't like how much of a cornershop Hyrule Castle became by the end of my playthrough. I journeyed to the four corners of the kingdom, but in the end, everything I needed was in the Post Office.

Hard to get around, 'cause if you put HC at the end of a map you're bottlenecking the player's progress with mandatory corridors. And if you have to go and get a key or something to get inside, well that's just the removal of agency through busywork. Perhaps if the Castle had been on the other side of a small ocean or something (or up high in the sky), and though it was possible to reach early on, the means for doing so would be far more challenging.

It doesn't feel epic, and the encounters involved do nothing to help. As for the ending...

I'll be buying a switch for mario at some point because I'm 50% escape but I'll at least try the product before doommonging

Never go full.

I’m on the way to my second one. Started SE, going anti clockwise.