Then along came Breath of the Wild in 2017, and it basically threw the rulebook out the window. You want to climb that mountain? Go ahead. Want to cook weird meals with monster parts? Sure, why not? It’s a game that says, “Here’s a world, now break it.”
Is it the best? Well, it made Zelda feel fresh again, like a sandbox of pure curiosity. But some argue that story takes a backseat—you spend hours exploring ruins instead of saving Hyrule. Does that make it less of a Zelda game, or just a brilliant new kind of adventure?
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