>>717139921
When I heard Miyamoto say you could go straight to Hyrule castle and beat Ganon, that's what I did. Best gaming experience I've had in a long time. In fact that memory is still the last time I can recall having true fun in a videogame. Took me at least a dozen hours too. From beating the Plateau, to fucking around a bit, dying to guardians, exploring Hyrule castle, dying to the Blights repeatedly, reluctantly going back to the field to get some materials, and finally making my way back and defeating Ganon.

Conversely, I tried playing the rest of the game afterwards and got super bored. It somehow became one of the worst games ever.

Basically I feel like a Ganon only run makes this a 10/10 game, but an all-divine-beasts all-shrines run is like 3/10. It gets worse the more you do. I had to take many pauses and force myself to finish it. Idk why I did. Brand loyalty I guess.

I did another Ganon only run when TotK and it was fun too. Even did it without the glider. I think the bosses were much better but the leadup was disappointing. It was just a linear underground route which wasn't as epic as BotW castle. Starting with Colgera without a glider though was like "hooooly shit." It was amazing the game even let me get there.

I pity all the Zelda fans who tried playing these games conventionally by doing dungeons and 100%. Honestly bad design though.