>>715164629It's a bloated tech demo at the end of the day. The fact that the Plateau is the only area of the game that receives near-universal praise should key you into the problem with BoTW/ToTK: the scope of the overworld is simply too large.
I can nitpick things like a poor sense of progression / growth and lackluster combat, but I don't think those are fatal flaws for these games. If the world was more interesting to explore (i.e. more handcrafted areas / greater attention to detail) and wasted your time less often (less fucking travel), these games would be more engaging.