@alex my opinion of TOTK has changed as I played it more. I believe it’s overhyped, for sure, but now that I’ve spent more time with the mechanics, I think it’s a better game than BOTW.
The key difference for me is that the game is much easier to traverse. The ability to build vehicles, the existence of the towers, and sky islands make it so much easier to travel further without having to trudge through all the climbing that annoyed me during my playthrough of BOTW.