While I spend more time on the game than you, I actually had a similar feeling after a while.
Up until reaching the end credits my play experience was personally pretty unbelievable. I had avoided trailers and spoilers so I wasn't sure what I went into - generally, I thought they managed to create an amazing sequel.
My feeling though, is that there is a bit of a narrative problem with the postgame. While the game revolves around uncovering a mystery ("what's going on with Zelda?" etc.) , once that mystery is uncovered a lot of the side quests that might have been fun to play feel a little meaningless - at least to me - since a bunch of those side quests seem to revolve around that very same mystery.
Roughly put, in BotW I felt like I was uncovering a world and in TotK I felt like I was uncovering a mystery - but the problem to me is that this mystery is automatically uncovered after beating the game, leaving me with a world I already explored (in the first game) and a mystery that's already been solved.
Your experience is probably different but I just wanted to share my perspective.
That's a good warning, I think I will hold off on going to the final boss until I feel done with everything!
I would love it if it was possible to experience a peaceful Hyrule after defeating the villain but I also get why they couldn't do that.
In this case I definitely prefer the feeling of discovering a world, over uncovering a mystery. Maybe it's because I don't feel like the mystery is very deep or surprising? I'm not sure what's gonna happen, so I am curious, but it's not the same drive as I had when I was constantly going "ooh what's over here" when I played BOTW.
Being able to chill and mess around in Hyrule after beating the game would be awesome (if I’m not mistaken, the Oracle games actually have something like that to a small extent).
The “mystery” of ToTK is not that much of a mystery after a while. You could say that the mystery gets solved before the ending but that its conclusion isn’t reached before that.
Anyway, I have some understanding for your position. This game is a different vibe.
Cool to read your thoughts on Zelda.
While I spend more time on the game than you, I actually had a similar feeling after a while.
Up until reaching the end credits my play experience was personally pretty unbelievable. I had avoided trailers and spoilers so I wasn't sure what I went into - generally, I thought they managed to create an amazing sequel.
My feeling though, is that there is a bit of a narrative problem with the postgame. While the game revolves around uncovering a mystery ("what's going on with Zelda?" etc.) , once that mystery is uncovered a lot of the side quests that might have been fun to play feel a little meaningless - at least to me - since a bunch of those side quests seem to revolve around that very same mystery.
Roughly put, in BotW I felt like I was uncovering a world and in TotK I felt like I was uncovering a mystery - but the problem to me is that this mystery is automatically uncovered after beating the game, leaving me with a world I already explored (in the first game) and a mystery that's already been solved.
Your experience is probably different but I just wanted to share my perspective.
Hope you're enjoying Harry Potter :)
That's a good warning, I think I will hold off on going to the final boss until I feel done with everything!
I would love it if it was possible to experience a peaceful Hyrule after defeating the villain but I also get why they couldn't do that.
In this case I definitely prefer the feeling of discovering a world, over uncovering a mystery. Maybe it's because I don't feel like the mystery is very deep or surprising? I'm not sure what's gonna happen, so I am curious, but it's not the same drive as I had when I was constantly going "ooh what's over here" when I played BOTW.
I'm enjoying HP! Just finished the fifth book!
Being able to chill and mess around in Hyrule after beating the game would be awesome (if I’m not mistaken, the Oracle games actually have something like that to a small extent).
The “mystery” of ToTK is not that much of a mystery after a while. You could say that the mystery gets solved before the ending but that its conclusion isn’t reached before that.
Anyway, I have some understanding for your position. This game is a different vibe.
5th book? Nice!