God damn, this game is expansive. The draw distance is pretty incredible. It blows my mind that I can go "hey that thing over there looks cool, let me go there" and then I use a pin to mark it, open the map and that shit is on the other side of the world map!
I do have a few complaints though. I think the camera sucks. Normally I like my camera to follow directly behind the character all the time in 3rd person games. This one just feels too loose, like I have to fight with the camera all the time. Sometimes I feel like I need it to zoom out more and it isn't able to.
Also, controls seem a little clunky to me too. I died too many times fighting Waterblight Gannon because of control issues. Many times when I would press the shoulder button to lock on to him, it simply wouldn't register and then I'd die because he hit me with the damn spear and I couldn't dodge. Also, this might be an issue with the joycons or my own clumsiness, but I find myself accidentally pressing down on the left analog stick forcing Link to crouch in the most inopportune moments.
I am also missing some random bits of nostalgia. Like I miss the old jingle when you open chests. Yes, it got annoying when it happened every time, but it would be cool if they kept it for major things. I also miss bottles.
Overall, it's a fantastic game though. The big surprise for me is that Nintendo removed ALL the handholding that the previous games were plagued by. It's like they went from one extreme to the other.
