Hi Reaper,
I came into with the hope that it would at least be as good as BotW, but I did share the opinion that it couldn’t be better. Kind of like how Majora’s Mask was okay, but couldn’t outdo Ocarina of Time.
I am so glad to hear your nephew’s advice, because I’ve been dinking around with the main story and just exploring. Occasionally coming back to the main story, running into a hurdle (eg. needing warmer clothes), and then exploring some more (to find those warmer clothes). But I do seem to find lots of bright, shiny objects (both figuratively and actually) and going off on fun tangents.
It’s a lot of fun, for sure! The long weekend was good and was spent on the quieter side of the WA mountains. Back to the grind tomorrow!