do you think that breath of the wild lacks in story compared to other zelda games? i felt like it could have been so much better with more direction.
Absolutely not. I think BOTW’s story offers more room for creativity from the player; it allows us the chance to carry the story with us throughout the game or to drop it altogether. Not meaning to criticize you, Anon, but most of the people complaining about BOTW not being story rich don’t seem to be in tune with the rhythm of the game, and, perhaps they’ve gotten used to not using their imagination while playing games because games have become so creative for them. Or maybe they play objective to objective, so all the time out in the wilderness feels like a burden to them rather than experiencing the world.
In my opinion, the story in BOTW was brilliantly thought out and executed in a way that felt, to me, more realistic. I would go as far to say that the main story was as constant as the one in Skyward Sword, the only difference being that BOTW allows you to interpret it as Link and make decisions from there, while Skyward Sword forced you to do everything one way (not that I minded that, I love SS). The main story is not only seen in Links memories or cutscenes like most people seem to claim; it’s all over the game with all the ruins you come across, different NPCs who directly or indirectly mention it, the towns you come across, etc. Even just the horses relate back to the main story, as we learn that Link cared greatly for horses.
We all play the game differently, so we all felt the story differently. I personally felt, with each new detail I discovered, that the story was so much bigger and interconnected and emotional than I could have hoped for. So many bits of the story are scattered across the world of Hyrule, they aren’t just all in the checkpoints toward the True Ending. I think the same goes for Link’s character, which may have not been as blatantly put out for us like TP’s Link, but was still very much there if you were willing to see it. The game is very much based off of interpretation, like all loz games are, in theory, but I certainly don’t think it lacks much in anything, other than cats. Playing the game as Link certainly makes a difference rather than playing a game with Link as the protagonist. When you pretend that you are him as you put together pieces of the story, thinking of how the world around him affects him and how it feels, it’s definitely all more overwhelming than underwhelming. Then again, we all see things differently and I hope the next game will satisfy the both of us. If you want to continue the discussion, feel free to message me and sorry if this felt like I rant, I just have so many feelings about this game! Thanks for reading and have a nice day!
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