See my answer above for my personal take on this. TotK is a bigger, longer game with far more things to do, but in filling the delicate emptiness that’s at the heart of BotW, they also made TotK… mundane. Greater, by most metrics. But mundane.
When I played TotK, a great game, I enjoyed myself a lot, then moved on to the next item on my pile.
When I played BotW, I went through an experience, and it stuck with me since.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Really? I think I sunk 100 hours into BOTW. I would also go with TOTK all things being equal, but I never felt like BOTW was a tech demo.
Carnelian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well over 300 hours in BotW here, loved it. It feels a lot more “grounded” in comparison to totk, which feels a lot more “sandboxy” at times. Both great games, just different vibes
I would also say, there were a TON of times in TotK where they riff on previous things from BotW. A lot of the enjoyment I got was the subversion of expectations. In the lead up to the game we all thought they just copy/pasted the map to save time but they actually did a TON of work to it, and it’s very interesting and nostalgic to retread over places that have changed so much.
I would guess your best bet is playing them in order, altho it’s probably fine either way
WarmSoda@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The caves alone are impressive. They didn’t just add them, they carved out where all the water comes out of the landscape and made those caverns too.
I played a little of BotW after and i was curious if a waterfall had a cave in TotK. Turns out it has an entire system attached to it. And they did that across the entire map.