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.