BOTW is incredible. Probably my favorite game in terms of design.

However, its dungeons aren’t just weak, they’re barely skirting the definition of dungeon. They’re by far the weakest part of the game. Its story is solid but I think the execution of the story and performances are also weak.

Majora has a gameplay loop that is completely one with its story. Very few games manage to have the core loop truly be informed by their story, which is sublime when it happens.

And it also hits traditional Zelda tropes, such has dungeons with legitimate puzzles that you have to think about.

BOTW would be THE GOAT game if its weak points weren’t so weak compared to the rest of the franchise. They were sacrifices to its new gameplay paradigm. But they really didn’t have to be sacrificed.