Great great post. They captured a feeling that I never felt in a video game. The world is an independent entity that you learn to interact with as you play with it. Staring at the immensity is actually a part of the gameplay in a way I can't quite describe accurately yet. What's sure is that verticality and climbing ability play a huge part in what was achieved.
ya I had to rep dude...the simplest/best quote I read re: BOTW is “this is the reason why we play video games”
This game, along WITH Witcher, and arguably RDR 2 & GoW, are the masterpieces of this generation.