I have paused the main quest, and started focusing on exploring and on side-quests, will get back to main quest when I start getting bored with that.

Don't want the game to finish so soon. 😀

Good luck! Pikmin 4 looks pretty fun.

Welcome to the world of Zelda! It truly is a masterpiece.

If you start with TotK, it may be difficult to go back to BotW, but if you do play it later, I would love to hear your feedback.

If you want to play Zelda games, you can try the older ones through different NSO apps, SNES, Gameboy etc. but they are all very different from TotK / BotW, and not everyone enjoys older games.

Botw gave me an experience that I haven't had since Skyrim was new - I wanted to go out of my way to explore the whole world. Leave no piece of the map untouched.

Man, what I would give to experience Skyrim for the first time again.

I haven't touched a Pokemon game since X/Y. Black and White 2 were where Pokemon peaked, imho. I checked out after X/Y.

I got to the school in Pokemon Scarlet and couldn't continue the game. The world feels almost like a massive Super Mario 64 world and it's super disheartening. I've decided the future of Pokemon is in the hands of the fans to make good games. What do you like about this new generation of Pokemon?

Yeah, the game is huge.

If you want linear game-play, just do the main quests. They even mention which quest you should do before, as everyone will talk about it. And just do some explorations and side-quests along the way. Gives the game a lot more structure.

Personally, I haven't used the dupe glitch, didn't even know about it until it was patched and saw someone mention that patch fixes it, but I have nothing against anyone using it in a single player game. If it's how you enjoy the game (and this isn't effecting anyone else), you do you.

Unfortunately, I wasn't acquainted with Nintendo when I was young, more of a Sega kid myself. Got curious about Nintendo after PS3, and was wondering what to get next when they announced Switch, and I moved over.

So, while I did play a little bit of A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time somewhere, my first proper Zelda game was BOTW. Since then I have played the original Zelda, Link to the Past and Link's Awakening remake. Also going to try rest of the Zelda available on Switch.

Ah, cool. Haven't seen many people mention it, but I liked what I saw, and it's on my wishlist.

How do you compare it with other games in same genre? Like Run Factory or Story of Seasons?

I have never played Windwaker, hoping for a Switch remake / port. Or they can just add it in NSO.

Spiritfarer is a really nice and relaxing game. I started playing it expecting a small 4-5 hours game, but it's pretty much a full length game.

I paused and moved away from it, but it's a game I want to return to. Just take your time and enjoy the game.

Also, patient gamers FTW! I am also a patient gamer, but with some minor exceptions. 😀

Xenoblade is one of my favourite series, but didn't enjoy the gacha mechanics of 2.

Have you played 3? In my opinion, that's the best of the series, just don't start it right after 2, or you may feel a burn out.

BotW felt like a road trip across the entire United States. TotK is like watching an epic movie while revisiting the best parts of the road trip experience without all the grind.

One thing I wish I had been told/knew before playing TotK is to follow the main quest objectives as closely as possible from the start. Like you can go do your own thing, find a bunch of stuff, and the game will have built in responses to whatever you end up doing. However, you'll miss out on a lot of elements and story complexity if you go this route. There are a lot more puzzles and fun stuff to navigate if you do them when prompted instead of finding them on your own.