BotW is one of my favorite games of all time, and while it's ending was kind of disappointing, I maintain that it's still one of my favorites.
TotK is also an incredible game, with a fantastic ending to boot, unlike BotW, it felt like an actual challenge to overcome, unlike Ganon, Ganondorf is no pushover, and the fact you start the fight by fighting an army really adds to the feeling of ramped up challenge.
But which game do I prefer? Logically, my answer should be TotK, it's BotW, but with more content, however it's a bit more complex than that.
Gameplay wise, it absolutely goes to TotK, as promised the game is harder than BotW, and it has more meat to it with the abilities, enemies, alternate worlds (the Depths are just a more mysterious dark world and I love it), and Zonai devices.
Story wise though, I struggle to say which game has the better plot. BotW has the better main character arc (Zelda is the protagonist no questions please), however TotK has the better side character arcs (including one for Link) and emotional moments over all.
Story wise though, I struggle to say which game has the better plot. BotW has the better main character arc (Zelda is the protagonist no questions please), however TotK has the better side character arcs (including one for Link) and emotional moments over all.
I will say, it's cool that TotK is basically the complete vision of the Zelda team, you don't get that a lot in triple A games anymore, and while I understand why people might not like it, I do think it deserves acclaim for completing it's vision.
I plan on making more posts on both games later so stay tuned if you're interested. In the end, I give both games a 9/10, fantastic games that are dearly important to me. Can't wait to see what's next.