I’m not the best video game reviewer out there. For one, I’m pretty bad at video games compared with a lot of “serious” gamers. I also tend to forget the details of games, instead remembering them in a vague haze of emotion. Dead Space? Very scary. I can’t remember any specific moments apart from the ending, but man, it was terrifying. Stardew Valley? Nostalgic and charming! But don’t ask me what I planted, or even who I married. I forgot.
It should speak volumes for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, therefore, that I not only look back on the game in a haze of pure joy, but also that I can remember so many of the specific, minor details that made it such a great game.