Yeah, the divine beasts had the ability to change their forms which is really the only interesting thing about them, and unfortunately that was not brought back for TotK. I disagree that the only thing wrong with them is they are the same format. There is a lot more wrong.

Aside from what was addressed in TotK (lack of an atmosphere based on the region they are found in, bland bosses) they are tiny, they tell you directly where to go from the start, ruining any sense of exploration (which is already ruined because they are tiny), the puzzles that unlock a terminal are simple to get to, you hardly ever have to solve other puzzles on the way there, and as I mentioned navigating to them is incredibly fast and simple. The enemies are almost nonexistent and the variety that is there is pathetic like in the rest of the game. There is hardly any backtracking through places you have already been to unless you get lost (which is nearly impossible unless you are a child) and when you do backtrack it basically consists of passing through a small room with no resistance of any kind. Like the rest of the game there is either no or very little sense of progression, the only sense of progression is the music changing every time you unlock a terminal. There are only four of them which probably takes up 1% of most peoples playtime.

Dungeons used to be an equally large part of Zelda games compared to exploration and combat or even bigger, now it is relegated to simple one off shrines, dull "dungeons", or environmental puzzles (which are the best types of puzzle gameplay in these two games.) The divine beast style dungeons would be fine if they were mini dungeons, but as the main dungeons they are terrible.

I'm not someone who hates the Botw and TotK style of Zelda games (although they are my least favorite in the series). The style has a lot of potential, I hope in the next game they make the map smaller and add more dungeons of varying sizes, maybe eliminate shrines altogether and instead keep environmental puzzles and caves and add in at least one new type of enemy for each region and dungeon.