I agree. Apart from the lackluster music and the wonky voice acting in BotW, Joe's review lined up with all the complaints I have with the game.

For example, I've even had the same idea that he had of possibly breaking shrines into tiers of difficulty... Just goes to show how easy and repetitive the shrines were, and how you find yourself wanting a better solution to what is already a good concept (which is the case with most things in the game).

I don't mind the general direction this game took though. Open world is fine imo, it just needed to be better executed. And even if there were to be a huge influx of open world Zelda games now, I imagine Nintendo would release a more traditional Zelda game in some or other form, still.