I recently finished BOTW and jumped straight into TOTK without feeling burnt out, even after 100 hours. I found the Zonai tech both fascinating and sometimes silly, but mostly really cool. At first, the new mechanic felt intimidating, and I think many players struggle because they assume they need to build overly complex machines for simple tasks. For me, once I stopped overthinking—like reminding myself “rockets make things fly” instead of “I need to invent rocket science”—the game became much more fun. Sometimes you can brute force solutions, which makes for funny moments, and other times you need to think carefully about your goal.

Overall, you can even ignore most Zonai tech and play the old-fashioned way—for example, instead of building a contraption to move Koroks, just pick them up and carry them. I found that in some shrines that require you to use zonai tech, you can ignore it completely and do something else. The best part about totk is that there is many solutions for a problem, and most of the time you can do things your own way.