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I totally get this and I'll also be fairly disappointed if the game is mostly just the same locations with modifications like dungeons and suchIf a significant part of the trailer takes place in recognizable or barely changed parts of BotW's Hyrule I am going to have a total meltdown. Just warning you.
50% or more of this game can't take place in the same play space as the first one. In a game where exploration and the thrill of the new is 90% of the pleasure, it just... it just can't. "Oh, this building is now destroyed, and that shrine is now gone etc etc" does NOT scratch that itch.
Gotta keep the faith. Most of this game will take place in the sky, or elsewhere. I remember doubting there would be towns in BotW, not making that same mistake again with the map here. It WILL be mostly new. It's been 6 years. It has to be.
Just getting nervous with a week to go until we probably find out...
But I'm leaning towards being optimistic. I think the new areas of the game will at least equal BoTW's and, honestly, I'm just really curious to see what the Zelda team has done with nearly 5 years of development while reusing the same "base" map. Like, in the best case scenario, it seems really freeing to have a solid base already made, so you can focus on going wild with everything else knowing that base is there to fall back on. And it's a pretty unique premise for an open world to have (expanding veritcally on an existing horizontal map)
Who knows, maybe I'm just giving them too much benefit of the doubt and the game will be mostly just old areas with new story/dungeons/abilities, and the sky zones are just a minor part of the game hosting dungeons or challenges. But I'm really hoping that's not the case