I get tired of the same story being repeated, maybe I could have worded it better - thats the part that they just recycle all the time. Yeah they aren’t releasing new games on a yearly basis but when they do its the same characters and nearly the same story lines. BoTW is about rescuing the princess, so is the orig Zelda. Yes there are different mini-boss fights, puzzles, etc. and they can be fun but its certainly not a new original story.
I like how with Batman and Joker movies different directors/actors have a different take on the characters or setting (gritty vs campy humor, etc.) and I don’t mind similar story elements being re-used. I don’t like that in most video games for some reason. Horizon Zero Dawn was awesome, same with Last of Us (game), haven’t looked at a sequels, they look like more of the same. Its okay for me to not like that in this art form and its okay for you (or others) to like it.
But "Link, the hero of time saves Zelda from Ganon, the great evil" is the whole point of the story in the Zelda games, that these three fates are intertwined for eternity and meant to constantly dance their dance.
>I like how with Batman and Joker movies different directors/actors have a different take on the characters or setting
Zelda does this massively, there's multiple interpretations of these characters because they are different living beings in the same lineage or whatever. Consider the toon games, where "Zelda" is a pirate girl with zero "Royal" character attributes.
I don't know what you are expecting or asking for. Hell, BoTW is ALSO another re-interpretation of the story and characters
I’m not asking for anything, Nintendo is going to do whatever they want with their video game art form. I’m just commenting that I’ve found for most video games with story elements I don’t like repeat/rehashing a story. For whatever reason I’m ok with that sometimes in movies. I got through most of BoTW but just can’t pick it back up to finish, so I don’t.
Maybe the difference for me is with a movie, I’m just along for the ride and have no input into anything, but with a video game I’m playing the main character and when I’ve played that same exact main character with that same overall story arc I just don’t find it interesting. The other element I think is my age, I’m finding less consumable media (tv, movies, games, books, sports) enjoyable as I get older. There are things I still really enjoy but genres of them that I used to and now I don’t find interesting.
I like how with Batman and Joker movies different directors/actors have a different take on the characters or setting (gritty vs campy humor, etc.) and I don’t mind similar story elements being re-used. I don’t like that in most video games for some reason. Horizon Zero Dawn was awesome, same with Last of Us (game), haven’t looked at a sequels, they look like more of the same. Its okay for me to not like that in this art form and its okay for you (or others) to like it.