re: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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It's added play time to do nothing but go scrounge for resources so I can repair my shite and then go forward.

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Or it forces the player to learn different weapons and tactics rather than sticking with the same thing for large swaths of a game.

I'm not saying I'm a definite fan of this decision but it can have a gameplay reason other than to pad out a game. I'll reserve judgement on whether this feature is a good move by Nintendo once I've read more or played it myself.