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Finished the Story of Tears of the Kingdom at 72.62% completion.  

9.9/10 

Probably the most anyone has ever squeezed out of 7 year old hardware in history. 
The final sequence of the game was pretty good but I do feel it could've been better.

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There is no big dungeon at the end, just a fairly short underground area that leads to the boss fight with Ganondorf. This is something OOT did better, you get Ganons tower with a bunch of challenges based on all the elements and dungeons and in The Wind Waker there was the 'boss rush' which was pretty neat. In this game you fight a bunch of enemies much like in Skyward Sword (but this lacks the urgency of saving Zelda from Demise) and then you face off with Ganondorf. The bosses show up again but only in a cutscene. Would've been cool to have an actual inverted Ganon castle, a fortress on the Blood Moon or perhaps Link traveling back in time to fight Ganondorf alongside Rauru when he was still 'beatable'. Would've been sort of a fun time loop if it turns out the 'hero' from the tapestry is actually Link himself who made his way back through time.

The final battles of the game also surprisingly do nothing with the building and sages mechanics, relying almost entirely on parry. First stages of the boss battle almost seem like a cut sequence from BOTW. The twin dragon part at the very end (although heavily scripted) is awesome. However, Zelda returning back to normal after the battle seems like a missed opportunity for a second quest to find a way to restore her body.

If I had to decide between a big final dungeon and second quest or the Depths I would pick the former.