Itβs not out yet, but the upcoming Xenoblade 1 port might be what I would consider the closest thing youβre gonna get to exploring another world thatβs anywhere near as good as BotWβs is. In fact I think the Xenoblade developers did some of the world design stuff in BotW if Iβm not mistaken.
I havenβt finished Xenoblade 2 yet but from what Iβve played its world design is pretty meh compared to the first game, itβs still a solid RPG that might scratch some of that βbig epic adventureβ itch that BotW left you wanting more of.
But yeah BotWβs world is really something special. I dunno how they did it but they took the meme idea of βgigantic open world with 1000 quests/collectables dotted all over the map and nothing stopping you from beating the game at any timeβ and somehow made the most fun and engaging Zelda overworld ever with that concept. It really says something when the world is that huge and I could memorize my way around it as well as I did OoTβs overworld.
