The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Breath of the Wild tears up the Zelda rulebook and rebuilds it from the ground up. The open-air design gives players complete freedom from the moment they leave the Great Plateau, and the physics-driven gameplay creates emergent moments you will tell your mates about for years. The weapon durability will divide opinion but it forces creative problem-solving that keeps combat fresh throughout. Visually stunning, musically restrained in the best way, and endlessly surprising. This is the new gold standard for open-world design.