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NB: This is your final warning for major, majorThe Legend ofZelda: Breath of the Wildspoilers.

What a strange and exciting few weeks its been.

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Ive seen wolves struck by lightning in the midst of a shrieking storm.

Ive been subject to a bizarre assassination attempt on a dusty road in the middle of nowhere.

Your humble writer fell pretty much in the latter camp.

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First, theres the music: baroque, atmospheric, and veering seamlessly between triumph and imminent doom.

Then theres the surprisingly rapid-fire pace of it, at least in my experience.

At the very least, Id imagined that the Ghibli-like sense of melancholy might continue into the conclusion.

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In fairness,Breath of the Wildwas never about astounding cut-scenes in the first place.

Nor isBreath of the Wildpurely about defeating Calamity Ganon.

The series is calledThe Legend of Zelda,after all.

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