Brandy I'm in the same boat actually! I may have gotten like 25% through the game but stopped playing and haven't picked it up since. Not that it wasn't good, but yeah….hard to beat BotW (especially when you're not changing it up that much).
Zhaan I'm liking it more now because I'm just exploring and ignoring everything else. Never cared for the building mechanic in this game.
Brandy Yeah it didn't feel fully needed and I didn't care much for it either. I think if/when I play again I'll just start a new file to get the full experience