2d focused system to a 3d focused system
that's a good point
That's not all SM64 did though? It's not just the jump from 2D to 3D, it's everything else that went along with it. Like switching from platforming-based obstacle course individual levels, to a non-linear sandbox focused on exploration and finding collectibles. The switch from focus on platforming challenges in prior games like World to non-linear sandbox, where you could tackle worlds in a pretty broad number of different orders collecting Power Stars, going to and from and back again (and indeed had to do that even from the fist world as you can't collect all the Power Stars in Bob-Omb Battlefield until you have the Wing Cap, so you have to leave and collect enough Power Stars to unlock it before you can finish it at the very least) is the type of thing that has absolutely nothing to do with technology and something Nintendo decided to do anyway.
Not in a world where Bomberman Act Zero exists.
To be honest GTA 3 isn't that big in terms of reinvention. GTA 3 was fantastic, very influential and a very important game. But really, the core of what GTA is didn't really change all that much. GTA 3 was just the natural evolution of the series going 3D.
That did a hard reboot of the entire continuity of the series, but LoS wasn't the first, second or even third time (or fourth, if you want to get technical) that Konami set out to do a big 3D action-adventure game for the series. Heck, it's even level-based like the 2D games, and unless my memory is really failing me here, even IGA's 3D installments were designed to be more contiguous experiences.
Maybe just play it? The only "souls-like"-aspect ist the camera-perspective. It plays pretty much like old God of War but with a new weapon. There are some crazy mechanics in the game and the action is very over-the-top, just like old GoW. The game isn't hard on normal difficulty and you can always switch to the easiest setting to focus on the story.
Wut. The game has no stamina system so you can just spam attacks until the enemy decides to attack, then all you have to do is block, and there is such a huge block window it's not even particularly challenging. You can knock enemies into the air, but it changes nothing other than making them not be able to attack you, you get no new moves or abilities of any significance while the enemy is in the air due to there being no jumping. If you could jump you could have different moves or abilities while being in the air, but they couldn't do that because they removed jumping for some reason. You get new abilities but almost all of them serve the same purpose. You can throw your axe to freeze enemies, thus keeping them from attacking you. So many of the abilities are just variations on that exact same concept. The fact that I have beaten the vast majority of fights by spamming the same two moves over and over doesn't exactly speak well for it's supposed depth.
This really sounds silly. Believe me, I am a big fan of stylish action. And the new God of War has some of the best stylish battles ever created. You will forgot very fast that you can't jump because there are other great mechanics in the game. Just do yourself the favor and play it.
I couldn't shield surf or fight dungeons in original LoZ. Couldn't go straight to the final boss. Couldn't climb. The whole open air concept wasn't a thing.
people have lost their whole entire minds
The similarities aren't exactly hard to see. You have an invincible companion following you around constantly talking. Alot of the puzzles are the same "Get child up onto ledge so they can help you get up". Entire story has similar themes of a parental figure learning to let go of previous tragedies to appreciate their new child.
They just pressed the "make 2d game 3d" button and brushed their hands off with a job well done. Piloting 3d gaming genres is ez. It's not like hundreds of franchise fumbled, or worse died during the transition. Just make the game 3d!
This statement makes me assume that you didn't play the game.
