I don't know. I thought the story was up there with the very best in Zelda. The main story in your quest to find Zelda explains the origin of the first sages (in this Hyrule), the historic Zonai civilization (which is likely linked to the Sky Temple, City in the Sky, in Twilight Princess), how Hyrule was founded, and how the events happened that led up to the Calamity itself from BotW.
The main story (finding Zelda and finding the Tears quest(s)) also has an eventful conclusion, and a crazy final boss battle. There's something in plain sight too, and if you realize it before the reveal, it's a big moment (at least it was for us).
And the MANY side quests reveal a lot of Zelda franchise lore. One of the big ones revealing that the Gorons are born from the earth directly and not from procreation, and their place of birth is how they determine who their family is.
The Depths introduce an all-new "realm" or region to the franchise. It's mostly speculation and theory based on some Yiga diary entries you find, how it's a mirror of the surface, and the relation between the Bargainer statues and the Poes there, but it's impressive. A fairly common theory is that when the chasms appeared following the Upheaval, it essentially fucked up the underground region the Zonai were mining 10,000 years ago and the underworld itself so they sort of became one ("The Depths"), or it affected the so much that elements of the underworld (the poes and a certain spirit is located down there) is leaking out into the underground.
Yes, yes, this doesn't have much to do with gameplay, but the main story and all the information and new theories from other quests and parts of the game is substantial.
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