As a kid you would play the dumbest stuff and think it was amazing. The age is 100% relevant to how you remember it.
How could the OP be enjoying the feeling of Witcher 3 if they have childhood blinders on? Someone could draw roots of W3 & BotW back to Ocarina. It is reasonable to wish they made a modern Zelda that went down more of the W3 open world path instead of BotW style.