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A great design job indeed. Both, BOTW and TOTK have a beautiful environment. I really wish Nintendo would create a mod without monsters, perhaps something focused more on nature, places and artifacts. My kids love to explore Hyrule but are afraid of monsters and fights :)

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I only just recently been into BOTW (well technically last christmas but only played a few days in january) and went back to it last month. You can totally play and explore for a long time while avoiding most fights. Just keep some wood and silex to sleep during the night and avoid the random bats and skeleton creatures.

Sure, or you can stay in villages (that's what my kids do) or in other "safe zones" (marked in unofficial maps). Still, I think it would be nice to have some kind of a peaceful mod.

I had similar feelings about Far Cry 5. My son would have loved exploring, driving, flying, fishing, spotting wildlife… but at his age the violence made it useless. A mode that removed all the guns and bad guys would have been awesome.

I used to play a modded copy of GTA 5 with my son that removed all the violence and you would teleport into cars instead of stealing them. My son would have me ride the street car with him, drive in the sewers, drive to the farm and look for tractors. It's a really great city simulator with mods.

It's Zelda tradition :) I used to love "Zelda" when I was a kid, and I would always run around the sunny home island in Wind Waker on the Gamecube. When I went to play "Zelda" at my cousin's house, it was Majora's Mask on the N64, and I remember it scaring the absolute shit out of me!

Wear Majora's Mask and most monsters will just ignore you.

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