The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild boasts a massive open world that can be explored in a variety of different ways. In fact, series producer Eiji Aonuma revealed that players can reach the end goal without experiencing the game’s entire story.
"Users may not actually get the full story depending on how they play this game and how they strategize and solve puzzles," Aonuma told Polygon, adding that players will be "able to go to the very end goal without revealing why Link woke up the way he did and where he did."
Source: IGN Video Games