I know what you mean. I played the other way around TWW then OoT. I thought a lot of the puzzles, bad guys etc was similar. However the two have different vibes. They are both exploration / adventure games in different settings. Land and water. Glidoran, yeah some of TWW was like that with regards to the cookie cutter thing. However it never bothered me as I found so many different things to do etc, I hardly noticed. There are more different features, some may say gimmicks, with the next Zelda according to what has been previewed so far.