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Lots of great points in here which now makes me confused about the decision to keep separate maps and fade-to-black transitions in, when aonuma said it was to stay in the spirit of the original. They serve as a means of making the world seem larger than it is, and to have you wonder what's inbetween

the maps, so why keep that but then detail out so much of the rest of the game?

I don't care much for the "endless pursuit of realism" point though, we've had (and still occasionally get) tons of "realistic" looking games that still manage to be artistically interesting and leave stuff to the imagination. The problem imo isn't when games try to look real it's when they try to