It feels dead tbh and that is linked to the lack of content...or rather the lack of anything living. BOTW's Hyrule is in this weird state where it feels like ruins, but it also feels like nobody has ever lived here--almost like an untouched Garden of Eden state. There isn't much wildlife and...
No. Nature can be beautiful, but it is not calm. It is survival of the fittest. Nature is cold and uncaring. It isn't concerned for your well being and will happily kill you. It isn't your friend, indeed the wild is man's most ancient enemy and what our ancestors fought against to survive.