Zelda is Zelda. I really wonder if it it the same people complaining that games are too similar and too different to Oot. If they are the same people, they're hypocrites and we don't need to care what they think.
Zelda is experimental by nature, but it's also still a franchise. I think it's actually got quite the happy medium going on. They try new things with many installments, but it's still essentially the same gameplay.
If you want the game to be different, why not just play a game that isn't Zelda? Zelda is Zelda.
"Now, a fun game should always be easy to understand - you should be able to take one look at it and know what you have to do straight away. It should be so well constructed that you can tell at a glance what your goal is and, even if you don’t succeed, you’ll blame yourself rather than the game. Moreover, the people standing around watching the game have also got to be able to enjoy it." - Shiggy
