Zelda 1 is the only Zelda game I played that I thought was truly bad. I don't know why so many people think this one is better than Zelda 2; it's like people who insisted that Phantasy Star 2 was better than Final Fantasy 4. Zelda 2 is so much richer in every single way (instead of no towns you have about a dozen towns, more dungeons, way more secrets), not frustratingly difficult to the point of feeling broken - and Zelda 2 is actually rewarding to play through; rather than feeling like a virtual torture.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the breakthrough that Zelda 1 was. As a game though, it's the one Zelda adventure I won't even consider revisiting for more than 15 minutes; and that's just to remind me why I shouldn't play the game.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
