mZuzek said:
Come on, Wind Waker? Nah, my dude. That game is actual crap - and by actual crap, I mean only pretty good. Look, I love Wind Waker as much as the next guy, but... looking at it objectively, it does nothing very well. The dungeons are all really boring, as are nearly all the bosses. The game is consistently very easy but extends its running time with loads upon loads of padding. Exploring just in general isn't very fun because of how long it takes to get anywhere, and you rarely find anything meaningful. I could list problems on and on. The reality is, there's only one thing Wind Waker does well, and that's the atmosphere - but it does it so exceptionally well that it pretty much sells you on the whole game. You can't help but happily play through its mediocre content because the visuals and music, as well as the story and characters, are so great that they create this 'magic' feeling unlike most other games. It's taken me long enough to figure this out, of course. When I first played through the game I didn't have this clear of a view on it, but nowadays I can see that, objectively, it's quite an average Zelda game. Conversely, A Link to the Past is probably the best Zelda along with Breath of the Wild from an objective point of view. Both strike a good balance between free exploration and linearity, allowing the players loads of freedom to explore while not becoming overwhelming or too difficult. Both have loads of content, and even if that content is focused on different areas in each of them, it is all very high quality. But most importantly, both of them have very engaging overworlds with loads of secrets and interesting things to find. Neither of these is my favorite, by the way - but I guess many here would know that. |
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