Runa216 said:
This is 100% correct. Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess followed the 'Link to the Past' formula, while Breath of the Wild was clearly emulating the original. Zelda II, Majora's Mask, and Skyward sword all did their own unique things and Wind Waker was kinda half-emulating the LTTP/OOT formula, but without any of the second world/timeline/world hopping. I love it. My PERSONAL Rankings for the mainline/console games: Link to the Past > Breath of the Wild > Wind Waker > Twilight Princess > Legend of Zelda > Ocarina of Time > Majora's Mask > Link's Adventure > Skyward Sword. (The idea of a linear Zelda could be good, I just think the balance was off, the characters were poorly written, the story was earmarked for Link to speak/have personality but just didn't, the handholding was TOO much for TOO long, and the motion controls just didn't work. I was having to stop and fix the sync every 5-10 minutes and even then it just didn't work. an early dungeon had you rotate your sword tip to make three eyes dizzy at the same time. I knew what to do, I did it, but it didn't work. I googled it to make sure I wasn't missing anything, I wasn't. I watched youtube, they did the exact same thing I did; it took me half an hour of drawing circles with my wiimote before it worked. That was when I mentally checked out, though I did make it 15 hours or so into the game.) |
Loved Skyward Sword. I think the dungeon design is the best in the series. Ancient Cistern and Sandship are especially brilliant. Also features the best boss fights. And I think the items are the most fun to use.
The handholding is a thing, but really not enough to bother me. And as for the motion controls, I really never had an issue, aside from the occassional need to recalibrate it. Worked fine and made the combat more engaging.
I prefer the 3D entries to the 2D games, but among the 3D ones, my favorite is generally whichever one I played last. Each of them is excellent
