/vr/ - Retro Games

What's your opinion on Zelda II? It's personally one of my favorite Zelda games. Not THE favorite, but in my top 5.

Despite its difficulty and cryptic shit at times, I loved it. The combat was just really fun to me.

Pros:
>challenging enemies
>having ACTUAL RPG elements in a Zelda game
>being able to cast spells
>having an overworld+combat world
>grinding isn't really necessary
Cons:
>like most Zelda games, the story is pretty basic
>no character developement
>random battles are pretty annoying
>some of the challenge comes from shit just being arbitrary, ex: asked to find mirror, with no clues to where it is; it's invisible and under a table that, so you just have to know to crouch down and press 'B' by that specific table
>This probably is just a product of its time, but I hate not being able to at least save in a town and start there.
>The worst flaw: having a limited number of lives and being sent back to the starting when you get a game over. It's not particularly challenging. It's just really annoying

This game was a true adventure and made a man out of me.

Alright, part of the premise is that Ganon's followers will revive Ganon with the blood of Link if he dies.

So what if he falls into a lava pit or something? The game still shows Ganon being revived.