/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8176825
I can tolerate most Zelda games to an extent, I wouldn't dare say I hate Twilight Princess or Wind Waker, but there's some dislike or wishing it could've been more. I outright hate Breath of the Wild though. I can't play it without experiencing an existential crisis, I feel like I'm trapped in an endless empty void each time. I don't think the problem is that it's an open world either, but a lot of the NPCs, Quests, etc, they just feel so meaningless and weightless. It genuinely makes me depressed and I don't think many other games have done that before, the fact that it's so revered and celebrated makes me depressed even more so.

>>4698750
So do I. I have since I was a kid and I first read the Link to the Past player's guide (where this artwork comes from).

Zelda II isn't the best Zelda, nor is it even my favorite, but it's the most rewarding entry in the series.

My friend and I played it over the course of a few days, a couple years ago, with one of us playing the game and the other drawing a map of the dungeons to track our progress. The game was fucking brutal, and a lot of the parts in the game were needlessly frustrating, but no game in my adult life has actually made me jump out of my seat and yell in victory after beating it.

Is the game rough around the edges? Very. Is the English translation shit? Yes. Are there parts that are objectively stupid? Of course. But having said all that, the mountain you climb by playing the game is way higher than any of the other Zelda's.

Plus it has my favorite endgame theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vez-Q_Eo57I