/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4364593
Original and Oracle of Ages.

>>4364625
Psh.

Zelda II and...

Actually, the GBC games are pretty easy.

hardest would be botw since theres no way to play without falling asleep easiest would be majora's mask since u can just put the clock back if u die

>>4365158
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODS

>>4364625
>>4364678
>implying OoT and MM are more difficult than the game boy zeldas

>>4365167
B-but muh zed axis adds a whole new layer of depth!

hardest is zelda 2
easiest is ocarina

>>4365396
Bingo

>>4365396
Agree

>>4365396
You know, I had to think why Ocarina of Time was so easily, but two things come to me.

1: Combat is lest clusterfucky than the 2D ones can be. It's slowed down, methodical, whereas in most other zelda games, combat is spontaneous and can be all over the place, depending.

2: Damage is less punishing. In both Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, each heart is worth 4 points, instead of 2. when you take damage in the 3D zeldas, you have a lot of time to recover, rather than a half second of invulnerability.

You can make many more mistakes before you die. The only enemy in the game that deals multiple hearts of damage in a single hit is the Iron Knuckle, of which there are a total of 5 in the game, and they're not particularly difficult to fight, their attack being the biggest telegraph in history.

>>4365396
I'm inclined to agree. Link's Awakening is another contender for easiest Zelda

Am I the only person who finds Zelda 1 harder than Zelda 2? Just crouch jump and you've won 90% of the game. Thunderbird is tough, that's about it.
Meanwhile zelda 1 has awkward controls and enemies after level 4ish continually wreck my shit.

>>4365396
/thread

>>4365496
just use bombs on everything in z1

>hardest
Zelda II
>easiest
Link's Awakening

Let's see. I've completed most Zelda games at least half a dozen times.

Hard-tier (from hardest to easiest)
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>Majora's Mask
>Zelda II
The action stages seem to give most players a lot of trouble, especially later on when there are lava pitfalls surrounding Link. Grinding doesn't always help since bad maneuvering can kill Link instantly.
>Link's Awakening
You'd think this one would be on the easy list, but the game doesn't give you heart pieces or heart containers as liberally as other Zelda games. Link has a noticeably unfavorable recovery time in LA, as well. Enemies can keep doling out attacks and inflict continuous damage just milliseconds apart. It's very easy to have all your hearts sapped by early bosses.
>Legend of Zelda
Wizzrobes and darknut trap rooms are notoriously hard for a lot of players.

Low-tier (from easiest to hardest)
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>Ocarina of Time
Easily babby's first Zelda.
>A Link to the Past
Not easy per se, but it's not at all difficult to obtain powerful items or an unnecessary surplus of hearts early into the game.
>Oracles duology

>>4365515
Link's Awakening is only easy until you get to the 7th dungeon Eagle's Tower that separates the men from the casual guide users. The last 2 dungeons in LA are some of the best in the series. I remember getting stuck in Turtle Rock as a kid for at least a month way longer than the water temple. I would say OOT is the easiest Zelda the water temple is piss easy if you find all the keys.

>>4365542
>Link's Awakening is only easy until you get to the 7th dungeon

It's not all that easy before that. The game tries its best to deprive you of power ups until you collect the flippers and the hookshot. You'll probably have less than a full row of hearts before you even get to the fifth dungeon.

Only the NES games are hard at all, the others are all about the same difficulty.

>>4364625
Oracle of Seasons was easier, actually

>>4364593
First 2 games, basically. After that pretty much every single game is easy, at least if you are familiar with the series.

>>4365569
Nigga wtf are you talking about? The first Zelda is easy as fuck.

>>4365601
Well, compared to any 3D game at least, is harder.

>>4365557
This.

The only real question is which is harder Zelda 2 or the Second Quest in Zelda 1.

>>4365601
It's easy by NES standards. Which is to say it's hard by the standards of just about every other platform (arcade and master system being the only exceptioons I know)

>>4365381
>zed

PALfags out.

>>4365782
Could be Canadian

>>4365496
I feel like Z1 has a difficulty curve that starts out lower than Z2's but ends up higher (particularly second quest). How you parse that into a determination of which is more difficult isn't particularly well-defined.

>>4367079
I think the question is how many people failed Zelda despite their best efforts vs failing Zelda 2?

Link's Awakening and the Oracle games are fairly easy.

No Zelda is hard if you play smart, as in, always have potions and full supplies. Some Zeldas can be confusing, which I'd give oracle of Ages that award, but not hard.

Easiest would be Ocarina.

Holy fuck, /vr/ actually reached a quorum on something.

>>4365496
zelda 2 game overs give me nightmares even to this day fucking up once and losing everything is devastating. especially for a kid before they knew where all the 1-UPs were

LoZ is easier all around