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>>5343952
This.

>>5343952
Some people seem to be frustrated because it isn't in the same style as most other Zelda titles, but it's a fantastic sidescrolling action RPG. Some people also get frustrated because the game is challenging. Do you want to talk about the game's overall structure or level design?

>>5343952
>What went so horrible wrong?
Zoomers listened to dumbass e-celebs.

This game is solid and everyone thought so back then. It was different, for sure. But it was good.

It's not bad, but only having magic and no tools is pretty lame. And the magic spells aren't that interesting either.

>>5343952
Game journalists who re-wrote history with their third-grade level analysis.

>Hurrrr if Zelda 3 looked like Zelda 1 then that surely means Zelda 2 was a disaster!

I remember when this game came out and everyone loved it. Yes, Zelda was a great game if not a little cryptic but when Zelda 2 came out it was like stepping into the future. Although it has it downsides, Zelda 2 was the game me and all my friends were rushing to own and beat.

It's kind of hard to describe. It just wasn't fun to pick up and play.

>>5344078
Everybody loved Ultima 1 and no one remembers it now.

>>5343963
Nobody thought this back then

>>5343963
No one I knew was even aware of this game back then. Never played it until I was much older and emulating.

>>5343952
Your parents had sex that once

>>5344110
>It just wasn't fun to pick up and play.

I disagree. The combat lent itself very well to pick up and play sessions.

green sword mario is too hard

>>5344558
Agreed. It was thought of similarly to Mario 2(us) as kind of a bump in the road and most of us we’re just happy the original got a sequel because that meant a chance of more and hopefully better sequels.
Zelda 2 was for RPG dragon warrior/final fantasy type fags that played d&d. You weren’t cool if you liked Zelda 2 back then.

>>5343952

You can kinda tell it was supposed to be some other game like a Mario 2 scenario.

>>5344558
>>5344780
>>5344561
ITT zoomers and sheltered fags

>>5343970
Good observation.

Also they changed the hearts to squares.

Nothing at all.
It was created and developed as the way it was because of the rise, demand and interesting in more action orientated rpgs games in japan. So how about you go back to whatever shit hole you came from, probably reddlt, youtube eceleb shit or tumblr.

>>5343958
>most other Zelda titles
This wasn't an issue in 1988.

>>5345021
Fucking revisionists, amirite?

>>5343958
>but it's a fantastic sidescrolling action RPG

Except a lot of enemy placement is bullshit, the combat is simplistic as fuck, the magic is unbalanced (some is great, others are useless), the game is confusing as all fuck with absolutely no clues or hints given on where you're supposed to go next, has so much cryptic bullshit that you practically NEED a guide to complete it, and has an obnoxious amount of traveling in it, etc. etc. the list goes on

In almost every way it was inferior to the original.

>>5344908
The 20th century was this magical time when it was possible for people to be completely unaware of things that were hugely popular with other people. I miss those days without internet sometimes.

>>5345620
>the game is confusing as all fuck with absolutely no clues or hints given on where you're supposed to go next, has so much cryptic bullshit that you practically NEED a guide to complete it, and has an obnoxious amount of traveling in it, etc. etc. the list goes on
So it’s a lot like the original game, then.

>>5343953

kek

>>5343952
I enjoyed it immensely. it was refreshing and challenging and fun to map out. I wish more sequels would try new things out, rather than rehashing the same game mechanics for the nth time. Another good example of this is Starfox vs Starfox 2.

>>5343952
Nothing. That game is fine as is.

>>5343952
The biggest problem this game has is the backtracking. Other than that it isn't that bad.

>>5345620
>the game is confusing as all fuck with absolutely no clues or hints given on where you're supposed to go next, has so much cryptic bullshit that you practically NEED a guide to complete it
Can you give some examples? I never saw any.

>>5344729
You liked the butter knife combat? Yuck. That turned me off. It felt like he was stabbing with a railroad spike.

>>5343953
When the first post is also the best post.

>>5345620
Late 80's I watched my older cousin beat this in an afternoon with little trouble never playing it before with no guide. Kids these days I swear.

>>5345887
Figuring out that you need to talk to the sleeping blob in Saria 4 times to make him talk to you is slightly bullshit, but that's it.

>>5343952
Does pic related take place in the same universe?

>>5345801
If you think Zelda 2 has a lot of backtracking then I assume you haven't played any non-linear platform or adventure game in general. The overworld only has a few instances of that if you go the way you're supposed to and the dungeons themselves aren't that hard to figure out where to go to backtrack too much (leave that to the second quest of the original game).

>>5345620
>>5345682
Unless you're talking about the second quest of Zelda 1, it seems like you never actually played the NES Zelda games. Both of them aren't that hard to know where to go, especially if you just want to beat the game. Out of all those games for the NES those two are in the top 5 that are easy to beat next to Mario 1, Kirby's Adventure and Megaman 2. I'm not even a gitgud hardcore player or anything but shit if you guys think those games are hard then you haven't played a lot of games yet.

>>5343952
As a person whose first zelda experience was ALTTP, this one seems kinda interesting to me. I didn't get to play it yet. I played the first one and it felt like a downgrade, unsurprisingly, since some NES games felt like that to me, for instance, metroid, contra, megaman. Obviously it feels that way because my first nintendo console was the SNES. I enjoyed some NES originals more like castlevania and super mario bros and lost levels are the best mario games for me.

>>5344561
Seriously? I remember larping it around the playground with my friends when it came out. Everyone was on it. It was even referenced a bunch in the Zelda cartoon that was on which makes it OG Zelda. Sorry boys.

>>5343952
Great game. Terrible last boss..
You didnt even play it did you?
#Masterbaitmore

>>5343953
Dammit you beat me to it