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It's been nice to see Zelda 2 getting some love in the modern age, considering how badly it was shit on in the 90's and 00's (at least from my perspective). It's definitely not cut from the same cloth as most other entries in the series, but it does have plenty of unique value. I think the one thing that gives 2 its uniqueness was the addition of an overworld map; for all of the Zelda series' efforts to create epic adventures, the maps have always felt very confined and restrictive. Zelda 2's larger scale and multiple towns gave the quest a much grander sense of scale, a feeling that was absent from the series until BotW.

OoT is...well, if the entire game was like the middle third (becoming an adult, getting Epona, Hookshot, Forest Temple, having the freedom to go out of order and do Ice Cave / Biggoron's Sword / Water Temple early), it would easily be the GOAT of the series. But the first three child dungeons bore me to tears, the game kinda loses steam in the last few dungeons (particularly the final dungeon), and the OoT version of Ganondorf is one of the biggest unintentional dorks in gaming, to the point where even as a kid I couldn't take his derpy cliched ass seriously. When you are effortlessly outclassed in coolness and intimidation by your phantasmal doppelganger, it's time to pack it in.