24th April 2013, 10:14 PM
I'm sure I've said most of this stuff before, but...
Well, I still dislike the art design... in comparison to LA, the character sprites don't look so good. Never have; this has always been one of my complaints about the game, the character art isn't nearly up to LA's level.
And I hate that stupid way-too-small sword swing animation, the LA engine's wider swing is a lot better. Your range is too small in LttP!
And the story is terrible, worst in a Nintendo Zelda game released in the '90s. The only post-NES Zelda games they've made that are as bad are Phantom Hourglass and the two Oracles games, all the others are better.
And there's not much to do in the town, either. You can see how that led to what they did with towns in OoT, but it wasn't there yet. The town feels kind of pointless, apart from the shop and such.
And the world design is so boring! It's just a grid of nine squares in each world. Each square has a different terrain in it. Very bland design.
And in that world, the zones are pointlessly large and mostly empty, LA's world design is far better. Heck, even the first NES game's overworld might be more interesting. LttP's is just so bland, with these huge areas with almost nothing in them and few obstacles or enemies most of the time...
And yes, I hate that there are still hidden items there are no good clues to that you are required to find, like the Book of Mudora, the Light Arrows, the Ice Rod, and maybe another thing.
Oh, and of course the interface is pretty primitive compared to any newer Zelda game. Only one item at a time, really?
Overall, LttP is a very good game, and I did actually enjoy it when I played it through on the SNES a few years ago (the GBA version wasn't as good, and I dropped that one midway through after I got it back after it came out because I lost interest), but it's overrated, and it's nowhere remotely near as good as LA, OoA, or OoS, for 2d Zeldas. I'd seriously consider putting the first NES Zelda above it too. Probably would, really; yes, that game's even more random, but at least then you expected that kind of thing (even if I like StarTropics more than NES Zelda in part because it gets rid of most of that random-searches-required stuff...).
However, if you count the two DS Zelda games as "2d", which in terms of gameplay they kind of are, those at least are worse than LttP for sure...
Well, I still dislike the art design... in comparison to LA, the character sprites don't look so good. Never have; this has always been one of my complaints about the game, the character art isn't nearly up to LA's level.
And I hate that stupid way-too-small sword swing animation, the LA engine's wider swing is a lot better. Your range is too small in LttP!
And the story is terrible, worst in a Nintendo Zelda game released in the '90s. The only post-NES Zelda games they've made that are as bad are Phantom Hourglass and the two Oracles games, all the others are better.
And there's not much to do in the town, either. You can see how that led to what they did with towns in OoT, but it wasn't there yet. The town feels kind of pointless, apart from the shop and such.
And the world design is so boring! It's just a grid of nine squares in each world. Each square has a different terrain in it. Very bland design.
And in that world, the zones are pointlessly large and mostly empty, LA's world design is far better. Heck, even the first NES game's overworld might be more interesting. LttP's is just so bland, with these huge areas with almost nothing in them and few obstacles or enemies most of the time...
And yes, I hate that there are still hidden items there are no good clues to that you are required to find, like the Book of Mudora, the Light Arrows, the Ice Rod, and maybe another thing.
Oh, and of course the interface is pretty primitive compared to any newer Zelda game. Only one item at a time, really?
Overall, LttP is a very good game, and I did actually enjoy it when I played it through on the SNES a few years ago (the GBA version wasn't as good, and I dropped that one midway through after I got it back after it came out because I lost interest), but it's overrated, and it's nowhere remotely near as good as LA, OoA, or OoS, for 2d Zeldas. I'd seriously consider putting the first NES Zelda above it too. Probably would, really; yes, that game's even more random, but at least then you expected that kind of thing (even if I like StarTropics more than NES Zelda in part because it gets rid of most of that random-searches-required stuff...).
However, if you count the two DS Zelda games as "2d", which in terms of gameplay they kind of are, those at least are worse than LttP for sure...
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