A Link Between Worlds did open world Zelda first, and did it better.
>Actual full dungeons with unique themes, that can be done in any order the player wants
>World is smaller, but more dense with things to find
>A larger library of items to use, and you have to work harder to truly earn them all for keeps
>Every dungeon has a different, fun upgrade for you hidden in it, and if you know what they are, you have to consider which ones are important to get first
A Link Between Worlds did open world Zelda first, and did it better
Josiah Clark
Gabriel Gray
the first zelda was open world retard.
Luis Gonzalez
Still pales in comparison to the chad ALBW
Nicholas Perez
it's up there, you're right -if botw were modeled after albw then we would all unanimously love it for it (it needs kinstones & rings, wtf botw)
Liam Smith
ALBW is probably the best 2D Zelda fullstop, maybe only challenged somewhat for that position by LA Switch until Zelda 1 gets a remake.
Jordan Evans
While I definitely don't agree with this list 100%, I agree with you in that BotW could have taken way more notes from ALBW. I'm surprised it didn't, because I really thought ALBW was them testing the waters for this format on a smaller scale.
I agree, and I think it's downright criminal that it doesn't get talked about more.
I also kinda liked TFH a lot too, it's a shame it's so hard to play
Charles Anderson
Decent list but having LoZ (original) at S screams contrarian try hard. I would drop it and switch seasons with WW. Would also drop TP one or two ranks.
Easton Wilson
>LoZ (original) at S screams contrarian
why do you hate the OG user? it's amazing and we need a new one taking directly after its design motifs, secrets being secret, open world, non-linear from time to time, riddles
Easton Stewart
I know this post is ironic, but I actually do agree. I prefer exploration games like this that are more focused than BOTW is.
Luis Murphy
I'm not even being ironic, I really do think ALBW had the right idea sooner
Adrian Edwards
>Link Between Worlds doing anything first
Elijah Kelly
Luis Hill
I loved ALttP but dropped ALBW within two hours, so I'd have to disagree there chief
Caleb White
I agree. I get that people enjoy BOTW's style of fucking about with stuff in different combinations, but I generally prefer games that set up particular obstacles and tight puzzles in the way that ALBW does. Honestly, the plot is also pretty alright for what it is.
Colton Morris
>did open world Zelda first
That's not the Zelda 1, but I agree with the rest of your post.
Henry Butler
I'm the opposite. Couldn't get into LttP, but got right into ALBW, which is part of why it's so weird for me to hear people rag on it as just a clone of LttP.
Noah King
>oot at the top
>botw at the bottom
as it should be
Levi Price
I honestly like them both, when you really get into it ALBW has enough different for both games to stand on their own
Landon Brooks
What's the consensus on Faces of Evil/Wand of Gamelon remastered? I've heard pretty good things.
Adam Jones
>anything beating out LTTP
Ryder Allen
>TP that high
Michael Young
they're pretty good, they're short
Austin Long
I thought BotW was gonna be like a full scale ALBW because Aonuma was saying it was an experiment for their open world game.
David Morgan
If only
Bentley Cooper
Still assblasted about BotW - aka Game Of The Decade/Generation, huh?
Hows that working out for you?
Ayden Bennett
They found us. Abandon thread.
Tyler Powell
Been saying it for years, ALBW is the true return to classic Zelda form instead of BotW.
Josiah Jackson
>it's been 7 years since ALBW
Jonathan Gray
Gavin Myers
Recycled memes and shitposting isn't 'criticism'.
BotW is so good it has ruined your life. You spend all your days for years on end seething about it.
Parker Butler
>they
it's one guy
Camden Lopez
Would have loved it so much more if that was the case, but oh well
Yeah I prefer it to BOTW as well. I don't dislike that game but it is unfortunate that it tossed out a lot of what I enjoyed about past games, ALBW had all of it though.
For years I'd said Skyward Sword was my favorite Zelda game (and I do still like it more than most people but if you had me at gunpoint there's a good chance I would say my favorite is ALBW, I'm always in the mood to replay it, and I can't say that about pretty much any other game in the series that I've played so far.
Gavin Cook
Only problem I have with the game is that you buy the major items in a shop now and to me, that destroys the excitement I get when finding a new item in a dungeon.