re: Majora's Mask is the greatest zelda game of all time

50 hours is about my break point for games

will lose interest no matter what

I am really surprised at some of the responses in regards to BOTW. I think I have it as my top Zelda game that I've ever played. I understand how exploring could get tedious for some, but it was my favorite part of the game. I don't think it is perfect by any means, but it's one of the few games that I would just randomly think about during the day.

I also understand the love for MM, but I gave it a try when I was 13 and again more recently. I still haven't come close to finishing it. That could because I have a kid now, but I've just never felt the urge to make sure I finished it like OOT and BOTW.

One game that hasn't been mentioned yet is Link Between Worlds. I really enjoyed the game dynamic of flattening against the wall and going to the other dimension. I think it's very underrated.

My problem with the open world games is they are too immersive and take too much time. I cant jump on in the evening for an hour and play a level or two. I've gone back to PS2 and N64 mostly because of that.

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I just don’t see why people think OoT is some holy grail of gaming. It’s an excellent game, but I don’t agree with pedestal it’s put on.

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A lot of that has to do with the fact that 3D gaming was still relatively new at the time, so when OoT went completely 3D and did it WELL on top of that, the awe that it inspired playing through it for the first time was unreal. It was an experience that really hadn't been available before then. I still vividly remember the first time I stepped out onto Hyrule Field.

Not to mention the music, the storytelling, and the characters were all extremely well done. The controls made sense and felt good. That to me is one of the more impressive feats OoT pulled off considering what little info they had to go off of for games of that type at the time.

That said, BotW was able to replicate that for me. In this day and age that's extremely hard to do. It was able to give me a new experience with Zelda while also providing those "Wow..." moments from the sheer beauty/scope of the game. That's why I give it the nod.

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The constant weapon breaking was something I could not get passed. Minor complaint to some, but it was so annoying to me I just couldn’t play anymore.

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I don't know if it was because I did not read anything about the game at all but that never really crossed my mind.

It was more like...dammit my weapons keep breaking...I need to find better stuff and not waste it on certain enemies at the moment.

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I am really surprised at some of the responses in regards to BOTW. I think I have it as my top Zelda game that I've ever played. I understand how exploring could get tedious for some, but it was my favorite part of the game.

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Just to be clear. I really enjoyed the hell out of this game. I just took a break and never really wanted to go back even though I invested like 40-50 hours. Same thing happened to me with fallout 4.

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but if we're talking about truly underrated games, Minish Cap is at the top of the list. Probably a testament to how deep the GBA library is.

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Agreed. Minish Cap was a lot of fun. I went on a Zelda binge fa year or 2 ago. I played OOT, Minish Cap, Link Between Worlds, TP, and MM. I enjoyed the hell out of all of them. I played many of them on a refurbished 3Ds that I bought just for Zelda. Then, I got the switch just for Zelda and Mario. I am hoping that Wind Waker is made available on the Switch eventually. That's the one Zelda I've never played that everyone says is great.