I thought it was an overall faulted but fantastic experience. Though, I do wish the shields had been more durable so as to encourage me to experiment with them more before I got to like, the final boss since I missed out on a lot of fun use of my shield before then since I just didn't bring it out unless I needed to reflect projectiles. The block puzzles were also very unwelcome and should never make a return.
But if you're insisting on using the shield nearly as much as your complaints imply and still losing it constantly... well, frankly, you're playing the game wrong and/or sucking. Stop holding it out to just block random strikes. You're meant to shield bash and durability loss is a punishment for sucking at it. There are also plenty of uses for Rupees in the game if you aren't just going back to town repeatedly half-way through dungeons when no new items will have popped up. I'm not sure why you expect for there to be new things when you're visiting in the middle of a dungeon, no Zelda game (or indeed just about any game) works that way. And try actually going to Beedle's shop since you have the Beetle and Slingshot now. There are also some pretty expensive items to buy in the Bazaar later. I still had things to buy at the end of the game and was in fact pretty low on money, even with getting every single goddess chest I could find.
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