Current Events > How do you you rank all the zelda games?

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Separate 3D and 2D games

3D: BotW > Skyward Sword = Wind Waker = Ocarina of Time > Majora's Mask >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Twilight Princess

2D: Oracle of Seasons/Ages (Seasons > Ages) > Link Between Worlds > A Link to The Past/Four Swords > Link's Awakening > Four Swords Adventures > Minish Cap > The Legend of Zelda > Zelda 2 > Spirit Tracks > Phantom Hourglass

zelda games are good
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i've never played the 2d Zelda games.

3D: MM >= Wind Waker = Twilight Princess = Ocarina of Time >> Skyward Sword.

haven't played Breath of the Wild yet either.
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3d: WW>OoT>TP>>>BotW Havent played SS or MM much at all

2d: Lttp>LA>OA/OS>MC>Z2>Z1 havent played the others much
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3d

WW=MM>OoT>SS>TP

Have yet to play BotW.
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1. Breath of the Wild
2. Ocarina of Time
3. Windwaker
4. Twilight Princess
5. Majora's Mask

Haven't played Skyward Sword and I haven't played enough of the 2D ones to rank them.
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Majoras
Links Awakening
BotW

everything else who gives a fuck, thrown wind waker, ocarina and minish cap somwhere in there.
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Links Awakening and a bunch of shit
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3D:
OOT > MM > TP = TWW > SS

Handheld/Console 2D:
OOS > OOA > ALttP > LA > Minish Cap > ALBW > FSA > TLoZ > TAoL >>>>> PH = SS
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Link's Awakening >>>>> Oracle of Ages/Seasons > A Link to the Past > Ocarina of Time > Wind Waker > Phantom Hourglass > Minish Cap > Zelda 1 > meh...
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Wow, TC.

Thats, uh...quite the opinion you have.
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3D: Ocarina of Time = Wind Waker > Majora's Mask = Breath of the Wild > Twilight Princess > Skyward Sword.

Majora's Mask is only less than OoT and Wind Waker because I find the time reversal tedious as balls. The way that mechanic clicks with the rest of the game is phenomenal so it's not even really a critique of the game, I just get personally irritated/anxious from it.

BotW was great but the lack of true dungeons was sorely felt, the bosses had no real variety and the inventory management was a PITA whether or not you mind the durability aspect. Story was mostly shallow and had one of the least satisfying endings I think I've ever experienced (They really can do better, WW and SS were both more interesting).

TP was solid mechanically but felt too empty and charmless a lot of the time. Midna kinda carried the game story-wise. I loved Zant until the reveal.

SS, in spite of the awesome dungeons, bosses and a real attempt at story, had a shitty shitty overworld, an obnoxious "helper" in Fi (who is actually as bad as people claim Navi to be) and terrible controls that puts it below the rest. It was also very unpolished for a Zelda game, felt outsourced.

EDIT: Uh, forgot 2D but IIRC the only one I've played to completion was Phantom Hourglass so wouldn't be much help anyway. I've tried all the others except for ALBW but never really put the time into them to get far, they just don't hook me the same way.
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_PrincessZelda posted...

I haven't played SS, the DS games, or the Four Swords games.

SS is railroaded as fuck but the controls are good.
If you've played Minish Cap you aren't missing much by not playing Four Swords.
Four Swords Adventures is fun if you like obtuse puzzles, otherwise it's infuriating.
The DS games are abominations.
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OoT>=MM>=BotW>ALBW>HW>>>>>TFH
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I forgot Triforce Heroes was a thing

I'm not counting Hyrule Warriors because it's a Dynasty Warriors game

The original is pretty lame and I spent about 10 minutes before I got bored.

I've never played any of the others.
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^lol

Omnislasher posted...

^lol

If you're suggesting that one of the others might actually be worth playing, let me know which would be a good one to start with.

Although in general I tend to have little patience for action RPGs, so that's a factor here too. That's not to say I'm entirely closed to them - there's been the occasional one I've loved (most recently, Witcher 3).
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nah the original is a wonderful game

Spirit tracks and phantom hourglass at the bottom, Zelda 2 down there too
Skyward sword at the bottom

Everything else is great and different people will like different ones slightly more
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Conflict posted...

Why'd you rank OoA and OoS so much higher than Link's Awakening

Was it the trading quest?

he didn't necessarily imply that they're that much better. to him it could be really really tight between those games. it's very close competition for me tbh

Omnislasher posted...

nah the original is a wonderful game

It probably was for its time, but if so, it clearly has not aged well. Combine that with my general dislike of that genre and...
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usually i put them in a listed rankings kinda deal but sometimes i use a point system
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Conflict posted...

Why'd you rank OoA and OoS so much higher than Link's Awakening

Was it the trading quest?

The Season/Time mechanics in the games are especially interesting. In Seasons, every single screen on the map has 4 versions, 1 for each season and there are a lot of cool over-world puzzles that make use of that. In Ages, there's a time mechanic, where there is 2 versions of the overworld, the past and present, which a lot of other Zelda games utilized, but I thought it was probably handled the best in this game.

Also the games have 3 ride-able animals, and depending on the animal companion you pick, the overworld actually permanently changes around that animal's abilities. I always thought that was really neat and makes replaying the game more fun and makes picking your final animal companion interesting.

I also love the linked quest aspect. The fact that the two games combine into one overall cohesive quest with extra content unlocked at the end of the second game you play, giving you a True ending, and the fact that the game actually plays differently depending on the order you link the two games and how the 2nd game played calls back to events of the 1st game... is really cool.

The games were just extremely ambitious and have done things I have never seen in another game, period. I also love that one game is combat oriented and the other is puzzle oriented.

Another cool thing about the Oracle games, was the ring system. There were so many to collect and they actually did cool things.

Link's Awakening is just very vanilla compared to the Oracle games.
I personally think the Oracle games are like the ultimate 2D Zelda experience.
I still think Awakening is a good game obviously.

I wouldn't rank them. Sorry.
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DarkTransient posted...

It probably was for its time

no, it just is. period.

I beat Zelda 1 as an adult for the first time and I thought it was pretty good

Omnislasher posted...

DarkTransient posted...

It probably was for its time

no, it just is. period.

lol no
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BotW > TLoZ > Zelda 2 > ALBW > LA > LttP > oracles > MC > 4S / 4SA > Majora's Mask > garbage > doesn't matter all garbage here > Poop > Phantom Hourglass > Spirit Tracks
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