The Legend of Zelda actually is kinda fun. Once you pull up the map that is.
Honestly, for being the first game in the series, i am surprised at how much of it isn't a certified walkthrough game like some of the early later entries in the series. Step 1: look up a map. Step 2: play. It's just that simple, the most convoluted thing in the game is finding the meat for the moblin in Level 7 that for some reason you simply cannot kill. The rest is you simply do stuff. You simply fuck around and find out. I like that and this is the exact same type of gameplay philosophy that formed the foundation for Breath of the Wild.
Of course, this game has 80s game design jank. A lot of times, you'll just get hit for like no reason. It's so easy to just die in this game. The amount of rewinds i had to do to stay sane. But honestly? Game's fun.
Honestly, for being the first game in the series, i am surprised at how much of it isn't a certified walkthrough game like some of the early later entries in the series. Step 1: look up a map. Step 2: play. It's just that simple, the most convoluted thing in the game is finding the meat for the moblin in Level 7 that for some reason you simply cannot kill. The rest is you simply do stuff. You simply fuck around and find out. I like that and this is the exact same type of gameplay philosophy that formed the foundation for Breath of the Wild.
Of course, this game has 80s game design jank. A lot of times, you'll just get hit for like no reason. It's so easy to just die in this game. The amount of rewinds i had to do to stay sane. But honestly? Game's fun.