I've finally beat this game, and honestly, I think I've come to realise why I never beat it before, in all honesty it might be a little bloated. Maybe 'bloated' is the wrong word, but it took me, like, 27 hours to finish this game, and I remember maybe 10? It's got a lot of running in a straight line and repeating tasks and stuff you won't remember any time outside of in the moment, but this might just be a personal gripe because I'm used to blasting through games like this in a weekend.
The other issue is one of hindsight, in some ways it's a hard game to play now just because of how influential it's been over the last 20+ years.

Anyway, unsirprisingly the game is good, great even! Each area feels unique, it's got a couple of moments of really stand-out art design and--
Is any of this even worth saying? Like, I made sure to start with the weaknesses because this is maybe the most praised game ever, and for good reason, it's a fantastic game.
I'm excited, and a little nervous, to play Majora again, because now having played this I wonder how I'll feel about that game.

I'm torn between an 8 and a 9, I really want to stick it on 8.5, but I suppose I'll low-ball it and maybe change it after playing Majora again.
Glad I've finally experienced all of this piece of history!!