This is my Ocarina of Time, my Fallout 3 or Pokemon Gold or Skyrim or whatever. Certainly falls into some sort of comfort media category for me, thus my opinion cannot be trusted, and here I say Zanzarah still holds up. It's way shorter than I remembered, the fighting can be a bit one-note, but I can't help but adore the quite ugly fairy designs and creatures populating the world. It's got the character and world building; there's something about wandering far into an empty forest or vast swamp with no music but the sound of your foot steps that adds to the experience.

Big shout out to the very short intro - more games where they just throw you into action and the protagonist goes 'just like in my dreams cool'.