Ocarina of Time is still the best. Breath of the Wild is the worst "Zelda" game. I'd still rather play it than Wind Waker, but it definitely gave me a much better appreciation for it.

I hate Fire Emblem so much. Not that they're bad games but they are just so much inferior to Advance Wars, and I want a new one more than I want peace in the Middle East.

That's true. I think I'm high on it because I'm a stubborn player, I pretty much refuse to use anything else in Bloodborne besides the axe. I appreciate being forced out of my style. The first one is always the hardest, just take the biggest and baddest weapon you got and smash it on a keese, then realize that it's not such a big deal and then the game becomes a lot funner.

@aigis: Maybe the durability could be increased, but then again I've come across weapons that lasted me forever (with durability bonus) and the variety of weapons makes it so I don't miss any weapons I break. The fact that you said you don't want to "waste" a good weapon on weak enemy camp is where our differences lie. I remember when I got my first 60+ weapon and the first thing I did with it was smash it over a red bokoblins head. The only weapon that depresses me when it breaks is the ice rod because I love using it so much but given that they are so easy to find I can just stockpile them. Every item that I find that has in-game uses like the sledgehammer, korok leaf, and elemental rods I noticed are the easiest to find.

Also I really think people overstate how weak the weapons are in this game. The bokoblin and moblin weapons definitely break within 2 encounters but I think they were designed to be that way because literally every enemy drops them. The other weapons I though lasted just long enough for me to get use out of them while breaking early enough so I don't become attached.

@LegatoSkyheart: Completely agree. Weapon durability is an early game issue which makes you have to play smarter and more creatively. My current weapon selection even makes yours look wimpy. I don't understand why people are getting such an attachment to weapons when the game is constantly throwing stronger and stronger ones at you throughout the entire game. Just use your weapons, jesus, you'll find another or a stronger one i like 10 minutes.

From what I've seen from your posts I disagree with your view on the game overall but completely almost word for word agree with you here. The game wasn't at all melancholic, not even in the slightest, so I have no idea why they used this particular style of piano work for the game. An Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess style theme could have easily fit in section of this game and yet there was this subtle background sound. Even when I'd happen upon some epic grand environment they would play some lame tinkling of piano keys. They could have easily used some more iconic and boisterous adventuring music, but they went for something else and I didn't think it worked. And Yeah the story is just terrible.

It is definitely a change in philosophy, one which I hope doesn't hold. I didn't find the transition seamless, in fact I found it quite jarring to be exploring a beautiful world and then see a shrine and then be thrust in some room with a literal puzzle in it. It was basically the opposite of seamless. They were fun, but way too easy, but they have to be. I mean were talking about a community of people that think the Water Temple is some mythical, difficult experience. But yeah, the overworld, finding-the-shrine "puzzles" are by far the best in the game.

The problem isn't that BotW doesn't have puzzles, the problem is that Zelda has never been about puzzles in the first place. I feel like the game takes everything that zelda did but separated them individually. What made Zelda's dungeons incredible was their mix of exploration, atmosphere, great music, mini-bosses, bosses, enemies throughout, having a meaningful impact on the story and why completing that particular dugeon is important, and of course puzzles.

The dungeons in Botw just have puzzles (incredibly dull, easy, and repetitive ones) and a boss. There are "Zelda style" puzzles in the overworld that I greatly enjoyed but I could count them on one hand.

1. Ocarina of Time

2. Twilight Princess

3. Majoras Mask

4. Skyward Sword

5. Wind Waker

I don't know how I'd rank Breath of the Wild. It's an excellent game but what I like about it is what I don't really care much about in the other games and what I Really dislike about it is basically what makes Zelda my favorite video game series. I am inclined to say it should be number 2 behind Ocarina of Time but the main quest, the dungeons, and the music are just so horrible in comparison that I feel guilty saying I like it better as a Zelda game than even Wind Waker.

Breath of the Wild. The dungeons literally made me sad. For a game I'm enjoying this much by the time I beat the first one I was honestly in disbelief. It was the exact opposite of what I was hoping for.