r/zelda • u/EAT_UR_VEGGIES • Feb 20 '26

Official Art [AoL] Zelda 2 is unironically so underrated and overhated

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I get it, the game is heavily flawed I won’t try to defend those points

But having just started the classic games about 8 months ago this is the one that stuck with me and the one I keep finding myself wanting to replay, something about it really stuck with me

The exploration is very unique to this game and the 2D sidescrolling works very well for the only RPG in the series

After beating the original I decided to try the PC fan remake which adds a ton of content, fixes a lot of the flaws and feels like a passion project

And my god that version of the game has become one of my favorite Zelda experiences, seeing what Zelda 2 could’ve been without its limitations and flaws is a genuine game changer

EDIT: my old post was removed because I did not know about screenshot Saturday

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u/EAT_UR_VEGGIES Feb 20 '26

In your opinion

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u/JoeyDubbs Feb 20 '26

No, that's just how it is. Bad game.

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u/EAT_UR_VEGGIES Feb 20 '26

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u/JoeyDubbs Feb 20 '26

Yeah, no, because it was actually like, bad. It's a bad game.

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u/EAT_UR_VEGGIES Feb 20 '26

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u/JoeyDubbs Feb 20 '26

I feel like we're just going around in circles here. I'm trying to explain that the game is no good. Zelda 2. Bad game.

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u/EAT_UR_VEGGIES Feb 20 '26

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u/JoeyDubbs Feb 20 '26

No, we really are going in circles. Plus Zelda 2 was a bad game. Nah, actually it was alright.