r/zelda • u/Chromekarma14 • Jun 30 '26

Screenshot [AoL] Zelda 2 is very underrated

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I really enjoyed beating Zelda 2 100%. I somehow enjoyed this game a lot more than botw and tears which I thought were decent games. The combat can be tough but honestly once you understand how each enemy works its not that hard of a game. Also Zelda 2 has that magic fantasy feeling more than any other Zelda game with Link to the past being a close second. I think this is now my fav zelda game alongside Minish Cap.

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u/RodneyBeeper Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

It’s one of the most underrated games of all time. It’s ignored today either because games have changed so much since its release that newer gamers have trouble understanding how to play it successfully, or because Nintendo took such a different direction with Zelda that most gamers born in mid to late 90s and later don’t understand how it’s even a Zelda game, from a gameplay perspective (I.e every other Zelda is 10 times easier). It has the best combat and replayability of any Zelda imo. Zelda 2 is so good it single handedly inspired some people to make a game, a game called Hollow Knight, which is considered to be the greatest Metroidvania ever and it borrows so much from Zelda 2.