Trans Species Okapi I have played and beaten every 3d Zelda game (minus SS but I plan to get to it at some point) except for Tear of the Kingdom.
I have even done randomizer of most of them, so I'm very familiar with what make a Zelda game good.
I don't like Botw and Totk, and not for the reasons most people list. I think the weapon system and them breaking was really fun, the new artstyle is good, and while the controls are not great, they aren't a deal dealbreaker for me.
The reason I don't like modern Zelda is simply because they are too long. Sure, I can just do the main story and have a okayish 30-40 hour experience, but that is not what I play Zelda games for.
Other 3d Zelda games are perfect because they give you a satisfying 20-40 hour adventure, where the side stuff is fun distractions to do when you get bored of the main story, and not 95% of the fricking game.
Botw was a fun and innovative experiment with the Zelda formula, and while I'm not a huge fan of it, I can respect it for how ambitious, and how it made the world seem massive, even if in turn it felt less handcraft and interesting.
Then Totk tries to give you twice the amount of content to explore, but the same amount of NPCs and towns, and suddenly the once fun, detailed and lived in worlds of 3d Zelda games turns into mostly barren environments with the occasional bokoblin you can beat up for a slightly ok spear.
That my 
on why I don't like modern 3d Zelda, feel free to agrue with me in the comments.
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BoTW is the first game ive ever felt genuinely addicted to. I'd be like, I'm tired I'm not having fun anymore, but oh theres a thing within eyesight I'll just run over there and take care of it before i log off oh wow i should take care of this too so i don't forget
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Literally
me but fallout 
3,4,and 76
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I agree
I wasted 
so much time in the windmill 
in oot
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It's crazy how good Oot was with how early it came out relative to how much developer still didn't know how the frick to use and code 3d
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Trillion percent
agreed. Literally 
nothing besides fallout 
3 has had the same "This is REAL gaming" moment 
for me, getting to the overworld and being just instantly tossed into the ether 
with lots of "choices" that make you feel like you COULD do anything 
but point 
you along the story 
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I haven't played a Zelda game since Wind Waker but Zelda 2 is titties. Totally underated.
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Link is distractingly twinky in the most recent games
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The biggest issue I have with the most recent zelda games is just how butt the dungeons are. They literally gave up. Granted, I don't hate them either, but it almost puts them in a completely separate category from just about every other mainline zelda game, gameplay-wise.
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The dungeons in the 2D games were quite short too. They're definitely less impressive than all the other 3D games though.
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2D Zelda
master 
race.
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Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet. I hear you say, "How unlucky that this should happen to me!" Not at all! Say instead, "How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened and am not afraid of what is about to happen. The same blow might have struck anyone, but not many would have absorbed it without capitulation or complaint."
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