4/5 ★ – Lazurus3P's review of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Review Pros: - Zelda dungeon gameplay, it’s great here - Returning to the Link to the Past Hyrule was great - Music of course - The wall merging mechanic, it made dungeon puzzles and traversing the world interesting and different. I wonder if it will ruin future 2D Zelda’s for me - Non-linear design - Lorule as a concept - Rescuing the Seven Sages directly in each dungeon - Story is good - I like Hilda and Ravio, and the twist with Hilda at the end was good - Not really frustrating at all. Needed a guide for some things,but only because I was trying to 100% every dungeon - The 3D is great, even though it isn’t a gimmick within the gameplay. It’s a shining example of a 1st-party title using a console’s gimmick to its fullest. - It’s a good length Cons: - Villain is kinda weak - Plot felt a bit rushed at the end, and it’s kinda just go here, get these/save these Sages - Re-using the Link to the Past map is great, but it does hinder the game in a way - It’s kind of a dungeon rush? Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I’d much prefer that then some of the horrible non-dungeon gameplay in other Zelda games - My expectations might’ve been a bit too high, I’ve been looking forward to playing this for over 11 years - I might’ve liked this more if I didn’t just play Link to the Past 2.5 years ago. If you played both on release, having that intense nostalgia after a 22 year gap would make this experience better. - Some dungeons are a bit too linear, they boil down to okay well I know I can’t go there so I’ll go here and eventually I’ll get something to progress. Summary Even though A Link to the Past require a guide sometimes, and would’ve been more frustrating without Switch Online rewind, I would still put it above this. It just has a magic and iconic status that very few games possess. To be honest I might’ve even put Phantom Hourglass above this, but returning to the Ocean King dungeon over and over alone below it below this. 8/10