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Previously I'd only played the Link's Awakening remake, which I did like, and Echoes of Wisdom, which I didn't. I actually ended up giving up on A Link to the Past again after I posted that, and switched to A Link Between Worlds which I'm liking a lot more. I think a big part of it is just that with ALttP you're locked to the grid, which makes combat (especially positioning) awkward and frustrating, whereas in the newer ones you can move around more freely and attack in more than just the four cardinal directions. Also ALttP gives you no guidance whatsoever, it makes Breath of the Wild look like it's on rails, and I just do not have the patience for that level of aimless exploration anymore. I think if I'd played it as a kid it would be one of my favorite games of all time, but trying to play it now without that nostalgia it just doesn't work for me. I'm a good bit of the way into ALBW now though, and unless it takes a nosedive at the end I expect to see it through. I think it does a good job of maintaining the feel of ALttP but more modernized so it's less frustrating. I do wish they'd make a remake of ALttP though like they did with Link's Awakening, I think there's a good chance I'd be able to get into it if they just freed up the movement a little more like that one.