@steelybel interesting observation! I can see that being the case - there's something with the early souls games (especially ds2) that is kind of messy, but full of a lot of rough/exciting ideas. Whereas in contrast, DS3/ER are more polished in a lot of ways but they feel more content on polishing certain parts of the Souls formula over others while utilizing more mainstream structures to hold it all together. E.g., while ER still has late game twists (the eternal cities, sky world, haligtree etc), it's kinda easy to see those coming from far away bc of how open world maps operate.

This reminds me that before DS3 and then its DLC came out I was excitedly speculating on its structure and levels.. but alas.

@QuiB yeah, ALttP definitely feels generic in the aesthetic department, would take link's awakening and ocarina of time to establish the tone, mood and look that best fits the series