finally decided to get off my ass and do the water temple so i could finish this game, and it was really good! i think the child dungeons aren't very fun at all but everything after the later dungeons (especially starting with the water temple) are incredibly good. the n64 zeldas also hands down have my favorite character designs in the series and some of my favorite 'fantasy' designs in general, second only to akira toriyama's early work on dragon quest. the finale is also very good, i think wind waker's is "cooler" in terms of the ganon fight finales but i love everything about ganon's castle. him playing the organ waiting for you to arrive and that final confrontation are so good, i'd argue that the organ and the bloody head stab propel it a bit higher over how awesome wind waker's ending is (even if that one also had a really cool head stab). the game is definitely overrated, a lot of the issues people have with it ring incredibly true still and it can't really be avoided that it was immediately outdone completely by its sequel on the same console, but it's a super solid game overall.