There is a flawless game buried under some weird choices.

Pros:
- Groose.
- The characters and story are reminiscent of those in an actual legend or fable which I can't say about any other Zelda game. This is by far the best story in a Zelda game and one of my favorite stories in a game period.
- The dungeons. All of them are at least great — but the Ancient Cistern and Sandship are up there with the Forest Temple from N64 for the best dungeons in the series.
- The scale — I don't want to hear anyone say that Twilight Princess is more epic than this game because it really isn't.
- The soundtrack (don't need to elaborate on this).
- Great final boss.

Cons:
- The motion controls sometimes straight up do not function (doing a stab is impossible).
- The last third has insane padding. The backtracking sometimes feels really satisfying and other times just stupid.

Overall, not even close to the worst Zelda game. Not even the worst 3D Zelda game!