[General Discussion] Games you consider "Perfect"?

In my opinion, Link's Awakening blows A Link to the Past out of the water. While LttP is certainly a great game, Link's Awakening and the experience I had playing it make it my favorite. The story, while never at the forefront, is much more involving and complex than any other Zelda game, especially LttP (which had virtually no story). The gameplay had all of the brilliant elements LttP created and expanded upon them, bringing new and more versatile items to your arsenal. The dungeons felt richer and more challenging, as did the bosses. And Link's Awakening was the first Zelda game to really push the idea of sidequests and other activities to do outside of dungeons (other than finding your way to the next dungeon), which I really love about all the later Zelda games. It also had characters you cared about, and the ending came as a total surprise, both devastating and profoundly beautiful after having played it for so long and put so much time into it.

That's the perfect game for me, bar none.

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