Why don't you like Zelda 2?

I think Zelda 2 is a pretty awesome game. I love the battle mechanics and the RPG system they added (I'm a fan of RPG games). Boss battles were pretty fun.

I still think Zelda 1 is harder though.
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Oh, and gotta love Error :p

I have nothing against Zelda II, it's great. It's one of the boldest and most original Zelda games next to Majora's Mask.

Zelda II is pretty cool, good sirs and madams. It is my sacred duty, above all else, to defend this game wherever opinion should challenge its rightful place as the ninth or tenth best Zelda game.

Unlike most Zelda games, Zelda II had some pretty challenging puzzles. Most of them involved Ironknuckles stabbing you in the face. Music was dope, as was the combat due to its "Every enemy is a puzzle." presentation. The story was about as good as Sleeping Beauty, and perhaps even a little better: Did Sleeping Beauty have wish granting triangles? I thought not!

The sidescrolling paved the way for a couple of good clones called Battle for Olympus and Faxanadu, only one of which is as enjoyable as this game. Its difficulty is just a hair too hard. I think ALttP is perfect difficulty, with the "not too easy, not too hard" approach.

I must say this was my favorite nintendo game of all time. I can remember the beautiful gold cartridge and appeal to the game itself. The music was excellent and the game play was classically genious. I agree it is probably the hardest and most frustrating of all the Zelda series. I can only say that I beat this game back in the day with no guides, no internet, and only a friend of mine that sort of told me where to go when I would get stuck. When I finally did beat this game I felt like a badass to quote someone elses comment I read on this site who said exactly the same. I will never forget the experience and was probably at the pinnacle of my memories of enjoyment at gaming when I was an older kid. This game is #1 of all nintendo games in my book, and I personally LOVE how they made it soo frustratingly challenging that most would give up easily and not like it. I wished I still had the original gold cartridge and would be willing to buy it if anyone is interested in selling one?? lol, ya know had to try cuz thats how cool this game is

Zelda 2 has bad controls and too much trial and error for me to find it fun.

I think it well hard, but I loved it.

Even though it was hard as balls and I spent three fourths of the game cussing out the game, yelling how much I hated it. Somehow beneath all that rage I was actually enjoying it kinda sad I guess.

Because I'm weak.

Not that I don't like it, but I just can't play it.

I love Zelda 2. Sure, it's as hard as Darmani's...well...but it's fun! And pure difficulty doesn't really make me hate it. It makes me enjoy it more because that's what game were back then. Hard.

I hate this game with a passion: I just can't beat it.

Zelda II was fun. That's all that needs to be said.

I personally loved the difficulty, beating it remains to this day one of my top 5 video game accomplishments. The game is HARD though, even with save states the game is hard. Without them, i've only beaten it a few times. One thing I have not seen mentioned on this thread that makes Zelda II unique is the fact that there are no usable items. They are auto used when you need them. This remains the only game in the series that went that route. It was an interesting idea but one that I don't think a lot of gamers liked. The the magic system was pretty extensive and hard to use efficiently and I feel that it was that that replaced the item usage. Overall, a frustratingly enjoyable game.

I liked Zelda 2. The music was awesome, magic and up/down thrusting was fun. It was the experience system that got to me. I hate having to level up. That's why I usually avoid rpg's. I don't hate them, I just don't like having to sit there and kill blobs.

I love Zelda 2. Only thing I guess you could say I don't like is that's it's really hard at times.

The magic system is confusing and hard to use. Levelling up is difficult. Heck ,the game itself is pretty stinkin' difficult. But, overall, it's a fun game, if you've got the patience for it.

Alright, I have found something with this game that I really got ticked off about that I just recently found out. I have done a low level run of the game where I was hoping to be able to go through the entire game with my attack/life/magic all at level 1. I have already done a playthrough with my attack only at level 1. Anyways, apparently the game says that's a no-no to go through the game with all level 1 stats. You will get to a point where you keep cancelling the leveling up screen and you are FORCED to level something up and the cancel option is no longer selectable. I am thankful the game pulled this ♥♥♥♥ on me while I was barely in Parapa Palace and not much later in the game, but still it ticked me off. I ended up choosing my magic to be the stat I was forced to level up throughout my run of the game. So in the end I beat the game with my attack and life at level 1 and magic at level 8. After beating it, I was then wondering to myself would it even be possible to beat the game with a level 1 magic stat because the Thunder spell is required to be used at least once and I'm not sure that even with 8 magic containers you would have enough magic to cast it under a level 1 magic stat.

Zelda 2 is the best 2D Zelda games other than Minish cap. It's a shame that people don't take the time to play it and figure out how to play it and finish it (or atleast sorta finish it)

Originally Posted by Maser

I ended up choosing my magic to be the stat I was forced to level up throughout my run of the game. So in the end I beat the game with my attack and life at level 1 and magic at level 8. After beating it, I was then wondering to myself would it even be possible to beat the game with a level 1 magic stat because the Thunder spell is required to be used at least once and I'm not sure that even with 8 magic containers you would have enough magic to cast it under a level 1 magic stat.

A completed 1-8-1 run, congrats!
Anyway, the Thunder spell can be casted at level 1.
It will take 7 and 1/2 bars so no Jump spell against Thunderbird.

Zelda 2 is a good game, but a lot of people are turned off by its difficulty. I personally found the magic system awkward and confusing, and levelling up was extremely hard.

I think the side scrolling aspect of the game may be a culprit...despite it being a unique implementation in this game...