Wow, I enjoyed Twilight Princess way more than Skyward Sword. SS was far too linear.
That is actually one of my major gripes about Twilight Princess. Specifically, the dungeons are just so linear to the point of ridiculousness. I only remember a single point in the entire game where I was in a dungeon and didn't know where to go (an underwater section where I missed a tunnel), and even then that only lasted mere seconds while I searched for where to go. The dungeons were designed in a way where there's really only one way to go through them and even if you've never played them before, it's not even easy to figure out, there's nothing to actually figure out at all. I didn't have to think at all, I just followed the linear path that existed in every dungeon pretty much instinctively. As soon as you get a key you would find a door to put it in, and as soon as you found a door and didn't have a key, you'd immediately get a key (often in the same room). The map for The Temple of Time is literally just a straight line, and Hyrule Castle was so straightforward and short, and easy, that it's probably the most disappointing final dungeon in the series.
Before I played TP, I went online to find out how long the game took to finish. Most people were saying their first time took 40+ hours, and not 100%. People who had played the game several times before could do it in 20-25 hours. It took me on my first time 22 hours. I got through it so fast on my first time I basically did it as fast as people who have played the game before and knew what to do. That's how little of a challenge the game was, and the straightforward dungeons are the most significant contributing factor to that because the dungeons seemed to be the primary focus of TP.
Skyward Sword's problem is that the world is small and disjointed, and that you backtrack through those areas several times. But despite that I liked the design of those areas more than the areas in TP, most of which felt pretty baron and empty, and the dungeon design, while still not particularly challenging, is so much better in SS.
Edit: decided to respond to this aswell.
I thought the 4-phase Ganon fight at the end was very satisfying too.
I'm the opposite.
The final battle with Ganondorf was another of my biggest disappointments with TP. The first phase is basically the same as the Ganondorf fight from OoT except it's much easier - you don't have to hit the magic balls back as much and they don't speed up as much as they do in OoT. It also didn't do anything new with the tennis game, other than the fact it's Zelda being controlled. The second phase with the beast Ganon wasn't much, basically just roll him over and hit the weak spot. The third phase with him on a horse wasn't exciting for me either, just seemed like an excuse to remind us that Link can swing his sword on Epona again. All you have to do is follow Ganondorf, let Zelda hit him with an arrow, then slash away. Ganondorf doesn't do anything to fight back during this phase that is dangerous or can't be easily avoided so it's essentially just padding to make the fight longer.
Then the fourth is of course the swordfight, but as you may have guessed, there was nothing I liked about that either.
It actually pissed me off that they reduced this final showdown to a quicktime event - just wait for Ganondorf to charge then press A, then buttom mash A until you push him back, swing a couple times then repeat. The game even shows you onscreen when to press A and then to quickly press A.
Also, the setting for this final showdown didn't feel right either. In OoT Link faced Ganondorf at the top of his castle with his organ all the stained glass, and then Ganon on the crumbled remains of said tower surrounded by fire with a black, stormy sky (all of which looked pretty good considering it's N64). In Wind Waker, we go toe-to-toe with Ganondorf atop what is left of Hyrule, below the sea as water rains down and floods the remains of the kingdom for eternity. In Twilight Princess our final fight against Ganondorf takes place...in the middle of a field?
Not very epic at all.
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