The graphics are charming, the music is great, the game has a very cool and unique ring menu system and an upgradeable selection of cool weapons, this could make for one of the defining rpgs of the era, and some think it is, but I don't think so.
The problems start with the % bar, once you attack, you have to wait until your power goes back from 0 to 100% to be able to attack again, you can do anyway, but the damage will be pathetic, this makes for a tedious waiting in an action rpg, i have heard of people saying its "strategic", so you just don't "slash away everything", but its simply not fun, and the whole game contradicts those statements, its fundamentally flawed, why ? because of the magic system.
When you cast magic, the whole game freezes, you can basically pause the game to heal, or enchant your weapons, or just do damage, nothing is stopping your, and nothing is stopping the enemies or bosses for doing the same (and then they will spam you with unavoidable magic, talk about strategy..., just hit them when you can)
The combat is bland, in TloZ ALttP, Link encounters a variety of enemies who require different approaches and you power is never hindered, you just have to defeat the enemies, it feels natural and fun, The waiting adds nothing to the game, it waters it down, more when you realize most of your attacks make the enemies flinch, which in turn gives them invincibility time, and when you have 2 other party members (who btw, are useless and dumb unless you have friends controlling them) try to attack them too, only one can hit them, because they'll flinch when hit, so even with more people fighting is just as obtuse.
Maybe I'm being to hard with an old game, maybe it somehow gets better the more you progress (I just cant force myself to press on), but compared to other snes games that have aged like wine, like Chrono Trigger, Zelda and FFVI, its best to leave this one for the record, it just isn't that good.
And what a shame, I love that art with the tree, its just precious.
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