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What are the best PC games similar to the Zelda franchise?

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Ittle dew vs Evoland vs Hollow Knight

 vs Cleo - a pirate's tale vs Anodyne vs Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas vs Ys I & II Chronicles+ vs Darksiders 2 vs Hardland

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Steam Rating

Very Positive

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Steam Rating

Very Positive

Genre

RPG

Co-Op

No

Controller Support

Yes(Android)

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Steam Rating

Overwhelmingly Positive

Genre

Metroidvania

Co-Op

Single Player

Controller Support

-

Platforms

Nintendo Switch, Windows, macOS, Linux

Steam Rating

Very Positive

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-

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Genre

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Co-Op

-

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Steam Rating

Very Positive

Genre

-

Co-Op

-

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-

Platforms

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Steam Rating

Mostly Positive

Genre

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Co-Op

-

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-

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Steam Rating

Mostly Positive

Genre

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Mixed

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Pros + Cons

Pro
 Familiar Zelda feel

With some puns and jokes aimed at the original game. Like "ew are you eating that heart?"
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Pro
 Tons of puzzles

Lots and lots of puzzles, and multiple ways to finish the game. Comprised of mainly block moving puzzles to progress room to room in the games dungeons. While there are a few other puzzles throughout the game, mainly block moving is what the player will be doing.
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Con
 Puzzles can feel repetitive

While there are a lot of puzzles to solve in the game, there are only three objects that are used to solve them and after a while it can feel repetitive due to how limited the puzzle solving can be.
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Pro
 Offers a good bit of nostalgia

Starting the game one is playing something very reminiscent of a classic Gameboy game, many elements borrowed from famous franchises of the time. As the player advance the game changes it's graphics to match all of the popular consoles from the last 30 years and each change resembles many other popular classic. The game definitely brings back many good gaming memories.
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Pro
 Seamless switching of game mechanics

The gameplay changes from action based combat resembling Secret of Mana or Zelda to turn based (when fighting bosses) that resembles Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger. This switchng back and forth fits with the theme of the game where it covers years of RPG releases of different genres.
Comment

Con
 Too generic

While trying to pay tribute to the great classics in the RPG genre the game itself lacks any feeling of "soul" or personality making for a tale that is just too familiar and obvious.
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Pro
 Large amount of content

Over 10 hours of gameplay.
Comment

Pro
 Built-in card game

Kraken Fodder is a nice card and dice game within Cleo.
Comment

Pro
 Can be played in portrait or landscape view

Depending on what the users preferred rotation scheme is to play games, Anodyne allows for both to be used, portrait and landscape.
Comment

Pro
 Easy to learn how to play

With simple intuitive controls it is easy to get started playing Anodyne.
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Con
 Story feels unresolved when the game is finished

After finishing the game there are still many elements that feel unanswered.
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Pro
 Visually impressive environments

The environments of the game use bright colors and are rendered in a pleasant looking birdseye view 3D. The forest sections of the game stand out with light shining through the trees as well as the water in the sailing sections stand out the most.
Comment

Con
 Combat is too easy

The enemies in the game, including bosses have obvious attacks that are easily anticipated making for what is pretty easy combat that does not offer much of a challenge.
Comment

Pro
 Original combat

Ys I and II uses a combat system known as "bump combat" where the player just runs into their enemies in real time, bumping into enemies attacks with ones equipped weapon and has to be done repeatedly in order to defeat them.
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Pro
 Updated features over the original

With new features like keyboard controls, user adjustable resolution and screen frame to go around the 4:3 viewing area make for the optimal release of the tile.
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Con
 Tons of grinding

Like a lot of old school RPGs, Ys features a lot of grinding in order to defeat boss's. This can become tiresome after some time as it is just doing the same thing over and over again in order to progress.
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