I recently slogged through aLttP again....after ALBW this game feels so much worse now. It just feels like...a watered down version. I don't care about limitations...a truly good game is timeless. The combat is clunky, the puzzles are non-existent, the forced exploration was only tolerable because I've beaten it before. There was no real story at all and the characters were bare minimum.
ALBW isn't a masterpiece, and honestly I'd put it down as average, but it, at least, has something to offer. The combat is passable, there are some OK puzzles, and the story--while bare bones--is still there. All the issues I have with the game are crap leftover from aLttP, such as its non-linearity limiting puzzles to only 1-2 dungeon items and making the solution very predictable most of the time.