Fact: The Legend of Zelda has zero towers to climb.MadPreacher wrote: ↑ May 15th, 2023, 18:02I guess these authors are wrong then huh?J1M wrote: ↑ May 15th, 2023, 14:11The items in the dungeons lock you out of exploring the world in Zelda (NES). It's a wide hallway where finding the next dungeon is part of the gameplay, but it's not an open world game.
Big Book of Zelda: The Unofficial Guidebook
IGN India discusses game design: Combat in open world games
15 Most Influential Games of All Time
How The Legend of Zelda Changed Video Games
Open World Deep Dive Wikipedia
That's at least four sources stating that Zelda is an open world game. They used the same definition I did. What do you have besides your opinion?
Fact: Everyone posting here agrees that game journalists have bad opinions.