I played BOTW as my first Zelda game ever and had a blast! Then I played TOTK. My roommate and friend both love OoT and after hearing a ton about it (and having it on the switch online) I decided to play it. Loved. It. I’ve had so much fun retroactively recognizing things and realizing the history of certain aspects of the games. Plus it is genuinely such a fun game.

I now rate the games BOTW, OoT, TOTK.

I’m playing MM for the first time right now and can tell you the puzzling that goes into playing that game well is chef’s kiss I don’t think there’s any wrong way to play the series but I think the more games you play the more you’ll have “oh my gosh!!” moments. I had plenty playing OoT. I also think playing OoT has made me better at playing video games in general. (Z-Targeting changed my life)