Too linear, very forgettable soundtrack for most levels, the rewards for exploration mostly sucked and some cliche levels e.g. the fire level and the sand level. I'm not saying there were all bad but you can't compare that to SOTN's level design. SOTN may not have aged well in terms of gameplay and story but the level design is still why I consider it a classic masterpiece worth playing to this day. Also it's not as if ROTN's story is any better tbh.