A vast ocean, a little talking boat, and the urge to live it all over again from the start.

The gut pick rests on a single vote here, so take it lightly, but it already places the game ahead of two thirds of all titles. And the criterion-by-criterion detail is strikingly consistent. Rediscovery runs ahead of 99% of games, attachment ahead of 98%, fun ahead of 95%, controller feel ahead of 97%. The soundtrack leaves no one behind: right at the top, first of the whole ranking. Not a single weak spot. The art style, the most debated thing at launch, still stands ahead of 80% of titles. This is a profile with no tension, just a mass of strengths that answer one another.

In the galaxy of Zelda games and grand adventures, this profile draws the game you dream of forgetting just to start it again, where so many classics merely age well.

So, for who? For you if you love to sail, to get lost, to be carried by an art direction that refuses to age and music that stays in your head. Much less if you flee slow navigation and games that take their time.