I'm not saying story is a bad thing. It's not, but it seems like a lot of devs focus so heavily on coming up with an engaging story and good visuals that they forget to actually make the game fun to play.
I think about some of the games I've played over the years, and a lot of my favorites either had fairly limited or even downright absurd plots that basically boil down to an excuse to make the gameplay loop happen.
Just a random musing.
Wind Waker is superior in my opinion. EVEN though I have much more nostalgia for OoT, simply because of the 2D > 3D leap blowing my kid mind. But, in hindsite, now I go back to Wind Waker every time. The cel shading also helps it hold up visually.
I concur that WW is the best Zelda game. I wish Nintendo would get off their asses and port it to the Switch already. They already have for a lot of their other Wii-U games.
i'll give skintendo credit, they've always tried to make their games fun, even though they've had their missteps, and they've always been at the forefront of innovating controls