I haven't played all of the AAAAs, but none of the ones I played deserved it, IMO.
Ocarina of Time was wonderful but had a few issues.
-I didn't like the combat. I know Zelda games aren't focused on combat, since the dungeons are given more emphasis. However, to truly feel like a grand adventure you need both. The main problem was that I thought it was too simple and easy. Sure the older Zelda games had simpler combat, but it was faster and more difficult at the same time.
-For an adventure game to be, well, an epic adventure (IMO), you need challenge. You need to feel like you, the player, is growing in skill, not just the avatar onscreen. Yet outside of much more equipment, I didn't feel like I was any better at the game than when I started. There were more advanced techniques, but there was rarely a reason to use them. Most of the bosses looked tough, then were much, much easier than they looked. Ganondorf, while not given much character development, still came across as intimidating...in appearance only. The battle was extremely simple, and it rehashed one of the earlier bosses with a meager twist added. Ganon was more atmospheric, much more intimidating, but what, twice as easy? Ganon took forever and a day to finally beat, but I didn't even feel like I was trying and I still creamed him. Felt very empty in that regard.
-And finally, not being able to skip/fast forward cutscenes. Majora's Mask text moved at what, twice the speed of OoT's? The text scrolling was way too slow, and I know you can skip it in most cases, but then you skip at too fast of a pace. If the worthwhile hint is right before the very end, you have to slog through it. The cutscenes are interesting the first time, but on subsequent playthroughs I wished it could go faster.
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