LOZOOT is one of my most replayed games along side with Links Awakening. Both games had that great open world experience. What i loved the most of this game in particular was being able to tame the horse Epona. I always looked forward to taming her every session. Being able to interact with NPCs both as a kid and an adult was so realistic cause i liked how they remember you. Being a 3D game made it so lifelike. It was like one step closer to a live action version even with the technology we had for the N64.
I actually decided, based on your words to give the 3DS version another shot because initially i found the screen too small to enjoy it, but it just takes some getting used to. I actually discovered that someone has given me Majora's Mask and I forgot about that. Looks like I'm gonna be doing a bunch of Zelda in the next few weeks :) I tend to lose my patience on 3ds games, not sure why that is.