I'm one of the few people that like Zelda 2.
It's different. It's hard, it's unrepentent in what it does.
Some of the puzzles are wonky be today's standards but you had to find every item
and level up to the max just to survive the trip to the final castle.
The only Zelda that comes close in challenge is Link's Awakening with the Minish Cap a distant third.
Of course this is coming from someone who thinks MP2 is better then MP1.
My tastes are hardly normal.