I think my least favourite dungeon in the entire series is the Tower of Hera from A Link to the Past. The dungeon is cool overall, well designed, and some of the puzzles do give out somewhat of a challenge, but I think it's the dungeon that makes me rage more than any other. If you fall down a floor or two, for one reason or another, scaling the tower is a pain. The Hardhat Beetles are extremely annoying to kill, and I find them knocking me down to the floor below many times. Then don't even get me started on the boss... ugh. On a good run, I'll only fall 5 or 6 times while battling the boss. On my worst run, I fell thirty-two freaking times. ugh. Hate this dungeon.
My all-time favourite dungeon is the Stone Tower Temple from Majora's Mask. Brilliant design, perfect length, challenging puzzles, awesome concept. Basically exactly what I want a final dungeon to be. It poses a significant challenge and gets you thinking, while not being frustratingly difficult (at least for me). It combines the use of most of the 3 main transformation masks in the game wonderfully, which is nice. My main gripe with it is no more than a nitpick: The Elegy of Emptiness. Playing a song over and over again to create statues is extremely annoying, though it doesn't even compare to the overuse of the Command Melody in The Wind Waker, so I am able to forgive this. My second problem with it is the boss. I love the boss, as I find it really cool and fun, but it was underwhelming on the difficulty side, being more time consuming and frustrating than anything. Without the Giant's Mask it is somewhat difficult, but with the Giant's Mask it's a piece of cake. Overall, definitely one of, if not the best dungeon in the series, and by far my favourite.
Other dungeons that stand out to me include:
- Snowpeak Ruins (TP)
- Forest Temple (OoT)
- Dark Palace (ALBW)
- Earth Temple (TWW)
- Lanayru Mining Facility (SS)
- Arbiter's Grounds (TP)
- Spirit Temple (OoT)
- Temple of Droplets (TMC)
- Tower of Spirits (ST)
- Skull Woods (ALBW)
- Lakebed Temple (TP)
- Water Temple (OoT)
- Great Bay Temple (MM)
- Turtle Rock (ALTTP)
- Ganon's Tower (ALTTP)