I don't see why people hate it sooo much, the art style is great and fitting, the resolution is like that because of console limitations, and it's not a valid argument unless you are comparing it to SS (All the other games have an horrible resolution), The GC, the console the game was developed for, didn't have much in terms of res. And it's unfair to use that as an argument, most of the criticisms seem to come from the res. and that it's a copypasta from OoT (Which is not), TP was an improvement over OoT, refining everything, from graphics to dungeon design (In terms of that, you can't argue Snowpeak, Lakebed or Arbiter had and incredible level design, with the comical item hunt, central staircase and Poe hunting), one of the biggest improvements it has is the horse, while atop Epona you can use most of your items, your sword, engage Bulblins (In fact my one favorite moment from the game was the Lord Bulblin first battle, note that I'm not talking about the justing, the actual battle, jousting sucks

), TP took everything that made OoT great and expands it, I have to agree that after Arbiter grounds the game dulls, but by that moment I was already loving it.
Also, Midna is the one best sidekick for me, she isn't annoying like Navi or (to a lesser extent) Tatl, nor she was obnoxious like Fi, and her personality was actually developed through the game (something never seen in a sidekick)
Lastly, what do you guys mean by little sidequests?
Poe hunting
Golden bug hunting
Secret techniques
Fishing
Bigger quiver/bombs, new bomb bags
Lots of minigames (seriously, LOTS, Rollball, the STAR-thing, bird-riding, goat-herding, Sumo, fishing, archery, etc)
An almost obnoxious amount of Heart pieces (45!)
Buy the citadel shop! (Magic Armor)
Secret grotto's
Etc?