Alundra is widely considered a spiritual sequel to the great Genesis game, Landstalker. Yet, other than the clear A Link to the Past (ALttP) influence, the game is nothing like it.
It has a much more serious story, and the gameplay loop is now even closer to ALttP. In fact, if you want to consider this a "Zelda clone", then this is clearly one of the darkest and best of "the clones".
#80: Alundra:
Year: 1997 (JP), 1998 (NA).
Genre: Action Adventure.
Publisher: Sony (JP), Working Designs (NA).
Developer: Matrix Software.
First things first, I am changing my rating system to a simpler 10-point system. Any game scoring above a 7 is fully recommended, and any scoring below that I consider a waste of time. That leaves an ambiguous score of 7, mostly depending on your taste.