@Siral_Exan: I glanced at a video of master of time and the dialogue was obnoxiously bad. The fairy told link "you're fucked" at the end so that's the kind of nuanced and gripping story you can expect.

@Doomguy666:
I actually discovered a bug really early on, with the help of another user on Discord to confirm it. When you fight the gibdo in Sagnol's tomb, if you despawn it (such as by dying) the gibdo never respawns. This locks you out of Sagnol's bracelet, an important item. Ergo, you softlock the save file, since the bracelet is needed to progress and no other way to get it..

Fortunately, the bug is encountered early enough that you can start another save file and try again, but it can reoccur and continue to interfere with your play through. I stopped at this bug as a result, but the romhack creator is aware of this and intends on fixing it (or AFAIK).