Zelda: Ocarina of Time
 

Today, I decided to take a blast to the past and dust off this gem. Everything about this game is so perfect. It really does hold up to the test of time.

I think it easily stands as one of the top 10 video games of all time. Agree? Discuss!

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Yeah extremely polished and fun game.

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a link to the past would be higher on my list.

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What system is this on?

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N64

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a link to the past would be higher on my list.

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That is a great game, as well. It's just one of those things where I'm trying to look for things to nitpick all these years later, and I can't find really anything bad to say about Ocarina. The graphics were the best at that time for N64 games. The gameplay was smoooooooooth, and all of the quests were solid and detailed.

Majora's Mask has a little better graphics and more sidequests, but not quite as solid of a plot or gameplay.

Wind Waker was okay. I thought it was pretty original, and had a lot of substance, but something about Ocarina sets it above even this later gen. title.

Link to the Past vs. Ocarina would have made for an interesting poll. I think that would be the game that competes with Ocarina best in the Zelda series.

The Zelda series has always been very well done, in general.

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but not quite as solid of a plot or gameplay.

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plot is important, but its more about the feel/enorinment. the environment in ocarina of time is amazing. the env on the wind waker sucked big time. same with that mario game, with the water jetpack or whatever. if i play mario i want to be smashing koopas and [censored]. sometimes they change too much, thats why a lot of the new nintendo games are so gay

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Ocarina of Time is a top 3 on my list on its worst days. I think it's the best Zelda game ever.

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I have been playing World of Warcraft beta the last couple weeks and the environment style is reminiscent of 'Ocarina of Time.'

I had a few flashbacks when running through giant tree buildings in the Night Elf cities.

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Parts of the game are very well done, but a lot of the last few dungeons are just boring and take way too long. Maybe without the Water Temple and Shadow Temple it would be in the top 10.

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plot is important, but its more about the feel/enorinment. the environment in ocarina of time is amazing. the env on the wind waker sucked big time. same with that mario game, with the water jetpack or whatever. if i play mario i want to be smashing koopas and [censored]. sometimes they change too much, thats why a lot of the new nintendo games are so gay.

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I agree with all of that!

Based on pure environments, Majora's mask comes a close second to Ocarina. I just thought it lacked direction, which was intentional on their part. It's good when a game is so open that you can go around doing anything, but it still needs to have a strong focus at the center. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

That said, Pikmin was a game people either loved or hated. I thought it was pretty clever and original with solid game mechanics. I understand why I'm probably in the minority with this one, though. It is a very "off" game. [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

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Which one is the Gameboy Zelda? That one tops my list.

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the engine was a little sloppy back then. if ocarina used the wind waker engine (cel shading or not, unlike most i don't care either way) i think it would possibly be the best of all time. story/theme/etc is insane but i'd take link to the past for replay because of motion/attack kludginess.

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Which one is the Gameboy Zelda? That one tops my list.

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That is a decent game. I think it's called Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Not quite as good as A Link to the Past or Ocarina of Time, IMHO. [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

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adventure of link was the second nes game. i believe the gb/gbc game (which was excellent) was called link's awakening.

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Links Awakening, that was it. I loved that game man.

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Ohhhh yeah, that was what it was called. Thanks, astroglide.

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N64

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Given how cheap I could probably get an N64 for, would it be worth picking one up for this game? FWIW, I loved the old Zelda, and really dug the Final Fantasy games, through #7 at least, before they got all anime for some reason.

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the legend of zelda collector's edition can be found on ebay or maybe a local used game store. it has zelda, zelda 2, ocarina, and majora's mask (sequel to ocarina).

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Ocarina of Time is actually in the top 1 games ever made.

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Ocarina of Time is actually in the top 1 games ever made.

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A bit excessive, but I'll let it slide. Only because you have John Cleese as your avatar. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I spent a good month playing Ocarina of Time. Was my favorite N64 game. I played Majora's Mask too, but it didn't have the same kick and feel.

Now, Final Fantasy VII..that's a game of the ages.

Lawrence

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Now, Final Fantasy VII..that's a game of the ages.

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I'm with you on FF VII, but those are fighting words for some FF fans. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]