Over/Under: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

[Typhoid]

I'm not stating it's a bad game. I like it. I quite enjoyed it.

I'm just saying the only reason it's so good [to us] is because we grew up not playing 3D Zelda games, and this was our first experience with Link in 3D.

Both games' fanbases grew exponentially with their 3D games.

That was my point. What made those (the first games to have 3D) better than the previous, was the fact they were in 3D, which gave them an undoubted advantage when being compared, or even reviewed - because they were the first 3D games.

They didn't really capitalize on nostalgia or anything.

Again, you misunderstood. I never said anyone was capitalizing on nostalgia. I was saying the reason people around our age think so highly of games like FFVII and OoT was because they were the first 3D games of their respective series. They weren't able to be compared to the previous games because the previous games were nothing alike aside from story, rough setting and all the typical Zelda (or FFVII) formula-type things.

It would be like if Zelda came out in VR [that looked good for the time it was released], you wouldn't be able to easily compare it to the previous games, because they'd be nothing alike aside from story, setting etc.

[Ginkasa]

I understand your point. I think your understating everything invovled. OoT was more than "just" the series in 3D; it was everything in 3D. Just look at the 3D games before OoT and look at them after. The only thing that came close to the technical quality before was Mario64 and even that feels clunky in comparison.

ANd everything after was affected by it somehow. Sure, some of the things would have happened regardless and some other game would be getting the attention (lock on targeting, etc.), but OoT did it first. You can still see its effects today albeit less drastically than before.

So, while I guess I agree with you that it is the 3D that causes fond memories I don't think its simply something you can brush aside. It was more than that. Maybe I'll expand tomorrow when its not 2 am and I can explain better.

[Angrist]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

It would be like if Zelda came out in VR [that looked good for the time it was released], you wouldn't be able to easily compare it to the previous games, because they'd be nothing alike aside from story, setting etc.

Wait. A few posts ago you said OoT was the same as every other Zelda game that far. Now you're saying it was good because it was totally different... So which one is it?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Angrist

Wait. A few posts ago you said OoT was the same as every other Zelda game that far. Now you're saying it was good because it was totally different... So which one is it?

I never said either of those.


I said the basis of the game is the same Zelda formula that they use every time (up until Majora's Mask, really - because that's when they really brought in changing form [Not counting turning into a child] on a large basis).


I also never said it was good because it was different.
I said people perceived it to be better than it was because it was their first immersion into 3D Hyrule.