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

[TheGame]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Honestly, I think it's overrated.
I'm not saying the game is crap, I like the game. I've beaten it a few times.
But it's not "The Best Zelda game ever", nor is it [in my opinion] one of 'the best games ever'.

I think it's great for the exact same reason FFVII was considered a great game.
Little kids who grew up playing 2D versions of both series' suddenly play a game from that series that's in 3D, so it's the first time you feel really immersed in the world you're playing.

Eh I think it's more then that. Yes Zelda raised the bar for it's time in a big way, but I also think the game itself was simply a good game. FF7 in my opinion is more of a glossed over 2D game that just had graphics there for show... Zelda's 3Dness was actually used to make the gameplay itself different from older Zelda games. That's why Zelda OoT hasn't aged as bad as FF7 has.

[Angrist]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

I think it's great for the exact same reason FFVII was considered a great game.

No, that's not it. OoT is still a great game.

And why is it the best Zelda game? Everything is done in (almost) perfection. Perhaps the reason why Twilight Princess didn't add much to the experience is because OoT already almost got it perfectly right.

For me, Majora's Mask was overrated. I replayed it a while ago and I liked it. But it wasn't as good as I remembered...

Oh and about bad direction of The Wind Waker: On one Island you have to fly to a smaller island, using the Deku Leaf. It takes a few tries to fly right (with the wind and all)... And every time you miss your target, YOU HAVE TO SWIM ALL THE WAY BACK AND CLIMB THE ISLAND AGAIN!