2011-07-05, 08:41 PM
CarrionCrow Wrote:Oh come on now Sarah!
I am a tad late for the party, but still. An entire world of gamers think differently about OoT. Is it up to standards with todays games? Maybe not. Was it the best game of its kind during that era? Undisputable. I agree that the Zelda franchise is a little overrated, but OoT as a N64 game, compared to the games of that decades, is not. I realise you are voicing oppinions here but for the love of god, stop making it sound like facts when nothing really backs it up.
An entire generation also thinks Twilight is amazing. Just because the masses say it doesn't make it so.
I love the Zelda series, but I'm not sure why, really. It's just ingrained in players that they should love it. But realistically, Ocarina of Time was (and is) a clumsy game. It wasn't anything revolutionary. It came out in 1998 -- there had been lots of platform/adventure games on the playstation already doing most of the things Zelda did for 3 years previous. Sure, many of them were likely inspired by older Zelda games, as it is sort of the origin of adventure games, but the problem is it hasn't evolved since, oh, A Link to the Past. It's ALWAYS the same formula. Ocarina of Time was no different, all it changed was 3D aesthetics. Even LttP covered the change of landscape (light/dark worlds) so it's not like that was unique to OoT. The story wasn't even compelling. It was weak and held together by brief interactions long times a part with very little direction.
Was Ocarina of Time an enjoyable game? Sure, absolutely. Was it something special, or deserving of the honours its held for the last 13 years? Absolutely not. It is mediocre. And please, if you disagree, explain why you think it is special because I'm really struggling to think of anything that it did uniquely and well.
The best thing OoT did was inspire great games like Alundra 2 which used many of the same mechanics, added more and had a deep story.