Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[destrekor]

has anyone recently played this game, say, as a revisit to great memories?
I just picked it back up and am in Lord Jabu Jabu. Playing it again has brought back great memories and I will see this game through till the end. I only played it one other time, back when it was new, and I got stuck in the water temple. I want to imagine I triggered a strange bug, because I had a strategy guide and was following everything it told me (except I did something backwards and was never able to reverse it). so whatever caused it, I got stuck and completely stopped there.

I have vowed to play it again. Won't take long to get to the water temple this time.

Anyone else share my opinion of this being the greatest N64 game ever released? I hated Majora's Mask, and didn't like the premise of Wind Waker. However, Twilight Princess sounds like a return to classic Zelda-land, and whenever I get a Wii will be the first game I purchase.

so, with that, anyone play Twilight Princess and have any comparison opinions, specifically between Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time, and A Link to the Past (SNES). I happened to love A Link to the Past as well.

 

[Oil]

Ocarina of Time is BY FAR much better than Twilight Princess. Gotta give the edge to A Link to the Past though

 

[nakedfrog]

The water temple is always a PITA. I had to help my daughter through it.
The first time I played Wind Waker, I stopped because I was tired of sailing. But I decided to beat it before I got Twilight Princess, and found out that once you get the song that warps you around the map, the pace picks up and it's a lot of fun.

 

[Coquito]

I tried playing the first Zelda again on the Nintendo Power bonus disc, but got so fustrated with the controls, that I gave up. I personally really enjoyed Wind Waker. I just didn't like the map hopping near the end of the game. I never played Ocarina, as I had an snes up until I got a ps1.

 

[A5]

Originally posted by: OSx86
Ocarina of Time is BY FAR much better than Twilight Princess. Gotta give the edge to A Link to the Past though

I'd say TP is a 9.2/10, OoT is a 9.5/10, and LttP is also a 9.2/10. They're all excellent, and none of them are a significant distance ahead of the others.

 

[natto fire]

A Link to the Past is my favorite video game I have ever played. I still have my SNES, pretty much sealed Sega's fate, IMO.

 

[Vidda]

I think OoT is slightly better than Link to the Past, which seems slightly better than TP. I haven't played TP, but I've probably watched my roommate play about 30 hours of it, so I have a pretty good idea.

 

[eLiu]

Yeah OoT is an amazing game. My favorite of the Zelda series (well I haven't played Majora or WindWaker but still) is still LttP--actually LttP is my favorite game of all time. TP on the Wii was also pretty spectacular--epic boss fights, a -huge- overworld, longer gameplay, yet another great Zelda installment.

When does the next Zelda game come out? I love Zelda games.

 

[Oxaqata]

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[Beev]

I bust out OoT now and then. Good stuff.

LttP is my favorite, followed extremely closely by TP which = OoT.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Nintendo got it pretty perfect with OoT. The feeling you got (something like "holy mother f***ing sh!t" was how I felt) when you first played it was great, I had played many other 3D games before it but none had really sucked me into its own world like OoT did. Then there was the dungeons in 3D and all the new puzzles that could come of it, and the epic boss fights, pretty damn good plot, and one of the most epic final fights of any of the Zelda games - it doesn't really end up mattering much that it is actually one of the easiest fights...

I'm not too surprised with seemingly disappointing Zelda games to come after, if anything they were desperately trying to give us something fresh and new otherwise it would be just a clone and those can't beat the original, because even if the game is better the nostalgia of having already played something similar is going to ruin the overall experience.

That being said, since we're already in 3D we need something more to get something truly better than OoT. It may just be the first true Wii Zelda game (one where your wii slashes equate to sword slashes and not just button presses resulting in sword slashes) where we finally get that experience. Don't forget that TP is basically a port of a game originally intended for GC.

 

[Brentx]

LttP is still my favorite console game of all time, followed very closely by OoT. I just bought a Wii last weekend, and I am in the process of beating TP. TP is turning out to be an excellent game though, on the same scale of OoT. Right now I just got to the desert, and need to recover the mirror... damn I am going to play some more!

I bought the Virtual Console controller and LttP on the Wii so I can play it like the Snes. I am thinking about buying OoT when I am done with TP too. Nintendo has to be making a mint off of the Virtual Console.

 

[destrekor]

I can say I honestly cannot decide if I like LttP or OoT better, as both are too different from each other. And I too was in awe when I witnessed the game series jump to 3d, hell I still am amazing at how it translated into 3d considering I remember nearly every detail from LttP. What's funny, is that playing OoT right now is like playing it for the first time all over again. Most of the things are no longer a surprise to me, but I completely forgot the dungeon's (except for the Great Deku Tree, but that was a starter puzzle anyway) and some of the puzzles. overall, it's already been a great experience playing it again.

Originally posted by: Coquito
I tried playing the first Zelda again on the Nintendo Power bonus disc, but got so fustrated with the controls, that I gave up. I personally really enjoyed Wind Waker. I just didn't like the map hopping near the end of the game. I never played Ocarina, as I had an snes up until I got a ps1.

do remember there were two Zelda games on the NES before LttP.

 

[Roguestar]

LINK'S AWAKENING DX FTMFW

Edit: Also, I have OoT Master Quest on the Gamecube Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition disc as well as Majora's Mask. <3

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Wind Waker was great...and Twilight Princess which I just started is amazing so far.

 

[spaceman]

Jabu's belly was the worst dungeon in the game IMO.
that said, I adored Ocarina, fished for hours and hours.
one of the all time greats

 

[BD2003]

Even though OoT was great for it's time, TP is a MUCH better game overall. Lttp is a classic masterpiece, and shouldnt really be compared to the other two, since theyre very different.

 

[Turfzilla]

Originally posted by: OSx86
Ocarina of Time is BY FAR much better than Twilight Princess. Gotta give the edge to A Link to the Past though

:beer:
Agreed
:beer:

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: BD2003
Even though OoT was great for it's time, TP is a MUCH better game overall. Lttp is a classic masterpiece, and shouldnt really be compared to the other two, since theyre very different.

agreed. The whole concept of light and dark worlds was one of the key things that probably inspired the concept of the Ocarina of Time and the time travel, however it can never compare to the dark/light world theme. That concept and how it played out was brilliant.

 

[Abel007]

Three cheers for Ocarina of Time!

:beer::beer::beer:

 

[bleeb]

Nice

 

[raildogg]

Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the best game I have ever played. The music, the story, the atmosphere - nothing comes close to matching it, not even the newest Zeldas, which I have only played rarely. We have the Twilight Princess but I don't get the urge to play it. Yes, I have to play Ocarina of Time again to bring back those sweet memories!

Thank you for this thread

 

[slag]

Originally posted by: Coquito
I tried playing the first Zelda again on the Nintendo Power bonus disc, but got so fustrated with the controls, that I gave up. I personally really enjoyed Wind Waker. I just didn't like the map hopping near the end of the game. I never played Ocarina, as I had an snes up until I got a ps1.

I stopped playing wind waker. its so GD annoying

I am following a strategy guide that wants you to map out the entire map, square by square, by luring the fish up with bait and talking to him, etc.

WASTE of time. and the interface blows also.. everytime you want the wind to change direction you have to pull up your flute, play a melody you are supposed to remember between weeks of playing, and then waiting for the sequence to end to move.. doing that several times an hour gets old fast.

Yes, i know the melody is on the subscreen so you dont have to memorize it, but it adds that much more time to the game to have to go look at which of 4 melodies I want to play and then just ARRGH.. the game is designed to be a huge timesink and a horrible one at that.

I've refused to play that game anymore. I get enough frustration out of work.

 

[MrPickins]

I haven't played that in over 5 years.. Maybe I should pick up a used N64 :thumbsup:

Oh, and just because this reminded me of it:

http://bubbrubboftime.ytmnd.com/

 

[Josh123]

I ended up borrowing my cousins N64 and thought I would run through it again. It look so bad on my HDTV that I couldn't continue. Excellent game though, everything about it was fun.