OoT Best Game ever?

[Punchout]

I have seen many people rate this game the best even though i havent played that many games i can say that it is up there but certanly not best. Final Fantasy ( the original ) was one of the best ever and it never makes the list. Also hint my name i love mike tysons punhout wich is easily the best boxing game and it never gets recognition. Every body say what you think is the best and back it up. It serves no purpose to say OOT OOT OOT OMG ITS THE BEST EVER and then stop typing.

[Avenged]

This doesnt belong in the Zelda thread if you dont want people saying OoT is the best or if you want people to say what do you think is the best game. Im sure there is already a topic just like this in the general gaming forum, go there.

[PrinceofDarkness]

no, OOT is good and has the best dungeon/area ever (spirit temple/gerudo valley) but the difficulty is too low and I have to take off marks for the water temple, that one was incredibly boring and went on forever. The boss while innovative was bland. The Ganon fight at the end was also too easy, he moves like a zombie. I love the music though and this game is one of my favs but not the best one in my opinion, there is still plenty of room for improvement in it.

My Fav. is A Link to The Past. It gets everything right and I love the ability to alter the difficulty to suit the player. The Ganon fight was also legendary.

[Punchout]

How do you alternate difficulty

[Avenged]

For once I agree with Punchout.

[Kybyrian]

Yeah, how can you alternate the difficulty of the game? Oh wait, I know the answer, you can't. It's impossible to alter the difficulty of the game unless you like purposely don't collect hearts or something like that. Which you can do in any game.

[Punchout]

Nice way to put it but yea. Anway i got tired of both LttP and OoT and Im gonna try phantom hourglass. Ive heard it has quickly become one of the better zeldas.

[zeypherlink]

no, OOT is good and has the best dungeon/area ever (spirit temple/gerudo valley) but the difficulty is too low and I have to take off marks for the water temple, that one was incredibly boring and went on forever. The boss while innovative was bland. The Ganon fight at the end was also too easy, he moves like a zombie. I love the music though and this game is one of my favs but not the best one in my opinion, there is still plenty of room for improvement in it.
You say that because you're still fapping about how awesome and hawt TP was, huh?


It gets everything right and I love the ability to alter the difficulty to suit the player. The Ganon fight was also legendary.
What?

[Mases]

The only explanation I can put on altering difficulty is that as a player, you have certain options to make the game harder for yourself. (Don't upgrade the sword, don't upgrade your tunic, don't get any heart pieces, the 3 heart challenge, don't use any bottles, etc...) Although I'm not sure if that's what you meant.


I don't think its fair to almost ever consider a game to be the best above all else. Instead I like to bunch games in tiers, and Ocarina of Time is in the top tier. I would say that it is clearly one of the best games ever made for the Nintendo 64.

I'm just not about to start comparing it to Link to the Past, Super Mario 3, Grand Theft Auto 4, Half-Life 2, Chrono Trigger, etc... Games that are completely different genres and in some cases came out 10 years before hand or 10 years later. It's only fair to compare it to the games of its time and specifically of its console and genre. In that sense, I think of its genre, it is my favorite and thus (I suppose) the best game for the N64. Although I'm sure there would be plenty that would argue Super Mario 64, Conker, Goldeneye, Banjo-Kazooie, etc... Heck many fans here have even said that they prefer Majora's Mask in other threads.

[Avenged]

In that case you can alter the difficulty in any Zelda game. Maybe that is what he meant though.

[PrinceofDarkness]

Yeah, how can you alternate the difficulty of the game?

don't upgrade the sword or get any of the mails.

You say that because you're still fapping about how awesome and hawt TP was, huh?


hunh? I love TP but to be honest OOT is a better game.

[Avenged]

Princeofdarkness, you could do that with pretty much any Zelda game...*sighs*

[dark_link01]

Ocarina of Time was as close to perfect as any game I've played. There isn't much that could have been added to the game to make it better at that time. It still is better than most games made today.

Majora's Mask was really good too. I hated it when I first played it cause at the first, you really dont know what to do, or at least I didn't at the time. But, once you get into the game, Majora's Mask is up there with Ocarina, just because of its depth. It's a weird game too. The parallel world is fun to explore.

I do believe, however, that Twilight Princess had the ability to be better than Ocarina. Two big things that threw me off about Twilight was the map, and the cutscenes. There was too much movie stuff involved with twilight i thought. And the map is hard to remember. In Ocarina, the entire map layout was simple, and I half the time knew where I was going when I went there. In Twilight, I just find myself teleporting most of the time to wherever I wanna go.

[Y2K3]

While OoT is not my favorite game ever, or even my favorite on the N64, is my favorite Zelda game.
I have to agree with what dark_link01 said about it.

[Shadow Goris]

OOT is to over rated...*sighs*...*gang of people form around ShadowGoris* It's still a great game though, No seriously

[Avenged]

How do you think Ocarina of Time is overated? You were three years old when it was released...Maybe at that point in time, but dude its been 10 years.

[dark_link01]

Yeah, I believe you had to be born at least a couple of years within the release of Ocarina to really appreciate it as much as it should be. Its too bad that most young gamers today are stuck with games like Halo, which they think is the greatest game ever, because they didn't have the privelage to play a truly great game like Ocarina. They just don't make em' the way they used to....

[zeldafan999]

it is one of the best games of all time but then it just had to be followed up by majoras mask which was bad

[Y2K3]

Yeah, I believe you had to be born at least a couple of years within the release of Ocarina to really appreciate it as much as it should be. Its too bad that most young gamers today are stuck with games like Halo, which they think is the greatest game ever, because they didn't have the privelage to play a truly great game like Ocarina. They just don't make em' the way they used to....
A lot of people that grew up with the Nes say Halo is the best thing ever as well. I don't see it, myself.
But I agree about the younger people. They just turn away from games like Zelda, just because it's Nintendo, and too 'kiddy'.

[Dabombster]

Personally I think OoT is overrated as well, but hear me out before you start attacking me...

I think that people think OoT was so awesome just because it was 3D, not for the playing value. If you made LoZ, AoL, and ALttP in 3D I can almost guarantee people would think they're better. They already have a better storyline and most Zelda fans who have played all (or nearly all) of the Zelda games like them better than OoT. Turn a classic into 3D, and people would go crazy.

My point is, I don't think a lot of people recognize the game as the "best", but a lot of them do recognize the 3D and visual effects it has over the classics.

[MajoraKing12]

i like most of the legend of zelda games and one of my favorite is OoT. but like most people i like a diffrant one. i love BULLY!!!!it's really AWESOME!!!you all should try it. but any way i like pretty much(and i mean all of them)like all of the legend of zelda games!!they should make one thats combinds all the games toghther!!

[El Bagu]

OOT rules!!! Boss introduction rules!! OOT is the best :clap:

[Thewindmaker]

I personally agree with Masses first comment. That the games must be grouped together in the appropriate groups.

For N64 my order of best games are.

OOT
MM
Conkers
banjo twooie
Golden eye
perfect dark

I must say though, as some people found OOT easy when they played it, I found it very difficult and challenging. The reason for that is becuase I was 8 when I started playing the game. It took months to beat and thats why I love Zelda so much. I thought it was a great game and enjoyed the countless hours spent on attempting to beat it.

[ADeadlySilence]

OoT is my second favorite Zelda game next to Twilight Princess, sometimes they flip flop too. It was a very creative story line, if only the graphics were upped more.