Xinnamin
Mrs. Austin
I played TP first.
My opinion on which one is better changed a lot. The first time I picked up OoT, I had a hard time getting into it. TP was more modern and had more fluid controls (I'm a fan of motion control), and OoT's older graphics and clunky aiming with items like the slingshot really bothered me for a while. The controls actually hindered my enjoyment of OoT for much of the first half of the game actually. TP was my first 3D Zelda game, really my first 3D adventure game, and the scope of the overworld and novelty of playing action-adventure in this kind of overworld gave me the same thrill that I imagine a lot of retro gamers had when OoT first came out. That being the case, my first time playing OoT felt like a step backwards in many regards. Everything I was doing in OoT felt like a dated version of what I had done in TP, which made OoT feel less impressive than it would be to an unbiased player.
Over time though, and after more experience with the series as a whole, I started to dislike TP because I started comparing TP's flaws to other Zelda games, namely the linearity, the item overload, and the problematic plotline, among others. I lost much of my original discomfort with OoT's controls, which made the game more enjoyable, but since my first impression of OoT was in comparison to TP (my favorite game at the time of playing due to the novelty), I don't think I'll ever like OoT as much as I could.
Due to the fact that I kept comparing the games to each other, the fact that I played TP first did matter in that it created an unimpressive first impression of OoT. Given how much I grew to dislike TP though, I realize the only reason I ever liked it as much as I did was because of the novelty of playing my first game of the genre. If I played OoT first, I would have attributed all the novelty I felt in TP to OoT instead. The novelty factor is why I think playing games in a certain order can affect how much a player enjoys them. Granted that may just be me.
My opinion on which one is better changed a lot. The first time I picked up OoT, I had a hard time getting into it. TP was more modern and had more fluid controls (I'm a fan of motion control), and OoT's older graphics and clunky aiming with items like the slingshot really bothered me for a while. The controls actually hindered my enjoyment of OoT for much of the first half of the game actually. TP was my first 3D Zelda game, really my first 3D adventure game, and the scope of the overworld and novelty of playing action-adventure in this kind of overworld gave me the same thrill that I imagine a lot of retro gamers had when OoT first came out. That being the case, my first time playing OoT felt like a step backwards in many regards. Everything I was doing in OoT felt like a dated version of what I had done in TP, which made OoT feel less impressive than it would be to an unbiased player.
Over time though, and after more experience with the series as a whole, I started to dislike TP because I started comparing TP's flaws to other Zelda games, namely the linearity, the item overload, and the problematic plotline, among others. I lost much of my original discomfort with OoT's controls, which made the game more enjoyable, but since my first impression of OoT was in comparison to TP (my favorite game at the time of playing due to the novelty), I don't think I'll ever like OoT as much as I could.
Due to the fact that I kept comparing the games to each other, the fact that I played TP first did matter in that it created an unimpressive first impression of OoT. Given how much I grew to dislike TP though, I realize the only reason I ever liked it as much as I did was because of the novelty of playing my first game of the genre. If I played OoT first, I would have attributed all the novelty I felt in TP to OoT instead. The novelty factor is why I think playing games in a certain order can affect how much a player enjoys them. Granted that may just be me.
TP had a lot of cutscenes actually. That was one area about TP that I still greatly enjoy. The cinematics in TP may not be my favorite of the series, but they had their own charm that I think surpasses OoT's.Ihave played a lot of TP and its very poor in terms of music and no cutscenes from what i have seem.