Ocarina only has two three flaws:
1. It basically has no actual flaws, which is boring
2. It is not Majora's Mask
3. The Legend of Zelda: Master Quest is better
1. It basically has no actual flaws, which is boring
2. It is not Majora's Mask
3. The Legend of Zelda: Master Quest is better
A masterpiece which changed the whole industry in its time. Sadly, nowadays it has aged a bit bad, but luckily, we got the 3DS' remaster(?) some years later. It is still a very enjoyable game that every adventure games-fan should play.
You have to respect the legacy and it's a great, very fun game in its own right, but later Zelda games would take this style of game in more interesting directions. It can feel more like a template than a unique entry at times, but that's a product of time, not necessarily a flaw with the game itself.
epitome of a great game
Ocarina of Time è notoriamente una pietra miliare della storia del videogioco, spesso ancor oggi annoverato tra i più grandi esempi di game design mai creati, le cui influenze si possono scorgere ancor oggi in giochi altrettanto influenti - si pensi solo al genere souls-like odierno. Il team di sviluppo guidato da Shigeru Miyamoto nel 1998 riuscì a tradurre con la giusta complessità ma anche una certa accessibilità le logiche del 2D nel linguaggio a tre dimensioni: in particolare Nintendo sembra essere partita da Kamigami no Triforce (in inglese A Link to the Past) come struttura portante dell'intero gioco, mixandola peraltro alle trovate più riuscite del precedente capitolo per Game Boy (dal gufo di conclamata natura lynchiana che guida il giocatore insieme a Navi, al minigioco della pesca e passando ancora per la quest secondaria dello scambio di maschere e oggetti, che poi sarà centrale nel successivo Majora's Mask).
La rivoluzione per gli action-adventure più nota è quella dello Z-Targeting, ancora oggi fondamentale meccanica utilizzata anche da svariati action e RPG contemporanei: questa scelta di design, chiaramente necessaria per fissare nello spazio obiettivi ora su tre dimensioni, rende ancora il gioco estremamente fruibile e accessibile ai giocatori coevi, poiché fondato su logiche ancor oggi imprescindibili per un combat system chiaro e pulito. Ma vi sono altre innovazioni che sono una diretta evoluzione con quanto già sperimentato in passato, nella saga di Zelda: vengono in mente la possibilità di alterare i cicli giorno-notte con l'utilizzo dell'Ocarina del Tempo, i cui ritornelli e motivetti iconici sono l'equivalente di veri e propri poteri magici - far apparire piattaforme, richiamare mezzi di spostamento, evocare cure o avere consigli su come proseguire nella storia da Saria, terza guida del gioco. La musica, elemento già presente sin dal primo capitolo ma dall'utilizzo ancora limitato è una trovata di grande intelligenza per sedimentare attraverso la musica tutt'una avventura fantasy: l'utilizzo più grande che se ne fa è per risolvere diversi enigmi ambientali che guidano il giocatore ad un'attenzione ancor maggiore rispetto ai vecchi capitoli sulla narrativa ambientale e sui possibili segreti sparsi per una Hyrule che equivaleva allora ai grandi mondi open-world dell'era moderna.
A livello editoriale, soffermandoci invece sulla saga d'appartenenza, Ocarina of Time è chiaramente un capitolo pivotale e apice d'un lavoro sviluppato nell'arco di dieci anni. Il gioco introduce numerosi canoni poi di lì in avanti ripresi più volte: si mostrano finalmente le razze di Hyrule; vengono rivisti i design canonici di aree e costumi in formato 3D; i menù di gioco divengono complessi, ancor più ricchi di dati e oggetti; la lore della Triforza viene ampliata e finalmente narrata contestualmente e così via. Il gioco è riconoscibile anche per la sua struttura tendente all'open-world e alla possibilità di non seguire schematicamente i dungeon in maniera prestabilita (già in Yume wo miru Shima / Link's Awakening la mancanza di ciò lo rendeva già piuttosto datato) ritornando alle radici del primo gioco. Ma soprattutto il segno più rilevante di Ocarina è il tempo (un elemento leggermente convulso e contorto a livello narrativo) aprendo allo switch tra Link bambino e adulto dona una libertà inusitata per allora, permettendo di vedere un mondo con due prospettive molto diverse (ciò segue chiaramente la dualità Light e Dark World di Kamigami e verrà poi ripresa anche da titoli come Fushigi no Boushi / Minish Cap con quello tra mondo umano e mondo Picori).
Come tutti i giochi classici di Zelda poi, Ocarina si fonda chiaramente sui suoi dungeon, ormai post-Kamigami resi
estremamente differenti tra loro a livello tematico, estetico e sonoro - basti pensare alle differenze di un Water Temple
sognante e lirico rispetto al tetro e horror Shadow Temple, in cui gli Sheikah e la famiglia reale di Hyrule vengono macchiati da sospetti terribili sul loro passato. Grazie alla svolta 3D, rispetto ai precedenti capitoli, Ocarina introduce molti elementi platform nei suoi enigmi, che generalmente si riconducono a indovinelli di contesto, a prove a tempo, battaglie contro nemici o utilizzo elementale del fuoco.
Infine Zelda con Ocarina fa un'ulteriore passo in avanti per quanto riguarda la complessità narrativa, grazie all'aggiunta di quest secondarie e numerosi personaggi rilevanti, e all'elemento cinematografico delle cut-scene (in quell'anno glorificate anche da titoli quali Metal Gear Solid), creando per la prima volta uno Zelda più focalizzato sulla drammaturgia archetipica dello scontro tra Bene e Male (con influenze della fairy tail europea e della religione cristiana) espandendo e aggiungendo concetti e lore sulla leggenda che dà il nome alla saga, altrimenti in passato poco esplorata.
La rivoluzione per gli action-adventure più nota è quella dello Z-Targeting, ancora oggi fondamentale meccanica utilizzata anche da svariati action e RPG contemporanei: questa scelta di design, chiaramente necessaria per fissare nello spazio obiettivi ora su tre dimensioni, rende ancora il gioco estremamente fruibile e accessibile ai giocatori coevi, poiché fondato su logiche ancor oggi imprescindibili per un combat system chiaro e pulito. Ma vi sono altre innovazioni che sono una diretta evoluzione con quanto già sperimentato in passato, nella saga di Zelda: vengono in mente la possibilità di alterare i cicli giorno-notte con l'utilizzo dell'Ocarina del Tempo, i cui ritornelli e motivetti iconici sono l'equivalente di veri e propri poteri magici - far apparire piattaforme, richiamare mezzi di spostamento, evocare cure o avere consigli su come proseguire nella storia da Saria, terza guida del gioco. La musica, elemento già presente sin dal primo capitolo ma dall'utilizzo ancora limitato è una trovata di grande intelligenza per sedimentare attraverso la musica tutt'una avventura fantasy: l'utilizzo più grande che se ne fa è per risolvere diversi enigmi ambientali che guidano il giocatore ad un'attenzione ancor maggiore rispetto ai vecchi capitoli sulla narrativa ambientale e sui possibili segreti sparsi per una Hyrule che equivaleva allora ai grandi mondi open-world dell'era moderna.
A livello editoriale, soffermandoci invece sulla saga d'appartenenza, Ocarina of Time è chiaramente un capitolo pivotale e apice d'un lavoro sviluppato nell'arco di dieci anni. Il gioco introduce numerosi canoni poi di lì in avanti ripresi più volte: si mostrano finalmente le razze di Hyrule; vengono rivisti i design canonici di aree e costumi in formato 3D; i menù di gioco divengono complessi, ancor più ricchi di dati e oggetti; la lore della Triforza viene ampliata e finalmente narrata contestualmente e così via. Il gioco è riconoscibile anche per la sua struttura tendente all'open-world e alla possibilità di non seguire schematicamente i dungeon in maniera prestabilita (già in Yume wo miru Shima / Link's Awakening la mancanza di ciò lo rendeva già piuttosto datato) ritornando alle radici del primo gioco. Ma soprattutto il segno più rilevante di Ocarina è il tempo (un elemento leggermente convulso e contorto a livello narrativo) aprendo allo switch tra Link bambino e adulto dona una libertà inusitata per allora, permettendo di vedere un mondo con due prospettive molto diverse (ciò segue chiaramente la dualità Light e Dark World di Kamigami e verrà poi ripresa anche da titoli come Fushigi no Boushi / Minish Cap con quello tra mondo umano e mondo Picori).
Come tutti i giochi classici di Zelda poi, Ocarina si fonda chiaramente sui suoi dungeon, ormai post-Kamigami resi
estremamente differenti tra loro a livello tematico, estetico e sonoro - basti pensare alle differenze di un Water Temple
sognante e lirico rispetto al tetro e horror Shadow Temple, in cui gli Sheikah e la famiglia reale di Hyrule vengono macchiati da sospetti terribili sul loro passato. Grazie alla svolta 3D, rispetto ai precedenti capitoli, Ocarina introduce molti elementi platform nei suoi enigmi, che generalmente si riconducono a indovinelli di contesto, a prove a tempo, battaglie contro nemici o utilizzo elementale del fuoco.
Infine Zelda con Ocarina fa un'ulteriore passo in avanti per quanto riguarda la complessità narrativa, grazie all'aggiunta di quest secondarie e numerosi personaggi rilevanti, e all'elemento cinematografico delle cut-scene (in quell'anno glorificate anche da titoli quali Metal Gear Solid), creando per la prima volta uno Zelda più focalizzato sulla drammaturgia archetipica dello scontro tra Bene e Male (con influenze della fairy tail europea e della religione cristiana) espandendo e aggiungendo concetti e lore sulla leggenda che dà il nome alla saga, altrimenti in passato poco esplorata.
Great game
My first Zelda game and just to make sure it was still good, I went back and played it... Still amazing.
Algún día lo terminaré? :v
Freaky flying pineapples
This review contains spoilers
10 l Não é perfeito, mas foi uma das melhores experiências da minha vida. O jogo me deixou admirado pelo mundo e pelos personagens, me deixou preso jogando por bastante tempo, além da sua trilha sonora ser impecável. E por mais que não seja perfeito, tem certas coisas no jogo, como os puzzles, que é além do seu tempo.
Joguei o 3d no emulador, mas gostei mais dessa capa no backloggd.
Joguei o 3d no emulador, mas gostei mais dessa capa no backloggd.
Ol classic, I remember emulating it and cheating lol
Hands down not only one an absolute banger Zelda game, it's also one of the most influental games ever made.
too basic for my taste, feels there's nothing unique or special about it, so there's basically nothing for me to love about it. I've been trying to beat it so many times from when i was 13-20 years old but I never had enough interest to finish it.
this is the benchmark to which i compare all other games
its peak
it's just rough as hell to play through now. it's a much better experience when you add QoL hacks to it but goddamn i could feel my soul leaving my body when i got to the water temple. i finally got to experience first-hand 26 years later what everyone was talking about. and they were right. this is some hot ass
This review contains spoilers
In playing this game I seemed to have made a full realisation of what I look for in a Zelda game. This series to me is fun when the puzzles really make me rack my brain and when the solution eventually comes there's immense satisfaction when I figure out the solution. The dungeons and exploration are merely a backdrop for these physics based puzzles. Unfortunately, I rarely got these "Aha" moments that seem to be so common now in the recent entries in the series. But more on that later.
When playing the game for the first time it's obvious that the game has shown its age. Both the janky controls and somewhat ugly artstyle (though it elicits some charm as I grew into the game) are not the best first impression. The Kokiri Forest is a decent tutorial area, not amazing nor bad - it serves its purpose but it serves as much more of an important area thematically speaking than it does for teaching the player. It perfectly ties in with the game's main idea of Link being forced to lose his childhood innocence (represented by the Kokiri Forest).
The Great Deku Tree was a great first dungeon, mostly for its eerie atmosphere but it had simple but effective puzzles to lure the player in. The same could not be said for the next 2 dungeons, Dodongo's Cavern and especially Jabu Jabu's belly which felt like padded their difficulty with nuisance enemies. To add on to that their atmosphere was drab and boring, nothing like I would expect from this game which handles its atmosphere generally very well. I would say this was the worst part of the game for me, it gets alot better from here on out.
From here the adult portion of the game is unlocked allowing the player to switch between his adult and child versions from The Temple of Time. I really like this concept, it forces the player to plan ahead and seeing areas change over time really cements the central theme of the game. For example, magic beans can be planted as a child and when you come back as an adult they are fully grown allowing Link to get to new areas, often resulting in a Heart Piece or Golden Skultula. Though this idea it is let down a bit by the fact that magic beans are so lazily obtained just by throwing rupees at an npc.
The first dungeon Link must go to as an adult is the Forest Temple. This is a fan favourite and I can definitely see why, the music is unsettling and the whole place gives such a mysterious vibe. That being said I have some gripes with it and I certainly don't hold it in as high regard as many. For one, the puzzles are really nothing to write home about. They're cool to look at - namely the changing corridor but you aren't solving a problem, rather you're just flipping a switch or shooting an eye most of the time which is not very engaging to me. My other main problem is that it ends up feeling way too corridory at times with no shortcuts opening up as you progress through the dungeon. I remember I accidentally made a mistake to get a hidden chest late in the dungeon and as such had to walk through the whole dungeon again because of how linearly it seems to be designed (despite having the illusion of having a central hub with several paths, in practice the main route of the dungeon ends up forming just 1 long path).
Next up was the Fire Temple which was fine. The atmosphere and puzzles were seemingly as bland as Dodongo's Cavern but the layout and gimmick of this dungeon definitely has me preferring this overall. It's a bit of a shame Nintendo decided to change the music for this because the replacement is really drab and doesn't contribute much to the atmosphere.
Next up is the infamous water temple. You might be expecting me to trash on this, but this ended up being my favourite dungeon in the game unironically. It feels like the only area of the game which really tests the players puzzle solving and memory. Additionally the whole layout and atmosphere of the dungeon was how a water temple should feel like and it even had an iconic fight with Dark Link halfway through. It had some issues with nuisance enemies and of course swapping out the Iron Boots but the pace of the dungeon really meant that the issue didn't bother me much. If I had to constantly swap in and out for fast paced combat encounters like you have to do with some items in other areas it would have really killed the pace of the dungeon but since this area required alot more of a slow approach I don't think it mattered all that much.
With that being said, next up was the Bottom of the Well and the Shadow Temple which were both pretty dissapointing for me if I'm honest. The Lens of Truth and the hover boots are both pretty boring items to play around with and the game constantly halts your progress sometimes even making you go back to the start of the dungeon or room if you mess up which ends up happening alot with how janky the physics are at times, altogether contributing to a frustrating nightmare of a dungeon. I do agree that the aesthetics of the dungeon are really on point but the puzzles were non existent and I can't even say there were even any entertaining combat encounters outside of the bosses.
Finally the last area being the unexplored Gerudo Valley and subsequent Spirit Temple were very entertaining for me. Adding the Gerudo tribe was a great addition I think and really added to the presence of Ganondorf in this game. The stealth section was a bit lame here but having Link switch between his child and adult counterparts for the Spirit Temple was great fun and I wish this game had more areas like this. This dungeon had everything a dungeon should have in this series - atmosphere, a fun dungeon item, interesting puzzles, tough combat encounters and a good boss. This was a fitting last dungeon to crawl through indeed.
I should talk about the side content before I begin talking about the endgame. For starters there is the pieces of heart which are mostly enjoyable to find but it is not worth it to max out due to some perplexing choices for some of the minigames required to obtain all of them. Well in fairness it comes down to mostly 1, the Bombchu minigame which is probably the most atrocious minigame in the game. This is because for some reason the prizes rotate 5 times and there is no way to skip prizes, some of them being as shit as just bombs or bombchus. The other rewards being a bomb bag, 50 rupees and a piece of heart. It costs 30 to play so if you're trying to get the piece of heart you effectively spend 150 (100 if you win the 50 rupees which still requires you to beat the game) for a CHANCE of getting the piece of heart. This I could overlook if the minigame wasn't so god damn difficult due to bombchus being nearly impossible to aim where you want. You can't really microadjust any projectiles in this game because of the finnicky controls and no gyro controls. Anyway what I'm saying is I gave up with this garbage and just beat the game with 19 hearts instead of 20.
Golden Skultulas were the other main collectible, with 100 of these guys hiding around the map. 50 is required for 2 heart pieces but for some reason the reward for scouring the map for all 100 is only 200 rupees which just really makes me wonder what the point of getting them all really is. They seem to be kind of fun to find in dungeons but looking for them round the map seems to involve alot of luck, like finding a needle in a haystack. Some of them are in cool locations but some of them are just hanging around in places you won't find unless by accident.
There are some other items and whatnot round the map but nothing really compelled me to go out looking for them except for the bottles which are very useful in this game, moreso than any other game in the series. It is very rewarding to collect these and they come in handy several times along the main quest. Some useful optional items like Din's Fire are also hidden tactically round the map which gives me a great feeling when I find them and then can use them to make my life easier in the main quest.
As for the sidequests I really don't like fetch quests so it's no surprise that the Biggoron questline was not one I enjoyed a whole lot. On the other hand, getting Epona was a fun one for me and made traversing Hyrule Fields less boring.
Speaking of Hyrule Field being boring, I should say that the overworld in this game is really lacking anything to do and explore. Hyrule Field feels so empty and seems just like a hub world just connecting the 5 areas of the map which are still pretty lackluster themselves. I pretty much only talked about the dungeons in relation to the main quest because that's all it really feels like when I peel the game back. Some dungeons and an empty world that quickly hurries the player through them hoping that the player won't notice the lack of anything to do that aren't fetch quests, badly designed minigames or collectibles.
Finally, I can talk about the end of the game. Ganon's Tower is fine, for endgame Zelda Dungeons it's one of the weaker ones for me - besides the final boss I can't say it was all too memorable. Ganondorf and Ganon were pretty lacking mechanically but god damn were they cinematic. It truly felt like the true final boss battle to decide the future of this world. To be truthful that's all they really needed to be, the game merely needs the player to believe the fight was challenging and it serves its purpose in my book. I think it succeeds in that.
Overall, I think this game is good but is easily overshadowed by the future 3d zelda games which just do the Ocarina Of Time formula bigger and better. The writing of the series was at it's peak from here on out and this is clearly this game's strong suit. The gameplay is where I can really see the cracks in this game's legacy and there's not much reason for me to revisit this in my eyes. It just feels way too slow at times, the combat is emblematic of this fact but it shows in other areas too. You can't skip dialogue quickly, some enemies pull you into long animations where you can't do anything to break out, traversing the overworld is slow, Navi stops to tell you useless information which you can't skip, you have to constantly go to the menu to switch items, etc etc etc. There's just too much going on that bogs down the pace of the game forcing you to wait. Going back to my first statement I said that puzzles were my favourite part of Zelda and I realised that with this game because of how unimpressed I was with the puzzle solving in this game. Shooting an eye is not a puzzle, lighting a torch is not a puzzle and neither is standing on a button to walk through a door. This game is just full of these 1 step solution "puzzles" which don't challenge the players ingenuity whatsoever. On the other hand the game goes the other direction and makes puzzles with such a random solution that there is only anger in solving them. This is not the feeling that should be evoked from making a discovery, there should be some level of accomplishment felt when putting several elements together but in this game I rarely get this feeling. This game may have been considered a masterpiece in 1998 but gaming has come so far now and it's hard for me to give it praise when it feels so outdated now. If you enjoy this game I'm happy for you but for what I look for in a Zelda game it doesn't hold up like that
When playing the game for the first time it's obvious that the game has shown its age. Both the janky controls and somewhat ugly artstyle (though it elicits some charm as I grew into the game) are not the best first impression. The Kokiri Forest is a decent tutorial area, not amazing nor bad - it serves its purpose but it serves as much more of an important area thematically speaking than it does for teaching the player. It perfectly ties in with the game's main idea of Link being forced to lose his childhood innocence (represented by the Kokiri Forest).
The Great Deku Tree was a great first dungeon, mostly for its eerie atmosphere but it had simple but effective puzzles to lure the player in. The same could not be said for the next 2 dungeons, Dodongo's Cavern and especially Jabu Jabu's belly which felt like padded their difficulty with nuisance enemies. To add on to that their atmosphere was drab and boring, nothing like I would expect from this game which handles its atmosphere generally very well. I would say this was the worst part of the game for me, it gets alot better from here on out.
From here the adult portion of the game is unlocked allowing the player to switch between his adult and child versions from The Temple of Time. I really like this concept, it forces the player to plan ahead and seeing areas change over time really cements the central theme of the game. For example, magic beans can be planted as a child and when you come back as an adult they are fully grown allowing Link to get to new areas, often resulting in a Heart Piece or Golden Skultula. Though this idea it is let down a bit by the fact that magic beans are so lazily obtained just by throwing rupees at an npc.
The first dungeon Link must go to as an adult is the Forest Temple. This is a fan favourite and I can definitely see why, the music is unsettling and the whole place gives such a mysterious vibe. That being said I have some gripes with it and I certainly don't hold it in as high regard as many. For one, the puzzles are really nothing to write home about. They're cool to look at - namely the changing corridor but you aren't solving a problem, rather you're just flipping a switch or shooting an eye most of the time which is not very engaging to me. My other main problem is that it ends up feeling way too corridory at times with no shortcuts opening up as you progress through the dungeon. I remember I accidentally made a mistake to get a hidden chest late in the dungeon and as such had to walk through the whole dungeon again because of how linearly it seems to be designed (despite having the illusion of having a central hub with several paths, in practice the main route of the dungeon ends up forming just 1 long path).
Next up was the Fire Temple which was fine. The atmosphere and puzzles were seemingly as bland as Dodongo's Cavern but the layout and gimmick of this dungeon definitely has me preferring this overall. It's a bit of a shame Nintendo decided to change the music for this because the replacement is really drab and doesn't contribute much to the atmosphere.
Next up is the infamous water temple. You might be expecting me to trash on this, but this ended up being my favourite dungeon in the game unironically. It feels like the only area of the game which really tests the players puzzle solving and memory. Additionally the whole layout and atmosphere of the dungeon was how a water temple should feel like and it even had an iconic fight with Dark Link halfway through. It had some issues with nuisance enemies and of course swapping out the Iron Boots but the pace of the dungeon really meant that the issue didn't bother me much. If I had to constantly swap in and out for fast paced combat encounters like you have to do with some items in other areas it would have really killed the pace of the dungeon but since this area required alot more of a slow approach I don't think it mattered all that much.
With that being said, next up was the Bottom of the Well and the Shadow Temple which were both pretty dissapointing for me if I'm honest. The Lens of Truth and the hover boots are both pretty boring items to play around with and the game constantly halts your progress sometimes even making you go back to the start of the dungeon or room if you mess up which ends up happening alot with how janky the physics are at times, altogether contributing to a frustrating nightmare of a dungeon. I do agree that the aesthetics of the dungeon are really on point but the puzzles were non existent and I can't even say there were even any entertaining combat encounters outside of the bosses.
Finally the last area being the unexplored Gerudo Valley and subsequent Spirit Temple were very entertaining for me. Adding the Gerudo tribe was a great addition I think and really added to the presence of Ganondorf in this game. The stealth section was a bit lame here but having Link switch between his child and adult counterparts for the Spirit Temple was great fun and I wish this game had more areas like this. This dungeon had everything a dungeon should have in this series - atmosphere, a fun dungeon item, interesting puzzles, tough combat encounters and a good boss. This was a fitting last dungeon to crawl through indeed.
I should talk about the side content before I begin talking about the endgame. For starters there is the pieces of heart which are mostly enjoyable to find but it is not worth it to max out due to some perplexing choices for some of the minigames required to obtain all of them. Well in fairness it comes down to mostly 1, the Bombchu minigame which is probably the most atrocious minigame in the game. This is because for some reason the prizes rotate 5 times and there is no way to skip prizes, some of them being as shit as just bombs or bombchus. The other rewards being a bomb bag, 50 rupees and a piece of heart. It costs 30 to play so if you're trying to get the piece of heart you effectively spend 150 (100 if you win the 50 rupees which still requires you to beat the game) for a CHANCE of getting the piece of heart. This I could overlook if the minigame wasn't so god damn difficult due to bombchus being nearly impossible to aim where you want. You can't really microadjust any projectiles in this game because of the finnicky controls and no gyro controls. Anyway what I'm saying is I gave up with this garbage and just beat the game with 19 hearts instead of 20.
Golden Skultulas were the other main collectible, with 100 of these guys hiding around the map. 50 is required for 2 heart pieces but for some reason the reward for scouring the map for all 100 is only 200 rupees which just really makes me wonder what the point of getting them all really is. They seem to be kind of fun to find in dungeons but looking for them round the map seems to involve alot of luck, like finding a needle in a haystack. Some of them are in cool locations but some of them are just hanging around in places you won't find unless by accident.
There are some other items and whatnot round the map but nothing really compelled me to go out looking for them except for the bottles which are very useful in this game, moreso than any other game in the series. It is very rewarding to collect these and they come in handy several times along the main quest. Some useful optional items like Din's Fire are also hidden tactically round the map which gives me a great feeling when I find them and then can use them to make my life easier in the main quest.
As for the sidequests I really don't like fetch quests so it's no surprise that the Biggoron questline was not one I enjoyed a whole lot. On the other hand, getting Epona was a fun one for me and made traversing Hyrule Fields less boring.
Speaking of Hyrule Field being boring, I should say that the overworld in this game is really lacking anything to do and explore. Hyrule Field feels so empty and seems just like a hub world just connecting the 5 areas of the map which are still pretty lackluster themselves. I pretty much only talked about the dungeons in relation to the main quest because that's all it really feels like when I peel the game back. Some dungeons and an empty world that quickly hurries the player through them hoping that the player won't notice the lack of anything to do that aren't fetch quests, badly designed minigames or collectibles.
Finally, I can talk about the end of the game. Ganon's Tower is fine, for endgame Zelda Dungeons it's one of the weaker ones for me - besides the final boss I can't say it was all too memorable. Ganondorf and Ganon were pretty lacking mechanically but god damn were they cinematic. It truly felt like the true final boss battle to decide the future of this world. To be truthful that's all they really needed to be, the game merely needs the player to believe the fight was challenging and it serves its purpose in my book. I think it succeeds in that.
Overall, I think this game is good but is easily overshadowed by the future 3d zelda games which just do the Ocarina Of Time formula bigger and better. The writing of the series was at it's peak from here on out and this is clearly this game's strong suit. The gameplay is where I can really see the cracks in this game's legacy and there's not much reason for me to revisit this in my eyes. It just feels way too slow at times, the combat is emblematic of this fact but it shows in other areas too. You can't skip dialogue quickly, some enemies pull you into long animations where you can't do anything to break out, traversing the overworld is slow, Navi stops to tell you useless information which you can't skip, you have to constantly go to the menu to switch items, etc etc etc. There's just too much going on that bogs down the pace of the game forcing you to wait. Going back to my first statement I said that puzzles were my favourite part of Zelda and I realised that with this game because of how unimpressed I was with the puzzle solving in this game. Shooting an eye is not a puzzle, lighting a torch is not a puzzle and neither is standing on a button to walk through a door. This game is just full of these 1 step solution "puzzles" which don't challenge the players ingenuity whatsoever. On the other hand the game goes the other direction and makes puzzles with such a random solution that there is only anger in solving them. This is not the feeling that should be evoked from making a discovery, there should be some level of accomplishment felt when putting several elements together but in this game I rarely get this feeling. This game may have been considered a masterpiece in 1998 but gaming has come so far now and it's hard for me to give it praise when it feels so outdated now. If you enjoy this game I'm happy for you but for what I look for in a Zelda game it doesn't hold up like that
Perfeito, alguns vão falar do majora's mas esse aqui tem muito mais apego comigo
Dungeons, mundo, personagens
Dungeons, mundo, personagens
This game is incredible and the forward and back mechanic is so great. I love the bosses, but the dungeons kind of die down at the end. The final dungeon was pretty ehh and everything after the fire dungeon I didn't love or anything.
I go poopie (played on switch online expansion pack) too broke for an n64
One of the only games I can call simultaneously underrated and overrated. I am a renegade for saying it's "pretty good".
playin the pc port of this with my cool Bridget mod makes this game great!! still historically very cool im gonna make it to the end eventually
Legitimately one of the best stories I have seen in a video game, not because it is in any way complex, but precisely because of its simplicity. The shift from triumph after obtaining the Master Sword to dread when realizing what it means to lose all the years that Link did was truly phenomenal, and how that impacts the world around him hits hard even after all these years. The themes relating to childhood and growing up are, again, simple, but they are deeply embedded into every part of this world which made for a highly engaging playing experience that commanded my attention even by the endgame (a rarity in games of this era). Seeing everything play out, especially in that powerful ending, it makes me wish that the story in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom was a bigger focus.
the vibe of adventure
What can i say, one of my favourite games of all time, sure the remake version plays and looks better but nothing beats breaking out the N64 and just reliving memories.
Masterpiece. Say anything less and it's an affront against God.
Ainda testando, provavelmente jogarei a versão de 3DS, mas é o começo da minha jornada Zelda.
jogo perfeito sobre amadurecimento, tendo que lidar com o fim do mundo. sendo forçado a crescer em prol de todos, mesmo com toda a dor que isso tras.
tem um dos melhores momentos de todos os games, quando vc vai pro futuro e encontra hyrule totalmente destruída
ótima alegoria. atmosfera e ambientação maravilhosas, melhor ost da franquia
tem um dos melhores momentos de todos os games, quando vc vai pro futuro e encontra hyrule totalmente destruída
ótima alegoria. atmosfera e ambientação maravilhosas, melhor ost da franquia
by far my favorite game of all time held by quite a bit of nostalgia
I remember thinking this game was overrated at one point in my life
then I played and beat the game. god-tier title, and I can see why a lot of people think it's the greatest ever made.
then I played and beat the game. god-tier title, and I can see why a lot of people think it's the greatest ever made.