"o fluxo do tempo é sempre cruel... sua velocidade parece diferente para cada pessoa, mas ninguém pode mudá-la..."

tive muitos pensamentos ao finalizar Ocarina of Time, a transição do jovem Link para o herói adulto é extremamente triste, pois ele é lançado em um futuro sombrio e sem esperança, onde Hyrule está em ruínas e as forças do mal dominam. não há espaço para a infância florescer. entendo isso como uma metáfora para a vida real onde muitas vezes somos privados da oportunidade de experimentar uma infância antes de sermos lançados ao mundo adulto, temos que ser nossos próprios heróis. meu primeiro contato com o jogo foi nesse ano e me arrependo de não ter tentado antes, é uma obra prima.

Maybe one day I will write a proper review of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. A lot has already been said about this game as well though so for now I’m just going to leave these ramblings.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time is one of the most important games ever and is considered the best of all time by many for good reason. I think it might be one of the greatest hero’s journeys humans have ever created. It’s also a great coming of age/facing adulthood experience too. There’s a reason why, even if you have never played it before, if you play it today for the first time ever it will still feel nostalgic.

The gameplay and controls were an important breakthrough and a stand out for the time. It left an influence that can still be seen today, I think pretty much all 3D action/adventure games since owe this game. It still holds up too and is great to play now. It’s great game design and ridiculously impressive when you remember it was Nintendo’s first go at a 3D Zelda.

Visually it was breath taking at the time and surprisingly holds up really well for an earlier 3D game. It doesn’t matter how much graphics have improved since it has a great art style and so much charm and atmosphere.

The soundtrack is phenomenal and I would happily throw out entire, well known and liked game franchises to keep it. And those classic sounds, like opening a chest or finding a secret, god damn, so good.

It has one of the best beginnings to any game ever as well. The opening cinematic is great and the village and Deku tree work as a perfect tutorial. By the time you run out onto Hyrule Field the game has perfectly introduced you to the world, the story and gameplay and filled you with wonder and anticipation. The great pacing continues throughout as well.

There are some flaws though, I’m not completely blind. Navi can be annoying and the owl is way to chatty but nostalgia has rounded off this problem. It’s also too easy, although I didn’t think this as a kid. There is also some quality of life improvements needed, like being able to change items/equipment quicker. It has this weird issue too, were at times the game can feel too hand hold-y but then lean more obtuse at other times.

I think this game is pretty much as good as it could possibly be when you factor in the limitations of the time and the N64 hardware.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time blew me away as a kid when it was new and I played it a lot. I played it again as a teen and fell in love and developed a deeper appreciation for it. I played it again as an adult and it solidified its place as the best, even if there are other games I like more. I revisited it again more recently and I still love it. I will be playing this game at least every ten years until they bury me.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time was one of the key games that made me fall in love with this medium. I think it might be time to do another play through.

9.8/10

I think one of the reasons this game manages to stand the test of time so well, at least for me, is its message. It's one that constantly changes and evolves with you the older you get. So many people have talked about this already, so I won't parrot what they've said, but I can't think of any game or even piece of media has managed to share this specific message and pull it off nearly as well, with such rich subtext too. I'm the same age as this game and it's one I still think about often, especially as I get older.

growing up i loved ocarina of time, first big game i dedicated my time to. i first bought it on gamecube, got stuck on jabu jabu, then decided to finish it on 3ds back when it was the new hot thing. so ofc its my favorite game of all time, that was until i was exposed to the internet. i didnt outright hear awful things about it but gradually i understood the notion that this game shouldnt be #1 and that it was a bit overrated, and i was starting to dislike that i couldnt shake the fact that its my #1 game on the throne hell i even thought my brothers fav game FF7 was a cooler choice. but lately ive been realizing like ''hey, this game did shape me. it gave me a sense of adventure, atmosphere and wonder. this game is epic awesome sauce and i will learn to appreciate through my own lens

Like most of my experiences with the Zelda franchise, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time took me way longer to complete than I thought it would, as I've been playing this game on-&-off for almost two years now. Maybe it's the game's immeasurable influence on both the Zelda franchise and video games as a whole, or the impossibly high standard that the game has been held to by people online over the years, but for whatever reason, I rarely found myself committing to Ocarina of Time and would play other games instead, even if I did have fun pretty much every time I sat down to play this game. Because of this, I guess it must have been a good thing for me to get so sick of Tears of the Kingdom (which, by the way, I'll get to writing my thoughts on once I've beaten it), as that was what motivated me to finally wrap up my playthrough with this landmark title.

Unlike what a lot of people have asserted for the past 25 years, I don't see this game as a perfect one, but if there's one thing that Ocarina of Time knows how to do exceptionally well, it's creating a distinct and wholly engrossing atmosphere. Every village, dungeon, and temple feels distinct from the last, and the eccentric characters and charming, yet occasionally macabre art direction gave places like the Hyrule Castle marketplace and Kakariko village a ton of life and personality. Koji Kondo's score was especially effective in establishing the mood of each area, with the themes for the Great Deku Tree and the Forest Temple being some of my favorite pieces of video game music ever thanks to just how evocative and hypnotic they are. The temples themselves were already a lot of fun thanks to their solid puzzles, bosses, and utilization of the items that you unlock throughout your adventure, but their unique atmospheres were what really held my attention. Aside from the titular ocarina, one of the main mechanics that Ocarina of Time brought to the table was that of time travel, and while it's slightly annoying to have to go to the Temple of Time whenever you need to go from being an adult to a child or vice versa, I still thought that the concept was well-implemented, as the contrast between the cheery innocence of Hyrule during childhood and the decrepit nightmare that it became seven years later made me want to explore the entire map just to see what was different about each area.

Ocarina of Time is one of those games whose reputation feels impossible to live up to, but even then, I felt that my gripes with the game were big enough to affect my overall experience with it. One of my biggest hurdles with this game would definitely be its control scheme (although this issue can be seen in a majority of the N64's library due to its bizarre anomaly of a controller), as the clunky Z-targeting and stiff aiming made combat encounters not feel entirely responsive or reliable. I also found Navi to be irritating with her useless advice and constant utterances of "Hey! Listen!", although her presence never pushed me to the point of frustration. Talking about this next criticism is a bit of a dead horse by this point, but I still felt that the Water Temple hurt the overall pace of the game, because while I wouldn't consider it to be outright bad, the amount of times that I had to keep equipping and unequipping the same iron boots made it feel tedious and sluggish. Despite its open area, Ocarina of Time is actually quite linear in its progression for both the main story and the side content, and while that isn't a problem by itself, it made me wonder what the point of the empty hub world connecting the actually interesting areas was. Even after unlocking Epona, traversing Hyrule Field was just sort of dull, and unlike something like the open seas of The Wind Waker HD, I was never really compelled to explore this area and instead headed straight for the next temple, side quest, or minigame that I had lined up for me. Ocarina of Time was both highly influential from a design perspective and a fun game in its own right, and while I don't see it as the best Zelda game or even the best game of 1998, let alone of all time, it still managed to stick the landing for me 25 years after its release.

It's hard to talk and summarize the experience of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (OOT) without restating the perennial praises and influences already discussed and passed down by gamers since the game released in 1998. For one, it still holds the #1 ranking as the best-reviewed video game of all time, decades after its release. It also happens to be my favorite game of all time. My choice has never been influenced by the historical hype that this game has carried over generations: it's simply based on personal experience. For those of us who had the privilege to experience this game upon release in 1998 it's easy to see why this game was the best, why it remains the best, and why it will likely remain as one of the best and most influential games of all time.

Starting with the obvious, this game pushed the boundaries on just about every category at the time of its release. Graphically, it was the first 3D Zelda game and the first time we had a chance to explore and experience the confines of Hyrule all while witnessing dynamic weather and time-of-day effects. From a soundtrack perspective, the game features an unsurprisingly number of epic tunes featuring Gerudo Valley, an updated version of Kakariko's Village theme, Intro song, among other timeless masterpieces. Gameplay-wise, there were a number of very important and influential features introduced by Nintendo including quick button mapping for items in a console game, Z-targeting system, advanced use of the Rumble Pak, etc. The game's progression was entertaining paired with the intriguing story and the time traveling featuring the switching of young and adult Link. I feel like this was the first Zelda game that also featured a more involved story and characters versus previous games and perhaps started the trend of fans over-analyzing the lore of the series and different timelines that were later made official by Nintendo making OOT a pivotal game and creating a break/diverging path in the timeline depending on the "fate" of Link.

As time passes, it's becoming more of a challenge to keep OOT's legacy alive since modern games have, are, and will improve on just about every facet. However, for those of us who experienced this game "back in the day", we can keep the legacy alive with our reviews, thoughts, and sharing our experience with younger gamers for as long as we are able to. Cheers for the memories.

Probably my favorite game that I’ve beat all year. Genuinely loved everything about this game from the music, environment, playful story, well thought out level design and just even all the gimmicky aspects of the game that came from the N64 era kind of add to the game’s charm in a way like a lot of older games have. My gripes with this game come down to things like the water temple level being kind of ass but it's not enough for me to take the game down from being a 10, it's that good. I wish I played OOT all the way through earlier in my life and I’d see it's easily one of my favorite games of all time now. It was so enjoyable from beginning to end.

This game is nothing short of legendary.

Everything from the varied locales' atmosphere, to the simple but engaging combat and clever boss fights, to its timeless and iconic soundtrack, to the characters, etc. are all so well done. There's only a handful of games that stood the test of time and this one's no exception. Play it in 1998, you'll be blown away. Play it in 2022 like I did for the very first time on my N64, I was blown away. The devs definitely cooked when they were working on this game.

Ocarina of Time nunca esteve num pedestal pra mim. Posso com segurança dizer que nunca o superestimei. Tem jogo melhor, tem até Zelda melhor. Mesmo em seu lançamento, apesar de sua excelência artística e técnica, isso já era verdade.

Por outro lado, não creio que sou similarmente culpado do pecado de subestimar Ocarina of Time. Se é contestável dizer que ele é o "melhor jogo de todos os tempos", é inegável que ele é um dos melhores. Mesmo 26 anos depois, isso permanece verdade.

OoT é uma aula de como se fazer uma aventura 3D, aula que até hoje muitos desenvolvedores não absorveram plenamente. Seja em ritmo, controles, world design, dungeons, variedade, atmosfera, temas... Cada um de seus elementos é feito com uma excelência tão profunda que é até compreensível alguns fãs mais animados o conclamarem como perfeito. Isso, é claro, é exagero. Mas bem menos do que se imagina...

P.S.: Joguei a versão decompilada, Ship of Harkinian. Ter a oportunidade de jogar OoT em 1080p, 120fps, com loadings praticamente inexistentes e vários QoL é prova de que pirataria, principalmente de games da Nintendo, é belo e moral.

(pelamor, eu sei que decompilação não é pirataria, me deixa em paz)

Ocarina of Time is the quintessential videogame. The influence of OoT over the medium is immeasurable and would grant it a place in history by itself. However, the game is also damn good, and holds up to today's standards.

OoT is a masterclass in both game design and storytelling and lays the foundation to the modern videogame. The item-dungeon loop, the quasi-open world, the hub areas integrated into the worldbuilding aspects and the time-related plot twists and implementation of quests and sidequests integrating the game's main gimmick in such a natural manner were basically the template for most major game created ever since.

The use of soundtrack in ambience and storytelling is also extremely inspired and helps the game in its longstanding legacy. The musical and audio motif introduced in OoT are, in fact, one of the more important factors in the series identity up to the most recent entries.

The Kingdom of Hyrule feels alive, which is a feat and a half considering the technical hurdles of the time. The clever use of hub locations contrasting with the ample Hyrule Fields makes the populated areas feel that more important and full of points of interest.

Locations are, in fact, the most important part of the storytelling in OoT. The dungeons all have some significance that is alluded to but explicitly told - a not pioneering, but definetly daring move at the time. And the identity of the locales merges with the level design, capabilities acquired and soundtrack of the dungeons in a manner seldom replicated from then to now.

The UI and UX factors of the game are harder to evaluate. The field has developed tremendously and OoT utilized dated conventions - which still work, as most average gamers even today can navigate without any issues - but the use of c-buttons to alleviate the clutter of so many tools was a functional and perfectly able solution. The menuing can get quite annoying, especially during areas where the boots are used frequently. The d-pad should-ve been better utilized - and this was one of the first QoL solutions implemented by current-day modders. Hindsight is 20-20, however. During its day, there were few 3D games which utilized solutions as effectively as OoT - the Z-targeting was one of the greatest legacies for gameplay UX, and is now ubiuitous because of the great implementation made by OoT.

The story is an apt retelling of the Chosen One trope. While not groundbreaking as a general motif, the time-travelling twist is extremely effective in its implementation. Link is a blank slate and does not impede the player immersion into the story being told. That is very much a good thing, and contributes to the longevity of the game's enjoyability and it's perpetuity in history.

While being prey to the curse of the early 3D graphics, it is one of the least offensive polygons of the era. The artstyle is fantastical enough to make the graphics not too dated for today's standards - there is a kind of charm in them. Of course, in it's heyday OoT was considered an impressive technical feat. There were few games of it's scope back then and the graphical fidelity was amongst the top of its class, especially considering the N64 library - and not using pre-rendered graphics as much and as overtly as the jRPGs of the era. It's use of pre-rendered graphics was, in fact, subtle and melded well with the real-time polygonal graphics. The camera is generally acceptable, but it's finnicky sometimes - a problem that was much more felt in Majora's Mask -, an issue of the times. The ability to move the camera in the way OoT did, however, was extremely innovative.

All in all, OoT is one of those rare games that can be considered a true masterpiece. It is the template for all current open-world action-adventure games and is the starting point to videogames being taken seriously as a medium. It holds up well as an entertainment piece and is legendary as turning point in videogame history.

Gonna preface this with Egoraptor is a fucking moron and single-handedly ruined all discussion of this franchise more than any annoying Nintendo fanboys could have.

Haven't played this in close to a decade so I was excited to give it a new run with the fresh perspective that comes from something like that. With that being said there is a lot of early 3D game transition crust in this. The amount of going through the menus to switch items or boots sucks. It runs like dogwater (I'll let it slide considering the original platform), the camera can be weird at points, and the mostly unskippable text boxes and cutscenes really do reveal how much of a relic of late 90s adventure games this is. Yet it still holds up nearly 30 years later. Ocarina of Time is a neat game to go back to after the near past decade of Wild/Tears and playing through a more traditional Zelda game that just feels more along the length of a standard adventure game now? Like, a Zelda game made up of around 15-20 hours of gameplay? Hell yeah, make more around that length too! Some weird early 3D stuff like the camera aside Link himself still controls pretty well and paired with the super simple story helps this game feel like such a breeze to playthrough.

Speaking of the story... I don't think Zelda games have the most incredible stories in gaming, but they're always serviceable fun adventure fare that feels like crazy ass Ghibli (Nausicaa and Mononoke) meets Disney renaissance and if I'm being honest? It does the job every time. Sure you can talk about the deeper implications and loss of innocence 11 year old Link being forced into an adult body and time traveling across both ages with the experience of the others can mean, but the game never focuses on that so neither will I.

The presentation as well is incredible. MGS is often the 1998 game people go to for cinematics and for good reason, but lordy OoT really does feel and capture the vibes of a fantasy anime from the era. Stuff like going fishing after finishing the water temple or getting Biggoron's eyedrops feel like the episodes where everyone gets to relax and enjoy their time or do some silly shit with penis music blasting as they get into silly shenanigans. The fishing minigame still rules by the way. Then when shit gets more serious like the final battle with Ganon shrouded in shadows it genuinely feels epic and looks right out of Escaflowne. Good shit.

There's plenty in this that we all take for granted nowadays both within its own franchise and other games, but I think when those things were new and groundbreaking there's a reason this and FF7 were probably the biggest games ever for the rest of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Also wow wow wow Twilight Princess is such a fucking full on stealth remake/sequel to this lmfao. May as well play them back to back if you can.

The water temple is good, actually.

This is it. The high they’ll chase for decades to come. The Zelda Formula, perfected. The quintessential 3D Zelda, on the first try.

There was a time where I was of the opinion that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was just Okay. It was Fine. It was Overrated. Just A Link to the Past with 3D models. That was also a time in my life when I was a moron. Ocarina of Time deserves every bit of praise it ever has or ever will get.

My thoughts on Ocarina of Time was originally a novel’s worth of paragraphs. I went on about how hyrule field’s connectivity to its surrounding towns and locales with only a loading screen separating them pushed the sense of adventure. I rambled about the appealing and memorable characters that lived in those towns and locales. I talked about just how much of a home run Ganondorf’s first on-screen appearance was. I spoke on the coolness of Sheik, and just how much of a character princess Zelda became because of that. There’s so much to like about Ocarina of Time. Too much for a “””review””” like this.

I have played this game at least 10 times, and I've 100%ed it two or three of those times. Those Big Poes can be a real pain in the ass.

You don’t need me to tell you how good it is, it speaks for itself and its voice is loud and clear.

It's got the best Hyrule Field theme too. it brings a tear to my eye every time.

Após meu não-quase primeiro contato com Zelda: ocarina of time, vim aqui falar um pouco sobre esse jogo cujo me prendeu na narrativa e um cachorro perseguidor, mas depois falo mais sobre isso

Digo não-primeiro contato porque tenho ~vagas~ memórias com o jogo de 1986. Quando eu era criança frequentava uma lan-house e de la, tenho vários flashs de diferentes jogos, mas nada muito marcante, inclusive lembro das costas do kratos de qualquer jogo por aí hehe
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Lembro de só circular e circular pelo mapa sem ao menos entender absolutamente nada, não sabia inglês e o tempo por la era limitado, além de super cheio e com muita informação. Várias crianças brincando, gritando, comendo e chorando.
E talvez tenham até desconectado meu controle várias e várias vezes pra fingir que eu to jogando e eu nem percebi, a famosa síndrome de irmão mais velho com o mais novo kkkkkkkk
meu contato com a franquia sempre foi meio presente, mas nada fundo. Conhecia também por super smash mas no máximo jogava alguns jogos de flashs e nada de mais. Super smash bros era o único baixado no computador na época junto com Mario 64.
Lembro de mandar mensagens para amigos com a mensagem
"vou te mandar um link perai"
e mandava a seguinte foto:
ninguém NUNCA entendia, tinham menos acesso a jogos do que eu e talvez uma criança de 8/9 anos não saiba o que seja um link
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essa mensagem específica me fazia sentir muito sozinha, não tinha muitas pessoas pra comentar sobre jogos ou algo parecido além do meu irmão, nem sequer pokemon assistiam e lembro que isso me incomodava bastante
~ACHO~ que perdi o foco da thread, mas não tem como falar de zelda sem lembrar dessas particularidades e sentimentos da minha infância que me trazem até aqui.

SOBRE OCARINA:

Comecei a jornada crua, sem melhorias ou versões diferentes da original, queria jogar no mesmo modo que ele foi feito pra isso. Bom, isso durou umas..... 2 horas?
Graças a grande e velha amiga pirataria que preservam e ainda adicionam ferramentas
capazes de melhorar a jogatina.
Como aumentar a velocidade do personagem, considerando que você adquire a Epona no meio do jogo e até la você ja andou milhares de quilômetros.
Você também pode melhorar seu cárdio adquirindo uma máscara na loja!
no início, confesso que demorou um pouco pra me prender, mas já no dia seguinte já estava curtindo bastante, mas jogar ocarina teve muitas controvérsias e vários problemas no meio
Faltou tempo pra me dedicar ao jogo, e isso afetou totalmente, algo que supostamente era pra ser prazeiroso se tornou um -trabalho-, já que não aguentava estar há meses empacada no mesmo jogo por falta de tempo, sinto até que era um descaso com a obra.
E o segundo foi, meu controle que simplesmente do NADA apareceu com drift, não conseguia jogar sem trocar os itens ou movimentar a câmera, e mesmo ajeitando(obg mo), tive que configurar todos os botões e deixar o analógico em desuso pra conseguir jogar

ou seja, além de mudar tudo no meio do caminho ficou muito ruim.
E foram nessas condições que zerei uma obra incrível e de tantas inovações diferentes. Sinto que faltei com respeito.
Mas enfim, essa foi um pouco da minha jogatina de modo passional, amanhã sigo falando mais sobre o jogo.