Zelda Ocarina of Time

i-digress

This is my favourite Nintendo game of all time. I really loved it. Anyone know if there's another Link adventure in production? I tried replaying it, but it's not the same experience when you half remember things...

MRPRO03

You certainly brought back some memories there

Those tunes do still stick in your head.

i-digress

They really do, don't they?! Glad I'm not the only one who can remember them.

jonnybadd

You're definitly not the only one, saria's theme is a particular favourite of mine, there is another one on the way on the wii, called Skyward Sword, looks fantastic for a wii game and fingers crossed will be out next year.

i-digress

And Epona's song! It was a fantastic game. Loved it. And that's great that there is another Zelda game in production, thanks for that

ollie1

Zelda Ocarina of Time is coming out on the 3DS looking forward to that

Chaotic_Forces

There's a new Zelda coming out (soon, well no set date) for the wii. Then you have the remake of OOT on the new 3DS.

Might I suggest Twilight Princess; it's a great game I find. I could never stand OOT or MM on the N64 (played them on a friend's wii for a few days, then got a lend and still couldn't be bothered). For me, Twilight Princess is the "current" OOT. It's got a beautiful soundtrack, pretty cool sword play (mainly if you're using the wii) and let's be honest, the graphics blow the ones from OOT out of the water.

i-digress

I never played twilight princess actually, I'd heard mixed reviews. I may give it a go.

Myrddin

i-digress wrote: »

I never played twilight princess actually, I'd heard mixed reviews. I may give it a go.

If you have a snes give A Link To The Past a shot, amazing game, probably the best in the series for me.

Spirit Tracks on the DS is actually a pretty good game, Majoras Mask on the N64, is worth a run through too. But LTTP and Ocarina are in a league of their own so far...although I've yet to play Twilight Princess.

Star Lord

I actually prefer Majoras Mask to Ocarina of Time... Much darker game, and until you figure out how best to tackle the different things within the timeframe, it's much more challenging!

Myrddin

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

I actually prefer Majoras Mask to Ocarina of Time... Much darker game, and until you figure out how best to tackle the different things within the timeframe, it's much more challenging!

Agreed, it's similar in style to Ocarina, but a completely different game - damn tough too!

Star Lord

Getting ALL the masks was the biggest challenge! Felt good swapping them all for that one mask though... even if it did mean the ending was made a bit easy...

Retr0gamer

I felt Majoras Mask was better. It was something completely different from not only zelda games but from anything else. Still OoT's a classic.

machiavellianme

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Getting ALL the masks was the biggest challenge! Felt good swapping them all for that one mask though... even if it did mean the ending was made a bit easy...

I never swapped them? No wonder I thought the final battle was a bit tough. Ended up wrecking the analog stick on my controller. Must try it again and see if I can find this mask.

Jacksquat

So much time spent chasing that damn loach in the fish pond!!

Star Lord

machiavellianme wrote: »

I never swapped them? No wonder I thought the final battle was a bit tough. Ended up wrecking the analog stick on my controller. Must try it again and see if I can find this mask.

Yeah, you could give all the masks to the kids around the tree at the end, and that would get you a mask that provides an epic transformation, into Oni Link...

I ♥ Oni Link, but it makes easy work of the boss when you're wearing that.

spider guardian

One of the greatest games ever made. The dungeons were brilliant, they had great atmosphere and fiendishly difficult puzzles. The Water Temple is still infamous for its near-impossible multi-level puzzles (i still cleared it when I was 12 though :cool:)

Retr0gamer

Ah the water temple moaners are just that, moaners. It just takes a bit of leg work and patience.

Greyfox

EnterNow wrote: »

If you have a snes give A Link To The Past a shot, amazing game, probably the best in the series for me.

Spirit Tracks on the DS is actually a pretty good game, Majoras Mask on the N64, is worth a run through too. But LTTP and Ocarina are in a league of their own so far...although I've yet to play Twilight Princess.

Completely agree, For me a link to the past is definitely the best in the series and well worth getting the GBA version online to play on the DS, it's easily the longerst and hardest game of the series. Ocarina of time is amazing though, their the two best games of arguably the best games series ever.

Myrddin

Mint boxed copy of Majoras Mask on ebay.ie (Dublin). 1 hour left - Link

elekid

The Water Temple is excellent, so satisfying to complete, but the designers did apologise for making you go into the menu every time you had to change boots

Linoud

Ahh, easily one of my favorite games of all time.. :P
Looking forward to the remake on 3DS, and I've got all of the others, bar Zelda on NES, I've got AoL on the NES now though, thanks to a friend. =]

Still, I think OoT is easily my all time favorite.. :P

pdbhp

I've never player OoT but when it comes out on 3DS I'm gonna get it:D
Just hope it lives up to the hype

Retr0gamer

pdbhp wrote: »

I've never player OoT but when it comes out on 3DS I'm gonna get it:D
Just hope it lives up to the hype

It's aged visually an awful lot so it can take some time to get into. My advice is not to dismiss it immediately because after a slow start it gets amazing.

At least it isn't as slow to start as Majoras Mask. Thought the game was rubbish until I finished the first temple (a good 4-5 hours in) and then decided the game was unmitigated genius and brilliant.

pdbhp

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's aged visually an awful lot so it can take some time to get into. My advice is not to dismiss it immediately because after a slow start it gets amazing.

At least it isn't as slow to start as Majoras Mask. Thought the game was rubbish until I finished the first temple (a good 4-5 hours in) and then decided the game was unmitigated genius and brilliant.

Well I'm not a graphics whore and most of the games I enjoy are older less graphically capable titles. As for the whole moving slow at the start thing since it's a Zelda title I should be able to stand it for some time.

liah

Favourite game of all time.

I would love, absolutely LOVE, to see a graphic update to OoT. No other changes except maybe how you access items and a skip sequence option (I love the sequences but I've played that game 16 times, sometimes I just REALLY want to skip the tree), but NO plot changes, NO script changes, NO layout changes, nothing.

Well.. maybe a "mute Navi" option. :pac:

It just needs to be at the standard of today's games visually, and it would literally be the best game of all time.

I loved the Forest Temple, some of it was damn trippy like the hallway and the hands! Water Temple was a challenge alright, but certainly rewarding (I hate it all the same though, I have a fear of deep water and even in games I hate being in water, don't ask). Loved doing the archery contest with Epona. The Gorons are great, love their theme song.

Ah god, so many great things about that game! Would play it again if I had an N64, unfortunately I just can't bear with it on emulators. Just doesn't feel the same, either.

That said, MM and TP are great. TP is SO reminiscent of OoT, I suppose maybe a bit overly so in that it lacks a bit of creativity, but for a true lover of the series and a lover of OoT, it's so cool to have all these flashbacks of the older games throughout the game.

krudler

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's aged visually an awful lot so it can take some time to get into. My advice is not to dismiss it immediately because after a slow start it gets amazing.

At least it isn't as slow to start as Majoras Mask. Thought the game was rubbish until I finished the first temple (a good 4-5 hours in) and then decided the game was unmitigated genius and brilliant.

I got OoT with the special edition of Wind Waker on the GC, it was on the 2nd disc, I remember playing thinking "ugh this looks kinda pants compared to what I remember it being like" by the beginning of the first temple I didnt care, still an incredible game to play.

Its one of the reasons I want a 3DS, handheld OoT? yes please.

johnny_ultimate

liah wrote: »

That said, MM and TP are great. TP is SO reminiscent of OoT, I suppose maybe a bit overly so in that it lacks a bit of creativity, but for a true lover of the series and a lover of OoT, it's so cool to have all these flashbacks of the older games throughout the game.

You know, I don't get why some people are so against Twilight Princess. I had a great time playing through that in absolute marathon sessions over a week (which I never do). It doesn't advance the OoT formula much, granted, and lacks the 'ooh, newness!' of Wind Waker and DS games - although the novelty was wearing off in Spirit Tracks. But it just goes to some lengths to improve the game technologically, full of fun set pieces (rafting!) and beautiful environments. It's been too long since I played it to remember the dungeons in depth, but I was very impressed. As a higher-def reimagining of OoT, it's a wonderful experience.

As for the 3DS remake, I admit on closer inspection they have tidied the graphics a bit. But still isn't as radical a departure from the original as I would have hoped. It retains the art style, but personally a seriously in-depth overhaul would have been welcome - not enough to compromise the original vision, but enough to make it seem new and exciting again.

skregs

liah wrote: »

FI would love, absolutely LOVE, to see a graphic update to OoT.

They actually did that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7K8wdjZXWU

Turtwig

i-digress wrote: »

I never played twilight princess actually, I'd heard mixed reviews. I may give it a go.

Critics of videogames never cease to amaze me sometimes. TP is a bloody massive game, it took me just short of 57 hours to complete on first play through and I enjoyed every bit of it. Yes some bits were familiar to older Zelda titles but a game that's over 50 hours long and barring a slow start holds your attention right the way through with some excellent dungeons and puzzles deserves commendation. Considering that most videogames today seem to be changing towards just 6 to 9 hour single player campaigns I think most critics that gave twilight princess less than 90% are really talking out of their arses. It was one the greatest value for money single player games I ever bought. I mean, you could just spend hours on the fishing alone. And there were tonnes of other minigames that were far better than some mini game compilations on the Wii. All that said, although TP is by far the better game, Ocarina of Time is still the game that had the greater impact and memories. So it does deserver a special place in our hearts, have no illusions though, TP also happens to be one of the best games of all time.

2smiggy

loved the OoT but i also loved twilight princess. been a while since i played it , but took me many hours to finish it and loved it all the way through.
my ps3 did not get much use until i finished it. i cannot wait for the next one to come out.

i bought majouras mask for the wii but have only played a bit so far. from what i have read i should give it another chance. seems like a slow start to it.

Retr0gamer

2smiggy wrote: »

i bought majouras mask for the wii but have only played a bit so far. from what i have read i should give it another chance. seems like a slow start to it.

Do, it's excellent and there's nothing else like it.

Star Lord

2smiggy wrote: »

loved the OoT but i also loved twilight princess. been a while since i played it , but took me many hours to finish it and loved it all the way through.
my ps3 did not get much use until i finished it. i cannot wait for the next one to come out.

i bought majouras mask for the wii but have only played a bit so far. from what i have read i should give it another chance. seems like a slow start to it.

A VERY slow start (Stupid Deku Scrub!) but once it gets going, it really starts rattling along at a fierce pace! It can on occasion be frustrating, but it's worth sticking with it!

Daith

I only completed Majora fully once. Not too sure I would have the time again. Still what a brilliant game. It's quite, I dunno lyrical? Those transformations always freaked me out.

Loved Ocarina. Have played it countless times. It can get tedious when you're trying to skip through text (shut up you big Owl, oh crap I selected the wrong answer, here's the speech again). It's got some brilliant set pieces, great dungeons (the entire Gerudo stuff and temple is brill). Favourite part is probably when you get Epona and everything comes together.

Still my fav Zelda game is "A Link to the Past". Its got simpler graphics (even for the time) but when I first played it I was floored. My number one gaming memory is probably when you're in the Dark World and are trying to figure out how to get across the river. Then you get the hookshot...

Retr0gamer

Daith wrote: »

Still my fav Zelda game is "A Link to the Past". Its got simpler graphics (even for the time)

Simpler graphics? I think the game is absolutely gorgeous even now. The 2D art is beautiful and never ages, unlike the garish 3D of OoT.

Daith

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Simpler graphics? I think the game is absolutely gorgeous even now. The 2D art is beautiful and never ages, unlike the garish 3D of OoT.

No I agree but would have compared them to say Chrono Trigger or Secret of Mana? I love the art in ALTTP. Wind Waker is the only 3D one that will never age I think. That's lush too.

paperwork

I think there are loads of little things about zelda games that make them so amazing.

For some reason i just love the text boxes and the noise of the text coming onscreen, I tried final fantasy ( hated it) and Beyond Good and Evil (it was ok) but the one thing that really bugged me were the eerily silent text boxes.

qt9ukbg60ivjrn

I use to go to the Gerudo Valley just to listen to this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py85Ey13kZw

sad I know:o but true

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Simpler graphics? I think the game is absolutely gorgeous even now. The 2D art is beautiful and never ages, unlike the garish 3D of OoT.

+1 to infinity.

Zelda A Link to the Past is possibly the best game ever made for the best console ever made. OOT, while a decent game, still really isn't in the same league, at all.

Those who disagree were probably just too young to experience LTTP on release :P

Daith

o1s1n wrote: »

+1 to infinity.

Zelda A Link to the Past is possibly the best game ever made for the best console ever made. OOT, while a decent game, still really isn't in the same league, at all.

Those who disagree were probably just too young to experience LTTP on release :P

Oh I loved LTTP. I've completed at least once every year since its release. There was always this puzzle in the Ice Palace involving blocks that I hated. Water Temple had nothing on it!

jaykhunter

I'll confess that i only played OoT maybe 5 years ago; as we never had an N64, so when we got a lend of it for a week or two, my bro (a big Mario fan) played OoT, and I (a big Zelda fan) played Mario just to mix it up. I'm probably the only one on earth would never got used to the 64 controller and didn't really like Mario 64. I have a particular fondness for 2D.

Anyway, when i got around to playing OoT a few years ago, I thought it was beautiful. I hated the jags of the N64, but the game was just a fantastic experience, an extremely solid Zelda game. I love how they interwove music into the game, a master-stroke. Definitely a slow start, and the water dungeon's a bollox, but the game is fantastic.

If they remade the game shot-for-shot but with new HD graphics, i'd definitely pick it up. Who am I kidding i'll pick it up on the 3DS :pac:

ALTTP remains my favourite; everything about the game is 10/10, but OoT is a game that everyone should at least sink a few days into. It's tremendously rewarding.

o1s1n

jaykhunter wrote: »

I'm probably the only one on earth would never got used to the 64 controller and didn't really like Mario 64. I have a particular fondness for 2D.

Nope, I also hate that monstrosity.

People laugh at odd controllers like the one for the Atari Jaguar. I think the n64 fits alongside the likes of that perfectly.

Its horrible. Oddly shaped, hurts your hands for extended play times, totally useless D pad where the analog stick should really be, the analog sticks break really easily, they're too high, thumb slips off because there's no grip on the top. Stupid rumble pak thing sticking out of the bottom. Not only is overly big, it also needs batteries. Batteries!

Plus storing the things is a nightmare. All my other pads fit nicely in drawers. I have 4 of these things that just wont fit anywhere.

Myrddin

Daith wrote: »

Oh I loved LTTP. I've completed at least once every year since its release. There was always this puzzle in the Ice Palace involving blocks that I hated. Water Temple had nothing on it!

Oh my god you reminded me about something there. Playing through it near release for the first time, something strage happened in that castle. I'm not quite sure what, maybe it was a glitch, or a save-game on death fault - but the part where you've to throw blocks from one floor down to the next & then drop down yourself glitched for me. I got caught in a certain part of the castle & couldn't get across to the bricks (I mean couldn't!!), I remember seriously spending weeks if not months scratching my head & getting seriously frustrated over it. Eventually I copped on that this wasn't quite normal, I'd been around the entire castle many many times to figure it out. Reluctantly I started a whole new game & dreaded the approach to the ice castle.

When I reached it, & when I got to the point where I had been stuck, whatever obstacle was in my way in the previous save was not there this time. I passed through & went on to finish, what I still regard as one of the greatest games I've ever played :cool: I've yet to see a Zelda game that had the draw that LTTP had, graphics, music, story...it had it all.