Final score: 8 or 9 out of 10
Pros:
-The world and most of the story was interesting and engrossing.
-A lot of fun and well thought out puzzles
-A lot of content, with side quests and hidden items, and the rewards for most of them were helpful.
Cons:
-Disappointing boss battles.
-Some puzzles and tasks seem like they are there to waist your time.
-Some puzzles defied logic, and the game gives you no help to fugue them out.
-Other small things here and there, read the 4 pages.
Favorite Temple:
Shadow Temple
Favorite Area:
Gerudo Fortress, The stealth part was fun, and so was the training ground.
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i have been playing The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the first time over the last 3 days or so. This is so far the farthest I have gotten in a Zelda game, I have played Most of them, never got that far. I have played Wind Waker and Twilight Princess more than the older ones, because I own them, the others were on a emulator. Back to OOT, I started it a long time ago, but got stuck when I could not find Zora's domain. I found it after a friend told me where it was. So far I am enjoying it a lot but there are a few things I want to vent so I am starting a thread.
I have not beaten the game yet, but here is how far I am. am adult Link and I beat the Fire and Forest temples. I was just in the bottom of the well, but did not beat it, I also screwed around in the Ice cave. Try not to spoil anything that happens after this.
Now here are my thoughts, lets get the negative out of the way first.
WHAT I HATETHE CAMERA SUCKS. The camera in this game is very annoying, Why can't I control it outside of centering it behind link? The D-pad is not used at all, why not use that? It is to close to link a lot of the time, or just in a awkward position. Its very annoying in many areas.
The game is pretty repetitive. It feels like I am doing the same thing over and over. The same enemies are reused way to mush. The stupid flying bats, the wall spiders, the hanging spiders, ect. The most annoying are the ones that shoot stuff and you have to stand still and deflect it with your shield. These are the most annoying mostly because they art the most boring because they require no movement, just sit there with your shield out. Way to many of the bosses require you to run around in a circle. the ways you attack them are different but almost every boss is Attack them while they are vulnerable, Run around in a circle evading their attack and wait for them to become vulnerable, when they do Attack an repeat. A lot of puzzles get repeated to. Probably the most overused is play a ocarina song, Zelda's Lullaby is probably used the most. Most of the time it tells you what song to use and you use it and you win! I feel like I am saying "Oh, this again" way to many times.
Some puzzles feel like they are just there to waist time. The ones I am talking about are so easy, they are pointless. One that comes to mind is one the Forest temple. There is a blue block in front of a door. Navi tells you to play the song of time. You play the song of time. It's gone. PUZZLE! There is another in the Fire temple, where there is fire at the bottom of a chain wall, and a switch that gets rid of it. The first time you encounter it, it was a good puzzle and it takes some thought to get rid of it., But the one I am talking about is the second time you encounter it. The second time is easier, You go up a wall and hit the switch with something. But the irritating thing is it was in the middle of a path to get up from a area where you fall down. I fell down a lot because the task was to walk along a thin path, and for one reason of another I fell of of it and fell down a big hole that set me back a bit. So I went through that pointless puzzle a lot. Each time slightly more frustrated. Also puzzle were if you fail set you back to another place are annoying. There was a room in the bottom of the well that you fall through parts of the floor. There was no indication what part of the floor you can fall through, so it was trial and error every time. I kinda though it was interesting at first when I entered the place, but after 10-15 times it got old. Can I go this way? No, I fell through the floor, gatta go back. Can I go
this way? Yes ok. Now lets ho here. No Fell through, gatta go back up that long latter and try again. I eventually said "F*ck it" and left to try again later.
Links jump is also annoying at times. Expectantly when going along a narrow path, if you turn slightly the wrong way, Link goes flying. Sometimes he does not jump far enough, sometimes to far. The reason I had to do that part in the Fire temple Over and over again was because of it. There was a small ledge to get town to the stairs, and 1/2 the time link would jump incited of just falling down and go down the hole before even getting to the stairs.
Hyrule field is a bit to big, It takes a long time to get from one area to another and it is boring to just run in a strait line with no obstacles.
There are a few other things, mostly involving combat and Z-targeting, but lets get on to the things I like before someone kills me.
WHAT I LIKEThe think I love most about the game is the atmosphere. Hyrule is a fun world to be in. The level desighn and everything is just amazing. The game can also be scary when t needs to be. when I first came out of the Temple Of Time after I when back to the future and went to what used to be a lively town and it was in runes and full of zombies I was creeped out and sad. I was also playing at night and I have surround sound so that helped. Also going back to the town after and talking to people, some of the things they said in retrospect enhanced it, like the guard who says he wishes something bad would happen because it was boring. The environment are just fun to run around in and i liked seeing how the world changed in 7 years, minus the Kiroki village. How do they not age? How are more made if they do not age? Are they born that size, because that sounds very painful.
The graphics have held up pretty well too. Some things look bad, mostly forest type areas. But some still looks good. Jabba Jabba's belly looks very cool, and indore areas look good too. Character models are not to bad also. The grate fairy creeps me out a bit and Gannondorf looks silly from the front though.
Probably my favorite boss battle so far was the one with Gannon and the paintings. It took me a bit to figure out what to do after the part where he jumped out of the paintings, and I used up all my items, but to hit back his spell with your sward is fun, Especially when he hits it back and it becomes the most epic and intense match of pong ever. The fire temple boss is fun too. It was a giant game of Wack a Mole, or dragon in that case.
I have to say I am really loving the game so far, even with all its flaws. I feel like I am not saying everything I like about it, but I guess the worst aspects stick more with you. I would probably give it a 8 or 9 out of 10. I am playing it on the N64 with the gold cart. I hear some problems have been fixed on the 3DS, but I do not own a 3DS yet.
Up next I am to the Water temple, and I hear that is hard, so wish me luck.
