The third entry in my “beating every The Legend of Zelda” journey! After falling in love with the series with Wind Waker and getting annoyed with old game mechanics in the original NES game, it was time to give a go to the influential “goat status” Ocarina of Time.
Played it all the way through in about 3 months taking my time alongside my girlfriend who convinced me into this Zelda journey. It’s funny how she compares her experience with mine, she used to play these games as a kid so she took her time and knew all the secrets. She collected bottles with fairies, potions and made sure to grab all the items before proceeding. Meanwhile I’m just grinding all the way through with the least amount of hearts, potions and items as possible.
I mentioned how I got frustrated with badly aged mechanics in the original The Legend of Zelda, I have similar issues with this one too. It’s very much a spiritual successor to the first game in the saga, same essence but in 3D. That means it’s sort of open world, which is pretty cool for its time, but it also means it has a fair share of bullshit. By which I mean “how the fuck am I supposed to know what to do now” moments, something very frequent in old games - which CAN be nice sometimes since modern games tend to hold your hand a lot - but most of the time it’s annoying. For that reason I used walkthroughs at certain points, as I did for the first one, which honestly improves the experience.
That being said, I can see how massively influential this is and it’s also a pretty entertaining game by itself. It’s Wind Waker without the polish, it’s the OG NES game with the polish. The story is standard stuff but pretty heartwarming and wholesome, the open world has honestly a bunch of optional stuff to do, the visuals are great for the time and the gameplay is a dope blend of action and puzzles that set the standard for 3D adventure. Some dungeons are way better than others though (I’m looking at you weird inside of a stomach dungeon).
Looking forward to A Link to The Past now!
Played it all the way through in about 3 months taking my time alongside my girlfriend who convinced me into this Zelda journey. It’s funny how she compares her experience with mine, she used to play these games as a kid so she took her time and knew all the secrets. She collected bottles with fairies, potions and made sure to grab all the items before proceeding. Meanwhile I’m just grinding all the way through with the least amount of hearts, potions and items as possible.
I mentioned how I got frustrated with badly aged mechanics in the original The Legend of Zelda, I have similar issues with this one too. It’s very much a spiritual successor to the first game in the saga, same essence but in 3D. That means it’s sort of open world, which is pretty cool for its time, but it also means it has a fair share of bullshit. By which I mean “how the fuck am I supposed to know what to do now” moments, something very frequent in old games - which CAN be nice sometimes since modern games tend to hold your hand a lot - but most of the time it’s annoying. For that reason I used walkthroughs at certain points, as I did for the first one, which honestly improves the experience.
That being said, I can see how massively influential this is and it’s also a pretty entertaining game by itself. It’s Wind Waker without the polish, it’s the OG NES game with the polish. The story is standard stuff but pretty heartwarming and wholesome, the open world has honestly a bunch of optional stuff to do, the visuals are great for the time and the gameplay is a dope blend of action and puzzles that set the standard for 3D adventure. Some dungeons are way better than others though (I’m looking at you weird inside of a stomach dungeon).
Looking forward to A Link to The Past now!