The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

 Nintendo 64
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9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 8290 Ratings

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  1. maxym189
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    I never liked Zelda. I tried hard but it's just so linear and boring. I tried many times liking it but i never understood what people liked in this game. It feels to me like a game made for a 5years old.
  2. JuliaBohn
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    After years of being told this was the best game ever, I decided to play it and realized it was just a generic game with an industrial story. It looks like a game for kids, and that's fine, but it's far from a good game, it's not even in the all-time TOP200. The game is all about solving children's puzzles. If you like it, be happy. Children need to have fun.
  3. vedrfolnir
    Aug 16, 2023
    0
    worst game of all time for sure i mean you probably play baldurs gate if you like this game
  4. godZEUS
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    leş oyun daha kötüsünü görmedim bu oyuna iyi diyen dede olmuştur rdr2 victim 99 puan diyo bide resident evil 4 orijinal oyunundaki tek zombi>zelda ez
  5. ScottMuggz
    Aug 11, 2023
    3
    Old game, make way for new things.
    Zelda isn't a relatable character and the game is way too long for no reason. Too many puzzles.
  6. Razerpad2
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Overrated and not very good honestly its 99 cause of nostalgic and nothing else just some Zelda crybaby's who think that their games is handmade by the gods.
  7. peeface
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I hate this game, the fairies made my son gay. worst game ever. also, i need more characters to submit this review.
  8. habiler
    Jul 14, 2023
    0
    Zelda Ocarina of Time, despite its revered status, left me thoroughly unimpressed. The game's slow pacing and lack of variety made it a tedious experience. The convoluted storyline failed to engage me, and I struggled to understand the widespread adoration for this title. Regrettably, I must assign it a disappointing rating of 0 out of 10.
  9. Klebin_Sabetudo
    Jul 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. POR QUE EU QUERO SINTO MUITO MUITO MESMO MAS A NINTENDO NÃO MERECE ADEUS ZELDA...… Expand
  10. Gapplar
    Mar 31, 2023
    0
    Trashy rpg with no original concepts. It's honestly astonishing how a game can earn this high of a rating when its this **** Would not recommend to even my cat 0/10
  11. Puggoh
    Mar 15, 2023
    3
    The critically acclaimed video game from the 90s. Loved by many. Made childhoods. Too bad the game is the worst Zelda game, other than Zelda 2. Zelda is my second favorite game series, other than hollow knight. I can see the importance of this game, as it was the first 3d Zelda, but nowadays, there are just so many better Zelda games. If you want to play it, play the 3ds remake. Or justThe critically acclaimed video game from the 90s. Loved by many. Made childhoods. Too bad the game is the worst Zelda game, other than Zelda 2. Zelda is my second favorite game series, other than hollow knight. I can see the importance of this game, as it was the first 3d Zelda, but nowadays, there are just so many better Zelda games. If you want to play it, play the 3ds remake. Or just play Twilight Princess or Windwaker.… Expand
  12. aceganer
    Feb 28, 2023
    3
    The sword in the logo is cool, the game has old graphics do not recommend, if not for the sword would have given it a 0.
  13. MemeMachine357
    Feb 19, 2023
    0
    Dis gaem is so baad. De only ting u do i use a sord and hit stuf. I didnt liek the end becuz gannindurf was to skary and I had to chenge my underwere.

    Everyone sayz de title teme was so gud but I dont like the wisle. It maek me wunt to fal sleep. Dat stupid hors was so dum
  14. LegoFanTJ
    Feb 16, 2023
    0
    First of alll as a gamer this game is very disappointing. It lacks basic features like jumping dancing or easy mode. when i first played the game a year ago on my seventh birtday when my brother got the switch online memrbe ship. i could not get pas teh first level. after my dad helped me to the big tree i died over 8 times to THOSE STUPIT PLANTS. this game is so confusing. not only isFirst of alll as a gamer this game is very disappointing. It lacks basic features like jumping dancing or easy mode. when i first played the game a year ago on my seventh birtday when my brother got the switch online memrbe ship. i could not get pas teh first level. after my dad helped me to the big tree i died over 8 times to THOSE STUPIT PLANTS. this game is so confusing. not only is this game confusing but also bad lookin. it does not even look as good as games like lego batman or fortnite. if you want to the legend of zelda ocarina of time play minecraft instead.… Expand
  15. WohaoGaster
    Feb 6, 2023
    3
    For 1998, this game was absolutely amazing
    Nowadays, however, it's just a boring walking simulator for the majority of the time you are playing, with nothing to do in the large areas that the game offers. It's like they thought big = good automatically and forgot to give you anything to do in the large areas. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the gameplay, but with the large and    For 1998, this game was absolutely amazing
    Nowadays, however, it's just a boring walking simulator for the majority of the time you are playing, with nothing to do in the large areas that the game offers. It's like they thought big = good automatically and forgot to give you anything to do in the large areas. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the gameplay, but with the large and mostly empty Hyrule and boring low-res 2D towns I can't recommend it or the 3DS remake over any other 3D Zelda unless you like playing goofy music on the ocarina. If you liked the basic gameplay I'd suggest checking out Majora's mask specifically due to it's extreme similarity but the gameplay is extremely similar to any other 3D Zelda game    … Expand
  16. DarkXeon
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    Its a baby game. If it wasn't for this game, all the mechanics in this game could have been in another game.
  17. MetaJabb
    Feb 2, 2023
    1
    Overall a boring game and I couldn’t stay awake I have been trying for over 6 weeks and it still is not good. Yb better+Ratio, cornballs.
  18. FreeBorger
    Jan 9, 2023
    0
    HOLY CRAP THIS GAME IS GOOD play this right now genuinely amazing perfect in almost every way
  19. f_torres
    Nov 12, 2022
    0
    This game absolutely reeks. One of the worst games I've ever had the displeasure of coming across. Possibly the worst. Basic story, basic graphics, basic gameplay. The only good part of this game was the end credits because I could finally sit back and relax knowing that I never have to lay my hands on this absolute disasterclass of a game ever again. The new sonic also stinks and RDR2 isThis game absolutely reeks. One of the worst games I've ever had the displeasure of coming across. Possibly the worst. Basic story, basic graphics, basic gameplay. The only good part of this game was the end credits because I could finally sit back and relax knowing that I never have to lay my hands on this absolute disasterclass of a game ever again. The new sonic also stinks and RDR2 is the best game of all time. Go Bournemouth… Expand
  20. matheusouza
    Nov 6, 2022
    1
    Eu odiei o jogo, achei horrível não tive uma experiência positiva, os gráficos são horríveis
  21. Fatmandu
    Sep 29, 2022
    0
    All you do is walk around with a little b and his little b a sword and a lil shield and he goes "ha ha ha!"
    Who wants to play that s, I needa shoot some
  22. Controversial27
    Sep 8, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is clearly overrated. And I can see why, most people look at this game as a part of their childhood, and yes, for most, it was. But when you look at it from a quality standpoint, it's not that great. For one, it's ugly, even for the time. The environments and bland and usually boring. The controls also suffer from being terrible. Most of the dungeons are tedious and boring, with the Water Temple being the worst. The only thing I really enjoy about this game is the time travel mechanic, but it felt to much like A Link To The Past, the greatest Legend Of Zelda game. I always come back to this game after a while to see if my opinion has changed, but it never seems too. Some times it pains me to see how blind people are when it comes to games like this and the N64 its self. But I guess you can't change opinions that have been set in stone.… Expand
  23. Vladikgnom
    Aug 11, 2022
    0
    Самая унылая и переоцененная игра человечества
  24. guifoda
    Aug 1, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pra época foi bom, mas ele é superestimado assim como a saga zelda, o game não merece essa nota toda… Expand
  25. Chalkbrood
    May 20, 2022
    2
    these were my notes as I was playing this game:
    I'm already seeing needless back tracking, there's a guy sleeping in my way and apparently I can't wake him with a slingshot.
    I can observe a full day go by and he doesn't wake up, I have to go back to the start of a zone with no puzzles or enemies just to pick up an item to wake him you don't ever get to use this item again I can only    these were my notes as I was playing this game:
    I'm already seeing needless back tracking, there's a guy sleeping in my way and apparently I can't wake him with a slingshot.
    I can observe a full day go by and he doesn't wake up,
    I have to go back to the start of a zone with no puzzles or enemies just to pick up an item to wake him
    you don't ever get to use this item again
    I can only wonder how somebody thinks of something this terrible

    context sensitive button prompts suck my ass, it slows the game down and it's frustrating when you walk up to something you want to push and end up climbing it or jumping at it or something
    pushing a block on a grid is not something you should have to take care to do, it's not as tho this game has intelligent puzzles
    there's nothing contemplative about the extra 1 second it takes to completely halt your character and slightly realign yourself to get the correct prompt to show up

    dialogue speed is awful
    you either skip the entire conversation or you're forced to read at the pace of someone with a severe learning disorder
    it's even worse beacuse you're forced through conversations with an owl who tells you what to do because this game would be too directionless otherwise I guess
    and then navi tells you what to do anyway
    WHYYY
    the **** owl will even show up to give you tutorials on things that you already know how to do and have already done and the only way you can avoid it is using speedrunning tactics

    the stealth section is the same thing 4 times in a row, a rectangle with 2 guards walking around it

    sometimes the spot you have to stand in to do something is so ridiculously precise I thought more than once I just didn't have some key item yet or something but NOPE
    you can't just be standing on the tree stump with your ocarina out, you have to be standing in THIS EXACT SPOT on the tree stump with your ocarina out
    I had similar issues like this over and over

    in jabu jabu's belly it's one thing to constantly be admonished by the stupid zora child for leaving her alone, it's kind of funny and even tho it's irritating it characterizes her
    it's another thing entirely to "solve a puzzle" and then have navi tell you that you "solved a puzzle" and tell you what the outcomes are and totally slow the game down for no reason
    generally dungeons are just poorly designed and boring, they would all be better if they were linear
    because as it stands all that you do is walk down a corridor, find you can't proceed, backtrack, repeat until you find the place you're supposed to be
    there's nothing interesting about it, you're not exploring, you're not solving a puzzle, you're just walking in circles

    you can get an area of effect spell from a faerie and you get maybe 4 uses of it before you're out of mana so you might want to use it sparingly
    but as it turns out it's never **** useful anyway
    mini game where you have to light some torches? using your magic fire won't solve it, no feeling clever for you
    enemy that's 50% underground and can't be hit by your sword til it's out?
    fire won't hit it either, you just gotta lure it out and hit it with your boomerang
    it's not the worst to have items of your kit that you don't use but it's indicative of how bad the designers were at putting these ideas together

    combat is dull and z targetting doesn't even function properly, it sort of locks you in the direction you're already facing and sort of locks on to a target but only if they barely move and are very close

    "if you let me go I'll sell this to you for 50 rupees"
    "no"
    "okay I'm going home then"
    ????    … Expand
  26. HeftigerMF
    May 15, 2022
    0
    OOT is simply not at the level of exploration and freedom as many other 3d-Games on the Tier-list of the greatest games of all times are… Moreover the movement abilities are very limited… the Dungeons inside the game are everything but funny, they are time consuming and in my opinion just a way to make this pretty short game feel a bit longer… The story is a little bit weird and confusingOOT is simply not at the level of exploration and freedom as many other 3d-Games on the Tier-list of the greatest games of all times are… Moreover the movement abilities are very limited… the Dungeons inside the game are everything but funny, they are time consuming and in my opinion just a way to make this pretty short game feel a bit longer… The story is a little bit weird and confusing because it feels like the programmers changed their mind about what the games story should be mid to end-Development. The grafics are solid, at least looking back to the time it was created, but there are still many little flaws in the game that make it unplayable for me and many people that I know… People who grew up with this game, not knowing what a really good game is about, probably have a better and less critical view on the game than I do, but objectively it is not worth playing anymore… To finish off my overly critical review I want to point out some really good soundtracks in the game, even though many were copied from older games of the series and many were simply used to often and annoying, some are indeed very good and worth a shoutout!… Expand
  27. Evocable
    May 4, 2022
    3
    As someone who didn't play this game when I was younger and have the bias of it being a game I played when I was young, I can't stand this game. I very much understand why someone who played this game when it came out, or when they were a child would love it so much. But coming from a person playing it in the year 2022, this game just isn't fun. I really don't think I dislike the game asAs someone who didn't play this game when I was younger and have the bias of it being a game I played when I was young, I can't stand this game. I very much understand why someone who played this game when it came out, or when they were a child would love it so much. But coming from a person playing it in the year 2022, this game just isn't fun. I really don't think I dislike the game as much as I'm putting here, but for how much love this game gets I think that definitely brings it down. For me its at a point where its not at a retro point where its simplicity is fun, or at a modern point where exploration feels exciting and interesting. It's in between in a really gross area where everything feels janky and outdated in a horrible way. I very much understand why people like the game, but to me this just is not it.… Expand
  28. tunahan43
    Apr 2, 2022
    0
    bu kadar çöp grafikli bir oyun bu kadar puanı anca fanboylar sayesinde alır .
  29. Apovo
    Mar 30, 2022
    1
    Hra si nezaslouží být v top nejlepší je nudná a specializovaná na konzoli Nintendo
  30. quietr
    Mar 9, 2022
    0
    this game is horrible i just really dont like it is not for me it looks horrible and its controlls suck is very boring and its story is boring
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#1 Best N64 Game of 1998
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#1 Most Discussed N64 Game of 1998
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#1 Most Shared N64 Game of 1998

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Universal acclaim - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
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  1. My Gamer
    Mar 24, 2016
    94
    The player will be drawn into the Zelda fantasy world from the moment the opening sequence bursts onto the screen, and the game won't let go-not even after finishing the quest.
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  2. Happy Puppy
    Mar 24, 2016
    90
    Realism is one of the major reasons this title is so amazing. After playing for a while it feels as though you have actually been to Hyrule.
  3. Gaming Age
    Mar 24, 2016
    95
    Featuring unparalleled 3D environments, a deep and involved quest, brilliant and intuitive play controls, and a well-developed cinematic quality that enhances rather than overwhelms the whole game experience, Miyamoto's latest soon-to-be-classic title deserves to be played by each and every person who might deign to consider themselves a fan of great games.
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