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6/26/2025, 3:26:48 PM
>>713662523
It's just a great, well designed game, made by passionate people with a vision and desire to push the tech and gameplay to a next level.
It's a true, chill adventure game, with tons of variety and that legendary S O U L people talk about. A work of art.
It's just a great, well designed game, made by passionate people with a vision and desire to push the tech and gameplay to a next level.
It's a true, chill adventure game, with tons of variety and that legendary S O U L people talk about. A work of art.
6/14/2025, 7:41:21 PM
>>712644984
>What was it like playing Ocarina of Time when it had just come out?
I'm gonna echo what fpbp said at >>712645292.
I was 10 at the time. I'd played some Zelda games on NES before this, even watched some of the Zelda cartoon series. However, unlike Mario, I had zero understanding of how big the Zelda franchise already was. It was also a lucky coincidence I ended up getting OoT that Christmas 1998.
The next few months, however, I lived and breathed anything Ocarina. It was the first game that truly felt like an epic, grand adventure. The first game that gave me a desire to LIVE in its world. Mind you, we had no internet at home at the time, and unlike Burgers we didn't get any fancy strategy guides either, so the kid-me really had to figure things on my own.
And what a world it was: you start off from this Neverland knockoff filled with the "lost boys", step into this hugeass open fields that felt like something out of a Ghibli movie, then into a busy medieval town that treats you like a delusional kid... constant carnival of vibes and emotions, that only got elevated once the Adult phase started, and the kiddie gloves came off.
I honestly don't recall a single other game pre-OoT that would've made me feel this bittersweet, emotional emptiness when "The End" screen finally arrived and just froze there on my screen.
I've since replayed Ocarina a countless times. I've also watched many friends of mine play it for the first time, always enjoying it a ton. It's one of those games I still launch every once in a while to relive the experience. Every passing year I'm actually more and more impressed of how much content and atmosphere Nintendo managed to jam into that ~16 megabyte cartridge; it feels much more "modern" than it age and graphics would imply.
>What was it like playing Ocarina of Time when it had just come out?
I'm gonna echo what fpbp said at >>712645292.
I was 10 at the time. I'd played some Zelda games on NES before this, even watched some of the Zelda cartoon series. However, unlike Mario, I had zero understanding of how big the Zelda franchise already was. It was also a lucky coincidence I ended up getting OoT that Christmas 1998.
The next few months, however, I lived and breathed anything Ocarina. It was the first game that truly felt like an epic, grand adventure. The first game that gave me a desire to LIVE in its world. Mind you, we had no internet at home at the time, and unlike Burgers we didn't get any fancy strategy guides either, so the kid-me really had to figure things on my own.
And what a world it was: you start off from this Neverland knockoff filled with the "lost boys", step into this hugeass open fields that felt like something out of a Ghibli movie, then into a busy medieval town that treats you like a delusional kid... constant carnival of vibes and emotions, that only got elevated once the Adult phase started, and the kiddie gloves came off.
I honestly don't recall a single other game pre-OoT that would've made me feel this bittersweet, emotional emptiness when "The End" screen finally arrived and just froze there on my screen.
I've since replayed Ocarina a countless times. I've also watched many friends of mine play it for the first time, always enjoying it a ton. It's one of those games I still launch every once in a while to relive the experience. Every passing year I'm actually more and more impressed of how much content and atmosphere Nintendo managed to jam into that ~16 megabyte cartridge; it feels much more "modern" than it age and graphics would imply.
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