Why You Should Love Ocarina of Time
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- Thinking Ocarina of Time is one of the greatest games of all time isn't exactly a new opinion, but it's one of my personal favorites. So I wanted to do an analysis of the classic Nintendo 64 masterpiece and share my thoughts and feelings about one of the best Legend of Zelda games ever.
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00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Storytelling
06:27 - Side-quests & Minigames
07:27 - Companions
09:29 - Puzzles
13:56 - Aesthetics
15:51 - Soundtrack
18:23 - Replayability
20:00 - Closing Statements
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Thanks for watching!!!
Should I do more vids like this? 🤔 What games should I talk about next???
All of them, every game [maybe all the other Zelda games?]
@@RallonWolfheartx A "Why X is my favorite Zelda Game" for literally every Zelda game 😂
Old N64 lesser known games, like Nightmare Creatures.
It would be great if you made videos on the other 3d games!
Love me some retro RPG talk. You've a talent for the talk piece style
YES! This format is amazing. 10/10 edits, story telling and content. Please stick with this format! Love it!
Thanks a million for all your help with it!
Agreed
I agree! I liked the video
My introduction to Ocarina of time was in 2000. I was 8 years old and my next door neighbor had it. I watched him play for 5 minutes and knew just how epic this game really was.
I convinced him to let me borrow it in exchange for my blue Tony Hawk game. I sprinted home like I just commited a crime. I popped the game in and the majestical music played.
I was collecting rupees for the shield and searching for the kokiri sword to get past that gatekeeper. I saw the Great Deku Tree.
As i entered, my mom came in "Tyler wants his game back" I started crying and my tears started filling the ocean. The next day I came back from school and saw a new copy in my room.
Thanks mom
That's a great mom right there 💗
Great memory man! That must have felt so good when you saw that you mom bought a new copy for you 🥰
I'm gonna be honest, when i finished watching the video i checked your channel to see the formats you've done and got genuinely surprised by your subscribers, I'm really used to high quality videos like these getting at least a quarter of views they deserve, and let me tell you, this one deserves a high high amount.
I love Zelda games and i love when there's more people that love them, thanks for this video.
I really appreciate that, thanks!! Really glad you enjoyed the vid. There can never be too much Zelda love out there
It’s the best example of gameplay connecting to slowly accessible story through discovery to date. It’s a perfect symmetry of how video games can specifically tell a story. It’s a streamlined experience layered with nuance and variety that personalizes it for the player. So so so happy you made this video. OOT for life!
the duality of bear, alternating between sincere explanation and chaotic passion. that's how you know it's true love for this game. fantastic editing, can't wait to see what you cover next 🙂
THIS VIDEO IS A BANGER!
Just like the soundtrack 🥲
how much would people remember the gerudo valley were it not for the music? it's hard to fully appreciate how critical the soundtrack is in making of ALL of the areas and dungeons unique and memorable. the depth of quality is just utterly nuts, and maybe the biggest factor in nostalgia for the game imo
F-Tier Game, not enough wolf sections
I SAID KEEP MEAN OPINIONS TO YOURSELF
I want to see more stuff like this
Glad you enjoyed it ♥ was a ton of fun to make
This was incredible. That music video moment had me giggling
That was the first thing I filmed for this 😂
Holy Moly, this was amazing 👏
I would love to see this "hardrive" If it has other gems like this video.
Amazing work pal, loved every second of this video, content and editing was chefs kiss. 👨🍳
P.S Happy Birthday 🎉 xx
Bless buddy, appreciate it so much 🙏 glad I didn’t throw this one in the hard drive, and def have ideas for more after this!
Great video Swordy! I think a lot of your points also apply to the best Zelda game of all time, Windwaker, haha
Playing through Windwaker on stream right now and honestly you’re so right. If I didn’t have such a strong connection to OoT growing up it may just beat it out. Tho Majoras also is a top contender
I saw, I’ve tuned in a few times but I tend to lurk 😅 It’s honestly an imposible task trying to pick a “best” Zelda game
I’ve never played Wind Waker since I never had a GameCube or Wii U.
Thank you, RUclips for recommending me this awesome video and channel🙏🏻
Put very simply , in the world of gaming there is a “before ocarina” and an “after ocarina”. It is to this day a perfect testament to what a video game is and what a game can accomplish. It is the primary bedrock of ALL 3d games even now….And it was released in fucking 1998……an absolutely astounding achievement
Its impact really can't be understated. So many modern 3D RPGs cite OoT and Majoras as major influences. Hell, even when debating best Zelda game most people (besides edgy contrarians) will acknowledge it's top tier even if it's not their personal favorite. Crazy how influential the N64 run of Nintendo games was on gaming
12:54 you dodging the moblin strikes back and forth. Stellar editing.
Bars from beginning to end!
Fantastic video brother, and I AGREE 100% with everything you said! Ocarina has been my favorite game ever since I got it as a kid in the Christmas of ‘98. I love almost every Zelda game, but nothing has ever captured me the same way Ocarina of Time did.
I'm gonna take a Korok Leaf out of your book for a sec... this video is a PolarBear Certified Banger! Really nice work mate, it's fantastically formulated and you make a lot of excellent points. Although I do love this game so I may or may not be biased.
Also, I'm gonna need to see a Legend of Zelda themed Guitar Hero/Beat Saber mod. Like immediately.
Can we also talk about how OoT narrative gives you Stakes with out giving you urgency disassociation? Like the Wild games are saying Zelda can barely hold back Ganon any further and Zelda is missing, yet you know spend hundreds of hours. Meanwhile in Ocarina of Ganon has either not done anything yet or the world has already been ruined by him, so link just doing things doesnt feel out of place because he you feel like you are doing what he would do.
@@Demokirbygreat point. Just further backs what I was saying about the game masterfully immersing you in its world and story. You always feel on-pace with Link instead of overly rushed or more/less informed than your character would be
I guess this is your new format 🤷🏻♂️, you found the words for me to describe the feeling I have for OoT. keep up the good work.
Absolutely excellent video and comical editing! Well done my friend, you deserve my subscription BAM! 👍👍
I missed out on a lot of N64 games growing up because "we have Nintendo at home" (it was a SNES) and we couldn't afford another console.
I never got the chance to play OoT, but seeing this video really makes me want to change that.
@@LootsMcGoots YOU SHOULD! It’s a staple of gaming history and an amazing game
OoT is still considered to be one of the best games in the history of gaming. If you can forgive the polygons and the slow text boxes (really only an issue for people who played it 100 times and know the dialogs by heart) you'll be in for a treat.
The atmosphere is amazing. The sense of adventure you'll feel is unparalleled. There are millions of people who envy you for the opportunity to play it for the first time
@@borstenpinsel All of this 10000%. I get so excited whenever I see someone playing it for the first time on Twitch and try my best to tune into those streams, because living vicariously through them is the closest thing I can get to experiencing it for the first time again 😅
@@aswordbear same. And with how big that game still is, we're gonna see a lot of people giving it a try who weren't even alive when it came out.
if only they could feel the joy I did before even turning on the console. I've read that manual like a captivating novel. I guess it's boring nowadays but even reading about the different types of sword attacks... and then turning the page and manual says your can upgrade your sword with magic. Waaaat? "of Time" was just a title but reading about what that means... but I think that part is even better when you don't have any spoilers about it.
Great video spitting pure facts. The edits are amazing haha 👏
I replay Ocarina of Time like every 1-3 years. Every time I get a new phone, I whip out the emulator for oot. Love the game and the soundtrack always hits. It just has such a great sense of atmosphere and adventure. I started another playthrough this week too, almost tempted to do the 3DS version or even do a playthrough on CitraVR instead of N64 this time.
I also saw that we're in a golden age of OOT romhacks too which is freaking awesome. Love it.
Great vid!
Loved this style of video! Haven't watched anything else of yours but this one was SUPERB!
The editing on this video is a banger!
So cool to have found you while you're just starting out! Can't wait to see that Battle Network vid.
Glad to have you here! Battle Network was HUGE for me as a kid. Only catch is I wanna revisit the whole franchise before making the video so I'll be chipping away at that one for a little while. Def is on the agenda though
Really enjoyed the video! Ocarina of time is an incredibly Special game to me as well. Great work!
Thank you!!
You should be so proud of this video dude - keep the magic flowing this feels so “you”
This video was quality, would love to see you do this for all the 3D zelda games
leaving a comment for the algorithm, since i really liked this video.
i played ocarina of time for the first time less than half a decade ago in high school. i hadn’t played any games released before, like, the wii era. getting used to the graphics was odd, but they were also instantly really charming. the music was not the kind i heard a lot in games with its instrument samples instead of live recordings, but it felt so PERFECT.
i blazed through the game in around a month, including the time i spent getting all the heart pieces and gold skulltulas (i don’t normally get all the collectibles in games, but i could not put it down).
the story was beautiful as well. i can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said, but it just really resonated with me. leaving the temple of time after getting the master sword and seeing what was once such a charming, hopeful hyrule completely destroyed made me care about “saving the world” more than any game ever had.
when i reached the end screen, i was hit with… a lot. i felt pride over saving hyrule. i felt awful about everything link had to go through before being forced to just go back and live out his childhood traumatized. i was sad it was over, but also really glad i’d decided to play this 20-year-old game that i could just as easily have never considered.
i eventually picked up majora’s mask, although i was convinced it wouldn’t beat the experience of its predecessor. i blazed through it in a similar amount of time, and the similar themes of loss, trauma, and growing up resonated with me as well, although there were a lot of differences. in the end, i can’t say which i preferred; they were such different experiences, but they both completely changed my life. (i am leaning towards majora, but seriously, it’s close. and i wouldn’t have played it without oot!)
playing ocarina of time was probably one of the best decisions of my life. it feels somewhat like a rite of passage, and i wish more people my age would experience it. the game’s a damn masterpiece. i don’t have much more to say. i don’t think anyone’s going to read this, but… thanks, nintendo. not bad.
This video is a certified BANGER so glad I clicked this. Would love you to do a follow up vid on Majoras Mask if you played it as much as Oot. Excellent Video!
Majoras is probably my OTHER favorite Zelda game! Though I've been replaying Windwaker lately and it's giving it a run for its money. Both are so creative
People tend to say Wind Waker ages well, and cartoonish styles ages better than "realism". I find that to be bullcrap. What ages well is stylization. The problem with games aging poorly is not "realism", i'ts always a factor like biting off more than they can chew WHILE going for realism. Twilight Princess ages poorly because it has such obvious limitations. A lot of the modeling is like puppetry, lips don't move, eyes move very little, it ages as well as Goldeneye 64. How close or far from real it is, is not the factor here.
And on cartoonish styles, this would be represented by Banjo-Kazooie. It does NOT benefit from the cartoonish style, if anything, it's painfully obvious how those clean, rounded edges could NOT reach the amount of polygons that the art style calls for. On the other end of things, Super Mario 64 is more evocative. It does things like use a still PNG for the eye neemy where the 3D pupil only surrounds the more or less perfect sphere, and THAT ages well. Of course, aliasing is still awful in any N64 game so it's not quite ready to have any lasting 3d graphics, but the artfulness of the design is still there.
Wind Waker has the same problem, its style is very charming but the cartoon textures like face features call for close to perfect vectoring, and the aliasing simply does stand out. It's a game that can be CONVERTED easily into HD, but just running on Gamecube I wouldn't say it holds up. Give me Melee plastic dudes or Toy Story 1 any day.
Wow, an amazing video, can’t believe how few people have seen this. Not even kidding when I checked how many views this had, I thought it was going to be a thousand times that. Please make more videos like this 10 out of 10!
Love everything about this man, keep up the good work!
This a superb video, you almost got 12/10, but you went after twilight princess so you get 10/10 xD editing was seamless, could not look away with how everything paired with content. Also, music section - hard yes!
This and twilight princess r my favorites. TP is the best in my opinion. Rated T for teen and the dark atmosphere was sooo fire and all the good elements of OOT reimagined basically. Zelda is so fire
Amazing video man! Im playing the game again right now and enjoying every moment so much again. Didn’t play it for more than 15 years and its still a masterpiece.
Just found your channel bro and I love the vibes
Thanks!
I found your video really funny and entertaining it was amazing thank you😊
Make more videos like this about zelda / nintendo games! Really great editing and commentary!! Super great
That sweet sweet ost
Also can’t believe you posted a video on your birthday!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPUBBY
I'd never seen your videos before and this kind of format is really apealing to me, even tho i already know many things about this game and really like it, knowing someone elses point of view makes me appreciate it even more, it has an amazing editing and I agree so much with the way You view this game. Congrats on doing such a great job! Hope you keep doing this format. Sorry if i have Bad English, it's not My first language 😅
Also happy birthday!!🎉😊
Thanks so much! And I understood everything perfectly 😁 It really is an incredible game, and while I know plenty of people already share that opinion with me I'll still keep praising it anyways haha
oot definitely my # 1 favorite zelda game and wind waker coming in on a hard second. you expressed how perfect this game is in a very well put together video and i love it!
glad this video didnt make it to the back of your hard drive lol
Great review my friend. Consider yourself subscribed! I love this game with all my heart. I was eight years old when it first came out and years later when I was an adult, I guided my younger cousin through this game from my memory within days. It is truly a magical game.
Subscribed! First time I laughed from my heart happily and was able to agree on so much in a long time on the internet and its not a meme.
Edit: Megaman Battle Network!! Lets GOO!
This vídeo just read my mind
The reason I love Oot is because it is the MOST Zelda game of all time, and NOTHING has ever remotely come close to it since then.
13:17 aaaaaaaaand that's one of the many reasons that BotW and TotK aren't real Zelda games.
I'd say that Wind Waker comes in 2nd.
Agreed. Majoras is a VERY close second for me, to the point where sometimes it beats OoT depending on my mood, but considering how perfectly OoT encapsulates what it means to be a Zelda game it normally wins. That said, I've been replaying Windwaker on stream for the first time in a LONG time, and it's giving both titles a run for their money. I forgot how much of a vibe that game is. Might be my personal favorite OST of any Zelda
For me I think the reason I love it so much is because this is the game where you feel that you ARE Link the most
As you said the world gets revealed to you at the same time it is revealed to Link
The relationships you start building as a kid carry on into your adulthood as people you met still remember you, you see the people and environments you met and formed a bond with during your childhood get distorted and altered by Ganondorf's evil reign during the adult era, and thus you are motivated to help them, it's not just the classic "please save our village Elder and he will give you the magic thing" no, it is please save Darunia/Saria/Ruto, you know and bonded with these characters and helping them is done both for selfless as for personal reasons, the world evolves around you and is shaped by your actions, unlike something like BoTW where you only wake up to the aftermath of the conflict and people have to remind you you actually supposedly care about them
Other things are small details that help Link's character stand out, one of my FAVOURITE details in this game is seen at the very start, the drawing/carving seen on the outside of your tree house tells you qho exactly Link is and what are his aspirations, he truly wishes to be part of an epic adventure defeating legendary creatures but the drawing also reminds us that you are still a child, with a full future ahead an a potential ready to be unleashed
When the Deku tree talks to you before dying, how Link is shown standing at the start of the story but by the end he is seen sitting on the grass still listening, he is not a robot npc, he is a full character absorbing his surroundings
His farewell to Saria after she gives you her Ocarina, not knowing how to respond
His outcast status with the Kokiri subtly reinforced by how he may look like them but there's some small differences like how his hair is a completely different color from normal Kokiri, how they are much thinner than him, even how they all wear their green fairytale style shoes while Link wears much more humanlike leather boots
Honestly the first 10 minutes of this game are so perfect, and that's without counting the wonderfully melancholic yet hopeful vibes of the intro
Mega Man 2 is another Popping Sound track
+1 for the soundtrack - made me want to learn and play the piano
I started my first ever play through of Ocarina of Time about 2 years ago. I picked it up on and off on the switch emulator, (which isnt the best way to play it imo) I didn’t play it on and off because it didnt click with me or something, it certainly did and I loved it despite being not the best way to play. But I’m playing the 3D version right now, and told myself I’m playing this game. I think im halfway through and I’m genuinely convinced it will probably be one of, if not my favorite game ever and I see myself playing it time and time again. Souls games are my favorites too and it’s been so hard to find a game I enjoy because they don’t really compare, jaded in a way. But OoT, good lord I can’t put it down. It has some of the best story, themes, mechanics, puzzles, dungeons, NPCs, soundtracks and side quests I’ve seen in a game PERIOD. I’m really convinced it’s going to be my favorite game. I can’t wait to get to Majora’s Mask, since I’ve heard people say it’s just as good.
I love listening to people gushing about Ocarina of Time. Great Video!
I don't even have to watch the video to tell you that Ocarina of Time is my favorite video game of all time. I just love everything about it, the story, the different places you can explore, and especially the music. The artwork is also very pretty. I don't think any game can beat how amazing Ocarina of Time is. :)
OoT has always been my favorite game of all time. It’s so complete in both gameplay and emotion, so effortless in its storytelling, and so replayable (as you say). Just a true and perennial masterpiece.
I love the aesthetics of OoT. It's a bit blurry, but the textures and models are wonderful. Like a slightly grittier wind waker.
Bro youre sick i subbed
Lol 😂 ty for the vid. Btw, also my favorite game always will be. You are %100 correct but stop worrying THAT much about what others think, it's nice to be considerate, I get it but don't be too hard on yourself. You don't actually play those instruments do you? Lol that was good and OoT music IS epic no question
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! My favorite part of Ocarina of time is when Zelda takes his ocarina and says “it’s ocarinain’ time!” then proceeds to legend all over the bad guys. Truly one of the video game moments of all time
🙏so tru so tru🙏
what
I thought that meme died out.
S tier opinion, what an incredible game!
I love OOT, it holds a special place in my heart. It was my introduction to the Zelda series. Majora’s Mask is my personal favorite, but OOT is there right below it with Wind Waker. I love TP too, but it doesn’t beat MM, OOT, or WW
KOJI KONDO THE LITERAL MAESTRO 🙌🔥🍻
Love the format, about to watch the whole video but I was shocked at how small your channel is. Damn, what software are you editing with?
Hey, great video!! Very engaging, very fun. I played through this entire game last year, and although I thought it was fantastic, but I definitely think there are alot of better games. (Then again, it's all subjective ey?)
*chuckles in Enjoying multiple BotW playthroughs for the last five years and still being surprised without randomizers or mods*
I am seeing one of the greatest profile pictures for the first time
I raise you the original World of Warcraft soundtrack as another iconic set of themes. From the taverns to the regions of the continents, you can recognize exactly where you are in the world based on the music.
I’m planning to get this and Majora’s Mask for my 2DS, since I don’t have a N64.
The Ezlo disrespect 🥲
Does it help if I say that if they ever make a Minish Cap movie I will be demanding Danny Devito voice Ezlo? My boy Tony the Hat deserves a legend playing him.
Love this game. OoT and MM are the best 1-2 punch ever.
😄 - Nicely done!
You were definitely not wrong about the aesthetic even as a kid who grew up with a Wii kid me wanted to play Majoras Mask and Ocarina Of Time
Them blocky graphics and bright colors just hit different 😩
Link to the past was the introduction of many mechanics.
Its even way better on a CRT. Nothing takes me back like a tube TV does!
incredibly based takes, loved the video. subbed. keep going
Ayy appreciate that! Already planning the next one
Ocarina of Time is the best Zelda game ❤
I just can't dismiss how cryptic OoT is. There are so many solutions that just aren't telegraphed to the player.
Sheik and Impa are both top 5 characters in the entire series.
I think nintendo should make the next 3d zelda game have tools like older zeldas but also offer the open world with multiple ways to complete the dungeons depending on the tools you have collected not like the 2d one where you can borrow them make it where it can be super hard with no tools or really easy pending on what order you go in and they definitely need to offer more then 4 main dungeons they need multiple and not tiny shrines
Best ever game made
i wouldve liked this game as much as you but the first time i went to the castle the two guards were gatekeeping zeldas room and i couldnt enter for anything. i kept coming back and they never left and everytime i leave and do something else and i come back and there still there then i went to the sheika slate thing (i was playing 3ds) and it told me nothing about how to get passed that and navi kept sayjng go to the castle then after two days (real days) of exploring i searched up what to do next on youtube it tells me i just had to wait till daytime so i was pissed off with this game for that but as of now im at the zora domain part of the game
Greatest video ever
really good video
Haven’t looked at any comments yet. Your glasses tell me we’re the same age. Not necessarily in a good way though. Nucks to ya brotha
You know Breath of the Wild fans are having the nostalgia bias towards Tears of the Kingdom that Ocarina of Time fans had towards Breath of the Wild (plot holes, lore, gameplay etc.) I understand now that all these games are great in different ways and I’m grateful to have been able to experience them. Also history does repeat itself.
@@RetroGoosen-ux8ty totally agree especially with the second part. I could make a video like this for every 3D Zelda and they’d all be valid. They’re just that good of games
I am still always shocked to see Skyward Sword anywhere near the top on these lists. Glad people out there are able to enjoy it 😂
A- tier reaction
I'm a "Majoras Mask is peak fiction" kinda guy, but OoT isn't far behind.
476th subscriber
Great vid bud. More Zelda content please (not BOTW or TOTK). Subbed.
Why the birthday bear wearing sunglasses?
>great video
>look inside
>less than 1k
Was this guy even alive when twilight princess come ou
Imo
MM>OoT
Just because of the story and the kafei/anju quest
BEST EVER
GAME MADE?
❤
Link to the Past is best Zelda game. OOT is LTTP but in 3D
Best ever game made?
Yup
my favourite zelda is majoras mask but i never being able to finished ever again meanwile ocarina i finished like 3 times, it really is an amazing game. Also breath of the wild and totk are not zelda games, they are great adventure games but not zelda.
Majoras needs space between playthroughs imo but it's probably the most creative and artistic Zelda game. I always say that BotW and TotK are 10/10 games, but only 6/10 *Zelda* games. I wish they'd just branded them as spinoffs so they could stand on their own