Is Ocarina of Time Still Good 25 Years Later?
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2023
- This year marks the anniversary of one of the greatest games of all time: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. In this video, we revisit the classic to see if it still holds up?
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If you play eponas song for the cows, they give you milk if you have an empty bottle, great healing item
That's neat, never knew
Came here to comment this 😂
And in Majora's Mask they make these hilarious feminine noises when you do that.
@@christopherwilliams5939 Same. :)
"I require your service oh great bovines"
I have to say this is probably my favorite game of all time and I do think it holds up 25 years later. Especially the 3DS version.
That 3DS version is beautiful! Also loved Majora's Mask 3DS, they even made that a little more challenging
@@scottvincent184 I didnt really care much for majoras 3d. It was more easy and changed some core elements.
3ds is alot better fo this game, but majora mask is better in n64
@@andrewdyke5561 basically yeah.
@@andrewdyke5561my ideal version of OoT would be an HD remaster of the 3DS remake with the brightness turned down to the original’s in places like the battle with Ganon and the grittier and bloodier design of the Shadow Temple and the Deadhand of the original being brought back for the remake. That would be the perfect game for me.
i finished OOT earlier this year on original N64 and i can confirm it is very good and i wasn't expecting the ending to be perfect! i thought i knew why its one of the best games ever but when i actually finished it after decades of just playing it for fun, i truly understood why it is such a masterpiece
It definitely has aged, but it's still a lot of fun. For modern gamers I would recommend playing the 3DS Remake or specially the Ship of Harkanian PC port.
For the record: The first three adult dungeons can be tackled in any order you like once you have the Hookshot. Navi suggests Forest, but you can do whatever you want. You can even tackle the Thieves Hideout if you get Epona if you want. Ocarina is a lot less linear than what people think it actually is.
The worst thing about the owl is that the dialogue option switches at least once, so it’s not even like you can get a muscle memory thing going. You always have to make sure you are clicking the right option.
Are you sure you don't want to not listen to me again?
No
Yes
Knew i wasn't the only one who remembered that !
Dude, referring the 3 goddess as the Powerpuff girls and Zelda doing a tri beam ha attack was brilliant 😂
What I expected: a deep analysis of Ocarina of Time, what made it good then, and how/if it holds up now.
What I got: a 14 minute summary of Ocarina of Time with a 2 minute followup.
my first time playing OOT was the 3D remaster on the 3DS and this is definitely the better version to play. However there is still the PC port of the decompilation of the N64 version. This offers widescreen, high FPS and many community mods including randomizers. Some day in the future I will definetly take a look at it
The pc port looks really good with a hd texture pack but the moblins and great fairy textures look terrifying so keep that in mind when you do play it.
One of my favourite features of the PC port (SOH) is the free camera option, which gives you full control over the camera. It made the game quite a bit more enjoyable for me.
Is there a PC port of the decompilation of the GameCube port of the Master Quest version of this N64 game?
@@chaoslord8918 legend has it that its somewhere on the internet
Your humor and editing makes me feel like you gotta get out of my head. We both made that tunic does nothing joke from the Simpsons. I said it legit like half a second before the vid did. Your song choices and other reference jokes are top notch. Neon genesis for ganon, the kazoo solo choices just make me Italian hand gesture
This is still one of my favorite games ever. I still have original copy with the chanting in the fire temple and the red blood Ganon before they removed all of that
Great video! Quick tip, if you let go of Z-targeting during the Spirit temple boss fight when reflecting the beams, and just hold your shield up with R, you can move the shield independently while Link is crouching behind it. This allows you to direct the beam onto the opposing witch more easily.
I have so many fond memories of this game back on the N64. Very early on me and my brother would never even make it past the deku tree (we were too young to be able to solve puzzles like breaking the spider web in the center of the entrance room), but we just kep remaking new files to play up to that point again anyway because it was so fun. Then our older cousin showed us how to get past that and it was like discovering a whole new world with Hyrule Field open to us.
Thank goodness for the producer of these videos 😊
What an awesome and world class video. Thank you very much for this great content.
The game that got me into Zelda. I remember playing the 3DS version and from that point on, I was hooked.
This video was really awesome with all the nice tunes 🔥
Great video! Ocarina of Time is packed full of memories for me. I also sucked at it when i was young. I'd make my big brother get me to the fishing part and I'd spend days there lol
Please do Majora's mask next!
The cow is there for if you need a health recovery at that point. If you play Epona's Song next to any cow, the cow will fill one of your empty bottles with milk to drink for 5 hearts. The placement of the cows is really odd sometimes but I guess that's where the game devs felt the players might need them most(?)
2:53 you just brought back so nostalgia reminding me of how the castle bridge would close leaving you to fend for yourself like it’s the first night of a new Minecraft world
Replayed the 3ds version recently, good time! The 3D is kinda cool on the new3ds.
The music gags were outstanding.
This game never fails to remind me of the happy times I spent talking with my best friend about this game when we were around 10 years old, we both had a Nintendo 64 each and he would lend me his Ocarina of Time cartridge, he introduced me to this cool new game he had just gotten after he invited me to his house to watch him play actually, damn, it's been a long time since then, 18 years, thanks for this hilarious and perfectly summarized review of the game's story.
The answer is yes. I just finished a play through last week (my first one on the 3DS version at that) and it only took me about 5 minutes to remember the tricks to manipulate the camera and really no right stick is the game’s only real flaw. Great video as always, an awesome mix of review and humor.
My first time was playing the GameCube port of OOT which included Master Quest. I played both and loved that I could enjoy the extra challenge all while using the excellent GameCube controller!
1:08 Great Deku Tree: I am literally thousands of years old... I _am_ an adult.
I'm currently replaying it on Switch (via expansion).. still love it, still phenomenal; brings me back to childhood ever single time I play, love this game so much.. (took me two tries to get Epona, could've been on first attempt except I had to get caught on something)
Expansion?
Another great video man ♥️ thanks for the awesome content
Something genius I always found about Ocarina of Time's world design is that places that are far away from each other that you will need to go between have warps between them. For example, if you didn't go to the Lost Woods to pick up Saria's Song before making your way up Death Mountain, there's a warp IN Goron City you can take to get there. All you need to do is light some torches so you can reach the bombs with some fire and you now have a shortcut so you don't have to "backtrack" anywhere.
In fact, the Lost Woods links together Goron City and Zora's Domain~ And Zora's Domain links to Lake Hylia while you're a kid, which is right next to Gerudo Valley! This is something even some modern Zelda games don't get quite right~
Personally, the Spirit Temple is my favorite dungeon! And part of it is because you do the dungeon as a child and an adult. I do think it would have been more interesting if you did more stuff as Child Link that changed things when you came back as Adult Link, but there were a couple of things, and that was cool. But doing a proper Temple as Young Link without the superior gear Adult Link has was an interesting challenge; especially dealing with a Stalfos. It was pretty cool to have a dungeon split into two halves. Dealing with Twinrova's first form is also actually pretty easy: You don't Z-Target them. You get them in your line of sight, and then just hold R and manually aim it at them~
The coolest thing about the Spirit Temple to me, though? As an adult when you get the Membership Card, a lot of the guards are talking about Nabooru, and how she went to the temple to investigate something and never returned. As an adult, though, there's no sign of her. So you go back to the temple as a child and you find her doing exactly that: investigating the Temple. And you find out EXACTLY why she went missing, and then you go back and help her as an adult~ It was a REALLY cool and clever way to introduce the final Sage into the story.
13:39 - ...Huh. Wow, after all of these years of playing OoT, including numerous Randomizers, and I never once knew you could interrupt his attack that way. My solution was always just to charge a Spin Attack and hit them all back at the same time~
As you might guess, Ocarina of Time, to this day, is STILL one of my favorite Zelda games of all time. Hyrule Field itself is pretty barren and the aiming and Epona controls could definitely be tighter. But the way the game plays--especially combat--is extremely intuitive, the world design is genius and brilliantly compact, the world is littered with secrets everywhere, the dungeon design is spectacular on the whole, and the story and worldbuilding is legendary. No matter how much time passes, this game still continues to be in my Top 5, if not my Top 3 Zelda games of all time. Especially if you enjoy Randomizers. And no, this wasn't my first Zelda.
Love this game. I tried all the tricks when it first came out. Learning that you could beat the game without all the medallions refreshed the game a lot
Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup...dude, you absolutely got me there and looking at the colours, it even makes sense, never thought of it before 🤣
Love your humour and attention to such detail 👍
Ocarina of Time is one of my absolute favourites. I played it the first time on a N64, later on, when i had a somewhat capable pc, i've got my hand on an Emulator (PJ64 to be exact) and a "shady" CD, from my brother, that had Ocarina of Time rom on it (and a lot of other n64 roms), i again played through the game, but now in a higher resolution (1280x1024 was common back then and i was amazed, that it can run without a problem, with that res.), i played multiple times through it. Later on, the time, when the remake released on the 3DS, i got my hands on a 2DS and a copy of Ocarina of Time 3D (+Majoras Mask of course). It was a blast, seeing my favourite game getting that much of polish and love from the devs.
PS: rickroll... ok, you catch me off guards.. and with all the other play ins 😂
PSS: The only thing i find annoying about this game, is "Navy" the fairy companion, everytime, I've heard "hey, listen!!!", i was like, "oh come on, i know, what i have do do, i am just exploring the area for items, just please STFU" or just "AAAAAAAARRRRRRGHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
I just beat this game for the first time 3 days ago… what a coincidence. Fantastic video!
Awesome videos
9:40 Seems to be a part of Goron culture, Daruk calls Hero of the Wild Link that too.
I played this emulated the other day with some HD texture packs and a few mods like widescreen and no hud, still brilliant and epic as ever
Those are some SICK kazoo skills, my friend.
Great review of a great game. This is my sense of humour all over!
Interesting Video ❤️
PLEASE Make Lego Harry Potter comparison video 😍
I was 5 years old when this game came out, and i was 8 when i played it. I could never get far in the game at that age, but i bought my n64 used and it had three saves on it, so i played far into the game without progressing myself.
I just started playing again at age 30 on PC, and im amazed at how much of this game has rooted itself so deeply into my memory.
I remember this game as if i played it last year, not 22 years ago as an eight year old child.
You should do Majora's Mask next
I recently played OoT and Majora’s mask a couple months ago and had more fun than any game I’ve played in years. Legendary games.
Mod with Flandrew's ocarina tune playlist when?
great video
It’s all the beautiful little details that make this game so amazing
It has aged but it's still one of my favourite games to play. I think one reason is that I don't have as much time nowadays to play video games and this one doesn't take ages to beat. And I can say it without the nostalgia goggles since I played it on my own for the first time in 2009, so it was ancient already.
I think the muted colors in OOT's artstyle lent a lot to the 'realism' of the graphics. It really made it easy to imagine Hyrule was a whole world.
3DS remaster missed the mark by making it all bright and saturated
I disagree, what they made the original look is bland and murky, as if everything was made of regurgitated pea soup. I much prefer the remake's colour space, though I never played Zelda back in the day, so maybe it's the lack of nostalgia.
@@Razielchan666 Playing Ocarina, you don't imagine the anime-style 3DS graphics. Regardless of how you feel about it, the "remaster" isn't faithful to the original style.
@@17Haru17 I'd say it's a "hit or miss" situation. The places were the original was supposed to be bright and vibrant, the 3DS works better than the original. But in places that were supposed to be dark and oppressive, it doesn't really fit as well.
The most clear example is the final battle, where the original just straight up looks better than the remake due to the far superior atmosphere.
@@XanderVJ Idk why people assume the original OOT was trying and somehow failing to be "Bright and vibrant". Mario 64 was both of those things and it came out 2 years earlier from many of the same devs. The N64 had its limitations, but use of color was definitely not one of them
15:37 I mean my family had AOL (and previously CompuServe and I think Prodigy?) and I had a subscription to gaming magazine called Tips & Tricks (RIP, though it's currently on Internet Archive, not as a part of the digital library thing they got sued over mind but under "Text." I have no idea if anyone even still owns the IP rights to it anyway)
What’s the name of the music you used for Gannon Dorf on the piano?
The Cruel Angel's Thesis is the name of the song. This is a piano cover of it.
I want to see it redone in the style of twilight Princess
after i beat botw and totk i knew i needed to go back to play the games i beat 20 years earrier for more zelda and oot was something that stood out ot me with its gold cartridge so i played it and without any guides i figured out that npcs throughout your journey give subtle hints at where you should go for say an item or to progress the story. then again i also could recall much off what i needed to do from 20 years ago like the adult trade quest, but again the game can point you in the right direction if you get lost.
1997 really was the year for N64 vore. In Banjo Kazooie you go into a shark, a crocodile, a crab, a turtle and a sphinx. And the hub world is accessed through a witch's mouth
I love this game, it was actually the first game I played when I first got my GameCube for Christmas. It came with the collectors edition and took me years to beat it thanks to that pesky water temple. This game was and still is a true masterpiece for children and adults. I prefer the original graphics over the 3DS ones because of nostalgia. I’ll replay it on my switch to relive my youth and try to 100% it this time. This game and Majora’s Mask will always hold a special place in my youthful memories .
Ocarina 3D is among my favourite games of all time (I.e, top 5 or 6) and my favourite Zelda game.
i love this game so much that i funny enough have 5 copies of it (two gold n64 carts my preferred version, the GameCube one with the Masters quest, and two sealed Nintendo selects 3DS ones that i will never open and i cant even remember how i got them). It is a shame that we never got the full game as loads of content had to be cut to fit on an n64 32 MB cart as it was originally going to be on the N64 DD and that content was planned to come later but we all know how the DD went though much of the content was reused in later games such as Majoras Mask. But some of the content originally going to be there was that all the medallions were going to be spells and some did make it over to the full game and they are easy to figure out what spell went to which medallion (in the n64 the entrance of the shadow temple as the fire medallion in the pedestal.) now for a long time not all were known but i think a few years ago during i think the giga leak that information was know and they were crazy like one would make you become Navi which is insane for the time had it been done. Another thing was the mask were supposed to work like they did in majoras mask but luckily that got shipped over to the next game. Also there was supposed to be a sky/wind temple, a light temple, and an ice temple. Now these did make it to the final game in tiny amounts such as the Ice Cavern, the light temple mini dungeon, and the forest temple mini dungeon as that one was full of wind puzzles unlike the others which had rooms that actually fit to the temple. Too bad we will never know how big Ocarina of Time could have been but what we got is the closest thing to perfection
Literally finished it last week on the N64, im onto Majora's Mask now
Those kazoo skills though
Ocarina of TIme has always been the GOAT for me. Can't say it enough. Even if the graphics are outdated by today's standards, at least there's the 3D version. The gameplay may not have completely aged gracefully either, but the game's story will always be the ultimate fantasy adventure in my book. Nice funny recap of the game by the way.
Tbh I was ready for that golden wind theme on ganons piano 😂
I've never played a Zelda game but I wish they'd remake this one
They did remake this one for the 3ds
I had never played a Zelda game in my life until a few years ago when I finally snagged Ocarina of Time at Gaming Warehouse. Got to the dragon boss and couldn't get by him
Volvagia in the Fire Temple? Shoot him with the bow & "SMASH HIM WITH A HAMMA" (Ezma, Emperor's New Groove)
14:16 "Also another version of me will return in Twilight Princess while the version of me that appeared in Link to the Past defeated you instead and never once reverted to this form because all the games in that timeline where I appear predate its conception! Oh uh... don't ask where Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom fit into the timeline! Nor should you ask what the hell Link Between Worlds is doing in the downfall timeline when the sages are too weak to seal that version of me and he was killed last time you saw him but now he's suddenly sealed instead!"
No episode is complete without the kazoo-cover! Honestly had me grooving.
This game is a timeless classic it’s still great even to this day and it still holds up
Despite what Arin Hanson might say, yes.
I played OoT and MM using the Patcher64+ Tool, and they were both great.
I really do love OoT, but it’s not the “masterpiece” everyone says it is. Most of that is either bandwagoning or big CZcamsrs saying it’s the best Zelda game or putting it in an “SS” tier on a tier list, and because other people want to fit in, they declare it “best game ever”. It’s a good game, but not anywhere near “best game ever”
As a kid, ocarina was my best 1st Zelda Game I've played but after all this years, I prefer more Majora's Mask🙂😃
Ok
Sneaking Cruel Angels Thesis in there got my sub - tasteful and very cultured video :))
This game cured me from heartache when my at that time girlfiend dumped me. This is all I have to say.
Even if you don't like this game you gotta respect it and what it did for games as a whole considering this game basically invented 3D lock-on 3rd person combat, like this combat is the bedrock for any souls game from From Software.
This game was so spectacular that even just watching someone playing it was amazing. Me and my best friend were 7 and he had a teenage brother and I would stay over at the weekend and we would sit for hours watching his brother play it, it was like watching a movie or being read an amazing story. I remember playing it myself at that age but it was a bit complex for me at 7. Amazing. 🛡
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This is so funny. Do one for majora's mask.
My brother played it recently for the first time, and he said its a top notch adventure on the level of the best ps2 adventure games with n64 graphics, in other words it was a gen ahead in term of gameplay
It's a masterpiece.
But Majora's Mask is a *masterclass.*
Is a masterclass better than a masterpiece? I’ve never heard them compared like that
I still enjoy this game. It is still my favorite with ToK and BoW bein' 2nd and 3rd
those kazoo songs, comedy gold!
I still have to watch the video, but the answer is "yes, is not only one of the most relevant and influential videogames on history, but its still amazing to play"
It is one of the most influential video games in history, but it aged pretty poorly. You can still have a good time playing it if you have nothing better to play but every 3D Zelda since is just straight up better. Twilight Princess is just basicaly a better remake of Ocarina of Time.
@@EskChan19the dungeons in Twilight are objectively worse. Also, the wolf sections. No. Just no.
I like to just play threw all the dungeons without actually beating the final boss, go do some side stuff, collect heart containers to make it look like I beat them, then I go face the bosses with the weapons I'm not technically supposed to have yet.
I tried it in 08 on wii virtual console but couldn't get into it.
I bought my 3ds in 2011 the day the remake came out and loved it. A replay is planned after I've replayed all the 2d ones again.
I have the gamecube version that you get with wind waker special edition 😁
I always finished the shadow temple last, dunno why but I did, also my first playthrough i finished the forest temple after beating fire and water temple
i have never even considered trying the game outside of “intended” order, this comment shifted my whole perspective lmao i’m gonna see how far out of order i can push it
Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say yes. Yes, it is.
I'm replaying it now for like my 20th time.
Yes. No. Maybe. I don't know. Can you repeat the question?
what emulator did you use to record?
Yes it is and the commercial was epic at the time. I remember how bad I wanted the game back then eventually I got Christmas of 98 . The 90s was truly a good Era of life. #Missthe90s
I have 0 tolerance for bad jokes and puns. This video walked a fine line but I made it to the end, good video 👍
The music for this game is even more incredible when you take into account the limitations Koji Kondo had when composing it. He had to construct the main melodies of many of the game's songs around the in-game Ocarina, which only has 5 notes, and composed some of the most legendary songs in video game history despite this limitation (Saria's Song, Song of Storms, Epona's song, etc.)
In addition, he had to use a relatively low-quality library of MIDI sound files to accommodate the storage capabilities of the N64 cartridge, and designed incredibly atmospheric dungeon soundtracks despite it.
Honestly, even a lot of the control issues you had were probably more the result of not using an actual n64 stick. The specific build of the stick gave it a very specific sensitivity, so a lot of games that feel fine with the original hardware tend to get pretty touchy in emulators.
A lot of your gripes are fixed in the 3DS version which is now the official version
"Father of the year over here" got me! 😂
I can't be the only one that realized the boss of jabu jabu is his heart😢
As your uncle would say, kid elf meets missus elf, becomes elf then fights matey boy from down the pub 😂
You should’ve had Ganondorf playing “Peaches” lol
8:38 So does side-jumping.
Literally just finished playing a playthrough on N64. While older games are much more unforgiving than modern ones, I truly enjoyed it as much if not more than I did originally.
I bought a Switch afterwards and am playing BotW currently and it's definitely a major step up to the modern era. That being said, I truly believe OoT hasn't lost anything in all these years
My favourite review of my favourite Zelda
4:04 "...and about a hundred other things." Nice. I see what ya did there.
Hearing "it's a quarter of a century old" just killed something deep in my soul 😭😭😭
Its a bit stiff on the N64.
But on the 3DS. An easy YES.
Edit: DONT Play the Wii U/ Switch Versions! (unless you love input delay i guess)
Edit Edit: The many Random Cows are used for a nice way off getting free milk. You could say they are a kind of resting spot lol. Just play Eponas Song with an empty Bottle and you can get Milk.
Switch version is fine now. Looks great on my OLED!
14:57 I’ll be waiting… patiently
If anyone wants to play Ocarina of Time nowadays, I highly recommend the Ship of Harkinian PC port. Run the game in 4K widescreen at whatever frame rate you want, free from the shackles of N64 hardware.