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Beutiful Gameplay, Sets a new standard for Graphics!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 29, 1998
Author: Amazon User

Like all games in the Zelda series, Ocarina of Time follows the adventures of a young Kokiri named Link. After a nightmare involving a certain young princess and the evil thief Ganondorf (who eventually turns into the horned creature known as Ganon), the elven boy wakes up in his home village tucked away behind the mysterious Lost Woods. The only Kokiri without a fairy, Link soon meets up with his new traveling companion, the winged Navi, and sets out on the adventure of his life. The quest, which inevitably turns into a rescue mission for Princess Zelda, leads players through dark dungeons, picturesque villages, into the heart of a volcano, to the bottom of a lake, through a haunted desert, deep into a magical forest, into a giant tree, the belly of a beast, and even through time. To say that this game is huge is an understatement. Every time you discover a new corner of the Kingdom of Hyrule, you'll be amazed at the detail, the richness of scenery, the many things to do, and the amount of thought that went into designing it all. For example, players can spend hours just exploring a village, talking to the inhabitants, solving puzzles, and looking for hidden items. Things really take off once Ocarina of Time introduces the ability to travel back and forth in time (very much like light world/dark world gameplay). Without giving too much away, consider this one: at one point in the game, you talk to a character as adolescent Link, who tells you that a young boy with an ocarina did something seven years ago. Then you go back in time and actually do it. Or how about a fully functional fishing game, with Rumble Pak support and realistic fish behavior? This mini-game is so good, any other company would have released it as a game of its own. Then there is the ability to ride a horse -- it's so addictive, you'll catch yourself just galloping around and jumping fences. Or how about complex sword fights with a multitude of enemies that block your attacks with their shields? A shooting gallery? A super-cool hookshot that lets you traverse deep ravines? Secrets involving the use of sunlight and mirrors? Want to light some torches? How about catching the spirit of a slain ghost in a bottle? Changing daylight and weather conditions that affect the gameplay? The ability to wear different masks? Rumble Pak vibrations that give away the locations of hidden caves? It's all there. Oh, and let's not forget about teasing chickens... No matter which way you look at it, Ocarina of Time is simply unmatched when it comes to the variety and diversity of actions and puzzles.

Just read it and get the game I know I am.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 27, 1998
Author: Amazon User

The new game for N64 The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time is going to be one of the best game that have been ever made. The graphics, gameplay are just too amazing to wonder. The way you can converse with the other characters in the game the sword fighting, the way you can ride a horse, dive off a cliff and even catch a fish with your bare hands. Your character Link is widely known through out the world and this is now a new chapter for his adventure in search for the Triforce Power

Ocarina Of Time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have owned and played just about every Nintendo game there is. I always go back to the Zelda games.

The Ocarina Of Time is the best one yet. I play it over and over again. I am still finding new things and new places. This keeps me entertained for hours on end. (yes I do my homework first) =)

Even my mom likes this game. I have had fun with each and every Zelda game, but the Ocarina Of Time is more than fun. It is interesting, and it has so many things and folks to enteract with, fishing, swimming, even flying shord distances with the shoes, walking under water. Too many things to list! It feels like I am really there, in Highrule, doing all that Link does. Most games you just glaze out and play them to pass the time, but The Ocarina of time will never be old to me.
And I love those floating shoes. I use them when I go to destroy Gannondorf.

The first time I beat the game, I was disappointed because I finally destroyed Gannondorf, then to my surprise, Princess Zelda ascended in her crystal, and they make a mad dash to get out. Then when they were finally out of danger, Gannon rears his ugly head. I was very happy about that. Actually it seems too easy to destroy him, but I love the game anyway. I would recommend it to anyone.

Fly Free Bird

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Zelda: OOT is centered around a massive, circular field called Hyrule. Around this field are pathways which lead off to various different locations such as dungeons, castles, villages, volcanoes, etc... Each path will lead to usually one destination like a castle, and once explored, you travel back across Hyrule field and visist another pathway which leads to a different location. This makes areas more accessible, and it makes backtracking as less tedius as possible, due to the fact that you're not endessly travelling through pre-explored ares. Backtracking is an important feature of OOT, due to the fact that when you progress through the game you aquire objects which give you the ability to explore areas more thoroughly ... bombs for instance blow up walls that hide secret paths. Hockshots give you the ability to ascend to higher ledges. The Ocarina of Time opens secret doors. Thus, pre explored areas which you thought were unimportant can in fact conceal the most important instruments and dungeons in the game. This is compounded, when at one point in the game you aquire the Master Sword. This is a special sword which, upon claiming, makes you and the world age by seven years, and by doing the reverse, putting the sword back in it's mold, makes you and the world 7 years younger. The good thing about this is that the past and future are profoundly different. The future is controlled by evil, whereas the past is controled by good. Needless to say, your mission in the game is to liberate peice by peice the future world from the evil Ganondolf. However, in order to do so you must travel back and forth in time creating situations which will have an impact on the future world.

A main part of this game is the ocarina of time. Depending on what tune you play, the ocarina will turn night in to day, make it rain, open secret doors, or make blocks disappear, amoung other things. This adds an important layer to the game, for you have to use your brain in order to work out which song is necessary to progress. For instance, after spending hours wondering what to do, the idea could suddenly hit you, "Should I play Zelda's Lullaby in front of the waterfall?" If successful, the waterfall will stop and a passageway will display itself, thus giving you a tremendous satisfied feeling. The actual songs you learn in the game are some of the best songs in computer game history. In fact, only Computer World by Kraftswerk can compare to the greatness of the music in OOT.

By the time Zelda: OOT was released the difficulty in games was just perfect. Your heart was racing when you met a worthy adversary, you were fustrated when you died, you were delighted when you succeeded. Fustration and anger are both necessary in games because it's those feelings which make you truly delighted when you succeed... Unfortunetly, since OOT, games have become so easy that a huge part of the joy in completeting them isn't there anymore.

The BEST game EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is so excited, is fun, and it takes time to win. Buy it, you will not be dissapointed.

Best Video Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing video games since the days of the Atari 2600 and I have owned most of the systems from the Atari 2600 to the original Nintendo to Sega to Super Nintendo, and so on. This was in the 80's and 90's time period when games like Asteriods, Space Invaders, and Pacman were all very popular. So, yes, I've been around longer than a lot of the other people out there playing Zelda: Ocarina of Time but that also gives me the right to say that this is, without a doubt, the absolute best video game I have ever played on ANY system! I bought the Nintendo 64 for my girls and I have bought then a nice collection of games including Mario Party, Banjo Kazooie, and Donkey Kong 64. As good as those games are, they don't come close to touching the excitement, complexity, and plain old FUN that you get while playing Zelda. I have been playing games since my teenage years (they're long gone now) and I have played games on practically all of the gaming platforms from the past to the present but I have never played a game this great. If you own or plan on owning a Nintendo 64, if you don't buy this game, you are missing out on the greatest gaming experience you'll probably ever have!

May Very Well Be The Finest Video Game Ever Released.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I remember all the hype surrounding The Legend Of Zelda: The Ocarina Of Time like it was just yestarday. The Zelda franchise has always been among the best to grace any video game system, and with the power of the soon-to-be-released Nintendo 64, the series was finally going to reach its next step: the third dimension. This (along with other titles like Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart 64) got both gamers and the press excited about the N64 and the upcoming Zelda game. While the Nintendo 64 never quite managed to live up to all its prerelease hype, The Legend Of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time managed to not only live up to its respected hype, but in many ways surpass it.

What makes TOOT special IMO is the fact that it is the first game (that I've played) where you truly feel like a part of its world. Many games tried hard to accomplish this feat, including previous Zelda titles, but TOOT was the first game to finally get it right. Even the later Majora's Mask never quite managed to create the immersive world TOOT did.

Much of the game's feeling stems from the interactivity of its world. You can spend hours exploring a certain area and still have not seen everything there is to see. For example, many of the game's locations have these hidden holes you can jump into and find hidden goodies (as well as hear some pretty haunting music). Once you obtain the Stone Of Agony, however, you find out that these randomly placed secrets are only the beginning. I won't go into too much detail here since you need to play the game for yourself to really appreciate it. Another thing that makes this game feel more realistic than previous Zeldas is character interaction. Remember how decidedly generic a lot of the NPCs in Zeldas II and III were? In TOOT, each and every NPC is given at least some sort of personality so that you can easilly distinguish him/her from the rest of the game's characters as well as once again feel like you're a part of Hyrule. And of course, the third dimension (the dimension we live life through) helps the game a great deal.

The gameplay is equally great. I especially liked how you can hold three items at a time rather than just one, which is especially helpful in the game's dungeons which often require you to use several different weapons/items. Speaking of which, the dungeons have some of the most clever puzzles and interesting layouts of any game I had ever played. And I really liked how once you completed all the puzzles in a dungeon, you opened a new path from its starting point straight to the final boss, rather than simply having to run through the entire dungeon all over again after death the way you did in previous Zeldas (this was especially annoying in A Link To The Past, where the dungeons were much longer and more challenging than in the original Legend of Zelda). And of course, the game's graphics are among the N64's best (not necessarely because of how detailed/realistic they are, but how carefully crafted and full of life they are), and the soundtrack is among the best ever to grace a video game (even with the Star Fox 64-quality midi samples).

In brief, The Legend Of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is an excellent game. If you own an N64 and have not already picked this game up, I strongly suggest you do. If you do not even own an N64, than the system's worth picking up just for this one game and its semi-sequal Majora's Mask.

Without question the best video game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have played and beaten this game multiple times as well as discovered just about all the little secrets and puzzles and I have to say that it is definitely the best video game I have ever played. For one thing it is not just a mindless killing game like so many that are popular now. It is an intricate story bursting with puzzles and mystery and adorable characters (does not aply to Ganon of course) as well as breathtaking scenery and a fully interactive world. At times it truly did seem more like an interactive fantasy story than a video game. Like I said there is not much killing, just enough so you don't get frustrated and bored with nothing but puzzles, and it is never graphic or cruel. The music to this game is also one of it's major highlights, it being extremly compelling and well done, at least for a video game. My favorites are Saria's Song and the Requiem of Spirit. If I'm not mistaken there is even a soundtrack cd to this game it's that good! I would reccomend this game to anyone five years old on up.

The Best Nintendo Title Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

What video game is more revolutionizing and more celebrated than the 3D-conversion of the epic-ness that is the Legend of Zelda?
Sculpted with near-unsurpassed care to gameplay and detail, Ocarina of Time stands as a titan in the timeline of video games, boasting a timelessly-appealing adventure that sees Link, the young hero, venture across a virtual land and through time in a classic struggle of good versus evil. Including all aspects of LOZ gameplay in a mystically-woven 3D package, Ocarina of Time truly stands the test of time in tribute to 20 years of the Zelda franchise 30 years of video-gaming.

In a fully consistent and engaging Hyrule, Link embarks on a quest of epic proportions to cease the evil influence of Gerudo king Gannondorf, and travels from an enchanted forest to the top of Death Mountain, to the bottom of a deep lake, and to the very innards of a treacherous dessert to secure the power to bring down the tyrant. Employing intelligence and musical comprehension in addition to fighting abilities, Link ages throughout his quest to achieve the title of Hero of Time, whilst facing odds of unspeakable and terrifying proportions.

Displaying techincal genius, the game shows off a remarkable control system of item-themed base, employing its strength in an unrestrained world of storyline and action. With graphics complimentary to their time, and a scheme of gameplay that defies the ages, Ocarina of Time is nothing if not inviting, with an appeal to fans of the series, the legendary, and the genre.

This game is, undisputedly, a neccessity for owners of the Nintendo 64; it is, quite simply, one of the best games ever produced, withstanding more modern developments of better graphics and audio with an unbeatable gameplay system and a storyline that appeals to just about every player ever to pick up a controller. It is, for the lack of a better term, the complete package of the video gaming industry, and cannot be considered to be surpassed or made obsolete by conventional means; even with newer Zelda titles available, Ocarina of Time is not only their foundation and inspiration, but the very infectious spirit that drives them. It is exceedingly difficult to imagine the presence of many current games, had there not been Ocarina of Time.

Bottom line: the best video game, ever; get it.

Best Nintendo game!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have to say, that of all the nintendo games out there, this game is the absolute best game there is. I bought this game for my son about 3 years ago. I played the game myself and although it was hard to play, it was so action packed I'd find myself up past midnight just trying to beat dungeon bosses. It still remains my son's favorite game, and he has it for both N64 and Gamecube with the Master Quest. I would HIGHLY recommend this game to anyone who is looking for adventure with a great story line.

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