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The Game that changed a Generation

by aaron_g on July 21, 2008
5 out of 5 starsScore: 100/100
The Legend of Zelda has stood the test of time, and continues to be on the greatest games ever to come to a gaming console. The Legend of Zelda is a perfect game and that is with no doubt. The Legend of Zelda started off on the NES and was a huge immersing world even without the 3-D realm. But now Nintendo has expanded the game and the legend into a game that cannot be surpassed by anyone else. The game begins with a boy dreaming in a small room. He then is awoken by a small fairy name Navi. The young boy is no other then Link, and he is about to embark on a journey that will lead him across the lands of Hyrule and across time itself. His ultimate goal is to help Zelda defeat the man of Evil, Ganondorf.

The Legend of Zelda is an immerse world that will have you doing many things. The game requires you to think and judge yourself on what you do. The game offers many side quest and things to do to increase your hearts or rupee bag. Any way you look at Ocarina of Time offers so much to do, and it even has the massive story line that you need to complete in order to save Hyrule.

The game was released in 1998. For being at that time this game is one of the first 3-D games that controlled well and has nothing wrong with it. The game has several controls to control you weapons, zoom, and to move around. All are done perfectly. The control scheme in this game has no faults and would be hard to find any. You could not get away with out telling about the story of this game. The story is deep and compelling. The Legend of Zelda has the best story ever written for a game or anything ever written. There are numbers of monsters and beast to fight in Hyrule each with its own attacks and power. Link himself can get new weapons and upgrade several of them by getting stronger weapons of the type. The Ocarina of Time has the Water Temple in it also, known to be the hardest dungeon to man. If you get stuck there, go out and explore the lands and upgrade your life or start a new temple. The weapons in this game are weapons seen in Zelda games in the past, but are used in news ways compared to the original Zelda games. Adult Link has his weapons and Young Link has his, while you his as a child. If you didn’t get the title of the game time plays an important role in the game. In the temple of time is the chamber where the Master Sword is kept. The Master Sword acts a key to time. If you remove the sword you will be sent seven years into the future, and if you put the sword back you will be sent back seven years in the past as Young Link. Several times you will have to travel between times to affect things that blocking your way as an adult. So you will be required to travel seven years back to change what is in the future.

Wow, the graphics. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has beautiful graphics. This game continues to be the focus of what Zelda fans want Link to look like. The game has several effects that can be seen from parts of the game, like Death Mountains smoke effect. The clouds in the sky move, the sun makes reflections and moves as the day passes along. The music is amazing, every beat is not off a tune and has the mysterious beat to it. Every sound to Link’s yells, rain, monsters, and your ocarina are perfect.

Basically, if you appreciate the Zelda series, you will fall in love with this game. Ocarina of Time is the best game ever to be released and will always be remembered as the legend that took the series to a new level and really brought the gaming world into 3D gaming and should that it could be done.

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