Is Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Overrated?

[Oyvoyvoyv]

You can't wait 11 years from a game is released and then go judge how good it was when it was released, that just doesn't work (I didn't read the article btw, so hopefully that's not what it's about).

 

I'm, quite frankly, more interested in this.

 

Ocarina of Time performed admirably. By the end of the year, Ocarina of Time sold 2.5 million cartridges. The game went on to move over 7.9 million units around the globe, making it one of Nintendo's biggest successes for the Nintendo 64. But the genesis of Ocarina of Time's reputation as one of the greatest games ever created does not come from its sales figures. The game's multiple innovations, such as the introduction of Z-targeting for locking on to an enemy in a 3D environment, and the scope of the adventure were lauded. Almost every review for Ocarina of Time praised the game as a milestone for videogames. IGN gave the game a prefect 10 score and stated in our review that:

 

 

VGChartz:  http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=2399

7.6M

 

That's pretty odd.

 

Of course, they could be including Masters quest in this, or possibly the VC sales, but that would be rather odd.