| spurgeonryan said: But the main reason they don't give it a 10 is because some of the graphics could have been re-done better! They did not do any tweeks to the music (although I believe it comes with the soundtrack?). IGN...it was a 10 back in 1998, now it is better, but you reduced the score? What else am I missing people, other than it is basically the same game on a new system. Remember some people have not seen it. You wouldn't give Star Wars a A- just because it was re-release with new scenes would you? Let's have a 17 year old who did not play the original rate this game and see what happens.
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Honestly you should be happy it even got that score. To me it is a VERY good game but highly overrated. Yes at the TIME it was out it offered a vast open 3D world (outside of Mario 64) with some good action and good story, but it has not aged very well, although Master Quest was well done. For the sake of comparisson a game I would put up there with OOT in current day is Nier. I know I will get massive Nintendo fan hate but these 2 titles are comparable. Downside to Nier is the fetch quests really because the story is superb and the action good (music takes the cake hands down). OOT's downside is how much it has aged and is by no means timeless when compared to other 3D environment games. I replayed it a few times in the past year and the last time I forced myself to finish it again just because (new PC so wanted to have the save data). I think that 9.5 is nostalgic value and there is nothing really wrong with that. I truly feel that Majora's Mask should have gotten some sort of revival because the masks were awesome, the story was unique and the gameplay elements and the ocarina usage was cleverly done. At current day I personally give OOT about an 8.5 to an 8.8, and the reason is because it is easy for a 3D environment game to not age well, whereas 2D games are easier to age (case in point Castlevania SOTN). Again, I commend Nintendo for making one of the best games ever, but as time has passed I feel that it is becomming overrated and people need to take off those goggles and be open to try other games in similar genres and realize what true gems they are instead of living in the 90's. This way I discovered such great games as Demon's Souls, Valkyria Chronicles, TWEWY, Nier, Valkyrie Profile, Order of Ecclesia, Farenheit (Indigo Prophecy).
On on closing note YOU should be happy this game got scored higher than MOST games out there, and many developers would KILL to have a 9.5 rating on a CURRENT GEN game, and believe me there are many great games deserving of those scores but over stupid graphics, or other fanboy goggle technicalities that IGN and other sites tend to wear, they do not get the scores they deserve. InFamous 1 got on several sites HIGHER scores than InFamous 2 which was a VASTLY SUPERIOR game. So again, be happy that such an old game got such a high score, because only a handful deserve it.
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