Most disappointing game you've ever owned?

[Runa216]

sperrico87 said:

Runa216 said:

stealth20k said:
yep, its the greatest game of all time. The sooner you get with the program the sooner you can achieve happyness

aw, how cute. 

I own it on N64, I got the Gamecube Master Quest disc, the "Zelda Collection" disc with it on it, and I got the 3DS version as well...trust me, I've gotten with the program plenty of times.  Even adjusting expectations for its time period and limitations it's disappointing. 

It's all about nostalgia.  The first 3D Zelda game.  Getting to ride an (at-the-time) realistic horse.  Z-targeting.  For me the thing I remember most fondly about OoT was the ambience.  It set a certain tone and it was just perfect.  Nintendo has yet to create another Zelda that works so well in every aspect of the game.  Wind Waker was close, but TP, MM, and SS weren't anywhere near that level of perfection.

It's not so much that it's the first 3D zelda, it's that it's the first zelda game MOST gamers have played.  Same thing with Final Fantasy VII, that era was when gaming started to creep into the mainstream, and games on those generations tended to be much bigger.  Nostalgia is a bitch. 

Also I disagree with you about "no other game works as well".  Mostly becuase Ocarina was stuffed to the brim with poor design and conveyance issues. too much of the game's puzzles relied on guesswork or trial and error.  Not saying it was a majority, but there were quite a few times when I was like "What?  you never told me I needed that item to continue the game!".  this was the ONLY zelda game that I needed to read an FAQ to get through, and the only zelda game I ever thought to myself "wait, how the fuck would I have got that had I not looked it up?  The game didn't tell me ANYTHING about how I needed that."  Every other zelda game was much better, in that respect.