Why is Ocarina of Time not in your top 5 games list?- Smeags top 250 thread proves it is in your collective top 5!

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kljesta64 said:
my god people always mention the word outdated to bash OOT but when you ask them their top10 games mostly there is a game from the same generation and even before that generation...

and one of the guys above needed 10 years to beat the game so he played it on several occasions thru that 10 year cycle i mean come on you cant be for real..

Do you understand what the word 'timeless' means?  It means the game, movie, or other piece of art is relevant always.  Ocarina of time was a good game BECAUSE it was a leap forward into the third dimension.  it's quality was pretty universal, but the reason it is so universally beloved is becuase of its status as the first major adventure game done in true 3D that was as good as it was.  However, now that we have sequels to it that do everything better, it's really just a step.  Compared to modern games, it's got clunky controls, terrible graphics, and some bad game design choices.  

On the opposite end, look at the game Super Mario World.  That game was in 2D with very simple sprites, and yet the controls were impeccable and the level design is, even to this day, unrivaled.  I can go back at any time, any day, and still enjoy every second of that game even though I've beaten it hundreds of times.  THAT is timeless.  Ocarina of Time, on the other hand, just feels like a clunky version of better games. 

And I didn't think Ocarina of Time was that great when I played it in 1998 when it first came out. even back then I thought the graphics were hideous and the controls were sluggish, the world expansive but relatively barren.  THAT'S why I never beat it.  It was becuase I never thought it was all that good, even before it was dubbed 'best game of all time' by countless publications and I got my hateboner for it.  Now that I've grown up a lot, I do game journalism, and I like to consider myself a pretty fair reviewer, I can look at a game's strengths and weaknesses and see that,  yes, this was a great game for its time, but it's not timeless.  It has aged poorly.  

Of course, it doesn't help that Nintendo has basically been remaking the same game over and over again and, in my mind, I'd already played it when I beat A Link to the Past a few years prior.