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ksv on 06 January 2013
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Runa216 said:
Chrizum said:
Praising OOT is hardly nostalgic, that game took massive leaps in game design back in '98. Of course it has aged but it made such a huge impact, and remembering the game for that has nothing to do with nostalgia.

perhaps, but Pong did the same thing, as did Mario Brothers, yet those don't get remembered nearly as fondly.  

Take the original Mario Brothers, for example.  Great game, without it we wouldn't have Nintendo, consoles, platofmers, or gaming as we know it.  It's widely considered to be one of the most important games of all time, but nobody's trying to say it's the best game of all time becuase it's not.  the controls are sluggish, the level design is simplified by comparison, etc.  It's still a great game, but it has aged very poorly.  It IS possible to appreciate the contributions and significance of a game without coddling it or staring at it with rose-tinted glasses.  

Ocarina of Time is the same deal.  It's a great game, holds up okay, but it has aged poorly and is important becuase of its contributions to the genre moreso than it is for its unrivaled design and polish.  

I am not sure if you are talking about Mario Bros. or Super Mario Bros. if you mean Mario bros. I agree, but super mario bros. has not aged poorly at all. It is still an immensly fun game, almost infinitely replayable. Sure the mechanics/physics are poor compared to SMB3 and SMW, but it's still more fun than almost all platformers that are not Mario, new or old.