Nautilus said:
Eh, you are criticising him for using his own opinion as facts, but you are kinda doing the same thing. I wouldnt go as far as to say that OOT was a perfect game.If you go back to it now and replay the game, there are many things that could have been "made" better.And yes, Mario 64 did some of those things first.But you need to remember that no game is perfect, even if they are awarded a perfect score.And for the time OOT, much like Mario 64, was a masterpiece for what they did.It was not only in the technical aspects of it, but also on everything else.Yes, you can credit some of it to Mario because the game launched first(even though both games were in development together, and thus learning from each other), but there were things that Zelda pioneered ijn its own.First, OOT layed the foundations of the next 4 Zelda games.Not only that, but it basically influenced the whole adventure genre.I dont know if you would include this as a technical aspect, but it introduced target locking(or perfected it at any rate), it basically layed foundations on how to make a real time combat system, since it was one of the first games for that, the level design was superb, art direction was excellent, etc etc.I mean, just go to the original reviews and they will probably say the same thing. And no, not any Zelda in 3D would have had the same impact, simply because it wouldnt have done it as well as OOT did(Im assuming here that you are implying that the first 3D Zelda game could have been "bad" or not as good as OOT and still performed the same).OOT is remember as such a masterpiece because thats what it is:a masterpiece.Its because it implemented things so well, and pioneered so much stuff that people remember it so foundly.And that is both a personal view qand also a critic-wise one, just go to metacritic to see it.Now, will BOTW be technically a better game?Sure.I mean, it will be learning from the past too, so it makes for a somewhat easy answer.But will it be the most relevant game?(in terms of achievements)Now that is the question,even though I believe it wont beat OOT. I personally believe this thread would have been better made in a few weeks, when the game is out, but my veridict so far is:Its not likely going to be better than OOT. |
Except what I said is not an opinion it can be backed up concretely in comparisons, OOT is elevated by the technical aspects it had in it, the story, approach and structure of the game could have been lifted straight out of ALTTP. This is why a number of people often highlight extreme nostalgia when people try to palm it off as flawless. Your argument here is pretty null and void talking about master pieces and such because the point is one you've failed to debunk in any aspect.
Yes any of the 3D Zelda gmaes could have been released back then and got the same result you know why they're all great games and nothing would have been like any of them back then because the technical aspects are something other games couldn't shake a stick at. Zelda influenced the whole adventure genre long before OOT and it's this type of notion that causes people to claim nostalgia, the isn't much different in how OOT was approached compared to the previous games in fact ALTTP had far more changes to the approach, OOT just did the same only in 3D building on what M64 brought. The first concepts of OOT where going to be a game taking place inside a castle as a hub as well as well, it's not OOT's approach that influenced anything it was the techincal achievement from the programmers that did.
OOT didn't even influence the following games that much either save for TP like you claimed and this isn't an opinion it's a fact, MM had a completely different approach as did WW, SS and now BOTW, all of these games utilized approaches and changes to the structure that differ significantly from games before them, OOT's only differing factor to ALTTP was that it was in 3D so yes I stand by my view.
