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Miyamotoo on 22 February 2017
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Hynad said:
Miyamotoo said:

When you talk which Zelda game was better, you need to think if for instance Zelda OoT was better game in 98" than TP is 2006", answer will be obvious. When OoT was out back in 98" it was almost perfect game without almost any flaws for that time (for instance OoT controls were great in 98" and actually much better than for majority games of that generation), it was great game all around, you cant say that for any 3D Zelda game after OoT, because everyone had some part of game that was weaker. That it combination with fact that was groundbreaking are reasons why is highest rating game in history. 

Ocarina of Time like every other game also age, but didn't aged poorly, it actually very good game even for today standards with its game mechanic, and 3DS version proves that, OoT 3D received score of 95.

 

Thats a main point if you want to talk about best Zelda game or best game owereal, there is no much sense to compare game from 98" and game from 2017" because every game age and of course buy time newer games will have better graphics, or better story, or better controls, or better mechanics...so thats pointels, it has much more sense to compare in way is it for instance Zelda BotW better game in 2017. than OoT was in 98"!? But you can't really gave most accurate answer if actually you didn't played OoT back then around 98".

I was there day one in 1998, and yes the game's controls were shit to me. I never liked them in that game. The lack of camera controls certainly didn't help. And although I appreciated a lot of the things it did at the time, I never once thought it was the best game of all time. 

The thread asks if BOTW will dethrone OoT. And to me, there are many games that came out that were better, including both Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. 

Review standards from 1998 and current review standards are quite different, for various reasons. We will probably never see another game reach a meta of 99. But you should also keep in mind that the score is based on only 22 reviews. Had there been more reviewers like there are now, with a lot of variations in tastes and bias, you can be sure Ocarina of Time's meta score would have been different. I will go further and say that Ocarina of Time came out during an era where people were much more easily impressionable.

We talking about 1st generation of 3D games and from today standpoint controls and camera were very bad back than, but Zelda OoT actually had great controls and camera for that time and actually better than most games on market of that time (for instance miles better than SM64), You didn't thought it was the best game of all time, but actually lots a people and all media from that time did.

Thats offcourse your personal opinion, but offcourse that OoT in case was better and more complete game when arrived than WW and TP when they arrived.

Maybe score would be different, but fact is that in that gen we had lots great games and actually some of best games ever (SM64, FFVII, MetalGearSolid, GoldenEye007, Banjo Kazzoie, Silent Hill, RE1/2, TombRaider 1/2....), and OoT beat them all with reviews and scores. Dont forget that even 3DS version of OoT received score of 94 13 years after original release, that means that OoT was great game even 13 years after release and of course than back than on original launch was much better game.