OoT or MGS4?

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akuma587 said:

First of all, comparing the two is kind of futile as many have mentioned since the games are so different and spaced apart so far temporally, but I will go ahead and give my answer.

MGS4:

MGS4 will have a greater affect on gaming history. OoT was pretty influential in terms of 3D Action/Adventure/RPG (I noticed this today playing Okami), but MGS4 trumps Ocarina in terms of storytelling and technical prowess. An over the shoulder the game really never felt so good and gave you so many options, including Gears of War and Resident Evil 4. I am in now way demeaning those games, but MGS4 definitely takes things a step further.

The fact that you can play through the game in so many different ways is simply incredible. I choose the stealth approach, but the action approach is equally viable. And blending the two works together perfectly.

Both are extremely important, but I think MGS4 edges out OoT in importance, and I have played OoT several times. OoT is epic, but MGS4 is legendary.

It seems like you are talking about how influential and important each game is to its respective generation, yet you are comparing on how much better certain aspects of MGS4 over OoT. Your comparison is valid, but not if it's being put together with your main point, especially since you rarely mention anything that OoT did except a brief statement that "OoT was pretty influential in terms of 3D Action/Adventure/RPG."

However, if you ignore the year difference between the two, I would say that most likely MGS4 is going to win. A game is built on what has previously been done, after all, and OoT had to do something back then that might just be considered as the norm in present day.

And it should be obvious from my post that I haven't played either one of them.