Guessed by @drbunnig
Ocarina of Time's position on these rankings has been a funny one. It's been hovering at more or less the same position ever since I started doing these, eleven years ago. So many games came and went while this firmly stood its ground. So much so, I went back through the lists and counted them:
A whopping 12 games that have been ranked higher than Ocarina of Time are now gone from my list entirely.
Another 11 games that ranked higher than it are currently ranked lower than it.
It's funny to think that that adds up to 23 games I've "regretted" ranking above Ocarina of Time, seeing as it now stands at #24. Shouldn't it be #1? Heh.
Seriously though this game is amazing, and has had real staying power in my head. Young me would consider it beyond sacrilegious of me to put this above A Link to the Past, as it always bothered me how much credit people gave to Ocarina of Time for things A Link to the Past had previously established. But I've grown to accept that, even if it's not as formula-defining for the series as it's made out to be, Ocarina of Time is still one of the best at executing that formula.
All that said, the first third of the game still sucks.
