Otter said:
Malt4zar said:
Ocarina of Time is my favorite game of all time (original, i known) but i have to ask, who is this really for?
The original game is AMAZING for it's time, and that time was 1998. There are games on it's on series that surpasses it in scale. Like, what's the plan here? Hyrule field for instance is sooo tiny and uninteresting, no amount of realistic trees and bushes wiil be enough to hide that fact. BUT, if they changed it too much, it wouldn't be Ocarina of Time anymore, would it be? Hyrule field is more like a hub world akin to princess peach castle than a sprolling open world, and that was totaly fine for it's time, it worked. The tecnology wasn't there yet.
My point is, i think a sequel would be a lot better. I consider Twilight Princess to be pretty much a "Ocarina of Time 2". So a knew entry akin to this two games would make a lot more sense.
I'm not saying that the game is going to sell porly or anything like that, just to be clear. I'm just talking strictly as a fan of the original. |
The Blueprint of Ocarina of time is still incredible and I'd say its easily best paced and varied Zelda by a long shot if you're looking for a blockbuster experience. It absolutely deserves to be archived in a modern form for fans to relieve and for the almost 20m new fans (since BOTW) to visit for the first time.
The music and locals are truly iconic and there hasn't been a more whimsical and tone setting introduction that the one in OOTs Kokiri Village. Within 15mins you can be within your first distinct dungeon, a completely tonally and narratively distinct area and not just 1/100 shrines (Looking at you BOTW/TOTK). You've glimpse the evil that is Gandondorf, you've entered the great deku's mouth to purify it of a curse. It really epitomises the spirit of Zelda in a way other entries do not, no matter how much bigger or more complex their worlds are.
Scale really isn't the be and end all of immersion.
The young and adult dynamic shifts the world in a way which remains untouched. Places you remember fondly in the opening hours are now haunted or have completely different dynamics/character relations.
Comparatively Windwaker is bloated and less varied. The core component of Twilight Princess (The twilight world) is ugly and repetitive. Skyword sword has you sit through 30mins of text dialogue just to get the game started and then makes you backtrack half way through the game in one of the worst ways we've seen in a Zelda game. BOTW/TOTK lack momentum and dedicated levels design.
OOT is peak Zelda. It's fair you bring up Hyrule field but i don't think that is really a conundrum in solving it. If you fill the main hub world with a few more interesting gameplay dynamics, sidequests and content, no one is going to say you've ruined the game lol
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I'm with this. As long as the director and devs nail the feeling, pacing and immersion, everything else will fall into place.
There is nothing wrong with remaking games that are almost 30 years old now. Go find development interviews of old games, and the devs will often talk about what they had to leave on the cutting room floor due to time or the limits of the hardware. This is their opportunity to include those things now that most of the work is done and the hardware will allow for the implementation of more ideas.
Hyrule Field was barren and devoid of life and events because the N64 didn't have the RAM and processor to handle it; that's why Majora's Mask required the expansion pack. Go run through Hyrule Field and then Termina Field in both games and see how much more going on the latter has compared to the former. BotW and TotK have already shown what more modern hardware can do for the overworld in a Zelda game.
Maybe this remake will restore some cut content as well, like expanding that ice cave into a more full-blown dungeon or add more optional weapons like a Biggoron's sword that doesn't break but has some other drawback.
