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Anonymous09/09/26, 01:28No.12805783
How was it to play Ocarina of Time, in 1998, as a kid?
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Anon09/09/26, 01:35No.12805797
Meh it was alright. If you already played games like tomb raider and mega man legends it felt like a little step up in some ways, a step down in some ways and was ultimately a pretty strong 6/10.
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Anon09/09/26, 01:46No.12805812
It was awesome, I deified it and looked up ocarina of time fanart on zelda fansites after school
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Anon09/09/26, 01:48No.12805816
A great coming of age story and adventure to experience as a kid.
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Anon09/09/26, 01:53No.12805830
Magical. It was on steroids for a 3D game for sure. We got our beak's wet with Super Mario 64, but this took it to another level where the two year gap of games didn't. It felt like Zelda right from the start screen all the way through, but also new. Puzzles took advantage of 3D unlike what was possible in 2D. You had to think like you were really there in the world, unlike playing in the 2D rule confines. Exploration was incredible, and left plenty of room for imagination, which was what made those early 3D games so good.
My only complain then, and my only complaint still to this day was the ending felt rushed and lackluster compared to SM64 or Zelda LttP which were obviously made with care and as if the developers knew these were special games so we are going to give you a special ending. Also the NPCs art style was kind of iffy. Overall it's a 9.5 to this day, but I'd rate it a 9.8-9 back in the day, easily.
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Anon09/09/26, 01:53No.12805831
If you weren't an American millennial from an Evangelical household, you didn't give a shit.
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Anon09/09/26, 01:57No.12805836
Surprisingly weak. SM64 transported you to fun, unfamiliar, intensely interesting worlds. OoT didn’t land on the world building as well, particularly in a year that was a standout for that exact thing.
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Anon09/09/26, 02:06No.12805852
It's probably the game from my childhood I have the most memory of. I never beat it, but I got pretty far, and me and all my brothers played it, and I remember this kid down the street who was a bit older we thought was some godgamer because he helped us out.It just felt so magical and surreal, just about every song in the game is etched deep in my brain
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Anon09/09/26, 02:28No.12805882
it was okay. desu we never thought it was something special. it's still shocking to see it's rated the best game of all time. like we had more fun with WWF No mercy
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Anon09/09/26, 02:36No.12805894
>get 25 threads for 'anniversary'
>constant new threads
nobody likes the look of the new ocarina preview and nobody's gonna buy it because of shilling on /vr/
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Anon09/09/26, 02:42No.12805907
A disappointment.
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Anon09/09/26, 02:46No.12805919
Magical. Nothing ever like it at the time
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Anon09/09/26, 03:11No.12805953
it was meh which is why it is irrelevant game and why you are not making a thread about it now in 2026
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Anon09/09/26, 03:24No.12805972
It was an experience like no other at the time. Introduced many things that simply didn't exist in gaming. Many fond memories.
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Anon09/09/26, 03:34No.12805985
10/10 experience. Remake is looking fine too
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Anon09/09/26, 04:00No.12806032
The most disappointing shit of my life. Came off ALttP to a bare bones Hyrule Field expecting every inch of the over world to be packed instead of the barren shit I got. Shitty dungeons with eye switches and blocks hidden in 3d perspective that needed a single slide, hit or toggle as opposed to the sprawling multi room puzzles in ALttP. Finished it the week it came out and decided it was the most over hyped garbage I had ever played. It still holds that title to this day.
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Anon09/09/26, 04:01No.12806037
It was a great game but I don’t remember it being life changing. Seeing Golden Sun’s battle system for the first time, doing full 3D on a handheld at launch day, had more of an impact like that
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Anon09/09/26, 07:05No.12806207
Quite good, it was my first truly 3d game I was a kid at the time. I see anons here using the word "magical" this is an accurate description. I had never really played anything like it up to that point. The most 3d like game prior to that for me was Wolfenstein 3D and I never got the N64 until 1998. So it was something completely new. I remember going to the Odyssey of Hyrule website and being amazed at all the new discoveries and glitches. The Internet itself was a marvel as it was also new. The 90's were an exciting and good time for me. I feel blessed to have experienced it
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Anon09/09/26, 09:27No.12806324
Imagine making another Ocarina thread when we already have one. Subhuman behavior