Zelda, Ah zelda, If it weren't for you I probably wouldn't be playing games today.
Ocarina of time as you may well know is probably the best game of all time. I know everyone today thinks that is a cliche, but I genuinely think that this deserves it claim. Every medium has it's own overrated thing, michael jackson in music, shawshank redemption in film, and a lot of people would put ocarina of time on that list.
But in all fairness, this is in no way overated, It deserves every amount of acclaim it has been given. Does it have flaws? Yes, But there what perfect the game. OoT is like the Dark Side of The Moon of gaming, it is purely amazing from start to finish.
First of all I was surprised in the first place that nintendo decided to put Grezzo at the helm of reviving this classic (well under the watchful eye of Miyamoto).
For me OoT summarizes how games should be made, and how they shouldn't. It is just a perfect collaboration of time and effort. The original had a lot of perfection and charm that I thought would be lost in this remake.
The reason I'm not reviewing this right now is because, although I have had the game since friday, I am only up to the fire temple and I just don't want to give this game a verdict yet.
But what about the influence of OoT? I first got OoT for christmas 1998 I was about 5 and I had never played the N64 before, the only other games I had ever played were alex the kidd and sonic the hedgehog on the mastersystem and megadrive respectively. Initially I wasn't bothered with the game, It started off slow and it took me an absolute age to find the sword and get enough rupees for the shield. It wasn't untill I finally beat gohma that I had worked out how amazing this game was, It actually turned me into what I am today, be that good or bad. Unfortunately the original has become rather dated to the younger generation and they can't experience the same magic that me and millions of others have experienced in the past.
Seriously though, what games do kids play these days (I'm talking real kids not the trash talking 12 year olds online). They all play these stupid mindless movie tie-ins, only occasionally have I seen a kid pick up a copy of mario galaxy or decided to play sonic colours.
I think nintendo, by remaking the game for the younger generation, have really saved the game industry. A lot of kids will purchase the 3DS just like they did the original DS. I can really see that OoT will be one of the major games that kids will pick up since it will most likely be a best seller and the box art also looks pretty cool. After probably playing and embracing the magic inside that tiny cartridge, they will be able to pick out similar games. Games meant for a more hardcore gamer, this is where it all begins folks. Soon we could see 'generic movie tie-in' and 'yet another minigame colab' being replaced with starfox and metroid.
This is a welcome change, and one that could see us getting more games like okami and zelda without a developers fears of poor sales.
Ok past that whole thing now, the info:
The 3D looks amazing, yes it will eat your battery, but if you are able to have a charger in while you play.....It's something else. Really, I think 3D is wasted everywhere, but just seeing the cutscene with the mastersword transition amazed the hell out of me. Playing bombchu bowling in 3D is a massive help and really helped out at some parts in the game.
The visuals. Wow....Just wow. I have never seen OoT look so amazing, I mean really. Everything is so improved over the original, it's amazing. I really am not a graphics whore, but seeing the game look so close to the concept art is really cool.
Gameplay: It's still the same gameplay but with a few twists.
1) Aiming can be done with the gyroscope and the slider, the gyro controls work really well. However found a massive problem with them, It's near impossible to play the game while on some journeys if there are bumps everywhere, it makes the gyro move. I haven't found a way to change this yet, but I hope there is one.
2) All the refference info is on the bottom screen, Believe me it helps, having a map at the bottom of the screen is extremely handy. However, map the items that require aiming to the physical buttons.
Last word: This game is amazing, even if it's a port it's the killer app and not just crap to fill int he lack of 3DS games. I would even go as far to say that the piece of plastic it comes on is the greatest piece of plastic ever (And I haven't even completed the game).
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