Pay Tribute to the Greatest
 

This is the thread where we pay tribute, and fondly remember, the greatest game ever made:

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Released just over 10 years ago now, In my opinion, this game was and still is the best ever. The complete package that was OOT has never been surpassed, and I doubt ever will be. This is I believe the only game to ever make my cry, the gameplay and difficulty were absolutley perfect, not to mention technically groundbreaking for the time. Its the adventure game that all others should look to for inspiration. I went back and played through it again not too long ago and it still stands tall today. Here are a few memories in the form of photographs, please share any special experiences you might have had with Ocarina of Time.

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I believe you spelled "Half-Life" wrong.

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How can the greatest game of all time not even be the best game in the series? :ohreilly:

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I'll disregard those posts...that being said, I do agree Half Life is also an amazing game. In any event OOT is number 1 according to gamerankings.

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The Orange Box includes 5 games for the price of one. I doubt that will ever be surpassed.
What the hell are you talking about! OOT is clearly the best game in the series. Maybe you were just bad at it and had to wait for the dumbed down newer Zelda games to come out.

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here you are praising Half-Life so much, and you havent ever played the original Half-Life, the best out of all of them. A big fat phoney

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Majora's Mask might be better than OoT. I'm still not sure about that, I'll have to replay them both.

But yeah, Ocarina of Time, what a game... Back then I didn't fully realize how epic it was.

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I played this game for the first time about 5 years ago... I was in England, and came across it in a second hand games basket in a store for 5£. during my 3 week vacation all I could think about was OOT and the new Gameboy Advance SP I had just bought... I agree, maybe not the only best game ever, but definitely in the top 3.

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Its not my fault I never had a PC. And ive seen a walkthrough and I think HL2 is better. HL1 doesnt even involve the Combine yet, which is what I praise most out of Half-Life 2. Besides, I dont need to have played HL1 because I already know that its awesome and you back me up by saying its the best.

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Nah, you should play it. Half-Life, much like OoT, is one of those games that stands the test of time. HL is still very much playable and enjoyable, even after HL2, and since you probably already own it with some Valve package, you have no excuse.

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Didn't they sell HL1 for $1 a while a go? I consiered buying it, but decided not to. I already have it, somewhere...

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Thats exactly what im talking about. Never has a game had such a vice grip on my life while I played it than OOT. It really was all I thought about for a good length of time, I have fond memories of going to school and discussing it with friends.

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I LOVE the 3D version of A Link to the Past!

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I wouldnt say Half Life is the best video game ever, its the best in the series. Its up there though.

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Never played OoT

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I already gave an excuse as to why I have never played HL1. I dont have a PC/dont have bootcamp. I would love to play it and will eventually. I just dont have the means to do so at the moment.

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What?

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The dungeon structure of OoT is nearly identical to aLttP.

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Considering that HL > HL2, you don't sound like a real Half-Life fanatic. :ohreilly:

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... *ponders*...

I'll admit that some temples share similar themes (water, desert, forest) and items... And I believe they both contain the same number of them...

But dungeon structure? Nearly identical?

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You're right!

A real fan would find a way to play it. He's just a fair weather fan. :p

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What I thought. Sure, it uses the 3+7 structure, but that's about it. It's not a 3D version of ALttP.
Maybe if you were referring to the story, but you weren't. :D

Argh, now I want to play it again. I have little to nothing to do in the next days, maybe I'll get myself lost in this game again (Master's Quest).

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I am finding a way to play, its just takes time and money. Ive already bought Leopard for the Mac so I can run bootcamp now. I just need to buy windows XP, which is costs more money than what I have at the moment. Speaking of which, any suggestions as to which Windows I should buy? Ive been on a Mac my entire life at home so I dont know to much about Windows or how well it runs on Macs.

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I use this on my Mac. Its a slimmed down version of XP without all the crap. And its fits on a single CD so you just burn it to a CD after you've downloaded it. Works flawlessly.

I use it to reformat my parent's old Dell also.

~BaB~
Not sure the rule on talking about this shall speak with bond, but removed the link.

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of course...the original XP fit on one disc as well :sneaky:

and unless you bought a dell or HP pc loaded with crapware, windows xp is a lite os :sneaky:

but nevermind those details

anyway, XP is rock solid and is probably the "best" to bootcamp with

if you have 4gigs of ram, a true dual core processor, and a new video card, you're better of with vista. but can you do vista on mac? hmm, seems like an irrelevant question anyway.

black mesa: source might be of interest to some of you half-life fans, it's a remake of source all redone (which is going to be compared to half-life: source no doubt)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGlhgVz5r6E

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Don't you mean 1 DVD disc? :nono:

This XP Lite comes with the complete removal of IE, OE, and WMP. They feel like bloatware :D

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Light World-Dark World was the same as Young Link-Adult Link too.

Oh, and the back and forth lightning bolt thing against Ganondorf is just a 3D version of the same thing you did against Agahnim in LttP.

The story does take from LttP, but only about 1/3-1/4 of it.

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I've just entered the second dungeon, Dodongo's Cavern. The story/graphics are much better than I remembered, but the fighting is a bit clumsy. L-targetting doesn't work as good as in TWW/TP and there aren't enough sword moves.

Great game. I can't believe I've only played this 1.5 times (the 0.5 was a joint-venture with my brother).

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You know....I hate to say it, but I don't think OoT is the greatest. It's a really good game, yes. I love it. But it is not the greatest.

I believe it's only deemed so amazing because of what I call the FF7 effect. The first game in a loved series on a new system.

I mean, face it. The OoT storyline is pretty basic of a Zelda game. It's what you'd expect. It's just that before the game was entirely different.

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Its hard to call a game the greatest of all time, simply because console games in general don't stand the test of time, especially in the old convert to 3D ages.

However, I'll say for its time period, and how much it raised the bar at its time, its easily the greatest game of all time in my book. That game alone redefined how good I thought a 3D RPG/Adventure game could be. Wind Waker and Majora's Mask were good, but OoT introduced the award winning formula.

If we're talking greatest game series... My MGS fanboyism won't allow me to say its the best. :P

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MGS says hi.

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I just went 7 years forward in time. :) The first thing I did was get Epona.

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I've never played a MGS game. Should I start with twin snakes for the GC? Also, since the topic has been discussed, is there a way for me to 'reformat' my macbook without the cd's that came with it? I bought it off a girl for 400 bucks but it's full of her crappy dog photos and other shite.
Also, my macbook speakers recently stopped working. When I use the up/down volume keys it displays a no can do circle, but if i plug in some headphones the volume can be adjusted no problem. I'm wondering if it's a setting or hardware failure.

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No. Just no. Twin Snakes was an abomination, and every copy should be purged from existence.

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But its the best one ive ever played!

Coincidentally its the only one ive ever played.

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Same here.
Though I do own 4 and intend to start it one of these days. :lolz:

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Yeah, really... What's bad about Twin Snakes? *scratches noggin*
Especially with Seth's situation of never having played a MGS before, I think it'd be quite the way to be introduced to the series from the beginning...

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I agree with Deathshand, twin snakes isn't a bad one to start with. However I think MGS2 is also pretty good to start with since by that game makes you meet snake as a legend opposed to meeting him as the tool. But I think either way is fine..

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Zelda. Ocarina of Time. Talk about that. :(

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Twin Snakes is not good because it absolutely bastardizes the original. They add a new perspective, and new mechanics, without changing the game to suit it, thus making the experience broken. Not only that but the cutscenes were redone(crappily, and totally misrepresenting Snake).

And no, you can't start with MGS2, that's retarded. That's like saying "gee, I think I'll read LotR, but start on the second book instead." The first game is vital when it comes to the experience that is MGS. If you want to get the real experience, start with the original MGS(gem of a game) and work your way through to 4.