I’ve seen a few comments claiming that people who enjoy OoT are nostalgia biased. As the creator of this video, I’d like to throw out the fact that I was not alive when this game came out. I didn’t play OoT until it got its 3D remake, and had never touched the original until a few years ago. Preferring other entries to the series is okay and understandable. Despite my high rating OoT isn’t even MY favorite Zelda, I’m just able to look past my own personal enjoyment to acknowledge that this game is fantastic. Gameplay and graphics aren’t everything

Is it literally without flaws? No. Is it better than the vast majority of software released mile? By a country mile. Is it one of tje most important and influential 3D games ever made? Undeniably. Goated.

I grew up with this game, in an extremely literal sense. When I was around 5 years old, I got to the Deku Tree but had no idea you could light deku sticks on fire, so I never progressed beyond the room below the first spider web. Anytime I entered the room with the locked door and the unlit torch I thought I had softlocked, so I would grab the compass then save and reset, which would put me at the entrance of the Deku Tree. For about 3 years, I would play from the beginning of the game to that point in the Deku Tree and then reset. Then, one day, I accidentally lit a deku stick on fire, and that was when I realized what I had been missing the whole time. I made it through the rest of the dungeon, and I entered Hyrule Field for the first time. It was such a surreal experience watching the world open up to me beyond my comfortable home in the forest, and far beyond anything I could have conceived as a 5 year old. Not long afterward, I got to the Adult Link phase, and I was haunted by the Market. I remember crying because of how scary and menacing it was. I also saw Ganon’s Tower for the first time, and something about the camera staying really close behind Link in that area made it seem even scarier, as if I myself were hiding close behind Link. The crows and whooshing noises made it even more harrowing. Forest Temple definitely spooked me, too. But Spirit Temple left the biggest impact on me. It’s hard to put into words the way that temple made me feel. The idea of reconciling my youth with the necessity of growing up was such a profound message at my age. The impact this game has left on me is something I’ll never forget.

I had a great childhood in every aspect, but the N64 and especially Ocarina of Time still hold some of my fondest memories .. This game truly is a masterpiece, especially if you consider that it was the first 3D Zelda game on a very new Console in an era where 3D wasn't common at all yet, and they absolutely *nailed* it first try. Beating the game 100% all by myself without any help, not even internet, at the age of 10 made me feel so incredibly proud!

Bro this just made realize how good oot is, i always thought it was a good game but nothing outstanding, but now that i saw this i have a new Appreciation to this game.

Wait... A common complaint about Ocarina of Time is that people find it ''impossible'' to figure out what to do? Sheesh... 8 year old me begs to differ. xD

I think OoT is more about the extremely lasting impact it had on gaming and its legacy. Sure, even in its time, it was completely groundbreaking. This game basically defined an entire genre and showed people what games could be rather than what they had been. That alone is probably already enough to get most people dropping near perfect scores, but then it has the audacity to actually have a compelling narrative (for its time) with intricately designed 3D environments and dungeons and a completely unforgettable soundtrack? Maybe some aspects of it don't hold up these days, but there's no denying its place in gaming history, and I think that's the most important thing about it to preserve for the generations to come.

This game and Epona was the main reason why I learned horse riding in real life :D

I'm glad that very early on you phrase the internet's complaint about not being able to find stuff as "the game wasn't designed for babies". The majority of zelda games only give you partial information about where to go at some point, figuring it out is meant to be part of the quest. Hell, the original game genuinely didn't tell you anything if you didn't have the manual

As someone who played it recently. Yes it holds up and deserves its title as a legend. Sure you could focus on things like graphics or how limited the game is but you gotta give it to them, it's better than a lot of modern games that have all the bells and whistles.

I don’t have to even watch this vid to know the answer. I’ve played this game 5 times. Latest play thru was last year. Short answer is yes. It’s a masterpiece to THIS DAY.

This will always be my favorite game.

This is well produced for such a small channel. I hope you find success out there, you're clearly putting the work in

I watched this assuming you were some KZfaqr with a sizeable amount of subscribers, but 149 is insane. Criminally underrated channel, I'm your 150th and I can't wait to see what comes next and to see your channel inevitably grow. Such a well put together video, great job man

I think it holds up,especially when you consider hardware limitations of the mid 90s. But i mistsay i really do wish i could see it with fresh eyes again

Great video dude! One thing that always bugged me was when you receive the medallions from the sages, they say they are adding their power to yours, but of course you can't use the medallions so they didn't add any powers to you. Of course, I learned later that that was the original intention in an earlier version of the game. Each medallion would give you different elemental powers, including dark and spirit! But in the end, they relegated the powers you WOULD have gotten from the medallions instead to elemental arrows and the 3 spells (din's fire, farore's wind, nayru's love). I like the idea of getting powers from the medallions way more. Would be fun to play a version of that game with that added back in.

OoT is really babies first Dark Souls game. And I mean that in the most endearing way possible

What possible reason could you have for disliking OOT 3D? It upgrades the 25 year old (12 at the time) textures and makes quality of life changes to gameplay like having gyroscope aiming for the shooting galleries. It also revamped master quest and brought it to a wider audience which is great in and of itself. I will grant you that Majoras Mask 3D is inferior to the original due to some quality of life downgrades but Majoras Mask 3D still has good quality of life changes like the New 3DS compatibility and it is still my preferred version. OOT 3D however was untouched in pretty much every regard.

You need to apologize right now for your thumbnail Edit: I’m just joking around by the way

16:12 Gorons: “A big rock is blocking us from getting into a cave filled with rocks, which we eat.”

This video made me realize I took for granted having a vast wealth of knowledge about the game not just at my disposal, but engrained into me. I grew up watching my older brother play OoT and MM religiously, over and over, for years. Of course you try to emulate your siblings, so I’ve loved Zelda (N64 especially) for as far as I can remember conscious life (being born the year OoT came out). Watching him beat the game repeatedly, I just absorbed the order of events and I beat the game by myself for the first time at 7. Come to find out afterwards that beating OoT is like a rite of family passage. My brother couldn’t figure the game out by himself when he was my age and it first came out, so my MOTHER beat the game in its entirety by herself and that’s how he learned what you’re supposed to do. I plan to make it family tradition passed from one generation to the next, where beating OoT is a requirement for coming of age. Thank you Momma for spending months homemaking a Link Halloween costume for me at 6 years old because I insisted that’s who I wanted to be and refused to cede ground (OoT Link! I hated Wind Waker as kid.) Majoras Mask is my favorite game ever and OoT is definitely top 3. While I see the valid criticisms made, I’m so blinded by nostalgia of simpler times and innocence, that these games can never be knocked off their pedestal in my eyes. Just too much of my childhood and emotional well-being wrapped up in these beautiful bundles we call N64 cartridges.

There's a neat easter egg I love: in the ending cutscene, when Link walks towards Zelda, he has the Triforce mark on his hand

It's hard for me to be objective about this game. I played it properly for the first time in 2000 when I bought a used N64 with allowance money. I remember that at that time, and at that age the game felt like a sandbox full of possibilities and secrets. I probably spent countless hours just exploring the world, finding hidden areas, and doing sidequests. These days it's a hard game to go back to because I know it so well. I've sorta optimized the fun out, and had done so long ago. I know where to find things, which things are necessary for completion, and glitches and exploits to make the game easier. I can't see it with fresh eyes anymore. I think the game probably holds up in a lot of ways, but it's more notable for its impact on the industry than where it stands today removed from that context. It's a good game, and an important game, but not a perfect game or some unreachable benchmark of quality.

Well got damn man. A well edited and beautiful video. A good look at the themes of a game I’ve played countless time in countless ways and kinda let go from my memory or just didn’t understand at the age I played. I played this sucker with the old strategy guide and I remember child me being so terrified of gohma that I would just restart and play the intro again, til one day I took the plunge and fought her. My gaming life forever changed. Thank you genuinely for this video. Ps. Dodongos cavern is great, fire breathing lizard bosses are the coolest

May have been mentioned already, but: The shield discount from the guard actually varies from playthrough to playthrough! It can be anywhere from 5 to 40 rupees discounted, though you will still have to be able to afford the full price! Just a fun little detail that makes it fun to share those small details with other players!

HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 200 SUBSCRIBERS YOU'RE SO GOOD AT THIS FORMAT

I don't care how outdated it is, I still enjoy playing OOT and MM original N64 versions

Please make more videos like this, this is honestly one of the best videos i have ever seen

It’s not the greatest game of all time but it did lay down the foundation for the future games to come and for that it will always hold a special place but that’s as far as it goes. The scenery is just plain, the temples aren’t as memorable, and a couple of the items were very underwhelming and unnecessary. But the 3ds version fixed a lot of these problems especially with the water temple, if you know then you know.

It got that title bc of its impact on games and the industry at the time, and that's not something ppl's personal dislike of it or better made Zelda games can strip away, unfortunately for ppl who dismiss it for being "old and ugly" and "overhyped". I'm so sick of ppl complaining abt it being overhyped. What hype lmao its 20+ years old. Like what nerve is it hitting that so many ppl hate it simply for having been impactful and remembered for that? Is it that they were too young to be there and feel left out?

if you can obtain a legal rom, i highly recommend trying ship of harkinian; a reverse engineered port of the game that has tons of quality of life features

Great job on the video. I am someone who played this game shortly after its original release, and have also played it several times afterwards. It is a very special game not only for the nostalgia prisoners such as myself, but also to anyone willing to dive fully into the experience. In my opinion, it is best played without a guide, without cheats, in it's original form (no remasters), and without a set schedule. As you so thoughtfully highlighted in your video, a lot of the charm that makes the game so special are the environments, the characters, the vibe, and the music. If you're rushing through the game just trying to beat it, going from A to B as fast as possible, you will miss a lot of this, or experience it in a different context than if you just take your time and have fun. Yes you will get stuck, yes you will get frustrated, but that was just as much of a part of it as everything else.

Not sure if you realized this at time, but Dodongo's fight is basically a call back to the original Legend of Zelda on NES where you killed Dodongo the same way.

I actually miss the days videogames would let us think, even a bit, and eventually succeed with tries and errors. I'm currently playing PM the Origami King, and Olivia is super annoying ! Anytime I come to a new location, I barely have the time to just spot things and there she goes "oh, see this ? You should do that. Why don't you try this ? Oh, I know what to do....". Just let me fuc**ng play !

I havent played through all of oot it was just to hard for me as a kid but it was stil a big part of my childhood and the attention to detail in this game is just beautyfull. For me its a masterpiece that will always have a place in my heart.

I hate when people these days complain that the game is too had and they don't know where to go or what to do.... What do you think kids did back in 1998 without guides and KZfaq walkthroughs???

It's a shame. Ocarina of Time holds up BEAUTIFULLY in everything except pure tech. If they just took the 3DS-version and upscaled it to HD or 4K they would be there.

how many other games have a boss like gohma? a boss that only starts when you catch it staring at you? i did realize how cool i thought that was until recently when i started trying to learn how to make games my self.

I actually cannot believe your sub count I watched this whole video thinking you had at least 100K. You will definitely blow up

50:00 HARD disagree, the FPS improvement and faster text speed make the original agonizing to play for someone like me who is used to action games

Gerudo: How did you get this membership card? Link: Remember blacking out a few days ago?

This game was my entire childhood and will always remain a timeless classic.

oh this was a great video how many subs?? 350k?? wait...350?!!! bro you can tell me this channel had 3.5 mil and i'd believe you only a matter of time great ass video man

KZfaq blessed me with this video majoras mask vid when?

The only two things that bother me are the painfully slow text speed and the fact it's capped at 20fps (and not even a smooth 20fps on the original N64 version). Other than that, the actually game design hasn't aged a bit in my eye.

To describe where you find the Kokiri sword as "on top of the hill" is _right out_

Ocarina of Time doesn't compare with something like Tears of the Kingdom and such. Big. Many features. Mechanics, Weapons and Equipment. Detailed graphics and so on. But Tears of the Kingdom doesn't have that Atmosphere and Themes Ocarina had. Ive played Tears of the Kingdom just once. I played Ocarina many times to this day. Same with Majora and A Link to the Past. Nostalgia isnt everything. I played Wind Waker when i was still a kid and i dont feel anything at all for that game, for example. No matter how well made it is.

I was one of those really struggling to find out what to do.. when you pointed out all the times the game actually tells you what to do made me laugh hahah

i love long video essays like this, subscribed (please make one on majora's mask!)

Excellent Can’t wait to start this for the next week before I go to sleep, fall asleep to it, and go back to where I was over the next 5 days. Love these videos

shadow temple is about facing past regrets and past sins. And maybe even past traumas. What we hide within our "shadows"

One small correction: if you talk to the guard at the entrance of Death Mountain before purchasing the Hylian shield, the shop owner does provide a discount, but it isn't always 50% off. The Bazaar Owner will take anywhere between 10 and 40 rupees off the price of the shield.

When I was young young, we got stuck before Hyrule Castle, as I thought the moat the Blue townsperson talked about was the creek outside the castle with a drawbridge. I thought it was the most to the castle town…. “Why doesn’t this lead anywhere?!?!” And the kid-like time of forever engaged before my sister and I figured it out :)

Really good quality youre making it im sure!

It's still got a better camera and lock-on system than any of Fromsoft's souls type games!

Ocarina of time is the GOAT, there's no denying it

yes ofc it holds up. i've played through it 4 times in the last 12 months already (1 vanilla 3 randomizers)

amazing video honestly it was great ❤

That's a lot of heresy to put in your thumbnail for someone in Exterminatus distance

I personally think it holds up but definitely respect and understand why it wouldn't for the majority

OOT holds up so well, my roommate and I (more my roommate) are currently playing through the whole game again, on the N64

Additionally, the poe sisters in the forest temple are named after the sisters from Little Women! Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth

I definitely have bias as OoT was my first Zelda game as a kid, but it’s one of the few games that has ever had me shed a tear. I would’ve loved BotW and TotK if they just embraced the open world formula and made it a full RPG. Let it be in the Zelda universe, but you’re your own character and your choices and actions dictate which triforce wielder you’re an incarnate of. Would’ve been so cool!

I Just subbed. How you have under 200k subs is ridiculous. INSANE quality bro and AMAZING video. I hope to have quality this good one day lol. First I gotta upload more than once a year🤣

Imagine if you were 11 years old when this came out on Nintendo 64. The game that revolutionized open world RPGs was made specifically for you

Amazingly quality video! Absolutely underrated creator. I feel like many may criticize or disregard this game since it has become synonymous with the title of “greatest game of all time” which is just an impossible standard for any game. To me, I view that title more as a marker of a game that has had a deep impact on the medium and video game culture, and in my eyes, this game is a pretty good choice for this. It’s an old, archaic game, but there is no denying its impact. Personally, I beat the game for the first time last year on my third play through attempt. It is now my personal favorite game.

fun fact you can find a free Hiylan Shield in the graveyard in one of the Tombs

I really appreciate that you play all the songs in the video! They were my favourite thing about the games, along with everything else that is my favourites lol

With how many redesigns and cuts this game had, it is a miracle that it turned out as anything coherent at all. The Forest Temple especially. It is the old Alpha Hyrule Castle dungeon from the first stage of development. Back then, it wasn't open world. You accessed each area through paintings in the castle, like Mario 64. That's why the Forest Temple has such a weird focus on paintings, and why there's this mysterious castle in the woods. It was a last minute replacement for the Wind Temple, which had to wait until Wind Waker due to limitations concerning the N64 being able to handle more advanced physics. The Ice Cavern is a cut dungeon as well. Once was that section's entire dungeon. That's why the Forest and Water medallions look weird. They're actually Wind and Ice, and were also once usable items. All the medallions were. Most were fully scrapped, but the Fire Medallion's power was given to Din's Fire. That's why that seems so out of the way and strange. Originally you just got the Fire Medallion and didn't need to find some random Great Fairy to enter the Shadow Temple. The Ice Temple got scrapped twice, funnily enough. It was scrapped again in Wind Waker, and reworked for Phantom Hourglass.

Yes. You don’t have to watch the video, this is the correct answer.

I was made aware of this a few days ago, if you listen to the shiek theme you can hear zelda's lullaby! koji kondo is a genius!

loved this video, thank you for making it

As a kid I definitely remember finding a way to light all the torches in The shadow temple without dins fire because I never found that item. 😅

23 is number 1 shout out to Michael Jordan

Im only 18:20 through the video. Ive seen countless 2-3hour + restropesctives,critiques, hot takes opnions etc,(to clarify all of that content wws amazing) seriously good work, although i havent finished i prefer your style and format i subbed at around 18:00

English speakers saying they don't know where to go, or what to do next is crazy to me. I played this game on launch, I was 8yo and I'm Brazilian, didn't know any English at the time. I was thankful the game put all the important/relevant information in different colors, that way I could focus on the little I could pick up from the words, as some of them are pretty close (Forest = floresta / Castle = castelo). It took me a LOONG time, especially in Jabu Jabu's belly, and the water temple, but I was able to finish the game after a year or so. I decided to learn English because of Oot, so it definitely changed my life someway

For people wondering about playing on PC without emulators: Ship of Harkinian is a very faithful PC port with options to make it far more user friendly.

i love this video its awesome, i love that you're analyzing ocarina of time, an amazing game, pointing out why its so awesome, but it also looking at the game's faults as well so many details about the game i've never known despite playing and watching the game for years, attempting to find out everything about the game

For anyone who was there when it was happening, those opening notes of music are the only answer necessary.

;o I always welcome a OoT video. I've seen 100s by now, but I love zelda so much imma listen to others takes xD

Love your style of videos! Keep it up!

Unpopular opinion? the forest, fire and water temple are the best trio of temples in the entire zelda series. The fire temple especially is extremely underrated and the water temple might just be the best dungeon ever made. Not to even mention the design, atmosphere and music of all three of those temples being absolute PEAK! I fucking love this game so much.

Can't lie, Rayroo is the funniest way I've ever heard Rauru's name be pronounced 😂

What kind of monster would choose to NOT free Epona from an abusive farm owner 😭

It definitely doesn't hold up! I'm just glad I didn't start my entry to the series with it or I would've give up on it.

I love this. What a great way for me to relive this experience. Thank you!!!

Tread lightly 🫵👁

As a huge Zelda fan, I always get a bit peeved when I hear people say OoT is the greatest game ever, (especially from people that I know have never played/finished the game) like, it's not even the greatest Zelda game ever. But I do acknowledge it as very impactful and its addition to the pool left one of the largest ripples we've seen, hell, even Demons Souls and its children were based on OoTs gameplay. I personally find that LttP and MM are better, more fulfilling games with more replay value, but everyone gets different things from these games and theres nothing wrong with saying OoT is your favorite Zelda or game in general for any reason, game is still leagues better than BotW 1 and 2, by far.

It’s a good game but I prefer Twilight Princess. It feels like an improvement over Ocarina of Time in every way: Bigger world More immersive atmosphere Better designed dungeons Better companion that wouldn’t say Hey Listen! More complex story More memorable characters More useful items Etc.

I can only play the 3DS version of Ocarina of Time. The framerate is better, and the iron boots are assignable to a button so you can flip them on and off at will. The Ocarina has its own button and there's more items you can hold without going into the equipment screen.

Solid vid, and it's a ground-breaking game... On the other hand, I just played through completely, and I'm left feeling slightly disappointed in the game, plus disappointed that KZfaq videos seem so monolithically positive about it. (Plus I can't knock the hustle, but I can't believe that it's so popular for KZfaqrs to just recap the entire game!) Which is all fine, but myself, I don't feel it's a perfect masterpiece of a videogame, or a perfect analogy of growing up, etc. What I do agree is that it was probably the perfect game for a kid to grow up with: Cozy natural environments, great music, practically endless gameplay. It's great that there's tons of safe spaces that Link can stand and let the game keep running indefinitely, to enjoy the environments & music. But I do wish the environments were a little better. Link's village is probably the best environment to hang out, in the entire game! Most places are subject to day/night cycle and music changing, so you can't really just leave it on a waterfall most of the time, you'll keep hearing the rooster crow and overworld music, half the time. Environments could have been more. There's no way to have it just rain without constantly hearing thunder every few seconds, AFAIK. Kokiri Village music is lovely but you can't stop hearing cows and chickens, lol, so Super Nintendo has the better version of the same song. Whatever, but also, traditional RPG's usually have more of a flow, and more of a reading element (plus more characters, etc.). I think a more compelling series is Ecco the Dolphin, albeit a dead series now, and on Dreamcast, I think it's the best nature graphics of any videogame ever. Ocarina of Time is great but it leaves me feeling let-down, and just wanting to go outside in real nature (or use Google Earth to wander around somewhere lol).

I have no way of validating this, however I pushed the likes from 999 to 1k

someone who was a 12 year old who played the 3ds version in 2021, i can confirm as a (idk gen z) small lad, that it is, an amazing game.

It's still a great game. We are just way past the point where it should be the end all be all standard bearer for what Zelda games need to be moving forward. That and better quality and selling Zelda games have been released since.

bro it holds up better than the last 3 new 3ds zeldas

Thanks for watching! ❤

You can actually acquire a free shield, in the graveyard. Rather than having to purchase one.

This was pretty good, I hope you do more Zelda Content.

Yes the 3DS version of Water Temple has this tremendous advantage. Where, in that middle room, the camera spans to show you that there's a secret underground place where the block just raised from. That alone, helps with so, so much

I think Ocarina of time is definitley "overrated" in the sense that it is definitley not the best game of all time, it definitley has its flaws. But it's cultural impact along with the world and journey it creates is amazing.