The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, is without a doubt one of the best Zelda games, and, really games in general out there. Even if you compare this game to modern day titles you won't find a game that is as masterful as this. While it does have some issues, these issues can be easily overlooked when you take the positive things into consideration.

From a graphics standpoint, this game is OK. Textures can be a bit iffy but the character models are really nice. One big issue I have about this game though, is the fact that it has so much areas in the game where the backgrounds are merely 2D images plastered on the wall. This can be a very irritating thing, but everything else looks good, even if it doesn't have all that HD stuff.

The sound in this game is perfect. Sure some sounds are repeated 1 too many times, but they aren't bad sounds. Plus the music will blow you away. And fans of the game will be humming along to their favorite tunes. Even newcomers will be humming along to favorites once they know them in fact...

The story is surprisingly not just the tale of Link saving the princess, it's a bit more in deft than that. Which makes it a story you'll keep playing over and over again. The deft this game has to offer is what you'd expect from Zelda, and that's pretty darn good. The puzzles will challenge you for a long time, and you'll spend awhile figuring out what the best way to kill each enemy is, because most enemies can't be killed via button mashing.

And difficulty? Oh yeah. You're going to wonder what to do and how to get stuff at the first level. This game is tough to start and only gets tougher. Now if you happen to be fortunate enough to grab a N64 controller, than the control scheme is going to be perfect for you, because the original control scheme was just that way. If you have a controller with 2 face buttons, 3 triggers, and two analog sticks (PlayStation 2-3/Xbox 360 controller will work) than you will be able to use a nice control scheme as well. Just think about how you set this up when you do it. One analog stick should be the 'C' buttons, two face buttons should be A and B, Triggers for the Z and R keys, and the left stick for the arrow keys/analog stick. It's a pretty handy control scheme that will make you feel like you can do whatever is possible and aren't restricted by anything. Using the keyboard won't help you though, and keyboard controls are probably tough to handle.

This game does what all games should do, it delivers a fresh experience that only gets better as you progress, and when you fail, you only feel like you failed because of you, not because the game cheated on you.

If you have the hardware requirements and a good enough controller, you owe it to yourself to get this game.

Ocarina of Time is one of my favorite games of all times.  I remember playing it everyday even when I beat the game, I would start over.  This game is addicting to me.  Good review.

lol, was it really that good. Usually I get in deft with 4 categories (presentation, audio/video, gameplay, replay value) and make a page long review which takes an hour, and than make a video review too!

Also, what's a 'marcmoney post'?

OoT is a good game, its one of the true classics that defines LOZ, I love it, its a true N64 classic

Excellent review. I should play this on here sometime.

Nighthawk0973 : It is a post made by me lol.  Just a little thing I like to do for fun.