Board 8 > My Rankings of Legend of Zelda Games with Write-Ups

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I really like the recurring theme of Link's Awakening being high on everyone's lists

pretty sure if you dislike link's awakening you've got no soul tbqh
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SMB1 is a weird example to bring up, since almost no one actually would rank it as the best Mario game ever.
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It was just an example about how appreciating something being groundbreaking and ambitious for the time doesnt necessary mean (or preclude) that your love of it is just nostalgia.
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Lopen posted...

Maybe it was having played more PC games at the time or maybe it was just a lack of appreciation due to not finding the gameplay fun to the point it ruined enjoyment from exploration but yeah.

What games were doing quality real-time 3D combat on PC pre-98? Quake?

...is there combat in Myst? <_<
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Jakyl25 posted...

What games were doing quality real-time 3D combat on PC pre-98? Quake?

...is there combat in Myst? <_<

I was more talking 3D exploration of large worlds. You had a lot of PC RPGs doing that. Myst, Might and Magic games, etc etc

Quality real-time 3D combat I wouldn't credit to Ocarina cause it doesn't have it <_<
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I can see how if you dont enjoy the Z-targeting system that you would hate how Ocarina plays

Not sure what else you might mean by gameplay holding you back from wanting to explore. Did Links movement feel off to you?

EDIT: And yeah the combat is what, in theory, elevates OoT above those others in a historical sense
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jedi knight dark forces ii is the goat
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Well if I don't enjoy the battling there's little enjoyment to be gained from exploring to power up. Exploring is a means to get more powerful for the most part. It is also usually accompanied by battling

I think the z targeting thing is fine but there's just not a lot of depth there in OoT. Like Kingdom Hearts has pretty fun combat but that's because there are a lot of options offensively and defensively and most importantly MUCH better AI that necessitates you actually be good at the combat.
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No way exploration is intrinsically meaningful.
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OoT has enemies that require you to be good at the combat but it does take a long time to reach them
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OoT is the only one of the 3D Zeldas I've beaten and I don't agree with anything in the game being remotely tough to battle. Not trying to be elitist, just being honest.

Could be that the difficulty curved upwards too slowly, though. Throw the endgame stuff early game and yeah it's probably tough.

Possibly why I thought Twilight Princess seemed better cause I played some random segments in the middle of the game rather than playing from the beginning.
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doryphish posted...

I loved collecting the bugs for Tabitha

Agitha.

Glad I got to see the write-up, not exactly glad that you recognized Tazzy asking for WW write-up but didn't acknowledge me at all asking for this one. Ah well, got the answer and sadly it just sounds more nostalgia and theme based, which sounds like it wouldn't rank too heavily over a course of like your favorite games.
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Agitha was an A+ choice for Hyrule Warriors
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I like TP quite a bit, but I feel like it could've been a much better game. Playing as Wolf Link was super fun at first, but then they do absolutely nothing with it. Was really disappointed there. The game's full of cool ideas that aren't really explored very well - the items are like this too, since you can't really use them outside of their dungeons for much. But yeah, the combat's fun, some of the dungeons are cool, Midna is great. Fun game. Too bad TPHD didn't add a bunch of cool Wolf Link powerups or something.

Naye745 posted...

pretty sure if you dislike link's awakening you've got no soul tbqh

Link's Awakening is the worst Zelda that I've beaten.

Lopen posted...

If you want the game I think is probably the one that benefits from nostalgia the most it has to be Ocarina of Time

Like I haven't played most of its successors since the formula of 3D Zelda entries is pretty off base to me but I can't believe so few of them improved on it. Like what I played of Twilight Princess seemed way better. Combat and the boss fights seemed a lot better than the stuff from Ocarina-- I dare say I'd possibly even like it if I bothered to play the whole thing.

Can't even guess at the others since I haven't had a Nintendo console since Gamecube but like what is it about Ocarina that is timeless to most people? Do the later entries have annoying puzzles to get through or worse dungeon design or something? I feel like the gameplay can only go up since Ocarina felt really dumbed down.

Ocarina partly ranks high because it doesn't have the game-killing flaws that most of the later games do. Basically every aspect of it is good.
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I've never tried ranking Zelda games before, but since Nintendo redeemed themselves with BotW I might as well give it a shot

Majora's Mask >= Breath of the Wild > Link Between Worlds > Link to the Past > Ocarina of Time (number 1 when factoring in nostalgia) > Wind Waker > Twilight Princess > Minish Cap > Oracle of Seasons >= Ages

Fuck these games in particular: Phantom Hourglass, Skyward Sword

I despise motion controls so I hated SS from the start. Back when it was released I would have admitted to it looking pretty. That's not true anymore, the game looks kinda ugly. They could have done so much better with the sky.

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But whatever who cares hyrule warriors is the best zelder anyway
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It has been years since I played Ocarina, but I just have such fond memories of the game in general. I mean, I understand the gripes some may have with it but still, even if later Zelda games may have aged better Ocarina is still kind of the perfect storm for many.

I think I might have enjoyed Wind Waker even more, but I will admit that game is far from flawless.
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FSA is one of the best Zelda games and I will fight anyone who disagrees
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AquaArcane posted...

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I am dying at this video, this was fantastic.

Jellyf
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This topic is a disaster but at least TC got number 1 right
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