/vr/ - Retro Games

>>11016075
Anon, so far anyone ITT who are actually discussing the game aren't being mean - It isn't a personal attack when somebody tells you they don't like a game; That is just them telling you their opinion on it.

I find OoT a fascinating case since even as the intended audience (I was 7 when it came out and played it on release) I find the game has a lot of flaws that get seemingly overlooked by people who maintain it is and always have been the best game of all time. Of course, anyone is free to claim a game is the best game of all time, but once you start throwing that sort of claim around, it invites scrutiny. I don't think OoT stands up to that scrutiny - Once we start comparing it just previous Zelda games >>11016003
it has a lot of very objective problems that puts a serious hole in a "Best game of all time" category, most of them being that the game is pretty boring - Not for its age, but for its design choices.

Like, can you honestly tell me you combat in OoT is deeper than AlltP or Zelda 2? That the best strategy in combat is to not even fight at all since the vast majority of enemies can't pursue you if you just run from them, and they don't drop anything you can't readily get from pots so there's literally no point to engage unless the game forces you to fight them? That half the inventory you get is superflous and that rupees are useless outside of paying for minigames that expand your already liberal arrow and bomb capacity? That most puzzles aren't just slow busywork built for eight-year olds that just slow the game down on replays?

>It was the first of its kind
>They didn't know better back then

There's plenty of pioneering old games that don't suffer from these problems; Again, previous Zeldas get around all the points above with the possible exception of the puzzles, but even then I think 2D Zeldas are more clever. And its not like being timeless is restricted to 2D games, Doom is still a fantastic game despite being a very early 3D game.

>>558689
Yes

And done

>>558651
Yes

And done

>>512473
>leaving your console on endless melee all night to unlock characters

>>433087
oh, anon