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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

My friends and I recently played through this game, in preparation for Twilight Princess. We're also working on Link to the Past, Wind Waker, and Majora's Mask. I'll post reviews of those games when we finish them.

Graphics: B
For the time, the graphics were pretty good, but suffered from the N64's poor lighting effects. In the end, they pushed the 64 a bit too far, and it suffered. Majora's Mask looks a *lot* better, thanks to the expansion pack.

Controls: A-
Pretty damn good control setup. Not quite as good as the Super Mario 64 controls, but still, very nice. I didn't like Navi getting a whole C button all to herself though. That was annoying.

Story: B+
Good story, but it felt a little tired and repetitive after a while. I would have preferred less of the "here are the 6 temples, go get the sages, etc." Also, character developent was ehh, but then again, this is a Zelda game. Still, you can't deny that this game is a classic.

Music: C+
I'm sorry, I just don't like Zelda music all that much. Reusing music and all is good sometimes, but I think it really hurts this game. The themes themselves are memorable, but the orchestration is sometimes lacking, and the original music is not all that great. It fades into the background nicely, but it could do a lot better at providing atmosphere. Sometimes I notice that the music has seemingly dropped out, I guess there are just pauses in it sometimes.

Overall (not a sum): B+
While this is a good game, and a classic, I much prefer the less linear Majora's Mask and the highly stylized Wind Waker (which reminded me a lot of the older NES/GB/SNES Zeldas) to this game. I can't deny I spent a good portion of my childhood playing this, but it's really not that great of a game. Definitely overrated by a lot of people.

edit: forgot to say something about replayability
Replayability: B+
There are a decent number of extra things to do, none of them really huge sidequests (biggest two are probably the Mask and Trading games). There's enough to keep you occupied for a few runs through, but then it just becomes a tedious job trying to find every last Skultulla and heart piece. Again, Majora's Mask is superior in this respect; the game is LOADED with sidequests and little things to do that are irrelevant to the "main" storyline.

Jam it back in, in the dark.