Ocarina of Time is Still the Greatest Game of All Time

Morgan Lewis, Managing Editor for Gamer Professionals, writes:

"Despite all the technological advances in the almost-18 years since Ocarina of Time’s debut on the Nintendo 64, it still dwarfs its competition . It was revolutionary in so many different ways and despite the fact that it is almost 20 years old, it still holds up incredibly well. It is not only one of the best games ever, it is the greatest game ever made, even among Zelda games, which is no small feat. Zelda isn’t just one of the premiere Nintendo franchises in the west; it is one of the premiere franchises in the west. There are a multitude of different reasons that set Ocarina of Time apart from both Zelda games and current-generation games alike, but none more than the perfect balance that the game maintains between gameplay and story."

[guywazeldatatt]

I play the ending of this game and I still get tears in my eyes. It's as close to perfection as any game has gotten.

[Rayven]

I'm not sure why would anyone bother to argue this. The best game of all time is as subjective a topic can get.

The early pc gamers would argue that the best of all time is Doom, perhaps Baldur's Gate.

As a ps4 gamer I already hold Last of Us as one of the greatest of all time.

As a person born in the 90's, I would say Civ 5, Fallout 2 (not 3), and Skyrim topping my best of all time.

And I'm pretty sure everyone here have completely different opinions than me. It's that divisive.

[CorndogBurglar]

Couldn't be more right :)

I was born in the '82. I've played every console from the Atari and PC up until now.

My favorites of all time are actually Star Wars: Tie Fighter, Marvel Vs Capcom 2, and, ironically enough, Ocarina of Time.

As far as games that I've had the most memorable fun with, nothing tops those for me.

[sorenx]

i though the last of use was not enough gameplay to justify its a full game thats me though it felt like a movie

[jcnba28]

Agreed.

[Whymii]

Having played all Zeldas to completion, even the Game and Watch, my favourite is Links Awakening followed by Link to the Past and Wind Waker. But are they the best games of all time? No. Just great games.

[PhucSeeker]

The world ain't never gonna agree on one best game/movie/song/... because we are not clones and every person has their own likes and dislikes.

[Whymii]

That's why I said 'my favourite' rather than the best. Universal assertions are immature and ignorant as we can only speak for ourselves.

[Fin_The_Human]

Played it yesterday on my Galaxy phone and love this game to death.

[bnaked]

I think it's too dated to be the best game ever. Maybe it WAS the best game ever, but the greatest games are timeless, just as the greatest movie masterpieces.
Thing is, that young people who play it for the first time today, wouldn't enjoy it much, not as we did when Ocarina of Time came out. Same goes for Half Life 2 and other so called "best games ever". Hey, HL2 is one of my favorite games.

The greatest interactive experience is probably Journey, because people can play it 50 years from now and they will feel the same way about it as today, because Journey is timeless art, to me it's the first true interactive Masterpiece, its for everyone of any age and it's incredibly deep, you can interpret it like other art masterpieces. Its an experience that has the power to change someones Life.

But this is just my opinion, I don't want to offend anyone. :-)

[jholden3249]

That's a fair assessment I think. I personally LOVE Ocarina, but, I wouldn't say it's best game of all time.

For me, that honor would go to one of the following

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
Final Fantasy X
Metroid Prime
Xenoblade Chronicles

Even games I absolutely LOVE, like Zelda Link Between Worlds/Twilight Princess, The Last of Us, Rise of the Tomb Raider or Ori & the Blind Forest don't make the cut.

My fave older games though, would be

Mega Man 2 or 3
Super Mario World
Final Fantasy 7
Donkey Kong Country 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2/3

Shame Super Mario 64 doesn't get a mention- it's a GREAT game, just so many others that top it. Same for Mario Galaxy.

[Nathan_Hale53]

I first played this game about 6 months ago on my 3DS, although to be fair the game is vastly updated, I love the game to death. This is also my little cousin's favorite game. I believe it aged fantastically. Dungeon design is some of the best out of the LoZ series and the gameplay is fun and graphics are great on the 3DS version. Great story for what it is as well. It isn't my favorite game, but Majora's Mask is in my top 10 for sure and this one probably in my top 20.

[3-4-5]

* One of my favorite games ever.

For the type of game it is, it is definitely up there as being one of the best.

Not every game does everything so to me there is no best ever for anything....just what you like the most.

Love this game though.

[XisThatKid]

Hmm great game no doubt, I don't enjoy these games like everyone else and deff not for the sake of its name sake GOAT I'ma keep looking.

[TheSuperiorGamer]

It's a good game but a lot of this is nostalgia

[nottfadeaway]

Mm or alttp, Zelda-wise

[NorthernFrost]

Not my favorite Zelda, but certainly a very important game! Looking forward to reading this

[guywazeldatatt]

It may not be everyone's favorite and it wasn't even my first zelda game, but, the balance between gameplay and story is perfect. They did truly create a masterpiece.

[NorthernFrost]

I agree, basically a prime example of a flawless game.

[nitus10]

My first Zelda was Zelda 1 on the NES which IMHO was excellent value for money since it was basically two games in one. Once you finished and were asked if you wanted to restart, if you answered "yes" then you got the same overland but except for dungeon one all other dungeons had moved and the enemies were allot harder.

Next came Zelda 2 for the NES and this was actually different in that you had an overland but when battle commenced you moved into side scrolling perspective (remember this was an 8bit console) rather than the sort of top down perspective of Zelda1 and many other Zelda's after that.

The final boss in Zelda 2 was interesting and I was surprised to get him in my first attempt although it did take a while and that rotten controller made my hands ache so much that I actually when out an brought a set of sleeves for it.

Personally I do like the Zelda series but as for saying that "Ocarina of Time" and I have played and completed it, was the greatest game of all time I beg to differ.

[Fin_The_Human]

Makes you wonder what Nintendo game developers can do with more power.

Not saying that to make a great game you need a powerful console but it does help the developers as they don't have to sacrifice anything in order to make the game that they visioned.

[frostypants]

Agreed. "A Link to the Past" is my favorite. And it's one of the prettiest sprite-generated games ever made to this day.

I found "Ocarina" kind of dull and it hasn't aged well visually. It doesn't have the charm of its predecessors.

[Nathan_Hale53]

Personally, my favorite is Majora's Mask. Loved this game though. Most people seem to forget how important this game was/is.

[GamerProfessionals]

I'm gonna have to disagree. It depends on which generation you primed at playing Zelda. When I really was into the series it was Link to the Past or Twilight Princess. As groundbreaking as Ocarina was it never had the same impact as ALttP or TP for me. I'm sure people are gonna have varying opinions but I personally think calling it best of all time is stretching it.

[guywazeldatatt]

See I started with the original back in like '90 or so, and I was in the OoT internet scene which hit just as OoT was coming out (the internet). Weird how these things work out :P

[Spyroo]

Oh shut up Zelda fanboy

[2pacalypsenow]

If you're a zelda fan

[guywazeldatatt]

Not necessarily. I play games on all consoles, I just happen to think this is still the greatest game of all time.

[2pacalypsenow]

I respect your opinion

[spektical]

thats your opinion.

I personally think ratchet deadlocked is the best game ever because of the thousand of hours I poured into online.

[scark92]

That is due to nostalgia, but in regards to mechanics, story etc, it has been surpassed, it was important but someone new to gaming in this generation will not be able to play it easy.

[Back-to-Back]

Shocker. A fanboy with Link in his name thinks an overrated game is the best game of alltime. More at 6.

[Nathan_Hale53]

People wanna say it is hard to play nowadays need to pick it up on a 3DS.

[trywizardo]

NO.

[guywazeldatatt]

Why?

[trywizardo]

its good,but not the best ...
there is games way better than it IMO.

[guywazeldatatt]

which ones?

[DragonDDark]

Dark souls
Uncharted 2
The last of us
Super Mario galaxy 1 or 2
Mass Effect 2
Skyrim
Half life 2
Red dead redemption
Portal 2
Bloodborne
Halo
Lots of Final Fantasy games.
Chrono trigger

Lots of contenders.

[Kalebninja]

Skyrim and halo arent even on par with OOT lol

[DragonDDark]

Yeah... but lots of what I listed could beat it.

[81BX]

Those games are crap in comparison. You also have to take into consideration the year it was made. Imo no game todate is as important

[ColonelHugh]

@81BX

Bruh, none of those games are crap in comparison even if you look at the era of their origins. Especially so.
Without Chrono Trigger there wouldn't even be an Ocarina of Time, and it was just as perfect. It also revolutionized games forever after. So did RE2, FFVI and VII, Gran Turismo, Mega Man II, Street Fighter II, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Mario Bros, Halo, and a great many more games of the SAME caliber of quality and influence. The only difference between them being that their objective quality (graphics, if not controls or story) decreases with time while influence increases. So the older the more influential.

If anyone here can honestly tell themselves that they know the single, best game of all time, then I'd say they have a bias of some kind, such as favored genre, company, creator, nostalgia, or some such. I would think pinpointing the best game of all time would be impossible objectively. Most of us probably fall victim to nostalgia more than any other bias. Few if any of us would admit that a game we've never played is truly as great as the praise heaped on it for years and years, though, and it's a cause of strife.

[nitus10]

@dragonddark

I would not classify Halo (FPS), Red dead Redemption (Action/Adventure) and Uncharted (Action/Adventure) as RPG's although I do agree with the others you mentioned.

Personally I liked The Secret of Manna and Seiken Densetsu 3 (DeJap version) over Chrono Trigger but it was still a good game.

I also like FF12 for it's open world environments but then I have liked all the FF games from 4 (except for 9. 11 & 14) to to shock horror FF13 although I did prefer FF13-2 over FF13.

[darren_poolies]

@dragonddark

Yeah Dark Souls is my #1 with Bloodborne a close second.

@81BK

That's a stupid argument, because in that case a better game can never be made.

[jcnba28]

YES.

[nowitzki2004]

Halo better than OCOT? How come?

[gamer_xaf]

-Halo single handed saved the original xbox from a Dreamcast fate.

-Made FPS games viable on console with usable controls that FPS games still use today.

-Made xbox live what it is today.

-made MLG and what it became today

-Inspired a company called Rooster Teeth to be founded by creating their first and one of the most successful internet shows Red vs Blue.

-has one of the most memorable music themes in history.

- halo literally made gaming mainstream way before call of duty. When gaming was still thought of as for children and nerds only.

... i could go on but I have to go do some stuff. You get the point anyway.

[Metallox]

@gamer_xaf Read again, he's not asking why Halo is more influential.

[CeDia93]

Ocarina of Time may have been the best game at the time, and for some time following, but it's been quite a while since then. It's still a great game, and it had a tremendous impact on the genre, but there's so much more out there.

[ZaWarudo]

Silly man, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the greatest game of all time.
OoT is my personal favorite Zelda game though.

[DragonDDark]

That too!

[nitus10]

I do agree that was IMHO was one of the best of the Castlevania series. That upside down castle was interesting.

[Hold_It]

Easily one of them. The music in that game was phenomenal.

[HighResHero]

I would rank SOTN higher. It offered a lot more to me but they are both great games.
I played OOT after FF7, so it seemed to lack depth/scale, etc., although it's unfair to compare the two.

[Germany7]

It's my favorite game of all time too.
Too many memories for me, it's really special.

[Geekman]

I'm gonna be murdered for saying this, but I really don't give a shit. People always hail this game as the best game of all time, and if it's not Ocarina of Time, it's A Link to the Past. But somehow I think in the, uh, decades since they came out, better games have been made. Not just better Zelda games. Better games.

[Concertoine]

Its the problem with calling anything the greatest of all time. Do we judge it on its quality for the time or today? Sonic Adventure has like a 90% on metacritic from 1999 and now it is a laughing stock. Do we judge it for its innovation/impact (for which OoT has a solid case) or do we pit it up against games of today with no leeway?

This is why there's no correct answer...

[gamerb6]

Because of time should elvis not be the king of rock and roll?

Should Michael Jackson not be the king of Pop,

Should Nas not be the king of Hip Hop,

should Michael Jordan not be the greatest basketball player,

should bill gates not be the richest man in the world.

Should Jesus not be the greatest man to evervwalk this earth because of time scale?

So much wrong with your kind of logic

[DragonKnight]

Uh... Your logic is the wrong one actually. I mean...

Your first two examples show objectively successful artists who eclipsed all others when at their peak. They were called Kings of *insert genre here* because of just how successful they were, not because of opinion.

Since when was Nas the King of Hip Hop? Type that into google and you'll get a picture of Eminem and tons of articles with no definitive answer to who is the King of Hip Hop.

Michael Jordan is the same as your first two examples. We're talking about objective success when it comes to him, not subjective opinion.

Bill Gates isn't the richest man in the world. He hasn't been for some time. In fact there are people who are richer than the publicized richest people in the world, their wealth is just not publicized for a number of reasons.

Your Jesus example makes no sense but if I were to apply what I've used already here, Jesus could be considered the greatest man for objective reasons as well. I mean, who could you think is better than a man who walks on water, feeds the poor endlessly, turns water into wine, raises the dead, and resurrects? Is there anyone better than that?

The time measure applies to subjective things for a good reason. OoT has aged poorly and everything this author could say that it has done to perfection has been surpassed by now countless other games.

That's the logic of the time scale.

[sorenx]

nope cus elvis sucks sounds like trash lol same with the Beatles for me anyways lol and time does change stuff it was the best for its time then better games cam eout not all but a lot uncharted no is not a better game it slike crash bandicut with guns lol 2 hour game

[gamerb6]

@dragonKnight Since when did Google decide who the king of Hip Hop was lol.
The streets decide and the streets say Nas get over it.

You should check "Google" as you'd find bill gates is back at number 1.

Somethings are timeless classics oot is one of those timeless classics. Dont be salty hater, you sound like a sony fanboy

[CorndogBurglar]

I agree with you. But its this exact reason that I make my judgement based on how much fun I had with a game. Not necessarily quality, or graphics, or whatever else most people judge games on.

I mean, Star Wars: Tie Fighter is probably my absolute favorite game. I LOVED it back in the day. It was an actual combat flight sim that could never be replicated on a console simply because it had over so many different comands that a keyboard is required to play it.

I just loved the missions, the sense of actually being a pilot for the Empire, the voice coming over your intercom during missions. The unpredictable things that would happen during missions, like thinking you were about to win only to have a dozen X-Wings and Z-95 Headhunters show up out of no where to fight you.

The one mission where you are sent out in a baseline TIE Fighter to clear a minefield with two wingmen in much stronger TIE Advanced ships that turn on you halfway through.

The feeling of attacking a huge Rebel Frigate that you don't even have to do for the mission but it was so cool that you couldn't resist.....

I just love that game so much. It totally doesn't hold up to the test of time visually, but no other game, then or since, has been that much fun for me.

In my opinion, this is how one should judge games. By how much fun you had with them.

[oakshin]

Yea the first time i tryed playing this game i quit to play soul rever lol

[WeAreLegion]

It's a good game, but it's nowhere near the top for me. A Link to the Past is better.

[frostypants]

This guy knows what's up.

[blest]

Damn I gotta play this game now. From these comments I feel like less of a gamer that I never experienced it.

[remixx116]

Dang bro your late, it's a great game but you gotta play it with the mentality of the year it was realised in, game'so got some age on it.

Enjoy it though.

[blest]

lol I have no problem going back to old games. I still play donkey 64 to this day.
The oldies are actually better than half the games out now.

[CorndogBurglar]

Yeah, despite what people say, its definitely one of the best Zelda games of all time. For me its one of my favorite games of all time.

If I were to play it now for the first time i wonder what I would think....

Either way, its a great story and has some great game mechanics never before seen in games for its time.

[sorenx]

twilight princess and skywerded sword and wind waker all ave better storys then oot

[IceKoldKilla]

Mine is The Last of Us. All opinions and preferences. I never played this though. The only Nintendo console I've owned is a GBC.

[xPaYDaYx]

True American, if it doesn't have guns and zombies then it's not a great game lol

[22CobraKing]

I won't say it's the best but it was good. I remember I had a GameCube and was playing it all the time. At the time I didn't have a memory card so I always ended up having to restart until one day I beat it in one sitting.

[PaleMoonDeath]

No it's not, MGS1 is.

These things are subjective of course ;)

[pootymcpoockle]

YES!

[DualWielding]

seriously overrated

[Sirk7x]

Looking back now, it's hard for someone to see the game as it was then, and hold it in the same esteem as it had rightfully earned. There is no denying however, that Ocarina of Time is one of the most important video games ever created. People tend to forget that just a couple of years prior to its release, Nintendo basically showed the world how to create 3D platformers and worlds with Super Mario 64. OoT showcased to the rest of the industry how to properly use camera controls in a 3D environment, and context sensitive buttons and enemy facing targeting with a fixed camera (Z targeting in game) changed the way we play games forever. The story also had subtlety and was masterfully crafted. It's a game that has influenced more gamers and developers than you probably realize, and will continue to be discussed for a very long time.

[Germany7]

We are not talking about mobas, Minecraft and Gone Home here.
Learn about the legacy of OoT and stop with the silly comments.

[TheColbertinator]

Metal Gear Solid says otherwise.

Or Legend of Zelda : Majora's Mask

[Father Murder X]

Ocarina OF Time hasn't gotten a thing on Chrono Trigger. I still haven't played a game that good 21 years after it came out. It wasn't even 1080p and 60fps!!!

[sorenx]

i did not like crono trigger it was boring to me. so i dono i couldent get past the first hour took to long to do anything

[ColonelHugh]

Like many old RPG's, there's a sort of intro/tutorial wall that separates the real game from a boring first section. I'm not really sure why they do this, but I think it stems from the same reason novels and movies use a similar narrative structure.

The sad thing is, it wouldn't have been too much further than an hour in before Chrono Trigger picks up speed. Twilight Princess takes a similar amount of time on the intro section, people just need to dedicate enough time to a game when they first play it or they could be lost to it forever.

[Timesplitter14]

Shadow of the Colossus was better

*runs away*

[S2Killinit]

LMAO. funny bubs. Yeah Shadow of Colossus is also in that caliper. But I personally liked Ocarina of Time more even though I never got to finish it because my brother hugged the system and then lost the game for me. /:

[S2Killinit]

quite possibly it is. For me Shenmue is also up there.

[Kryptix]

A majestic game for it's time, but even though I used to finish it every 2 or 3 years...too many amazing games have come out all these generations for me to disagree.

Used to be #1 for me for over 2 decades, but my mind and heart isn't so nostalgic anymore and always debates on the greatest game.

[BattleAxe]

"Ocarina of Time is Still the Greatest Game of All Time"

Nah, that honor belongs to Socom 2.

[remixx116]

I love this comment.

[oIITSBIIo]

What does the greatest game of all time mean anyway?
I would say it's the game that you can play after 10+ years of release for the first time and you can still feel it's a great game not just OK or good, for me that didn't happen with OOT but it happened with Chrono Trigger I've played it for the first time in 2015 and damn it's a great game not the best of all time but one of the best for sure, in case of OOT it's outdated and most newcomer won't be amazed by what the game is offering, for me Zelda WW is way better than OOT.

Short answer OOT is not the best of all time or even close maybe it was once but not anymore.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

In terms of gameplay quality, I honestly preferred Majora's Mask over Ocarina, and Link's Awakening [and the Oracle twins] over A Link to the Past.

But in terms of what Ocarina signified for the era of 3D Adventure games?

It had a far bigger impact on gaming as a whole than any amount of recent-gen games could ever lay claim to.

I'll be flayed alive for saying it, but despite its plot not being as deep or emotional, it still meant more for the gaming industry as a whole than cinematic experiences like The Last of Us or popularized indies like Minecraft.

It and Mario 64 were era-defining games who's importance cannot be measured merely by review scores or fan opinions.
That's why I'd say it was the best of all time; it transcends beyond its individual characteristics as a game, and set itself a place in history by virtue of how many standards it set for adventure games going into the future.

To be perfectly blunt, adventure games like Witcher, TES, and many others might not be as awesome as they are today, if it weren't for the influences that carried on down the line to many other games before them, that all got at least a few pages of their books from Ocarina of Time.

[Sirk7x]

Well said man. It has definitely aged, but Ocarina of Time is the giant that countless games after have stood upon.

[Count_Bakula]

No argument here.

[jcnba28]

Without a doubt. The ending alone was a masterpiece.

[chris13gt]

Nope.Deus Ex is the greatest game of all time.

[Scrivlar]

Dark Souls. I actually struggle to enjoy other games now because they're so shit in comparison.

[nitus10]

I do agree the Souls series and Bloodborne are definitely old school in that there is no pausing although you can save anywhere in the game but if you die it's back to the last bonfire/lantern for you minus your souls or blood echo's.

[Scrivlar]

Sorry mate not trying to be an arse here but I'm not sure what you mean by that, Do you not like the death part and losing souls is that what you're saying?

I personally don't really mind too much but it's not really the difficulty that I enjoy it for it's more for the gameplay style and the world, love the enemies too and all the different types of weapons and armours etc.

[scark92]

Everyone has different opinions, saying it as fact would be ignorant.

[CorndogBurglar]

An opinion stated like a fact is still just an opinion. You shouldn't have to see the words "in my opinion", or "I think" in a sentence to know its an opinion.

They teach these things in like 2nd grade. Its not difficult to comprehend.

Its not ignorant to say, "Ocarina of Time is the best game ever". That is obviously an opinion. Whats ignorant is not being able to tell that a statement like is in fact an opinion, and nothing more.

[lifeistranger]

To its credit is an editorial, though wrong

[demonddel]

Don't forget about Majoras Mask

[lifeistranger]

IMO MM is vastly overrated

[Clumpy]

I can honestly say that OoT is the best game ever made. And i can shamelessly say that you're wrong if you think otherwise! OoT DOES have a worthy opponent though... Dark Souls 1.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

IMO, Dark Souls isn't an opponent; it's Ocarina's student.
Just like many other Adventure games before it, Dark Souls is the benefactor of standards in adventure games that Ocarina of Time was practically the fore-father/creator of.

[NorthernFrost]

Neither of those games are adventure games.

[Eidolon]

Wow, you really love Ocarina of Time to make up that BS.

[ColonelHugh]

Saying Dark Souls can't compare to Ocarina of Time because OoT created the mechanics is pretty ignorant. It's like saying you can't consider Gears of War or The Last Of Us to be worthy TPS cover shooters, because Kill.Switch did it first.
But then someone can just come in and say System Shock built those blocks it's standing on, and Destructors long before that.

As for Ocarina, you don't even have to leave the series to see it was founded on it's top-down predecessors. If you do leave the series, it becomes apparent that Ocarina not only took many concepts from other titles of the era, but that it wasn't even terribly revolutionary, except that it was popular and incorporated these worthy designs. Lock-On had been done before, many times. Daggerfall came out TWO years prior, and Brave Fencer Musashi had--get this-- open-world 3D map, day/night time cycles, weather, 3D dungeons, and (BONUS!) survival mechanics like hunger and tiredness affecting combat.

As for Dark Souls, YES, Demon's Souls took many cues from Zelda's combat. It is still mostly a progression on the old King's Field games from PlayStation's first two generations merged with more welcome gameplay mechanics.

Games are founded on a natural progression. Innovation is a pyramid, you'll find more of it going back years then you will now.

[Mr_cheese]

I thought OOT was a great game during it time, the only reason I hold it close to my gaming me pried is nostalgia, but for me personally, I've played a lot of games since that I've preferred.

[bluegoblin]

Well it would be ridiculous to think that gameplay and graphics havent improved in 18 years. However i can still go back and play ocarina of time and it has aged very well. Stil very playable and enjoyable.
Last boss fight still has the mosy epic soundtrack i can remember in any videogame

[k2d]

Actually, it's pretty far from being the greatest.. detail and depth and all..

[Morgue]

There never is the " greatest game " but one of the best for me at least is Castlevania - Symphony of the Night, Silent Hill 2. That and this game called RIPPER! that was released through Avalon Hill a way long time ago for the Commodore 64. So many cool simple games from those days that no one appreciates because of crappy graphics and what have you but man. Many hours as a kid sitting in front the tv playing text adventures.

[cyphertech]

I was worried I'd be the only one to bring up Silent Hill 2.

[jairusmonillas]

FF7 is the greatest game of all time.

The hype for FF7 remake is real unlike any mediocre zelda tittles that nobody outside of nintendo fans are interested in.

[bluegoblin]

Lol and no one cares about final fantasy games outside of final fantasy fanboys. You see hpw stupid your argument is?

Besides Ocarina is a better game than ff7

[Gatsu]

Life is Strange, Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid 3. My top 3 of all time during 20 years of gaming.

[QuickdrawMcgraw]

Is it the best game of all time...I don't know for sure...but I do know it is the only game I ever stood and clapped for when I finished it...

[bluegoblin]

With tears in your eyes im sure....yes i agree bro. Best game ever for me...broke so many barriers at the time and just delivered everything perfectly....Nintendo at its very best

[StormLegend]

Totally agree! it's the best game ever created IMO

[microgenius]

How childish!
To ME Green beret is the greatest game of all times
Prove ME otherwise

[DivineAssault]

Link to the past is my favorite zelda of all time.. Ocarina was amazing for a 3D polygonal game that evolved how you can lock onto enemies in a 3D space.. Had a great story too but i prefer the snes version..

[DashArrivals]

TOTAL BULLCRAP. I played the game when it first came out... it's really really awesome, but best of all time? Don't make me laugh. Final Fantasy 7 is a lot better. I know it's this guys opinion, but I don't think he will find as many people as he thinks he would, that actually agree with him.

[VJGenova]

OOT was, and always will be, an over rated, slow, clunky, and most of all annoying game.

Link to the Past is hands down the best zelda game. Followed very closely by the oh so popular Link's Adventure.

I am dead serious too.

[brando008]

Still my personal favourite

[bluegoblin]

Make that 2 of us....

The last of Us came close though..i must admit

[bluegoblin]

Without a shadow of a doubt....

Honorable mentions throughout my gaming years that actually made me question this (before i came back to my senses) are:

Snake eater
The last of Us
Uncharted 2
Grand theft auto: San Andreas
Resident Evil 4 (yes yes i loved that game to pieces since it still retained the horror element while expanding the gameplay and story unlike shit 5 and 6)

[SonyPS360]

We get it. You liked the game. Now please; stop.

[Metallox]

Every single 3D Zelda game released since Ocarina of Time has been better, even the infamous Skyward Sword, so nope.

[WheatBread]

Every single 3D Zelda game released since Ocarina has been worse.

[SuperbVillain]

i think that title belongs to alan wake thank you very much

[cyphertech]

Alan Wake would be a contender if it was more difficult and had actual survival horror elements.

[SuperbVillain]

i forgot to the /s

[Wotbot]

Super Mario on the snes, the great example of a great game with 96 levels, trying to find them all was pure genius.

[Knightofelemia]

As much as I love Ocarina of Time my favourite Zelda games have to be Twilight Princess and a Link to the Past. As for Ocarina of Time being the greatest thats up for debate every fan of a certain series is going to say this one game is the greatest of all time. Whether its Zelda, Final Fantasy, Mass Effect or the Tales series just to name a few titles for an example.

[WheatBread]

OOT and ALTTP are the only Zelda games I liked.

[ZeekQuattro]

Its one of the greatest games of all time that is for sure.

[Artemidorus]

One of

[LuisAlmeida]

Ocarina of Time is the Greatest Game of All Time? I don´t agree! It is very good? I don´t like Zelda, but yes! It is a game that has marked a generation? Of course! Has set a genre? Sure. But during all these years they were launched best games in several ways. Better story, better gameplay (and the most important of them all), better graphics, better sound, technological advances and game mechanics, etc.

[Night99]

Ocarina of Time is together with Uncharted 2 the most overrated game of all time in my opinion. Honestly the first time i tried to playe Ocarina of Time was with the 3DS Remake and all I thaught the whole times was why the hell is this game viewed often as the best game of all time. The world is small and even with this small overworld there isn't that much going on, not many places to explore nothing, many of the dungeons are just boring and tedious like especially the watertemple but the other temples are not that much better, it is nothing like the fun intuitive dungeon design of The legend of zelda twilight princess and the controls of ocarina of time are just very clunky sometimes. The only reason why Ocarina is viewed often as the best game is only because of the childhood memorys some games have with this gamen and the fact that this game was so revolutionary at its time but compared with todays games and newer Zelda games Ocarina is just extremely outdated and not a good game anymore. Twilight princess is in my opinion so much better in every aspect.

[jznrpg]

Hard to pinpoint best game of all time its subjective, but Ocarina is one of my favorites no doubt. Timing in your life and how long you have been gaming has a lot to do with favorite/best games imo.

[rhap]

The best game hahahahahhahahahhahahahhahahah ahhaaa

April Fools' Day was yesterday, dude.

[nevin1]

Yeah that title should go to a game also released in 1998.

MGS1.

[Gaming4Life1981]

A link to the past was better but ocarina was great as well.

[Helloween13]

Bloodborne, The Last Of Us and Uncharted 2 are a million times better and you still cant consider them as the greatest games of all time, they might be mine but everyone is different, Oot FOR me was one of the most boring games I have ever played, FOR me Shadow Of the Beast on the Amiga 500 was way better

[SoulCrusherDestroyer]

It's not even the best Zelda let alone best game of all time.

[jjb1981]

I just feel that the graphics(at the time), music, story, gameplay, sound effects all went together to produce the immersive qualities of the greatest game ever. I still get giddy when I hear the lost woods theme song. (That's my ringtone). That was maybe 16 years ago and I still compare games of today to the standards that this game set.

[beggda35]

I am really excited to see the new Zelda, this is going to be an amazing E3 from Nintendo.

[Tankbusta40]

Not even the best game of that generation, that my friends goes to Metal Gear Solid, but I respect his opinion and its still a good game.

[GrmpyolGamer]

Greatest game of all time? Not in my opinion. Greatest Zelda of all time? I can agree with that

[cyphertech]

Silent Hill 2 is the best game of all time.

[lifeistranger]

OoT isn't even the best Zelda game. SS all the way.

[aquaticDonut]

Those hardcore nostalgia goggles, though.... I get that it did a lot of new things for its time, but it's been surpassed in every way since then by a number of games. To say otherwise is pretty insulting to game developers. That their games can't compare to a game that barely understood how to use 3D controls properly since it was so new at the time.

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

Lol this is so subjective...my greatest will always be crash bandicoot! I think 2? I can't even remember but I played the shit out of that game as a kid. James Bond on N64, original resident evils on PS1 and bioshock. Bioshock evoked actual thought and emotion into me. I also played the hell out of ocarina of time, mass effect and uncharted 2.

[Hitoemi]

There are far better games the this game.

[DrumBeat]

I disagree.