Koh -Vs- Ocarina of Time

[Sevenstitch]

I'd have to say that any early 3d game, when played today or compared to modern 3d games, will seem barren and plain. There just wasnt enough memory, money or time to make the giant sprawling worlds that games have today, much less add things in them.

OOT came out when I was ten-ish, and when I first played it, OOT was the single most greatest game I'd ever played. There were all these places you could go, and all these things you could do. There were lots of dungeons, and places to visit. It was magical.

As I got older, and moved on to newer games, I'd come back to OOT from time to time, you know, for nostalgia's sake. I still enjoyed it, and yet... It just wasnt the same. Age had set in, and 3d games just dont age gracefully. Not like a 2d game, where everything aside from how many colors or sprites can be used changes from system to system.

Was OOT a great game? Yes, it WAS, at least in the minds of those who enjoyed it when it first appeared back in 1998, but those who are unfortunate enough to not have played it directly after it's conception simply won't find the appeal, simply because games that are bigger, better, and shinier were played by them beforehand.

Nostalgia does exist, and it does affect one's opinion of the past. While I disagree with your judgements about OOT, I can agree that someone looking toward the past without rose-tinted shades would see OOT as plain, easy, and barren. It was, but at the time, It was the most, and best, we'd ever had, and I'm happy with it.

Just my