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Compared to Dark Souls III it feels ancient in every way, but the exploration loop it invented is still the blueprint everyone copies.
Game entry
The Legend of Zelda
1986 · Action-adventure · NES, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U · Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda is ranked no. 385 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,735 and 65% of duels won.
World rank
no. 385
ELO score
1,735
Wins
65%
Duels played
255
About The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda is the first title in the Zelda series, it has marked the history of video games particularly for it's game mechanics and universe. The player controls Link and must make his way through the forests, graveyards, plains and deserts of the Otherworld to find the secret entrances to the eight dungeons and try to restore the broken Triforce. Among the game's mechanics, it was the first time we saw a continuous world that could be freely explored, power-ups that permanently enhanced the main character's abilities and a battery save feature that allowed players to keep their progress instead of having to start over. The gameplay balanced action sequences with discovery, secrets and exploration.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,735 ELO points over the last 123 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Portal 2 100% 3 duels played · 234 points behind
- against The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 67% 3 duels played · 7 points behind
- against Dark Souls III 67% 3 duels played · 175 points behind
- against Red Dead Redemption 33% 3 duels played · 30 points behind
- against Catherine 50% 2 duels played · 105 points ahead
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1,951
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Red Dead Redemption 22018 · Action-adventure
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas2004 · Action-adventure
1,912
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past1991 · Action-adventure
1,911
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21 comments
roob_joe
Compared to Dark Souls III it feels ancient in every way, but the exploration loop it invented is still the blueprint everyone copies.
FrameKid2
Entiendo lo del molde, aunque más que blueprint yo diría que es el punto de partida. ¿Vos lo jugarías hoy sin guía?
Aaron_85
Me parece que está un poco alto en el ranking (aunque quizás sea porque no lo viví en su momento).
Moral2003
Yo también anotaba todo en cuadernos, como tantos en esa época. Comparado con lo de ahora parece de otro planeta, y sin embargo ahí sigue.
ArcadeKnight
Yo lo jugué poco, o más bien a ratos, y algo tiene igual.
RetroSniper19
Lo jugaba en casa de un vecino que tenía la consola, y como no era mío tenía que anotar todo en un cuaderno porque no había forma de guardar bien, o eso creíamos, y pasábamos tardes enteras dibujando mapas a mano, una locura pensándolo ahora.
Leo_91
Esa sensación de perderse sin ayuda es justo lo que Portal 2 o The Witcher 3 te ahorran con sus mapas y marcadores, y a veces se extraña ese vacío...
BossWolf
Il a posé les bases, personne dit le contraire, mais le comparer aux jeux d'aujourd'hui dans un même classement ça n'a pas beaucoup de sens pour moi. Sa place devrait refléter son influence, pas sa jouabilité brute.
Élodie_44
Faut le juger avec son époque en tête, sinon aucun classique tient debt. Tu le remettrais où toi alors?
EmileWarden
Influence isn't gameplay. I respect it, I really do, but respect doesn't make it fun to play in 2024.
NovaRex2
pourquoi comparer influence et jouabilité comme si c'était incompatible, un jeu peut peser dans les deux sens non
RetroSamurai
¿Alguien más se perdía horas enteras sin mapa y sin saber qué hacer? Yo recuerdo pedir ayuda a mi primo mayor todo el tiempo.
sporer_elva
Same here more or less, minus the notebook (mine were just scraps of paper I kept losing).