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Game entry

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1998 · Action-adventure, Sandbox, Puzzle · Nintendo 64, Wii, Wii U, 64DD · Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is ranked no. 104 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,833 and 66% of duels won.

World rank

no. 104

ELO score

1,833

Wins

66%

Duels played

2,652

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About The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the fifth main installment of The Legend of Zelda series and the first to be released for the Nintendo 64. It was one of the most highly anticipated games of its age, and is listed among the greatest video games ever created by numerous websites and magazines. The gameplay of Ocarina of Time was revolutionary for its time, it has arguably made more of an impact on later games in the series than any of its predecessors even though they had the same cores of exploration, dungeons, puzzles and item usage. Among the gameplay mechanics, one of the most noteworthy is the time-traveling system. The game begins with the player controlling the child Link, but later on an adult Link becomes a playable character as well and each of them has certain unique abilities. Ocarina of Time also introduces the use of music to solve puzzles: as new songs are learned, they can be used to solve puzzles, gain access to new areas and warp to different locations. Dungeon exploration is somewhat more puzzle-oriented than in earlier games but they are not too complex.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,833 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 101 Hades 1,836
  2. 102 Spec Ops: The Line 1,835
  3. 103 Pokémon Platinum Version 1,834
  4. 104 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1,833
  5. 105 The Last of Us Part II 1,833
  6. 106 Super Mario Galaxy 1,833
  7. 107 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 1,833

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  1. SammieDragon

    I know I'm biased since this was my first Zelda ever, but comparing it to BotW just feels unfair, they're doing completely different things and yet people always pit them against each other in these duels, I'll take the dungeons any day.

    FrameRex2

    Dungeons over open world any day for me too (unpopular opinion apparently), but let's be honest, half of us just vote nostalgia and call it design.

  2. lfarrell

    still the gold standard imo, no cap tbh

  3. Frédéric_1997

    Franchement je pourrais en parler pendant des heures, ce qui est déjà pas mal pour un jeu que j'ai fini y'a un bail, et pourtant à chaque fois qu'on le compare à Breath of the Wild dans un duel je sens que les votes penchent sur la nostalgie plus que sur autre chose, mais bon ça reste mérité je trouve.

  4. BossPilot2

    Frente a Breath of the Wild, este sigue ganando en memoria, aunque pierda en votos.

    yleannon

    I got it as a birthday gift and barely left my room for two weeks straight.

    ComboWarden

    Replying to yleannon

    deux semaines d'affilée, sérieux ? t'avais école à côté ou t'as tout sacrifié ?

    ComboLegend

    Les votes penchent surtout vers celui qui a le plus de fans encore actifs sur le forum, pas vers le meilleur jeu.

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