A midterm generally occurs just before or after you’ve gained whatever dungeon item this specific place revolves around. Daily lessons come in the form of the map layout, puzzle design, and enemy patterns.
You enter with an equal mix of wide-eyed wonder and trepidation, not knowing exactly what’s in store for you. This is a game about a lot of things, including our bond with nature and a loss of innocence, (For more on those themes, check out Good Blood’s excellent video essay) and while the opening title screen has that in spades, this is really highlighted in Link’s first dungeon challenge as an adult.Īs I mentioned before, the best Zelda dungeons unfold like you’re taking a class throughout the course of a semester. The melancholy music laid over sweeping shots of Hyrule Field giving way to a solitary adult Link riding Epona was a beautiful thing in 1998, and it remained every bit as impactful during my recent replay. Right from the opening title screen, which remains a stone-cold classic, Ocarina of Time plants its flag in a very specific mood.
How are the dungeons? What’s your favorite dungeon? What’s your least favorite? Do you hope Tears of the Kingdom brings them back? When we talk about Zelda games, it’s almost always one of the first things that’s brought up. Just uttering the words “ Zelda dungeon” causes an immediate flood of thoughts, memories, preferences, revelations, and design decisions to come forward. Ocarina of Time being the series’s first foray into the wild blue yonder of 3D gaming, Nintendo managed to take everything that we loved about the Zelda formula and expertly translate it into a new dimension. If a Zelda game is only as good as its dungeons, then 1998’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time earns its title of masterpiece with ease.
Today’s game – 1998’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I’ll be relaying my thoughts through a set of short features highlighting one thing that stood out to me from each game. With Tears of the Kingdom finally upon us, I decided to embark on a journey over the past year to replay as many Zelda games as I could and see if this crash course through gaming history could help me glean any new insight into a series that has meant so much to me. The Legend of Zelda has been my favorite video game franchise for pretty much my whole life.
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