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FirstNameBasis's Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
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| [January 19, 2007 02:04:09 PM]
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After taking a break from Ocarina of Time I went back to play it to see if there was any huge aspects of the game that i missed. One very interesting quality of the game that I noticed was the use of Link's Ocarina. I can't remember a game before Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that used a musical intstrument in such a variety and cool ways. For instance, one song you acquire actually lets you control the sun and switch between day and night while you are traveling through the landscapes. I felt this feature really added to the theme found in the Ocarina of Time. Another intrugiuing asppect of the Ocarine was a song used to call your horse Epona. There is a certain song called Epona's Song that when played your horse will come running to you no matter where you are. I thought this was a useful feature that allows you to seek your horse when you loose it, which saved a bunch of time that would have spent looking for it. The last and one of the most innovative use of the Ocarina was the abilitiy to travel from being a child version of Link to being a grown up adult version of Link. While being the old version of Link he is unable to use some of the equipment from the child version, but also has many items that he can use and the child version can not. This is why I believe Zelda use of the Ocarina was one of the most intruiging and innovative features of the game.
-Eric
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| [January 19, 2007 01:55:50 PM]
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What more can be said about The Legend of Zelda's Ocarina of Time other than it is simply one of the best games ever made. This game's variety of missions and breathtaking landscapes makes each game playing experience unique and different each time you play it. I believe this game was on the first to use a combat system of its type. When fighting an enemy Link will focus on an enemy of your choice with the Z trigger. This made things a lot easier when trying to deal with a bunch of enemies at the same time. I believe this game was also an innovation due to your horse, Epony, that you get to ride around the beautiful lanscapes with. Besides reducing the amount of time for travel, the horse feature of this game was the first of a kind. Since Ocarina of time many games have added this pet feature for your hero to use, either to fight or to travel with. I also enjoyed in the very beginning of the game where you wake up in a forrest village with no weapons or a shield, very similair to the way you started out in the original Zelda on the NES. By not allowing the gamer to start out with weapons adds to the excitement that gamer will feel while he acquires new equipment Link can use.
-Eric
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