What Is So Great About Zelda ?

[The Devourer Of Worlds]

I have never enjoyed a game as much as I did OoT. Everything else absolutely pales in comparison, including the FF series.

And despite how much crap it gets from Zelda fans, Majora's Mask is also a rather excellent game. Its non-linear game play is the perfect complement to OoT's more linear style.

[Leucant]

The biggest set back for people trying to pick up the older games today is that they're too old now. You can't replace that feeling when your 8 years old and you turn on the system and your in a massive adventure and all you have is a sword, a shield, and an assortment of gadgets. It's like your living the part. What 15 year old is going to feel like that?

Plus, when you grow up playing Zelda you always anticipate the next one and it just gets you deeper into the series. I was such a fan by the time Majora's Mask came out that I loved the hell out of that game(even when you had to turn into all those damn statues to set off the switches). They could come out with a game where Link was a taxi cab driver and I'd probably put in about 80 hours of gameplay. Oh and btw, Link to the Past owns all.

[Roto13]

I'm a huge fan of the series. It's my favourite video game series in the world. I have the whole collection, minus those blasphemous cd-i games. I think the main problem you had was listening to the hype. When you play a game that everyone says is perfect, and then it's not, it seems like crap. That's what happened with me with Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts.

Hardly. Alpha Centauri, Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Daggerfall, X-Com, Civilization II, Final Fantasy VI and VII, Suikoden I and II - these games are all some years old, and remain some of the best there are. Better than most of the graphical l33tness we get these days.

If you play any of those games for the first time now, they seem dated. Well, I can't speak for Alpha Centauri or Bauldur's Gate, and I played VI when it first came out (it's my favourite ), but the rest are old and show it. Still great games, but they suffer from the same problem as Ocarina of Time in terms of age.

[Madame Adequate]

If you play any of those games for the first time now, they seem dated. Well, I can't speak for Alpha Centauri or Bauldur's Gate, and I played VI when it first came out (it's my favourite ), but the rest are old and show it. Still great games, but they suffer from the same problem as Ocarina of Time in terms of age.

I first played Fallout 2 about four years after release, and Fallout 8 years after its release. I played Alpha Centauri about five years after release - at a time when we had games like Civ III around, and I still think it's the best turn-based 4X game there is. I've only started playing Daggerfall recently, and that's what, 10 years after release Sorry, but whilst your argument may hold water for a portion of gamers, you're talking to someone who gives games a chance based on their gameplay before graphics.

Besides which, I played OOT when it was brand spanking new and I wasn't terribly impressed with the gameplay at that time, either

[Roto13]

We need a poll. (Don't even hint that I may not be a hardcore gamer )

[Spiffing Cheese]

I LOVE Zelda. Ocarina of Time is my favourite game, ever.

[ff7+ff10 gurl 100]

I LOVE Zelda. Ocarina of Time is my favourite game, ever.

[Evastio]

I don't find Zelda so great either. Probably because I haven't played any of them past "Zelda: A Link to the Past".

[Dreddz]

The biggest set back for people trying to pick up the older games today is that they're too old now. You can't replace that feeling when your 8 years old and you turn on the system and your in a massive adventure and all you have is a sword, a shield, and an assortment of gadgets. It's like your living the part. What 15 year old is going to feel like that?

Stop assuming Im Like That.

This is the only response I can respect so far

well hey it's not for everybody

[Leucant]

well i guess he's right it isnt for everybody... only for ppl with good taste for games i guess....

[theundeadhero]

OOT was my least liked Zelda game, but I really enjoy the others. I can't stand any of the Alundra games.

[Roto13]

I believe I played Alundra 1 a little, but I didn't like it. I didn't really play it enough to form a valid opinion.

[oddler]

I have to admit, TLOZ series doesn't have much that other RPGs don't. It used to be my absolute fave when I was younger before I got into FF. I'm still a fan... But there's one thing that bothers me about both series and that is this:

The storylines are fantastic and I like the way you really get into knowing the character(s) and the villain(s)... but after making so many sequels, where's the connections?! Some games I can pick out hints and inklings from the prequels but mostly they're just totally seperate games with one title. Confusion...

[ljkkjlcm9]

The storylines are fantastic and I like the way you really get into knowing the character(s) and the villain(s)... but after making so many sequels, where's the connections?! Some games I can pick out hints and inklings from the prequels but mostly they're just totally seperate games with one title. Confusion...

Uhm, yes completely true

THE JACKEL

[theundeadhero]

Zelda II on NES is a direct sequal to Zelda I.
Link's Awakening is a direct sequal to A Link to the Past
Minish Cap is a prequal to Four Swords.