The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time2026

For me, this is just a perfect remake. It manages to take the sacred grave of video game history and do not inflict any scratches on it with a new edition, but instead fill it with pure holy water and thus only make the best rated game of all time even better. With the standing of what Ocarina of Time has, it was a huge risk to remake this game, but the remake managed to keep the soul of the original 100%, while adapting it to modern standards of gaming and wrapping it with a beautiful, unique art style. Although it looks so different visually than it did back then and plays so differently, it feels just as familiar and loved as the world you explored as a child. At the same time, the cinematic cutscenes translate what the child’s imagination played as head cinema at that time. And in my opinion, this is a masterpiece of a remake that is extremely difficult to achieve. Also the newly reworked soundtrack, which in its orchestral force creates even more goosebumps and in some places the atmosphere amplified many times (I’m looking at you Lost Woods), is simply grandiose and gives these iconic melodies an additional power. This game just gave me so much pleasure on so many levels that for the first time I had LUST to collect all 100 Skultullas and that’s a statement, lol. In addition, there is the point that you do not need an explanation to be able to understand the world pain of Hyrule after the Timeskip, because you have experienced peace yourself before. This is exactly the point that makes Ocarina of Time so much better than Breath of the Wild. With BOTW, you have never experienced the past, which has a decisive meaning for the story, but only visualized by flashbacks and can not develop such a strong emotionality as in OOT, where you were there. 60 hours of play time in 6 days, without the slightest sign of fatigue, but with persistent enthusiasm and wonder. And there will be many more until I scrutinize every square meter of Hyrule and talk to every NPC in every dialogue execution. This was by far the best gaming experience for me in over a decade. If The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess hadn’t captured my heart since I was a child, making it #1 on my favorite Zelda and video game list forever, the OOT Remake wouldn’t just be my favorite Zelda, but my favorite video game ever. I can’t wait to reach 100% after playing through the story and honestly can’t wait to play it all over again. I am maximally addicted. I hope that Nintendo recognizes the success of the classic Zelda Formula in today's age through this remake and finds an ideal middle ground between the OOT and the BOTW Formula for the next main title of the Zelda series, that would be an absolute dream... <3

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