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The Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time for Nintendo 64 Videos >>
Rating Reviewed By Chris McDougal AlphaKiFrom Review Date 05/14/1999 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Overall - 4 stars. This game wasn"t perfect but it was close enough. I enjoyed the ending scene although many of my friends all that work for a little short scene like that wasn"t worth it. Overall, it"s great but it comes before Link to the Past story wise so it"s a little confusing having tot ell the story where we already knew about it, but I got through it.Sound I loved the Gerudo City Theme! The music isgreat the slash of the sword against anything is superior. Even without " cd " quality, this game still had good solid sound.Gameplay The Gameplay is only a 3. Simple, it's not extraordinary but it's not shabby either. The walking around was easy enough but the fighting left something to be desired. The fighting wasn't too tough butthe angles were not quite to my liking. Also, the length of the game is a little too short, LONGER than Star Fox but for a game of this magnitude, why not have it be 15 or 20 temples? At any rate, the gameplay's there.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Okay. Can we say "Great"? This game was the coolest. No, it wasn"t perfect, but it was the next best thing! Took creativeness to create this, though (*psst*) it was mainly based on the original LOZ. (You know where this 5-star rating is going to, right?)Sound The sound... 5 stars. How can all of that be described? There are like one million sounds in this friggin' game! (And they all sound awesome.) I really like that Gerudo Valley theme!Gameplay Simple, yet not so simple. Walking around is easy, as it always should be. But the sword combos and junk was neat, and the Ocarina? Forget the simple songs! That thing has an 1 1/2 OCTIVE RANGE. They went beyond notes for the game. If you fool around with it long enough (or buy the book I got) you'll see that you can gradually raise the notes with the control stick and get 'em flat and up to the next highest note with Z and R. I'm no musical genius, but I can play that Kakariko Villiage theme! (Got that from the book. E-Mail me if you wanna know how.) Plus the Z-Targeting and horse stuff was cool.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Charles DoaneFrom Phoenix, AZ Review Date 05/02/1999 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary This game is the one I had in mind when I shelled out the bucks for an N64, and most games hyped as much as this one have a tall order to fill. Zelda 64 does it, it"s an amazing game with every facet that made the Zelda series one of the all-time great series in videogames. Old-time Zelda fans will see plenty of familiar items, but it"s no simple rehash of an "80s NES game.Sound I know, it"s not a CD-based system, but the audio is used to great advantage, more so than most other games. It uses audio to guide the player, and the player can play music (simplistic, but catchy) to advance in the game. The game"s subtitle "Ocarina of Time" is well-chosen, the game is almost as much about sound as it is about sight, and it works extremely well.Gameplay The Ocarina is one of the really unique gameplay features, it uses the N64 controller much like a musical instrument allowing the player to use music as part of the game. As an adventure game, it has plenty of exploring to do and lots of secret areas, it even uses the rumble-pak to give hints as to the location of secret areas. Like the other games in the Zelda series, it has simple puzzles to solve, and little sub-games as well. Different enemies are affected by different weapons, and Link (you get to name him anything you like) acquires different skills and weapons as the game progresses, like any other Zelda game.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By MarkFrom San Luis Obispo, Ca, US Review Date 04/22/1999 Overall Rating 4 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Excellent in all categories, just didn"t get the 5 star rating cause i didn"t enjoy the gameplay enough.Sound not bad sound *shrug* nothing super special i didn"t think.Gameplay average, wasn"t my thing.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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