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Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Zelda Ocarina of Time really isn't that impressive from a gameplay perspective, though. It was fun, but not ingenious or anything.That being said, "fun" is in the eye of the beholder. Halo and Call of Duty repeatedly break "copies sold" records. Almost every release there's some new sales record being broken, even though the sequel is the same game as the previous one.
So really, are game makers playing it safe, or are they just doing what they're supposed to be doing, which is make games that people want to play?
The game mentioned isn't spectacular now, but back then. Ocarina Of Time, or even Super Mario 64 were marvels back when they first came out. Spectacular visuals (yes, these were great graphics back in the day), a complete world (almost free roaming material), good storyline (well, pretty cliche but good enough), great gameplay (fiendish puzzles, etc.).
The thing is, the games these days have traits borrowed from games made back in the past such as these, which has kinda dulled the originality of games. I don't mind that, but when people say that "this is the best game ever" without taking into consideration the originality of the reason why they love the game, then ultimately that which made the gamer love the game in the first place eventually belongs to that game and not the original. It's like they claim ownership of that trait, and when they hear about the original, they immediately give it the shove because it isn't "as good" as the game the person loves, hence the reason why I said what I said. /rant
There are some awesome games back in the day. That's all I'm saying. Well, maybe not. But yeah.
