Comments on: Zelda game voted best game of all time--WRONG

A recent poll that names The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time readers' favorite video game of all time is appalling.

[fifpb99]

You're thinking most influential...

Ocarina = best. SMB = Most Influential.

Using a bad analogy, that would be like saying a silent movie from the 20's is better than 'The Departed' because the silent movie had a big impact on the movie industry. The best game means the game that was the most fun, innovative at the time, and had the best story and characters. Ocarina definitely fits the bill for that. Super Mario Bros. was innovative at the time, sure... but a story and characters were nonexistent. (A plumber has to save a princess by jumping on mushrooms...)

Anyways my point is... while yes, Super Mario Brothers launched videogames into the mainstream, it is certainly not the best game ever because of it. Videogames are made to entertain, and if I play Super Mario Brothers and then Ocarina, it's the latter that entertains me the most.

[RickMan2K]

re: Most Influential

I have to agree with fifpb99's post, because with that logic, then PONG, from the original Atari, console that I got in my youth would have to be a top game, because hey it was the first, even though it came with the console.

Would anyone really rate pong a great game???

[brianbot5000]

Snooty Nerd Syndrome (SNS)

C'mon...you can't throw out a "Famicom" as if that's the normal terminology...in sort of a "I'm so cool I use the JDM name cause that's what I know it as" way. It's trying too hard to be super cool about the most uncool of topics.

But I agree on the Super Mario Brothers thing...

[lloydpowell23]

You are right--WRONG

The best game of all time is an subjective OPINION!

Your blog reads as if you believe your opinion to be fact. If the majority believe Zelda to be the best, then it is the best, no matter how many WRONGs you put in your title.

[JoshMck]

uhh...opinion?

obviously the title of "the best game of all time" is based completely upon ones own opinion. i feel no need to say more

[Dolphinbuddy--2008]

Mario not in the top 10?!

I agree that the list is an "opinion", but who wouldn't put Mario in at least the
top 10?

[John BR Williams]

This really isn't a big deal, but...

I agree with the general response here. I certainly find this entry to be pretentious and annoying. By taking such blatant and staunch exception to this poll's findings and saying that these results are "wrong" you are putting yourself in the God-like position of having the right to tell a large group of people that your opinion means more than theirs. You're certainly entitled to your opinion, and you're certainly entitled to post it on your blog, but I found this entry to be insulting, and considering the exposure this blog gets, that's just irresponsible.

[Smokey_pt2]

What about the classic systems?

What about all the old ZX Spectrum & Commodore games, ok they are not much graphically these days, but you still cant beat space taxi on the C64 for gameplay and sheer fun value. Whilst I am a BIG fan of the Zelda series, I still feel that saying Ocarina of Time is the best game ever is a very bold statement. What about Majoras Mask? Goldeneye? or even UFO Enemy Unknown, we should really be putting them into categories.
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[Christopher Hall]

Sir, there is a flaw in your logic

You assign credibility to an audience that has exactly none. The British gaming public, being bombarded by awful tabloids in place of their gaming news, are so jaded, so confused, that they wouldn't know gaming if it bit them. I lived there for about a year straddling 1996-1997, and I can't tell you how many previews I read in "gaming" magazines for 007: Goldeneye that [i]panned[/i] it because "the faces look crap".

Edge Magazine can take their reader poll and shove it, simply put. Don't get me wrong: [i]Ocarina[/i] is a fantastic game, and its beauty is not to be understated, but if you're going to ask the Brits to rank the whole of gaming, you might as well be asking the French for military strategery (or, to be fair, Americans for weight control advice). I swear it's all because of PAL.

For the record, I disagree with your assessment that Super Mario Bros. is the best game of all time. While ground-breaking and industry reviving all at the same time, few games did in terms of technical ability, playability, and downright insane fun as was achieved by Super Mario Bros. 3 for the NES.

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YOU SUCK ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME BEST GAME EVER ONCE AGAIN YOU SUCK IT'S NOT THE GAMES FAULT YOU SELF OWNED YOUR SELF INTO SUBMISSION NOOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bums4us]

lol your points are quite blunt but i agree with u :)

[The_AI]

Fail. SMB is a great game, but if you want to argue greatest game of all time, it's not it in my opinion. And you really shouldn't be a snob about the list, it IS an opinion after all.
There were so many better games released AFTER SMB. The games that I can think of that are "perfect tens" are:

Ocarina of Time (Of course)
Super Mario World (Better than Bros. by a long shot)
Half-Life (If you don't like this game, there is something wrong with you)
Star Wars: KOTOR (Best RPG of the last decade; kind of the wild card pick, but it totally qualifies)

[cloudsmiles1982]

I really don't get votes they really confuse me why popularity polls are taken to decide these things. if we did the same with pop songs some of the worst songs of all time would be up there on sales/popularity.

ocarina of time was an OK game, the graphics were the same as every N64 game every created which was very boring.
the gameplay was sluggish and in reference to the action/adventure category? there was very little action filling in the gaps of the story.
the story was a bog-standard attempt at a 'save the princess kill the bad guy' fairy tale and I think I actually saw the words 'defined the action /adventure category' or someting to that affect. the only game it seemed to influence was star fox adventures which of course was a terrifically boring game much like its over-glorified fairy brother.
oh yeah it aso felt like the story was made up and the puzzles were put in as filler.

and before you call me biast in some brand motivated by loyalty rant...DON'T i have owned every console - nintendo, sega, Sony, handheld, console whatever, i've played it.
some of these consoles had amazing games and some had bad games its the same with every console.

and 10 out of 10, 7.0 more like

i agree with super mario world, cool game but final fantasy 7 was far more epic and more action in it. also FF7 has had films and anime and numerous musical albums and concerts held and still being held to this day ten years later and the characters and characters story are still being told in spin-off titles which usually is the main reason for buying the game. This all suggesting that there was - logically - content to work with (story, characters, etc). can't see zelda having any of this, thus better story, more content, better characters, more to work with.

if there was a film for zelda i think it would just be mario bros. wouldn't it or Prince valiant maybe? see this is my point, the story is unbelievebly plagerized from other sources.

Final word:
this was of course proven by the unimaginative developers themselves when they released wind waker (ocarina of tima - again) carbon copy of ocarina of time, completely undisputable, same characters same nemisis, same story, same sluggish action, same, exact items that are picked up - megaton hammer, arrows, etc its embarrasing that this was given a 10 out of 10 never mind ocarina of time being voted the best game ever

I am embarrassed to be associated with this industry that holds this game in such high regard.


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