I’m shocked by how little has changed about Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake – Reader’s Feature

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The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time looks great (Nintendo) The Switch 2 has proven to be far more powerful than one reader expected, as he’s much more impressed by Zelda: Ocarina…

The Switch 2 has proven to be far more powerful than one reader expected, as he’s much more impressed by Zelda: Ocarina Of Time than he expected.

Nintendo was the only one with the brass to release a big game in November and it looks like they’ve been rewarded for it in terms of reviews and sales for Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. And no wonder either. I’ve just beaten it and it way exceeded my expectations.

Obviously, the original is a classic, the classic of the era, but it’s nearly 30 years old now and no video game stays on top for that long. I’m not going to pretend to you that even the remake is the best game ever made now but… it kind of felt like that while playing it.

They didn’t change anything major about it and it was still the most fun I’ve had with a video game this year. That’s pretty amazing given how quickly games age and while the quality of the graphics is amazing for the underpowered Switch 2, what’s most incredible is how the design underneath hasn’t really changed at all.

If this was Sony or Microsoft and they didn’t immediately start showing off their new console’s graphics, with graphic demos and big name launch games that valued graphics above all, you’d know they were hiding something and that the console was no good. But Nintendo are too weird for that logic to work.

They had no tech demo and none of their games have had particularly spectacular graphics (although I do think Mario Kart World is underrated). There’s been some good third party ports, but I can’t say I’ve played most of them, as the games themselves I’ve already got on my PlayStation 5. I imagine that’s the same for a lot of people, especially as the games are full price on Switch 2.

So when you see how amazing Ocarina Of Time looks it is literally shocking. GTA 6 is clearly going to have the best graphics ever, but that’s running on the much more powerful PlayStation 5 and has a purely realistic modern world.

It’s not just the quality of the graphics, which seem like they shouldn’t be…

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