Adventure through Hyrule and become the Hero of Time when The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time releases November 5, 2026, on Nintendo Switch 2. Pre-order tod...
  • VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Looks pretty good, honestly. It seems to be going for an ultra-cinematic dream. Feels like that adequately captures the memory of OoT, which seems to be what they’re going for with this round of remakes.

    But I hate the voice acting. I’d be fine if they voice-acted the game, but they’ve inserted so much dialogue in. The guards yelling in the back of the scene where Ganondorf kidnaps Zelda fuckin ruined it for me man. The stillness and the score of that original moment… fuck.

    3DS remake is way too bright, but it’s still kinda the best remake of that. I do hope they bring something like that to HD soon, quite frankly.

  • emb@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Really like the look. Except all the textures and little details on Young Link’s hat (and outfit). For some reason that sticks out as overdoing it, and ends up kinda ugly.

    But yeah, seems like a pretty direct remake. The visuals have evolved so much that it feels different while staying very close to the original. I love the addition of a sprint. A jump button doesn’t feel necessary, but might be nice in practice. If you didn’t already like OoT tho, I don’t think this will change your mind.

    Another change they mentioned was that the day/night cycle continues even in towns now. I actually don’t like that. There was always that little bit of piece when I’d arrive in town before sunset. I don’t love day cycles in general, in OoT and most games it’s usually just annoying and worse looking at night.

    Glad to see the price is mostly reasonable.

    • Tattorack@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Glad I’m not the only one. I feel like they went overboard with the details on link.

      Yeah, you have a new high fidelity system than can handle all those details. But… Should you? Looks way too extra.

    • Guitar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I actually like the little details on Link. It looks like the Kokiri made their clothes out of leaves from the forest. That’s why there are veins in Link’s hat. I think it makes more sense than a community of children in a forest being able to grow and weave cloth.

      As far as day/night changes go, at least we will still have the Sun’s Song to change it whenever we want. But you make a good point about being able to relax in towns at sunset. I never liked how it would cut the music though.

  • _Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Not sure what to think.
    It seems to capture the original aesthetic pretty well, except for the characters which look a bit plasticky (and hair look very low quality).
    I still feel it’s unnecessary, but that’s how I feel about most remakes.
    Also I expected it to be $50 like Star Fox, being a remake of an N64 game.

    • ladel@feddit.ukEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I like how Zelda games often have a distinct art style between each other, but the plastic look is a bit offputting, although I’ll probably get used to it. It’s the way things that shouldn’t shine do shine, and then the rain makes everything super shiny.

  • Tamlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I haven’t played Ocariana of Time yet. I have never played a 3D Zelda if i think about it, but every single Top-Down Zelda, even the multiplayer. So was never in the mood to play a 3D Zelda, in some cases like botw i don’t even think to like the game. But i could have fun with a Ocarina of Time game. But this remake isn’t that convincing for me to pick it up. I mean i could have played this game for years already, but the new ones artstyle is sometimes good and some part are kind ugly. So doesn’t convice me that much…

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      9 days ago

      It sounds like 3D Zelda just aren’t for you, but if you want to try one, this is now the most modern way to play older (non-BOTW) style 3D Zelda game.

      • Tamlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        9 days ago

        I don’t know if it’s not for me. Part of the story is, that i didn’t own a Nintendo home console since the snes i played a link to the past on. It’s still a maybe if i pick it up or not.

  • Tattorack@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Played Ocarina of Time like 90% of the way on 3DS. I wonder if this would be worth it for me.

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I played about half of it recently. Last year I think. Looking forward to the remake.

      Everyone is different though, so you have to decide if it’s worth it for you or not.

  • ApollosArrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I feel like the style caught in limbo trying to please too many crowds and feels like it’s lacking a bit of identity. I may think otherwise when playing it later.

    • avg@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Agreed, if someone said this was a fan made render, I’d believe it.

  • DotEliot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is already my favorite video game, so a remake wasn’t something I really wanted honestly. The 3DS remake was fine, but I always preferred the N64 version. BUT after seeing this new game in action, I am sold. They got me. This looks phenomenal and I’m so thrilled. I only hope I can change the spoken dialogue to French like with BOTW and TOTK.

  • bruhbeans@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I’m not buying a switch 2 and I’m not buying yet another fucking Nintendo remake, least of all at full price. lmk when it hits the emu scene, meanwhile I’m playing the Dusk TP decompile