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Ocarina of Time — Best Game Ever?
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the best game yet made, according to a list compiled by readers and writers of the lauded British gaming magazine Edge. Their list of the hundred best games ever is top-heavy with Nintendo titles, a full five out of the top ten being released to a Nintendo platform. Obviously, this sort of thing can get contentious, and CNet's Crave blog spoke up quickly with a contrary opinion. "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is truly a masterpiece that should be thought of as one of the greatest games ever created. But to call it the greatest game of all time is a serious misstatement. Unlike Super Mario Bros., Ocarina of Time was released in an era where video games were booming and sales were on the rise. Simply put, everyone was playing video games, and the game was the best of its time. But no other game in history--Ocarina of Time included--was able to save an entire industry from almost guaranteed destruction the way Super Mario Bros. did, and it is for this reason that we should all give ol' Mario and Luigi credit where it's due." Let's hear it, then. What game deserves to top a list of the 100 best games ever made?
Apart from the millions of people who have played it constantly for nearly a decade? It's a social phenomenon for crying out loud, like pokemon except long-lived. It doesn't even compare to mario 1, which only takes like an hour to beat if you're good, has no multiplay, and sucks anyway.
If some companies would start producing really slick, well polished, 2D Adventure, RPG, and Strategy games, they would probably meet with a lot of success without much outlay.
Sorry....no. I used to believe that too, but after seeing the pathetic sales numbers of some really great games I have come the following conclusions:
First of all, you underestimate the viciousness of the average bitter hardcore fan of those genres. Nothing will be good enough for them, and if you try, they will first raise you to the skies and pin all their hopes of a revival of their favourite genre on you, and then when you don't do things EXACTLY the way they want (and each fan wants things differently) they will be on an online vendetta to destroy your game and possibly you personally. First you pour your heart out making your games, then you lose money, and then you get to see people dancing on your grave (take Troika for instance).
Secondly - doing these kinds of games is a LOT more work than creating a shooter, and it takes a lot of time and money to create the characters, the intricate branching storylines, the AI, the gameplay balance, the artwork, the depth and breadth of contents people expect these days. And then lots of reviewers will just quickly play through it, miss 90% of the content, and write a snide review slamming you for having outdated graphics and lots of bugs.
Being bitter is drinking poison and hoping someone else will die