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      ProChuga
      i have to say Ocarina of time holds its place firmly at #1, it was the first game that i [...]
      i have to say Ocarina of time holds its place firmly at #1, it was the first game that i ever played, and captivated me every day of me playing me...All i wonder is how it took me 6 years to beat it..(water temple), but now i can beat it in 2 days. 2nd place would have to be Majora's mask. that game.that game..it was difficult, but it was so freakin awesome. The only problem i have with the game is the water temple(always the hardest), but other than that, the game has so many side quests and possibilities it really puts those thinking muscles to work. Keeping track of time, collecting masks, fighting, and solving problems... very exciting. 3rd place would have to be the wind waker, so huge of an environment for its time, especially for a Zelda game, although not as many side quests as i would prefer the storyline of this game were amazing, i couldn't of asked for a game like it to be any better. Twilight princess was a huge let down to me and many other zelda fans, first problem was when it first came out i beat it in the first 2 days of arrival in stores, it just didn't feel like a classic zelda game for me, the older the better is normally the case for zelda games. Don't get me wrong, there were classic zelda features to the game...but...a bazooka!? really now, this guy saves your but with a rocket launcher... and i thought for a second that Ganon wasn't the main villain in this game, i thought it was the twilight lord, but boy was i wrong. The DS games were a let down, they just don't have the feel of even being a Zelda game, and for me, the phantom hourglass was so hard to beat on the whole phantom temple or whatever that place was, in fact i had to buy a strategy guide to get me through it half the time. Over all i think the Zelda games will always be my favorite series, even outranking the Fallout series and Elder Scrolls series. FYI, only zelda game that i never beat was minish cap, the last boss, i'm just not that good with her moves, even with the gameboy gamecube adapter.
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      christopher-gardiner
      Wind Waker was and still is the best Zelda game in existance, because it was the one that got me [...]
      Wind Waker was and still is the best Zelda game in existance, because it was the one that got me into the series, and was the first one that i have played, with Ocarina of Time at close second.
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      navi-the-fairy
      You're very biased, you know. If you can blame Zelda 1 for aspects of it that are primitive and only [...]
      You're very biased, you know. If you can blame Zelda 1 for aspects of it that are primitive and only there because it was first, then you should probably point out that A Link to the Past has very little character development at all and is relatively uninteresting to many people who've not had experience with any games prior to the 3D shift. Take off the nostalgia goggles, being amazing for the time doesn't always mean amazing now. And for Ocarina of Time, where do I start. The field is bland, the characters are a clear step backwards from Link's Awakening, the only half of the inventory is usable at any point and the time traveling forces you to be unable to use items you've already obtained, the owl and the fairy hold your hand constantly, the first three dungeons are a chore and the game only gets good part-way through, and the game's biggest hook is "wow it's in 3D." I adore A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time, I adore all of these games, but none of them are perfect and if you really want to make a list of what makes these games good and bad you should try a little harder :P
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      CanadianBeaverHunter Incredible game.
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      Spybreak8
      Sweet, sweet sounds from the SNES. Oh man it doesn't help that this was my first Zelda game and where [...]
      Sweet, sweet sounds from the SNES. Oh man it doesn't help that this was my first Zelda game and where the love started. Sadly other than the DS Zelda games I've missed out on the modern ones.
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      R_U_Guys_From_British Wow, it doesn't seem like we've had a year of GMOTD already! Hope to hear more!
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      AntistasMetroid
      awesome u put this up this week. just got readdicted to san andreas and then i see this beauty. good [...]
      awesome u put this up this week. just got readdicted to san andreas and then i see this beauty. good lookin G.R.
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      skeletalbutton No doubt that this is an awesome article, but... why now?
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      TheDude97 I am SHOCKED GR. How could you champion a game that causes murder, robbery and rape. Shame on you!
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      RFswitchBlade CT is pretty high on my list of my favorite games of all time.
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      twishart No mention of Chrono Symphonic!? http://chrono.ocremix.org/ I did the album art, many years ago.
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      ZenPhoenix
      And yet again, another great pick! CT was actually the music I initially downloaded on my first visit to OCR, [...]
      And yet again, another great pick! CT was actually the music I initially downloaded on my first visit to OCR, after hearing you guys brag it up on TDar a few times. Keep it coming!
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