Friday, May 11, 2007

Ten games to play before you die
Our next game on the list is the very popular Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The Zelda series made its Nintendo 64 debut in 1998 with Ocarina of Time which was the first 3D Zelda.

Ocarina of Time starts with the main character Link sleeping, in his dream it is a dark, stormy night. A castle drawbridge lowers, a figure on a white horse rides out into the fields and a man wearing dark armour atop a black horse rides out after them, he stops, and gives Link a menacing glare and with that Link awakens in his treehouse home, with the fairy Navi trying to wake him. Navi informs Link that the protector of the forest – The Great Deku Tree – has requested his presence. Once there, Link is told that a curse has been placed upon the Deku Tree and it is killing him. So he gives Link a magical jewel and tells Link that he is to leave the forest to retrieve the other two jewels that are like the one he gave him so that he can gain access to the Legendary Master Sword to defeat the evil sorcerer that had put the curse upon the Deku Tree, Gannondorf. Soon enough Link is given the great responsibility of being the Hero of Time so that he can vanquish the evil Gannondorf to prevent him from taking over the world and restore peace to the kingdom of Hyrule.

The best parts of the game are:
• the large areas that this game has for you to explore;
• the first time you get to become adult Link;
• the gripping story line;
• the range of weapons and items that you find on your journey; and
• the unique bosses you encounter.

The worst parts of the game are:
• some dungeons in the game are long and confusing; and
• Gannondorf is cheap the first time you fight him.

Ocarina of Time is a fun and exciting game that will have you coming back for more every time. If you have a Nintendo Wii you can look forward to purchasing this game from the Nintendo Wii shopping channel and there are two remakes on the Gamecube one of which comes with The Legend of Zelda; Wind Waker and even has an edited version with harder dungeon puzzles, so go out and get a copy now if you already haven’t.

Black Dragon99

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