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While I'm relatively new to the forums I can't help but notice This signatures that state. *Will Not Remove Until A Zelda Title Scores 99/100 On Metacritic Or Higher, started November 21, 1998*Ocarina of Time stands with a 99/100 from Metacritic. It is the BEST ZELDA GAME EVER, AND THE BEST GAME EVER. NewZelda fanboys, end of line. OoT is the best game ever.
So I decided to check out what Metacritic was. Basically for other who don't know the site is where many news site and gaming sites post their ratings of games that come out. The scale is 1-100 with a score of 100 being prefect. The signature above states that LoZ OoT has an average of 99. Which is correct however, it forgot to mention that the score is out of an average of 22 critics. Meaning that the game was only scored by 22 different sites at the release of the game. While LoZ SS has a score of 93 which is still an excellent score. However, this is out of an average of 81 critics meaning there were more news/gaming sites criticizing the game.
So I went to each page and pulled up the scores of each an found that LoZ OoT has 18 100s. Which is great. While LoZ SS has 27 100s which is fantastic. The only reason why LoZ has a score of 93 is because 3 critics graded it lower than 75. This is only 3.7% of the score which is really good. So I don't completely agree with all the other signatures as stated above because of the fact that LoZ SS had almost 4x the amount of critics with only 3% not totally falling in love with the game. While the scores are across the board ending at a 60 I still think that LoZ SS is a better game. Because when LoZ OoT came out it was the 1st 3D LoZ game making it brand new to the critics who gave it such high scores. So to all of the LoZ OoT fans please don't hate because I'm not trying to start a war but to blindly follow a rating site seems like a unjust way to justify why you belive that LoZ OoT is the best game in the franchise.
Also before you flag me as one of the fans who never grew up with the game I will gladly tell you that my family got the game when it was released and still have the copy as well. But I never got into it because I found it terribly boring when I was younger. Heck I didn't really like The LoZ series till I was like 12. My first game being Wind Waker. The game opened up my eyes to how fun the LoZ series could be. Which is why I put it way above OoT. Also I've tried to play OoT since I've become older but still haven't really enjoyed it so I haven't played all the way through it. Because a game to me needs to capture you a the beginning, like LoZ SS, LoZ WW, LoZ TP, and LoZ ST, not at the middle which OoT is like to me except that I haven't got that far because I find it boring. Not to say I don't enjoy older games. For example, I'm playing through LoZ OoA I haven't completed it yet but I find the game to be incredibly fun.
So All I want is your opinions as too why LoZ OoT is a better game without using rating sites or just you opinion is general on the LoZ series as a whole.
So I decided to check out what Metacritic was. Basically for other who don't know the site is where many news site and gaming sites post their ratings of games that come out. The scale is 1-100 with a score of 100 being prefect. The signature above states that LoZ OoT has an average of 99. Which is correct however, it forgot to mention that the score is out of an average of 22 critics. Meaning that the game was only scored by 22 different sites at the release of the game. While LoZ SS has a score of 93 which is still an excellent score. However, this is out of an average of 81 critics meaning there were more news/gaming sites criticizing the game.
So I went to each page and pulled up the scores of each an found that LoZ OoT has 18 100s. Which is great. While LoZ SS has 27 100s which is fantastic. The only reason why LoZ has a score of 93 is because 3 critics graded it lower than 75. This is only 3.7% of the score which is really good. So I don't completely agree with all the other signatures as stated above because of the fact that LoZ SS had almost 4x the amount of critics with only 3% not totally falling in love with the game. While the scores are across the board ending at a 60 I still think that LoZ SS is a better game. Because when LoZ OoT came out it was the 1st 3D LoZ game making it brand new to the critics who gave it such high scores. So to all of the LoZ OoT fans please don't hate because I'm not trying to start a war but to blindly follow a rating site seems like a unjust way to justify why you belive that LoZ OoT is the best game in the franchise.
Also before you flag me as one of the fans who never grew up with the game I will gladly tell you that my family got the game when it was released and still have the copy as well. But I never got into it because I found it terribly boring when I was younger. Heck I didn't really like The LoZ series till I was like 12. My first game being Wind Waker. The game opened up my eyes to how fun the LoZ series could be. Which is why I put it way above OoT. Also I've tried to play OoT since I've become older but still haven't really enjoyed it so I haven't played all the way through it. Because a game to me needs to capture you a the beginning, like LoZ SS, LoZ WW, LoZ TP, and LoZ ST, not at the middle which OoT is like to me except that I haven't got that far because I find it boring. Not to say I don't enjoy older games. For example, I'm playing through LoZ OoA I haven't completed it yet but I find the game to be incredibly fun.
So All I want is your opinions as too why LoZ OoT is a better game without using rating sites or just you opinion is general on the LoZ series as a whole.
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