Ultimate Zelda showdown!

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Poll Ultimate Zelda showdown! (60 votes)

Breath of the Wild 45%
Zelda: A Link To The Past 23%
Ocarina of Time 32%

Out of the three which is your favorite? These are usually in the top three of the Zelda games. I know people like others better.

The poll is for just these three though. What say you SW?

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#1 verbtex  Moderator
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Tough choice, but I chose BoTW

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#2 N64DD
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@verbtex said:

Tough choice, but I chose BoTW

Same. It got me into Zelda again.

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#3  Edited By uninspiredcup
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Probably go with A Link To The Past. Overall though I enjoyed Phantom Hourglass the most from the series, mostly good pacing, fun exploration and works exceptionally well for a game that basically has a single touch control, perfect bedtime game.

The weapon breakage in Breath of The Wild is simply not fun and serves no other purpose than to break the flow of combat with continual pauses. Nintendo fanatics like to make out it adds some incredible scavenging and managing resources, no, it's just annoying. By Oblivion Bethesda realized this and Skyrim scrapped it, and was all the better for it, the best thing they could do with the upcoming sequel is drop that shit like a bad habit. Another quibble with the UI, which is borderline unreadable.

Ocarina Of Time starts with a quick 20 minute dungeon, then for the next hour or sop the game has Link run across the map from one point to another doing errands, it's incredibly boring and the only gameplay part (sneaking into the castle) is mediocre stealth section that feels out of place. It gets better later but the opening is very, very weak.

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#4 lundy86_4
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OoT. I have a major nostalgia hard-on for that game.

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#5  Edited By Archangel3371
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Tough choice but I think I’ll go with A Link to the Past with Breath of the Wild right behind it.

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#6 JasonOfA36
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BOTW and ALTP is on equal footing for me, with BOTW like higher by microcentimeters.

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#7  Edited By judaspete
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I haven't played BotW, but the influence OoT had on gaming cannot be overstated. I can't see any game having that kind of impact again.

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#8 Alucard_Prime
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A Link to the Past is still my favorite, but I have not played BOTW, although I did play Ocarina and Wind Waker I still prefer the 2D masterpiece. Such a tight and focused experience, not one part of it feels unnecessary. One of the best 2D games ever.

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#9 uninspiredcup
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@judaspete said:

I haven't played BotW, but the influence OoT had on gaming cannot be overstated. I can't see any game having that kind of impact again.

Minecraft? Probably had more impact.

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#10 Dr_Vancouver
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I refuse to vote, all three are my favorites. Plus Wind Waker. BotW is my fave game ever made, but I can't let myself vote against the other 2.

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#11 aigis
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OoT > LTTP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BotW

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#12 superbuuman
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A Link to the Past very closely followed by botw...weapon breakage was the clincher..I find it annoying in botw. :P

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#13  Edited By UssjTrunks
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OoT and LTTP were more revolutionary. But BOTW is the best.

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#14 scatteh316
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The problem with these polls is that to make it unbiased people need to of played all 3..

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#15 princeofshapeir
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BOTW followed by MM

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#16 Jut
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Link to the Past.

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#17 Rovelius
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Being only halfway through BotW, I felt like voting for it would be dishonest. Went with A Link to the Past instead.

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#18  Edited By knight-k
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ALTTP of course.

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#19 ArchoNils2
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For me the choice is pretty easy, BotW, by far. I'm not really into the series, but I really love BotW

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#20  Edited By Sgt_Crow
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Breath of the Wild. I'm actually not a fan of OoT, and while ALttP is a masterpiece, it's still overshadowed by BotW.

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#21  Edited By KungfuKitten
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I love Twilight Princess, Breath of the Wild and Ocarina of Time/Majora's mask.

I replayed Twilight Princess HD remake and I didn't expect it to but it became one of my favorite Zelda games ever. The humor in the game, the story in that game, the ending, the dungeons. It was all great in TP.

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#22 mojito1988
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The freedom that BoTW offers is second to none. So that is easily my pick.

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#23 Aki2017
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I have enjoyed all the Zelda games, but BOTW impacted me in a way I'll always remember

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#24 Phazevariance
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@superbuuman said:

A Link to the Past very closely followed by botw...weapon breakage was the clincher..I find it annoying in botw. :P

I see a lot of complaints about weapon breakage but honestly, it was required. If you found a strong weapon that didn't break, you would never use anything else. Also, having everything breakable adds to the survival aspect of the game, so its 100% justified and a good mechanic as far as I'm concerned.

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#25 Valgaav_219
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From the list- Ocarina of Time. In general- The Windwaker.

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#26 drummerdave9099
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A Link to the Past is still my favorite, followed closely by BOTW

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#27 sonic_spark
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Of these 3 BotW. But my favorite, and the best Zelda IMO, is Twilight Princess.

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#28 Jag85
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OOT is still my ZOAT.

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#29  Edited By DJ-Lafleur
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Ocarina > ALttP > BotW

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#30 deactivated-5d1e44cf96229
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Ocarina of Time > Breath of the Wild > Link to the Past

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#31 Basinboy
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Recency bias much?

No LoZ game measures up to OOT.

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#32 jg4xchamp
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Link to the past over breath of the wild. It’s a much tighter game, and micro positioning aspect of the combat keeps it more engaging than the “better looking” but ultimately mindless combat of ocarina n botw.

Ocarina isn’t anywhere near that good. People who gas it up have way too high of an opinion of their child hood or are vain. You get over it’s technical achievement and it’s gameplay isn’t even remotely worth gassing up. The combat was is basically binary, the dungeon puzzles aren’t worthy of any praise sans like the water dungeon, and the bosses are pushovers.

Plus the games pacing is all over the place. Botw could use more depth, but it’s a far far more compelling game than the ocarina lineage. You know if you like things like games and not cheap parlor tricks.

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#33 stuff238
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It’s tough to pick which one I hate least. I find the series terribly boring with massive flaws in each game.

ALTTP is outdated garbage. I could argue it wasn’t even good when it first released.

OOT is just boring.

BOTW has game breaking weapons that break making the game super annoying and pointless to play. It defeats the purpose of playing video games. Why would I waste my time on a dungeon to get a rare weapon if it breaks in 3 hits?

This makes the player feel like garbage and basically tells you to just face ganon ASAP because you won’t have any better weapons anyway.