This post was originally posted in my IGN blog. You can go read it over here.
So I'm doing this thing where I'm writing a new blog post every day (already skipped a day, d'oh!), and since this is just my second one, I feel like I want us to get to know each other. I don't want to just jump in the sack and leave the next morning. Relax, have a drink! Let's talk about our lives...
I grew up as a Nintendo kid and I do have to admit: I will always lean a little towards the Nintendo side -- I can't help it, they've got my heart, matey. I play games on everything, except PC because that's a whole different beast to me and I don't have the patience for the drivers and all of that garbage. I just like to turn it on and go, man! But, anything Nintendo makes, I gobble it up like Garfield eating a lasagna. Don't know who Garfield is? Get outta here!
To get a little bit back on track, in my top ten, I have a variety of games from all three existing first parties, but this is not a top anything list, so I'll leave those for another time. After all, we are at IGN, so it's bound to happen. You guys want to know which game I'm talking about? Do you really? All right, already! Geez Louise. Can I get a drum roll please...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Say what?!
Yes, you read correctly. I don't know why you're acting so surprised. To me this is the best game ever, and you can't ever take that away from me! Neva! It's got so much sentimental value for me, and it holds up great, too. I know this because I've replayed it so many times, the last time was last year, around the holidays.
This was my first Zelda, and you know what they say: "Your first love is always the one you remember the fondest," or some crap like that. But it really is like that for me in this case. I had never played a game like that before in my life up until that point. Looking back, '98 was a pivotal year in my life! So many things happened that shaped me into who I am today. The story, the interaction with the characters, the items... I can tell you so much stuff about this game that I can really go on for like a couple more minutes.
I remember having conversations with my friends on which part of the game each one of us was and how to do certain things to get through them. I also bonded a lot with my cousin playing this game -- we don't live close to each other. It just brings back a lot of memories that I can't just ignore. Now you may be thinking "this (really, really, really good-looking) dude clearly loves this game due to nostalgic reasons." As I mentioned before, I've replayed this game several times, you guys! It doesn't feel dated in my humble opinion. Most of the mechanics for the modern 3D Zelda games were established by this game. You can't go wrong with this bad boy.
I'm not even sure why I'm trying to make a case for this game, it's one of the most beloved games across the board! Oh God! The music. I forgot to mention the music. To this day I still remember how to play most of the songs on the N64 controller. Seriously, best game ever. What's your favorite game? Sound off in the comments below and we can have a little chat over whose opinion is correct over some marshmallows and gummy worms.