The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the best video game ever made.

I thank Underhill for the arguments. I’m going to counter-argument by suggesting better games, taking a somewhat in depth analysis with each one. Graphics In regards to graphics, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (OOT) has some atrocious graphics. As depicted below, the rough polygonal shapes, the simplistic sky, the textureless ground and the wall of the left made out of goodness-knows-what, surmount to an indication of woeful graphics. https://www.google.com.au... Comparatively, GTA III: San Andreas (GTA 3) has better graphics. Whilst not incredibly better, the ground actually has texture, for example. https://www.google.com.au... Sandbox Element I’d like to say that a sandbox element (i.e. free-roam; do what you want) can make a game extremely fun to play. It’s so nice to come home, after a stressful day at school or work, and just going around on a game doing whatever you want. Often, you don’t want to be further stressed with the rigours of a difficult game. The sandbox element in GTA 3 is incredibly good, arguably the best ever, and certainly much better than OOT’s. The sandbox element to GTA 3 is far superior to OOT. Here is a list of fun, sandbox-type things that you can do in GTA 3 (not including the main storyline, which takes approximately 32.5 hours to complete, 11.5 more than OOT [2]): - Driving passengers around, being a taxi driver - Driving injured people to hospitals - Crime-fighting as a police officer - Skill levelling (such a maximum sprinting time, weapons mastery etc.) - Committing burglary - Searching for high-powered weapons - Character customisation (albeit basic, but more intricate than OOT’s) - Listening to strangers on the street talk to each other (some conversations are quite interesting and/or amusing) - Listen to a dozen or so radio stations (again, some of the stuff said on the radio stations is quite funny. You can also listen to music) - Pimping - Driving a car, truck or motor-cycle (many different types to choose from) - Driving a train - Driving a boat - Riding around on a push-bike, being able to do tricks and be scored - Flying airplanes and helicopters - Jumping off buildings/planes with a parachute (or lack of one) - Shooting people - Fist-fighting people - General exploring Keeping in mind that these things are NOT part of the main storyline, meaning these aspects are the sandbox experience. Yes, OOT has sandbox elements too, but these are lesser in comparison to GTA’s. Total Sales My opponent has suggested that OOT has “7.6 million sales to date”. Whilst this isn’t cited, GTA 3 has, according to Take-Two Interactive, 21.5 million units sold [1]. Given that GTA 3 has far less time to accumulate sales (released in 2004, compared to OOT’s 1998 release), yet it exceeds OOT’s sales by a considerable margin, it should be obvious that in this regard, GTA 3 easily wins. Game of the year – in 1998 My opponent has cited several game reviews, all with impressive scores. However, most of those scores were given in 1998. Since then, many other games have exceeded OOT’s prowess. Yes, relative to its time, OOT was arguably the best game. However, with today’s updated graphics, more computing power to make worlds bigger etc.-, OOT no longer competes with these games. ‘Greatest games of all time’ My opponent lists a dozen gaming magazines/companies/experts that have said that OOT is the greatest game of all time. However, this in itself is an appeal to authority, meaning that simply because someone of great power claims something, that does not mean what is said is necessarily true. I urge you, as a reader, to decide for yourself whether this game is ‘the greatest of all time’, by taking into consideration this debate. Better quotes Here is a list of things Link says in OOT: - On the other hand, GTA 3 has some incredible one-liners [3]: Carl Johnson: [while falling from a great height] WHAT THE F*CK? DJ The Funktipus: I'm the Funktipus and I got my tentacles wrapped around your San Andreas, ain't my fault. Carl Johnson: [jacking someone] Now you can buy a new one! Carl Johnson: [shooting somebody] Welcome to America. Saddest moment GTA 3 has one of the saddest moments in videogame history, which comes during the train mission, as depicted in the picture below: https://www.google.com.au... ------------------------------ References/Sources [1]http://web.archive.org... [2] http://www.howlongtobeat.com... [3] http://www.imdb.com...