r/OcarinaOfTime

I recently finished Metroid Prime 4. It has a hub world called Sol Valley, a huge desert that was widely considered one of the worst features in the game due to its emptiness.

I saw some people compare it to Hyrule Field in Ocarina of Time. We must agree that this area doesn’t have a lot to do and also has very few enemies, but still, I never felt bored walking through it. When you get Epona, things become a little faster, but even as Child Link, traveling through it was fine.

Do you guys have the same opinion - that Hyrule Field is an “okay/great” hub world?

Still, in comparison to Sol Valley, for those who played MP4, I feel like Hyrule Field is just small enough that walking through it never gets tedious, while the desert in MP4 is simply too huge and overwhelming. Also, MP4 doesn’t have a warp system, while in OOT, you can play songs on your Ocarina, so you don’t always have to travel through Hyrule Field.

Hey everyone, I’ve always wondered what do you think is the purpose of that spinning pot in Goron City? (outside of bombing it) I saw an interpretation that it’s a giant ‘cooking pot’ where Gorons prepare rocks, but what’s your take? Do you think it has a secret purpose? Could it be part of a Goron tradition or maybe even some kind of Goron gambling ritual? What do you think it means to the Gorons themselves? And why does it spin?

Sharing in case there might be any fun or odd details. I was probably about 8 when I stopped playing this game and I didn’t have a walkthrough. I know I spent hours and hours stuck on the Fire and Water temples and never beat them. I also remember really struggling on the mask quest and apparently also the biggoron quest (even though I think the prescription is supposed to be pretty straightforward?). No clue if 25 skulltullas is good or not for this point in the game, and I had 21 deaths.

I’m especially curious why/how I got stuck in the fire temple since I have two unused keys and I’m under the impression it’s regarded as a pretty linear dungeon. I wonder if any of you can guess based on my map what I must have missed.

Been seeing allot of gameplays on fb and Reddit, and it made me start itching to play. So I decided to tackle my storage room and find the Wii. Of course the system was easy to find, then had to find all the cords. 🤣

...And rides with her into the sunset - Who'd you expect, Malon? Puh-lease! Epona was there when the Princess dumped him back into childhood, she was there when Navi flew off the grid, and she certainly was there when Link had to face a Twili invasion - "A Kingdom for my horse", as the famous line more or less says!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4sCspqiJP4

A few days ago, u/MrGoldGames already posted about his Twitch Plays OoT mod on here. I joined back then and had an absolute blast.

Usually all viewers take turns controlling Link for a bit. To me it felt almost like playing it back then as a child with my brother, passing the controller when someone says "Let me try this". Just that it's way harder to play than when I was 6 lol.

It took us two days but we just put down Gohma.

https://www.twitch.tv/mrgoldgames/clip/DifficultWiseOryxRuleFive-u4BFpHTU1hXIbPxJ

I really did not expect this to be even possible. Everything that is timed, like a burning stick or the lowering of the water in the Deku Trees basement were super hard to pull off.

I know we will soon reach the point where progressing is just impossible by using Twitch chat commands, but so far this is incredibly fun!

Hello! Not sure if this is the place to post this, so mods delete if necessary.

Been working on a Twitch Plays Ocarina of Time setup just to practice some coding and so far it’s been working as it should.

Tested it out last night and managed to control Link in chat to get the Kokiri Sword, which felt impossible with the boulder being there, but we persevered!

If anyone wants to test it or just play around with it feel free, I am live on Twitch with it. If mods are cool with me posting a link, i’ll share it in the comments. If not, feel free to DM!

Will share a final release and a ReadMe once it’s in a good state to share.

Honestly, I do agree with the fact that the Water temple receives too much hate. Obviously the boot switching is annoying as fuck, but even Nintendo realized that and fixed it in the 3ds remake. And yes this dungeon has quite a few annoying keys (the one under the floating block has always been the meme, but I personally had the most trouble returning to the room where you originally meet ruto at medium water level to bomb the wall).

At the same time, it's challenge makes this dungeon iconic and the (mini)bosses are cool. NOBODY hates dark link, and while Morpha is rather hit or miss, it's at least an interesting concept with impressive graphical capabilities for the Nintendo 64. The water temple is nowhere near "good", but the sheer amount of hate it receives is honestly slightly unwarranted.

However, when you hear people defend the water temple, the biggest counterpoint I hear is that Jabu Jabu's belly is significantly worse. But here's where my true hot take starts: Not only is Jabu Jabu not a bad dungeon, its arguably one of my favorites in the game.

There are three main criticisms the dungeon gets. The hardest to dispute is its themeing. Is a dungeon inside the intestines of a fish gross? Absolutely. However, it is also by far one of the most unique dungeon ideas in the entire series. I'd much rather experience something like Jabu Jabu then the 200th "lava cave" dungeon.

Then, there are the tentacle minibosses. Is it annoying that you have to fight essentially the same boss three times in a row? Slightly. At the same time, these fights last less than a couple minutes a piece at most. At least the first time, it feels more like a puzzle than a miniboss. And besides, the true miniboss of the dungeon (Big Octo) is a challenging yet fun battle.

But by far the biggest criticism the dungeon gets and the one I understand the least is Princess Ruto. Is she a brat? Absolutely, I won't deny that. But as an escort mechanic, she is fun as hell. She is basically invincible so long as you don't let her drown in water, meaning you don't really have to "defend her". Hell, she actually makes a solid weapon to throw at enemies. If you constantly set her down to attack whatevers ahead then obviously she'll feel more like a burden than an asset. But she can one-shot almost every enemy in the dungeon, plus she has a couple of solid puzzles involving her. If you can get past her somewhat annoying dialog, she ultimately adds to the dungeon instead of subtracts to it.

And besides that, this dungeon is a blast. The boomerang is a fun dungeon weapon with decent puzzles around it. The enemies are challenging but fun to counter with Ruto and the boomerang. Even the biggest detractors of the dungeon can admit Barinade is a great boss. Big octo is fun, the puzzles are fun, Ruto *can* be fun, the themeing is novel, why do people hate this dungeon again?

Personally, I'd argue that something like Dodongos Cavern or the Fire temple deserves the spot for the worst dungeon, mainly because neither are particularly inspired. But that's just me, what are your thoughts? The only invalid opinions are the ones that conflict with my own (which is of course a joke).