> be Ocarina of Time> launch on Nintendo 64 in 1998> open with Link waking up in Kokiri Forest> make kids think they were just playing another Zelda> then send them into Hyrule Field for the first time> suddenly the world feels impossible big> Z-targeting changes 3D combat forever> Epona makes Hyrule feel alive> adult Link makes time feel real> Ganondorf becomes the villain every Zelda game is still chasing> Water Temple traumatizes an entire generation> 99 Metacritic> highest-rated game ever> 3