Koh -Vs- Ocarina of Time

[Koh]

It's time I finally put my thoughts on this game into words.

To begin with, I'll start by saying the game is by no means BAD, but it's definitely not the best, legendary game ever the fans make it out to be. Now I'm prepared to back that statement up.

Problem #1: Hyrule Field - This is my major problem with the game. There's absolutely NOTHING out there. It's so barren and empty, and enemies only come out at night (save for Peahats, but even then, they're no threat). You've got the random bombable places on the field, and the Lon Lon Ranch smack dab in the middle, but everywhere else is just a bunch of unappealing, boring walking. This could have been their chance to make the world really stand out and add a bunch of scenery and sights to actually make exploring more worthwhile, but of course not.

Problem #2: Menu Navigation - This mostly comes with the need to constantly switch between specific pieces of body equipment, like boots or tunics. It happens so often, it's extremely annoying, especially in the Water Temple where you need to constantly switch your boots. The GBC Zeldas only had two item slots, but even then you weren't doing nearly as much item switching as you were in this game.

Problem #3: Bland Characters - The only characters really given much attention were the characters revolving around the plot (I'm tossing Malon into this group). All the other side characters were just THERE. Having NPCs to make places feel populated is one thing, but at least make it worthwhile to actually interact with them. It's sort of like Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest where the NPCs had nothing useful or interesting to say.

Problem #4: Underused/Outclassed Items - I'm not expecting to be using all the items all the time, but some items were really only good for one specific part of the game, and either became useless or unusable later in the game. The boomerang for example. Adult Link can't use it, and it was really only spammed in Jabu Jabu's Belly. So once you got to the 2nd half of the game, it became useless (and you couldn't use it anyway). The bow was the replacement for it for Adult Link, but it didn't have the same effect. How can you NOT use a boomerang when you're older? It's not an age specific thing.

Problem #5: Difficulty - Now, this game is by no means hard at all. I don't want the game to be so hard that it makes you not want to play it, but the difficulty was always down low and easy. I've done the usual fairy-in-a-bottle-backups, but never actually came close to even using them, even when I was just tanking my way through some areas. The difficulty really needed ot be stepped up. A damage increase isn't enough (Master Quest), everything needed to have buffed AIs as well, to actually make them threats. The difficulty in a game shouldn't spike or stay low, it should be a steady increase, forcing the player to adapt to new challenges ahead.

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I'll conclude this by saying again, these are my own personal problems with the game. It's still a decent and enjoyable game, but I definitely don't feel it's worth the legendary pedestal people place it on.