I've owned Ocarina of Time since it came out. I still have the gold N64 cartridge and everything. I've played OoT probably at least five times, and every single time I get about halfway or so through it and move on to something else. I know that I've gotten to the ice temple, but I'm not sure I've made it past that point. It's not that I though OoT was a bad game, or that it was uninteresting, I just seemed to get distracted and moved on to another game.
I was kind of excited to start playing OoT because I've always wanted to beat it. I constantly hear how great of a game it is. At one point in time I know it was voted the best video game of all time.
So I started playing it, and I'll be the first to admit: the first little bit felt like I was trudging through it. It was hard for me to get into the game, to even get excited enough about it to want to play it. I figured it was because I had played it so many times, it just felt kind of stale. I figured that once I got past the point of where I had played it would pick up and I would get into it.
But it didn't happen. I just could not get into OoT. I kept playing and kept saying "It will get better..." but it didn't. Never once did I not feel like it wasn't a chore playing the game. Normally I play video games every day or at least every couple of days, even if it's just for a couple of minutes. With OoT I felt like I pretty much had to force myself to continue playing. Days would go past, and I would finally have to force myself to play it.
I don't know what it is about the game that made me not like it. I have enjoyed every Legend of Zelda game I've ever played. This starts from the NES days and goes right up to Twilight Princess. Maybe it's the fact that I've played it so many times, maybe I just wasn't in the mood for a Zelda game, but for whatever reason I just could not get into OoT.
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