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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the fifth game in the Legend of Zelda series and the first to have 3D graphics. You take control of the hero, Link, as you travel around Hyrule trying to stop Ganondorf from obtaining the triforce, a relic that grants its holder wishes.

You must travel through time and different dungeons to awaken the sages who have the power to stop Ganondorf.

 

You begin the game as one of the Kokiri, a group of children that live in the forest, presided over by the Great Deku tree. After gaining your sprite, Navi, you must set out on a quest to save the land and stop the evil that is spreading across it. 

After playing for a while you will reach a point where you have to travel forward through time. This turns you into Adult Link, giving you the ability to use better items as well as gaining access to the your trusty steed, the now fully grown, Epona. 

Among the many weapons and items you will get throughout the game, some are, like the slingshot and the boomerang  only available to young Link. Whereas adult Link gets his hands on a bow and arrows and the Hookshot which comes in very handy.

 

This is primarily an action-adventure game but there are role-playing and puzzle elements included. Link fights with a sword and shield normally, but he can use other weapons such as bow & arrows, bombs and spells. The new control scheme that was introduced included context sensitive actions as well as a targeting system called 'Z-targeting'. These have become a mainstay in most 3D action-adventure games since. The context sensitive actions allow multiple things to be assigned to one button, making the controls less fiddly. The heads up display shows you which action will be perfomed in each context when you press the button.

Link is super easy to control and everything flows just the way you would expect it to. The B button is always your sword attack, while the A button takes care of any actions such as climbing, talking, grabbing etc. You can assign items to the bottom three C buttons to save time. The other C button is used to zoom into first person where you can look around or to listen to what Navi has to say. You can use your shield to block by pressing the R shoulder button which is handy against those pesky Deku Scrubs or Octoroks.

 

While some of the enemies are pretty tough, your true foes are the puzzles. Some of them are simple, for example, killing all the enemies to exit the room. Others require a little more leg work fetching items from across the map. There are of course some optional puzzles, most of which offer worthy rewards such as heart containers or new weapons. Some of the puzzles even require you to use both Young and Adult Link to complete them.