IGN called it the biggest game of the decade in their review, external when it launched in 1998 on the N64, and it set the standard for 3D games. A lot of the things we take for granted in modern games such as riding a horse, fighting with a sword and shield, or locking on to enemies with the tap of a button were pioneered or perfected in Ocarina of Time. It received an almost perfect score from critics and, decades on, remains the highest rated game in history on Metacritic, which aggregates...
