Finally Finishing Ocarina of Time

Ocarina of Time is one of those games that gets talked about so much that I’ve sort of always felt like a fake gamer for never finishing it, even nearly 30 years after release. That changed last weekend and I would now like everyone to acknowledge that I am, in fact, a real gamer. I played it on Steam Deck with the PC port Ship of Harkinian which is hands down the best way to play it these days. It’s extremely customizable (almost dauntingly so) so you can really tune the game to your liking and modernize it a bit. Some of my favorite features: Unlocked framerate and resolution Modern camera controls Use of the d-pad for extra item slots My thoughts on the game Not that I was at all old enough to play it when it came out, but you can clearly tell even today that Ocarina of Time was a very ambitious game. Overall, I think it delivered and it’s easy to see why it was incredibly influential. There are some enemy and quest designs that show their age a bit, but that’s pretty standard for…