Traveling Through Time with IGN's Reviews of Ocarina of Time

To help pass the time until my copy is delivered, I went back and read IGN's three reviews for Ocarina of Time: the original release on N64, the 3DS version, and the brand-new remake for Switch 2. While each version was reviewed by a different individual—Peer Schneider, Rich George, and Logan Plant, respectively—the reviews share the connective tissue of IGN and the game itself. I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite quotes. Let's start with the original release in 1998. "Call us crazy, but when the final version of Zelda 64 arrived in the IGN64 offices, we stopped working, locked ourselves into a room with a big-screen TV and a surround system and played 17 hours straight. After only a few hours of sleep, we were back for more and we couldn't stop until we finished the game. Then, we started over again to find all the secrets." I miss hype like this. I suspect the imminent release of Grand Theft Auto VI will have the same weight. "Rarely is there such a perfect…

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