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Game Scoop! Presents: Ocarina of Time - Is It Still Fun?

Game Scoop!

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Leisure, Video Games, Games

4.74.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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For decades, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been considered to be, perhaps, the greatest game ever made. How does it hold up? Is it as impressive as ever? Join Game Scoop! as we revisit this classic in order to answer the question: Is it still fun today? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What's up everybody? I'm Jamie Hadfield and welcome to something new. We are trying out. We're

0:34.3

piloting something and I'm the pilot. I'm joined today by Perr Schneider, Sam Claiborne, and Miranda Sanchez. Hello there. The reason I've assembled

0:42.2

these Avengers of gaming, this is something we're calling, is it still fun today. The idea is we

0:48.1

revisit a beloved game that we haven't played in a while in order to determine is it still

0:53.1

fun today. And for this inaugural episode, I thought it would be interesting to revisit a game that for

0:58.5

quite some time was considered by many to be the greatest game ever made.

1:02.8

To this day, it is still the highest rated game ever on Metacritic.

1:06.7

It's the only game with a 99 score.

1:09.1

It is, of course, The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time. Released in 1998, not only did it bring the Zelda franchise into the third dimension, not only is the best reviewed game ever. It's probably the biggest shot in the arm, the humble Ocarina wind instrument ever received, and it's 12,000 years of existence. So, Per, I've invited invited you here not only because your experience and perspective

1:28.7

brings a lot to the table, but also because you reviewed Ocarid of Time for IGN back in 1998.

1:35.1

You gave it a 10 out of 10, and your review opens with the line, the new benchmark for interactive

1:39.5

entertainment has arrived. What do you remember about reviewing Ocarina of Time?

1:44.1

I thought you invited me because I own three Okorinas. It's true.

1:47.0

Wow. Can you play one? Can you perform song of time for us?

1:51.0

Absolutely not.

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Okay. Look, yeah, that was an interesting review because it was at an age where reviewing games was really complicated and a representative from Nintendo had to come

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