Topic: Rating the 3D Zelda Games

@8BitSamurai: I noticed your score is low for Majora's Mask. What don't you like about it? I'm just wondering.

@Gold: I noticed your score is low for Ocarina of Time. What don't you like about it? I'm just wondering.

I really am interested in this thread now. I kinda want you guys to explains why you provide those scores. Similar to UGXwolf's example.

Ocarina of Time - 5/5
Majora's Mask - 4/5
Wind Waker - 4.5/5
Twilight Princess - 5/5
Skyward Sword 10/5

I REALLY love Skyward Sword. It was a LEAP forward for Nintendo's ability to develop several characters, and improve storytelling (definitely not one of Nintendo's strong suits). And then there was the motion controls that just really blew my mind with how it required actual skill, rather than just waggle.

@ZyroXZ2 I agree, it seems to get a lot of being different, but that is just what I loved about it. And the motion controls were fantastic.

From The One's I've played:
Wind Waker- 5/5
Ocarina Of Time- 3/5

That is a small amount, not much of a Zelda fan?

Ocarina of Time - 5
Majora's Mask - 3
Wind Waker - 4
Twilight Princess - 4
Skyward Sword - 2.5

Ocarina of Time: 5
Majora's Mask: 5
Wind Waker: 5
Twilight Princess: 5
Skyward Sword: 5

Well..............

Twilight Princess:
Positives: Midna, Midna's Lament, the ending, that cutscene, the mood, Swords on horseback
Negatives: Zant, the art style

Ocarina of Time:
Positives: Great dungeons, great mechanics
Negatives: Is a lot smaller than some of the latter ones

Skyward Sword:
Positives: Motion controls, the story, the items, the art style, orchestrated
Negatives: was standard def, the sky hub felt a bit empty

Wind Waker:
Positives: The main hub makes sense, you actually feel like you're on an adventure, looks fantastic, story is great
Negatives: ...................

Ocarina of Time: (5/5)
Positives: Nostalgic, great mechanics, great music, great dungeons, great everything
Negatives: Water Temple

Majora's Mask: (4.5/5)
Positives: Interesting change in tone, unique and creative situations, cool music
Negatives: Feels a bit rushed, a little hard to figure out what to do

Wind Waker: (4.5/5)
Positives: Unique setting, more emphasis on storytelling and characters, visuals stand the test of time
Negatives: The Triforce Quest, Tingle can go die in a fire

Twilight Princess: (4/5)
Positives: Midna, darker mood, horseback, larger spaces to roam on
Negatives: Dated visuals, tedious first hour, underwhelming finale, weak use of motion controls

Skyward Sword: (4.25/5)
Positives: Orchestrated music, the story, good use of motion controls, RPG elements
Negatives: Standard def (the visuals screamed for HD), slow first hour, Groose, the robots

Not Really,

Skyward Sword: 4.25/5
Wind Waker: 4.25/5 (Have never finished it and only played on GameCube, so if I do get the Wii U version my opinion could change)
Twilight Princess: 4.5/5
Ocarina of Time: 4.5/5
Majora's Mask: 5/5- As close as any game has gotten to perfection in my opinion

@NintendoXtreme1 Fair enough, useful to have an input from a not major Zelda fan. Maybe Zelda u will interest you.

Majora's Mask - 4.5/5
Ocarina of Time - 4/5
Skyward Sword - 3.75/5
Twilight Princess - 2.5/5
Wind Waker - 4/5

Ocarina of Time
Pros: Great items, great dungeons, great enemies, great bosses, great pacing, great opening hour, great music, a few cool sidequests, etc. Overall it's near perfection.
Cons: I guess Hyrule Field was a bit empty, but I personally liked that as I wasn't overwhelmed.

Majora's Mask
Pros: Great Items, great dungeons, great enemies, great bosses, great pacing, terrific use of the mask concept, cool 3 day cycle that allows for more character development, Clock Town is lively and full of secrets, the entirety of Ikana Canyon, great music, etc. Overall it's near perfection.
Cons: The first day in Clock Town is super boring if you know what you're doing.

Wind Waker
Pros: Great items, great enemies, great bosses, great sense of exploration on the Great Sea, great music, a few cool sidequests, great mood, great artstyle, etc. Good game.
Cons: The dungeons weren't bad, but they weren't on par with the rest of the 3D Zeldas, the pacing was horrid, the Great Sea felt empty.

Twilight Princess
Pros: Great items, great dungeons, great enemies, great bosses, great pacing, great use of the wolf transformation concept, a few cool sidequests, great music, great mood, great art style, etc. Very good game.
Cons: The overworld is pretty empty.

Skyward Sword
Pros: Great items, great dungeons, great enemies, great bosses, great pacing, nice RPG elements, a few cool sidequests, great music, great art style, great locations, etc. Very good game.
Cons: Motion controls were fun, but occasionally frustrating, the Sky felt a bit empty.

Phantom Hourglass
Pros: Great items, good dungeons, good enemies, great bosses, a few cool sidequests, pretty good overworld, terrific touch screen controls, etc. Very good game.
Cons: Temple of the Ocean King's areas are fun the first time you go to them, but get really boring every time you revisit, controlling the boat could have been better, graphics have aged poorly.

Spirit Tracks
Pros: Great items, great dungeons, good enemies, great bosses, cool sidequests, great overworld, terrific touch screen controls, great music, great pacing, etc. A very good game.
Cons: A slight lack of freedom on the overworld, the graphics have aged poorly.

A Link Between Worlds
Pros: Great items, great dungeons, great enemies, great bosses, a few cool sidequests, great music, great pacing, the merging ability was great, etc. Overall it's near perfection.
Cons: None, other than it's a top-view Zelda, so it can never reach the full potential that the 3D Zeldas like Ocarina of Time and Majora;s Mask can.

I only played the 3D version, and I loved it until the Fire Temple. It confuses me so much (My first Zelda game) and don't get me started on the Water Temple. To this day, I still haven't beaten it. I've beaten the Fire Temple, and I know what to do now so that doesn't bother me much now. I didn't even get the Longshot in the Water Temple.

Ocarina of Time: 4.5. It was the original 3D Zelda, while it's not perfect in my opinion, it's pretty darn close.
Majora's Mask: 4. Great game, my favorite soundtrack in the series, I love the lore, setting, and characters more than the actual gameplay.
Wind Waker. 5. My favorite game of all time. Great exploration, gameplay, and I love the boat.
Twilight Princess. 3.5. Extremely slow and boring opening, not a fan of wolf Link, still an incredible game, weakest of the 3D titles, still great game.
Skyward Sword 4. Great use of the limitations of the Wii. I loved the motion controls, wish it had a bit more exploration.

Majora's Mask - 5
Ocarina of Time - 4
Skyward Sword - 1
Twilight Princess - 1.5
Wind Waker - 4.5

Ocarina of Time - 5
Majora's Mask - 5
Windwaker - 4,5
Twilight Princess - 4,5 (You got a silver rupee!(200), but it won't fit in your wallet now, so let's put it back... NOOOOOOOO!!!!
Skyward Sword - 4

I tend to really like Zelda games so lets pretend 4 is very low.

OOT-4.75
MM-4.5
WW-3.5
TP-4
SS- is the hardest for me to rate, i feel alot of the side quests feel quite tedious and would give the overall game a 3, but the excellent motion controls and little touches like the developing relationship with the item check girl deserve a 5. So yeah, id score it a 3 as a zelda game but 5 as a motion control zelda game if that makes sence

Oot - 5, Never has a game made this much impact on me as Oot. The beginning is so well done, I got sucked into its world so easily. The deku tree and all, its music, oh the music is awesome. First time I entered the Forest temple I was so intrigued and a bit scared because of the atmosphere, especially the music. (and that freaking hand!) Quite some people seem to hate the Water temple, but I loved being stuck there. I could spent hours writing how much I enjoyed that game back then, but let's not.

MM - 5 , First time i couldn't really get into it, but the second time I loved it! I like how itt's very different from Oot, which is probably why I could't get into it the first time around. All the characters and their schedules, I thought it was really well done. That ending where you walk towards the tree, absolutely beautifull.

WW - I gave it a 4,5 just because of the latter parts, which were a bit slow. But then again, I probably should have given it a 5 because I absolutely loved the game. It has so much character, expression(look at that face!) And the music again fits so well with the game, sailing because of it was an absolute joy. This really felt like a great adventure and reminded me of my favourite show One Piece.

TP - 4,5, Great characters(Zant, Midna), nice mood, nice music. I liked it a lot like other Zelda games, though the world seemed to big for itself to handle.

SS - 3,5(adjusted), Though one, I liked the motion sword play, the new twist they made. I liked how the world(on the ground!) was one big dungeon. Absolutely loved the beetle! But there was too much handholding involved.(go there!) The Sky was lovely made and the bird was awesome, but what was there to do.(I was way too much thinking about what I couldn't do than what I could do) That sword should never have come to life, she was so annoying!
But the biggest turn off for me was the music. Nice to have an orchestra in your room but the content is what matters, and I didn't like many of the music, some here and there but not enough. The worst was maybe the sky theme. I mean, if I wanted to play Mario Galaxy, then I would have put that disc in instead.