u/Delicious_Ferret_408

I have always loved Ocarina of Time, it has been a part of my life for almost as long as I remember. My first moment with Ocarina of Time was when I was around 4 years old. I remember sitting on the love seat couch facing the television as my Brother played it for the first time on his birthday. I knew at that moment this game would be a big part of my life. For the first time Link was in 3D.

That being said, when I was a kid, I did not pay much attention to the actual story. I was enamored by the game play, music, and just how the world looked. It blew my mind, since it looked so different from A Link to the Past.

I thought the coolest part of the game was growing up, because as a kid I wanted nothing more than to grow up and be treated with respect, and do whatever I wanted. Has anyone else felt this way?

As I got older I realized how great my life was as a kid, I didn't have any worries, and I didn't know how good times were when I could go to a cousins house for the weekend, eat pizza, and play video games without any worries.

I realized that Ocarina of TIme shows these moments perfectly. As child Link the world is innocent, pure, and bright, but once you become an Adult, everything changes and it is not as good as you thought it was. How has Ocarina of Time felt different for you after you grew up?

I have been playing Ocarina of Time for most of my life, and when I was a kid, I thought courage meant not being afraid of anything.

I first saw this game when I was around 4 or 5 years old, and back then I completely missed that Link was actually afraid. I didn’t pay much attention to the story, and since Link goes into caves, fights giant monsters, and keeps moving forward, I always thought he was fearless.

That made him feel really different from me, because I was afraid of almost everything when I was younger. But as I got older, I started to see courage differently. Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s what you do despite the fear or danger in front of you.

Looking back at Zelda Ocarina of Time, I started noticing that Link is afraid from the very beginning. His nightmare about Ganondorf starts the whole journey. The ReDeads literally freeze him in place. And before Link ever challenges Ganondorf, his first three dungeons all involve going inside something and fighting the monster within.

The Great Deku Tree, Dodongo’s Cavern, and Jabu Jabu’s Belly all feel like Link has to face something internal before he can face the bigger evil outside.

I don’t know if I ever thought about it this way as a kid, but now I see Ocarina of Time as one of the strongest stories about courage in gaming.

Did anyone else miss this when they were younger? And was there a part of Ocarina of Time that scared you as a kid?

Final Fantasy X has changed my Life.

It’s been there for me during some of the hardest moments I’ve gone through. And looking back, i’ve realized it connected to my life in ways I didn’t understand at the time. There are a few major moments in the game that mirror my life, and this scene is one of them. In this moment, Tidus finds out that the journey he’s on isn’t what he thought it was.
Everything he believed about the future, suddenly changes.

When I was 12 years old I went through something very similar. I came back from School one day, and I felt something was different. I had a talk with my Mom and I found out that we were going to move across the Country. It may not sound like much, but to me it was shocking, because it meant leaving everything I knew behind. My Father, my oldest brothers, my cousins, my friends, and even video games.

My Step Dad hated video games and other electronics so I knew I that part of my life would be gone too. So hearing the news, quietly broke me.

Later on I would look back on this scene, and connect with it on a different level, because I felt the same shock Tidus felt in that moment. Sure our situations were not the exact same, but our feelings were. To me Final Fantasy X didn't just tell a great story, it helped me through the hardest moments of my life.

Was there a moment in Final Fantasy X that impacted your life? Is there a game that reached out to you in a way you didn't expect? I would really like to hear your experience.

I couldn't share my full story here, but I did make a video going deeper into it. If anyones interested I will leave it below:

https://youtu.be/o00D68z7qdA

The Water Temple is infamous as one of the Hardest temples in Gaming. I remember when I was a kid I would play this game over and over, and each time I would play I would try to get farther than the last time. I actually never used a guide to this game.

I remember early on my biggest goal was to get the Master Sword, then after that I got stuck at the Forest Temple, then I restarted again and again until I could get past the Forest Temple, and then got stuck at the Fire Temple for a time.

But then I got to the Water Temple. And it did not matter how many times I had to start the game over, I just couldn't beat it. There came a time at around 13 years old where I couldn't game anymore, so I didn't come back to this game until I was around 21 years old. It was then where I was able to beat the dreaded water temple for the first time, and in turn beat the game.

This was my experience with the Water Temple, and I just wanted to know if anyone else experienced anything similar. Has anyone actually ever quit the Game due to the water temple?