Let's Take a Look at All the Zelda Games and Their Ratings

[Astr0]

According to Metacritic which is an average of many reviews put together...

99% - Ocarina of Time
96% - Twilight Princess
96% - The Wind Waker
95% - Majora's Mask
95% - A Link to the Past
95% - Four Swords
93% - Oracle of Seasons (Game Rankings Score)
92% - Oracle of Ages (Game Rankings Score)
92% - Link's Awakening (Game Rankings Score)
90% - Phantom Hourglass
89% - The Minish Cap
86% - Four Swords Adventures
84% - The Legend of Zelda
73% - The Adventure of Link

[Astr0]

So, is Ocarina of Time really as good is it's hyped up too be? 'Cos it's like one of the only four to recieve a 10 from Gamespot.

[Bizzaree]

I think TP is better but it is a Phenomanal Game.

[quambo]

ocerana of time is the best game in the world personally i love it.

[cheat-master30]

Anyone noticed that the 3D games always did better in ratings for some reason? Is 2D that hated by the majority now?

[benoit489]

Anyone noticed that the 3D games always did better in ratings for some reason? Is 2D that hated by the majority now?

I think the not-so-high scores are caused by a lack of reviews. If they had gotten more reviews I'm sure they would be in the mid-90's due to an overflow of 100's. Also, here's a little tidbit of info: Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker are the only Zelda games to receive a perfect score (40/40) from Famitsu. Also, SSBB got a perfect score from Famitsu too.

[one_eye]

Heh, personally, TP was a meh/10 for me. It was good and all, but, its to linear. You could do the side quests while playing the main story...

[cheat-master30]

Less people reviewed the 2D games?

[benoit489]

Less people reviewed the 2D games?

Well, basing this off of GameRankings, there are less documented reviews for the older games. Lttp only has 14 reviews, Link's Awakening has 6, the oracle games only have 38 reviews combined, I'll have to check out what metacritic has later.

What I'm getting at when I say less reviews is that the score could be distorted. Take LA's reviews at present:

100%
100%
92.5%
83.6%
82.5%
80%

Add in the amount of reviews games get today and it could look something like this:

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
97%
95%
94%
94%
92.5%
90%
90%
88%
87%
83.6%
82.5%
80%
80%

[cheat-master30]

Still think some people are very unappreciative.