Play The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Online

Game Overview

You start as this kid, Link, in a little forest village where everyone’s got their own fairy—except you, until Navi shows up and drags you into trouble. The Great Deku Tree’s dying, and suddenly you’re running errands for a princess who’s convinced some guy named Ganondorf is about to wreck everything. Classic.

This was the first Zelda game in 3D, and it still holds up. You’ve got your sword, bombs, boomerang—all the usual stuff—but now you can actually lock onto enemies, which makes fights way less chaotic. The dungeons are full of puzzles that make you stop and think, like moving blocks or lighting torches in the right order. And yeah, you’ll fall into water a lot before you remember you can’t swim as a kid.

Halfway through, things get weird when you pull a magic sword and wake up seven years older. Adult Link’s stronger but can’t squeeze into tight spots anymore, so you’re constantly switching back and forth using the ocarina (which, by the way, has the most annoyingly catchy tunes). Riding Epona across Hyrule Field never gets old, even if the guards keep trying to stop you.

It’s one of those games where you’ll get sidetracked for hours fishing or hunting for heart pieces instead of saving the world.