{"id":2245697,"date":"2026-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2245697"},"modified":"2026-11-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T21:00:00","slug":"with-a-96-metascore-legend-of-zelda-the-ocarina-of-time-is-the-highest-rated-game-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2245697","title":{"rendered":"With a 96 metascore, Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is the highest rated game of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turns out that Ocarina of Time<\/em> remake for the Switch 2 is pretty decent, then. And by \u2018pretty decent\u2019, we mean the highest-rated game of 2026 by critics, and the 29th-highest rated of all time on reviews aggregator Metacritic.<\/p>\n

Top of that list is some obscure RPG from 1998 called\u2026 The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time<\/em>. Perhaps it shouldn\u2019t be surprising that this modernisation turned out so well, if that\u2019s the pedigree it has to work with. Then again, GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition<\/em> managed to turn not one but three all-timers into\u2026 well, it does not feature on Metacritic\u2019s highest rated games of all time, let\u2019s put it that way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Of course, 2026 isn\u2019t over yet, and it\u2019s possible that Link will only have the next three weeks to revel in his GOTY status before Rockstar comes to town with that new open-world game it\u2019s been working on. But let\u2019s let this game have the first half of November to do its victory lap.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a fairly good year for RPG fans, with the Witcher 3<\/em> remake arriving in October as a free upgrade for owners of the existing game. Before that, Nioh 3<\/em>, Blood of the Dawnwalker<\/em> and Gothic 1 Remake<\/em> also arrived in our quest log.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But none have received the critical acclaim of Nintendo\u2019s brave and thoughtful reimagining of an N64 classic. This new Ocarina of Time<\/em> changes a great deal from the original, but its great trick is instilling that same childlike sense of magic in you as you play now that players felt nearly 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

Which titles is it rubbing shoulders with on Metacritic\u2019s all-time rankings? Well, it\u2019s three places higher than the original Gran Turismo<\/em> on PlayStation, the game that invented cars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It also sits above The Last of Us<\/em>, GTA Vice City<\/em> and San Andreas<\/em>, and seminal isometric RPG Baldur\u2019s Gate II: Shadows of Amn<\/em>. A fine showing, then.<\/p>\n

Will it be one place lower in the immediate aftermath of 19 November? Place your bets now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turns out that Ocarina of Time remake for the Switch 2 is pretty decent, then. And by \u2018pretty decent\u2019, we mean the highest-rated game of 2026 by critics, and the 29th-highest rated of all time on reviews aggregator Metacritic. Top of that list is some obscure RPG from 1998 called\u2026 The Legend of Zelda: The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2245697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2245697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2245697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2245697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2245697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}