Board 8 > Best/Worst #14 - Ocarina of Time Dungeon

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Welcome to the 14th episode of Best & Worst... stuff.

Today we have Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 64.

Apparently, this is the best game ever!

Which dungeon did you enjoy the most?
And which did you enjoy the least?

Voting Form:
Best:
Worst:

Ocarina of Time Dungeons
(Including, but may not be limited to)

Inside the Deku Tree
Dodongo's Cavern
Inside Jabu-Jabus Belly
Forest Temple
Fire Temple
Water Temple
Shadow Temple
Spirit Temple
Ganon's Castle



Previous Results (Best | Worst):

Wii Sports Sport: Bowling | Boxing
Daytona USA Track: Expert | Beginner
Mario Party 4 Minigame (4p): Booksquirm | Mario Speedwagon
Kid Chameleon Helmet: Maniaxe | Eyeclops
StarCraft Species: Protoss | Zerg
Super Metroid Boss: Ridley (2) | Spore Spawn
Mario Kart Double Dash Track: Baby Park | Luigi Circuit, Dry Dry Desert
Bart's Nightmare Level: Bartman | Temple of Maggie
Link to the Past Boss: Helmasaur King | Moldorm
Super Punch-Out Opponent: Gabby Jay, Masked Muscle | Aran Ryan
California Games Event: Foot Bag | Surfing
Street Fighter II Stage: Boxer | Dictator
Doom II Weapon: Super Shotgun | Fists


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Yesterday results were interesting.
Here's the final vote:

Baseball: 8-6
Bowling: 11-0
Boxing: 3-20
Golf: 3-5
Tennis: 8-2

Looks like Bowling was a deserved winner.


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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Fire Temple

I love the Forest Temple's theming and aesthetic. Gave me such a chilling haunting feeling as a kid, it stands out to me. I'm sure everyone's gonna go "Water Temple" as the worst, but I never had a problem with it. Honestly I'd forgotten just how solid all the OoT dungeons are. I only picked Fire Temple because I find it kind of dull, and because the Master Quest version of it really annoyed me, but I don't really dislike it.

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Best: Shadow Temple
Worst: Jabu Jabu's Belly

Water temple is only bad because of the endless boot switching, and that one key in the center room you can miss super easily. I think the remake fixed both of those things though.

I don't really dislike any of these, but some of them are more interesting than others. Honorable mention to the forest temple.

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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Dodongo's Cavern

Thematically I just find Dodongo's Cavern to be dull. Water Temple is actually one of my faves for this reason, but Forest Temple is clearly this game's peak I think.

Best: Spirit Temple
Worst: Jabu Jabu's Belly

Best: Water Temple
Worst: Jabu Jabus Belly.

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Best: Shadow Temple
Worst: Spirit Temple

Love the music and creepiness of Shadow Temple. It has this awesome unsettling feeling the whole time. Spirit Temple, while obviously not bad, because OoT is a perfect game, is just the least interesting to me; it feels like it has no real personality of its own compared to all of the other temples, with just a bunch of kind of dull looking really large rooms.

Damn, hate to see the Jabu Jabu's Belly hostility. I'd probably rank it #2 favorite. Though I admit, I'm a big fan of the aesthetic of the "going through a giant body" stage. Space shooters do that a lot as well, and they are often some of my favorite stages there too.

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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Shadow Temple

The Forest Temple is an easy pick for Best here, because it has a really unique design, has a great creepy atmosphere and one of the best boss fights in the series. Shadow Temple on the other hand is incredibly frustrating on a first playthrough and even today has some pretty big annoyances. Everyone complains about the Iron Boots, but the Hover Boots are just as bad if not worse, the invisible Skulltula's and Floormasters are a pain, and I think this is the only dungeon you can get softlocked in?

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Here's my take...

Best: Inside the Deku Tree (Easy, wholesome and fun. That's my style. Plus you're exploring inside the Deku tree!)
Worst: Fire Temple (Because I get so frustrated here! I just suck at this.)


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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Shadow Temple

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Best: Spirit Temple
Worst: Inside Jabu-Jabus Belly

Best: Ganon's Castle
Worst: Water Temple

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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Water Temple

Best: Spirit Temple
Worst: Jabu-Jabu's Belly
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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Jabu-Jabu's Belly

My instinct was to say Dodongo's for the worst, but I think Jabu overstays its welcome a little more.

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Best: Water Temple
Worst: Shadow Temple

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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Inside Jabu Jabu's Belly

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I think my least favourite bit of OoT is the dungeons.

Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Shadow Temple

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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Water Temple

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Best: Spirit Temple
Worst: Inside Jabu-Jabus Belly

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Best: Spirit

Worst: Water

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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Jabu-Jabu's Belly

Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Jabu-Jabu's Belly

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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Bottom of the Well

if the latter doesn't count then Jabu-Jabu's Belly
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Best: Forest temple
Worst: Water temple (I remember this being so horrible)

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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Jabu-Jabu's Belly

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Best: Water Temple
Worst: Jabu Jabus Belly

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Best: Forest
Worst: Jabu Jabu

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Best: I guess Forest Temple? It's certainly the most memorable.
Worst: Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly (you get a reprieve today, water temple!)

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Best: Spirit
Worst: da belly

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Best: Spirit
Worst: Jabu Jabu

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Best: Water Temple (on the 3ds)
Worst: Water Temple (on the n64)

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Best: Shadow Temple
Worst: Jabu Jabu's Belly

My views are slightly altered by playing the OoT Randomizer so many times.

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Best: Forest
Worst: Water

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Best: Forest
Worst: Water


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Hbthebattle posted...

Best: Water Temple (on the 3ds)
Worst: Water Temple (on the n64)

this is tempting me to change my vote to the opposite of this but I won't bother. all they needed to do was have the boots on a button. having giant flashing arrows literally pointing you through the dungeon was insulting

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Voting Form:
Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Ice Cavern

Tough choice between Forest/Spirit

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DeepsPraw posted...

this is tempting me to change my vote to the opposite of this but I won't bother. all they needed to do was have the boots on a button. having giant flashing arrows literally pointing you through the dungeon was insulting

Never seen this take before. They just pointed you to where the water level changing spots were. You still had to figure out which water level you needed when.

Cutting out that convoluted mess made the dungeon so much better.

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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: The Bottom of the Well

I just noticed the Including, but may not be limited to, so I figured that would be fine for worst. If not, Shadow Temple.

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Best: Shadow
Worst: Water

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Best: Spirit Temple
Worst: Inside Jabu-Jabus Belly

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