The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake officially releases tomorrow (November 5) and reviews have now gone live for the first Nintendo Switch 2-exclusive Zelda game. Overall, critics seem to agree that the remake is a pretty safe reimagining of a beloved game, one that is afraid to take any real risks or make any substantial changes.
It's not hard to see why, given that the original N64 version of Ocarina of Time remains the highest-rated video game of all time on Metacritic. But how does the Nintendo Switch 2 remake's Metacritic Score stack up against the OG?
According to the Metacritic scores for both games, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on N64 remains the higher-scoring game. The original version has an incredible 99, which is unheard of by modern standards. By comparison, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 has an amazing 96 at the time of writing, which makes it one of the highest-rated games of this year, but still pretty short of all-time status.
This isn't exactly surprising, and it doesn't automatically mean the N64 version is the "better" game, unless you put...
