After quickly becoming one of 2026’s highest rated games, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is unsurprisingly in the process of being review-bombed.
Considering the original Ocarina of Time still holds the top spot on Metacritic’s top-rated games of all time after nearly 30 years, it’s no surprise that the recently released remake has been an instant critical darling. As of the time of writing, it’s following in the original’s footsteps by being 2026’s highest-rated game so far, a crown that only GTA 6 has a chance of stealing.
Even though The Legend of Zelda is one of the most beloved series in all of gaming and always has been, those high scores have made the remake a new target for review bombers wanting to drag it down from its pedestal. In a nice twist, though, it looks like Zelda fans are having none of it and are actively fighting back against the naysayers.
As pointed out by Redditor Kikisilvania in a post on the Zelda subreddit that’s been removed for arbitrary reasons, the Ocarina of Time remake’s Metacritic page has recently seen an influx of negative reviews, with 187 as of the...
