Ocarina of Time Remake Earns Highest Metacritic User Score

The remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has set a new Metacritic record for user ratings, registering a 9.7 user score from 5,269 votes, according to Metacritic.

Metacritic user and critic ratings

Metacritic data shows the remake has drawn overwhelmingly positive responses from players. Of the 5,269 user votes, approximately 5,100 were positive, 73 were rated mixed and 139 negative. Metacritic also lists a critic score of 96 for the remake.

• 9.7 user score from 5,269 votes
• About 5,100 positive user votes (96 percent)
• 73 mixed user votes (1 percent)
• 139 negative user votes (3 percent)

Remake changes and preservation

Nintendo rebuilt the original's legendary adventure for modern hardware. The remake features fully redesigned high‑quality graphics while preserving the original story structure and dungeon maps. Gameplay has been adjusted with improvements including refined character movement and a dedicated jump button. The release also adds voice acting for characters and multiple user experience enhancements intended to modernize the game.

Comparison with the 1998 original

The original The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, released for Nintendo 64 in 1998, remains the highest‑rated game on Metacritic by critics with a 99 out of 100 score based on 22 reviews, and the remake has not surpassed that critic rating. The 1998 title played a significant role in establishing 3D gameplay systems such as lock‑on targeting and camera control, and its dungeon design and exploration became a model for many subsequent action‑adventure games.