Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Gameplay Is Sending Gamers Wild

The Legend of Zelda series deserves all of the praise it has received over the years, delivering consistent quality from the first release for the Nintendo Entertainment System, all the way up to Tears of the Kingdom.

Though everyone inevitably has their own favourites, many people will argue vociferously for Ocarina of Time being the best ever, and one of the greatest games of all time to boot.

You won't see any arguments from me in this article, so it's little wonder that there have been so many attempts to rejuvenate it over the years, including Nintendo themselves with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D on the recently abandoned 3DS.

With that being the last official effort, fans remakes have come to the fore, with CryZENx’s Unreal Engine 5 remake looking like the most exciting. For those who don't know, Unreal Engine 5 brought a lot of changes that made executing remakes a little easier for independent developers. Tools like Nanite Virtual Geometry make it easier to import high poly models, while others like Lumen make it a lot easier to add impressive modern lighting to your efforts.

Over on YouTube, Digital Dreams showcased CryZENx’s remake in 8K at 30 FPS and the results are pretty staggering. Showing off the scene where Darunia grants the player the Goron's Ruby for their efforts helping against the Dodongos, it's basically unrecognisable from the low-poly version that made its way onto the N64 all those years ago.

Fans were predictably delighted with the footage, even if they were also keen to offer their feedback. "This looks amazing, I've been following this project for a while now. PLEASE REDO LINKS FACE, thats like the only real complaint i have he looks like a baby or a doll, hes suppose to be 13 not 6. it takes me out of it so much lmao," one said.

"This game is simply wonderful and deserves a new remake version," another added.

It's difficult to deny that the remake looks unbelievable, even if Unreal Engine's 5 rendering can be a bit divisive. The project continues development at the time of writing, with more than 12 fully completed levels for players to enjoy right now.

The elephant in the room, of course, is the often litigious nature of Nintendo's approach to fan projects like this one. If they begin to suspect that it's being distribute widely, don't be surprised if they start to scrub its presence from the internet.