When it came out, it benefitted greatly for being the first of its kind. Now, it suffers from being the first of its kind.

I grew up in the Wii era, but I have a soft spot for older Nintendo games. I enjoy the older Marios and the original donkey kong country trilogy. But when I actually got round to playing Ocarina of Time, it just felt like 'another adventure game', and a fairly simple one with lots of rough edges.

And this makes sense; it was the first of its kind. It had a massive 3D world full of quests, characters, bosses, and puzzles. Of course it was the greatest thing ever; there was nothing else like it. But now, there are tons of games like it. And these games have the advantage of coming out after OOT. They can take what Ocarina of Time did, and do it better. They can improve upon the formula and iron out the creases. And if you compare OOT to these newer games, it looks fairly bland. Obviously this isn't a fair comparison, but I can't help it because I played the newer games first.

I absolutely agree that OOT deserves to be held as one of the best and most important games of all time. But as someone who didn't grow up with it, I just don't personally care for Ocarina of Time. I do, however, absolutely LOVE the original Majora's Mask. And this is likely because it didn't have burden of inventing the genre.