Right.
So I just finished Ocarina of Time for the first time ever (3D, obviously).
I think I liked Skyward Sword more. But that's kind of because SS is clearly a 12 year refinement of the template. In the same way that most films these days allegedly borrow tropes established by Citizen Kane, it's dead clear to me that OOT is a landmark videogame which so many others I've played have since borrowed from and improved upon.
I reckon if I had played this game to completion in 1998, it would be impossible for anything else to come close to it (Water Temple aside). As it stands, playing it in 2012 is more akin to reading The Iliad in 2007 (I did this). It's been improved upon in terms of individual features, yet its undeniably a top tier classic that, as a whole, is nigh on untouchable.
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So - in about 2010 I decided I was going to play through the "best of the best" (semi-using Edge's Top 100 as a guide) games that I had never done so. Resident Evil 4, Half Life 2 and now Ocarina of Time are under my belt and I feel so much better having finished them than I would do keeping up with the latest weekly fads in the interim.
I'm toying with the idea of playing through a few different classics now. Some titles I haven't really considered before. Might have to chew this over for a bit. Maybe Sin & Punishment 2 for an interlude will do nicely.