Gamers Furious After Controversial Review Drops The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s Metacritic Score

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time—a remake of the same-titled 1998 game—released by Nintendo earlier this month, has become one of the year's best games and the highest-rated game of the year, respectively. However, its final score on Metacritic ended up one point lower—and this greatly angered gamers due to the incompetence of the gaming website that published the review.

Specifically, Slant Magazine gave the game a score of 70 out of 100, and in its review, it focused on whether the industry is stagnating and whether Ocarina of Time deserves to exist. This also contributed to the remake’s Metacritic score dropping to 95—but the game still holds the top spot on the site’s list of this year’s best titles.

Zelda Ocarina of Time dropped to a 95% on Metacritic after Slant Magazine posted a troll clickbait review.

By the way, this is far from the first time Slant Magazine has “gained notoriety” for its reviews. The outlet also gave Red Dead Redemption 2 a score of 70, while Cyberpunk 2077 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild each received a 60. Meanwhile, Mixtape received a score of 90, which shows that something is definitely wrong with Slant Magazine.

Getting back to Ocarina of Time, this incident doesn’t make the game any worse. Nintendo has already reported that the remake sold 5.2 million copies in its first 4 days, setting a new record for that period. Furthermore, the game continues to hold the highest user rating on Metacritic, making it one of the clear frontrunners for “Game of the Year” at various awards ceremonies.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is available exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2.