Culture · Game ratingsOcarina time Metacritic score: Remake leads at 9.6 with 6,516 ratingsWritten November 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Ocarina of Times remake tops Metacritic's user leaderboard with a nine point six0:11score.0:11Thousands of ratings put the Switch2 Adventure ahead of Claireobscur Expedition330:15just three days after launch.0:17Did anyone coordinate the low scores?0:18And did moderators remove any of them?0:20Nintendo released the remake exclusively for Switch2 on November5.0:24By November8, its user score was still nine point six out of ten, even as thousands0:29more ratings accumulated.0:30The latest snapshot puts Ocarina of Time first on the site's current all, Time User0:35Score Leaderboard.0:36That position reflects the ratings submitted so far.0:39The game had been available for only three days, and both its score and its place0:43can change.0:43Ocarina of Time leads at nine point six.0:46Claire Obscur Expedition303 holds second at nine point four.0:50The gap remains two tenths of a point as the remake's rating pool grows.0:53Claireobscur had twenty-seven five hundred submissions in the November7 comparison.0:58That count hasn't been refreshed here.0:59For Ocarina of Time, successive snapshots show a growing audience participating1:04while the displayed score holds steady.1:06The November7 count was reportedly above three nine hundred.1:09An earlier November8 count stood at five three hundred and sixty-eight.1:13By the latest snapshot, it reached six five hundred sixteen.1:16Across those observations, the displayed user score stayed at nine point six.1:20These are ratings from accounts that chose to submit them.1:23They don't measure every player's opinion or identify verified purchases.1:26A submission also doesn't necessarily include a written review.1:29The breakdown gives a clearer picture of how favorable those submitted ratings are.1:33Positive ratings number six, two hundred and twenty three or ninety, six percent in1:37the site's rounded display.1:38Mixed ratings total ninety, four or one percent.1:41Negative ratings total one hundred ninety, nine or three percent.1:44Together, those categories account for all six five hundred and sixteen submissions.1:48Players praising the remake point to its visuals, modernized controls, and less1:52frustrating dungeon exploration.1:54Those reactions help explain the enthusiasm around an adventure that returning1:58players already know, rebuilt for newer hardware.2:00The original arrived on Nintendo sixty four in one thousand nine hundred and2:04ninety-eight.2:05This remake adds overhauled visuals, voiced cutscenes, and expanded dialogue.2:09It also brings symphonic orchestral music and reworked camera and movement controls2:13to the familiar adventure.2:14Link and Navi still travel through Hyrule, solving dungeon puzzles across two time2:19periods.2:19This rebuilt edition has its own listing.2:21Separate from the one thousand nine hundred and ninety eight original and the2:25Nintendo three to second version, Ocarina of Time3D, its user ranking also measures2:30something different from its professional reviews.2:32Critics give the Switch two remake ninety, six out of one hundred across eighty,2:36seven reviews.2:37The Nintendo sixty four original has ninety, nine out of one hundred.2:40Those professional averages use a different scale and a different group of reviewers2:44from the user score.2:45Some players say the changes make the adventure too easy.2:48Others criticize the amount of new content and the missing MasterQuest mode, which2:51would offer a tougher challenge.2:53Some also describe shimmering in Hyrule's open areas.2:56Those are player reactions, rather than measured technical findings.2:59Low scores also included accusations of generative AI use.3:03Those accusations remain unproven.3:05Some players gave zeros, but a low score alone doesn't demonstrate coordination.3:10Disliking the difficulty, visual presentation, or design choices can be an ordinary3:14criticism.3:15Social media users reportedly saw at least thirty to forty submissions disappear.3:19That count hasn't been confirmed, and the cause is unclear.3:22Metacritic can remove spam, but these claims don't show whether that happened here.3:26The current category totals can't reconstruct a deletion history or show whether3:30removals affected the score.3:31Whether anyone organized a campaign or moderators took specific action is still3:36unclear.3:37What the growing rating pool does show is strong early approval, with the remake3:40holding nine point six across six five hundred and sixteen submissions.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
