CryZENx, who’s real name is Joseph, has been working on a modern take on Ocarina of Time, and recently they were able to upload some additional play footage from their iteration of the game. Lasting 11 and a half minutes, CryZENx shows what the classic N64 title would look like in Unreal Engine 4, with the video showing a boost in the graphics to make it look more up to date. It also shows that there are interactive elements in this version, including talking to NPCs and riding Link’s horse, Epona.
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The developer has been working on this for some time now, with more being shown off a while ago, showing the progress that had been made. On their YouTube channel, it seems as though this latest footage is the first bit of content they’ve been able to show off for nearly a year and a half, with the last video being uploaded to the channel around 18 months ago, with Kakariko Village being portrayed back then. This time, the play footage uploaded takes place on the Lon Lon Ranch farm where players can run the time trail.
In general, it certainly looks like a more up-to-date version of the open-world beloved Legend of Zelda installment, though still retains some of that cartoon-y look that the original had. Unreal Engine 4 is the previous iteration of the very popular software, which is used by all manner of studios to create a slew of AAA and independent games.
Alongside that, a source says that CryZENx will be looking to work on Ocarina of Time using Unreal Engine 5 next. While the UE4 version has been in the pipeline for some time now, there doesn’t seem to be an indication of when it will be made public. A report from DSO Gaming says the developer will hopefully be able to release it sometime in the future.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is available on Nintendo 64 and 3DS, as well as the Nintendo Switch.
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Source: DSO Gaming
