# 28 Years Later, Ocarina of Time’s Saddest Line Is Still the Best in Zelda History

Few things can elicit a good cry like a sad video game. And Roger…’s gut-punch portrayal of living with dementia. Spiritfarer’s calming meditation on life, death, and the passage between. The Ori duology’s devastating tale about the lengths we’ll go to protect each other in a toxic, uncaring world, no matter how poisonous circumstances get.

https://www.polygon.com/zelda-ocarina-of-time-retrospective-saddest-quote/

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