10 Most Iconic Levels In Video Game History

4. Hyrule Field - Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

It might just look like a mound of grass with a couple of trees and a castle in the corner, but this - to either a younger mind or an industry yet to experience any open environment in 3D - felt like an entire world on the other side of the screen.

Rockstar would revitalise and revamp the idea of an open world full of missions with GTA 3, but Ocarina of Time should be credited as the wonder-inducing jaw-dropper that it initially was.

Coming out the Kokiri Forest as young Link, all bright-eyed and ready to journey towards Hyrule Castle at the whims of the Great Deku Tree, this was archetypal fantasy at its most pure.

The intrepid adventurer, a hometown of friends worth protecting, a tiny weapon and a threadbare mission at hand. That first batch of skeletons was damn-near terrifying, but with every step Link came into his own, especially when you strut back through this same expanse as an adult, riding Epona while downing enemies left and right with perfect bow and arrow shots.

Good god, this game is good.