18 Greatest Last Levels In Gaming History

7. Ganon's Castle - The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

Ganon Legend of Zelda
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Ganon's Castle, the final dungeon in the iconic Ocarina of Time, boasts such a wide variety of challenges and secrets that it's a no-brainer why both the location and quest has gone down in Legend of Zelda history as being one of the series' most defining levels.

Balancing the need to break each elemental barrier blocking your path with fighting your way through the tower itself, the castle acts as a tour de force in video game level design. Testing every skill and power you've learned up until this point, the maze-like tower is both challenging and daunting, yet structured in a way that navigating through it never becomes overbearing.

Keeping the pace building to a fever pitch that culminates with the final two parter boss against Ganondorf, everything about this final dungeon feels epic both in scale and design. From starting out at the tower's doorstep to eventually sealing The Dark Beast Ganon himself away for good in the Sacred Realm, the challenging tower acts as the perfect build up to the perfect boss battle.

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