Star Fox 64
Reviewed by Kamran Khan
Star Fox 64: What is it that you see in this game? I see a beautiful
looking Arwing jet and a great background. I hear great dramatic
music, voices, and incredible sound effects.
The minute you turn on your N64, you'll see "STARFOX"..."IN"...."NINTENDO 64",
followed by a cinematic sequence that makes me think how magnificent
Nintendo 64 really is. The introduction of Fox McCloud, Peppy Hare,
Slippy Toad, and Falco Lombardi could not have been better.
GRAPHICS:
Like I said before, the graphics in Star Fox 64 are magnificent.
The Arwing has lots of maneuvers such as the barrel rolls, the
U-Turn, and Somersault. When I hear Peppy say "Try a somersault,"
it really puts me in the game, hey wait, I'll tell you about the
Rumble Pak. The explosions in this game are a great effect. Miyamoto
didn't just want an enemy to explode, but explode and then hit the
ground and explode again!! The water in Corneria and Zones to the
lava in Solar to the asteroids in Meteo just get you going. At
many points in the game, you can't even count how many enemies
are on screen at once. Katina, the level that's like "Independence
Day" has more detailed and well animated space crafts flying
around the mothership than Independence Day: The Video Game for
the PlayStation or the PC. The graphics in this game are 2nd best
on my list after Super Mario 64, what a coincidence, they're both
on Nintendo 64. Then again, the graphics really couldn't have been
much better. I give them a great 10/10.
MUSIC:
The music is great in this game, some people didn't like the
music, it well matched what was going on in the game, it was
a great dramatic soundtrack. The ending music was great.
Sometimes it would get repetitive, but how much can one
notice about a game? The music was good, it was the worst
part about the game, but still, it was GOOD!!! It, by itself
deserves a 9.8/10.
VOICES AND SOUND EFFECTS:
Now the voices, for some time after the game, I wondered to
myself, the amount of voice in this game is more than most
PSX and Saturn games, 32 megs of voice, whoah!!! Nintendo really
knows how to prove it to the public. Prove What?? Well, my friends
would tell me that the graphics, control, and fun factor on Nintendo 64
were better than any other consoles. Their only gripe was that not
much conversation was it able to handle. Star Fox 64 helped that
problem A LOT!! The voices were clean too. The sound effects were
also top notch, from the explosions to your laser. This topic
deserves a 10/10.
REPLAY VALUE:
The one thing that I thought would be bad about the game was
replay value. I thought with all this cool stuff fit inside a 96
meg cartridge, there would be no room for a non-slowdown
battle mode. Boy, was I wrong. The battle has almost no
slowdown. Out of the two tracks in my favorite mode, Battle
Royal, after getting a certain amount of medals (HARD!), you can
ride in a Landmaster Tank, or be on foot with a bazooka. ALL AT
ONCE. This alone will help the replay value. It's a definite 10/10.
FUNFACTOR:
Boy, this game was really fun, I'm an average gamer, and
sometimes games that are too hard irritate me and stop me
from playing, but this game wasn't that hard (Getting Medals
is hard). It was very fun trying to destroy the hard Star Wolf
team on Venom, as well as a number of other things, like fighting
Andross, who is my second best villain in a video game after
Bowser from Mario 64. This fun is too much fun, especially with
tank hovering. FUN FUN FUN. 4 player mode FUN FUN FUN. The
rumble pak is also great with its vibrations. 10/10
OVERALL: 10/10