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| dragon-warrior 509th Post
 
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|  "Star fox review"
, posted Mon 23 Sep 19:31
from IGN.com:
Closing Comments
Star Fox Adventures arrives as a truly excellent 3D action-adventure for GameCube owners. It's a clear Zelda rip, and not quite as good, but that's okay in my book as Rare has still done a pretty good job of it. There's lots of exploration to be had, character building elements, fun puzzles and not so fun puzzles, and some amazingly beautiful worlds to see and visit. Rare's technology is practically unparalleled.
Whether or not this needed to be a Star Fox game is debatable. The license seems to have been applied at the last hour and though there are a few interesting additions in this regard, the majority of the game deals with prehistoric happenings and magic. The flight missions come as more of an afterthought than anything else.
This is also one of the longest, more difficult games available for Nintendo's console, which is something of a relief for me and I'm sure for countless other players looking for something deeper than usual.
Highly recommended.
-- Matt Casamassina
Presentation
Is this Dinosaur Planet or Star Fox? We're not exactly sure. 5.0
Graphics
Outstanding. From model construction to texture detail, animation, world building and more, this game looks beautiful. Only a few marks in framerate and textures drop it down. 9.0
Sound
Amazingly well done. Solidly composed music mixes with top voice acting, though it is a bit over the top. 9.0
Gameplay
Zelda with a Fox. Some of the puzzles are challenging and satisfying and others are either too easy or too disorienting. A very long quest. 8.0
Lasting Appeal
The quest is absolutely huge the first time through and there are some secrets worth checking out a second time, but this type of title by nature is best played once. 7.0
OVERALL SCORE (not an average) 9.0
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| Burning Ranger 262th Post
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| "Bring back the original Corneria music" , posted Tue 24 Sep 14:08
I admit, the original StarFox had that atmosphere behind it that made the game unique. I think it was the music. Who could forget that catchy rock track that played as you blasted your way across Corneria? And what about the Star Wars-inspired orchestra themes? It all gave a dramatic feel to the game.
Star Fox 64 didn't quite capture the same dramatic feel the original had, but I guess they tried. Still, I think I would have wanted StarFox 2 on the SNES than StarFox 64 (and now thanks to emulation, we can play two Betas of it).
I think Namco might be able to pull a good job of it, but I am thinking that it will be a very crazy version of Air Combat, only with Arwings and such. I wouldn't be surprised if they made it a VS arcade game, where two or more players would simply dog-fight.
Anyways, I'm gonna pick up StarFox Adventures, just because I think its a console that does adventure games and platformers better than anything else.
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