The Problems With Star Fox

[tthurman]

Pretty interesting look at the series.  I only played the first one, but the N64 version certainly looks like one to try.

 

[RIP-Felix]

I played up to adventure and lost interest. SNES original and the N64 remake were my favorites, but 64 is my favorite of the two by far. Multiplayer mode with my friends was the best. Adventure was an interesting Idea, but it confused me. I didn't feel like it belonged in the StarFox universe, now I know it wasn't supposed to be a StarFox title at all.

To me, StarFox is a stoic rail shooter. It's a genera that doesn't leave much room for innovative sequels. StarFox had so much success on SNES and N64 that Nintendo got greedy and tried to make it what it wasn't - a franchise. To me, it's one of the great stand alone rail shooters and shouldn't have to bear the insult of genre infidelity. It is what it is, and that's what I liked about it. I'm fine with HD remakes and even sequels within the rail shooter genre, but the 3rd person shooter, adventure, and strategy genre shenanigans needs to stop.

[DazzleHP]

I played the ori SNES version AND the off-series gamecube version. I loved the SNES version, i also had "Lawnmower Man" at the same time or soon after, of which i loved too. I think it was coz of the tech at the time - it was all new and awesome. I still love them both now when i play em