Here you have to shoot enemies, dodge obstacles and avoid enemy attacks while trying to shoot pilots who are attacking your friends and catch useful health/ammo pickups. Everything is happening at a very rapid pace, ships flying, towers falling, explosions going off, it’s very ‘in the moment’ which adds a cinematic edge to the game. In the game your Arwing is constantly going forward, racing you through the game’s level. Fox reassures him they’ll be there and you begin your first mission in Corneria. You open up with a short cutscene from General Pepper asking for assistance on Corneria as they are being attacked by Andros’s forces. It takes a little while to get there but trust me, it’s worth it. I can’t decide whether he’s silently begging for help or is plotting to bash my head in with that wrench while I sleep. Also, can we just talk about this guy? Like, is he ok? He… he doesn’t look ok. Granted it is training mode but still, a bit of variety would be nice. I really can’t complain too much about training mode asides from the fact its appearance is a little barren. The training course it set up pretty well, teaching you how to fly and use your Arwing (the name of your spacecraft) to the best of its ability. This was important because the controls take a bit of adjustment at the beginning, so leaping into the game without knowing how half the controls work would be pretty counterproductive. Before I leaped into playing the main game I first played training mode. While it works in explaining the main storyline, they could have animated a cutscene or even had the characters say something during missions to let us piece it together ourselves. Now, I know this is an early game but I felt the exposition could have been eased in a bit differently. He’s also responsible for James Mcloud’s death, the father of Fox Mcloud who is the team leader of Starfox and the one you play as. I don’t want to go into too much detail about it but here’s the gist of it: An evil scientist named Andross is trying to wipe out what’s left of the Lylat system (a system of planets) and your team Starfox are the ones who have to stop him. When first starting up the game you’re met with an intro that gives a heavy chunk of exposition about the game’s backstory. Due to this reason, I believe that me giving my opinion on a game as a newcomer would be an interesting topic for an article. You may love a game to bits but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect, despite what our rose-tinted nostalgia goggles may say. With a lot of old games, there also comes a lot of nostalgia, and nostalgia can cloud our judgment severely on the quality of a game. So, why would my two cents make any difference? Well… that’s because I never played it before. Now, a lot of people have played Star Fox 64 and have given their opinion on this cult classic. Years later, my brother came home with his Nintendo 64 and a Starfox cartridge, asking me if I’d like to play. The only memories I ever had of Starfox as a kid were when my siblings and I played Super Smash Brothers Brawl and fought on top of the Starfox ship as one of the stages. As a child, however, I grew up playing Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64 so I never got to experience the adventures of Fox Mcloud and his friends. Many within the Starfox fandom consider Starfox 64 to be one of the most if not the best Starfox game.
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