Star Fox 64

 Nintendo 64
User Score
8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 300 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 262 out of 300
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 300
  3. Negative: 7 out of 300
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  1. jj350
    Feb 7, 2011
    2
    I was so disappointed by this game that I registered on this site just so that I can warn other people, because this game has yet to receive an honest review. What we have here is a turd wrapped in gold. As a big fan of Starfox for the SNES, as well as Starfox 2 for the SNES, I thought it would be perfectly natural for me to enjoy Starfox 64 for the N64. Ooh how naive I was. This is easilyI was so disappointed by this game that I registered on this site just so that I can warn other people, because this game has yet to receive an honest review. What we have here is a turd wrapped in gold. As a big fan of Starfox for the SNES, as well as Starfox 2 for the SNES, I thought it would be perfectly natural for me to enjoy Starfox 64 for the N64. Ooh how naive I was. This is easily not only the worse Starfox I have ever played, but also the worse N64 shooter that I have played as well. Honestly, I am still in shock over how absolutely awful this game turned out to be.

    You see, the worse thing about this game is all of the hype and praise that surrounds it. You get the impression that not only is this a fantastic N64 game, but one of the best! At first, it is a very good game. However, once you get into it, you realize how this is a video game that is clearly a victim of genuinely terrible game design. Everything is way too easy at first, it's dead obvious. So how did the game designers fix this? You would be right to think that they simply made it more challenging later on, but sadly this is not true. The route that the designers chose to make this game more challenging was to simply make it cheap, and cheap as hell. That's right, you will not lose due to your own skill, no, if you lose, it will be due to some poor and/or cheap design choice. To top it all off, the final boss is nothing but a giant, detached, floating monkey head with giant, detached, floating hands. I think that pretty well explains the story for this game as well.

    With the 3DS coming out soon, and a 3DS version announced, I got this game to see what the hype is all about. Please, don't buy into the hype. There is nothing good and/or special to be found here.    … Expand
  2. Technickle
    Aug 29, 2021
    1
    Star Fox 64 oh boy where to begin. Well as it turns out Foxs can't drive, seriously when is the last time you've seen a fox steer a plane or whatever they are called.

    Rumble Pack? What exactly is it rumbling, the only thing rumbling right now is my stomach, I haven't eaten yet today because I got so mad at this game. Laser? - But why, and when are they needed when you got ...    Star Fox 64 oh boy where to begin. Well as it turns out Foxs can't drive, seriously when is the last time you've seen a fox steer a plane or whatever they are called.

    Rumble Pack? What exactly is it rumbling, the only thing rumbling right now is my stomach, I haven't eaten yet today because I got so mad at this game.

    Laser? - But why, and when are they needed when you got ...

    Bombs - HELL YA BRUDDER KKonaW

    Braking? - I wanna go fast, not slow.

    Boosting? - Damn right

    Fly Straight? - More Like Fly under the radar

    Peppy - AWW MUSTID, YOU GOTTA PUT A LITTLE SEASNIN ON DAT THANG.

    Slippy - Sliders

    Falco - F U is what I wrote in 2nd grade, got sent to the time-out corner on a metal chair.

    Wolf - on Wall Street

    Plastic Utopia is better than this game that I can attest, but, I do know it beats out the rest. For now, I depart, while I go to malo mart. This is the end, but, I need to first go around the bend. It's not easy, but, I do know it seems cheesy. Just because you won't doesn't mean you can't have a boat. Trees are neat, but, I bet you can't handle this sick beat.    … Expand
  3. 21stCenturyGuy
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Furries were a mistake. This game is very much broken and there is a glitch where 99.9% of the time near the end of the game, the sequence will break and will not let you fight the last boss. This game is overrated as all hell, Wake up sheeple! You have been lied to. Go to your nearest hamburger shop and spread the truth about this game. The government is l y i n g to you about this game.
  4. johnny34
    Apr 4, 2023
    0
    I rate the game miserable because I find it an insult to not give the player the option to disable these idiotic inverted controls. This is an arcade game, not a simulation. As an STG player, it really gives me a headache after 2 minutes.
  5. ObsequiousEmu
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    Star Fox the Phantom Menace is the most disappointing thing since my first wedding night. How are you even supposed to aim your big blasters with this controller? I keep having to use my toesies to press the C buttons: you gotta have like 6 arms and at least 34 fingers to straddle this plastic trident of a controller. And they clearly didn't heed any mind to mouth feel with this patheticStar Fox the Phantom Menace is the most disappointing thing since my first wedding night. How are you even supposed to aim your big blasters with this controller? I keep having to use my toesies to press the C buttons: you gotta have like 6 arms and at least 34 fingers to straddle this plastic trident of a controller. And they clearly didn't heed any mind to mouth feel with this pathetic waste of plastic of a cartridge. I know this game was made in the 1800s or whatever, but come on, I can fit at LEAST 13 Switch cartridges in my mouth. I doubt I could cram more than 2 or 3 Star Fox carts in my craw, and that's just pathetic.

    There is literally only one good thing about Star Fox 64 and it's my luscious baby boy Pigma. Pigma is real. I am going to kiss him. He will be my lover. I will be the little spoon. Me and Pigma will **** and you can't stop us.

    Playing Star Fox feels like a spider web is your boyfriend, and I will never understand how Nintendo got away with it.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#4 Best N64 Game of 1997
3
#3 Most Discussed N64 Game of 1997
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#2 Most Shared N64 Game of 1997

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Nintendorks
    80
    It's the shoot 'em up of shoot 'em ups. Star Fox 64 shouldn't be seen as a sequel to the SNES Star Fox, however. It's more of a director's cut to an old, great film.
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  2. Nintendophiles
    95
    It features nice graphics, wonderful sound, addictive gameplay, and a lot of replay value.
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  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    91
    A very pretty reprise of the original Star Fox story, but with new stuff. [Jan 2004, p.189]
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