Star Fox Adventures

The first thing you might perhaps notice while playing the game(especially if you played Mario Sunshine first) is the distinct lack of a jump button. At first this irritated me; when running to and fro I like to break the monotony by jumping about. After a while I saw a good reason for the lack of a jump button - the game doesn't become a simply jump fest. The game is (thankfully) not a test of your ability to perform jumping moves.

Gamelay wise - I found it a bit slow to begin with but, once it picked up pace it became rip-roaringly good fun. I liked the story (even though it was a bit of a cliché fest - hardened soldier-type has a soft-spot in his heart for those at need etc) and the voice acting wasn't atrocious which is always a plus. The puzzles aren't amazingly difficult so they will generally be solvable for the younger and elder gamers among us.

Something else you might notice about the gameplay if you are a nintendo fan - it is stunningly like the Nintendo 64's The Ocarina of Time. The upgrades - the battle sequences - this is not a bad thing!

There were some things that I wish they included more of - the flying sections. Starfox always was a flying game. I have enjoyed the foray into 3D Platforming but it would have been nice to have more than the odd few-minute flying segment thrown in (especially when the system is good enough to be a game in itself!). It would also be better if the game had more of a lastibility to it. Once you're throw with it (as with most platformers, I guess), you're probably not going to keep going back to it.

The saddest feature of this game is the fact that it is Rare's last effort for nintendo for a long time (who knows? They could return!). Upon finishing it, you are left with a slight depression - all good things come to an end.

Well - my summary:

Graphics - 95%
Sound - 80%
Gameplay - 90%
Lastibility - 80%

Overall - 86

Those who mourned the end of Super Mario Sunshine are well advised to get this game. Its short, but fantastic the whole way.

An absolute joy to play. I love starfox.

The game see's you as Fox Mcloud, essentially a man for hire who lands on the dinosaur planet to help the general population from the evil dinosaurs.

The game plays like a Legend Of Zelda game, which is good news as the control system is class with a good lock on feature. The graphics are sublime and some of the best i have seen, with realisitc fur effects and the settings are beatifully created.
Coupled with the Arwing flying sections, everything sounds great...

But then you get the tediousness of it, in some sections you can't leave an area untill you found aload of small obscur things that make no difference to the game. Along with your sidekick Tricky, he can be helfull but he can be a pain, and where has Falco gone to?, he wasn't included in the game!, also there isn't enough unlockable features.

Despite the obvious downsides, on the players choice range you can afford to have this sitting in your Gamecube, at least for a while.