Category: Third Person Shooter

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Conker’s Bad Fur Day (Re-Review)

Sam Lilly

Conker’s Bad Fur Day is a 3D platformer adventure game by Rare for the Nintendo 64. It’s rather special to me as it was the main reason I got back into reviewing video games after two failed iterations of game review series. That was about five years ago now, and upon replaying the game I feel like I’ve got a better grasp on how I feel about it. So as a celebration of my time reviewing games, I thought it’d be worth re-reviewing this one to see how it holds up now that all of the excitement has had time to die down and allow me to look at it with a more critical eye. Continue reading “Conker’s Bad Fur Day (Re-Review)”

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Star Fox 64

Sam Lilly

Star Fox 64 is an on-rails space shooter for the Nintendo 64. It’s more or less a remake of the game Star Fox from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The basic plot is that, years ago, an evil scientist called Andross tried to take over the part of the galaxy known as the Lylat System. The Star Fox team, headed by James McCloud and including Peppy Hare and Pigma Dengar, were sent to stop his evil plot. They were betrayed by Pigma and Peppy barely escaped. He returned and told the son of James, Fox, about what had happened. A few years later, the evil Andross once again threatens to take over the Lylat System. Fox takes up the mantle as leader of the Star Fox team, along with Peppy Hare, Slippy Toad, and Falco Lombardi, in the hopes to defeat the madman once and for all. Continue reading “Star Fox 64”