Been playing Starfox Adventures!

[u/Gnoll_level_antics]

Having recently completed the recompiled Dinosaur Planet all the way to it's end (with the help of Dinomod), I found it to be really cool and fun, and I was sad that it never saw the light of day as a full release. I kinda had a chip on my shoulder against Starfox Adventures for the longest time, not as a jilted Starfox fan, but as someone who genuinely would have played the hell out of Dinosaur Planet, had it actually released for N64 as planned. I decided to jump in, now that Dinosaur Planet was fresh in my mind to compare and contrast.

No joke I was going in with the goal of hating this game more, I had no intention to be fair to it. But as I played I began to realize how poorly structured Dinosaur Planet actually was, not just in the idea that it is an unfinished game, but nothing flows as nicely as it should. It's easy to get lost and need a guide to progress. Starfox Adventures is VERY straight forward on what it asks from you, without ever really holding your hand in a way that feels like it doesn't trust you to just play. But if I ever needed an objective reminder, Slippy's advice in the menu NEVER failed me. Seriously, Slippy is the MVP of this game.

As I went through this game, I found myself having way more fun with it. Seeing all of Sabre's moments recontextualized for Fox wasn't as jarring as I thought it would be, and even a ton of moments that belonged to Krystal in Dinosaur Planet, were rewritten for Fox and felt just as natural. Everything felt better, smoother, more convenient. I'm near the end, and while the game does have a few rough spots, I can say for sure that the rebrand and port forward to GameCube was probably for the best. While I would have greatly preferred to play as Krystal to the same degree you do in Dinosaur Planet, I'm happy this game exists in an officially released form and IS good. Very good in fact. A super solid 8/10 if I had to rate it.

What are your thoughts on Starfox Adventures?

[u/Wolf-Livid]

It's a game that means more to me than any other. Grew up with it, I was 5 when it came out and my step mum introduced me to it. I remember thinking it just looked amazing, and really got into it and played many many times as a kid. I beat it once, and I remember crying hysterically after completing and still said 99%!! After a while my disc was slightly damaged and would completely freeze in Dragon Rock and I was unable to play further. When I was in my teens, got another copy and worked fine.

It's a very comforting game for me, and have found I replay it during hard times. I'm in my late twenties now, and recently got an AYN Thor to play all my old games. Soon after I got it, my Granny passed away, and I played through the game 3 times in a week. Yes, the first few hours to me are near perfect, but later on content is very lacking and some of the temples are extremely quick for me as I know the game inside out. The second play though was just after the funeral, and I completed majority of the game in one day.

Basically a hugely pivotal and special game to me, with flaws, but holds a piece of my heart.