Is the starfox IP doomed to just be starfox 64 remakes untill it just stops to exist? This game controls just awful. I always forget just how not-fun this game is to play.

When the gameplay isn’t fun there isn’t much one can do to redeem the product. The visuals are bland and simple, wich works for an on-rails shooter. The story is simple and you cant get invested because you’re constantly fighting with the controls.

This game is super short. Starfox games are made to be replayed, so you can try to take a diffrent route each time. But after my first playthrough I had no intent of ever returning.

The only way forward for this franchise is to reinvent the genre like mario and zelda do for there genres. On-rails shooters were new and inventive once upon a time. now the genre has gone stale and nobody’s really interested in the genre. I feel like an open space exploration game with “on rail shooter sections” would work much better than a full game in this style nowadays.

I don't know how else to describe Star Fox Zero as anything, but a jumbled mess plagued with gimmicky controls. Largely the game had everything going for it. Marketing, good graphics, a stellar cast of characters, and a much needed spotlight for the series since Star Fox Command's failure yet this was an even bigger failure.

The story for Zero is a complete rehash of the original Star Fox 64 game, which was a rehash of the original SNES game, which also had a 3DS remake that played far better than this mess. The fact that Star Fox largely never went a little more than a stones step away from it's original story added to the fact that this game was just an unplayable mess.

While yes, you could factually play this game, you wouldn't really want to. Nothing about this game is fun, and anything new is either ruined by the controls or pacing. It truly is amazing how they screwed up an on-rail shooter, and while you can get good on the set up for Zero, it requires far too much effort and willpower than any game should. Looking at two screens at once is a neat idea, but the simple neck movement can get tiring after one level, and with the way Star Fox games demanded excessive play in short bursts just adds on to that failure of a design. Let alone the problems with route accessing and the boring robot segments that took far too long.

Star Fox Zero is just a rare experience of a slight misstep ruining anything salvageable from a product. If not for it's control scheme it would still be mediocre, but at least could have some enjoyment from this game. Hopefully this will be a lesson to Nintendo to not force a gimmick into something for the sake of feeling new.

Star Fox Zero is a game that many will say is horrible due to the control scheme. While I can agree that the controls take some getting used to, I think the game has some great ideas and very fun set pieces.

The game is pretty short, similar to 64 in that way. I finished all of the side missions and alternate paths as well, some of them were pretty fun, but most weren't that amazing as the side paths in this game don't usually lead to other planets just small missions. Two of the side missions are literally the same missions but with different vehicles.

Speaking of different vehicles, you control three vehicles throughout the adventure, and most of them are fun, other than the Gyrojet. The "returning" Walker mode on the arwing is a nice touch, as a callback to Star Fox 2. I thought the controls for these vehicles were pretty good, though the separate aiming and movement does take some getting used to as well as having to focus on both screens at once.

I think the music and graphics are very nice as well, with nice renditions of classic SF tunes and the game looks like how I imagined 64 looked as a kid. The re-playability is also very nice with each main mission having 5 medals to collect, and these unlock extra training missions.

All in all, Star Fox Zero is worth a play-though, if you can get used to the control scheme. It has some nice music, graphics, and mostly fun levels / bosses.