One of my favorite "arcade" games of all time, Star Fox 64 took the concepts of the original SNES games to the next level by improving graphics, sound, and gameplay all while adding new features such as the innovative rumble pak experience. This game managed to create the perfect recipe of combining all these elements creating a need to replay the game and its levels over and over again while maintaining an incredibly high fun factor.
Gameplay is fast-paced and focuses on defeating as many enemies as possible to get more rewards/upgrades for your ship while unlocking new paths and competing for gold stars if you are up for the challenge. Some of the requirements to get to different paths were very cryptic and nearly impossible to figure out in your own but that's what Nintendo Power was for :)
The voice acting is limited, cheesy, and to the point, adding to the game's historical charm. Gameplay variety was greatly improved over the original game by adding all-range mode stages where you dogfight against the newly introduced Star Wolf faction and new stages featuring the Blue Marine (submarine) and LandMaster (tank). Star Fox 64 does a great job of keeping all these added gameplay components at bay as opposed to other future games in the series where new vehicles were not as intuitive or fun to use.
The branching planets/paths progression design for levels provided a ton of replay value for what in reality is a fairly short game. Replay value was further extended with the gold stars ranking system for players looking for a bigger challenge.
Multiplayer mode was a fun distraction but the single-player mode is where this game shines all the way.
Gameplay is fast-paced and focuses on defeating as many enemies as possible to get more rewards/upgrades for your ship while unlocking new paths and competing for gold stars if you are up for the challenge. Some of the requirements to get to different paths were very cryptic and nearly impossible to figure out in your own but that's what Nintendo Power was for :)
The voice acting is limited, cheesy, and to the point, adding to the game's historical charm. Gameplay variety was greatly improved over the original game by adding all-range mode stages where you dogfight against the newly introduced Star Wolf faction and new stages featuring the Blue Marine (submarine) and LandMaster (tank). Star Fox 64 does a great job of keeping all these added gameplay components at bay as opposed to other future games in the series where new vehicles were not as intuitive or fun to use.
The branching planets/paths progression design for levels provided a ton of replay value for what in reality is a fairly short game. Replay value was further extended with the gold stars ranking system for players looking for a bigger challenge.
Multiplayer mode was a fun distraction but the single-player mode is where this game shines all the way.