While it certainly has it's flaws, the attention to detail Rareware has given Conker's Bad Fur Day is anything but second rate. Even more remarkable is that it was all done on an N64 cartridge.
The gameplay is not only simple and attractive, it actually achieves some of the symphonic dignity (and cross-referencing) that other N64 titles simulated so tediously.
With its technological mastery and its subversive humor, this is a kitsch masterpiece, taken too seriously by definition, but not without charm.
I may have grown tired of playing video games as I've gotten older, but Conker's Bad Fur Day holds up as one the best N64 titles, and video games in general.
The one thing I think that hold's it back is the limitations of the N64, which made the game feel sort of lacking in ways. Modders need to find a way to add more levels and multiplayer features to the game to extend it's life.
To bad we never got a proper sequel. Unless you count Live & Reloaded, "(Which of course it isn't.)"
So in conclusion, if you haven't played it, find a way to play it, and experience what this foul mouth Squirrel and his friends have to offer.
As Conker would say, "Marvelous."
(B+)
(8/10)
The gameplay is not only simple and attractive, it actually achieves some of the symphonic dignity (and cross-referencing) that other N64 titles simulated so tediously.
With its technological mastery and its subversive humor, this is a kitsch masterpiece, taken too seriously by definition, but not without charm.
I may have grown tired of playing video games as I've gotten older, but Conker's Bad Fur Day holds up as one the best N64 titles, and video games in general.
The one thing I think that hold's it back is the limitations of the N64, which made the game feel sort of lacking in ways. Modders need to find a way to add more levels and multiplayer features to the game to extend it's life.
To bad we never got a proper sequel. Unless you count Live & Reloaded, "(Which of course it isn't.)"
So in conclusion, if you haven't played it, find a way to play it, and experience what this foul mouth Squirrel and his friends have to offer.
As Conker would say, "Marvelous."
(B+)
(8/10)