Saturday, July 20, 2024

Star Fox for SNES


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Star Fox

Nice poly guns


Genre: shooter - corridor

Publisher: Nintendo

Year: 1993

System: SNES


Gameplay Score: 4

Gameplay Notes:

What's not to like? Controls are responsive or at least manageable. Agreed banking or turning your shop floats back toward center which eliminates the need to make micro corrections. It's forgiving in that regard Projectiles coming toward you take their time which gives you time to avoid them.


Level Design Score: 5

Level Design Notes:

The gameplay is simple but the levels have a great deal of variety. Probably the greatest strength of this game. Locales are distinct, including sunny planets, asteroid belts, an armada of ships, etc. The levels themselves have a lot going on and obstacles and set pieces that don't repeat over and over. Branching paths add replayability


Theme Score: 5

Theme Notes:

Lovely presentation The cartoony characters give it a light-hearted feeling while the setting is full of homage to awesome sci-fi games and movies


Art Style Score: 3

Art Style Notes:

Early polygons haven't aged well. The low framerate looked great at the time but it choppy now


Audio Score: 4

Audio Notes:

Fantastic music and sound but some annoying sounds, like the "voices" of your fellow pilots, hold it back


Overall Score: 84

Review ID: 525



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