Any Star Fox Adventures reviews yet? (1 Viewer)

[Matt Broeska]

all of the screenshots i've seen for this game look amazing. i'm dying to have it but i haven't seen any reviews yet. i seriously doubt any reviews will be so bad as to make me not get it but you know... it's always nice to know how good or amazing a game is in advance.

and does anyone know if it plays in progressive mode or in 16:9? almost all screenshots i've seen have been letterboxed. i was wondering if that's just an in game cutscene thing or actuall gameplay and if it's always like that.

 

[Chris Duran]

No reviews yet, the game doesn't even ship until the 26th I believe. From the demo at retail stores, I saw that the game does support 16x9 like most Rare games, but I'm not sure if it's progessive or not, probably so I would imagine. I'm not waiting for reviews this game is so mine, heck I've been waiting for this game since it was Dinosaur Planet on the N64.

 

[Adam_R]

I haven't seen any reviews yet, but I breifly played the demo at my local Target. It looks great, but I think that there is no "Jump" button. I played around with it and couldn't find any way to jump. If this is so, I'm already bummed. BTW- Rare is being bought out by Micro$oft. Weak. Really.

 

[Morgan Jolley]

The Rare/MS buyout hasn't been officially confirmed yet. Will it happen? It seems likely, but no announcements have been made.

To me, DP looks like a mix of Jet Force Gemini and Zelda with some StarFox flying levels thrown in for the name of the license. I'm a little interested, but will probably buy it anyway.

 

[Rob Lutter]

It looks great, but I think that there is no "Jump" button. I played around with it and couldn't find any way to jump.

Zelda: The Ocarina of Time had no jump button, and that is one of my favorite games of all time.

 

[Todd Schnell]

I pre-ordered this one about a month ago.
Free shipping at EB & had a $25 coupon.
I watched some kids play the demo yesterday.
Game looks really great!

I noticed there was no jumping going on so I actually asked the kids playing if there was a jump button.
They stated no & the one actually playing at the time proceeded to press every button on the controller to demonstrate.

Unless we are missing something here this is a big bummer for me.
Fox did have some kind of roll move.
From what I watched I didn't see any real purpose in it as far as affecting or being useful in game play.

I absolutely hated the no-jump button in Zelda.
Quite often I found Link jumping when I didn't want him to, & sometimes not being able to jump when I wanted to.
No jump button/auto jump takes away from game play in a very big way imo.

Assuming this is the case with Starfox, I almost wish I didn't pre-order it.
But, I got a great deal & will go ahead & give it a shot since the game really does look absolutely fantastic!
Perhaps & I hope if this is indeed the case it somehow won't affect my enjoyment of the game.

Todd

 

[Jay W]

I haven't seen any reviews here but Dorimaga in Japan rated it as follows:

Star Fox Adventures (Gamecube, Nintendo): 6 / 7 / 7 (Total: 6,6)

Now this may not mean that much but it has me worried somewhat. I always thought SFA would be a AAA title, and certainly a bit better than those scores would indicate. We shall wait and see!

Other selected scores for comparison (Dorimaga)

Ferrari F355 Challenge (PS2, Sega): 7 / 6 / 7 (Total: 6,66)
Maximum Chase (Xbox, Microsoft): 7 / 8 / 8 (Total:7,6)
Britney's Dance Beat (PS2, Sega): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 8 (Total: 7,2)
J-League Winning Eleven 6 (PS2, Konami): 7 / 8 / 8 (Total: 7,6)

 

[Rob Lutter]

Here is where Dorimaga lost me:

Britney's Dance Beat (PS2, Sega): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 8 (Total: 7,2)

 

[Jay W]

So we reach the conclusion that Britney > Star Fox?

 

[Peter Manojlovich]

I don't go by the Japanese, they think Crash Bandicoot : Wrath of Cortex is a good game.

 

[Todd Schnell]

Dorimaga lost me there too Rob.
However the Japanese seem to love these silly dance beat rhythm games.
To each their own I guess.
Btw Out of curiosity I just checked gamespot which gave Britney a 6.9.
Link Removed
Hmmm.
Maybe it's just me, but I really find myself feeling very different than so many reviews I read these days.
I just don't trust reviews like I used to.
Hopefully Star Fox will kick butt!
Todd

 

[Jay W]

Just a heads up:

Score from this week's Famitsu

Starfox Adventures: 9,8,8,7

Maybe we can breath a little easier now!