How STAR FOX 64/LYLAT WARS Nails Replayability - REVIEW

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For today's review we're looking at Lylat Wars, known as Star Fox 64 in North America and developed by Nintendo for the N64 in 1997, bringing Fox McCloud and company into the world of full 3D, but is it any good?
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  • @Vakantscull
    @Vakantscull2 жыл бұрын

    Subscribe if you enjoyed and let me know what you thought, socials in the description!

  • @asthyz3004
    @asthyz3004 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve only gotten to the water level once and have never gotten the asteroid belt hidden path. Also getting medals from the campaign unlocks features in multiplayer which I thought was neat, gave incentive to keep trying to enjoy it more with your friends.

  • @jonbourgoin182
    @jonbourgoin1822 жыл бұрын

    Never cared for this series but I love your videos so here's a comment for the almighty algorithm

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah me neither, but I felt I owed it to the collection to add it. I've got zero interest in trying any of the other games in the series haha

  • @Skyfighter64
    @Skyfighter646 ай бұрын

    Braking while fighting Andross' face is the trap. Boosting will push you away from his mouth a hell of a lot easier.

  • @RetrogradeScene
    @RetrogradeScene2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve always been a starfox fan. I wish they would give it some more love with a new game.

  • @RoseTintedSpectrum
    @RoseTintedSpectrum2 жыл бұрын

    Good review! This was my favourite N64 game by quite a big margin.

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    You know what, I think I may be in that same boat!

  • @Adze
    @Adze2 жыл бұрын

    My entire experience with Star Fox was all the sweaty SSB Melee players who mained Fox or Falco when I was a kid. I should really get into it one of these days

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thankfully I wouldn't know about any of that haha, but I can say this is a great little space shooter :)

  • @rkraccoons

    @rkraccoons

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Starfox 64 was actually the prequel Super Smash Bros Melee; Sakurai saw Fox McCloud flying the arwing and said "yeah, that guy should be able to waveshine out of shield into jab upsmash to kill confirm at about 80%"

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rkraccoons 🤣🤣🤣

  • @uimasterroshi171
    @uimasterroshi1713 ай бұрын

    19:00 If you get a high score over 1000 I believe, pepper says just a shocked WHAT?! when he gets your bill xD That made me laugh so hard as a kid when I heard it for the first time after many tries

  • @viddysgamingviddyos4710
    @viddysgamingviddyos47102 жыл бұрын

    A classic game, a fave of mine since childhood. It was also my first Star Fox game, so I had no idea the Lylat language is actually there for those who played the previous game on SNES. Interesting pointers I've noticed from your review: This is one of those games where the manual is important. Not only did it really help me with the controls, but it also [mostly] tells you the hidden objectives [like getting 100 hits in Sector Y to continue the hard route] and total scores to get a medal in each level. I also hope you can try Sector Y again, as doing the hard route on Aquas and Zoneness afterwards is a blast. If you keep Peppy alive at the end of the Hard Andross boss fight, he notices Fox is distracted [because of seeing 'Ghostdad' but Peppy does not know that] and tries to comfort him. Til next time...Hey Einstein, I'm on your side! Do a barrel roll!

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    I tried a few times to get the hard finish for sector y, you really need to be hammering those point to reach that goal as it's quite a short level! will get it down somefay though ;)

  • @ItsCrapContent
    @ItsCrapContent2 жыл бұрын

    The 3ds version is amazingly good ....cool review

  • @roguerifter9724
    @roguerifter972411 ай бұрын

    This is my favorite game in a franchise I love. Though I have a soft spot for the original because I got it a few months after getting my SNES. I wish they would make a new one for Switch but I doubt that will happen since Zero didn't do well from what I understand. Probably due to the controls. After trying it I had a few nightmares about trying to fly a real ship with the controls.

  • @HussCraft
    @HussCraft2 жыл бұрын

    star fox one of them legendary cemented games that I actually never played until recently and for me and because I never played it when I recently gave it a go did nothing for me, wish I played it when I was young would of been better

  • @HotLettuceTV
    @HotLettuceTV2 жыл бұрын

    Yooo good job getting all the paths! I played this SO MUCH as a kid and I love seeing it up on your channel :)

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    almost all of them, still need to go back and try for the FULL hard path 😖

  • @HotLettuceTV

    @HotLettuceTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Vakantscull I mean... it requires you to play VERY particularly so we can find A LITTLE forgiveness for ya!

  • @WhatHoSnorkers
    @WhatHoSnorkers2 жыл бұрын

    The game that inspired that song by Underworld, "Born Slippy". Lovely vid. The multiple path stuff is VERY cool and well explained too!

  • @brn2579
    @brn257910 ай бұрын

    I didn't get to play certain missions on the hard path for years as a kid, lol

  • @RetroSegaDev
    @RetroSegaDev2 жыл бұрын

    As with about 90% of N64 games. I've never played this maybe one day I will 😁 Thanks for the playthrough!

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    that's partly why I run through the games from start to finish as part of the review, some may not be able to play these games anymore, some might only have a passing interest, or some people may see the actual playthrough and decide it looks interesting enough to pick up for themselves :)

  • @ThoniusB
    @ThoniusB Жыл бұрын

    There are 3 Zeros missing from the end of this videos view count for some reason.

  • @mmw3330
    @mmw333011 ай бұрын

    You have totally missed out the two hidden paths 😱 Great review nevertheless 😉

  • @rabbyd542
    @rabbyd5429 ай бұрын

    I wish I had a record of my total scores in that game. I remember doing most levels to literal perfection. I would reset the game at the slightest error even if I was halfway through.

  • @JigglyRuff
    @JigglyRuff2 жыл бұрын

    Banjo Kazooie jibberish talking.... XD, this is one game I've not played on the N64 yet..

  • @StarElysia
    @StarElysia2 жыл бұрын

    As far as I remember they put the lylat there because that's exactly what they sound like in the super Nintendo version so it's like a call back

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    ahhhhh, they weren't banking on it being some people's (like me lol) first (and only) entry into the franchise ;)

  • @StarElysia

    @StarElysia

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Vakantscull it's a mixed up series.. I would love to see you play adventures for the GameCube sometime.

  • @LionmaneElsie08
    @LionmaneElsie082 жыл бұрын

    “Do a barrel roll!!!” Was this games “trouble with the trolly, eh??” I just got to the barrel roll bit 🤣 Looking forward to watching your review “Oh you cheeky shit!!” 🤣 Very much enjoyed your review 👌🏻 that end boss is just not okay, going to lose sleep over that! 😱

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    Spyro was trouble with the trolley 😂 I'd forgotten all about that!

  • @LionmaneElsie08

    @LionmaneElsie08

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Vakantscull pelican boi needs to know that it’s not the trolly - it’s the sodding track! 🤣

  • @rkraccoons
    @rkraccoons2 жыл бұрын

    Haaah! Atta! Tor-ya!!! *blip* *blip* *blip* *blip*

  • @amazonen66
    @amazonen66 Жыл бұрын

    I bought a lot of 4 or five N64 games for very cheap- I got it for Golden Eye, but after putting the "Lylat Wars" into the system I was pleasantly surprised. Never actually played it though, might have to now.

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm not a big nintendo guy, but it's easily my favourite game that I've played on the N64 so far! Also for some further reading, check out Ex-Zodiac on Steam :)

  • @tabsntoot
    @tabsntoot11 ай бұрын

    Lylat wars

  • @overwatch761
    @overwatch76111 ай бұрын

    Star Fox 64 is phenomenal. Easily the best in the series.

  • @LionmaneElsie08
    @LionmaneElsie082 жыл бұрын

    Can I use your shirt to save my progress? 😁 nice to see you ☺️

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    Think you're the first to point it out! 😁😁😁

  • @LionmaneElsie08

    @LionmaneElsie08

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Vakantscull happy to be first 🥴

  • @frankyw8803
    @frankyw88032 жыл бұрын

    Now then my friend , what new algorithm are those w--kers using on Solitaire 🙂

  • @frankyw8803

    @frankyw8803

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have never given up so many games with + 9 minutes left ever ....

  • @Vakantscull

    @Vakantscull

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@frankyw8803 have a second window open like a folder or something, soon as you make your move press tab, click the other folder, then minimise and you'll notice youre back on the game window but the timer isn't going down because youre technically not in the window, then make your next move and just rinse and repeat :)

  • @frankyw8803

    @frankyw8803

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Vakantscull Yes I do do that , biut obs not as well as you , but the game has changed so much this year .

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