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Conker's Bad Fur Day Review
Yeah. Unbelievable. Another N64 game... that DOESN'T suck! As a matter of fact, Conker is one of the best N64 titles I've seen in a long time. And to think, if it weren't for some persuation and recommendation from some of my buds, I probably never would have known all of Conker's glory...
Conker's Bad Fur Day is, all honestly, the most VILE, DISGUSTING, and innovative game ever to be seen in a LONG time. You thought you had trouble buying Resident Evil without your ID at Walmart? Try buying Conker. Odds are you'll see several secret service members sneak around the Toy isle, as S.W.A.T. Team members swoop in and brutally pull you out of the store. Yes, this game is THAT bad. Bad meaning good, that is. Here's a complete list of just about every "offensive" thing you'll find in the game:
Blood, gore, violence
Sexual jokes & comedy(not to worry kiddies, there's none of the actual thing)
Profuse swearing
Poo jokes; too many to count
Drug & alcohol use
That's about it in a nutshell. From what I hear, even some stuff was CUT(like use of the words "fuck" and "shit"), so things could have actually been worse/better. Never in my born days did I think I would actually see a game with pretty much every ESRB warning label on it; the labels I read off the back of my ESRB free instruction pamplet in laughter that came with my Pokemon Yellow. But now that day has come.
 ...How did this come about? It's a funny story. The guys at Rare originally planned on making another platform kiddie game, called Conker's Quest(old Nintendo magazine subscribers like myself even remember hearing about it back in '97). Then, at SOME point, they scrapped the whole idea... and came up with an idea. "Let's push it as far as we frikin' can!" they said. And the rest is history.
Graphics. While they're not on par with most games these days(probably comparable to Banjo Kazooie), they're pretty decent. Considering it's a N64 game, everyone's grown to realize they don't get much better than this, pure and simple. 8.5/10.
 Gameplay. While CBFD is innovative, it's gameplay is nowhere near flawless. It's still a platform game. It's also made by Rare. What does that mean? Repeating things, over and over again, until you get it ABSOLUTELY right. Die. Die again. Get extremely angry. It gets rather annoying, and repetitive. Even with the "Very Easy" in-game code on, I felt no difference in the challenge level or amount of time it took me to accomplish things. However, the STYLE of the game(going around, collecting money for different purposes), is pretty decent. Beats the standard "collect a certain number of magic thingys, and you get to go on to ANOTHER stage!". 5/10.
Plot. The most original and thought out plot I've ever seen. Conker, our hero, gets drunk(as usual) one night. He passes out in the middle of nowhere like any self-respecting drunk. He wakes up with a killer hang over, and the overall objective of the game is to just get home. Then you start collecting money, and buy your way through situations... meanwhile, the evil Panther King has a serious problem, and needs a Red Squirrel to help him out. Whaddya know, Conker's a red squirrel... ingenius. 9.5/10.
Sound. This game has ALOT of audio. How'd they do it? Somehow, the guy's at Rare managed to fit MPEG-Layer 3 sound files onto the cartridge. Or in lamen's terms... MP3s. With the ability to have compressed, decent audio files on the cartridge, this allowed TONS of vocals. Quite impressive, as no other N64 game has ever done that before. 10/10.
Replay Value. The 1P mode is very short-- less than 20 hours of play at most. After you've finished it once you'll probably come back for more, though. The game is just TOO GOOD. Of course, you could always just head to the "Chapters" option and play whatever you want... still, this increases the replay value. A multiplayer option as well, which I never got a chance to try. 8/10.
Final Thought/Overall Rating
Little kids: stay away from Conker. Please. The last thing us hardcore and/or veteran gamers would want is some kid's soccer mom to see her Lil' Jimmy playing a game like Conker, and then having her turn around and do something ignorant like lots of parents do(like, say, sue Rare and try to get the government to ban games). Nay, we don't want that. Instead, turn around and go down to that little game that says "Power Puff Girls- Bad Mojo Jojo!".
Everyone else... play it. Buy it if you can. It's darn worth it. Overall rating: 9.5/10.
-Grand Master Dragon
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