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i made a topic about this a little while back, saying i hated this when i was 13, but im willing to give it a second chance 20+ years later

so like, man the graphics in that game are amazing. especially for the time. areas come to life with random weather effects, day & night cycles, and all around the atmosphere is top notch. all the major areas are linked, and theres no loading screens between them, so it really feels like youre exploring a strange alien world

combat is pretty braindead tho. dodge button only works half the time, theres a shield move thats completely useless, and every encounter plays out the same. and theres only like 3 bosses in the entire game lol wtf?

back then, i hated that this wasnt a traditional star fox game, but now that im older i wish more series would switch it up like this. i get that this was gonna be "dinosaur planet", but i actually liked getting out the ship and exploring an alien world, zelda style. it was a cool, fun way to expand the star fox universe

tricky is annoying as fuck tho. it wouldnt be so bad if he didnt constantly talk for no reason. trying to figure out puzzles and hes just sitting there like "WHERE ARE WE GOING???" "AW, COME ON FOX" "YAWNNNN"

and having to collect mushrooms to feed him just felt like overdesign. a lot of the collectathon crap does in this. three different ways to cause explosions, three different ways to generate fire, and they all have their own unique items and abilities and puzzle solutions. its just so much.

and man do they reuse the same puzzles over and over. and the only truly functional reward are the energy cells to power your ship, and i found so many secrets and did side quests just for them... but come to find out they were for sale in the shop for 10 scarabs each the entire time V____v why

...but then you get to ride a triceratops and fight a t-rex so nvm fuck it this game is great 8.3 maybe even 8.4/10 for the time