Starfox 1 or Starfox 64?

[ArwingFan]

Which one of these classics do you prefer?

For me 64. As much as I love the first game, 64 wins out for its tighter gameplay, voicing and the soundtrack.

[Patch93]

I'm just going to put it this way:

I agree Star Fox 64 is the best game in the series, however, my favorite is the SNES original.

[Xidphel]

>Think
>Objectively
>Subjectively

[Storminator]

Lylat Wars, purely because I haven't had a chance to properly experience the original Star Fox

[Clearwater]

2 hours ago, Storminator said:

Lylat Wars, purely because I haven't had a chance to properly experience the original Star Fox

Looks like someone's British if they're calling it Lylat Wars instead of SF64.

As for me, I liked the original StarFox on SNES because it had that arcadey feeling, but obviously, SF64 does a great job of updating and reimagining it.

[Storminator]

2 minutes ago, Clearwater said:

Looks like someone's British if they're calling it Lylat Wars instead of SF64.

As for me, I liked the original StarFox on SNES because it had that arcadey feeling, but obviously, SF64 does a great job of updating and reimagining it.

Oh no! I've been discovered D:

I will say while I love LW for the gameplay and feel, I adore the original's aesthetic, especially the Arwings. Sure, its wearing its inspiration on its shoulder a bit *cough*Star Wars*cough* but it works for the tone of the world

[The VGM Lover]

I like both, but between content and simple arcade fun, I find myself comin' back to Starfox 1 more often. Kinda makes me wonder how it would have done if it was released as an 80s arcade machine.

[StarFoxMaster64]

The SNES one was quite an achievement in Nintendo's history. Not only was it one of the best Super FX games but it also showed the maximum power the Super Nintendo could achieve. Star Fox and the Super FX was Nintendo's answer to the Sega CD during the time Nintendo vs Sega was a thing. It showed Nintendo was moving into 3D gaming technology, and of course we saw when the Nintendo 64 came out, they achieved their goal. While it's not the most graphically best game, it was for the time, and that's what makes the original so great. It was also very challenging on level 2 and 3, I found it even harder than Star Fox 64's expert mode.

 

With that being said, Star Fox 64 has amazing qualities as well. The 64-bit era allowed Nintendo to show their power and Star Fox 64 definitely got it. Star Fox 64 is the kind of shoot-em ups I like. Like the original, you feel like your on some sort of adventure shooting through space. (I mean a real adventure, not one where a baby dinosaur is stapled to you). Not only that but the branching paths system made it more fun because you wanted to keep playing to see all the levels. Of all the Star Fox games I felt Star Fox 64 had the best replay ability. Plus the score system had bigger numbers so shooting for the high score was always fun. 

 

Overall I like both, but my favorite remains Star Fox 64. My only wish, I wish Star Fox 64 had some of the hidden secrets like the original did. Such as the black hole, the alternate dimension, and the whale (as seen in Sector Y). Both were major achievements in games though, and if you play them today there still in amazing play. Replaying them over and over is fun, and is actually well made compared to *ehem* later Star Fox games... Hopefully, Star Fox Zero brings the series back to life as the shoot-em up arcade style game that is, Star Fox. 

[Kath]

SF64 by far. Saying SF1 would be like saying you should play DOOM (1993) with Chocolate Doom instead of a modern source port. They want the game stripped of modernity for the sake of elitism.