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Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
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The N64 is often unfairly pegged as a child's console but Conker's Bad Fur Day should finally put paid to that vicious rumour--it's not for nothing that it's got a 15-rating and a parental advisory sticker slapped on the front. Foul language and toilet humour abound; what's more, the game's stuffed full of clever film references that the average child just won't (or shouldn't) get. Our titular antihero is a cute li'l squirrel with big blue eyes, a lustrous tail and a hangover; the game starts the morning after his 21st birthday you see and all Conker wants to do is get home to bed. Until he realises there's cold hard cash to be made from fleecing the critters he meets along the way. Almost every scene's gameplay is different and generally simple--run, jump, hover, whack with frying pan--though context-sensitive pads give Conker new abilities for specific tasks. There are ace shoot-'em-up bits, wave racing bits and dino-riding bits. Refreshingly, there's nothing to collect (apart from cash and that ends up being irrelevant)--each part of the story is a stand-alone task and you can move right on to the next one once you're done. And if you die, you go right back to the bit you just left, rather than having to do all the previous sections again too. There are several parts which are stupidly tricky and needlessly irritating but once you're past them the glory of the rest of the game will quickly make you forget all about earlier teeth-gnashing. The game looks fantastic--possibly the N64's finest moment graphically--and the sound is great but it's in the quality of the voice acting and the scripting that Conker's BFD really shines. Every single voice is believable, from the Liverpudlian twang of the dung beetles to the subsonic grate of the evil Panther King and the dialogue is remarkably funny throughout. The aforementioned film pastiches--including The Terminator, The Matrix, Saving Private Ryan and a final, fantastic Aliens takeoff--are incredibly well done and make what might otherwise have been a good game into a great one. Anyone with an appreciation for innovative gameplay and pop culture shouldn't miss this. --Rikki Price
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Conker's Bad Fur Day, the funniest game in the world?
(June 02, 2006) |
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Conker's Bad Fur Day, well this game, god is it a laugh. Well for a start, who came up with the idea for ticklish bee's? Conker, he's just a big blue eyed,ginger,bushy tailed squirrel. The story starts with him at the local watering hole with a few guys celebrating his 21st birthday, when he phone's home to tell his girlfriend Berri (who plays a big part in this story) That he is with some guys who are off to fight a war some place....its what he calls a 'Bad Fur Day'....
As I have only just got the game after waiting 5 years, I am so glad that this game lives up to my standards; Great jokes (the bleeping of some swear words makes it even funnier) Gregg the grim reaper, he's so funny when he comes in with the microphone and he sounds like he's got a deep voice and he turns out to be a small Grim with a squeaky voice.
The levels are just perfect for the style of the game like cheese and poo land,I especially liked the way the great poo started singing at the start of the boss battle and the way you have to throw toilet roll into his mouth when he opens it.
The voice recordings are just brilliant, and so clear.
But what I can't belive is that the game was voted worst game for nintendo 64!?! How the hell did that happen? I say screw that this is the best game ever no matter what people say, the multi-player is just so fun sometimes I forget about the main game, there is so much to choose from there is no point taking this game out of your nintendo 64,
so as we were saying at the start is Conker's Bad Fur Day the funniest game in the world? Yes, yes it is.
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Publicity's Bad Fur Day
(December 13, 2004) |
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Why wasn't this absolutely fantastic game publicised more?
For anyone above the age of 13-this game is a pleasure to play, there is something for everyone. For example parodies of films such as 'The Matrix' and 'Saving Private Ryan' grace this fantastic experience. Aswell as defining moments in gaming such as a singing poo for a boss(voted the best nintendo game boss of all time)
Out of every person I closely know i am the only one to have purchased this game- this only after seeing a brief walkthrough in a magazine. However happy i was sharing this game with my friends it was a shame that they too didn't have copies.
The fantastic blend of gut wrenching violence, hilarious humour, great graphics and a multiplayer mode to rival that of games such as 'Goldeneye' is what makes this masterpiece of video gaming a must buy for any N64 owner with half a brain. |
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A Shocking Classic!
(July 29, 2004) |
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The N64, it was never the best console around, and was obviously (even though probably not purposely) aimed towards younger children, due to the games available for the machine and the colourful, cutesy graphics that the machine only ever seemed able to produce. But then came CBFD, taking an old cutesy character from old kid's games, and threw him into this fun, cute, 3D world of swearing, filth, violence, gore and adult humour! This game is so full of adult themes it is sometimes hard to believe that you're seeing cute little animals partaking in this filth, but it just adds to the hilarity! Every single chapter of every single level is full of swearing, adult themes, violence and best of all constant movie parodies, some examples include 'Saving Private Ryan', 'The Exorcist', 'Terminator', 'Aliens' and many more, but the most obvious and probably best parody in the game, or ever to grace any videogame, is the 'Matrix' themed level, 'Enter The Vertex'! You have to see it to believe it! The best point of this game is that it doesn't completely rely on it's shock value, sure, it's what makes the game, but it is still a fun, enjoyable game beneath the adult themes! The only gripe I have with it now, is that the graphics are dated, but it is an old console and an old game (now) so I really can't say it is a problem. If you have an N64 lying around, grab a copy of this, even if you can only get it used. This simply MUST be in anyone's collection that has an N64! Who knows, maybe there may one day be a version for the almighty PS2! We can only hope... |
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Conkers Fantastic Fur Day
(May 11, 2004) |
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There isnt much that i can say that isnt said above about the game. but i can talk abotu the multi player. there are some great multi-player games on the N64, Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, F-Zero, but nothing compares to this. if you need any good game, even, for any console, this wins hands down for multi player. buy this game! |
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Quite brilliant.
(March 04, 2002) |
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This is the least Nintendo-like game you could possibly imagine, published by a Nintendo 2nd party. And a quite superb one at that. The game starts out with the N64 logo appearing on screen, and nice gentle music. At which point a big furry squirrel appears on screen and cuts it in half with a chainsaw. I was already in stiches. The game continues with toilet humor after bad joke after movie parody after goodness knows what. The gameplay is so varied, it never gets boring. The difficulty curve is just right, it guides you through things nicely. Controls are very easy, and the B buttons add a lot of variety - they allow Conker to throw knives, use flamethrowers, and, er, piss on things. The only problem is that by the time the (brilliantly funny) ending has played you will be gasping for more. At best you'll get between 15 and 20 hours out of this game - bit on the short side. But the graphics (which are superb for the N64), bafta-award-winning sound, easy controls, silly songs, take-offs and british humor more than make up for it. If you've never played this, order it NOW. |
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