“Conkers bad fur day” (2001, N64)
Title: Conkers bad fur day
Developers: Rare
Released: 2001
Console: N64 and Xbox (remake)
Final verdict: 5/5
When you see the cover for Conkers bad fur day you wont think of anything other than a squirrel jumping around in a Super Mario 64 type of environment (but you shouldn’t think that because he’s holding a glass of beer in his hand). You’re both right and wrong. The game was supposed to be like that from the start but Rare later decided to make the most M rated squirrel ever in a video game.
Conkers story begins on the game boy. He had his first game on the game boy color (correct me if you think I’m wrong). There he was this cute and cuddly squirrel going on a harmless adventure (so dumb). When Rare later de
cided that it’s time for that little squirrel to move to the N64 they had run out of ideas for conker. So they decided that Conker (in cute cuddly land (LoL)) where going to be yet another Super Mario 64 rip off. But then some bright mind thought “why not make him the most pissed of, drunk, greedy and miserable squirrel up to date?”. Of course the rest of the team joined the idea probably with the words “I can recognize my self in that description!”.
The game begins with a parody of “a clockwork orange” (should make a review of that movie soon) where Conker says he’s the king of the land. When you have played the game through you know how he got there. In the beginning of the game Conker just tries to get home to his girlfriend. But on the way there he’s going to meet all sort of crazy stuff. Like a “emo” pitchfork, a sadistic bucket of paint, a horny bee, a singing piece of poo, money that wants you to get them and much more.
The gameplay is very innovative and it’s the first time I could laugh at jokes in video games. The characters are memorable and cutscenes just awesome. Rare did the right thing with this game ( wish they could do the right thing now and go back to Nintendo (they made the best Donkey Kong games))
Because of all these good aspects I give it 5/5. It’s a real masterpiece.
