Board 8 > Rate the VG Story Day 51: Star Fox 64

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Lightning Strikes
07/22/21 7:00:18 PM
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Todays game is Star Fox 64. How would you rate the story on a scale from 1-10?

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Previous Results:
Omori - 9.67 (6 votes)
Outer Wilds - 9.63 (20 votes)
Nier Automata - 9.25 (31 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations - 9.18 (33 votes)
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - 9.1 (14 votes)
Umineko When They Cry - 8.82 (11 votes)
Return of the Obra Dinn - 8.72 (9 votes)
Xenogears - 8.71 (23 votes)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 8.67 (31 votes)
Metal Gear Solid - 8.67 (27 votes)
Final Fantasy Tactics - 8.65 (23 votes)
Disco Elysium - 8.58 (12 votes)
Undertale - 8.53 (40 votes)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - 8.4 (5 votes)
Final Fantasy X - 8.38 (54 votes)
Mass Effect 2 - 8.36 (27 votes)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective 8.35 (18 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - 8.13 (39 votes)
The Last of Us - 8.1 (34 votes)
Bloodborne - 7.92 (19 votes)
Doki Doki Literature Club - 7.9 (23 votes)
Life is Strange - 7.85 (30 votes)
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - 7.67 (27 votes)
Bioshock - 7.64 (23 votes)
Celeste - 7.52 (24 votes)
Mass Effect - 7.35 (28 votes)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 7.26 (29 votes)
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 - 7.25 (12 votes)
Tales of the Abyss - 7.24 (28 votes)
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 7.17 (23 votes)
Mass Effect 3 - 7.16 (21 votes)
Super Paper Mario - 7 (20 votes)
Hollow Knight - 6.98 (20 votes)
INSIDE - 6.93 (15 votes)
Death Stranding - 6.73 (13 votes)
Chrono Cross - 6.69 (16 votes)
Dark Souls - 6.62 (20 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All - 6.66 (30 votes)
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 6.6 (27 votes)
Valkyria Chronicles - 6.5 (16 votes)
DOOM (2016) - 6.25 (12 votes)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village - 6.1 (13 votes)
Final Fantasy IV - 5.72 (29 votes)
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune - 5.26 (28 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright - 4.91 (11 votes)
Final Fantasy XIII - 4.91 (27 votes)
Fallout 3 - 4.76 (17 votes)
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - 4.72 (9 votes)
Fallout 4 - 4.39 (14 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest - 3.64 (14 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates (overall) - 3.45 (10 votes)
Starcraft II (overall) - 3.4 (5 votes)
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void - 2.83 (6 votes)
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm - 2.57 (7 votes)
Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation - 2.38 (8 votes)
Tales of Zestiria - 2.14 (7 votes)

You can still rate previous days games if you missed them, just write <game name><rating>. If you want to change your rating you can just specify that you are changing your rating. Nominations for future days are also welcome, nominate as many games as you like and I will get to all of them.

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TheArkOfTurus
07/22/21 7:07:04 PM
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2

It exists, I guess?

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Leonhart4
07/22/21 7:15:01 PM
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7/10

Multiple routes and the story changes between the routes are cool. The dialogue is iconic, and the rivalry between Star Fox and Star Wolf is excellent. It's fairly basic, but it works for me.

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colliding
07/22/21 7:16:34 PM
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Can barely remember beyond the first two levels, but there's a reason Starfox characters are beloved by some.

5/10

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pjbasis
07/22/21 7:17:41 PM
#6:


Basic but it really comes to life because of the characters.

7


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FFDragon
07/22/21 7:17:45 PM
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2.5

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malyg
07/22/21 7:22:51 PM
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Love the game but 4/10. Fun cast of characters, and probs the most memorable script in a video game.

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KamikazePotato
07/22/21 7:32:59 PM
#9:


5/10

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pyresword
07/22/21 8:18:53 PM
#10:


5.5/10

Better than one would think but still not great
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plasmabeam
07/22/21 9:13:23 PM
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6.5/10

Dialogue/characters bump it above average.

UltimaterializerX posted...
Does characterization count as part of the story?

100%. Pretty much every writing/storytelling guidebook out there discusses characterization.

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MrSmartGuy
07/22/21 9:24:05 PM
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3

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ChainLTTP
07/22/21 9:28:08 PM
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4
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Kenri
07/22/21 9:40:23 PM
#14:


8/10

Kind of surprised by the low scores here, obviously the plot is super basic but the execution is fantastic, and I'd much rather have that than the reverse.

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Grimlyn
07/22/21 9:43:00 PM
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7

ya go James McCloud

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Axl_Rose_85
07/22/21 9:47:12 PM
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4

Mostly for character interaction than the actual generic storyline
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07/22/21 9:47:46 PM
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Mac Arrowny
07/22/21 10:29:29 PM
#18:


7.5

The dialogue rules
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ZayKayWill
07/23/21 12:04:44 AM
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Why no poll? Would make this easier IMO.

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Shonen_Bat
07/23/21 12:23:17 AM
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Easier to vote stuff.

I guess 5/10 for this

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Axl_Rose_85
07/23/21 12:31:02 AM
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Nominate Metroid Other M
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Cavedweller2000
07/23/21 5:01:09 AM
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ZayKayWill posted...
Why no poll? Would make this easier IMO.
It's easier to stuff a poll...just ask Nick

Also can't vote with decimals on a poll

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Lightning Strikes
07/23/21 5:55:12 AM
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Yes no poll allows for more options in voting, is harder to stuff and lets me keep track of peoples votes for changing them or adding votes to old days.

Also this is like an 8 in my heart but I cant justify more than a 6 as it is quite simple and rough in many ways. I think it has a lot of things going for it.

First, to totally steal an argument from Austin Walker about Revenge of the Sith, there is a reason that EVERYTHING in this game became a meme. Its because it is deploying very universally understood and memorable epic or poetic ideas then executing it all effectively. Its not a detailed drama its an operatic fantasy.

Second, the branching narratives of this game are genuinely impressive - its fairly rare you see something like this even today. It also actually makes sense unlike say Shadow the Hedgehog which does the same idea just terribly.

Lastly, the presentation was genuinely ahead of its time. Not only does it have full voice acting and a cinematic style, but it seamlessly integrates the story with the gameplay rather than relying on cutscenes.

At the time Star Fox 64s storytelling was genuinely impressive and it does hold up better than its contemporaries even if I cant call it amazing by todays standards.

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Leonhart4
07/23/21 7:27:35 AM
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ZayKayWill posted...
Why no poll? Would make this easier IMO.

Stuffer identified

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BetrayedTangy
07/23/21 7:34:44 AM
#26:


I'll give it a 6 for the non traditional story telling.

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StartTheMachine
07/23/21 10:15:05 AM
#27:


6. I don't really think of Star Fox 64's great quotes and memorable characters as part of the "plot" normally, but then I guess that is the category they would most easily fall into. So yeah, those are so good that it basically triples the score.

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Snake5555555555
07/23/21 12:30:50 PM
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6.5/10

Simply having great and memorable quotes doesn't necessarily make a story good (see: The Room), but the way the game infuses these quotes and characters into a simple Star Wars-esque heroes vs. villains narrative, with true cinematic flair and appropriate amount of melodrama that makes it appealing to mass audiences.

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Cavedweller2000
07/23/21 12:48:20 PM
#29:


Snake5555555555 posted...
(see: The Room)
Oh hi Snake

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plasmabeam
07/23/21 5:10:07 PM
#30:


StartTheMachine posted...
6. I don't really think of Star Fox 64's great quotes and memorable characters as part of the "plot" normally, but then I guess that is the category they would most easily fall into. So yeah, those are so good that it basically triples the score.

I wouldn't call them part of the "plot" either. Plot and Story are two different beasts. Plot is usually what people refer to as the events of the story, whereas Story incorporates Plot, Character, Worldbuilding, Themes, etc.

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Evillordexdeath
07/23/21 5:29:51 PM
#31:


7

I like the part where James McCloud's spirit leads Fox out of the exploding Andross base, it's fun to interpret that as being entirely inside his head where he's holding onto the memory of his dad to comfort himself in a crisis situation.

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