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2495924 No.2495924 [Reply] [Original]

Anyone else think Conker is overrated? The scat jokes get old quick, and the game design is an absolute mess in a lot of areas.

>> No.2495931

>>2495924
And yet it is still the most fun single player N64 game.

>> No.2495934

>>2495931
That's not much of an achievement

>> No.2495936

>>2495931
Honestly I was frustrated through most of it.

>> No.2495937

I really liked playing the multiplayer mode with no one else.

>> No.2495941

>>2495924
B-b-but it was one of the few M-rated games on the system, so it gets a pass!

>> No.2495943
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2495943

>>2495931
You could not possibly be more wrong.

>> No.2495991

>>2495924
I actually like the writing and voice acting for the most part, but yeah the gameplay isn't that good. Graphcis were really good for its time though

>> No.2495993

I played the XBOX remake and didn't like it that much

>> No.2496016

Played it as a teenager, loved it back then.
Now it's just embarrassing, it relies WAY too much on immature humor and cliché pop-culture references. The actual gameplay is basic and boring, it's actually pretty shit.

It's like watching an episode of South Park with stupid mini-games or stale platforming segments in-between every scene.

>> No.2496048

I really like the game design for the most part but I agree on the humour - actually, the movie parodies were hilarious and well done but Rare's original stuff falls flat. Reliance on the same old jokes and edgy bullshit. I find the game far more interesting as a case study than an actual game to be honest.

>> No.2496051

My god, the baits are gettng out of control. Primary school must be on break in north america.
Conkers, alongside mischief makers are the only really good games on nintendo shixty four.

>> No.2496147

>>2495931
>And yet it is still the most fun multi player N64 game.

FTFY

>> No.2496253

>Anyone else think Conker is overrated?

No.

>> No.2496282

Toilet humor is cringeworthy at best, movie references were okay for their time, but do not do well in this curent day and age.

But conker isnt about all that. What makes conker great is its gameplay and variance.

Conker is singlehandedly more fun then the repetitive collecta-fest that banjo kazzoie is because they mix it up.

if they remade it (They being microsoft) it would be chock full of memes instead of the pop culture refs.

>> No.2496283

>>2496282
heh I find kazooie more replayable than conker.

>> No.2496307

>>2496282
>Toilet humor is cringeworthy at best,

Conker is about the only game that makes toilet humour at least partially funny.

The jazz tune made out of farts was incredible and Sloprano was jaw dropping.

>> No.2496327

>>2496147
>perfect dark
>mario kart
dude are you serious?

>> No.2496332

>>2496282
Honestly the gameplay is what I liked least. There were a lot of poorly engineered areas in the game (the fans of death, the last map of It's War, etc), and the game did a really bad job of communicating control changes. I think it also could have been better about communicating objectives. Most of the puzzles didn't make me think either, and solutions were often things I found randomly.

>> No.2496942

>>2496282
>if they remade it (They being microsoft)
But they already did?

>> No.2497117

>>2495924
>Anyone
Yes. Every single fedora topped kid on /vr/

>> No.2498767

It's an alright game.
Absolutely no replay value though.

Aside from the multiplayer, I logged hundreds of hours in both the original and online on the remake.

>> No.2498771

>>2496327
>Mutiplayer shooter on a small TV
I was a poorfag you see.
>Mario Kart.
Conker is at least balanced, I hate the last places can get instant fuckup items aimed at first places.

>> No.2499047

>>2498771
>Conker is at least balanced, I hate the last places can get instant fuckup items aimed at first places.
>Not loving the chaos aspect of Mario Kart.
>Not loving that last place can get first place on a whim.

>> No.2499910

>>2499047
This is what casuals really believe

>> No.2500047

>>2499047
Nope, never could love winning or losing because of a stupid item punishes me for playing well.
I like games that need practice and skill to play, not saying I master every game I touch, I would prefer to lose instead of getting a first place ticket if I'm doing bad in a racing game.

>> No.2500541

>>2495991
>liking the voice acting

Chocolate kek

>> No.2501102

I actually replayed the remake of this and honestly I don't understand why people wanted a sequel so badly.

>> No.2502558

Conker was alright but it fell way too far on it's face as it reached the end. Its difficulty curve was nice and the game doesn't exactly overstay its welcome, but it was definitely missing its mark more as the game went on.

Consider for example, the spooky mansion part of the game: Conker ends up in a parody of George Romero movies, but the reference is firmly grounded in what was already going to be a spooky mansion part. The reference was just the cherry on top of the sundae and the sundae was alright.

The same happens with the WAR part, where there's a Saving Private Ryan joke with Omaha Beach and all that. But the rest of the WAR part is mostly original anyway and actually kind of funny and endearing.

Now consider the last things that happen in the game: There's a Matrix reference that just happens, a Aliens reference that just happens, and then the game's over with barely any sort of context or closure.

Conker is a Hindenburg or a Titanic. Big ambitions but that didn't stop it from ending tragically.

(Shit, I could go ON about Conker. It's the first N64 game I ever finished as an adult and I looked at it the most critically I possibly could.)

>> No.2502583

>>2500047
You sound like fun

>> No.2503281

>>2495924
I liked the humor, but the gameplay felt like a gimped Banjo-Kazooie.

I don't know how to describe it, but something about the platfoming/jumping physics just felt off. Very shovelware-platformer-esque.

>> No.2503320

>>2495924
It was a better "cartoon" than a game, really.

>> No.2503471

>>2501102
The remake was trash so it makes sense you wouldn't understand

>> No.2503638

>>2503471
It's more or less the exact same game. I don't get why people were so upset with that remake.

>> No.2503751

>>2496051
>Conkers, alongside mischief makers are the only really good games on nintendo shixty four.
Says the guy who posts bait.

>> No.2503837
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2503837

>>2496147
Nope, Goemon takes that too.

>> No.2504485

>>2495924
I liked it. The only trouble I had during the story was the damn water level the one where you had to get the money for the catfish I hate that one.

>> No.2504650

>>2495924

I think the game is very well designed. Any examples of what you mean? It plays very well, in my opinion, and feels very polished and fun.

>> No.2504662

>>2502558
>(Shit, I could go ON about Conker. It's the first N64 game I ever finished as an adult and I looked at it the most critically I possibly could.)

Please do.

I love the game, but I also felt very unsatisfied by it's ending. It was really fun but then it just sort of ends and it feels like there's all this build up to nothing. There wasn't even a fight with the Panther King. I think they may have been playing with our expectations a bit purposely, though.