80
It's the shoot 'em up of shoot 'em ups. Star Fox 64 shouldn't be seen as a sequel to the SNES Star Fox, however. It's more of a director's cut to an old, great film.
95
It features nice graphics, wonderful sound, addictive gameplay, and a lot of replay value.
91
A very pretty reprise of the original Star Fox story, but with new stuff. [Jan 2004, p.189]
9
In my opinion the best aged N64 game. Period. The goal for a high score gives this game a great arcade-y feel which, on top of the already bunches changes you experience depending on how you play, all contribute to amazing replayability.
10
El mejor juego de naves espaciales que he jugado en toda mi vida, Jugabilidad de 10. Es muy preciso gracias al control de 64, el modo de juego muy bueno y la historia memorable.
9
An innovative on rails shooter that holds up incredibly well today, with a non-linear path, satisfying gameplay, and tons of replayability. My only gripes is the short length, but the non-linearity makes up for it.
Star Fox 64
Nintendo 64
Released On:
Jul 1, 1997
Metascore
Generally Favorable
88
User score
Generally Favorable
8.7
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Furious flying, controller-melting action, gorgeous graphics, and weird adversaries launch StarFox 64 into the stratosphere.
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Notable for its use of real-time speech during the action
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87% Positive
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Jan 1, 2026
10
El mejor juego de naves espaciales que he jugado en toda mi vida, Jugabilidad de 10. Es muy preciso gracias al control de 64, el modo de juego muy bueno y la historia memorable.
Aug 16, 2025
10
Terrible juegazo que es Star Fox 64, TERRIBLE JUEGAZO, tiene que quedar para la posteridad
90
Pure harmony. Its minor flaws are more than proportionally corrected by its many great features and almost all of the elements (story, graphics, gameplay) come together to form one of the most artistically cohesive videogames in recent times.
87
Takes the never-say-die shooter genre to new levels of complexity, sleek design, and gameplay control. StarFox 64 represents the next leap in the evolution of Nintendo games.
85
There's no question that Miyamoto has raised the bar on arcade-style 3D space shooters once again.
81
While 32-bit consoles have seen a drift back to the old 2-D scrolling shoot-'em-ups, Star Fox updates the format for the 21st century. It's a stunning, state-of-the-art space opera.
70
This game surpasses the 16 bit original in more ways than graphics. Overall, a strong game with some serious flaws.
Dec 21, 2024
10
Honestly star fox 64 is easily one of the best games on the n64 both gameplay wise but also in the way that it fits the n64 so well, some made tge jump to 3d better than others and sf64 did it beautifully, the gameplay music visuals setpieces all make an impression on you
Aug 26, 2018
7
Un buen juego para la Nintendo 64. Se me ha hecho corto aunque es bastante rejugable debido a las diferentes rutas para llegar al final. La conversión para 3DS no esta nada mal
Mar 30, 2022
6
No es un mal juego y en su momento me entretuvo por un buen rato, pero simplemente este estilo de juego no es de mis favoritos y no puedo valorarlo demasiado. Aún así, es un gran logro para la época. Nota Final: 6.5
Feb 7, 2011
2
I was so disappointed by this game that I registered on this site just so that I can warn other people, because this game has yet to receive an honest review. What we have here is a turd wrapped in gold. As a big fan of Starfox for the SNES, as well as Starfox 2 for the SNES, I thought it would be perfectly natural for me to enjoy Starfox 64 for the N64. Ooh how naive I was. This is easily not only the worse Starfox I have ever played, but also the worse N64 shooter that I have played as well. Honestly, I am still in shock over how absolutely awful this game turned out to be. You see, the worse thing about this game is all of the hype and praise that surrounds it. You get the impression that not only is this a fantastic N64 game, but one of the best! At first, it is a very good game. However, once you get into it, you realize how this is a video game that is clearly a victim of genuinely terrible game design. Everything is way too easy at first, it's dead obvious. So how did the game designers fix this? You would be right to think that they simply made it more challenging later on, but sadly this is not true. The route that the designers chose to make this game more challenging was to simply make it cheap, and cheap as hell. That's right, you will not lose due to your own skill, no, if you lose, it will be due to some poor and/or cheap design choice. To top it all off, the final boss is nothing but a giant, detached, floating monkey head with giant, detached, floating hands. I think that pretty well explains the story for this game as well. With the 3DS coming out soon, and a 3DS version announced, I got this game to see what the hype is all about. Please, don't buy into the hype. There is nothing good and/or special to be found here.
Aug 29, 2021
1
Star Fox 64 oh boy where to begin. Well as it turns out Foxs can't drive, seriously when is the last time you've seen a fox steer a plane or whatever they are called. Rumble Pack? What exactly is it rumbling, the only thing rumbling right now is my stomach, I haven't eaten yet today because I got so mad at this game. Laser? - But why, and when are they needed when you got ... Bombs - HELL YA BRUDDER KKonaW Braking? - I wanna go fast, not slow. Boosting? - Damn right Fly Straight? - More Like Fly under the radar Peppy - AWW MUSTID, YOU GOTTA PUT A LITTLE SEASNIN ON DAT THANG. Slippy - Sliders Falco - F U is what I wrote in 2nd grade, got sent to the time-out corner on a metal chair. Wolf - on Wall Street Plastic Utopia is better than this game that I can attest, but, I do know it beats out the rest. For now, I depart, while I go to malo mart. This is the end, but, I need to first go around the bend. It's not easy, but, I do know it seems cheesy. Just because you won't doesn't mean you can't have a boat. Trees are neat, but, I bet you can't handle this sick beat.
SummaryThe Lylat system has been invaded! Join Fox McCloud and his Star Fox team as they fight to save the galaxy from the clutches of the evil Andross. Travel to many different 3-D worlds. Battle the enemy in the air and on the ground and listen in as Fox McCloud interacts with a cast of characters.
