Does Conker's Bad Fur Day Still Hold Up?

[Revenant28]

I got my hands on an original copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day a couple months ago. However, it didn't control as smoothly as it did in the Rare Replay rerelease for Xbox One. However, I still love this game and have pretty much ever since I heard about it right before getting an N64. Tell me what you guys think!

 

[Ícaro Oliveira Santos]

I think Conker's Bad Fur Day is a really fun game, I'm more of a fan of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie but I know that Conker is also a great game, Conker's multiplayer is just fantastic, and the ending of the game is surprisingly touching.

 

[Revenant28]

I think Conker's Bad Fur Day is a really fun game, I'm more of a fan of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie but I know that Conker is also a great game, Conker's multiplayer is just fantastic, and the ending of the game is surprisingly touching.

I agree. I still love the game, but actually experiencing it on real original hardware just hits different. By that, I mean that it feels much harder than it was on the Xbox One probably due to how awkward the N64 controller can be sometimes.

Is it worth having it in my physical collection? Yes. Do I feel like I overpaid for it? To a point. I think that it was an emotional decision to get it on original hardware, but I've wanted it since before I had a 64

 

[Iguana-0]

Yeah.

 

[Cu-Neo]

Besides FPS, Yes

 

[DunkeyKong]

Not sure if I can say it holds up, but the og is definitely better. Despite not having the best visuals, it still has it's own charm that can't be replicated in the remake

Like The Great Mighty Poo

 

[Revenant28]

Not sure if I can say it holds up, but the og is definitely better. Despite not having the best visuals, it still has it's own charm that can't be replicated in the remake

Like The Great Mighty Poo

I agree to a point. I like the original's sound design better even if Live and Reloaded (LaR)'s audio has better fidelity. However, I feel like LaR fixed a lot of gameplay issues like inverted aiming and those kind of annoying AI chase sequences (like the lady-cogs and sweetcorn).

The visual updates are a mixed bag. On one hand, LaR's graphics are beautiful in my opinion, but at the same time I don't like how washed out it seems at times, compared to the original's more color-saturated environments that made it feel like an interactive adult cartoon.

 

[RageBurner]

I think it holds up if you are in the right mindset for it. There's a lot of cheap humor and insinuations of all kinds floating around all the time, some clever, some crass. I like that it does its own thing, but I wouldn't personally choose it over Banjo.

As a 3D platformer I feel it is strictly inferior to either Banjo game.

 

[Ícaro Oliveira Santos]

I think it holds up if you are in the right mindset for it. There's a lot of cheap humor and insinuations of all kinds floating around all the time, some clever, some crass. I like that it does its own thing, but I wouldn't personally choose it over Banjo.

As a 3D platformer I feel it is strictly inferior to either Banjo game.

Honestly, I find Conker much more fun than Donkey Kong 64 (not that I hate DK64, it's a good game, but I've always found it to be one of Rare's weakest games).

 

[DunkeyKong]

I agree to a point. I like the original's sound design better even if Live and Reloaded (LaR)'s audio has better fidelity. However, I feel like LaR fixed a lot of gameplay issues like inverted aiming and those kind of annoying AI chase sequences (like the lady-cogs and sweetcorn).

The visual updates are a mixed bag. On one hand, LaR's graphics are beautiful in my opinion, but at the same time I don't like how washed out it seems at times, compared to the original's more color-saturated environments that made it feel like an interactive adult cartoon.

Pros and cons for both of them I guess, I did like what they changed for the remake though, most of them are quite necessary. But yeah visual wise, the og still has the best look despite being in N64

 

[Antilocal123]

I wanted to fuck the flower.

 

[RageBurner]

I wanted to fuck the flower.

Probably crossed every player's mind at some point.

 

[DunkeyKong]

I wanted to fuck the flower.

This you?

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

I AM THE GRRRRRRRRREAT MIGHTY POO
AND I'M GONNA THROW MY SHIT AT YOU
A HUGE SUPPLY OF TISH COMES FROM MY CHOCOLATE STARFISH
HOW ABOUT SOME SCAT YOU LITTLE TWAT

 

[Antilocal123]

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Shoutout to Doja Cat for cosplaying her.

Fuck me man she is sooooo bad, her and Megan The Stallion dressing up as Kid from Soul Eater rewired my brain

 

[Graw]

It's worth it just for the multiplayer. As far as I know the Xbox version removed the original multiplayer gamemodes. The single player campaign's worth a playthrough at least once just for the sheer ridiculousness of the story but it has some annoying parts and once you've played it once there's not really any reason to play it again. There's not really any secrets or hidden stuff so once you've played it that's about all there is.

 

[Revenant28]

It's worth it just for the multiplayer. As far as I know the Xbox version removed the original multiplayer gamemodes. The single player campaign's worth a playthrough at least once just for the sheer ridiculousness of the story but it has some annoying parts and once you've played it once there's not really any reason to play it again. There's not really any secrets or hidden stuff so once you've played it that's about all there is.

I've played through it about three whole times now. I played the Rare Replay version all the way through twice (don't ask) and I've finished Live and Reloaded one time. I think I've probably sank in 30 or 40 hours into the campaign.

I will agree though that the OG's multiplayer modes are superior to LaR. I don't understand why Rare scrapped it, but my guess is that maybe they felt that the original's formula was good and wanted to rework it so it was better for Xbox Live. I think that was the main selling point for the game, as in its promo material almost always brings up the Xbox Live aspect and glosses over the remake of the story mode.

Though, I admit I never thought of Conker's Bad Fur Day as a multiplayer game, especially not LaR, ironically. At least the OG's multiplayer is straight forward, but in LaR I played with my brother and a couple of friends and we just couldn't figure out what the hell we were supposed to do

 

[Kamako]

I only played through the Xbox "Live & Reloaded" edition on Xbox 360, so I can't say how far it differs from the original, but I remember the Xbox control scheme taking some getting used to, and the game itself having some pretty tricky platforming. But the level design has real flair and actually feels like quite a unique vision, when it's not mercilessly ripping off other IP's. Fun cast and cheeky dialogue throughout. I think it's a blast. Good purchase!

 

[Revenant28]

I only played through the Xbox "Live & Reloaded" edition on Xbox 360, so O can't say how far it differs from the original, but I remember the Xbox control scheme taking some getting used to, and the game itself having some pretty tricky platforming. But the level design has real flair and actually feels like quite a unique vision, when it's not mercilessly ripping off other IP's. Fun cast and cheeky dialogue throughout. I think it's a blast. Good purchase!

I agree! But I do disagree with the platforming being harder on the OG Xbox and Xbox One version. You don't know pain until you try and scale Bat's Tower with an N64 controller. The better designed Xbox analog stick makes the movement much more fluid and you don't have to worry about slipping up nearly as much.

If you have an Xbox One or Series X|S and have Game Pass, I recommend you try the original version of Conker's Bad Fur Day through Rare Replay. And even if that's not your style, you still have access to stuff like Golden Eye 007!

 

[RageBurner]

I agree! But I do disagree with the platforming being harder on the OG Xbox and Xbox One version. You don't know pain until you try and scale Bat's Tower with an N64 controller. The better designed Xbox analog stick makes the movement much more fluid and you don't have to worry about slipping up nearly as much.

If you have an Xbox One or Series X|S and have Game Pass, I recommend you try the original version of Conker's Bad Fur Day through Rare Replay. And even if that's not your style, you still have access to stuff like Golden Eye 007!

Rareware really were kings back in the day. The DKC trilogy, then basically cementing the N64 as a machine with great games.

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

Yes

 

[Revenant28]

Rareware really were kings back in the day. The DKC trilogy, then basically cementing the N64 as a machine with great games.

In my opinion, they were the best developers on the entire platform. They knew how to push the hardware to its limits and deliver us great games

 

[ThirteeTooBeets]

Half of it's humor is referencial to pop culture of it's time, so it depends. The other half is good as long as you like raunchy and somewhat edgy humor. Gameplay has a lot of fetch quests but I think they're ok as well, the variety is fun.

The real timeless fun is in the co-op minigames, those are classics

 

[Jeff]

The N64 version holds up great. The Xbox version on the other hand...does not. It censored a bunch of words like S**t and assh*le, and does not have the local 4 player multiplayer which replaced with Xbox Live with a Halo/COD style War gameplay with no variety.

 

[Graw]

I've played through it about three whole times now. I played the Rare Replay version all the way through twice (don't ask) and I've finished Live and Reloaded one time. I think I've probably sank in 30 or 40 hours into the campaign.

I will agree though that the OG's multiplayer modes are superior to LaR. I don't understand why Rare scrapped it, but my guess is that maybe they felt that the original's formula was good and wanted to rework it so it was better for Xbox Live. I think that was the main selling point for the game, as in its promo material almost always brings up the Xbox Live aspect and glosses over the remake of the story mode.

Though, I admit I never thought of Conker's Bad Fur Day as a multiplayer game, especially not LaR, ironically. At least the OG's multiplayer is straight forward, but in LaR I played with my brother and a couple of friends and we just couldn't figure out what the hell we were supposed to do

The n64 version ended up as part of our regular rotation of multiplayer games alongside Perfect Dark, GoldenEye, and Smash Brothers and stuff. We mostly played the beach mode, the war mode and the capture the flag mode. The heist mode and the race mode kind of sucked, the dinosaur mode wasn't bad, we played it occasionally and the deathmatch was ok but nothing special. Me and my siblings and cousins thought the over the top cartoonish violence was hilarious when we were kids and it was half the fun.

The capture the flag and war mode were actually pretty fun. They really needed more than four people though. They would have been a lot better with 8 or 16. But we still had a lot of fun racing back with the gas canister or chasing whoever had the flag down with katanas or chainsaws or headshotting them with a sniper rifle and watching their head blow up like a ripe water melon.

The beach mode though is probably one of the most ridiculous game modes I've played in a multiplayer game. There's no way a big game on a Nintendo console would ever include something like that today. A bunch of Nazi Teddy bears using sniper rifles, machine gun turrets and rocket launchers to stop extremely racist depictions of world war 2 French refugee squirrels from escaping up the beach out of squirrel France or wherever. We used to spend hours playing that mode laughing our asses off.

At the time Bad Fur Day came out there wasn't really a lot of asymmetrical multiplayer modes on the n64 anyway. I don't about the playstation, I never had one growing up. Stuff like the beach mode and the dinosaur mode stood out. Just to have a game with like 5 or 6 or whatever it was different multiplayer modes was something special. You were lucky if you got a deathmatch mode most of the time. Especially in a Rare platformer. Prior to that there was the deathmatch in DK64, which sucked and maybe I'm wrong but I think I remember banjo tooie having some kind of forgettable multiplayer mode too, but here was Conker with a bunch of fun and unique multiplayer modes.

I think the original n64 multiplayer got overshadowed by the controversial stuff around the game and then Microsoft for whatever reason decided to go more classic Xbox live style online with the multiplayer in the remake. It would have been really cool to play those classic modes online with a bunch of people though. The beach, the capture the flag and the war modes would have been hella fun with a bunch of people.