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Excellent mix of genres

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 25 / 27
Date: June 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This review is only for the single player portion of the game. I haven't had enough time clocked into the Multiplayer yet to give it a score.

When Conker's Bad Fur Day came out on the N64 back in 01, it had the unfortunate luck to come out toward the end of game development. Nintendo had started promoting their next console, the Gamecube and this fact, coupled with the fact that Conker was retailing for an ungodly $70+ made many people miss this game. What a treasure it was to be missed.

It is the first game that meshed the genre of platforming with third person shooting. It also introduced context sensitive situations where, at the push of a button, different things would happen. Both of these have become old hat now, especially the mixing of genres. You can look at Jak and Daxter for the PS2 to find that. On top of revolutions of gameplay, this was the funniest game I have ever played.

And so it's out again on the Xbox, bearing beautiful graphics, re-recorded dialogue and some shifting of difficulties. The graphics in this game are probably some of the best, if not the best, seen in an Xbox game to date. This doesn't surprise me, though, given that Rare creates beautiful games. What did surprise me was how they toned the game down as far as difficulty goes. The original game was hard, downright frustrating in some parts. Now, Rare either tamed down the difficulty (as in the Saving Private Ryan level) or completely cut out a section (as in a sequence involving underwater travel and an electric eel used to power different generators). Both sections were insanely difficult and not forgiving in the least.

Part of the problem of the first game was the pacing at the beginning. Some reviewers here are misinformed when they say the game is not a "shooter" that it is a "platformer." The beginning levels are very platform heavy, true, but give it some time. It isn't until later stages where you are facing zombies and tediz that the gameplay focus switches to a shooter type from platforming. I enjoy both parts but it would have been nice to have a better mixing of the two genres. However, since this is basically a port of that game I'm glad they didn't change it.

Along with awesome graphics, the audio portion of the game has been completely redone. The dialogue has been re-recorded (using the same people), and the music has been redone to perfection. All of this in Dolby Digital surround.

Basically, my biggest recommendation for the single player comes in the form of what is in this game. Where else, for instance, can you fight the operatic Great Mighty Poo, hit a boiler plant in his brass balls, ride a raptor, bite a caveman in the ass with said raptor, lava surf, be a bat, ride in a tank, have bullet time, hit on a cavewoman, jump on a female flower's "petals," shoot zombies, meet Death, get drunk, urinate on Fire Imps and partake in many movie parodies? Honestly, the list can go on and on.

Then, on top of this wonderful single player game, a game I have played over and over on the N64 and will probably play over and over on the Xbox, is the Live portion.

I haven't played the Live portion too much but I think people will be divided on it. Especially the console gamers used to games like Halo 2. There are six classes that range from the bazooka carrying demolitionists to the airplane flying sky jockeys. Each character has their own weapon set complete with upgrades and special abilities. All of this in an arena that is objective based instead of simply death match based. This involves large arenas to play CTF and other games similar to this. But there's strategy involved not only in how to get the flag from point A to point B but also in the classes which opens up a variety of ways to accomplish your tasks.

For instance, do you have your sky jockey transport troops into the thick of things and provide cover fire? Do you have your Sneeker troops sneak in with their up close and personal melee weapons? Or do you rain devastation with your bazookas? There's so many choices for tactical strategy. Conversely, there's a lot of room for things to go sour. I think the quality of the people playing, not only in how they play but also in personality, will determine whether this Live experience will be a fun one or a horrible one.

The Live portion seems to be more in line with PC online games, like Counter Strike, where there's a little more strategy involved. Don't get me wrong, Halo 2 has strategy but if you play Counter Strike the way most Live people play Halo 2, you wouldn't last very long. And I think that same type of strategy will carry over into Conker's Live portion. I could be wrong. I hope it's very successful because Rare put a lot of time and effort into fine tuning it. We'll see.

Anyway, I look forward to seeing you online and I hope you pick up this game because the quality inside it shines. Look to Rare to lead the way into Xbox 360. Not only with Conker but in the games they have ready for X360 Launch. Thanks, Rare, for bringing Conker to a new generation of players who probably missed out of the game the first go around.

Conker: Live & Reload

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 13
Date: June 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Conker: Live & Reload is going to be a REALLY TOTAL AWESOME game to play

I give it a 5 Stars "Highly Recommended" REALLY TOTAL WORTH IT TO BUY and play it on the Xbox game system

This is a MUST HAVE GAME TO BUY AND PLAY it on the Xbox

This game got a E3 AWARDS from 2004 & also 2005

Is it on PS2?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 16
Date: April 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I hope it's on PS2 as well. I loved BFD one and this looks even better. It just goes to show you a simple CD can create so much hope.Who couldn't like this game? I'll tell you the parents who think these M games are wrong. Those ignorant jerks can cram-it! There the ones causing all the problems in the world not paying attention to the real issues, like terrorism. Anyway BFD F***IN RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!

w00t w00ty w00t

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 13
Date: May 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Yes! After 3 years of them postponing this game it is out in a month and a half! After Microsoft bought out RareWare it was their top priority and now it is out! Sorry PS2 owners, but unfortionately for you, there will be no Live and Reloaded for you, because it is produced by MICROSOFT. However, you CAN play it if you want... well you can play the Nintendo 64 version. AHAHAHAHA! The demo kicks ass, but i hate the people who are calling it a WWII game, just because the demo level is the Saving Private Ryan level. Get a life and play the original before you make any assumptions. Awesome game and it will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine!!!!

Awesomeness born on Nintendo, mooched by Microsoft

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

One of the greatest games of this generation, Conker's Bad Fur Day has stood the test of time and is still one of the most fun and innovative games you can play. It combines the elements of platforming, shooting, racing, and flying all into one seamless package. The storyline is still hilarious, and the dialog is as spot on as a video game can be nowadays without having the words "Metal" or "Gear" in the title. Yes, Conker, the single player Conker, is still loads of fun. The new multiplayer Conker is also fun, and with it you really won't miss the original's iterations of multiplayer (especially with the arrival of online gaming for this version's entry into the market).

One thing that I find interesting, though, is that Nintendo's (a company known for it's "kiddy" image according to many enthusiasts) version of the game has LESS profanity censored out than the X-Box version, although the weirdest thing, X-Box's website states that this version has "enhanced profanity" ("http://www.xbox.com/en-US/conker/", bottom of the page under the WILDLY BIZARRE SINGLE PLAYER ADVENTURE bullet point)...this is not true, unless your idea of "enhanced" is a more strict approach to language censorship. You be the judge, Nintendo haters.

GAME CONCEPT: The story to this game is lame ONLY if you have no sense of humor. The plot is that the "Great Fairy Panther King" keeps spilling his milk from his which has a broken leg...the solution? Find a red-squirrel to stuff in the gap. Simulatenously, Conker gets plowed at the local pub, gets lost, wakes up the next morning with a hangover, and is simply trying to find his way back home. A great contrast of protagonist/antagonist goals here, especially since it leads through such an exciting game. It's hard to describe the game in one sentence, but basically Conker is required to find money to progress through certain sections of the game, and these sections vary in required task that you really must play the game to enjoy them; one scenario has you racing against a band of cavemen on futuristic hoverboards, another has you urinating on giant rock-men to push them around a room, to a "Saving Private Ryan" run-up-the-beach-and-dodge-the-bullets routine. This kind of variety gives the game a freshness that few other games possess. If this is your first playthrough, though, you may find yourself frustrated due to the nature of some of these ambiguous tasks...most times you'll simply have no idea of what to do. Then again, that could be a sign that you suck at video games.

With the X-Box re-release, they promised a graphical overhaul (which they delivered) and they were stressing the launch of a new multiplayer mode that is Live enabled (which is why it is the immediate selectable option from the main menu). The multiplayer is fun, but it takes some getting used to because there is a lot to keep track of...for characters that seem so simplistic in design the multiplayer can get kind of crazy. Characters are split into different classes (basic infantry, pilots, snipers, etc.) so there is a lot of strategy involved. The battles can get frantic, and initially finding out who is friend and foe can be a chore, but give it time and you will love it.

GRAPHICS: Awesome. The model for Conker is absolutely incredible. The environments are far more detailed this time around, and screen-shots do this game no justice. Some of the textures are kind of "eh..." but the character models overshadow this greatly. Every hair on Conker is animated, and it just looks amazing, but unfortunately in some cutscenes it causes a hiccup, most notably in the "Great Mighty Poo" song (during his third verse when Conker replies "You're butt?") where it's a little off. Besides a few cutscenes, the game runs super smooth. The first thing you're going to say when you see the graphics to this game is "Wow", unless you're expecting next-gen graphics.

SOUND/MUSIC: An area that is usually ignored in most games unless it is either awful or contains licensed music from crappy musicians is the sound and music. This area has always been superb in this game (and pretty much all Rare games), and needs little changing this time around. The voice acting is absolutely fantastic, and the delivery is perfect. The sound effects are really well done as well...should be considered a masterpiece in it's own right. But the music, the stuff that should be loaded onto a CD right now and sold because it will definitely sell, is absolutely astonishing and runs quite a gamut. You will shuffle about happily to the Windy overworld music, dance like the craziest matador in the bullfight, bask in the awesomeness of the Great Mighty Poo's operatic performance rivaled only by Luciano Pavarrati, and...in my opinion some of the best music for a video game and the highlight of the game in the music category, dance your legs off to the TWO Rock Solid night club tracks (yes, I said TWO...the original track is back and a new one is introduced, which is even better than the first). Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if you hear either of these two tracks in your local night clubs. This game MUST be played in Surround Sound, especially at the Rock Solid nightclub stage. The audio and the music in multiplayer is also amazing.

CONTROLS: The wonky camera is still present in single player, but you have control over it so get over it. It's still fairly responsive, and you really don't have to memorize a lot of button settings for single player. However, on the multiplayer front, there are tons of controls to know and even as of this writing I'm still having a time grasping everything...it's not so much frustrating as a tiny nuiscance, though. Most of the basic functions are easy to grasp, it's the extra functionality that may take a while.

OVERALL: Conker is a magnificent video game and if you haven't played it yet, you really owe yourself to give it a go. It's one of those games that you play and will tell yourself "How could I miss out on this?" Despite minor hiccups in a scant few cut-scenes and a multiplayer with a somewhat steep lurning curve, this is definitely a buy.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I own the original game Conkers Bad Fur Day for my Nintendo 64. The game was excellent. The Multi-player was somewhat fast paced. The game itself was the best game out at the time. The game came out at a bad time, right when the new systems were coming out, so it wasn't a huge seller. But, when I heard about the new game Live & Reloded I new it was going to be a hit. When I purchased the game I went home and played it online, I dident feel the need to play the game itself right the because I had beaten the old game. The online game was excellent later I played the B.F.D. game , they changed the game in some parts and made it fairly easier. Anyway the game is one of the best. The game is a mix of a platformer and a shooter in some parts. I think this game is the best of all time except Brother In Arms Road To Hill 30 is very good too. Over all Live & Reloded is a 5 out of 5 game.

One of the Best Xbox Games This Year

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, one of the best I played. I hate plateformer games but Conkers Bad Fur Day(which is remade into this game)is so fun and hilarious. They make fun of Saving Private Ryan, The Terminator, Star Wars, The Matrix, Jaws, and Alien. I was laughing so hard that I played it again. The multiplayer is awesome, the story of the single player mode of it is that it takes place after Bad Fur Day in which the SHC(squirels battle the Tediz in a war that expands 300 years. You can play either as the SHC or the Tediz. Also it includes different classes of soliders like the Assasin, Bazooka, Sniper, Pilot, Flamethower, and a Solider. The maps are really cool, and depending on the map you'll fight in either the old war or the future war. I highly recommend this game, if you wanna see squirels drink beer, swear, pee, and blow up stuff get this game

AWSOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: August 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the one of the best games i ever played. Hilarious and great xbox live

One of the best games of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Conker's Bad Fur Day is one of the best games of all time. Up there with Halo. I remember when XBox game out and N64 was outdated, people would continue getting n64s simply to be able to play Conker. Now it's available on XBox. I haven't played it on Xbox yet. I am ordering it now. Multiplayer is the best, you get to shoot your opponents with snipers and you get to throw bombs at them and you get to cut them in half with a chainsaw. This is definitely not for kids. If you write a bad review for this game just cause you didnt read the "Mature" warning and gave it to a kid, don't blame Rare or Microsoft. This game is for adults the same way Grand Theft Auto is only for adults.

Don't be fooled by it's 'cute' look

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Conker first appeared in Diddy Kong Racing for the N64. He was a weird looking squirrel with a funky voice and a speedy vehicle. As another character from that cart racer, Banjo, Conker got his own game, but not as much of a E rated game as its cousin.

Conker's Bad Fur Day, a really bad game in terms of violence, drugs & alcohol, language, and themes. It took the humor of Naked Gun and other spoofs and added the platforming action of many of Rare's games. The story was simple, you are trying to raise money to buy a round of beers for your friends. You get lost due to your drunkiness and wake up with hangover. This is the beginning to one of your worst days ever (hence the name Bad Fur Day). I really liked its humor towards other movies and the way Conker talks about the developers and stuff. The bosses are hillarious especially the Great Mighty Poo, a large singing piece of poo.

First and Foremost, Parents DO NOT buy this game for your children until you know what you're getting into. This game is NOT made for children, there are many controversal things here worse than Vice City and San Andreas combined. Strangely enough, this game hasn't got as much of attention as those two, but who cares. Anyway, for those parents who want to know the bad things on this game here's a list for you:

-Sexual humor
-Bad language (so much that some of it is censored)
-Blood and guts
-Alcohal and drug use

So if you do not like to see these things than I wouldn't recommend it.

Live & Reloaded is essentially two games in one. It's a remake of Conker's Bad Fur Day for N64 with some touches (very little in story) especially with graphics. It still features the Panther King trying to fix his table for his milk. The other game is the Live & Reloaded mode which is the multiplayer part. This is where you can go onto Xbox Live or simply play a mission. Basically it takes place during and after the Bad Fur Day game in a war against the squirrels and Tediz. You can play as either with different classes and weapons. It is truly a fun experience, multiplayer or by yourself. It doesn't have all the multiplayer modes as the original, but it still is fun to play. You should pick this game up if you liked BFD or if you want to play the multiplayer mode, but remember, this game is not for everyone.

Pros

- Very Humorous gameplay
- Funny boss battles
- Both games are fun to play
- The multiplayer is a great experience
- Many funny characters to meet
- Voice acting has been redone and it was already good
- Fun Platforming action

Cons

- Includes stuff that is not appropriate for everyone
- People have mistakingly picked this game up thinking it will be exactly like Banjo Kazooie

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