u/Craniamon

I understand not everyone has to like everything however I feel people just want to hate on the new Star Fox just to hate on it. It's even to the point people are coming out of nowhere to even defend past Star Fox games that were also heavily criticized like Adventures and Assault. It's always the same cycle with Nintendo news. A game is announced with a new direction for the game either in gameplay or visual style. Fans claim this is killing their beloved franchise and that it disrespects fans. Then when the next game of the series comes along suddenly that previous game "Oh that game was a secret underrated gem that nobody wanted to like at the time". "Star Fox Zero wasn't a retelling but a culmination of all the games."

It's at the point I can't trust anybody who talks about Nintendo. Either they're a die hard fanboy who can't understand a basic critique like saying Star Fox Adventures doesn't feel like Star Fox. Because it's literally a different game called Dinosaur Planet with Star Fox characters slapped on top. But now suddenly it's "The definition of Star Fox".

It's this weird fanboy attitude or just completely deranged blind hatred. For what it is Adventures is a pretty decent dungeon crawler. But people can't understand nuance. So even though the design of the game is structurally sound they'll purely look at Star Fox and dismiss the entire game.

Both of these are completely off when it comes to how people really felt when they played it. Adventures was a good game but it was a terrible Star Fox game because in many ways it literally wasn't. That's why Assault was so weird when they doubled down on the Dinosaur Planet even though that was remnants of a different game. So you can have fun but still critique it! What a novel concept that many people just genuinely don't understand.

So while I get you might not like the new Star Fox aesthetic I'm just here for the gameplay man. Star Fox 64 was one of my most replayed games as a kid. I just want to fly in an Arwing and shoot stuff. All I'm saying is can we at least give the "Game" a chance before we talk about "The franchise is dead". It's absurd.